• Shiba Inu (SHIB): SHIB remains range-bound near $0.00000519, with $0.0000050–$0.0000051 providing key support while a break above $0.0000055 is needed to strengthen the recovery.
• Hyperliquid (HYPE): HYPE is cooling after its August–September rally but retains a bullish structure as long as the crucial $77–$78 support holds.
• Dogecoin (DOGE): DOGE is consolidating above $0.081–$0.082 support, with a sustained break above $0.095 needed to confirm continuation of its broader recovery.
• Monero (XMR): XMR remains structurally bullish above the critical $500 support, while a breakout beyond $560 could restart its sequence of higher highs.

Shiba Inu continues to trade in a compressed range around $0.00000519, with neither bulls nor bears establishing clear control. The more significant development is beneath the price: SHIB's overall trend has not yet turned bullish, but it has established a much stronger short-term support structure than it had during the summer. 

The immediate line of defense is now the $0.0000050–$0.0000051 area. After testing it in September, SHIB has repeatedly recovered, and a number of moving averages have converged around this region. Another attempt to move higher is still likely as long as the price stays above this cluster. 

There is a clear ceiling over the current consolidation due to SHIB's repeated failures around $0.0000054–$0.0000055. An even more important barrier, the long-term moving average around $0.00000565, is located above that. During August's violent rally toward $0.0000062, SHIB momentarily broke through it, but buyers were unable to sustain the move. Momentum provides little directional conviction. 

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The RSI is nearing 50, and after the August and early September spikes, trading volume has progressively decreased. This points to consolidation rather than an impending high-momentum breakout. The setup would be improved and $0.0000057–$0.0000060 would be exposed with a close above $0.0000055. On the other hand, losing $0.0000050 would weaken the recovery and refocus attention on $0.0000047–$0.0000048. 

After the spectacular August–September rally that propelled HYPE from roughly $56 to nearly $90, Hyperliquid is currently experiencing its first significant correction. After finding buyers in the $77–$78 range, HYPE is currently trading around $79.60. Its larger technical structure is still bullish in spite of the correction. 

The price is still trading well above the medium-term moving averages, which are rising quickly below the market. The loss of short-term momentum is the immediate problem. The RSI has dropped from overbought territory toward 50, and HYPE has produced lower highs since getting close to $90. 

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Additionally, volume has significantly decreased in comparison to the massive activity that accompanied the August breakout. As a result, the $77–$78 area is critical. Holding it would maintain the current consolidation and allow HYPE to once more challenge $82–$84. The main resistance range above that is $87–$90, which bulls must recover in order to resume price discovery. 

The setup would be materially weakened by a breakdown below $77. The next significant technical support is between $73 and $74, then around $69 to $70. For the time being, HYPE appears to be more of an asset cooling following a vigorous rally than one experiencing a confirmed trend reversal. Whether or not $77–$78 holds will be a major factor in the difference. 

Dogecoin is attempting to maintain its August comeback, but following several failures close to the $0.09–$0.095 resistance area, momentum has significantly decreased. At the moment, DOGE is trading at about $0.083, which puts the asset right above a significant cluster of technical support. 

The good news is that DOGE is still above a number of rising moving averages between $0.079 and $0.082. Following the late-August breakout, when Dogecoin quickly increased from roughly $0.07 to $0.095, this structure became apparent. 

Sellers have not been able to return the token to its prior summer range despite two subsequent corrections. But the recovery has repeatedly stalled before reaching $0.10. DOGE experienced a rejection around $0.092 in September after first experiencing strong selling around $0.094–$0.095 in late August. 

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This resistance is being reinforced by the long-term moving average, which is also falling through about $0.093. Neutral momentum exists. Since the August breakout, the daily RSI has dropped toward 50, and volume has significantly decreased. 

Therefore, in order to challenge the recent highs, buyers need another increase in demand. The immediate support is between $0.081 and $0.082.

If it is lost, $0.078 and eventually $0.074–$0.075 could be exposed. On the other hand, recovering $0.086 would allow DOGE to contest $0.09–$0.095 once more. A sustained move above $0.095 would be the strongest indication that the larger recovery is still going strong.

After one of its biggest rallies of the year, Monero is still structurally sound, but XMR is currently consolidating after rising from about $350 in July to almost $560 in September. At the moment, XMR is trading at $519. 

The most crucial immediate support is $500, according to the most recent price action. This area has been tested or approached by several September corrections, but buyers have consistently returned before a more significant decline occurred. Resistance begins around $530–$540.

Above it, $550–$560 is the primary barrier and the most recent local high. A breakout above $560 would put the series of higher highs back in order and could pave the way for $580–$600. 

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After spending a significant amount of time in or above overbought territory during the rally, the RSI has fallen toward the upper 50s. This normalization reduces overheating, but also shows that the aggressive buying pressure behind the August–September advance has weakened. 

A breakdown below $500 is the main risk. Such a move would invalidate the current consolidation floor, exposing approximately $480 and the former breakout region between $450 and $460.

Bitcoin, XRP and Shiba Inu are trading sharply lower after the U.S. Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act, dealing a major blow to the cryptocurrency industry's push for comprehensive market structure legislation.

The crucial procedural vote failed 49-50 on Tuesday. Supporters needed 60 votes to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 3633, meaning the legislation fell well short of the threshold required to move forward.

The defeat added more pressure to an already weak cryptocurrency market.

Bitcoin is currently trading near $76,000, down roughly 3.7% over the past 24 hours. XRP has suffered an even steeper decline, plunging more than 7% to around $1.30.

Shiba Inu has also joined the selloff. SHIB is changing hands at roughly $0.00000513, down around 3.7% on the day.

