Another Bitcoin liquidity test arrives with Tuesday’s US tax deadline
September 15 payments could absorb bank reserves before the Fed decision, while Treasury spending and Fed tools can cushion pressure.
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Fed data shows hedge funds added $400 billion before Bitcoin’s September rate test
The Q2 snapshot points to larger gross books, but any crypto spillover still depends on funding stress after the FOMC.
Wall Street braces for a Monday meltdown – so why is Bitcoin holding near $78,000?
Nasdaq futures led early losses while software shares rose, leaving the cash session to test whether selling spreads.
Leveraged funds rebuilt 1,669 BTC of Bitcoin futures shorts before Fed
CFTC data put their combined net short near 39,877 BTC, but rising longs complicate a directional bearish reading.
Another public company has abandoned its Bitcoin treasury after selling the last 764 BTC
The company reported zero Bitcoin after sales completed Sept. 11, closing the position left after its earlier treasury retreat.
Seven assets enter Kraken liquidation window after withdrawals close Monday
Withdrawals close Sept. 14 at 14:00 UTC, ahead of Sept. 15–25 liquidation with no guaranteed proceeds currency.
Bitcoin ETFs just lost $463 million as the Fed puts BTC at risk of losing $75,000
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) posted $462.7 million in weekly outflows, ending a three-week stretch of heavy investor demand. The funds recorded withdrawals across all four trading sessions in the holiday-shortened week, marking their first weekly loss since mid-August.…
Trump concession sends CLARITY Act odds above 32% before make-or-break Senate vote
The CLARITY Act’s chances of becoming law climbed above 32% as Senate Republicans unveiled their final compromise before Tuesday’s cloture vote. Polymarket traders pushed the probability of the landmark crypto market-structure legislation being enacted in 2026 to its highest level…
Hackers mint trillions in fake Bitcoin, but 15 BTC bridge recovery leaves liquidity providers unpaid
The native bridge remains paused as a 20% bounty window closes Sep. 13 and final accounting continues.
Audited DeFi protocols lost $885M to attacks that occurred completely outside their audit scopes
The ack3-affiliated preprint found a 72.1% outside-scope share after excluding two H1 2026 outliers, while August incidents add operational context.
Coinbase gives community banks a stablecoin bridge while supplying infrastructure underneath
Banks retain the customer interface, while undisclosed pricing, data, compliance and settlement terms will determine who captures the value.
Malicious bots are actively probing exposed Bitcoin payment servers to steal master administrative keys
The risk is limited to manually exposed APIs, and version 2.4.4 closes the standard public path.