Euro-area online and mobile merchants can apply until Oct. 27 to test beta digital euro payments in a 12-month pilot.

This is a rather bold proposal coming from European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, in her her annual state of the European Union address in

Federico Variola says AI has diverted capital from crypto and is empowering attackers, while rising cybersecurity costs could push the industry toward greater centralization.

UK August CPI +3.1% vs +3.1% y/y expected Prior +2.9% UK August core CPI +2.6% vs +2.6% y/y expected Prior +2.6% The main readings are

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, the main highlight was the UK CPI report. The data came mostly in line with expectations, with a slight

The former employees allegedly earned more than $50,000 each by trading Hyperliquid perpetuals ahead of Robinhood token listings.

OpenAI in talks for funding round above $1.2 trillion valuation Ethereum retests broken resistance near $2,470 as exchange supply keeps shrinking Triple good news for

The $450 million withdrawal came as Bitcoin fell 2.5% and the CLARITY Act failed to advance in the Senate, with Fidelity and BlackRock funds leading

The UK inflation report for August today is going to be the main highlight in terms of economic data releases in the European session later

The CLARITY Act still has a procedural path after Senator Thom Tillis moved to reconsider the failed cloture vote, though industry executives are divided over

The soft machinery orders print undercuts the case for near term Bank of Japan tightening, as a weaker leading capex signal suggests the investment side

The improved but still below-trend reading gives the Reserve Bank some room to hold at its September meeting without abandoning its tightening bias, consistent with

I think we can all agree it’s a wating day for the FOMC. The Fed battleground is no longer Wednesday’s meeting, but the ones afterwards

The core of the US proposal is a hard cap on how much of an AI server, chip or related piece of hardware can be

Bitcoin Magazine Strive’s Matt Cole: Bitcoin is Primed for 30% Growth into 2030 What happens when the Fed and Treasury finally step in to suppress

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin, BTC-Related Stocks Tumble After Senate Blocks Clarity Act  Bitcoin’s price tumbled — along with crypto-related stocks — following the blockage of the

A BIS study found widely used crypto metrics can obscure economic activity, with measurement challenges spanning Bitcoin, Ethereum and stablecoins.

Bitcoin Magazine Why the Clarity Act Could Decide America’s Financial Future w/ John Deaton The Senate is voting today, but not on what most people

Bitcoin Magazine Senate Blocks Clarity Act, Likely Killing It for 2026 Lawmakers blocked the Clarity Act on Tuesday a procedural vote, with the long-awaited legislation

Bitcoin Magazine Lightning Lands on BitBox — And It Doesn’t Ask for a New Seed Phrase Bitcoin wallet manufacturer BitBox is putting Lightning in users’

Explosions heard in Saudi Arabia Canadians continued to spend through August – RBC spending tracker shows US 20-year bond auction tails by 2 bps Bessent:

The failed procedural vote leaves the CLARITY Act facing an uncertain future after months of negotiations over crypto oversight and ethics provisions.

The crypto exchange is expanding its traditional finance offerings with 11 US-listed exchange-traded funds focused on US Treasurys and investment-grade bonds.

Bitcoin Magazine AI Could Be Bitcoin’s Next Onboarding Engine, Nakamoto CEO Says Artificial intelligence may turn out to be an unexpected driver of Bitcoin adoption,

A Bank of England policy maker said digital dollars could expand access to the US currency while turning stablecoin issuers into bigger buyers of government

An MEV bot known as “Yoink” front-ran an attacker attempting to exploit a custom Safe module, capturing the stolen rsETH before Kelp temporarily froze the

Bitcoin Magazine DOJ Seeks $61M in Iranian Oil Proceeds Laundered Through Binance Accounts The U.S. Department of Justice said Monday it is seizing and seeking

Standard Chartered sees Robinhood Chain as an early sign that tokenization could transform Arbitrum’s economics and drive ARB sharply higher by 2030.

Bitcoin price action weakened over market nerves prior to the Senate CLARITY Act vote, while surging bond yields pressured risk assets across the board.

Bitcoin Magazine Will the Clarity Act Pass the Senate? | Connor Brown, Bitcoin Policy Institute The Clarity Act reaches a make-or-break moment as the Senate

Bitcoin Magazine Strike CEO Jack Mallers: Inflation Outlook, Bond Stress and BTC vs Gold US debt-to-GDP has pushed past 120%, and Jack Mallers thinks the

The Canadain dollar is down for the fifth consecutive day as USD rises across the board on an expected Fed rate hike. Below the surface,

Tether’s USDT stablecoin was part of a failed oil trade that reportedly cost a Polish energy giant $230 million in late 2023.

U.S. ADP NER Pulse for the four weeks ending August 29: Weekly private employment change: +16,250 vs +12,000 expected. Prior +12,250 Four-week moving average, seasonally

Prior was +20.6 New orders +2.0 vs +17.3 prior Prices paid +63.1 vs +58.6 prior Employment +10.6 vs +9.3 prior Six monthis index +29.0 vs

Canada’s July wholesale trade: Wholesale sales MoM: +0.3% vs -0.5% expected. Prior +2.8% Wholesale sales YoY: +7.9% Wholesale sales volumes MoM: -0.6% Wholesale inventories: Essentially

Headlines: USD/INR erases all RBI intervention gains as surging oil prices weigh on the Indian Rupee Oil remains supported as supply risks intensify and diplomatic

Bitcoin short-term holders approached a full month in partial profit as analysis saw improving odds of an enduring bullish BTC price reversal.