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Ethereum, Solana and other major cryptocurrencies are also in the red.

Perhaps the biggest surprise was the number of lawmakers who had previously participated in bipartisan crypto negotiations but ultimately voted against moving the bill forward.

Several prominent Democrats who had spent months negotiating the legislation voted no, including Kirsten Gillibrand, Mark Warner, Cory Booker, Raphael Warnock, Ruben Gallego, Angela Alsobrooks and Catherine Cortez Masto.

Warner, Alsobrooks, Booker, Gallego, Cortez Masto and Warnock had previously said that the Republican version of CLARITY needed stronger provisions covering ethics, consumer protection, illicit finance, conflicts of interest and market integrity.

Lisa Blunt Rochester was another Democratic opponent. She had already voted against the legislation during its consideration by the Senate Banking Committee in May, arguing that outstanding concerns involving investor protection, market integrity, illicit finance and financial stability had not been adequately resolved.

John Fetterman also voted no despite having supported the GENIUS stablecoin legislation.

Importantly, Democrats were not solely responsible for the bill falling short. Three Republicans (Susan Collins of Maine, Josh Hawley of Missouri and Jerry Moran of Kansas) also voted against advancing CLARITY.

The US Senate on Tuesday rejected a cloture motion that would have allowed the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act to move forward.

The vote was on a motion to proceed rather than the legislation itself. This was a stunning loss for the crypto industry, which had exuded confidence that enough senators would vote to advance the bill.

Here’s what this means for the crypto industry. 

The bill, introduced as H.R. 3633, would establish separate regulatory categories for digital commodities and digital securities. 

Digital commodities would generally include assets whose value is primarily linked to the use and operation of a blockchain network, while digital securities would cover assets associated with investment contracts and centralized development or control.

Under the proposed framework, the CFTC would oversee digital commodities, while the SEC would retain jurisdiction over digital securities. 

The legislation is intended to address one of the industry's longstanding regulatory questions: when a crypto asset should be treated as a security rather than a commodity.

The House passed the legislation in July 2025 by 294 votes to 134. The Senate Banking Committee subsequently approved its version by 15 votes to nine on May 14, 2026.

The Senate vote on Tuesday is not a vote to pass the legislation. It is a cloture vote on whether to move the bill toward floor consideration and requires 60 votes. Republicans hold 53 Senate seats, meaning the bill needs support from at least seven Democrats to advance.

Negotiations over the bill stalled ahead of the Senate's August recess, with Democratic lawmakers seeking stronger restrictions on federal officials' involvement in crypto. 

The issue has taken on added significance because of President Donald Trump's family's crypto-related businesses and his reported financial interests in the industry.

Republican senators released substantially revised legislation on Sept. 13 and 14, incorporating 126 changes sought by Democrats. 

The 635-page substitute text includes provisions requiring certain federal officials, judges and their spouses to divest crypto holdings or place them in blind trusts. It also restricts officials from issuing or sponsoring certain tokens.

The revised proposal would give both the Justice Department and state attorneys general enforcement authority over relevant provisions. Allowing state attorneys general to pursue violations had been among the Democrats' demands during negotiations.

The US Senate on Tuesday rejected a cloture motion that would have allowed the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act to move forward, setting back efforts to establish a federal regulatory framework for cryptocurrency markets.

Cloture requires 60 votes in the Senate and would have limited further debate on whether lawmakers should formally take up the bill.

The measure failed to reach that threshold, leaving the legislation stalled after months of negotiations between Republican and Democratic lawmakers. 

The outcome came despite a revised version released by Republican leaders over the weekend that incorporated additional provisions intended to address Democratic concerns.

Banks have raised a separate set of concerns, particularly over provisions affecting stablecoins and crypto platforms offering yield-generating products. 

Banking groups argue that such products could compete with traditional deposits and potentially reduce the pool of funding available for bank lending. Crypto industry representatives and White House officials have rejected those concerns.

On March 17, the SEC and CFTC issued a joint interpretation that classified 16 crypto assets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and XRP, as digital commodities. 

The document provides a regulatory position from both agencies, although the Clarity Act would establish its framework through legislation.

The procedural vote leaves the bill stalled on Capitol Hill after months of negotiations aimed at building bipartisan support.

Republican leaders had released a revised version of the bill Sunday, adding new ethics restrictions to address Democratic concerns to limit the ability of public officials to profit from crypto ventures. Those changes weren’t enough, however, to resolve the remaining opposition.

Leading up to the vote, Democrats expressed frustration that Republican negotiators didn’t meet their demands regarding ethics to address profits gained from crypto ventures by the U.S. President.

The failed vote represents a setback for the crypto industry's effort to establish legislation defining the regulatory responsibilities of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Supporters of the Clarity Act had spent months seeking bipartisan backing for the measure, with industry groups also lobbying lawmakers to advance the legislation.

The vote nevertheless showed that the latest compromise had not secured enough support to begin formal Senate consideration.

The Senate's decision follows a delay from before the August recess, when lawmakers were unable to resolve disagreements over the bill's provisions.

With the procedural hurdle now failed, further consideration of the Clarity Act in the Senate is effectively blocked for the time being, leaving the future of the proposed market structure framework uncertain.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse believes that cryptocurrency will ultimately prevail regardless of whether the closely watched Clarity Act manages to clear Congress.

During his appearance at a digital asset event in Kansas City on Tuesday, Garlinghouse reiterated his support for the landmark crypto market structure bill. However, its potential failure will not kill the industry, according to the influential executive.  

"When you have a technology that’s better, faster, stronger… that usually wins," Garlinghouse said.

The Ripple boss argued that the existing financial system has failed to keep pace with technological change.

