- This week, BTC hit $25,000 twice before falling back below $22,000. Bitcoin's chief developer retires, he's one of the few people in the world with full access to the Bitcoin core GitHub.
- The developers officially confirmed Ethereum's transition to Proof-of-Stake (PoS) on September 15, 2022.
- PayPal has fully integrated crypto into its app.
- Google invested $1.56 billion in blockchain ventures between September 2021 and June 2022.
- Once again a stablecoin, that of Huobi $HUSD broke away from its peg with the USD by going as high as $0.82, before regaining parity with the dollar.
- Ripple has partnered with Travelex Bank to launch cryptocurrency payments in Brazil. (businesswire.com) HSBC, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs have called XRP a "digital currency".
- 2.37 billion USDT were deposited on Binance this week, it would be a record transfer in stablecoin to an exchange.
- Crypto.com, the cryptocurrency platform has announced that it has signed a pre-registration undertaking with the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) in Canada. In the same time, the company has received approval from the Financial Conduct Authority, which validates its status as a provider of crypto-asset services and products.
- Residents of several African countries can now send and receive Bitcoin without an internet connection thanks to Machankura which uses SMS to transfer Bitcoin.
- A major Australian gas station chain has started accepting cryptocurrency payments at its 175 locations across the country.