Ethereum and Base are pursuing different account abstraction designs after talks failed, according to Ethlabs researcher Derek Chiang.

The 114-page bill would change the tax treatment of crypto fees, stablecoins and lending while leaving existing reward-tax timing unchanged.

Tether froze $61.19 million across 10 Tron addresses in 2025 that prosecutors allege were connected to black-market Iranian oil proceeds.

Germany September ZEW survey current conditions -47.1 vs -52.1 expected Prior -61.1 Germany September ZEW survey economic sentiment 34.7 vs 40.0 expected Prior 34.2 The

Solana raised its transaction size limit to 4,096 bytes, giving developers more room for zero-knowledge proofs and transactions with multiple signatures.

The key details: July ILO unemployment rate 4.9% vs 5.0% expected Prior 4.9% July employment change 67k vs 67k expected Prior 83k July average weekly

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, the main highlight was the UK employment report. The data was basically in-line with expectations across the board and

If there’s one thing to note from the way we are starting off the week, it is that the bond market isn’t waiting around for the

Banking groups also said the GOP’s final text leaves stablecoin reward loopholes, while tribal gaming interests warn that its prediction market provisions threaten tribal sovereignty.

CoinEx said falling trading volumes and liquidity, along with rising regulatory and compliance costs, had exceeded “reasonable boundaries,” with withdrawals remaining open until Dec. 22.

The data reinforces a now familiar pattern in China’s recovery: export-facing industry holding up while domestic demand and investment lag, a mix that tends to

Balancer cut costs and shipped new products after restructuring, but Marcus Hardt says v3 failed to replace legacy revenue as November’s $128 million exploit continued

Nikkei rebounds as Kospi slips, AI capex jitters split Asian markets China’s factories outperform as consumption and investment lag behind BoE decision preview: Goldman sees

I’ll be back with details and implications soon. Fixed Asset Investment (YTD) (YoY) (Aug) -7.2% expected -7.2%, prior  -6.7% Retail Sales (YoY) (Aug) 0.4% expected

Some Democrats remain dissatisfied with the bill’s crypto ethics provisions and will be sending a counterproposal just hours before a key procedural vote.

The modest easing in the annual rate of decline, from a 3.2% drop in July to 3.0% in August, is unlikely to shift the broader

Bitcoin Magazine Mallers: Bitcoin and AI Could Give Humans Back Their Time Bitcoin — along with artificial intelligence — could help humans get their time

Kraken’s new xStocks vaults let investors earn yield on tokenized versions of Nvidia and major US stock market ETFs by lending the assets in DeFi

Bitcoin Magazine Swiss Bitcoin Pay Shuts Down Servers After Data Breach Another day, another data breach.  Swiss Bitcoin Pay, a non-custodial bitcoin payment processor, said

AI and chip stocks tumble as weekend warnings challenge the sector’s growth assumptions Trump: AI will be the greatest economic development engine in history US

Bitcoin Magazine Lummis Credits Trump for Ethics Deal as Clarity Act Faces Tuesday Vote Republican senator Cynthia Lummis has praised U.S. President Donald Trump for

Bitcoin’s price rose toward $80,000 after US President Donald Trump hinted that the US-Iran war would end, pushing oil prices lower.

Bitcoin Magazine Morgan Stanley’s Bitcoin Investment Recommendation Explained w/ Amy Oldenburg Morgan Stanley became the first global systemically important bank to launch a spot Bitcoin

Trump’s ethics concession addresses one hurdle for the crypto bill, but 18 state attorneys general say the revised legislation would weaken state oversight.

There has been a steady improvement in the mood in risk markets today and stocks are now at sessions highs, though still solidly negative. The

Strive’s latest Bitcoin purchase was funded entirely through its SATA preferred stock as the company continues its rapid climb among corporate BTC holders.

US President Donald Trump posted the following comments on artificial intelligence: Says AI and data centers will be “the Greatest Economic Development Engine in History

Bitmine now has more than 5 million ETH staked, turning most of its Ether holdings into a recurring income stream as it continues to accumulate.

The investment brings together major financial institutions as Kaiko expands its data infrastructure for tokenized securities and onchain financial markets.

Bitcoin Magazine Strive Snaps Up More Bitcoin, Brings Holdings to 25,000 BTC  Nasdaq-listed bitcoin treasury Strive now holds 25,000 BTC — worth nearly $2 billion

I’m starting to get the sense that Trump saw some bad polls this morning. I hope everyone realizes that price increases throughout America were caused

AI’s biggest labs are suddenly calling for a slower pace of development. Is it because AI risks are catching up with the technology, or because

Bitcoin Magazine Strategy Buys Back Stock, Skips Bitcoin Purchase  Bitcoin treasury Strategy held off buying bitcoin again last week. The Nasdaq-listed company said it instead

Trump won’t be swayed by talk of AI doom. He writes: The only control or “guardrails” that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High

Bitcoin Magazine A Bitcoin Berkshire Model: Orange Juice The corporate Bitcoin landscape is currently dominated by a single, aggressive playbook. Companies following this model rely

The big question in energy markets this week is how long it will take to restore flows through the Saudi east-west pipeline. For background, this

Stablecoins may reduce trade finance friction, fragmented regulatory regimes limit their adoption to just 3% of global payments, according to the World Trade Organization.

