Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

A new proposal would allow network transaction costs to be settled in other assets, reducing a long-standing barrier for new users.Ethereum's development community has committed to a proposal allowing gas fees to be paid without requiring users to hold ETH directly, according to CoinDesk and Decrypt

Reports on Malone Lam's Bitcoin-theft plea agree on nearly every detail except where the case is being prosecuted, with Coinfomania citing Singaporean jurisdiction while other outlets describe a U.S. federal case in Washington D.C.Reports on Malone Lam's Bitcoin-theft plea agree on nearly every deta

The exchange's new product lets users earn daily yield on stablecoin holdings instead of leaving them idle.KuCoin has rolled out KCUSD, a new stablecoin product built to generate yield for users who hold stablecoins on the exchange. The product offers a base annual percentage rate of up to 4%, accor

The company added 376 Bitcoin, funded through a fresh capital raise, extending its corporate treasury strategy.Capital B has grown its Bitcoin treasury to 3,521 BTC following a new acquisition of 376 coins. The purchase was reported alongside a capital raise used to fund the transaction. Cointelegra

A new Ethereum Improvement Proposal aims to let transaction fees be covered in other assets, potentially including stablecoins.Ethereum developers are discussing a proposal, designated EIP-8141, that could change how users pay for transactions on the network. Currently, every transaction on Ethereum

A bug fix on the Bitcoin sidechain appears tied to the recovery of most of the funds taken in a bridge exploit.Attackers who exploited a bridge vulnerability on the Liquid Network are reportedly sending back most of the Bitcoin they took. U.Today reported that hackers plan to return the bulk of roug

The Ethereum Foundation has published a unified ranking of Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) intended for the Hegotá upgrade, narrowing the fork’s practical scope and effectively steering which proposals must be delivered. In total, the Foundation reviewed 62 candidate EIPs, informed by input fr

Bitcoin remains near $79,033 as its latest pullback keeps traders focused on critical price levels. The cryptocurrency slipped from $80,530 after reaching a recent local high near $82,262. However, analyst Michael van de Poppe expects Bitcoin to avoid a deep correction despite the recent weakness.Bi

UBS expects the Federal Reserve to raise rates by 25 basis points in both September and December. UBS had previously expected no policy change this year. UBS cited strong August labor data. UBS also cited hawkish Federal Reserve communication. UBS cited inflation risks from supply bottlenecks. Futur

Key InsightsChainlink price has formed a golden cross pattern on the daily chart.The volume and the futures open interest have jumped this week.The total value secured (TVS) in the network has continued rising.Chainlink price has made a strong comeback in the past few months and is now trading at it

Bitcoin is trading above $79,000 after US spot ETFs pulled in a reported $730.9 million in a single day last week, their second-largest daily inflows of the year after the $843.6 million they drew in on January 14.Crypto analysis platform CryptoRus, in its latest market letter, framed this week as a

Britain is preparing to formally prohibit trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, with Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband expected to lay out the policy in the House of Commons on Tuesday, September 8.The ban would cover imports, exports, and certain services including financing and adv

CoinDesk reports:Hunter Biden plans to launch the meme coin LAPTOP on September 9 on Base, supported by Coinbase, but before its official launch, a large number of imitative tokens with the same name have already begun trading on the market. On-chain data shows that the cumulative trading volume of

The XLM crypto price moved closer to $0.20 after gaining 1.45%, extending its recovery from an August low near $0.155.Another potential source of liquidity for Stellar’s payment-centric network follows Tether’s USDT0 token launching on it earlier this week. Over the past few rallies the XLM price ha

ME AI update: The NVIDIA Sol team has released Sol-H3, calling it the fastest end-to-end inference stack for the MiniMax-H3 model. On a single 8× NVIDIA B300 Blackwell system, Sol-H3 generates a five-second, 1344×768 resolution video in just 1.653 seconds of inference time—faster than real-time play