Kazakhstan is taking another step toward turning digital assets into part of its financial infrastructure, with Tether joining the country’s central bank and Alatau City Authority to explore a tenge-pegged stablecoin and the tokenization of real-world assets.

OpenAI said most teens spend 15 minutes or less a day on ChatGPT, while fewer than 2% use it for more than three hours. The company is adding more study tools, but Common Sense Media questioned whether ChatGPT for Teens reliably alerts parents about sensitive conversations.

Greece is moving to formally tax cryptocurrency profits, with a new draft bill proposing a 10% capital gains tax on digital assets while carving out exemptions that could make the regime less burdensome for smaller investors and crypto-to-crypto transactions.

Europol warned that crypto wallets, rather than blockchains, are the main risk from future quantum computers and urged the industry to adopt stronger security now. The agency said exposed Bitcoin keys cannot be fixed later, with about 6.04 million BTC already at risk, while also warning about encrypted data being collected for future decryption.

Samsung is adding USDC cross-border transfers to Samsung Wallet for 82 million US Galaxy devices from late October. Users can send USDC to wallets or bank accounts in more than 60 countries through Solana.

Elon Musk is a trillionaire again — but the number tells only part of the story. His estimated fortune surged by $65.4 billion in a single day to roughly $1.04 trillion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as the value of his holdings in SpaceX and Tesla rebounded sharply.

Meta has introduced new AI tools to detect harmless-looking ads that secretly direct users to child sexual abuse material and block the accounts and links involved. Meta has introduced new AI tools to detect harmless-looking ads that secretly direct users to child sexual abuse material and block the accounts and links involved.

World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the crypto venture backed by President Donald Trump’s family, is trying to push its USD1 stablecoin beyond the crypto market and into the payments infrastructure used by mainstream online businesses.

Circle appeared to welcome DJ Khaled to “team USDC” this week, and Crypto Twitter immediately dug up one of the rapper’s most controversial chapters in crypto.

TikTok allegedly gave thousands of users fake Algo Refresh activations while testing engagement and ad revenue. The lawsuit also alleges safety features were disabled for some users, including a teenager later exposed to suicide and self-harm content.

On Sep 21, 2026, 11:47 AM(UTC). According to Binance Market Data, Bitcoin has crossed the 84,000 USDT benchmark and is now trading at 84,834 USDT, with a narrowed 5.43% increase in 24 hours.

On Sep 21, 2026, 11:47 AM(UTC). According to Binance Market Data, BNB has crossed the 790 USDT benchmark and is now trading at 792.359985 USDT, with a narrowed 5.36% increase in 24 hours.

Hyperliquid's market value has exceeded that of Nasdaq and the London Stock Exchange. According to Odaily, the report states this comparison without providing additional details.

Bitcoin BLAKE2b developers plan to restrict miners from unlocking newly mined tokens, with a 45-day waiting period and the change slated for activation at block height 973440. According to ChainCatcher, the chain forked from Bitcoin on August 8, and its native token BTCB2 has been labeled by some trading platforms as Bitcoin BLAKE2b, Bitcoin BIP-110, or XBT. BTCB2 has fallen 84% from its September high of $1,799 and was trading at about $270 to $315 in recent hours. Developer Luke Dashjr said some BLAKE2b mining pools are “attacking” the network. After the fork, the chain kept Bitcoin’s difficulty setting and mined only about 8 blocks in the first 22 days before resuming operations through BLAKE2b hashing and difficulty adjustments. The chain is not listed by most trading platforms or by CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap, while Neoxa has said it will support the upcoming soft fork.

Foresight News reported that Hong Kong-listed game company Boyaa Interactive (stock code: 0434) announced it bought 152 bitcoin last week at an average price of $75,899. The purchase totaled about $11.56 million and was funded by idle cash reserves generated from the company’s operations. According to Foresight News, Boyaa Interactive held 4,468 bitcoin as of the announcement date, with an average cost of about $68,543.

Perpetual futures linked to Volmex's Bitcoin Volmex Implied Volatility Index debuted on Hyperliquid on Monday. According to NS3.AI, the market allows traders to take long or short positions on bitcoin's expected volatility rather than its price direction. The launch was described as the first onchain perpetual futures market for Volmex's bitcoin volatility index.