Token buybacks have pushed Hyperliquid to all time highs, but Alice Liu from CoinMarketCap warns that Binance poses a threat to the revenue stream it

Rate hikes by year-end BoE: 51 bps (57% probability of no change at the next meeting) 2027: 111 bps Fed: 50 bps (87% probability of

Crypto wallet providers must submit an early vulnerability report within 24 hours and a full notification within 72 hours of exploits, or risk administrative fines

Headlines: Fed rate hike bets surge as Wall Street analysts converge on September move Oil prices climb again as Hormuz disruption and Saudi pipeline attack

Prior was 3.0% CPY -0.1% m/m vs 0.0% expected BOC core 2.4% y/y vs 2.3%  BOC core +0.1% m/m vs 0.2% CPI median 2.0% vs

India’s retail inflation accelerated further in August, with headline CPI inflation rising to 4.82% y/y, up from 4.45% in July. Food inflation was even stronger,

Symbiosis is offering a 20% bounty for information leading to asset recovery after the hacker refused to return the stolen funds for the same white-hat

Bitcoin traders brace for volatility as the CLARITY Act awaits a Senate vote to move forward and the Fed is due to announce its latest

Unnamed industry participants reportedly warned that UK fund rule uncertainty could slow tokenized gold development and limit investor access.

ARKB, GBTC and IBIT led Bitcoin ETF withdrawals, while BlackRock’s ETHA pushed Ether ETFs into weekly inflows.

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, we don’t have much on the agenda other than the Swiss PPI report. The data won’t change anything for

The gathering comes days after Dario Amodei and Sam Altman called for greater restraint at the AI frontier, warning that rapidly improving systems could pose

The heads of US frontier AI labs are terrified of China Anthropic, OpenAI and Google held talks on AI safety body, report says Ripple’s RLUSD

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said issuers should be involved if tokenized products change shareholder rights or company obligations, but not when they create separate instruments

The 635-page revised proposal includes Trump-backed ethics provisions and comes just two days before a key procedural vote.

The report adds substance behind the wave of public safety commentary from AI industry leaders that surfaced over the weekend, suggesting the coordination is more

Attackers reportedly published identity documents and selfies belonging to Revolut customers and threatened to release more data each day until the fintech pays.

This is a longer horizon structural story rather than an immediate market mover, but it speaks to the ongoing repricing of Canada’s trade relationships since

Crypto’s moment of CLARITY finally arrives with a key Senate vote on Tuesday. AI swarm fears prompt development slowdown, with some predicting big falls in

The data adds to a modest but building case that New Zealand’s services sector is stabilising, which matters for the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman agrees with safety concerns regarding AI development, says no initial share sale this year.

Passports, selfies and financial transaction histories of some customers were revealed to a fraudster using a government agency domain.

The DPRK has turned to third-country IT workers to pass job interviews, after which, the positions are usually taken over by North Korean operatives.

Anthropic is said to be seeking to raise as much as $100 billion in the offering, which could value the AI company at about $2

Ben Delo, co-founder of BitMEX, donated almost $50 million to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party.

US stocks rebound sharply, but major indices still close lower for the week Bitcoin sellers regain the short-term advantage ahead of weekend trading Why the

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin’s ‘Unusual Mix’: Bearish Inflation Print, Bullish Buyback Failure Bitcoin’s path higher just got harder in the short term, but the setup further

The $432 billion deficit last month was near a monthly record but it seems as though much of that spending was pulled forward from August

Bitcoin Magazine Blockstream Tells Hackers To Return Remaining Bitcoin Stolen in Liquid Theft Bitcoin infrastructure firm Blockstream has refused to negotiate further with hackers who

The Swiss crypto financial services firm plans to move back-office functions to lower-cost international hubs as it expands its global wealth and asset management business,

The Crypto Banter founder said Hyperliquid’s network effects give it a strong competitive moat, but regulatory uncertainty remains its biggest threat.

Bitcoin Magazine Italy’s Second Biggest Bank UniCredit Is Weighting up Crypto Custody: Report Italy’s second largest bank is considering expanding into digital asset offerings, including

Bitcoin Magazine Government Defeated as Lords Back UK Digital Assets Strategy The UK government suffered a defeat in the House of Lords on Wednesday as

Bitcoin briefly rebounded past $79,000 and US stocks turned green as US CPI inflation data met expectations.

The US federally chartered crypto bank will allow institutional clients to hold, mint, redeem and stake Frgmnt’s fUSD stablecoin through its custody platform.

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Spikes, Shrugs off Hot US Inflation Data Bitcoin’s price rose on Friday — despite data revealing that U.S. inflation had risen. 

