El Salvador's government Bitcoin holdings have increased to 7,777 BTC, with an average purchase cost of about $55,718 and unrealized gains of roughly $162 million. According to Odaily, the country has continued buying 1 Bitcoin per day for 916 days since starting the strategy on March 16, 2024.

Bavarian Nordic A/S appointed former Sanofi executive Tarja Stenvall as its new chief executive officer, according to Bloomberg. The leadership change follows a failed takeover bid that led both the chairman and CEO to step down from the vaccine maker.

According to the announcement from Binance, the platform will support the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) cash dividend distribution through bStocks for SPYB holders. The net cash dividend amount will be reinvested, after applicable withholding taxes, fees, costs, and other deductions, into additional units or fractions of the same underlying security. Eligible users will receive the dividend in the form of SPYB bStocks, while on-chain holders of SPYB will receive the bStock dividend through a multiplier adjustment. Binance said users with SPYB holding SPY on the record date snapshot at 2026-09-18 00:00 (UTC) will be eligible for the distribution. Trading of SPYB/USDT will not be affected by the event. Binance also said it will handle the technical requirements for users involved in the distribution, and dividends earned from assets held in other accounts, including Savings Account and Margin Account, will be credited to the Spot Account. The announcement said reinvestment and distribution will occur after deduction of withholding tax. Binance said the token conversion service for 1:1 swaps between SPY stock and SPYB bStocks will be suspended at 2026-09-17 23:30 (UTC). Deposits and withdrawals of SPYB will also be suspended at 2026-09-17 23:30 (UTC), and users were advised to allow enough time for deposits to be fully processed before that time. Binance Convert will pause the conversion of SPYB and all associated pairs at 2026-09-17 23:30 (UTC). Deposits, withdrawals, and the token conversion service for SPYB will resume when the distribution is completed. Binance said no further announcements will be posted and that recovery notification subscriptions are available where supported.

A fake Cloudflare verification scam is targeting meme coin traders by tricking them into running malicious commands on their computers, with one trader reportedly losing around $600,000.

China and U.S. trade teams are maintaining close communication on a proposal involving mutual tariff reductions worth $30 billion, according to a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Commerce. According to ChainCatcher, the spokesperson said further progress will be announced at an appropriate time.

Crypto analyst Ali said Ethereum remains range-bound despite recent volatility. According to Odaily, ETH is approaching support on the four-hour chart and is retesting resistance near $2,570, with traders watching whether it can rebound. Ali said ETH's near-term rebound target is $2,570. If ETH breaks above that level on strong volume and holds it, the analyst said the move could signal further strength, with upside targets at $2,700 and then $3,000.

Interest rate hikes are no longer important; the key is the expectation of the subsequent policy pace and interest rate trends.

Switzerland said economic growth this year will be almost twice as fast as previously expected, while inflation is forecast to remain comfortably within the central bank’s target range, according to Bloomberg. The update follows a strong second quarter.

Faces are not fundamental, but they are the only signal that the community can quickly read when there is information asymmetry—which is precisely the cruelest part of the crypto market.

Justin Sun is putting up as much as $1 million for mathematical breakthroughs — and betting that the next generation of scientific discovery will be judged less by who makes a discovery and more by whether a machine can verify it.

It seems that while the U.S. Department of Justice can't control the president's attempts to profit from the system, it can certainly control employees of compliance agencies who want to profit from the system.

UBS believes that the Warsh policy response function has undergone a substantial shift compared to its predecessor, becoming more sensitive to inflation and supply shocks, significantly less concerned about the labor market, and setting higher thresholds for restrictive policies.

This does not mean that the Federal Reserve's influence on Bitcoin has decreased. The current price performance only indicates that short-term selling pressure has been controlled. What will truly determine the subsequent market trend is still the change in liquidity and market risk appetite.

Whether the stock market can withstand future interest rate hikes largely depends on oil prices. If the situation in Iran and oil prices ease, there will still be a large amount of capital waiting to enter the market, and interest rate hikes will be more of a precautionary measure. However, if oil prices remain high, market sentiment will inevitably be affected.

The agency said the intrusion began with an attacker exploiting a vulnerability in a VPN-connected device used by the Government Solution Service

Bitcoin mining companies shut down massively in the second quarter, which might seem like a surrender, but that's not the case. Many miners didn't completely withdraw from the computing power field; instead, they were redirected to AI infrastructure upgrades.