Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

According to Mars Finance, Chainwire reported that Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) disclosed its latest portfolio holdings on September 3, 2026. As of September 2, the company’s total assets amounted to approximately $380 million, structured as follows: • OpenAI equity (indirectly held via SPV): ~

Bitcoin touched roughly $81,000 in late August 2026, its highest level in three months, only to slide back into the high $70,000s as the buying pressure that got it there started running out of fuel.The rally from summer lows near $58,000-$64,000 represented a gain of approximately 23-38%. But the p

Saudi Arabia’s Humain is not thinking small. The Public Investment Fund-owned AI company, launched in May 2025 under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is reportedly working to establish a fund of up to $3 billion dedicated to expanding its data center footprint, adding to a financing push that alrea

As Bitcoin retreated to the $77,000 level after its recent surge, on-chain analyst Willy Woo suggested that Bitcoin’s traditional four-year market cycle could change in the future.At this point, Woo, who discussed Bitcoin’s traditional four-year market cycle, stated that this model may change in the

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller has made his position clear: interest rates are staying put, at least for now. In remarks delivered on May 22, 2026, Waller stated that he favors holding the federal funds rate steady for the near term, a stance that marks a meaningful pivot from the more

BlockBeats news, on September 3, the market reduced its bets on a Fed rate hike after Fed Governor Waller stated that inflation shows signs of improvement.According to CME's "FedWatch" data, the probability of a Fed rate hike in September is currently at 60.4%, with the next FOMC meeting scheduled f

According to SecurityWeek, AI security company HiddenLayer has completed a $100 million Series B round led by Delta-v Capital, with participation from Booz Allen Ventures, Microsoft’s M12, Morgan Stanley, and Ten Eleven Ventures.To date, the company has raised over $155 million in total funding.Hidd

On-chain analyst Willy Woo says the Bitcoin (BTC) 4-year cycle may be ending. In a post on X, he argued the market could adopt the 6-8 year debt cycle of traditional finance (TradFi).The claim lands with Bitcoin near $78,011 after an August rebound. The coin had lost roughly half its value from the

NVIDIA agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12,930,300,000, chief executive Jensen Huang said Thursday, buying the largest hub for open AI models weeks after rogue OpenAI test agents broke into its production servers.Huang built his case around security. He argued that open models strengthen cyber de

Pocket Bitcoin, a regulated non-custodial Bitcoin purchasing service based in Switzerland, disclosed that a security breach in its support system exposed personal data belonging to 5,411 customers. The company says no misuse of the compromised information has been detected so far.The incident, which

Robinhood’s Ethereum Layer-2 blockchain generated roughly $4.6 million in daily revenue during a late-August spike, putting it on an annualized trajectory of approximately $1.7 billion.The surge places Robinhood Chain among the highest-revenue Layer-2 networks in the Ethereum ecosystem, a remarkable

India’s plan to connect its Unified Payments Interface with Alipay+, the cross-border payments network run by Ant International, has hit a wall. National security concerns, data protection worries, and the long shadow of India-China tensions have combined to stall what could have been one of the mos

The U.S. labor market is showing indications of weakening, with recent data suggesting a softer hiring environment. Notably, July’s nonfarm payrolls experienced a decline of 23,000, while private payrolls in August recorded a modest increase of just 38,000, marking the smallest rise since the beginn

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller has expressed an inclination to maintain the current interest rates, according to a report by the Financial Times. This statement comes at a time when the Federal Reserve is engaged in a debate over whether to hold, cut, or increase rates in upcoming meeti

On September 2, the three major U.S. stock indices closed higher simultaneously: the Dow Jones rose +0.56%, the S&P 500 +0.47%, and the Nasdaq +0.45%. August ADP private job growth came in at only 38,000, below the expected 47,000, cooling expectations of rate hikes and prompting gains in precious m