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EQIBank, used by Tether, had 80% of its assets frozen as part of a seizure targeting Capstone Limited, according to reporting from the Financial Times . According to the reporting, the relationship between Tether and EQIBank was related to Marlin Capital Partners. This reporting further claims that Marlin Capital, which has been serving as an investment advisor for Tether, has invested in EQIBank. It also reportedly promised additional investment in EQIBank if it could successfully help Tether open an account at Singapore-based DBS. EQIBank did claim in a filing that it had a relationship with a firm called Clarency “that provided correspondent banking through DBS Singapore.” The bank was apparently relying on a firm called Capstone Limited to help it place deposits in the US and maintain relationships with US-based banks. According to a complaint for forfeiture filed in July, Capstone was allegedly misrepresenting the nature of its business to ban...

As Bitcoin (BTC) closed September 2026 in a bullish outlook, up over 6%, Finbold’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agent expects the flagship cryptocurrency to maintain its uptrend momentum in October. On October 1, Finbold’s AI Agent predicted that Bitcoin price could reach $84,825 by October 31. As BTC price traded at approximately $83,452 at the time of writing, this AI Agent signals at a potential 1.65% gain by the end of this month. Bitcoin price prediction for October 31. Source: Finbold’s AI Agent This bullish thesis for BTC was based on DeepSeek Chat and Gemini 3.5 Flash ’s price targets of $87,500 and $82,150 respectively.  Bitcoin price prediction for October 31 by DeepSeek and Gemini . Source: Finbold’s AI Agent Bitcoin technical analysis  This Bitcoin price prediction for October 31 was also shaped by the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD), and the Relative Strength Index (RSI).  Although the MACD line crossed below the MAC...

Last week, Protos reported that a philanthropic organization associated with the effective altruism movement, Manifund, had hired Caroline Ellison, providing the former CEO of Alameda Research her first major job opportunity since being released from prison. However, the hire caused catastrophic fallout for the organization, and the CEO is now openly wondering if Ellison’s hiring could force it to shut down. First, I'm grateful to @tenobrus for thinking that Manifund was doing good and useful work. (I'm not sure if Tenobrus realizes, but prior to Caroline joining, "people behind Manifund" was just me.) And — yeah, in fact this might be lights out for Manifund. I hope it isn't. I… — Austin Chen (@akrolsmir) September 12, 2026 Read more: Read more: FTX’s Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang hit with five-year trading ban Caroline Ellison’s hiring came with a dire warning While Manifund CEO Austin Chen took to effective altruis...

Zcash (ZEC) is currently the best-performing cryptocurrency among the top 100 projects by market cap. CoinGecko data shows that ZEC’s price has risen by 18.2% in the last 24 hours, 65% in the 14-day charts, and 166.5% over the previous month. The privacy-focussed cryptocurrency has also rallied by a whopping 2564.9% over the last year, outshining major crypto heavyweights, such as Bitcoin (BTC), Solana (SOL), etc. ZEC has also outshined major tech stocks like Nvidia (NVDA), Micron (MU), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (AMD), etc. Let’s discuss why Zcash (ZEC) is experiencing a sudden surge in popularity and price and if the rally can sustain itself. Source: CoinGecko Why Is Zcash (ZEC) Rallying? Source: Binance Zcash’s (ZEC) upswing today is perplexing given that the larger crypto market faced a steep correction on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, after the CLARITY Act failed to pass the US Senate. Bitcoin (BTC) fell the $75,000 price level and other assets began following i...

Zcash (ZEC) is currently one of the best-performing cryptocurrencies in the market. CoinGecko data shows that ZEC’s price has risen by nearly nearly 60% in the 14-day charts and more than 150% over the last month. ZEC recently reclaimed the $1200 price level after nearly a decade. Let’s discuss why Zcash’s (ZEC) price is rallying, and if the rally can continue. Source: CoinGecko Why Is Zcash Rallying Today? Source: Binance Zcash (ZEC) began its upward surge after Grayscale launched its ZEC ETF (Exchange Traded Fund) recently. ETFs played a major role in the 2025 market cycle, with Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) hitting new peaks thanks to increase ETF inflows. ZEC is likely experiencing a surge in investor sentiment after the ETF launch. Another factor that may be pushing Zcash’s (ZEC) price rally is the rise in demand for privacy-focussed cryptocurrencies. People have become increasingly distrustful of traditional finance mechanisms due to fears around governm...

Exchange data from Binance shows that 58.5% of bStocks holders also trade perpetual futures, direct equities, or all three, with 20.7% remaining active across all three formats. This behavioral overlap indicates that the segmentation separating a stock investor from a derivatives trader from a cryptocurrency holder describes account structures rather than people. That taxonomy stops working when one account carries all three instruments. One investor, three instruments The retail investor taxonomy the financial industry uses was largely inherited from an infrastructure constraint. Equities, derivatives, and digital assets historically lived in separate accounts at separate firms under separate regulators, prompting the industry to describe the people using them as distinct populations. Collapse the accounts, and the taxonomy has nothing left to sit on. Independent data from Kaiko shows that between April 1 and May 25, 2026, Binance and Hyperliquid each averaged around ...