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Odaily reports: SlowMist Chief Information Security Officer 23pds has stated that attackers are exploiting the Darksword vulnerability to bypass iOS security mechanisms through Safari, take control of devices, and extract private keys and other data from self-custodial crypto wallets. The vulnerability was previously used in attacks targeting users in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Malaysia, and Ukraine.Google Threat Intelligence Group previously disclosed that Darksword initially only affected iOS versions 18.4 through 18.7. According to 23pds, attackers have now adapted it to iOS 26.5, though this assessment has not yet been officially verified.Attacks typically begin with social engineering. After users click on malicious links sent via social media or messaging apps, their devices may be rooted and wallet data extracted. Users should promptly update their phone's operating system and avoid visiting website links sent by strangers. Separately, three investors who lost nearly $1.8 million in Bitcoin after downloading fake wallet apps from Apple's official App Store have filed a lawsuit against Apple. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: Bitcoin fork project Bitcoin BLAKE2b developers plan to restrict miners from unlocking newly mined tokens, with a waiting period set at 45 days. The related change is proposed to be executed at block height 973440. The chain forked from Bitcoin on August 8.Its native token BTCB2 is also labeled by some trading platforms as Bitcoin BLAKE2b, Bitcoin BIP-110, or XBT. BTCB2 has fallen 84% from its September high of $1,799, trading at approximately $270 to $315 in recent hours.Developer Luke Dashjr stated that some BLAKE2b mining pools are "attacking" the network. After forking, the chain inherited Bitcoin's difficulty, mining only about 8 blocks in the first 22 days, before resuming operation by enabling BLAKE2b hashing and adjusting difficulty.Currently, the chain is not listed by most trading platforms or CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap. Trading platform Neoxa has stated it supports the upcoming soft fork. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: Geoff Kendrick, Global Head of Digital Asset Research at Standard Chartered, stated that ARB is expected to reach $10 by the end of 2030. The forecast uses $0.14 as a reference price, approximately 48 times the current price of $0.21; its annual targets also include $0.5 in 2026, $1.5 in 2027, $3.5 in 2028, and $6.5 in 2029.Arbitrum's monthly revenue for September is projected to reach $5 million, representing a more than 5x increase from before Robinhood Chain's launch. Robinhood Chain launched its public chain mainnet on July 1 based on the Arbitrum platform, targeting tokenized assets and decentralized finance applications; under the Expansion Program, 10% of protocol net revenue is returned to the Arbitrum ecosystem, with 8% going to the ArbitrumDAO treasury and 2% supporting the Arbitrum Developer Guild.ARB is an ERC-20 governance token used for voting on ArbitrumDAO proposals. It currently does not represent on-chain asset ownership, nor is there a mechanism for directly capturing Arbitrum revenue. Standard Chartered noted that a slowdown in the tokenization process, competing blockchains, and ARB's lack of a direct value capture mechanism are the main risks facing this forecast. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: Japan's first licensed yen stablecoin, JPYC, was listed on South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit on September 17. The JPYC/KRW opening reference price was 8.81 Korean won, and it subsequently rose to 35.7 Korean won, reaching a high of approximately 37 Korean won, equivalent to over 3 yen.JPYC minted 1.687 billion yen on that day, and its circulating supply grew from approximately 1.9 billion yen to over 4.2 billion yen within about 48 hours. After the new supply entered the market, JPYC's price gradually returned to its 1:1 yen peg. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily reports: Digital asset management company Grayscale stated in an analysis published on September 17 that the latest Federal Reserve rate hike is closer to a "mid-cycle adjustment" rather than a major monetary policy shift.The Federal Open Market Committee raised the target rate range by 25 basis points to 3.75%–4% on September 16, stating that the hike aims to bring inflation back to the 2% target in a more timely manner. Grayscale believes that this rate hike, along with a possible second hike later this year, is unlikely to cause major changes in the digital asset market.Grayscale noted that from March 2022 to July 2023, the Federal Reserve raised rates by a cumulative 525 basis points, with sustained tightening increasing returns on cash and yield-bearing assets and raising the opportunity cost of holding Bitcoin; the current environment, by contrast, is a single rate hike following years of hikes, cuts, and holding steady.Grayscale stated that the impact of rate hikes will vary by crypto business model. Stablecoin issuers could benefit from increased interest income on reserve assets, and higher yields on tokenized bonds and money market funds could also attract capital inflows into on-chain financial products. On September 17, Bitcoin briefly rose above $77,000, with short position liquidations in the crypto market reaching nearly $260 million during the rebound. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the first federally chartered crypto bank in the United States, began offering xU3O8 custody services to institutional clients on September 16, 2026. The token is backed by physical uranium concentrate (yellowcake), with the relevant uranium materials stored at Cameco facilities and beneficial ownership held through a UK trust structure.xU3O8 is issued by Uranium.io, with UK regulator Archax serving as trustee, and the underlying assets mapped through the Etherlink network. Cameco is responsible for safeguarding the physical uranium in certified facilities and regularly publishes reserve proof audit results.Anchorage Digital Bank N.A. is regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and its clients can include xU3O8 in the same segregated, bankruptcy-remote accounts as Bitcoin and cash equivalents. Currently, xU3O8 is priced at approximately $5.66 per unit, with a total market cap of about $9 million. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: The Liquid Network attacker has returned 3,400 bitcoins after the September 6 exploit, accounting for approximately 85% of the transferred assets; they currently still hold 598.50 bitcoins, worth over $45 million.Blockstream, the digital asset infrastructure company responsible for maintaining the Liquid Network, has refused to pay a ransom for the remaining assets and is demanding the return of the relevant bitcoins. The network shows 4,234.76 L-BTC in circulation, while the bitcoin reserves stand at only 3,632.23.The L-BTC-to-bitcoin redemption function has still not been restored, with Sideswap stating that redemptions are currently unavailable; Blockstream founder Adam Back said that L-BTC will be backed 1:1 by bitcoin reserves and reminded holders not to sell L-BTC off-market at a discount.As of now, Blockstream has not yet issued an announcement that "redemptions are live." The attacker's wallet continues to receive on-chain messages and has been subjected to address poisoning attacks and scam messages, with the related attacks inducing transfers by generating visually similar addresses. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: France's Conseil d'État, the country's top administrative court, has rejected an emergency application filed by crypto companies Bull Bitcoin and Paymium, refusing to immediately suspend the enforcement of the French decree implementing the EU's Eighth Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC8).The applicants argued that centralized collection of personal and financial data of digital asset users could expose them to risks of data breaches, extortion, and physical safety threats. The court held that the applicants failed to demonstrate the existence of an urgent situation sufficient to justify an emergency suspension.Bull Bitcoin's lawsuit seeking a full annulment of the decree is still pending. DAC8 took effect in the EU on January 1, 2026, and registered service providers must complete their first reporting for the 2026 fiscal year by September 30, 2027. (Bitcoin.com News)
Block CEO Jack Dorsey has expressed support for review, independent evaluation, and planning of frontier AI, but opposes governments and leading AI companies negotiating industry-wide development restrictions.He advocates for an open-release approach that allows outside parties to reproduce results, identify problems, and develop alternatives, and supports providing models, computing power, and public infrastructure to independent researchers and safety researchers.Block is developing open-source AI tools and provides Bitcoin-related services across products including Square and Cash App. The company has also launched the open-source AI agent goose, and is developing Bitcoin mining hardware Proto and hardware wallet Bitkey. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily reports: Hunter Biden's Meme coin LAPTOP fell to as low as $0.192 on Tuesday, then rebounded nearly 10% to around $0.24, with an intraday high of $0.2789. The token is down 99% from its September 9 peak of $199.51.On-chain intelligence platform Bubblemaps has launched a curated Meme coin research feed that identifies insider clusters and bundled transactions before tokens reach the user interface, and provides a Bubblemaps score and integrated swap functionality for each token. