Author: CryptoPress
Stablecoin issuer Circle is reportedly in advanced discussions to acquire cross-border payment platform Tazapay for approximately $400 million.
The potential acquisition aims to expand Circle’s regulatory footprint and strengthen its global payment and settlement capabilities.
The deal highlights ongoing consolidation within the crypto payments sector as stablecoin adoption accelerates globally.
Stablecoin issuer Circle has reportedly...
Ethereum Surges Past $2,600, Reaching Highest Level in Seven Months
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Ethereum reached the $2,600 price milestone for the first time in seven months, aligning with a broader market recovery across digital assets.
The upward movement was accompanied by a noticeable uptick in derivatives trading volume and open interest across centralized exchanges.
Market analysts attribute the recent price action to improving macroeconomic conditions and renewed institutional interest in layer-1 networks.
Ethereum climbed past...
Shiny Coins #25 – Zcash Tags $1,300 as CPI Hands the Bid to Ethereum
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Saturday, September 12, 2026. Bitcoin last printed around $77,280, down −3.0% on seven days that hid two circuses. The tape leaked from last Friday’s ~$79,670 close into the mid-$76,000s, then August CPI landed: headline +0.4% / +3.4% year-over-year in line, core +0.3% versus 0.2% expected, annual core 2.4%. Bitcoin wicked to roughly $76,050, ripped toward $79,800, and parked back at $77k. Spot bitcoin ETFs flipped last week’s $731 million...
Bitcoin, ether rebound after August CPI matches forecasts as Fed hike odds climb
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The U.S. consumer price index rose 0.4% in August and 3.4% from a year earlier, matching forecasts, while core CPI increased 0.3% month over month.
Bitcoin briefly traded as high as about $79,837 before settling near $77,800; ether moved above $2,500.
Market pricing of a 25-basis-point hike at the Sept. 16 FOMC meeting climbed into the mid-to-high 80% range after the print.
Energy, including a 3.9% monthly rise in gasoline, accounted for a...
Unruggable ICOs? MetaDAO and the $5 Million Exemption
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In four days in 2025, wallets committed about $155 million of USDC to Umbra, a Solana privacy protocol raising on MetaDAO. The project kept $3 million. The rest went back.
That gap is the whole story in miniature. Public token sales are noisy again. They are not the 2017 version of public token sales. The money that actually stays in a treasury is smaller, slower, and — if the pitch is honest — harder to steal. MetaDAO, a Solana venue that...