Garlinghouse has also questioned why the United States would risk surrendering its leadership position to overseas markets.

His comments come at a particularly precarious moment for the Clarity Act, which is facing a crucial procedural vote in the Senate on Tuesday.

As reported by U.Today, the Ripple CEO urged senators to vote in favor of advancing the Clarity Act, arguing that lawmakers should not allow the pursuit of a perfect bill to derail a workable compromise.

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He stressed that substantial concessions had already been made during months of negotiations.

Clarity Act supporters do not currently have an easy path to the 60 votes needed to advance it.

Republicans hold 53 seats in the Senate. Hence, the bill would need support from at least seven Democrats or independents, but it seems like they have failed to achieve this.  

Republicans released substantially revised text ahead of Tuesday's vote, saying the package incorporated 126 substantive changes requested by Democrats. 

However, several Democratic senators have indicated that the concessions still do not go far enough.

The Senate is scheduled to vote at 2:15 p.m. ET on whether to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the Clarity Act.

The legislation would not be dead if the aforementioned motion failed to pass. However, the midterm election calendar has rapidly narrowed the amount of time available for major legislation.

Garlinghouse, however, does not believe that the fate of the industry hinges on the passage of the high-stakes legislation. 

A local attempt to short XRP on the one-hour timeframe triggered a wave of forced short-position closures. The asset not only held key support but also turned aggressive selling into fuel for a $2 million short squeeze, successfully neutralizing a critical imbalance in the derivatives market.

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According to CoinGlass, cumulative liquidations across the crypto market exceeded $386.09 million over the past 24 hours, affecting 78,000 traders. The largest order, worth $11.76 million, was recorded in the ETH/USDT pair on Binance. However, the most abnormal dynamic developed within a single hour in XRP derivatives.

The volume of short-position liquidations during this narrow time window reached $2.02 million, while just $1.58 million in long positions was closed.

The forced-covering cascade among sellers created an hourly liquidation imbalance of 851%. Trapped by margin requirements, bears were forced to close their positions at market prices, which acted as a catalyst for the price increase.

On the TradingView chart, the price reaction was immediate:

• Around $1.38–$1.39, sellers ran into a dense wall of limit buy orders.
• The buying impulse triggered short sellers' stops and pushed the price to a local peak at $1.44.
• The Relative Strength Index (RSI) surged into overbought territory.

The attempt to push XRP into a low-liquidity zone failed. Due to the absence of real supply, exchange algorithms executed market buy orders at increasingly higher prices.

The derivatives imbalance coincided with a strong news backdrop in mid-September. Bears underestimated external factors: the XRP Ledger network is holding a record 8.57 million unique addresses.

At the same time, according to current SoSoValue data, cumulative net inflows into U.S. spot XRP ETFs stood at $1.71 billion, while the total net assets under management by the funds amounted to $1.588 billion.

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On the eve of key macroeconomic events this week — the U.S. Senate vote on the CLARITY Act and the Federal Reserve interest-rate meeting — any aggressive bearish bet against steady institutional accumulation carried elevated risks from the outset.

The XRP ecosystem on Binance is witnessing a major rebound as momentum begins to build on the exchange again amid rising market activity.

Latest onchain data from crypto analytics platform CryptoQuant shows that the XRP liquidity index has recovered in recent weeks, flashing a bullish signal for the asset.

Amid the growing momentum, the data shows that XRP's 30-day liquidity turnover on Binance has surged to about $4.6 billion while its liquidity index on the exchange has reached 0.0675 as of September 15.

While the XRP liquidity turnover had slumped significantly around July and August, dropping to about $2 billion to $3 billion at the time, the metric has now recovered significantly, soaring to the high levels seen around May.

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With the latest reading now marking the highest liquidity level recorded on Binance in about six months, the renewed momentum has been accompanied by an increase in XRP flows on the exchange.

It is important to note that the surge in XRP liquidity does not necessarily signal a potential price rally for the asset; it could be an indication of increased deposits and withdrawals as well as greater trading activity associated with XRP on Binance. 

While the liquidity index does not dictate XRP's price movement, it measures the level of market participation involving the specified asset, reflecting increased participation from both buyers and sellers.

Nonetheless, this could be considered a bullish signal, as higher liquidity allows traders to execute larger orders that will barely impact its price. This, in turn, creates a more favorable environment for market participants.

Banking giant Standard Chartered has unexpectedly shifted its attention away from the market's traditional heavyweights — Bitcoin and Ethereum — toward Arbitrum's native utility token, ARB, issuing a report with a long-term forecast for the asset.

The bank's analysts built a detailed mathematical model for the asset and forecast a 7,000% rise by the end of 2030 — from the current $0.14 to $10.

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The research shows that ARB's fundamental valuation is changing dramatically as the market moves past the peak of major unlocks and traditional finance (TradFi) pours into the asset-tokenization sector.

Over the past two years, tokenomics inflation has driven ARB's price down by 90%. Its supply has grown to 5.8 billion tokens (58.45% of the total issuance), while selling pressure is still being felt today as a linear unlock of 14.4 million ARB ($2.0 million) enters the market.

However, the unlock schedule is entering a flatter phase: the period of large, price-destructive cliff unlocks is over.

The main driver of the blockchain's new economy has been its integration with Robinhood Chain. In September 2026, Arbitrum's monthly revenue soared to $5 million, a fivefold increase, while daily transaction fees on the subchain exceeded $8 million at peak times. The bank expects the global volume of tokenized assets to reach $4 trillion by 2028, providing Arbitrum with a steady inflow of capital.

Standard Chartered emphasizes that the token's potential far exceeds the market's projected performance: "This would far outperform our projected price growth for ETH and BTC over our forecast horizon."

