All three major stock indices closed at record highs on Thursday afternoon and now on Friday, bitcoin is following suit.

On Sept. 12, 2025, XRP traded at $3.04, valuing the asset at a market capitalization of $181 billion. Over the last 24 hours, volume totaled $5.25 billion, with an intraday range of $2.99 to $3.07.

Prediction markets are serving a split-decision special: Democrats have the edge for the House in 2026, while Republicans hold the Senate lead, and the 2028 presidential board has JD Vance on top with Gavin Newsom chasing.

On Sept. 12, 2025, bitcoin traded near the upper end of the day’s range between $114,834 and $115,269 as traders gauged momentum into known resistance levels.

Bitcoin ETFs extended their winning streak with $553 million in inflows, led by Blackrock and Fidelity, while ether ETFs secured another $113 million.

The AI agent Diella, whose name means “sun” in Albanian, is part of a government push to curb corruption in public tenders, a growing problem in the country. Previously, Diella served as an assistant on the government services website.

The crypto bull market is no longer just brewing – it’s here. And the exchanges leading the charge are posting record-breaking volumes, launching new products, and expanding fast. As mid-September 2025 arrives, we break down which platforms are winning the market momentum – and why they’re best positioned to benefit from the months ahead.

Meliuz recently unveiled a new strategy that will allow it to increase the yield gained on the bitcoin held as part of its treasury. The Brazilian company will now leverage options with pre-defined strike prices to keep acquiring bitcoin and profiting from market volatility.

Chipper Cash said its bitcoin payments platform, powered by Voltage’s lightning infrastructure, now routes over 50% of its bitcoin transactions via the lightning network, marking one of the largest real‑world lightning deployments to date.

Uruguay is in the initial stages of studying the implementation of a digital currency as part of a restructuring process. Adolfo Sarmiento, the former manager of economic policy and markets, has been reassigned to oversee the project.

Welcome to Latam Insights Encore, a deep dive into Latin America’s most relevant economic and crypto news from the past week. In this edition, we examine the significance of El Salvador’s latest gold purchase and how it aligns with bitcoin’s sound‑money ethos.

A recent NPM supply chain attack sparked brief panic in the crypto community, raising fears of widespread fund theft. While some dismissed the exploit as minor, security experts emphasized it as a wake-up call for developers.

Crypto exchanges have become battlegrounds where giants anchor liquidity while agile challengers race to capture new narratives, and the competition between CEXs and DEXs intensifies. In all of this, LBank has carved out a unique role as a prime curated marketplace for hidden gems and one of the few exchanges where retail capital consistently meets early opportunity.

Two technicians in Hong Kong were arrested for allegedly stealing electricity from care homes for the disabled to run a covert cryptocurrency mining operation.

Authorities at the Central Bank of Brazil stated that it aims to start enacting VASP regulation in 2026, following the definition of the rules those regulations will follow. The bank stressed that the rules will allow for freedom but should not be “too bold.”