Blockstream Refuses Liquid Ransom, Calls It Theft
Blockstream refused to pay a ransom for the roughly 598 BTC still held after the Liquid Network exploit. The company called the holdout theft, not white-hat security work. The attackers wante
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Strategy Has a New Argument Against Its Junk Rating
Strategy, the largest publicly traded Bitcoin treasury company, is building a formal case to escape its junk credit rating from S&P Global, pointing to a dramatic improvement in its balance s
What Happened In Crypto Market Today: September 11 Crypto News
What Happened in Crypto Market Today: What Made BTC, ETH, XRP Drop? The global crypto market cap sits at $2.72 trillion today, down 0.9%. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP are all in the red. So wha
US CPI Stays at 3.4% as Gasoline Jumps but Core Inflation Falls to 2.4%
U.S. inflation remained at 3.4% in August, but the headline number concealed a widening divide between rising energy costs and cooling underlying price pressures. The Consumer Price Index inc
Tim Draper Predicts a Bitcoin Rush if Retailers Reject Dollars
Billionaire venture capitalist @TimDraper is warning that $BTC could become a critical financial lifeline if confidence in the US dollar deteriorates sharply enough to push retailers away fro
CLARITY Act Targets DEFI Protocols That Can Be Controlled
What the Revised CLARITY Act Says About DeFi A revised version of the CLARITY Act is drawing a sharper regulatory line around decentralized finance protocols that are not, in practice, truly
Moonshot AI targets $2B annualized revenue by year-end, up from $1B in August
Moonshot AI wants to push its annualized revenue to $2 billion by the end of 2026, putting the Chinese startup on course for a huge increase from roughly $100 million a year earlier. The Beij
Cardano trades near $0.20 as derivatives and technicals signal uncertainty
Cardano (ADA) posted a sharp decline this week, losing over 8%, and is currently trading just above a critical support area. The asset’s bearish momentum has been reinforced by weak derivativ
Sam Bankman Fried Challenges The $11B FTX Forfeiture
Sam Bankman-Fried has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn his fraud conviction and a forfeiture of $11 billion. The former FTX chief filed the petition on September 10, 2
Canada Opens a New Regulated Route For XRP ETF Options
Canada has opened another regulated channel for US investors seeking exposure to $XRP, as the Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation (CDCC) formally registered options on two domestic XRP
Ethena Labs Deploys $USDe and $sUSDe on TRON
Ethena Brings Yield-Bearing Stablecoins to TRON @EthenaLabs has officially launched $USDe and $sUSDe on the TRON network, extending its cross-chain footprint into one of the most stablecoin-d
DOGE on Solana is gaining huge adoption
Three days after its debut on @Sunrise, the Solana-native version of $DOGE is sustaining real trading interest. The asset recorded $8.83M in 24-hour volume across 143,779 individual trades, a