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2026/09/04
Bitmine Acquires 20,500 ETH in $35.92M Treasury Expansion
Bitmine Ethereum purchase marks another step in the company’s ongoing strategy of expanding its Ethereum treasury through institutional acquisitions. The Tom Lee-backed company has consistently positioned Ethereum as a core digital asset within its treasury strategy while steadily increasing its lon
Uniswap Community Approves 74% for UNI Burn Mechanism Proposal
Uniswap governance is moving toward a decision that could reshape how UNI holders think about supply and value. A fresh proposal now sitting in front of the community would introduce the protocol’s first sustained UNI burn mechanism, and early voting numbers suggest the idea has real momentum behind
Ripple Secures CASP License Under MiCA, Gaining Access to 30 EEA Markets
Ripple CASP license approval has strengthened the company’s position in Europe’s regulated crypto market. Luxembourg’s Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier granted the authorization under the Markets in Crypto-Assets framework.The approval arrived after Luxembourg’s MiCAR transition perio
Bitcoin ETF Inflows Reach $181M as Market Confidence Rebounds
Bitcoin ETF inflows returned to the spotlight after U.S. spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF products moved back into positive territory on July 14. Following several sessions of mixed and negative flows, institutional investors once again directed fresh capital into regulated crypto funds. Although one t
Bitwise CEO: USD AI Launches Tokenized, GPU Asset-Backed Credit
ME News reports that on September 5 (UTC+8), the CEO of Bitwise posted on X that GPUs are one of the most important commodities of the digital age. USD AI has created GPU-backed credit facilities to serve mid-sized borrowers previously underserved, and has tokenized these credit instruments. Real-wo
BTC breaking above $83,482 could trigger $2.767 billion in short liquidations on major centralized exchanges.
According to ChainCatcher, data from Coinglass shows that if BTC breaks above $83,482, the total liquidation intensity of long positions on major CEXs will reach $2.767 billion. Conversely, if BTC falls below $75,597, the total liquidation intensity of short positions on major CEXs will reach $904 m
IMF Clarifies El Salvador's Bitcoin Holdings Growth
El Salvador’s ever-growing Bitcoin [BTC] stash has been a topic of conversation for years now. This is because the country was under agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to limit public-sector accumulation.Now, the IMF has come forward to offer clarifications.Bitcoin holdings increas
U.S. 30-Year Mortgage Rate Hits 13-Month High at 6.71%
U.S. mortgage rates moved higher again this week, with the average 30-year fixed rate reaching 6.71%, its highest level since July 2025. The increase comes as longer-term Treasury yields remain elevated and borrowing costs stay restrictive ahead of Friday’s August employment report.Freddie Mac said
Wyoming Stable Token Commission Adopts Chainlink Proof of Reserve for Frontier Token
The Wyoming Stable Token Commission said on September 2 that it is adopting Chainlink Proof of Reserve to verify the reserves backing Frontier Token (FRNT), the state’s stable token, directly on-chain. In its announcement, the Commission framed the integration as a step toward a new U.S. standard fo
Ethereum's Post-Quantum Signature Verification Cost Drops 6.6x to 1.23M Gas
Fireblocks published an optimized EVM implementation of an ML-DSA-44 signature verifier, a post-quantum cryptographic scheme compliant with NIST’s FIPS 204 standard. The headline number: verification now costs 1.23 million gas, down from the previous state-of-the-art benchmark of 8.09 million gas se
Hedera Council Adds WISeKey and SpaceDev to Expand Network
TL;DRWISeKey becomes Hedera Council’s fourth Strategic Partner, adding expertise in cybersecurity, digital identity, IoT and post-quantum security. SpaceDev joins as the eighth Community Partner, expanding Hedera’s reach across Latin America and supporting regional blockchain development. The partne
Solana Mobile Launches $135,000 Seeker App Hackathon from September 8 to October 8
CoinDesk reports:Solana Mobile has announced the launch of its new mobile hackathon, CLOCK IN, running from September 8 to October 8, organized by RadiantsDAO. The event is open to developers in the Seeker ecosystem and focuses on advancing mobile-first applications built around the Solana Mobile St
BlackRock’s Jeff Rosenberg Highlights CPI as Key for Fed’s September Decision
The US labor market just made the Federal Reserve’s job considerably harder. August nonfarm payrolls came in at 162,000, blowing past consensus estimates that had clustered between 56,000 and 65,000 jobs.BlackRock portfolio manager Jeffrey Rosenberg, speaking on Bloomberg Television, was direct abou
Claude Fable 5.1 Boosts Robotic Task Performance by 8x
Robotic arms have a well-documented history of being frustratingly bad at picking things up. Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5.1, released September 1, 2026, just made a significant dent in that problem.The model achieves a 40% success rate on robotic pick-and-place tasks, up from 5% for its predecessor Cl
Pendle Launches First Yield Market on Robinhood Chain with sNET
CoinDesk reports:Pendle has launched its first yield trading market on Robinhood Chain, initially supporting sNET. With this product launch, Robinhood Chain’s DeFi ecosystem now features fixed-income and yield-splitting trading capabilities, allowing users to trade principal and future yields separa