Metaplanet will cut 131.3 million potential shares and form a $1 million Hong Kong subsidiary for trading in Bitcoin, equities and credit products.

Today is an anniversary. Anniversaries are often days of celebration. They are also days of remembrance. Today is not a day to celebrate. It is

Priorwas 51.0 Current conditions 50.9 vs 51.3 exp Expectations 45.8 vs 50.5 exp One-year inflation 4.6% vs 4.0% exp Five-year inflation 3.4% vs 3.3% exp

Prior was 3.4% Unrounded +3.397% vs +3.365% prior CPI m/m +0.4% vs +0.4% exp Prior CPI was +0.1% Unrounded CPI m/m +0.396% vs +0.074% prior

ARK 21Shares accounted for $164 million of Thursday’s Bitcoin ETF withdrawals, while Ether and Solana funds also recorded net outflows.

Why would anyone want to trade a healthcare stock for a memecoin like BONER? Why wouldn’t they, ask the degens on Robinhood Chain who are

I’m increasingly conviced that the trade in AI is no longer the model makers or the vendors, but at the user level. This is the

The Italian bank is reportedly seeking assistance in launching access to crypto trading, custody and tokenized investment products.

Headlines: Gold falls back into the major $4300 support ahead of US CPI, as surging oil prices increase rate hike bets Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis have

Bitstamp accounted for $10.1 billion of Robinhood’s August crypto volume, while trading on the Robinhood app fell 46% from a year earlier.

SEBI said later phases of Demat 2.0 will introduce secondary trading and open the tokenized bonds to retail investors.

The bank expects Sky to pass five times as much value to token holders by 2028 as USDS adoption and borrowing capacity continue to expand.

Bitcoin HODL waves data revealed an unusually muted reaction to Bitcoin’s drop below $58,000, raising questions over its status as a bear-market floor.

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis have completed the takeover of Bab el-Mandeb Strait after capturing strategic points in the Red Sea, according to the AFP. Bab el-Mandeb connects

A Russian-speaking operator targeted more than 20 organizations, while a Mali consultant used Claude to build a mass-surveillance platform.

The ranges of estimates are important in terms of market reaction because when the actual data deviates from the expectations, it creates a surprise effect.

Blockstream said it would work with law enforcement, exchanges and forensic specialists to recover the Bitcoin if the hackers do not return it.

Bankman-Fried’s lawyers challenged the exclusion of evidence about customer losses and argued that his $11 billion forfeiture was excessive.

BWOW held about $688,000 in net assets as of Sept. 9. Trading is expected to end Oct. 14, with cash payouts to follow around Oct.

Prior +0.3% GDP Y/Y +1.6% vs +1.0% expected Prior +1.1% Full report here The UK economy maintained its recent pace of growth in the three

The bill’s ethics section remained largely unchanged despite being one of the main points of contention ahead of a pivotal Senate vote.

Oil prices have surged above $100 a barrel this week as the market started to price in a prolonged disruption to energy flows after Trump’s midterm

BOJ hike next week is a given, the real question is pace and terminal rate Houthis claim total control of Bab el-Mandeb, but wires haven’t

Trezor told Cointelegraph that the phishing email was sent to 347,000 subscribers and said it is treating every address as “known to the attacker and

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, the only highlight is the monthly UK GDP data which is expected to show a 0.0% growth in July.

August’s corporate goods price index reinforces what markets had already priced in, that the Bank of Japan is close to certain to raise rates to

Shareholders of Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet are seething over equity allocations for insiders, while new figures cement Singapore’s role as the top Asian crypto hub.

more to come This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.

Bitcoin Magazine Ringleader of $245M Crypto Theft Pleads Guilty  The man behind one of the biggest bitcoin thefts in history this week pleaded guilty. Malone

The August reading confirms New Zealand’s manufacturing sector is still growing, but the pace is clearly moderating, a signal that may feed into the Reserve

Bitcoin Magazine Trezor Reveals Another Data Breach After Scammers Target Marketing Platform  Trezor has warned that a data breach at the third-party marketing platform it

The EU securities regulator flagged tokenized equities, DeFi exploits and prediction markets as areas where growing crypto ties could pose risks to the broader financial

The US Treasury bought $5.187 billion in 10-20 year notes US treasury sells $22 billion of 30 year bonds at a high yield of 5.308%

Bitcoin Magazine Updated Crypto Clarity Act Starts Circulating Days Before Key Vote  A new draft of the long-awaited crypto Clarity Act has dropped with amendments.

The amendment would require the UK Treasury to develop a strategy covering cryptoassets, stablecoins, tokenized securities and digital financial infrastructure.

The next Treasury buyback is Sept 24. I wouldn’t read too much into this result because it’s the first one in the series so the

Liquid restarted block production after deploying emergency software updates, though transactions and peg operations remain suspended as recovery efforts continue.

