September 17, 2026

US midterms Polymarket odds now price a 60% chance that Democrats take control of the US Senate, according to CNBC’s review of prediction-market data published September 16, 2026. Kalshi, the other major regulated prediction-market…

In breaking SEC crypto news today, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has granted temporary, conditional relief allowing permissioned Tokenized Securities Venues to trade tokenized U.S. National Market System stocks through…

Rep. Nicholas J. Begich (R-AK) introduced H.R. 8957, the American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026, on May 21, 2026. The proposal would establish a Treasury-managed Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and impose a minimum 20-year holding period on…

Circle opened the public mainnet for Arc, its USDC-centered Layer 1 blockchain, on September 16, 2026, with 11 founding validators drawn almost entirely from traditional finance, creating a talking point about the firms involvement with…