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86 itemsSeptember 8, 2026
- CryptoSlate
Metaplanet’s Bitcoin boom quietly turned a 46 million-share executive pay plan into a 319 million-share windfall
Metaplanet’s Bitcoin expansion has exposed an executive compensation windfall that shareholders want the company to unwind. The dispute centers on an executive options pool that expanded as the Tokyo-listed company repeatedly issued equity to finance its Bitcoin purchases. Shareholders are now deman...
- CoinDeskScore: 90
Liquid Network gets back 3,400 bitcoin from whitehat hackers; talks underway for the rest
Supposed whitehat hackers behind Sunday’s Liquid Network breach have returned 3,400 of the 4,000 BTC they took, but nearly $47 million in bitcoin is still outstanding.
- CoinDeskScore: 90
Cronos executes controversial blockchain rollback to recover crypto worth $111 million
Validators rolled back nearly two hours of blockchain history to recover user assets. But the attackers still managed to get away with $9.19 million before Cronos halted the network.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Tether-backed crypto exchange freezes withdrawals after $7 million leaves custody
Tether-backed Orionx is shutting down with customer withdrawals frozen after more than $7 million left its custody. The Chilean crypto exchange said a forensic audit found that customer assets had been transferred to wallets outside its control, prompting it to begin a permanent closure and suspend ...
- The BlockScore: 85
Ethereum aims for quantum-safe L1 by 2029 as Hegotá upgrade takes form
Ethereum is targeting full post-quantum security by 2029, starting with account abstraction and censorship resistance upgrades for Hegotá.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Ethereum’s 2029 quantum deadline is starting to reshape what gets built next
Ethereum is beginning to constrain what it can add to upcoming upgrades as developers race to make the network quantum-resistant by December 2029. On Sept. 7, the Ethereum Foundation’s Protocol cluster said that the deadline will remain non-negotiable at least until a review with outside experts in ...
- CoinDeskScore: 85
Circle agrees to buy cross-border payments firm Tazapay for $400 million
The deal could grant Circle vital, regulated "last-mile" infrastructure, bridging the gap between stablecoins and traditional local banking systems.
- DecryptScore: 85
Cronos Erased Two Hours of Transactions to Reverse $111 Million DeFi Exploit
The rollback reversed legitimate activity alongside the attack, while $9.19 million remains unrecovered, according to Cronos.
- DecryptScore: 85
$47M Still Missing After Liquid Hack as Blockstream Bargains With 'White Hats'
The hackers have returned 3,400 of the roughly 4,000 BTC drained from the sidechain, but about 600 BTC remains outstanding—and some doubt the actors' "white hat" claims.
- The BlockScore: 80
Cronos says $9.2 million remains unrecovered after Tectonic exploit, chain rollback
A subsequent rollback reversed roughly $111.2 million, but $9.19 million had already left the chain and remains unrecovered, Cronos says.
- CointelegraphScore: 80
Cronos confirms $9.2M slipped away before Tectonic exploit rollback
Cronos’s post-mortem put the Tectonic exploit’s affected borrowing at $120.4 million, with 7.6% transferred off-network before validators intervened.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Ethereum makes quantum resistance a top priority with a 2029 deadline
The Foundation wants the network protected before a quantum computer capable of breaking today's cryptography could plausibly arrive, and says upcoming upgrades will be judged against that clock.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Visa combines VisaNet data with onchain lending to power stablecoin card working capital
Visa's stablecoin settlement volume surpassed a $20 billion annualized run rate, up 15x year over year. Now it wants blockchain lenders to use that data to extend credit to the issuers driving the growth.
- The BlockScore: 80
A 22 year-old crypto ringleader pleads guilty to $245 million racketeering scheme
Malone Lam pleaded guilty for his role in leading an international "social engineering" scheme, stealing $245 million worth in cryptocurrency.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Liquid ‘white hats’ return $270M in Bitcoin as network prepares restart
The actors returned 85% of the Bitcoin withdrawn from Liquid’s federation wallet following the security incident.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
New Bitcoin whales spark sell-side risk as unrealized gains hit $9B
Unrealized gains by whale speculators hit their highest levels on record last week, per data going back to 2016.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Liquid recovers 3,400 BTC as hacker asks “is that ok?” after pocketing $47 million in Bitcoin
Bitcoin's Liquid sidechain received 3,400 BTC back into its federation wallet on Sept. 7 after a reserve drain. The partial recovery restores assets behind L-BTC, its Bitcoin-linked token, while withdrawal access remains unconfirmed and public bridge nodes are still listed as experiencing a major ou...
