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Here’s a quick recap of the crypto landscape for Friday (September 11) as of 10:00 a.m. UTC.
Bitcoin price update
Bitcoin (BTC) was priced at US$77,020.85, trading 0.5 percent higher over the past 24 hours.
Bitcoin price chart
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Bitcoin price performance, September 11, 2026.
Ether and altcoin price update
Bitcoin price performance, August 19, 2026.
- Ethereum (ETH) was priced at US$2,468.98, trading 2.3 percent higher over the last 24 hours.
- XRP (XRP) was priced at US$1.34, down by 0.9 percent over the past 24 hours.
- Solana (SOL) was trading at US$99.39, trading 0.9 percent higher over the past 24 hours.
Today’s crypto news to know
Senate Republicans release revised 630-page Clarity Act
Senate Republicans released a 630-page revised Clarity Act on Thursday (September 10) ahead of a pivotal September 15 procedural vote.
The updated bill targets “decentralized-in-name-only” crypto protocols controlled by individuals or groups, requiring them to register with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R., Wyo.) stated that the text incorporates over 100 changes requested by Democrats, writing on X, “This updated Clarity Act text reflects bipartisan hard work over August—specifying when decentralized-in-name-only DeFi protocols must register with the CFTC and limiting the DeFi provisions to spot and cash transactions, in response to Native American concerns about prediction markets.”
The revised draft directs the CFTC and Treasury to establish rules for controlled trading protocols while leaving ethics provisions prohibiting public officials, employees, and spouses from issuing digital assets largely unchanged.
Senate Democrats continue to push for broader restrictions addressing President Donald Trump’s crypto interests, with Politico reporting that no Democrats currently support the new bill.
Ripple expands treasury platform with AI agents
Ripple expanded its enterprise corporate treasury platform, GSmart, on September 10 by introducing specialized AI agents.
The new AI agents identify financial risks, recommend specific corporate actions, and explain the internal organizational policies behind their conclusions. Ripple designed the technology as “treasury-native AI” that requires human approval before executing any recommended transaction.
Conventional calculation engines handle underlying financial math, while the AI interprets policies and presents explanations to finance teams.
The expansion introduces Knowledge Studio for defining governance controls and Analytics Studio’s Ask GSmart conversational assistant for generating data insights.
The AI technology operates across Ripple Treasury, following Ripple’s US$1 billion acquisition of GTreasury in October 2025 and its April 2026 launch of Digital Asset Accounts.
Nasdaq invests US$100 million in Kraken parent Payward
Nasdaq Ventures announced a US$100 million investment in Payward, the parent company of the Kraken crypto exchange, valuing the firm at US$21 billion.
The two companies partnered to launch the Equity Token (NET) framework by the second quarter of 2027 to advance tokenized equity trading within existing regulatory frameworks.
“The next era of market evolution will be defined by how efficiently and seamlessly capital and assets move across the financial system with durable liquidity,” Nasdaq President Tal Cohen stated in a recent press release. “Expanding our relationship with Payward reflects our conviction that the company can play an important role in building the infrastructure that supports this evolution.”
Over US$2 trillion in daily U.S. stock trades net down by 98 percent, requiring clearing houses to hold US$10 billion to US$20 billion in collateral during settlement delays.
Payward will integrate Nasdaq’s market surveillance technology across its trading venues covering crypto, equities, tokenized stocks, futures, and options.
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Securities Disclosure: I, Meagen Seatter, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.
Securities Disclosure: I, Giann Liguid, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.
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