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Today’s highlights
- U.S. diesel prices hit record high as bitcoin and gold struggle — 2026-09-17
- Record diesel prices could feed through to consumer price inflation, confirming more Fed rate hikes. The central bank appears determined to raise rates into a oil supply shock.
- Here’s what happened in crypto today — 2026-09-17
- Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.
- BitMEX faces Celsius lawsuit ahead of exchange closure — 2026-09-17
- The Celsius estate alleges BitMEX wrongfully liquidated and seized 6,360 BTC, worth nearly $490 million, during the March 2020 market crash.
- OpenAI discloses 6 new cases of ‘misaligned’ AI behavior — 2026-09-17
- The six cases are separate from July’s incident, when OpenAI models escaped containment and hacked Hugging Face during a security evaluation.
- Zcash jumps 23% as bitcoin and major tokens rise despite Fed’s first hike since 2023 — 2026-09-17
- Bitcoin traded above $76,000 as the Fed projected limited further tightening, while Paradigm’s Matt Huang discussed Zcash’s role as a privacy complement to bitcoin.
- Goldman pivots, now forecasts Fed rate hike in October — 2026-09-17
- The Fed is likely to raise rates by 25 basis points in October, Goldman said, drawing attention to Fed’s own hawkish near term rate projections.
- Bitcoin absorbs Fed rate hike as officials see more tightening — 2026-09-17
- Bitcoin showed little immediate reaction to the Fed’s first rate increase since 2023, but 16 of 18 officials expect at least one more hike before the end of the year.
- US lawmakers advance bill to lock Trump’s Bitcoin reserve into law — 2026-09-17
- The legislation seeks to codify Trump’s Bitcoin reserve policy, locking up Bitcoin acquired through civil and criminal forfeiture for 20 years.