Crypto Pulse—Industry Perspectives

Commission III of Indonesia’s House of Representatives is targeting the enactment of the Criminal Asset Forfeiture Bill by December 2026. The timetable was announced after dozens of public hearings, regional working visits, and written submissions from civil-society groups.A target date does not mean the bill’s substance is final. As of September 15, 2026, lawmakers were still debating issues that will determine how the law operates, including the initial evidence threshold, forfeiture without a

Starting October 1, 2026, Bank Indonesia will expand the 0% Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard, or QRIS, Merchant Discount Rate for transactions of up to IDR100,000. The policy will cover all merchant categories, including small, medium, and large businesses that could previously be charged a 0.7% MDR.The phrase “zero-percent QRIS fee,” however, needs to be interpreted carefully. The fee being reduced to zero is the MDR borne by merchants when accepting eligible payments. It is not an autom

The reported value of digital financial asset derivatives transactions in Indonesia fell from IDR 4.19 trillion in June to IDR 3.41 trillion in July 2026. Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority, or OJK, reported a monthly decline of 18.53% in a release published on September 7, 2026.The decline shows that recorded derivatives transaction activity was lower in July than in the previous month. It does not prove that every trader reduced leverage, that open positions fell by 18.53%, or that liqui

Yesterday, September 15, 2026, the entire crypto industry was holding its breath for one thing: the CLARITY Act. After more than a year of negotiations, over 600 pages of legislative compromise, and hundreds of millions of dollars in lobbying, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY Act) stood on the verge of becoming America's first comprehensive legal framework for digital asset markets. But a procedural vote in the Senate closed that dream for 2026.So what caused a bill both parties pra

The U.S. crypto market may be heading toward a major regulatory shift, but the SEC is making one thing clear: Washington does not have to wait for Congress to act. SEC Chair Paul Atkins supports the CLARITY Act, yet the agency plans to keep developing crypto rules even if the legislation stalls.For investors and traders, that creates an unusual situation. Regulatory clarity could arrive through Congress, through the SEC, or through both. Here is what the latest developments mean for the crypto m

Solana has just recorded more than 263,000 new SPL tokens created in a single day, setting a new all-time high for daily token issuance on the network, according to Solscan data cited by Cointelegraph on September 10, 2026. Solscan defines this metric as “New SPL tokens,” meaning newly minted SPL tokens on Solana.There is one date-related detail that needs clarification. Cointelegraph published its article on September 10 but stated that the record occurred on Wednesday, corresponding to Septemb

Tether and Fasanara Capital announced the launch of StableFund on September 9, 2026, an evergreen private credit fund jointly sponsored by the two companies, with $400 million in initial co-investment capital and a target of attracting up to $3 billion from third-party institutional investors.StableFund focuses on short-duration, asset-backed credit deployed through Fasanara’s fintech network. The structure targets SME and consumer lending through platforms operating in more than 60 countries, w

Circle Internet Group, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tazapay, a Singapore-based cross-border B2B payments infrastructure platform. Circle announced the deal on September 8, 2026, while the share purchase agreement was signed on September 4. The transaction has a base value of $400 million, to be paid in Circle shares rather than cash.The transaction has not yet been completed. Circle expects the deal to close in 2027, subject to customary closing

Key TakeawaysEthereum (ETH) trades near $2,500 after spiking to $2,660 on September 11, its highest level since January, and consolidating just below the $2,550 to $2,600 zone that analysts flag as the trigger for a run toward $3,000.Spot Ethereum ETFs pulled in $216.41 million on September 11, the strongest day of the month, led by BlackRock's ETHA with $148.82 million and a 20 session inflow streak. ETH funds have gathered about $863 million in net inflows in 2026 while Bitcoin ETFs sit roughl

Key TakeawaysZcash (ZEC) has surged more than 2,300% in a year and about 125% in the past 30 days, briefly topping $1,250 last week and lifting its market capitalization to roughly $19.5 billion, enough to enter the top 10 and overtake Monero as the largest privacy coin.Tachyon, led by Zcash co-founder Sean Bowe, is a redesign of the shielded protocol around proof carrying data that would let block producers aggregate many private transactions into a single proof, offload wallet syncing to serve