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: Digital asset platform Bitcoin.com has launched tokenized US stocks and ETF services for eligible users in the United States. The service is provided by tokenized securities infrastructure company Dinari, and users can access the related assets directly through Bitcoin.com Wallet.Dinari offers tokenized US stocks and ETFs through dShares, currently supporting 724 assets, including all constituents of the S&P 500 Index. Each dShare is directly linked to the corresponding US security held by a licensed custodian.Bitcoin.com is the first partner to deploy the Dinari Embedded Trading App, allowing users to browse stocks and ETFs, access market data, execute trades, and manage portfolios without leaving the existing product. The infrastructure also supports integration by brokerages, wallets, and fintech platforms. (Bitcoin.com News)
: Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust (MSBT), the spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund under U.S. financial services firm Morgan Stanley, had net assets of $635 million and cumulative net inflows of $538 million as of September 14. The fund listed on the New York Stock Exchange on April 8, making it the first spot Bitcoin exchange-traded product launched by an asset management arm affiliated with a major U.S. bank.Since listing, MSBT has recorded only one single-day net outflow, of $5.26 million, on May 29. Over the past 21 trading days, the fund recorded inflows on 12 trading days, with cumulative net inflows of approximately $71.95 million; on the most recent trading day, it added $9.75 million in Bitcoin exposure, marking its fifth consecutive trading day of net inflows. (Bitcoin.com News)
According to reports from Bitcoin.com, the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic (NBKR) signed a memorandum of understanding with blockchain security company Certik on September 9. The two parties will collaborate in areas such as cybersecurity, digital asset custody, anti-money laundering (AML), and counter-terrorism financing (CFT) to jointly advance the security development of the country's digital currency, the Digital Som. Under the agreement, NBKR will deploy Certik's monitoring tools to implement 24/7 compliance monitoring of digital assets, and provide technical training and knowledge transfer to central bank personnel. Previously, Certik has provided technical advisory support to U.S. regulators and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
: On September 9, Bulgaria's National Assembly passed amendments to the Tax and Social Security Procedure Code with 149 votes in favor, 0 against, and 10 abstentions, which will allow the Bulgarian National Revenue Agency to obtain detailed information on crypto asset users. The bill was approved by the 240-seat parliament.The amendments implement two European Union (EU) directives, requiring crypto asset-related businesses to register and report to the Bulgarian National Revenue Agency users' names, addresses, dates and places of birth, tax residences, and tax identification numbers, as well as to submit transaction data for various types of crypto assets, including gross amounts received, number of transactions, number of fiat buy and sell transactions, and crypto asset exchange activity.Privacy advocates criticized the scope of data collection as overly broad, arguing that mandatory disclosure of personal information could pose security risks. Crypto traders and small businesses said the registration and reporting requirements will increase compliance costs; supporters of the bill argue it aligns with EU standards and helps curb tax evasion. The relevant directives require EU member states to complete adoption by December 31, 2025. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: Trader loshmi stated that he closed all positions on September 13, realizing $327,400 in profits from 30 days of public trading. He said he began buying when STONK had a market cap of approximately $1 million over a month ago and continued to add to his position as the price declined.Stonkfun is a Solana token launch platform that went live on August 3, allowing creators to pair new tokens with tokenized stocks. STONK is the platform's native token.loshmi disclosed that his portfolio once rose from $5,000 to over $25,000 before falling back to $4,000; during this period, he also lost over $6,000 due to a hack. He cited fatigue from intensifying competition in recent market trading as the reason for closing his positions. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: The Meme coin STRATEGY is valued at approximately $7.2 million on Robinhood Chain, with its main liquidity pool paired against tokenized MSTR stock. The token launched on September 4 and is not an equity certificate for Strategy stock.As of September 14, STRATEGY was priced at approximately $0.0078, with liquidity of about $808,600 and 24-hour trading volume of about $691,000. Supporters claim that the value of MSTR Stock Tokens in the pool exceeded $362,000 within 10 days. