Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

Chainlink’s LINK token has climbed nearly 50% over the past month, with the latest rally pushing its price above $12 as partnerships with financial institutions and U.S. government entities strengthens the market’s focus on the network’s role in traditional finance.LINK gained about 8% in 24 hours o

CoinMarketCap reports:On-chain data shows a recent increase in transactions from Bitcoin addresses holding coins for over five years. Analyst Darkfost reported that the 90-day spent output for this group has risen to approximately 1,500 BTC, nearly doubling since May this year. Meanwhile, Bitcoin co

In Brief:BIS tested XRPL through a prototype that anchors cryptographic fingerprints, enabling institutions to verify official datasets without publishing sensitive information.Garlinghouse highlighted XRPL’s low fees, fast settlement, and proven record, while BIS testing delivered efficient publica

ChainCatcher report, according to Decrypt, Google has patched a critical vulnerability, CVE-2026-85046, in the Chrome browser that was being exploited by attackers. The vulnerability resides in the V8 engine, which is used to run JavaScript and WebAssembly. Google confirmed the vulnerability was be

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele fired back at media reports suggesting the country had transferred its sovereign Bitcoin holdings to private entities, calling the interpretations “totally false” on social media. The clarification came one day after the International Monetary Fund released a sta

Oura, the company that essentially created the smart ring category, has filed its S-1 registration with the SEC to go public on Nasdaq under the ticker OURA. The Finnish firm reported $1.21 billion in revenue for the nine months ended June 30, 2026, a 74% jump year-over-year.The IPO targets a valuat

Huo Xing Cai Jing reports that on September 5, CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost posted that on-chain activity among Bitcoin long-term holders (OGs) has recently intensified. During this current market consolidation phase, the 90-day moving average of spent UTXOs by investors holding BTC for over five ye

CoinDesk reports:For the week ending September 4, U.S. spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs combined saw net inflows of $1.2 billion. Bitcoin products attracted $986.7 million, accounting for over 80% of total inflows, while Ethereum products saw net inflows of $215.3 million, showing a notable slowdown c

CoinDesk reports:Foreign media: A survey of U.S. adults shows that retail crypto holdings in 2026 are not trending toward frequent trading or complex allocations; instead, more people are opting to hold small amounts of major cryptocurrencies, with Bitcoin remaining the most common holding. The arti

Richard Hughes has officially stepped down as Liverpool’s sporting director, ending a two-year stint at Anfield. His departure, effective September 5, 2026, came right after the summer transfer window closed.Hughes’ exit had been an open secret for months. He reportedly expressed a desire to pursue

Bitcoin has staged one of its most dramatic recoveries of the year, rallying roughly 40% from its July 1 intraday low of approximately $57,748 to trade in the $79,000 to $81,000 range in early September. The move has predictably resurrected the question that refuses to die: can BTC reclaim $100,000?

CoinDesk reports:The Polish lower house failed to override President Karol Nawrocki’s third veto of the cryptocurrency regulation bill, meaning the legislative deadlock surrounding Poland’s cryptocurrency regulatory framework continues. The bill was intended to bring Poland’s crypto market under the

Huoxing Finance reports that, according to DefiLlama data as of September 5, Robinhood Chain's DEX trading volume exceeded $1.89 billion in the past 24 hours, surpassing Solana and BNB Chain to rank first.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is using an $11 billion central-bank gold relocation to argue that traditional finance still moves value through surprisingly slow infrastructure.De Nederlandsche Bank recently relocated about 86 tonnes of gold from North America to London. But most of it never physicall

OpenAI has released the GPT-6 Astra model, marking a pivotal shift from an Answer Engine to an AI Agent. Astra can now operate computers, browse the web, use software, write and execute code, and complete complex workflows, achieving a 72.6% success rate on the OSWorld 2.0 benchmark—surpassing GPT-5