Crypto Pulse—Industry Perspectives

Arc Mainnet opened to the public on September 16, 2026. Unlike most Layer 1 networks, Arc does not require users to hold a freely floating native token to pay transaction fees. Gas is paid in USDC, a stablecoin designed to track the value of the U.S. dollar.Arc Mainnet launched publicly on September 16, 2026, with USDC as native gas and sub-second deterministic finality. Source: Arc Network, September 16, 2026. This changes the basic blockchain experience. On Ethereum, a user sending USDC still

The Federal Reserve just delivered something markets normally dislike: a 25-basis-point interest-rate hike. On September 16, the Fed raised its benchmark rate to 3.75%-4.00%, its first increase since July 2023, while signaling that inflation remains elevated. Yet instead of triggering a sustained sell-off, markets quickly recovered. On September 17, the Nasdaq jumped 1.69%, the S&P 500 gained 1.14%, and Bitcoin rebounded from $75.5k.At first glance, the reaction appears contradictory. Higher rat

If you trade regularly on MEXC, you've probably come across oil-related derivatives at some point. But for most crypto traders, oil remains a fairly unfamiliar market, because the forces driving its price action are very different from what moves Bitcoin or altcoins.Beyond the usual fundamental analysis and technical indicators, oil prices are heavily shaped by global supply and demand, production output, inventory levels, OPEC+ decisions, the strength of the U.S. dollar, and especially geop

Key takeawaysDangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE opened its initial public offering on September 14, 2026 at ₦525 per share, selling 4.1 billion new ordinary shares for roughly 3.3% of enlarged share capital and targeting ₦2.1525 trillion gross, with subscription closing October 13 and NGX Main Board listing expected around November. Two on-chain routes went live the same day, both running on GetEquity's infrastructure. NectarFi on Solana takes stablecoin deposits at a minimum of ₦

Key takeawaysTDRA, the UAE's federal digital government authority, is upgrading the blockchain layer supporting the UAE PASS Digital Vault to Avalanche, the certified document store inside the country's national digital identity platform, which serves 12.5 million citizens, residents and visitors through more than 15,000 services across over 350 public and private entities. The Digital Vault runs on a dedicated Avalanche L1 instead of shared blockspace, so capacity is never contended by unrelate

Key takeawaysThe Senate failed to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act on September 15, 2026, with the tally at 49 to 50 and one senator not voting, eleven short of the 60 required and below even a simple majority. Every Democrat voted no, including Kirsten Gillibrand, Mark Warner, Cory Booker, Raphael Warnock, Ruben Gallego, Angela Alsobrooks and Catherine Cortez Masto, all of whom had spent months negotiating the text. Four Republicans join

The most important economic story of the US-Iran war is no longer what happened when the fighting began. It is what has happened since.Months into the conflict, the Strait of Hormuz remains severely constrained, Gulf energy infrastructure is facing repeated disruption, and governments across Asia are still trying to adjust to a world in which one of the most important energy corridors can no longer be treated as reliably open. On September 16, preliminary shipping data showed only four vessels c

The 35th Congress of Nahdlatul Ulama, or NU, adopted a more detailed position on Bitcoin. Through its Bahtsul Masail Waqi’iyah deliberation, the congress concluded that Bitcoin could qualify as property, or mal, and a medium of exchange, or tsaman, under its fiqh analysis. Transactions involving Bitcoin as a digital asset were also considered valid and permissible.That conclusion does not make Bitcoin Indonesia’s official currency, allow it to replace the rupiah, or authorize its unrestricted us

Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority, or OJK, has begun discussing the development of a Single Investor Identifier for the country’s crypto ecosystem. If implemented, the SID could provide one investor identity that recognizes the same person or legal entity across multiple service-provider accounts.The system could change how the industry counts investors, conducts identity verification, monitors cross-platform activity, and manages user data. As of mid-September 2026, however, OJK had not

Indonesian consumers entered August 2026 with greater confidence. The Consumer Confidence Index rose from 116.8 in July to 118.5. A reading above 100 indicates that consumers remain in the optimistic zone.That optimism has not yet been fully reflected in retail sales. Bank Indonesia estimated that the Real Sales Index grew by only 0.5% from August 2025. Growth remained positive, but it was weaker than the realised 1.1% increase recorded in July.The two readings are not contradictory. The Consume