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Today’s highlights
- Iran’s Strait of Hormuz toll booth ran through a bitcoin exchange, U.S. says — 2026-09-18
- The U.S. Treasury sanctioned BitBank, a Tehran exchange it says moved hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin to the Revolutionary Guards and handled payments collected from ships buying passage through the world’s mo
- Solana speeds up blocks by 17%, but transaction capacity stays the same — 2026-09-18
- The network is cutting its target slot time to 250 milliseconds, giving apps fresher blockchain data and validators shorter control windows while reducing the amount of work allowed in each slot.
- Here’s what happened in crypto today — 2026-09-18
- 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.
- Corporate treasuries bought just 5,900 bitcoin in 3 months. Other demand signals look weak, too. — 2026-09-18
- Corporate treasuries bought just 5,900 bitcoin in three months, while broader demand signals remain weak.
- Ethereum confirms Glamsterdam dates, but warns ‘fake’ builders could stall the chain — 2026-09-18
- Free test ether lets fake builders outbid rivals and withhold transaction payloads, while client teams get half the usual review time before Sepolia.
- Zcash targets November for NU7 mainnet upgrade with 25-second blocks — 2026-09-18
- NU7 will cut Zcash block times to 25 seconds and preserve its halving schedule, with testnet activation planned for Oct. 6.
- Ether and XRP ETFs post outflows as bitcoin moves above $77,000 — 2026-09-18
- Ether funds shed money for a third straight session even as the token rose, while every major gained and zcash extended its run.
- Cardano’s IOG warns users to avoid YouTube channel amid apparent hijack — 2026-09-18
- Input Output Group told users to avoid its YouTube channel after it began livestreaming a suspected AI-manipulated Charles Hoskinson video promising to “double your wealth.”