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22 itemsSeptember 6, 2026
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
The $63 billion revolving door carrying the entire US Bitcoin ETF market
Bitcoin's best and newest large buyer has no face, no investment committee, and no public opinion about whether the price looks cheap. It appears near the end of the US trading day as an entry beside an ETF ticker, and on Aug. 27 that entry showed $277.6 million flowing into IBIT while the entire US...
- The BlockScore: 85
Liquid Network pauses after purported ‘white-hat’ hackers withdraw $320 million in bitcoin
The Bitcoin sidechain has been paused, with exchanges suspending LBTC deposits and withdrawals as Blockstream works to contact those responsible.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Tether-backed Orionx to shut down after audit flags $7M custody gap
Tether-backed Orionx is permanently closing after an audit found more than $7 million in customer assets had moved to wallets outside its custody.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Inside the 15-minute trading pulse that moves $14 billion in Bitcoin perpetual futures
At 14:59:59 UTC, Bitcoin perpetual futures look like any other electronic market, with prices flickering and orders flowing from traders around the world. But when the clock turns to 15:00:00, the market instantly becomes busier: more trades go through, more money turns over, and prices cover more g...
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Satoshi-era Bitcoin wakes after 16 years of dormancy as 600 BTC moves
Whale Alert identified 12 mining rewards totaling 600 BTC that moved after 16 years of dormancy, with the onchain tracking platform finding no connection to Satoshi Nakamoto.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Prediction markets inch closer to the Supreme Court: State of Crypto
New Jersey petitioned for a writ of certiorari in Kalshi's case against it last week, finally throwing the ball to the high court.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Better and Coinbase’s bitcoin-backed mortgages can reuse borrowers’ collateral
Better Mortgage can reuse the pledged bitcoin, and borrowers cannot recover their crypto until the main conventional mortgage is fully repaid or refinanced.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Aave crypto lending proposal would let emergency tools freeze markets – but not unfreeze them
Aave DAO voters are deciding whether to delegate limited V4 risk controls on Ethereum and Avalanche to Risk Stewards, tools that let approved operators make constrained changes without taking every update through a full governance vote. The proposal would also assign no-delay emergency roles that th...
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Ukrainian police took down a crypto scam that stole up to $1 million a month
Investigators have identified 62 victims and say more than 46 Ukrainians took part in the alleged operation.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Bitcoin ETF inflows fall 76% entering Labor Day break as only BlackRock and Fidelity attract fresh money
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded net inflows of $174.6 million on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. Only funds from BlackRock and Fidelity attracted positive net flows, according to Farside Investors' daily table, leaving the final US exchange session before Labor Day's closure dependent on two p...
- The BlockScore: 70
Coinbase-backed Router Protocol to shut down, burn 303 million ROUTE tokens
The shutdown comes after attempts to commercialize, license or find a buyer for its technology failed to produce a sustainable business.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Bitcoin’s faces a weird new macro reality as the Fed turns off the tap and Treasury opens the floodgates
Bitcoin's current rally started when the Treasury Department announced on Aug. 19 that, beginning Sept. 9, it would at least double the maximum size of certain buyback operations for government bonds with 10 to 30 years left to maturity, raising the cap from $2 billion to $4 billion per operation. S...
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
How Bitmine could surpass its 5% Ethereum goal without buying more ETH
Bitmine is still buying Ethereum, even as staking may make further purchases unnecessary to reach its 5% ownership target. The Nasdaq-listed treasury company disclosed that it acquired 53,501 ETH in the week through Aug. 30, taking its holdings to 5.9 million tokens. More than 5.06 million ETH were ...
- The BlockScore: 65
STONK surges 250% to $140 million market cap as stock-paired Solana launchpad StonkFun pulls volume to Raydium and Jupiter
The platform integrated with Raydium's LaunchLab on Saturday as RAY also saw gains of more than 40%.
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
Three DeFi projects face possible exclusion from future Arbitrum DAO programs
Arbitrum's Watchdog Committee, a grant oversight body, has given three DeFi projects until a tentative Sept. 10 deadline to answer high-severity misuse findings and return funds it considers unresolved, or face separate votes on permanent exclusion from future DAO programs. The cases name Good Entry...
- DecryptScore: 60
This Crypto Project Just Funded 1,000 Student Loans Entirely On-Chain
The team behind Pencil Finance says the financing supported thousands of Southeast Asian students, but it did not disclose borrower costs, defaults, or investor returns.
- DecryptScore: 60
Stablecoins Won't Scale Without Banks
With a growing number of institutions exploring stablecoins, the bottleneck is regulated infrastructure they can trust.
- CryptoSlateScore: 45
Strategy and Robinhood now lead a $4.5 billion large-cap ETF that was not built for crypto
A $4.5 billion US large-cap stock fund now has two crypto-sensitive companies at the top of its portfolio. The Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap ETF's Sept. 4 holdings snapshot ranked Bitcoin-treasury company Strategy (MSTR) first at 3.02% and retail financial platform Robinhood Markets (HOOD) sec...
- CryptoSlateScore: 45
Solana’s weekly ETF inflows fell 97% while CME funds became less net short
Solana’s US ETF inflows fell about 97% in the week ending Sept. 4, leaving the funds with a small positive balance as Bitcoin’s allocation pace strengthened. A separate CME positioning report showed leveraged funds becoming less net short SOL. Together, the readings distinguish two sources of market...
- DecryptScore: 40
XRP Gets Another Boost Through Ripple Deal With Florida Athletics
The multi-year deal will place the XRP logo on the field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium starting this season, extending Ripple's push into college athletics.
- CryptoSlateScore: 30
From power laws to AI networks, why complex Bitcoin price models memorize market noise
Bitcoin price forecasting has accumulated an unusually colorful collection of methods. You have basic scarcity models that convert the halving schedule into a price, and run-of-the-mill on-chain models that turn address or transaction activity into value. The highly contested power-law charts draw a...
- DecryptScore: 20
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Is Shockingly Good at Almost Everything
Early testers spent OpenAI's launch weekend pushing Astra through 3D cities, playable games, Bach chorales and research papers.