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily reports: Elvira Nabiullina, Governor of the Bank of Russia, stated that the digital ruble went live nationwide on September 1, with nearly 87,000 new accounts added over the past 10 days and over 50,000 related transactions completed.She noted that a small number of banks experienced technical issues when opening accounts and executing certain transactions. The banks involved have since resolved the problems, with no widespread outages or large volume of complaints reported. The Bank of Russia is working to reduce the number of steps required for account opening and transactions while maintaining security standards.The digital ruble completed its nationwide rollout following real-user testing that began in 2023, and users can choose whether to use it at their own discretion. Starting September 1, 12 major Russian banks and retailers with annual revenue exceeding 120 million rubles (approximately $1.42 million) are required to accept digital ruble payments, with more businesses to be gradually onboarded by 2028. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has convened the Senate Democratic caucus for a Sunday evening meeting to discuss the new text of the CLARITY Act that Republican senators circulated on Thursday. The text contains more than 100 amendments reportedly proposed by Democrats.The Senate will vote on Tuesday on whether to advance the bill through cloture, or to abandon the effort altogether. Democrats remain divided internally over ethics provisions, and community banks also oppose the stablecoin yield-related rules. Most Democratic senators are expected to vote against it.U.S. President Donald Trump discussed new wording on the ethics provisions with advisers on Friday, as Democrats demand that public officials divest their existing crypto assets. If all 53 Republican senators support the bill, it would need at least 7 Democratic senators to agree to proceed to debate on Tuesday; some Republican senators also oppose the current stablecoin yield provisions. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: On-chain security platform Blockaid has discovered a vulnerability in the Bitcoin bridge of cross-chain protocol Symbiosis. The attacker minted approximately 2^62 syBTC to a newly created externally owned account, with a face value of roughly $46.1 billion calculated at 8 decimal places, and sold approximately 4.39 WBTC on Uniswap V4 on Ethereum, realizing a cash-out of about $336,000.Symbiosis stated that the attack occurred at around 4:28 AM on September 11. The team has paused the BTC route, while other routes remain operational and unaffected. The team has recovered approximately 15 BTC and deposited them into a multisig wallet controlled by the team. They have also offered the attacker a 20% white-hat bounty, with a deadline of September 13.In recent weeks, Liquid Network, Nomic, and Symbiosis have all experienced security incidents involving the inflation of supply through the minting of tokens without real asset backing. As of September 13, Symbiosis has not yet publicly released a BridgeV2 technical post-mortem, the final loss amount, or confirmation of whether the attacker has accepted the bounty. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: In an operation targeting the Telegram crypto escrow trading platform Xinbi Guarantee, the U.S. Department of Justice's Scam Center Strike Force restricted the handling of approximately $52 million in fraud-related cryptocurrency in a single day, bringing the cumulative total to approximately $938 million. Previously, the cumulative amount frozen, seized, or recovered had already exceeded $580 million.The U.S. Department of the Treasury stated that since its founding around 2022, Xinbi Guarantee has processed over $24 billion in transactions, involving digital assets and fiat currency, primarily serving Southeast Asian transactions. North Korean hackers and sanctioned entities are alleged to have used the platform, including entities under Jin Bei Group and Prince Group.A U.S. federal court approved the seizure on September 7 of the Telegram channel operated by Xinbi Guarantee. Law enforcement authorities also seized two payment wallets totaling approximately $12 million and applied to freeze another 47 cryptocurrency wallets suspected of being used for money laundering or associated with fraud-related service providers.The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added Xinbi Guarantee and its two supporting companies, Safew Technology and Anwen Technology, to its sanctions list on September 9. The U.S. Department of Justice also dispatched investigators to Madagascar to assist local law enforcement in cracking down on 13 scam compounds operated by Chinese nationals and to process over 3,200 electronic devices. (Bitcoin.com News)