The market reacted to the bank's prediction immediately. Today, ARB prices posted an 8.5% impulse move on lower time frames, setting a local high at $0.14350. Despite profit-taking by speculators, the price is holding above the key support level of $0.13800, forming a bullish engulfing reversal pattern on higher time frames.

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At the same time, the bank's analysts urge investors to remain pragmatic, explicitly pointing to the vulnerability of the current structure: "The ARB token currently has no direct way of accruing value."

Key risks to the asset also include competition from Coinbase's Base network and heavy regulatory pressure from the CLARITY Act and the SEC.

San Francisco-based company Ripple has taken part in a $10 million funding extension for stablecoin-focused payments platform Velocity. 

The funding round, which has now been expanded to an impressive $48 million, has allowed the London-based company to reach a valuation of $200 million. 

It is worth noting that the company behind the XRP cryptocurrency was already an investor in Velocity before the latest expansion took place. 

The aforementioned round was also backed by such investors as Activant Capital, Capital One Ventures, QED Investors, Coinbase Ventures, and Wintermute Ventures. 

Velocity is working on increasing the efficiency of payment settlements by connecting traditional financial infrastructure with stablecoin rails. 

With the help of the company's platform, stablecoins can serve as an always-on layer for settlements. 

The startup, which was founded in 2025, specifically targets merchants, financial institutions, fintech companies, and payment providers. 

Earlier this month, Velocity and MVB Financial announced that MVB would participate in a Visa Direct pilot. 

Velocity's tech makes it possible to plug stablecoin-based liquidity directly into MVB's infrastructure. 

Ripple's stablecoin involvement 

Ripple became a major player within the stablecoin sector after issuing its own RLUSD stablecoin. 

According to data provided by CoinGecko, Ripple's RLUSD currently has a market cap of roughly $2.4 billion, which makes it the 42nd biggest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. 

In August 2025, Ripple agreed to acquire stablecoin payments company Rail for $200 million. 

In a major milestone, the Cardano Foundation has joined Mastercard's Crypto Partner Program.

As part of its Blockchains track, the Cardano Foundation will engage with Mastercard and other participants working across payments and stablecoins on areas including cross-border money movement, B2B transactions, and settlement.

The Cardano Foundation highlighted this significant milestone in an X post, describing it as another step toward connecting public blockchain infrastructure with the way money moves globally.

Connecting Cardano with the future of global payments.The Cardano Foundation has joined Mastercard’s Crypto Partner Program.As part of its Blockchains track, we’ll engage with Mastercard and other participants working across payments and stablecoins on areas including… pic.twitter.com/eeZ6K2UrPY

— Cardano Foundation (@Cardano_CF) September 15, 2026

In a separate milestone, Cardano's agentic economy has seen significant progress: through Masumi, Cardano is now officially integrated into the x402 repository and its official packages, which makes it easier than ever for AI agents to transact on Cardano.

With Cardano now officially part of the x402 codebase as a working implementation, the integration enables x402 payments on Cardano, supported across mainnet, preprod, and preview testnet. This remains in line with Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson's vision on agentic finance.

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Hoskinson discussed the confluence of AI agents, blockchain, privacy, and digital finance at the 2026 Wyoming Blockchain Symposium and why he thinks agentic systems can bring the next billion users to crypto.

Hoskinson explained why the next era of finance, commerce, and search might increasingly be agentic and how blockchain could provide the privacy, identity, payments, and control layers that AI agents need.

Cardano developers are ready to showcase Leios node peaking at 250 TxkB/s (~1,000 simple 250-byte transactions per second) on a local cluster with emulated round trip times for higher fidelity. For comparison, Cardano mainnet currently tops at 4.5 TxkB/s.

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Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson praises the potential of Leios with expectations of it arriving on the Cardano mainnet by the end of 2026.

According to Input Output's Product Manager, Carlos Lopez de Lara, he highlights massive potential, saying, "The throughput is there; the work ahead sits in the network stack, where tuning and optimisation will carry these numbers out of the lab and into real internet conditions. Cardano, beast mode enabled."

Binance, one of the largest crypto exchanges, has announced it will delist some Cross Margin and Isolated Margin trading pairs on September 18, 2026, at 06:00 (UTC). Five cross margin pairs are affected, with one of these to be delisted on Isolated Margin.

The Cross Margin pairs affected include ENJ/USDC, GENIUS/USDC, CVX/USDC, GUN/USDC, and VANA/USDC, while the Isolated Margin pair to be delisted is GENIUS/USDC.

Effective immediately, users will no longer be able to transfer any amount of assets of the aforementioned pairs via manual transfers and Auto-Transfer Mode into their Isolated Margin accounts.

Binance highlighted key dates for users to note: on September 16, 2026, at 06:00 (UTC), Binance Margin will suspend Isolated Margin borrowing on GENIUS/USDC.

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On September 18, 2026, at 06:00 (UTC), Binance Margin will close users' positions, conduct an automatic settlement, and cancel all pending orders on the said cross and isolated margin pairs; they will be removed from Binance Margin afterward. However, users can still trade the above assets on other trading pairs that are available on Binance Margin.

The notice urges users to close their positions and/or transfer their assets from Margin Accounts to Spot Accounts before the cessation of Margin trading on September 18 at 06:00 (UTC), as they may not be able to adjust their positions during the delisting process, which may take about 3 hours. This is necessary to prevent any potential losses.

In a recent decision, which it says was based on current reviews, Binance stated it will delist and cease trading on all spot trading pairs of Pax Dollar (USDP) on September 24, 2026, at 03:00 (UTC).