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
The fight over Ethereum’s supply is forcing a choice between high staking yields and the value of your ETH
The Ethereum Foundation’s Protocol cluster says Ethereum’s issuance policy belongs in a broader ecosystem process than fork scoping. In its Sept. 7 assessment of proposals for the Hegotá upgrade, EF Protocol graded EIP-8363, a proposal to burn part of validators’ issuance rewards, as declined for in...
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Bitmine buys 28k ETH, completes 97% of treasury accumulation goal
While Bitmine’s completed 97% of its goal to acquire 5% of Ether’s supply, Tom Lee’s team faces a $5.1 billion unrealized loss on its main treasury asset.
- The BlockScore: 75
Bitmine nears 5% of Ethereum supply after buying 28,086 ETH
Bitmine bought 28,086 ETH, boosting its treasury to 5.93 million tokens worth $14.8 billion and representing 4.9% of Ethereum’s total supply.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Active crypto address “copy and paste attack” threatens users even after major malware cleanup cut off hackers
The Aug. 31 disruption of the Sality botnet cut off its operator's ability to deliver new malicious software to infected computers, while malware already on those devices remained active, according to CrowdStrike's Sept. 1 report. Users of infected machines still need to remove the installed malware...
- DecryptScore: 75
Robinhood Takes Equity Stake in Crypto.com, Taps Exchange to Power Prediction Markets
The multi-year deal makes OG.com the infrastructure and clearing engine behind Robinhood's fastest-growing business.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Bitcoin slips under $79,000, Zcash leads losses as Fed hike odds hold near 60%
Every major token fell on Tuesday, though most keep weekly gains, with traders pricing a 60% chance of a Fed hike next week.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Australia says it removed 45 crypto, remittance registrations over the past year
AUSTRAC said its yearlong sweep included canceled, suspended and unrenewed registrations, while its action against GetCoins helped disrupt organized investment scams.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Bit2Me sets up specialized unit to help law enforcement track down crypto assets
The unit formalizes past operations, building on 1.5 million euros in seized crypto the exchange processed in 2025 for agencies including Interpol and Europol.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Poland’s crypto licensing deadlock is handing foreign EU firms an advantage
Poland’s failed crypto vote has left domestic firms unable to seek licenses while EU-authorized rivals continue entering the market. The Sejm failed Sept. 4 to override President Karol Nawrocki’s veto of legislation needed to implement parts of the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) Re...
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Uzbekistan begins government bond-backed stablecoin payment pilot
Humo Digital will test HUMO payments with more than 20 merchants under a sandbox jointly overseen by NAPP and Uzbekistan’s central bank.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Circle to acquire Tazapay to expand USDC cross-border payments
Tazapay processes $25 billion in annualized volume and offers payout rails across 100-plus markets, extending Circle’s USDC payments reach.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Bitmine purchased another $69 million of ETH, with Tom DeMark expecting price uptrend to soon resume
At the latest purchase pace, Tom Lee's Ethereum treasury firm could reach its crypto accumulation goal in another seven weeks.
- The BlockScore: 70
Robinhood expands prediction markets with Crypto.com, OG partnerships ahead of NFL season
Robinhood will also acquire equity stakes in Crypto.com and OG.com, which will be valued based on Crypto.com's recent $20 billion valuation.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Fed inflation trap threatens Bitcoin below $80k as $100 oil blindsides Friday’s CPI report
Bitcoin trades below $80,000 on Sept. 8 as oil approached $100 a barrel following a fresh disruption to Saudi energy facilities. The new energy shock could complicate the inflation outlook even if Friday's US consumer-price report brings encouraging news. Bitcoin's price stood near $78,300 at press ...
- DecryptScore: 70
Strive Buys $109 Million in Bitcoin, Pushes Preferred Stock Toward $1 Billion
The Vivek Ramaswamy-founded asset manager added 1,375 BTC last week, its third straight week of 5%-plus growth.