The U.S. Treasury has auctioned off $22 million and 30 year bonds at a high yield of 5.308% WI level at the time of the

Bitcoin Magazine Nasdaq Invests $100M in Kraken Parent Company: Report  Nasdaq Inc. is investing $100 million in crypto exchange Kraken’s parent company, Payward, according to

European finance and tokenization groups say Brussels should remove limits on assets admitted to DLT infrastructure or set a 1.5 trillion euro baseline if a

MoneyGram is following rival Western Union’s lead, rolling out a Visa stablecoin debit card as it expands blockchain-based payments.

Bitcoin Magazine Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Says Clarity Act Will Pass — And That Bitcoin Bottom Is In Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has said that

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Suffers On Renewed US-Iran Fighting  Bitcoin’s price slid on Thursday after the price of oil shot over $105 a barrel thanks to

Prior was 4.06m (unrevised) Existing home sales -2.0% vs -1.7% prior We’re into the final gasp of the year for real estate and with rates

U.S. wholesale inventories increased strongly in July, while sales rebounded following June’s decline. Inventories grew faster than sales during the month, pushing the inventories-to-sales ratio

Bitcoin fell with US stocks as high inflation and a further surge in oil prices coincided with another multidecade high for US bond yields.

The partnership will provide stablecoin acceptance, settlement and real-time funding capabilities to over 1,000 community banks and credit unions.

Headlines: Oil prices above $100 continue to lift bond yields as inflation fears grow European stocks edge higher as investors brace for ECB decision Stock

Prior was 4.7% (revised to 4.8%) PPI final demand m/m +0.4% vs +0.4% expected Prior m/m 0.0% (revised to +0.1%) Ex-food and energy 4.6% y/y 

The latest weekly jobless claims data remain consistent with a labor market where layoffs are limited and those who lose their jobs are taking slightly

Memecoin platform Pump.fun accounted for most of the new tokens among launchpads, as the Solana network notched a new all-time daily issuance high.

Bitcoin Magazine The Quantum Issue: WTF Is Quantum Computing? What is quantum computing? How is a quantum computer different from a regular computer? What relevance

Nasdaq invested $100 million in Payward as part of its push toward tokenized stock products with round-the-clock trading.

Jon Cunliffe, Jochen Metzger and Ron Berndsen join Fnality Europe’s supervisory board as the company works to expand beyond its sterling payment system.

Nansen found a $117,800 unrealized loss in one wallet as the team announced liquidity incentives and Bubblemaps flagged fresh top holders.

Secretary Scott Bessent warned that failing to pass the CLARITY Act would send a “troubling signal” about America’s leadership in the digital asset industry.

The rise in long-term bond yields is being blamed on a growing list of factors, but there is a much simpler explanation sitting in plain

The complaint says Uniswap’s counsel sent three letters before Unicoin’s Sept. 28 launch and seeks declarations on its marks and domains.

The system will combine farmer, grain, warehouse, insurance and loan data for lenders, though no launch date or initial deployment size was disclosed.

Bitcoin investors showed little sign of panic selling as BTC held most of its August gains and sell-side risk fell to rare lows, data showed.

ARKB led Wednesday’s Bitcoin ETF outflows as Ether and Solana funds returned to net inflows.

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, we have the ECB rate decision. The central bank is widely expected to hike by 25 bps, bringing the

BitBox said multiple Bitcoin companies appeared to have been targeted through a shared newsletter provider, while Trezor confirmed a breach at its email service.

Germany August final CPI +2.9% vs +2.9% y/y prelim Prior +2.8% Germany August final HICP +2.9% vs +2.9% y/y prelim Prior +2.8% Germany August final

Just last week, I highlighted the tectonic shift taking place in the global bond market in arguing that markets may have to get used to

Earnings season is turning more defensive, but the weakness is not everywhere Bank of Korea links Kospi’s wild swings to leverage both at home and

The Justice Department seized Xinbi’s Telegram channels and two wallets as investigators pursued 47 additional wallets across its alleged laundering network.

A pledge of this scale, if it were ever legislated, would represent a meaningful debt expansion at a moment when concerns about the deficit and

Bitcoin Magazine Jack Dorsey’s Block Becomes Latest Bitcoin-Focused Company To Apply for Banking Charter Bitcoin-focused Block Inc. has become the latest company to apply for

US stocks close lower for the third consecutive day as oil and yields rise USD/JPY and the “I am the House now” trade Gold Technicals:

Bitcoin Magazine US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ‘Strongly Urges’ Senate To Pass Clarity Act U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent urged lawmakers to move

The global remittance industry will be bracing for a shock that could reshape it for decades. With 21 major banks preparing to launch a unified

The expansion gives institutional and automated traders real-time access to Kalshi’s political markets as election betting activity continues to grow.

The economic calendar for Asia today does not show impactful data releases.  We will, of course, have ongoing war developments to deal with, along with

Bitcoin Magazine Iran Continues Using Bitcoin To Keep Economy Stable: Report Iran is continuing to use bitcoin as a way to skirt around sanctions as

Bitcoin Magazine Steak ‘n Shake Says Sales Grew Double Digits Since Bitcoin Adoption Burger restaurant franchise Steak ‘n Shake has said that accepting bitcoin payments

The restructuring will separate MetaMask’s consumer business from Consensys’ Ethereum protocols and institutional blockchain infrastructure operations.

