Summary: Lenders scrutinize AI data center deals, causing Bitcoin miners like IREN to face varied interest rates between 6% and 9%, while others accept equity warrants to secure lease backstops.
Summary: Kalshi traders predict inflation peaked for 2026 at 4.2%, expecting September CPI to rise to 3.6% but assigning less than one-in-three odds to new annual highs.
Summary: XRP Ledger patched a decade-old payment engine bug that could have enabled counterfeit token creation, bypassing standard governance procedures to deploy the fix rapidly.
Summary: ARK Invest retains its five-year Bitcoin thesis despite flat annual performance, citing early-stage adoption and shifting dynamics from stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets.
Summary: Strategy purchased 250 Bitcoin for $21.5 million, marking a second straight week of reduced acquisitions as its total holdings reached 848,250 BTC.
Summary: Bitcoin rose 1.38% to $82,837 on Friday after a weekly dip, but traders price in a 67% chance of falling below $80,000 amid significant ETF outflows.
Summary: Hardware wallet maker Ledger is investigating cryptocurrency losses tied to devices sold by authorized reseller CryptoBilis in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
Summary: Bitcoin hovers near $83K amid mixed signals: fading Fed hike odds clash with stubbornly high Treasury yields, leaving traders awaiting U.S. inflation data for directional clarity.
Summary: Bitcoin holds $82,500 support ahead of US CPI data, with markets pricing an 18.8% chance of an October rate hike amid geopolitical tensions and mixed signals on energy deals.
Summary: France's National Assembly Finance Committee adopted an amendment requiring self-custody wallet holders to report assets exceeding 100,000 euros or face fines.
Summary: Zakura expects post-quantum signature opcodes to land in Zcash in January, enabling hash-based signatures for transparent payments.
Summary: Hardware wallet maker Coldcard is investigating how a phishing link appeared on its official X account, despite using offline two-factor authentication since 2017.
Summary: Ledger confirmed an unauthorized hardware implant in a user device purchased from reseller CryptoBilis, with estimated losses potentially exceeding $86 million across multiple cryptocurrencies.
Summary: George Washington University researchers published a formula estimating how many good tokens an AI model produces before generating harmful output, achieving 94% accuracy in initial tests.
Summary: Tron founder Justin Sun confirmed that post-quantum cryptography is now live on the network's testnet, aiming for quantum resistance before Q-Day.
Summary: Spot bitcoin ETFs saw $729 million in outflows on Wednesday and Thursday amid geopolitical tensions and Federal Reserve rate hike speculation.
Summary: Starknet's STRK token rose 20% after the project announced it is actively considering becoming an independent layer-1 blockchain to achieve quantum resistance by 2027.
Summary: Ledger is investigating suspected thefts exceeding $86 million linked to Southeast Asian customers who purchased hardware wallets from reseller CryptoBilis.
Summary: Bitcoin hovered around the $82,500 support level on Friday amid market digestion of Ledger hardware wallet exploit reports and broader tech sector volatility.
Summary: A CoinShares survey reveals that a majority of affluent investors across seven major economies own digital assets, with many planning to increase exposure despite adviser caution.