- DecryptScore: 70
Visa Taps Onchain Lending to Finance Stablecoin Card Programs
The payment processor giant is pairing payment settlement data with blockchain lending tools to help fintechs and stablecoin-linked card programs access working capital.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Bybit launches 24/7 perpetuals for major currency pairs
Bybit added USDT-settled perpetuals tracking EUR/USD, GBP/USD and USD/JPY, with 24/7 trading and leverage of up to 100x.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Bitcoin bulls are loading up on calls while spot traders keep selling
Bitcoin’s derivatives market is turning more bullish even as spot traders remain reluctant to chase another move above $80,000. Glassnode’s latest Market Pulse showed demand shifting toward call options while US spot Bitcoin ETF inflows accelerated. Yet aggressive selling still outweighed buying on ...
- The BlockScore: 70
Jack Dorsey’s Block joins rush for federal bank charters from OCC
Jack Dorsey-founded company Block, Inc., is taking its turn in seeking to become a federally regulated national bank.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Swiss stablecoin sandbox enters testing phase, adds two new partners
Financial market operator SIX and payment app TWINT have joined numerous banks in the sandbox seeking to develop a Swiss franc-based stablecoin.
- The BlockScore: 65
Polish prosecutors charge fifth suspect in Zondacrypto probe involving around $100 million in estimated losses
Polish prosecutors charged Roman Ż. with two offenses following his arrest on Sept. 5 as part of an investigation into Zondacrypto.
- The BlockScore: 65
Visa stablecoin settlement tops $20 billion annualized run rate, up more than 15x year over year
Visa’s stablecoin settlement volume tops a $20 billion annualized run rate as payment volume grows nearly 200% year over year.
- DecryptScore: 65
Tom Lee's Bitmine Adds $70 Million in Ethereum, Holdings Reach 5.93 Million ETH
The company says it holds roughly 4.9% of Ethereum’s supply, with most of its tokens staked to earn rewards.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Visa brings onchain credit to its growing stablecoin card business
Visa is combining VisaNet settlement data with blockchain lending as stablecoin payment volume on its network jumps nearly 200% year over year.
- CryptoSlateScore: 65
Bitcoin could get the dollar drop bulls want this week without getting the liquidity rally they need
Bitcoin’s next macro catalyst may weaken the dollar without delivering the easier money bulls need. The European Central Bank’s Sept. 10 policy decision could strengthen the euro and push the dollar index lower, potentially offering relief to Bitcoin after its latest slide below $80,000. But a curre...
- CoinDeskScore: 60
Bitcoin’s golden cross is here
A golden cross has triggered on bitcoin's daily price chart, indicating a potential long-term bullish trend ahead.
- The BlockScore: 60
‘The chain is now earnings’: Bernstein sees 31% upside for Robinhood as fees top Solana, BNB Chain
Bernstein sees 31% upside for Robinhood as its new chain tops Solana in fees, generating $33 million over 15 days.
- DecryptScore: 60
Polish Court Detains Fifth Suspect in Zondacrypto Exchange Probe
Two chief executives of the exchange have now vanished, four years apart, leaving 1.3 million clients locked out.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Robinhood chain to generate $160M in annual fees by 2028: Bernstein
Growing demand for tokenized stock trading may drive the Robinhood chain’s annual fees to $160 million by 2028, predicted analysts from Bernstein.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
Cardano’s Leios 6x scaling breakthrough comes with a much harder ADA problem
Cardano’s Leios upgrade has demonstrated sixfold throughput gains, but staking economics still depend on paying users. The scaling protocol peaked at 26.8 transaction kilobytes per second during its first public testnet phase, compared with a 4.51 TxkB/s ceiling for Cardano’s existing Ouroboros Prao...
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Mexico quadruple homicide tied to alleged Bitcoin robbery attempt
Two suspects face a Wednesday hearing over four killings allegedly linked to a crypto wallet believed to hold millions of dollars in Bitcoin.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
Bitcoin miner burns through millions in BTC to buy compute, but new coins are not returning to treasury
BitFuFu, a Bitcoin miner and cloud-mining provider, reported a 55.4% rebound in August production as additional capacity came online. Cloud-mining customers accounted for about three quarters of the extra output, while the company's Bitcoin holdings increased by 59 BTC. The unaudited Sept. 3 operati...
- The BlockScore: 60
Strive adds 1,375 bitcoin as SATA approaches ‘billion-dollar’ milestone
Strive CEO Matt Cole said 70% of the capital raised during the week came from sales of its SATA perpetual preferred stock.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
Robinhood takes stakes in Crypto.com, OG.com in prediction markets deal
Robinhood will route event contracts through OG.com’s CFTC-regulated infrastructure as it expands its prediction markets business.
