Bessent’s Bond Buyback Gamble, Druckenmiller’s Response, and More
WEEK IN REVIEW Key TakeawaysCharles Schwab added SOL, AVAX and LINK as its $13T crypto push expands beyond BTC and...
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BitGo Buys NYDIG’s Institutional Trading Arm for $7M Cash and $35.5M in Stock
"Institutions increasingly want to work with a trusted partner that can support the full lifecycle of digital assets," said...
Bitcoin Early Adopters Stir as 6,427 BTC Worth $500M Moves in August
Key TakeawaysThe Bitcoin blockchain saw 6,427.59 dormant BTC worth $507M move across 188 spends between Aug. 1-30, 2026.Coldcard losses reached...
Strategy Bitcoin Buying May Resume After Saylor ‘We’re Back’ Signal
Strategy’s Michael Saylor said “We’re Back” in his latest signal on X (formerly Twitter) of the company’s likely return to...
Fedwatch Turns Hawkish With 57% Odds of September Rate Increase
Key TakeawaysCME’s Fedwatch tool puts a Sept. 16 federal funds rate (FFR) hike at 57%, versus just 39.9% on Aug....
Bulls Reload for Another Assault on $81K as Bitcoin’s Price Rises
Key TakeawaysBitcoin hit $78,960 Sunday, gaining 1.5% as buyers challenged the $79,000 resistance zone.Coinglass logged $75.71M in crypto liquidations, while...
Is Strategy About to Buy Bitcoin Again?
The company hasn't announced a new BTC purchase in well over two months. Strategy’s co-founder and former CEO, Michael...
Michael Saylor Hints Strategy May Buy Bitcoin Again – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysSaylor’s cryptic post renewed speculation about a bitcoin purchase.Strategy held 840,447 BTC after pausing transactions for two weeks.Its $1.59...
One by One, the Industry Is Fixing the Tokens
Thus far, the breakout has held. Through Thursday’s close, U.S. equities have also been flat to slightly positive, owed almost...
ECB’s Schnabel Says Central Bank Money ‘Must Go Onchain’ – Bitcoin News
Key TakeawaysIsabel Schnabel believes that the ECB must bring its reserves onchain.Project Pontes is due to launch in September 2026,...
Swedish Tax Scrutiny Shadows Crypto Miners’ Pivot to AI
This article first appeared in The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. The Energy Mag (formerly The...
Sber Plans Bitcoin, Ether and USDT-Backed Loans
Russia’s largest bank, Sber, plans to expand its crypto-backed lending to accept Tether’s USDt stablecoin and Ether as collateral alongside...
Stablecoins Still Aren’t Credible Money at Scale
Key TakeawaysPablo Hernández de Cos flagged four failures in stablecoins during his Jackson Hole address.Global stablecoin supply has climbed to...
A Texas Player Just Let $1 Million Expire. It Was Sitting at a Gas Station the Whole Time
Key TakeawaysPowerball’s $1 million Austin ticket expired after its Aug. 1 claim deadline.Circle K sold the ticket matching 5 white...
Ethereum’s Top Sandwich Bot Made $295M, Then Lost $7.5M
Key TakeawaysJaredfromSubway.eth’s bot has extracted over 117,000 ETH (~$295M) from trades since March 2023.An attacker drained the sandwich bot of...
Bullish Makes $100M AI Credit Bet With GPUs Serving as Collateral
Key TakeawaysBullish extended USD.AI a $100 million facility for GPU-backed AI loans.The firm’s shares gained 44% in 1 month as...
Bitcoin Bull Cycle Peak Could Be Driven by Global ETF Demand
Key TakeawaysGlobal institutional demand could drive bitcoin’s bull cycle peak.Wider ETF access may extend adoption beyond the United States.Stablecoin liquidity...
Solana Leads Altcoin Gains as XRP and DOGE Slide
Key TakeawaysCrypto markets ended Aug. 29 flat at $2.73 trillion as volatility offset prior gains.Altcoins diverged sharply as SOL rallied...
Goldman Sachs Predicts Gold Will Hit $4,900 by Year-End
Key TakeawaysGoldman Sachs predicts gold will hit $4,900 per troy ounce by year-end due to high central bank demand.Central banks...
Zcash’s 19x Rally May Have More Room as Grayscale Eyes Bitcoin Share
Key TakeawaysZEC has risen roughly 19-fold but remains below 1% of bitcoin’s market cap.Grayscale says privacy could help Zcash capture...
Community Bankers Demand Total Ban on Stablecoin Rewards
Key TakeawaysCommunity banks revived stablecoin reward concerns, swaying two Republican senators to oppose CLARITY.ICBA warned stablecoins could trigger a $1.3T...
Poisoned AI Links Expose a Nightmare for Crypto Workers
Key TakeawaysRefi Hub’s Numa Lunah said 1 Claude-supplied link led to malware.Microsoft warned in 2026 that LLM poisoning can steer...