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Deposits of USDP tokens will not be credited to users' accounts after September 25 at 03:00 (UTC), while withdrawals from Binance will not be supported after November 24, 2026, at 03:00 (UTC).

Delisted USDP tokens may be converted into stablecoins on behalf of Binance users after November 25, 2026, at 03:00 (UTC).

• XRP spiked to $1.41 on Ripple ecosystem news, then reversed inside its symmetrical triangle and trapped retail buyers.
• The XRP Ledger's Batch V1.1 upgrade reached 77.1% validator support, one vote short of the 80% needed to trigger its 14-day activation countdown.
• Bitcoin (BTC) fell 1.68% to $76,868 and Ethereum (ETH) dropped 1.56% to $2,475.03 as risk-off positioning built ahead of the upcoming Fed decision.
• Other flashpoints include CoinEx's full shutdown, Balancer's proposed DAO dissolution, a Gnosis Safe exploit intercepted by a MEV bot, and Standard Chartered's $10 target on Arbitrum (ARB).

The cryptocurrency market shifted into defensive mode on the morning of September 15, 2026, amid a sharp contraction in institutional liquidity. Bitcoin (BTC) corrected by 1.68% to $76,868, running into dense limit-order resistance. Ethereum (ETH) fell 1.56% to $2,475.03 after profit-taking at a local peak of $2,520. The decline synchronized with traditional markets: the S&P 500 slipped to 7,619.97, while the U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) strengthened to 99.607.

The current pullback is confirmed by Santiment's on-chain data: over the past three weeks, whales holding 10–10,000 BTC reduced their holdings by 0.20%, shifting volumes toward retail addresses (+0.09%), which points to an overheated local top. At the same time, U.S. spot funds recorded daily outflows of 937.8 BTC from Bitcoin ETFs and 74,500 ETH from Ethereum ETFs.

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The main reason for the de-risking is the approaching 48-hour macroeconomic window: today's procedural U.S. Senate vote on the CLARITY Act and tomorrow's Federal Reserve rate decision. 

Amid the anticipation, retail capital attempted to pump XRP on the back of positive news from the Ripple ecosystem, but the momentum fizzled out. The token's price made a sharp fakeout to $1.41 and returned inside the symmetrical triangle, leaving buyers technically trapped.

It was against the backdrop of these elevated expectations that the emotional morning surge in XRP trading activity faded, while the development of the underlying infrastructure remained the asset's key long-term lever. While the chart was printing a fakeout, the decentralized XRP Ledger (XRPL) network remained on the verge of activating the major Batch V1.1 upgrade, designed to restructure multi-step transactions.

The upgrade introduces a mechanism for "atomic" operations, allowing up to eight related transactions to be bundled into a single indivisible block: they either all execute together or are fully canceled if one fails. RippleX engineers confirmed that commercial integrations built around this functionality are already at the contract stage.

However, the launch has stalled exactly one step away from activation: for the code to take effect, it requires approval from 80% of trusted blockchain validators. According to the morning network snapshot, the proposal was supported by 27 out of 35 node operators (77.1%). The project is just one vote short of triggering the mandatory 14-day countdown.

This delay at the finish line is driven by three security factors:

• V1.0 failure: The original Batch V1.0 code was completely withdrawn due to a critical bug in the signature verification mechanism.
• Package of 11 vulnerabilities: In the current xrpld 3.3.0 software, engineers fixed 11 serious vulnerabilities, including a Common Prefix vulnerability that allowed someone else's signatures to be reused for unauthorized spending.
• Multi-layer audit: The updated Batch V1.1 architecture underwent independent reviews by Halborn and third-party specialists, prompting validators to take a wait-and-see approach.

While validators continue checking the code, the speculative momentum has evaporated, returning XRP to its previous trading range. At the same time, the institutional sector demonstrated independence: spot XRP ETFs recorded a net daily inflow of $11.51 million, increasing net AUM to $1.22 billion.

While traders deal with technical traps in altcoins, overall cryptocurrency market liquidity has been severely constrained by regulatory factors in Washington and the worsening situation in the U.S. bond market. The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act), designed to divide authority between the SEC and CFTC, establish altcoins such as XRP, SOL, and LTC as digital commodities, and legalize stablecoins, has encountered seemingly insurmountable political resistance.

Republicans led by Senator Cynthia Lummis introduced 126 compromise amendments to the text, including ethics rules for government officials and self-custody protections, while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent officially backed the bill. Nevertheless, senators abandoned the compromise and blocked the current version over weak anti-corruption provisions.

The split immediately crushed the chances of the bill passing in 2026, with Polymarket odds falling to 18%. To clear the cloture hurdle today, the bill requires 60 votes, forcing Republicans to attract at least seven Democratic votes.

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Additional pressure on buyers came from the U.S. debt market: the 10-year Treasury yield jumped to 5.03%, its highest level since July 2007, while the 30-year yield exceeded 5.4%, its highest since 2004. High government bond yields redirect capital directly away from the cryptocurrency sector. Major players are moving into defensive positions ahead of tomorrow's Federal Reserve decision, where the probability of a 25-basis-point rate hike is estimated at 85–90%.

A conservative consensus is forming in the market — a simultaneous failure of the CLARITY Act and hawkish rhetoric from the regulator could trigger a decline toward new local lows in October–November. That is where, at the bottom of a potential final capitulation within the current broader cycle, investors should look for an ideal entry point ahead of a potential recovery in late autumn.

The internal Web3 infrastructure during the morning session is undergoing a harsh purge of illiquid projects and a targeted flight of capital into Layer-2 solutions amid a systemic shortage of exchange liquidity.

