Vanguard, the $10 trillion asset manager, is preparing to allow brokerage clients access to third-party crypto ETFs in response to strong client demand and a shifting regulatory environment. (Crypto In America)
The Treasury Department and IRS issued interim guidance allowing corporations to exclude unrealized gains and losses on digital assets when calculating corporate alternative minimum tax liability, exempting Strategy Inc. from a potential multi-billion dollar tax obligation on its $74.6 billion Bitcoin holdings. (Bloomberg)
A coalition of corporate Bitcoin holders announced the formation of the Treasury Council on September 16, led by Strategy CEO Phong Le and including nine chief executives, to advocate for federal Bitcoin adoption and support the BITCOIN Act in Congress. (CryptoSlate)
Robinhood enabled trading of Strategy Inc’s STRC preferred stock, marking the platform’s first ever preferred stock listing and giving retail investors access to the Bitcoin-backed security that raised $2.5 billion in the largest IPO of 2025. (Blockspace Media)
PayPal introduced PayPal Links for peer-to-peer payments that will soon support cryptocurrency transfers including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and PYUSD to PayPal, Venmo, and other digital wallets in the U.S. (TechCrunch)
Coinbase partnered with Samsung to provide exclusive Coinbase One access within Samsung Wallet for more than 75 million Galaxy users in the U.S., with plans to expand globally in the coming months. (Coinbase)
The combined market capitalization of fourteen U.S.-listed bitcoin miners tracked by JPMorgan exceeded $50 billion for the first time in September, rising 43% month-over-month to $56 billion. (CoinDesk)
The Texas Teachers Retirement Fund, valued at $200 billion, invested $25 million in Bitcoin through MicroStrategy stock as part of a broader trend of institutional pension funds gaining cryptocurrency exposure. (Coin Central)
Laos is embracing cryptocurrency mining to monetize its surplus electricity from hydropower dams as the country seeks to address debt burdens from its dam-building projects. (South China Morning Post)
El Salvador redistributed its entire National Strategic Bitcoin Reserve from a single address into multiple addresses to protect against potential quantum computing attacks. (Benzinga)