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Blockchain sleuths at Elliptic traced the money, Treasury sanctioned the marketplace, and Xinbi—which ran $24 billion through a Telegram scam bazaar—called the

Crypto advocates and community bankers are targeting lawmakers in their home states as the Senate prepares for a September 15 procedural vote.

The meme coin plunged on its debut, as recent alt leaders and many onchain darlings slipped in a nasty day for crypto.

Chinese-language platform Xinbi is accused of operating on crypto transactions as it offered services to other criminal networks.

Coinbase CEO tells CNBC the crypto industry gets regulatory clarity whether or not the Senate passes the bill on Sept. 15.

Bitcoin fell 2% over 24 hours to $78,111 as 95 of the 100 CoinDesk 100 constituents declined, with most of the damage done overnight.

The investment expands a strategic partnership to bring tokenized, voting-enabled equities to crypto exchange users.

Bybit has an electronic money institution license in Austria and is about to snag a MiFID license too, CEO Ben Zhou told Coindesk.

The Justice Department seized Xinbi’s Telegram channels and two wallets as investigators pursued 47 additional wallets across its alleged laundering network.

The president’s son portrayed his memecoin as a symbol of redemption. Critics denounced it as hypocrisy.

Forensic accountants are tracing who paid for the mining hardware, and money laundering has not been ruled out.

The agency ranks cryptoassets third among nine economic crime priorities, and says it wants to generate its own targets.

Kuchinad, the CEO of cryptocurrency custody firm Copper since 2024, has left the company, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) issued non-compliance notices to what it calls virtual digital asset service providers.

Malone Lam, a Miami resident charged with stealing 4,100 bitcoin, led a ring of fraudsters who stole crypto via online scams and home invasions.

Exporters can use overseas earnings to fund imports directly, bypassing the official foreign-exchange system, the FT reported.

Bitcoin advanced to as high as $79,700 while Brent crude topped $100 and European shares fell, leaving crypto tracking gold rather than equities.

Your day-ahead look for Sept. 9, 2026