With selling pressure and major exploits increasing, crypto holders should take additional precautions and pay close attention to the following critical events of the day:

• CoinEx shutdown: The exchange is completely winding down operations due to declining spot trading volumes and compliance costs; withdrawals under Proof-of-Reserves remain open until December 22. This precedent is worth watching because it reflects the pressure on mid-sized platforms.
• Balancer liquidation: The protocol proposed dissolving the DAO and distributing the remaining treasury ($9 million) due to a growing operating deficit. A signal for holders to assess the real profitability of platforms.
• Malicious code in Uniswap v4: An audit by 0x found that 54.2% of hooks in the upcoming v4 upgrade contain hidden fees of up to 18%, triggering heated disputes among developers. This requires maximum caution with future swaps.
• Gnosis Safe hack: An overnight $7.73 million wallet exploit caused by an Aave error was thwarted by the 'yoink' MEV bot, which managed to intercept $7.8 million. A reminder of the need to monitor smart-contract authorization permissions.
• Revolut extortion: Hackers are demanding 10,000 BTC for 147 GB of stolen customer personal data. Revolut says accounts are safe, but holders should check their KYC data.
• Lazarus Group dump: Wallets linked to the North Korean hacking group dumped an equivalent volume of assets at a price of $2,500, adding pressure on Ethereum. An indicator of who is keeping ETH trapped in a sideways range.
• Arbitrum coverage launch: Standard Chartered initiated coverage of the token with a long-term target of $10 by 2030 amid a daily inflow of $96 million into real-world asset (RWA) tokenization funds. This is the sector currently attracting the dominant share of institutional capital.

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As exchange withdrawals slow down, Shiba Inu is facing yet another potentially troublesome on-chain change. One of the signals that had previously supported a more bullish interpretation of the token's exchange activity has been eliminated by the significant decline in the seven-day moving average of mean SHIB exchange outflows.

According to the most recent reading, mean exchange outflows are roughly 421.6 million SHIB, a decrease of 55.75% over the previous period. However, the contraction is closer to 78% when compared to its most recent peak. This is significant because persistent withdrawals from exchanges typically signify that tokens are shifting away from instantly accessible trading liquidity. 

The decline is more significant in light of the remaining exchange data. As of right now, total exchange inflows are roughly 239.28 billion SHIB, up 1.07%, while total outflows are roughly 236.97 billion SHIB, up 1.3%. Netflow is now positive at about 2.31 billion SHIB. To put it another way, SHIB is currently entering exchanges at a slightly higher rate than exiting them. 

There is currently no indication of a significant wave of deposits because exchange reserves, at 87.19 trillion SHIB, are essentially unchanged. However, the prior supply-side advantage is eroding due to the combination of positive netflow and declining average withdrawals. 

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A slightly better picture is given by network activity. The number of transactions has increased by 1.22%, active addresses have increased by 1.13%, and active receiving addresses have increased by 1.29%. There hasn't been a clear price breakout despite these slight gains. 

Right now, SHIB is trading at about $0.00000514. The token is still stuck in the vicinity of $0.0000050–$0.0000052, a dense cluster of shorter-term moving averages. The long-term moving average around $0.0000056–$0.0000057 continues to be the biggest barrier. 

A test of $0.0000056–$0.0000058 might be reopened if it rises above $0.0000054. However, losing $0.0000050 would expose about $0.0000048 and possibly $0.0000045. The 78% outflow contraction eliminates a potentially significant source of support at a time when the price is still technically vulnerable, but it does not ensure another SHIB sell-off.

BlackRock has remained relentless in expanding its Bitcoin holdings as it continues to fortify its position as one of the largest Bitcoin-holding corporations.

Amid its consistent Bitcoin accumulation, the latest data from Arkham Intelligence shows that BlackRock has seen steady demand for its Bitcoin investment product among institutional investors.

Notably, the data shows that BlackRock has made a total Bitcoin purchase of about $1.08 billion over the last 20 days as its iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) saw a large capital influx during the period.

This reflects heightened demand for Bitcoin among institutional investors who have chosen to gain exposure to the asset through BlackRock.

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The data further showed that the Bitcoin buying activity from BlackRock occurred on seven days out of the last monthly ETF trading sessions.

With over $1 billion now added to BlackRock's Bitcoin stash, the firm now boasts a massive 785,900 BTC worth about $61 billion in its holdings.

Unlike BlackRock, Grayscale's trading performance moved in the opposite direction over the same period, suggesting that investors are less convinced about its Bitcoin investment product.

Notably, the data showed that the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust recorded about $254.7 million in net outflows over the same period as investors continued to move money out of the fund.

This suggests that Grayscale and other major funds have continued to face heightened selling pressure amid unstable market conditions, while BlackRock continues to dominate with consistent Bitcoin accumulation. 

The Shiba Inu X account has informed the SHIB community about a small but useful update for Shibarium.

Shibarium RPC listing has been refreshed in the ethereum-lists/chains registry, with updated connection details now available on Chainlist. For those connecting with Shibarium, the network settings were provided alongside the post.

The Shibarium RPC update was initiated by long-time Shiba Inu community member Mazrael, who opened a GitHub Pull Request (PR) pointing to the correct Shibarium RPC endpoint.

A small but useful update for Shibarium.Its RPC listing has been refreshed in the ethereum-lists/chains registry, with updated connection details now available on Chainlist.Connecting to Shibarium? Find the network settings here:https://t.co/VReDcGBewn

— Shib (@Shibtoken) September 14, 2026

The update was necessitated after Shibarium migrated its public RPC, and this entry was never updated; the endpoint listed was thus no longer resolving.

In late 2025, old public RPC endpoints connecting to Shibarium were shut down as part of a migration to a new official, more stable, and decentralized RPC infrastructure. However, since the migration, this change had not been reflected in the ethereum-lists/chains registry, which has now been addressed by this update.

