Bitcoin’s Fed move could run straight into a $6.3 billion IBIT options wall
A 1.47 million-contract book maps the levels where the post-Fed move could persist or converge, without predicting either outcome.
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Robinhood engineers face up to 30 years over $50,000 alleged Hyperliquid profits
DOJ says confidential token-listing plans fueled perpetual-futures trades ahead of Robinhood announcements.
Solana treasury giant DeFi Development opens $300M CHAD offering backed by a massive 13% dividend catch
The company can sell up to 30 million shares, while actual proceeds and the SOL allocation remain undetermined.
XRPL proved it can handle over 3,000 transactions, but the traffic was entirely synthetic
The ledger cleared consensus, but 2,000 one-drop payments from 20 accounts and tiny fee burn limit the adoption case.
Cardano fees covered just 0.7% of staking rewards as transactions fall 72%
Leios can add capacity, but Cardano still needs enough paying demand to close a roughly 150-fold gap.
UK opens a major loophole for stablecoin payments while clamping down on crypto lending
Routine transfers and cash exchanges could qualify, while return-right lending, crypto swaps and continuing custody remain potentially regulated.
Unlocking the Trillion-Token Era: B.AI’s Global Settlement Layer for the Agent Economy
Summary: Positioned squarely between foundation models and AI agents, B.AI is integrating compute routing, decentralized settlement, and full-stack agent infrastructure to establish itself as an undoubted spearhead in AI infrastructure. Just five months after its launch, B.AI has already set…
Celsius sues BitMEX for $495 million just 11 days before exchange shutdown
Celsius Network’s bankruptcy estate has sued BitMEX over a 2020 liquidation cascade it says cost more than 6,360 Bitcoin. The complaint, filed Sept. 12 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, accuses entities behind the…
Bitcoin absorbs initial pre-Fed sell-off, leaving $70K as a critical test for Warsh’s Fed decision
Bitcoin fell to an intraday low below $75,000 on Sept. 15, extending a selloff already underway ahead of the Senate vote on the CLARITY Act. The Senate failed 49-50 to invoke cloture on a motion to proceed to the bill,…
Malicious Uniswap v4 hooks are baiting DeFi traders with fake swap quotes
Malicious Uniswap v4 hooks can win aggregator routing with attractive quotes, then change behavior when a user's transaction settles.
The Standard Chartered Effect: Is bank research becoming crypto’s new short-term catalyst?
Standard Chartered initiated coverage on Arbitrum's ARB token on the morning of Sept. 15 with a $10 price target for 2030. That implies roughly 70 times upside from a token trading near $0.13 and down about 1% over the prior…
Bitcoin ETF exits erase Monday’s rebound as spot selling deepens before the Fed
Spot and perpetual selling deepened while futures positioning stayed large enough to amplify the next move.