MSCI finalized new non-operating company eligibility rules on 15 October that could strip MicroStrategy’s Strategy and Japan’s Metaplanet from global indexes after the November 30 review.
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Bitcoin Slides Toward $81,000 as Hot CPI Sparks $944 Million Crypto Wipeout
Bitcoin fell to $81,150 after September inflation came in above forecasts, driving $944 million in crypto liquidations and pushing Fed rate-hike bets to 54%.
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S&P 500 Slips From Record as Nine Hormuz Attacks Keep Brent Above $105
Nine Strait of Hormuz attacks in October pushed Brent crude to $105.21 a barrel on October 8, pulling the S&P 500 back from its record close of 7,818 and sending Bitcoin down 2.7% to $82,347.
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Bitcoin Falls Below $84,000 as Iran Tanker Attacks Push Oil Above $101
A surge in Iranian attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz drove Brent crude above $101 a barrel, triggering $547 million in crypto liquidations and dragging Bitcoin to a two-week low near $83,000.
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Bitget Loses $387 Million in Year’s Largest Crypto Hack, North Korea Suspected
Crypto exchange Bitget confirmed losses of $387.5 million after a September 24 breach of its hot wallets, with CEO Gracy Chen citing patterns consistent with North Korean hacking operations.
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Bitcoin Holds Above $85,000 as ETF Inflows Absorb Fed Hike and Regulatory Headwinds
Bitcoin sustained a 14% weekly gain and held above $85,000 by September 22 after spot ETFs recorded $999 million in single-day inflows despite a Federal Reserve rate hike and the Senate’s rejection of the CLARITY Act.
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Circle Launches Arc Blockchain With BlackRock and Visa as Founding Validators
Circle Internet Group opened the Arc public blockchain mainnet on September 16, naming BlackRock, Visa, Mastercard and DTCC among eleven founding validators and completing the genesis mint of 10 billion ARC tokens.
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Nasdaq Backs Kraken Parent Payward with $100 Million to Launch Tokenized Stocks
Nasdaq Ventures has committed $100 million to Payward, Kraken’s parent, in a deal valuing the firm at $21 billion and setting a Q2 2027 target for the launch of on-chain tokenized Nasdaq equities.
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Senate Republicans Unveil Revised CLARITY Act Ahead of September 15 Cloture Vote
Senator Cynthia Lummis released a 630-page revised CLARITY Act on September 10 incorporating 114 Democratic amendments, with a September 15 cloture vote requiring seven Democratic crossovers still in doubt over unresolved ethics provisions.
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Bitcoin ETFs Post Best Month of 2026 as a Golden Cross Looms
US spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $3.52 billion in net inflows during August — their strongest monthly figure since October 2025 — while a bullish technical signal is expected to trigger around September 11.