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In an X post, Mazrael notified the SHIB community of the Shibarium RPC update, noting that the Pull Request, 'PR #8699,' has officially been merged into ethereum-lists/chains. Chainlist is a widely used chain registry for wallets and Web3 infrastructure.

Along similar lines of an upgrade to the Shiba Inu layer-2 network, the Shibarium explorer Shibariumscan reports an ongoing reindexing of the chain, with 52% of blocks currently indexed.

In a separate X post, Mazrael informed the SHIB community about a quiet Shiba Inu infrastructure upgrade, including a Cloudflare migration.

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Mazrael noted that the official shib.io website and the ShibaSwap page moved to Cloudflare on September 12, 2026, with IPv6 added on both, leaving the old host behind. Mazrael also noted that Shiba Inu's official documentation at doc.shib.io was migrated as well, adding that "Env rebuild is further along than it looks from the outside."

In a significant market development, the Senate is scheduled to vote on Tuesday on whether to advance the Clarity Act legislation. The procedural vote requires 60 votes. The bill would divide oversight of digital assets between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

After its remarkable surge propelled ZEC into the top 10 of the cryptocurrency market, Zcash is about to reach another significant milestone. By market capitalization, the privacy coin is currently almost exactly behind Hyperliquid, with only a tiny difference between the two assets. 

As of today, Hyperliquid's market capitalization is $19.87 billion, while ZEC's is roughly $19.3 billion. Less than 3% of HYPE's current valuation, or roughly $570 million, separates the two. ZEC would need to trade between $1,178 and $1,180 to surpass HYPE if its capitalization stays the same. 

That target is not far away. At the moment, ZEC trades for about $1,144, and its 24-hour trading volume surpasses $1.07 billion. Over the past seven days, the token has also increased by about 1.15 percent, whereas HYPE has decreased by more than 6 percent. The capitalization gap is closing quickly as a result of this combination. The chart from Zcash demonstrates how aggressive the repricing has been. 

As recently as August, ZEC was trading at about $500 before soaring to $600, $800, and ultimately $1,000. Before beginning its current erratic consolidation, the rally peaked at $1,280. Significantly, despite numerous corrections, ZEC has managed to stay above $1,000 thus far. 

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Additionally, the price is significantly higher than its major moving averages, maintaining the overall bullish structure. The RSI, in the upper 50s, has cooled from overbought territory, suggesting that some of the excessive momentum has already been eliminated. The immediate challenge lies around $1,160 to $1,200. 

If HYPE stays close to its current valuation, Zcash would probably be able to overtake Hyperliquid by breaking through this area. The recent highs of $1,240–$1,280 would come back into focus above $1,200. 

After such a dramatic rally, there is still a significant risk of a decline. If ZEC breaks below roughly $1,050–$1,080, it may return to the psychological $1,000 support. But for the time being, Zcash is remarkably close to changing its ranking. ZEC could surpass Hyperliquid and become the ninth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization with a mere 3 percent move.

XRP Ledger's chief architect and Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz has acknowledged that developers made a fundamental mistake at the dawn of the crypto industry. They misjudged how the world would use the digital dollar.

The result is a hidden interface crisis that still makes stablecoin payments work incorrectly and remain inconvenient for mainstream users.

"Our thinking at the time was (put into modern terms) every USD stablecoin would use "USD" as its currency code and there was no real need for the ledger to support ticker symbols. Wallets could map issuers and currencies to ticker symbols," Schwartz recalled.

Developers believed the ledger would not need unique ticker symbols for each coin, and that client wallets would independently determine who issued an asset and how to settle payments.

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In reality, decentralized finance has become critically fragmented. Dozens of major players have emerged in the market, each creating its own isolated "dollar." Instead of simply sending money, users must constantly navigate abbreviations such as USDT, USDC, and RLUSD, completely breaking the familiar user experience.

Schwartz proposes looking at the payment system from a different angle and reforming settlement mechanics by separating asset-display logic into two levels.

"Maybe the right answer is that you need two kinds of tickers, one that's global and one that's user-defined," he noted.

• A global ticker defines the nature of the underlying asset, such as the U.S. dollar.
• A user-defined ticker is configured individually by the recipient, based on their personal trust in an issuer.

"I am willing to accept RLUSD, USDT, or USDC as USD. Others may define USD differently," Schwartz concluded. While he is willing to accept the leading dollar tokens interchangeably, another business or user can configure their wallets differently and limit the group of trusted issuers.

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The paradox is that XRP Ledger itself has technically solved this problem through its trust line mechanism. It allows users to clearly specify which assets, and from which issuers, they are willing to accept into their balances.

Our thinking at the time was (put into modern terms) every USD stablecoin would use "USD" as its currency code and there was no real need for the ledger to support ticker symbols. Wallets could map issuers and currencies to ticker symbols.

— David 'JoelKatz' Schwartz (@JoelKatz) September 14, 2026

In practice, however, the payments industry has run into an interface problem. Most modern crypto wallets still read only text tickers, completely ignoring who issued the coin.

In Schwartz's view, until wallets learn to flexibly link issuers and currency codes, stablecoin payments will remain a complex tool for a narrow group of enthusiasts rather than a simple, invisible replacement for fiat currency.

Changpeng "CZ" Zhao, a co-founder of Binance, has commented on CoinEx's decision to close, contrasting the exchange's orderly shutdown with some of the most notorious collapses in the cryptocurrency space. 

Citing the decline in the cryptocurrency market, declining industry trading volume and liquidity, growing regulatory requirements, and increasingly onerous compliance costs, CoinEx announced that it will close its doors after nine years. Stages of the shutdown start on September 15 and end on December 22. 