- The BlockScore: 60
DeFi Development closes Strategy-style $11 million CHAD offering to grow Solana treasury
DeFi Development Corp's CHAD is a Variable Rate Series C perpetual preferred stock, with an initial annual dividend rate of 13%.
- DecryptScore: 60
Bitcoin Holds, Wall Street Stalls as Oil Shock Revives Fed Hike Bets
Bitcoin is defending its golden zone support while the S&P 500 grinds inside its tightest range yet, both waiting on Friday's inflation report before the Fed's September 16 rate call.
- CointelegraphScore: 60
New York town weighs crypto mining and AI data center ban
One of the first towns in the US to ban Bitcoin mining for 18 months is considering another temporary moratorium extending to data centers and other crypto mining operations.
- The BlockScore: 60
Pons propels Robinhood Chain fees to record $6 million in daily fees as DEX volume doubles
PONS reached an all-time high valuation of over $970 million on Friday, with the token up over 200% in the last week alone.
- The BlockScore: 55
Bitcoin volatility remains subdued as supply in profit nears historical bear-to-bull transition level: analysts
More than 71% of bitcoin supply is now in profit, approaching a level that has typically marked bear-to-bull transitions, Bitfinex said.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Live updates: Yen rally and rising bond yields pressure bitcoin and risk assets
Bitcoin, gold and technology stocks fall as the yen rallies, while oil prices and government bond yields climb globally.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Stablecoins could save South Korean merchants up to $3.8 billion a year, budget office says
South Korea’s budget office warned that stablecoin adoption could reduce banks' roles as credit intermediaries and potentially destabilize token pegs during mass redemptions.
- CointelegraphScore: 50
Ledger CTO urges AI bug hunter responsibility, warns against ‘attention farming’
Ledger and Trezor said researchers have a responsibility to publish their findings if vendors fail to fix bugs within an agreed disclosure window.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
How Curve's soft liquidation model lets borrowers survive market drawdowns
Data tracked by lending platform Curve data tracked 704 soft-liquidation instances lasting a median 14.5 days, showing how some DeFi loans can survive for weeks after entering the 'danger zone.'
- DecryptScore: 50
Strategy's Return to Bitcoin Buying Lasted Exactly One Week
The Bitcoin treasury firm spent $176.3 million on its own preferred stock, and doubled the buyback program's authorization to $2 billion.
- The BlockScore: 50
ZKsync developer Matter Labs open-sources Prividium permissioning engine; Bundesbank tests platform
ZKsync developer Matter Labs has open-sourced the permissioning engine of Prividium, its DLT platform for financial institutions.
- The BlockScore: 40
Metaplanet slides 17% this week as CEO’s public note fails to ease investor concerns
The drop comes amid controversies surrounding Metaplanet's expanded Series 10 executive option pool and CEO Simon Gerovich's ties to MMXX Ventures.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Strategy skips Bitcoin buy to repurchase $176M of STRC preferred shares
Strategy repurchased $176 million worth of its STRC preferred stock and doubled the size of its digital securities repurchase program to $2 billion, while pausing on new Bitcoin buys.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Bitcoin’s complexity paradox: How layer-2 scalers became AI's main target
A string of incidents involving Coldcard, Lightning and Liquid highlights how AI is changing the economics of finding bugs in bitcoin infrastructure.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Strive’s SATA nears $1 billion market cap as Strategy’s STRC continues to underperform
SATA’s 13% annualised dividend and resilience around par are helping Strive raise capital and outperform Strategy.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
Paolo Ardoino wants AI agents to hold Tether, but developers are left on the hook for overspending
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino’s vision of financial autonomy for people and machines puts a practical decision in developers’ hands: how much spending authority should an AI agent receive when a wallet’s owner unlocks it? Tether’s Sept. 3 explanation of WDK CLI, the local command-line wallet built with i...
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Copper CEO Amar Kuchinad departs as search for a buyer enters a fourth month
Kuchinad, the CEO of cryptocurrency custody firm Copper since 2024, has left the company, according to two people familiar with the matter.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
AI agents are executing millions of micro-payments on XRP Ledger, but hardly any tokens are being bought
An AI-payment hub on the XRP Ledger has recorded almost 4.5 million transactions while settling only a few thousand XRP. Near press time, the XRPL AI Hub, a dashboard run by t54 labs, showed 4,491,820 all-time transactions alongside cumulative settlements of 5,836.71 XRP and 4,125.29 RLUSD, Ripple’s...
