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Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller's comments on easing pricing pressures cut bond traders' September rate-hike probability to 50 percent, triggering a broad risk-on rally across equities, Bitcoin and commodities.

Spot Bitcoin funds attracted $101.15 million Wednesday after a $236.5 million outflow, while Ethereum ETFs recorded $48.08 million in outflows, ending a 12-day inflow run that accumulated $1.62 billion.

Spot Ethereum ETFs saw a net outflow of 36,324 ETH on Sept. 3, while Bitcoin ETFs recorded inflows of 1,532 BTC over the same period.

Bitcoin's correlation with stocks dropped to 33 percent while gold correlation surged above 50 percent, supporting the case for crypto diversification in over-weighted equity portfolios.

Bitcoin's apparent demand indicator turned negative as $236 million in ETF outflows coincided with a broader sell-off in risk assets and Asian equities.

Cory Klippsten explains how hedge funds use Bitcoin as a liquidity source during market stress, citing $21 billion in GBTC outflows since January 2024.

Deputy Chairman Anatoly Popov said the Bank of Russia must formally permit public circulation of the three assets before Sberbank activates collateral positions for Ether and Tether's stablecoin.

Fewer than 85,000 blocks remain until the network's reward halves to 1.5625 BTC, cutting daily issuance by half and reshaping miner economics.

Fundstrat's Tom Lee told CNBC a Fed rate hold at the Sept. 15 meeting clears the path for equities and positions Ethereum at the center of a year-end crypto surge.

Michael Saylor's firm ended a two-month buying pause with purchases averaging $80,318 per coin, pushing its bitcoin stake to roughly 4 percent of the fixed supply.

Four separate Bitcoin withdrawals totaling over $244 million moved from Coinbase Institutional to self-custody addresses today, signaling continued institutional accumulation off-exchange.

Co-founder Michael Saylor's "We're Back" post and $1.59 billion flexible cash reserves suggest MicroStrategy will end its two-month purchasing pause, with prediction markets pricing a 96 percent probability of a new Bitcoin buy announcement by Aug. 31

A hardware wallet breach affecting 7,300 wallets made July the second-worst month for stolen digital assets in 2026, trailing only April's $644 million

Capital-weighted cost basis near $79,600 positions $80,000 as the key resistance level where average invested capital reaches neutrality.

North Korea-linked hackers transferred 121.5 BTC to unknown addresses as compromised private keys drive 74 percent of all crypto theft this year.

Hardware wallet breach drained at least $100 million in Bitcoin across 7,300 wallets, making July the second-worst month for theft in 2026

Bitcoin rose 1.6 percent as DePIN and gaming reversed prior declines, while RWAs and Layer 2s retreated despite RWAs' 185.76 percent gain in 2025.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs extended inflows to eight consecutive days, accumulating $2.8 billion while Ether and XRP funds also posted strong capital gains.

The hardware wallet breach affected 7,300 wallets and accounted for over $100 million of July's total stolen assets, the second-worst month for losses this year.

Bitcoin pulled back from $81,265 as the 50-week moving average capped gains; XRP surged 45% in seven days while spot Bitcoin ETFs drew $337.56 million in a single day.

BlackRock spot Bitcoin ETF options expire Sept. 18 with $3B in calls against $2B in puts; max pain at $40 strike maps to roughly $71,000 bitcoin.

BTC trades at $80,677 after Treasury bond-buyback expansion fuels 25% weekly rally; SOL validators debate proposals to slow issuance and boost burns as overbought signals flash.

Gracy Chen is waiting for Bitcoin to drop more than $25,000 from current levels before deploying capital back into the asset.

MicroStrategy sold 18.26 million shares in six days, repurchased preferred stock and created a new $1.59 billion cash account alongside its existing $5.1 billion reserve.

BTC hit a three-month high of $79,500 on Aug. 21 before retreating to $77,230, with spot ETF inflows of $517 million in a single day and forced short closures driving a 24 percent two-day move.

The 25-delta put-call skew has turned negative on short-dated maturities for the first time this year, signaling traders are paying up for upside exposure over downside hedges.

Bitcoin surged 23% to $77,559 this week on institutional ETF buying tied to U.S. debt concerns and Trump's push for crypto regulation.

Brian Armstrong outlines how stablecoins, DeFi, tokenized stocks, and Bitcoin are expanding financial services to billions outside traditional banking.

River's July report shows 18.6 percent of U.S. adults now hold Bitcoin, up from 14.3 percent at the start of 2026, as spot ETFs and regulatory clarity drive retail adoption.

Coinkite's security update requires user-generated randomness for new seeds and patches critical vulnerability that let attackers reconstruct weak keys from 8,600+ addresses.

The company's 840,447 BTC holdings flip to 2.4 percent profit, erasing a $13 billion loss from July as Bitcoin rallies 23 percent in five days.

A two-day rally wiped out over $4 billion in short positions, with Bitcoin hitting $70K for the first time since June and Ethereum leading gains on spot ETF demand and Treasury liquidity.

A breach of Coldcard hardware wallets hit 7,300 Bitcoin addresses across three attack waves, with other major protocols and bridges also targeted in the month's second-worst security toll of 2026.

Pantera Capital's CEO cites Bitcoin trading 43 percent below historical trend as smart money enters, signaling institutional accumulation amid AI-crypto divergence.

Yield Basis launches an impermanent loss-free AMM for wrapped native assets and tokenized real-world assets, establishing secondary markets and native yield infrastructure.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong projects Bitcoin at $300,000 to $400,000 by 2030 following White House push for digital asset legislation.

Hardware wallet breach, DeFi hacks and bridge exploits made July the second-worst month for stolen digital assets in 2026

Coinbase CEO reaffirms long position on Bitcoin, citing fixed supply against expanding demand and institutional adoption through spot ETFs

Bitcoin's best daily performance since February 2026 forced underwater short sellers to cover positions, triggering a self-reinforcing rally that caught retail demand at a two-year high.

The hardware wallet breach alone accounted for at least $100 million in stolen Bitcoin, impacting 7,300 wallets across confirmed attack waves.

With Bitcoin locked in its tightest range this cycle, active traders are chasing 5x-10x returns in smaller assets as institutional inflows remain absent.

Japanese firm deploys 2,100 bitcoin to establish U.S. Nasdaq-listed vehicle for corporate treasury strategy, acquiring 96 percent stake in gaming company rebranded as Superplanet.

With BTC price swings at their lowest point this cycle, active traders are rotating into altcoins targeting 5x to 10x returns.

On-chain data shows 360 BTC wiped from the position; the remaining 1,440 BTC short faces a liquidation trigger at $65,041.72.

Glassnode data shows BTC has beaten the S&P 500 on only one-third of trading days over the past three months—Monday flipped that script.

Fundstrat's Tom Lee, now BitMine chairman, says tokenization and agentic AI will drive the ETH/BTC ratio well above its current 0.02994 reading.

The whale trimmed his short twice but still lost 288 BTC to forced liquidation; a 512 BTC short worth $33M remains open with a liquidation price at $64,665.18.

The institutional crypto brokerage sent 954 BTC—about $61.4 million—to an unidentified wallet, days after a dormant 2011 wallet routed nearly 50 BTC to a FalconX-linked address.

Strategy raised $333.7M selling 3.46M MSTR shares, used proceeds to repurchase $132.2M of STRC and grow its cash buffer to $4.8B.

Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley says two institutions each managing over $1 trillion greenlighted crypto access during a bear market—a move absent in the 2022 downturn.