Following on their earlier lawsuit, CCI and the Blockchain Association seek to block Illinois’ 0.2% crypto tax, arguing it is unconstitutional and would impose costly

The project’s disclosures say LAPTOP has no utility, lock founder tokens for six months and reserve 2% for wallets that lost money on TRUMP.

Bitcoin trended lower with US stocks on Iran escalation while US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent contributed to fears of a yen carry-trade unwind.

The pilot moved USBDC between the bank’s North American and European entities on the public Stellar blockchain.

The blockchain intelligence firm said its annual recurring revenue has quadrupled over the past three years as it expands its AI-powered investigations business.

The proposed Builders Bank would offer federally supervised digital asset custody but would not accept deposits or issue loans.

Exporters can now fund imports with overseas earnings without first selling their foreign currency at official rates, the Financial Times reported.

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, we don’t have anything on the agenda other than the French industrial production report. The data is not going

Gemini’s local entity is authorized to provide digital payment token and cross-border money transfer services without standard transaction-volume limits.

US prosecutors said Lam organized an international network that targeted cryptocurrency holders through social engineering and home break-ins.

Both readings landing in line with or above forecast removes the immediate deflation-scare risk that was in play after July’s shortfall, but the composition of

China inflation rebounds on energy costs, but the demand story hasn’t changed – recap KOSPI tops 7,000 on AI optimism even as Middle East risk

China August 2026 inflation data. CPI YY 0.8%, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) cite rising energy prices expected 0.8%, prior 0.5% CPI MM 0.4% expected 0.3%, prior -0.1%

The stronger Reuters Tankan reading adds to the case for continued Bank of Japan policy normalisation, with manufacturer sentiment now at its best level since

Former Franklin Templeton digital asset executive Christopher Jensen will lead StablecoinX, the largest corporate holder of Ethena’s ENA token.

One of the first towns in the US to ban Bitcoin mining for 18 months is considering another temporary moratorium extending to data centers and

Bitcoin Magazine CoinCorner Launches Lloyd’s-Insured Multisig Bitcoin Vault with AnchorWatch British bitcoin exchange CoinCorner has debuted a multisig BTC custody service that splits control of

Intel shares are soaring by 10% in trading today. Several explosions heard on Kharg Island – report Oil gives back gains as the breakout fails

A rebound in headline CPI toward consensus would ease immediate deflation concerns without altering the broader policy picture, given the move is expected to be

Bitcoin Magazine Lummis Blasts Democrats Ahead of Clarity Act Vote — But Adds Bill Can Get Passed Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis has again slammed Democrats

There were reports that flights have been suspended at Jeddah Airport in Saudi Arabia . There is other reports of explosions in Jazan region of Saudi

The 1st coupon auction of the week was met with average demand. The US treasury sold $58 billion of 3 or notes at a high

Bybit added USDT-settled perpetuals tracking EUR/USD, GBP/USD and USD/JPY, with 24/7 trading and leverage of up to 100x.

There is a Mehr News report that says:  According to Mehr correspondent based on Kharg Island, the sound of several explosions was heard in parts

Bitcoin Magazine Capital B Buys 376 Bitcoins in Its Biggest Purchase of 2026 European bitcoin treasury Capital B has announced a BTC buy, snapping up

Robinhood will route event contracts through OG.com’s CFTC-regulated infrastructure as it expands its prediction markets business.

Bitcoin Magazine Strategy Halted Its Bitcoin Buys Again Last Week  Bitcoin treasury Strategy has halted stacking sats — again.  Just one week after resuming its

Bitcoin Magazine Castle Opens Its Bitcoin Savings Stack to Individuals Castle, the company behind an automated bitcoin financial stack for businesses, has said it is

Bitcoin fell with US stocks on the opening of Tuesday’s Wall Street trading session as analysis warns that BTC price support at $78,300 must hold.

Visa is combining VisaNet settlement data with blockchain lending as stablecoin payment volume on its network jumps nearly 200% year over year.

The latest monthly survey from the NY Fed: One-year inflation expectations unchanged at 3.6% Three year inflation expectations to 3.2% vs 3.3% prior Five year

It’s no surprise this is higher after non-farm payrolls. Note that this is a composite index that grabs from various sources that are already public.

Bitcoin believers see it as an almost certain long-term investment, but retirement demands a different approach. How much crypto exposure is too much for your

While Bitmine’s completed 97% of its goal to acquire 5% of Ether’s supply, Tom Lee’s team faces a $5.1 billion unrealized loss on its main

Headlines: Bitcoin swings wildly as volatility in Fed expectations increases ahead of US CPI and FOMC decision Today’s trade idea for oil traders Bitcoin has

Bitcoin Magazine How One Executive Recruitment Firm Is Using M&A to Turn Earnings Into Bitcoin Connecting Excellence Group (XCE) has signed binding Heads of Terms

Two suspects face a Wednesday hearing over four killings allegedly linked to a crypto wallet believed to hold millions of dollars in Bitcoin.

Strategy repurchased $176 million worth of its STRC preferred stock and doubled the size of its digital securities repurchase program to $2 billion, while pausing

Tazapay processes $25 billion in annualized volume and offers payout rails across 100-plus markets, extending Circle’s USDC payments reach.