- The BlockScore: 40
Hyperliquid open interest climbs to $14.3 billion as HYPE hits all-time high
On Oct. 10, 2025, Hyperliquid’s OI fell by around 56% in a single day, from $14.7 billion to just $6.5 billion.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Franklin Templeton digital asset veteran takes helm at StablecoinX
Former Franklin Templeton digital asset executive Christopher Jensen will lead StablecoinX, the largest corporate holder of Ethena’s ENA token.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
Why Bitcoin bulls shouldn’t mistake a shrinking dollar reserve share for central bank buying
A Sept. 2, 2026 analysis by New York Fed researchers shows how a few large reserve portfolios can lower the global dollar share without a broad retreat from dollars. For investors assessing future sovereign demand for Bitcoin, the distinction is between a changing average and an investment decision....
- The BlockScore: 35
Strategy repurchases $176 million of STRC shares, makes no bitcoin purchases or sales
Strategy's total holdings account for around 4% of the 21 million bitcoin supply cap — worth roughly $66 billion.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Tracking cocoa may be just the beginning for PwC, Merck, Hashgraph provenance system
The firms say their combination of physical authentication, digital traceability and enterprise process design has no precedent in supply chains, and cocoa is just the start.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Bitcoin ETFs are still $1 billion shy of breaking even in 2026
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 8, 2026
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Bitcoin rally has more room as volatility shorts unwind, Two Prime CEO says
Alexander Blume said subdued funding rates and continued call selling suggest the rebound is not yet being driven by excessive speculation.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Bitcoin faces key support test at $78.3K as US crude oil hits three-month high
Bitcoin fell with US stocks on the opening of Tuesday’s Wall Street trading session as analysis warns that BTC price support at $78,300 must hold.
- CryptoSlateScore: 30
Strategy’s $250 Bitcoin Jordans sold out as Saylor turns 4% of BTC supply into a consumer brand
Strategy’s $250 Bitcoin-themed Air Jordans have sold out, extending Michael Saylor’s treasury brand from Wall Street into consumer culture. The shoes, launched Sept. 4 through Strategy's online store, were sold out by Sept. 8, with all nine advertised sizes listed as unavailable. The company did not...
- CoinDeskScore: 20
Crypto traders turn on Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP memecoin before it even launches
Kraken deleted a promotional post after backlash, while a media group named in the token's distribution publicly distanced itself from the project.
- CryptoSlateScore: 20
Hunter Biden’s new “LAPTOP” memecoin targets traders who lost money on TRUMP
Hunter Biden is about to test whether his criticism of political profiteering through crypto applies to his own business ventures. According to The Wall Street Journal, former President Joe Biden's son plans to launch a memecoin called LAPTOP on Sept. 9, turning one of the most politically charged e...
- CoinDeskScore: 20
Bitcoin slips to $78,800 as BNB and DeFi tokens buck the selloff
Bitcoin fell 0.42% since midnight UTC to $78,874, but the CoinDesk 20 rose 0.2% and the memecoin index gained 0.41% as BNB Chain tokens rallied.
- DecryptScore: 20
What Is LAPTOP? Hunter Biden's Meme Coin Targeting TRUMP Holders
The LAPTOP token launches in September on Base, with a fifth of the supply earmarked for traders who lost money on TRUMP.
- CointelegraphScore: 20
Is Bitcoin too volatile to risk your retirement on?
Bitcoin believers see it as an almost certain long-term investment, but retirement demands a different approach. How much crypto exposure is too much for your retirement account?
- DecryptScore: 20
US Police Fear Meta Glasses Are Watching Them Back: Report
Memos from the NYPD to Homeland Security warn the devices could be used for covert filming inside jails and police facilities.
- DecryptScore: 20
OpenAI Says It Solved a $1M Math Problem. A Rival Mathematician Says He Did It First
NYU's Tristan Buckmaster accuses OpenAI's Sébastien Bubeck of racing to claim credit for a Navier-Stokes proof after learning about his unpublished work with Anthropic's Levent Alpöge.
- DecryptScore: 10
Morning Minute: The Trenches Just Had Their Biggest Week Since TRUMP
Is it a warning sign for a local top? Or is the onchain party just getting started?