CALWIRE Crypto Report (Monday, September 21, 2026)

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Today's top story: Crypto Biz: CLARITY Act setback puts Coinbase in the spotlight. This roundup covers 12 stories from Cointelegraph, The Block, Decrypt, CoinDesk, and CryptoSlate.

Crypto Biz: CLARITY Act setback puts Coinbase in the spotlight
Coinbase draws scrutiny after the CLARITY Act stalls, while the SEC moves ahead with tokenized stocks and crypto firms push deeper... — Cointelegraph

Strive adds 1,355 bitcoin, picks up pace toward year-end second-place treasury goal
Strive (ASST) remains the fifth-largest public bitcoin holder, behind Strategy, Twenty One, Metaplanet and MARA. — The Block

Tom Lee's Bitmine Adds $74M in Ethereum, Declares a Crypto Bull Market 'Underway'
The purchase lifts Bitmine's stash to nearly 5.99 million ETH—4.9% of supply—as chairman Tom Lee argues Ethereum's outperf... — Decrypt

ECB plans to buy tokenized bonds with its own funds
The European Central Bank rolled out a new system to link its payment system to blockchain-based financial markets. — CoinDesk

Why banks and offshore hubs like Dubai are winners of the Senate killing the Clarity Act
One expert believes that the failure to pass the bill is a win for the banks that staunchly oppose stablecoin yields, while a glob... — CoinDesk

Coinbase opens IPO allocations to US customers, starting with Oura
This expands Coinbase's push beyond secondary-market stock trading into the primary market, following its rollout of pre-IPO deriv... — The Block

Why truly decentralized DeFi needs no legal exemption according to SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce — CryptoSlate

Morning Minute: Kevin O’Leary Calls for $1 Million Bitcoin, With an Asterisk
Meanwhile, Bitcoin pushed up to $85,000 and a new local high and altcoins soared in a huge overnight rally. — Decrypt

Kyle Samani predicts SOL flippening, claims ‘no one’ uses ETH
Multicoin Capital co-founder Samani expects SOL to surpass Ether’s market capitalization “this market cycle” and argues that “toda... — Cointelegraph

Bitcoin’s $84K rally isn’t saving miners as difficulty signals already flash caution — CryptoSlate

‘Crypto bull market is underway,’ Tom Lee says as Bitmine nears 5% Ethereum supply target with 27,562 ETH buy
Bitmine's total investments currently stand at $17.1 billion, and the company owns over 4.9% of Ethereum's circulating supply. — The Block

Bitmine bought $75 million ether as Tom Lee says institutions are still underweight crypto
The largest Ethereum-centric treasury firm kept buying, while its chairman argued ETH’s strong third quarter could push institutio...

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