Ledger and Trezor said researchers have a responsibility to publish their findings if vendors fail to fix bugs within an agreed disclosure window.

Humo Digital will test HUMO payments with more than 20 merchants under a sandbox jointly overseen by NAPP and Uzbekistan’s central bank.

Unrealized gains by whale speculators hit their highest levels on record last week, per data going back to 2016.

Growing demand for tokenized stock trading may drive the Robinhood chain’s annual fees to $160 million by 2028, predicted analysts from Bernstein.

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis launched a series of attacks against targets in southern Saudi Arabia, including energy facilities, military sites and other strategic locations, in a

Cronos’s post-mortem put the Tectonic exploit’s affected borrowing at $120.4 million, with 7.6% transferred off-network before validators intervened.

It’s a new week but once again we are starting to see bond yields push higher again. And if this keeps up, it will be

France July trade balance -€6.67 billion Prior -€5.85 billion; revised to -€5.75 billion The breakdownThe French trade widened in July as exports grew a little to €54.68 billion

Financial market operator SIX and payment app TWINT have joined numerous banks in the sandbox seeking to develop a Swiss franc-based stablecoin.

Germany July trade balance €21.3 billion vs €15.9 billion expected Prior €15.4 billion Germany July exports -0.8% vs +0.1% m/m expected Prior +0.9% Germany July imports

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, we don’t have much on the agenda other than a couple of low-tier releases like the French trade balance

AUSTRAC said its yearlong sweep included canceled, suspended and unrenewed registrations, while its action against GetCoins helped disrupt organized investment scams.

The actors returned 85% of the Bitcoin withdrawn from Liquid’s federation wallet following the security incident.

RBA’s Hunter flags deliberate cooling in housing and broader growth China exports match forecast in August, imports fall short as domestic demand stays soft Kospi

The story itself isn’t new, Reuters first reported the directive on August 6, but its relevance sharpens now that September has arrived, the month CMRG

China August: Trade balance $+119.09 bln (Reuters poll +$119.05Bn, prior +112.5bn) Dollar-denominated exports +25% y/y (Reuters poll +25.0% y/y, prior +23.9%) Dollar-denominated imports +28.2% y/y (Reuters poll +30.0% y/y, prior +27.5%) Background: Preview: China trade data due today, a beat could firm up AUD as a

The headline numbers land close to consensus but the details matter more than the surface read. Exports hitting the forecast exactly, while accelerating from July,

The retail slowdown adds another soft data point to the pile the Bank of England will weigh into its next policy assessment, with the loss

Just the data on this post. July 2026.  Average Cash Earnings YY 4.7% expected 3.9%, prior 4.0% Real wages + 2.4% y/y biggest increase since May

Just the data points this post. I’ll have more to come on this separately, details and implications, etc.  revised Q2 GDP: +1.4% y/y (preliminary 1.1%)

The news headline for the data is here ICYMI: Japan wages data, July 2026: Headline earnings +4.7% y/y (expected +3.9%, prior +4%) Since then we’ve

Bitcoin Magazine Liquid Gets 3,400 BTC Back After On-Chain Talks; White Hats Keep 598.5 BTC The “White hat” party that withdrew nearly 4,000 bitcoin from

GDP data from Japan and the trade data from China due today. I’ll have more to come on both of these separately, previews, posted soon.  The

A stronger-than-forecast export print would extend China’s reliance on external demand to offset a sluggish domestic economy, a dynamic that has held even as it

Ethereum’s Hegotá upgrade will center on FOCIL and Frame Transactions as developers weigh dozens of other proposed changes for inclusion.

Companies offering binary options for retail investors have been barred from selling, marketing and distributing products in the UK since 2019 following a directive from

Hunter Biden will reportedly distribute 200 million of the LAPTOP token to his substack subscribers, members of a mailing list and investors in President Donald

Crude oil technicals: Buyers test key resistance near $93.50 European major indices close mixed on the day Copper reaches a new record high on the

Polish prosecutors charged Romana Ż. with organized crime and misappropriation offenses involving $2.1 million in Zondacrypto user funds.

Capital B’s latest Bitcoin purchase was its largest in nearly a year, pushing the French company ahead of H100 Group among publicly traded BTC holders.

Bitcoin’s struggle to break $80,000 comes as markets price in a growing chance of a September rate hike, putting monetary conditions back in focus.

Bitcoin price fell 2% in low-liquidity conditions as the US Labor Day holiday saw $80,000 once again slip from bulls’ grasp.

Headlines: Reminder: US markets are closed for Labor Day – what traders need to know USD/JPY tumbles lower, breaks below 155 for the first time

This week’s CPI and PPI prints, along with the Fed’s Sept. 16 rate decision, could determine whether Bitcoin can secure $80,000 as a support level.

ZEC gained 45% over the past week, extending its rally since Grayscale converted its Zcash Trust into an ETF that began trading Aug. 25.

Saudi Aramco’s oil facilities in Jizan were targeted on Monday in new wave of strikes, raising concerns over risks to Saudi oil supplies, according to

A central bank proposal would pause new payment operator registrations while requiring enhanced monitoring and transaction limits for arrangements involving virtual asset firms.