At least, the few recent wind-downs during this winter have allowed users to withdraw their assets, a sharp contrast to the "QuadrigaCx styles" in the previous cycles. https://t.co/Ah1mrxPriz

— CZ 🔶 BNB (@cz_binance) September 15, 2026

CZ was more interested in how CoinEx is managing customer funds than in the closure itself. Zhao wrote, "At least, the few recent wind-downs during this winter have allowed users to withdraw their assets," which contrasts sharply with the "QuadrigaCx styles" observed in earlier cycles. 

There is significant weight to the comparison. After its founder passed away, QuadrigaCX's name became synonymous with catastrophic exchange failure as clients were unable to access their funds. CZ seems to be arguing that clients do not always have to learn that their assets are unavailable when an exchange closes. 

User assets are fully backed and accessible for withdrawal, according to CoinEx, which maintains an asset reserve ratio above 100%. On September 15, futures moved into reduce-only mode. 

On September 22, non-spot services will cease, and on September 29, spot trading will end. Withdrawals are still possible through December 22. Additionally, at 0.005 USDT per token, the exchange will repurchase any remaining CET balances. 

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After the December deadline, USDT remaining on the platform will go into independent custody, where CoinEx claims a monthly custody fee equal to five percent of the initial balance will be charged. The centralized-exchange industry is still unsettled by CoinEx's departure. The company specifically blamed declining volumes and liquidity along with rising compliance costs, implying that smaller and mid-sized platforms are facing increasingly challenging operating conditions. 

However, CZ's response draws attention to a distinction between insolvency and business failure. Even with the assets required to reimburse customers, exchanges may become economically unsustainable. This matters to CoinEx users. Instead of confronting clients with an abrupt freeze, the exchange's announced shutdown allows them to withdraw their funds over approximately three months.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is making a last-minute appeal to U.S. senators to advance the Clarity Act. .

In a Tuesday post, Garlinghouse urged lawmakers not to abandon the legislation over remaining disagreements. 

He claims that the current text already contains meaningful concessions made during months of negotiations.

“This bill isn’t just a compromise…it’s the product of real, substantive trades policymakers made to get here,” Garlinghouse said.

The Ripple boss reiterated an argument he made earlier in the legislative process: “perfect can’t be the enemy of good.”

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According to Garlinghouse, the compromises contained in the latest version are substantial enough that senators should not view the bill as something they are merely forced to accept.

Garlinghouse’s comments came in response to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who has also been pressing lawmakers to advance the bill. 

There was a striking burst of optimism surrounding the Clarity Act heading into the vote.

Over the weekend, Republicans unveiled a heavily revised version of the legislation after months of negotiations, incorporating more than 100 substantive changes sought by Democrats. The package included significant movement on one of the most difficult sticking points. 

The breakthrough briefly transformed sentiment surrounding the bill.

Polymarket odds of the Clarity Act becoming law in 2026 surged from the low-20% range to roughly 35% on Sept. 14. 

Crypto executives were also sounding increasingly upbeat.

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz declared over the weekend that the bill was not dead. 

That optimism proved fragile. The odds subsequently plunged back toward the high-teens as several Democrats made clear that they remained dissatisfied with the final compromise.

Senator Mark Warner said the changes did not go nearly far enough. Ruben Gallego indicated that the latest proposal still left much to be desired. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s Banking Committee staff has also circulated arguments against the compromise.

The Senate is expected to vote on cloture on the motion to proceed on Tuesday.

Failure on Tuesday would not technically kill the Clarity Act. However, another major delay could make getting the legislation enacted in 2026 substantially harder. 

Coinbase is removing eight cryptocurrency trading pairs as the exchange continues to consolidate liquidity into its more active markets.

Coinbase Markets announced that trading in ANKR-EUR, BAT-BTC, BAT-ETH, COMP-BTC, FIL-BTC, GRT-BTC, JASMY-USDT and YFI-BTC will be suspended on Sept. 15.

The exchange said the decision followed its regular review of markets and was intended to “improve overall market health and consolidate liquidity.”

Ahead of the suspension, all eight order books have already been switched to limit-only mode on Coinbase Exchange and Coinbase Advanced. Traders can still place and cancel limit orders, while market orders are no longer accepted.

Importantly, Coinbase is not delisting the eight underlying cryptocurrencies.

ANKR, BAT, COMP, FIL, GRT, JASMY and YFI will remain available through their USD order books for Coinbase Advanced Trade users in eligible regions. The change instead removes individual markets denominated in Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tether and euros.

BAT is particularly affected by the latest cleanup, with Coinbase dropping both its BAT-BTC and BAT-ETH markets.

The latest move is part of a broader pattern that has emerged on Coinbase this year.

On Aug. 6, the exchange suspended another six non-USD markets: LSETH-ETH, MINA-EUR, GRT-GBP, MASK-GBP, CHZ-USDT and CRO-USDT.

Coinbase used essentially the same explanation at the time. 

The Graph is therefore undergoing its second pair reduction in little more than a month. Coinbase removed GRT-GBP in August and is now eliminating GRT-BTC.

An earlier cleanup occurred in May.

Coinbase announced the suspension of APT-USDT, ENS-USDT, ICP-USDT, ICP-GBP, ROSE-USDT and SAND-USDT on May 14. 

Coinbase has also carried out more consequential asset-level delistings in recent months.

In August, the exchange disabled trading entirely for Idex (IDEX), Loopring (LRC), Omni Network (OMNI), Pirate Nation (PIRATE) and StaFi (FIS) following reviews of whether the assets continued to meet its listing standards.