Bitwise 14% yield gap in XRP futures shows how institutions are quietly extracting cash from traders
Its 10.8 million-XRP custody position is 97.5% offset by futures, and CFTC categories complicate the obvious answer.
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Privacy coin flaw risks endless token creation, leaving node operators with a deadline in hours to fix it
At block 1,371,000, v0.14.18.0 restores multi-input private spending and makes older software incompatible.
Bitcoin faces a two-week Fed trap as inflation rewrite threatens to upend rate cuts
Policymakers will have CPI but not official August PCE when they decide, leaving a second market test on Sept. 30.
Kalshi faces $500,000 daily fines as Michigan forces sports event contracts offline
The preliminary injunction lasts until final order, adds a futures broker notice duty and lands amid an appellate split.
Japan’s 4% bond yield spike threatens the low-cost borrowing strategy behind corporate Bitcoin buying
Existing fixed debt keeps its terms, while future BitBonds must clear a materially higher funding hurdle.
Arthur Hayes calls EUR/JPY prices crypto’s smoke alarm, but the Fed’s plumbing still shows no fire
The pair fell 2.38%, yet FIMA usage and scheduled reserve-management purchases remain at zero.
Bitcoin falls below $80,000 as hot US payrolls revive Fed hike risk
The 162,000 jobs gain lifted yields and the dollar, but the first selloff did not hold uniformly.
Why GENIUS could leave digital dollars vulnerable to sudden blockchain network ‘bank runs’
A Federal Reserve staff paper shows how congestion and weak network effects can push holders toward redemptions or chain migration even with safe backing.
Cracking 1.33 Trillion Daily Tokens: B.AI Powers the “AI Grid” with Full-Stack Infrastructure to Fuel the Agentic Era
B.AI, a next-generation AI infrastructure platform, recently set off a developer frenzy by offering free access to top-tier models. Within days, daily token throughput across the platform crossed 1.33 trillion—a historic milestone. The record-breaking figure underscores the campaign's explosive rollout,…
Wall Street just poured nearly $900 million into Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs
Bitcoin funds recorded their third-biggest inflow day of 2026, while Ether products reversed the prior session's outflow.
Zero-knowledge apps go dark after chain upgrade breaks their underlying verification keys
Transactions stop at 10:00 UTC, while deployed applications must replace verification keys before proof-authorized activity can resume.
A public company sold Bitcoin and somehow gave each shareholder more BTC exposure
Its share count fell about 2.04% against a 0.93% decline in holdings, lifting BTC per share 1.13% across comparable endpoints.