Citi and DBS completed their first tokenized cross-border transfer over the weekend, using Swift’s blockchain-based ledger to circumvent the constraints of traditional banking hours.

Eurozone Q2 final GDP +0.6% vs +0.4% q/q second estimate Prior (Q1) 0.0% The breakdownThe positive revision is definitely a welcome boost for euro area

Galaxy said 82% of Bitcoin stolen across all Coldcard attacks remains in the original addresses, with 18% moved in apparent laundering.

Eurozone September Sentix investor confidence index 5.1 vs 2.0 expected Prior 0.9 The breakdownThat’s a solid beat on estimates as the index has now risen for

Fomo generated $1.76 million on Friday, beating Pump.fun’s $1.1 million, though the memecoin launchpad remains ahead over 30 days.

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, we have the Swiss unemployment rate and the final Eurozone Q2 GDP report. The data won’t change anything for

Germany July industrial production -1.1% vs +0.1% m/m expected Prior +0.2%; revised to 0.0% The breakdownThat’s a big miss on estimates as the weak July print

The actors told Blockstream they would return most of the 4,000 BTC after the Elements vulnerability is patched across the network.

It’ll be a quieter session up ahead in the US today as we will see key market closures in observance of the Labor Day weekend.

Harmony proposed sunsetting its layer-1 blockchain and migrating ONE to Ethereum, weeks after an exploit led to plans to discard 109,000 transactions.

Dutch and French gold moves fuel debate over Trump-era confiscation risk Stocks – Chip rally lifts Nikkei and Kospi, but Japan’s rally story looks shaky

Purported white hat hackers have taken 4000 Bitcoin from the Liquid sidechain in a major security breach. The Bitcoin ETFs see the best three weeks

Bitcoin Magazine Alleged White-Hat Hackers Withdraw 4,000 bitcoin from Blockstream’s Liquid Network Federation Reserves The Liquid Network said Sunday that purported white-hat hackers withdrew about

Iran warns of tougher response: Oil, gold and stocks to watch over the holiday weekend Iran’s latest warning puts oil supplies and shipping through the

Whale Alert identified 12 mining block rewards totaling 600 BTC that moved after 16 years of dormancy, finding no connection to Satoshi Nakamoto.

Tether-backed Orionx is permanently closing after an audit found more than $7 million in customer assets had moved to wallets outside its custody.

Polish lawmakers failed to overturn a presidential veto of crypto legislation as the Zondacrypto investigation expands and its Estonian operator enters bankruptcy.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs drew nearly $1 billion in the latest week as Friday inflows stayed positive despite Bitcoin briefly falling below $79,000.

Bitcoin Magazine Trezor Breach Worse Than Reported: Another 67,000 US Customers Exposed Hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor has said that a data breach first announced last

The US economy added far more jobs than expected in August, pressuring Bitcoin lower as traders repriced the odds of a Federal Reserve rate cut

Trump: Witkoff and Kushner will bring proposal to Putin to end the war Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack is sounding decidedly hawkish on monetary policy

Bitcoin Magazine Hargreaves Lansdown Reverses Course, Rolls Out Bitcoin Trading  British financial services firm Hargreaves Lansdown is letting retail investors buy bitcoin — nearly one

The agency reported that “transnational criminal organizations” based in compounds in Southeast Asia were largely behind digital asset scams targeting US residents.

Bitcoin Magazine El Salvador Isn’t Buying Bitcoin With Public Money, Says IMF  El Salvador has not used public funds to accumulate bitcoin since the International

President Trump is trying to solve a difficult economic problem in the beef market and in the process is creating another problem (nothing new honestly). 

The mortgage lender plans to bring more than $10 billion in historical loans onchain, turning thousands of mortgage files into blockchain-based records.

Trump confirms that Kushner and Witkoff are headed to Moscow and Kyiv this weekend with a new proposal to end the war. We will have

Despite earlier opposition to the CLARITY Act over consumer protection, the National Sheriffs’ Association says it will now “step back and allow the legislative process

QuFi’s new platform uses post-quantum cryptography to verify digital asset transactions without requiring changes to existing blockchain settlement networks.

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Dips Below $80,000 on Strong US Jobs Report Bitcoin slid Friday after a better-than-expected labor report showed that the U.S. job market

Corporate crypto bets are getting bigger as rising markets reward direct exposure, putting balance-sheet strategies and institutional adoption back in focus.

Bitcoin Magazine National Sheriffs’ Association Drops Opposition to Clarity Act The National Sheriffs’ Association this week dropped its opposition to the crypto Clarity Act, after

Crypto projects are spending hundreds of millions buying their own tokens. But are buybacks creating lasting value — or just making tokens look more valuable

Revolut and OpenReserve received preliminary OCC approval to form US national banks, with both planning cryptocurrency and stablecoin-related services.

Here is the latest rant from the President following today’s jobs report: Great jobs number just announced, breaking all estimates (except mine!) by double and

Kalshi’s US web traffic climbed more than 1,500% in less than a year, while trading volume grew even faster and legal scrutiny of its sports