Governance
ETF
Bitcoin holds near $78K as PCE, GDP and durable goods data land with muted reaction
IBIT supplied 90.5% of the latest inflow as PCE, GDP and durable goods converge on one macro test.
Scams
How a fake AI supercomputer stole $24 million from hundreds of crypto investors
A federal jury convicted Brent Kovar over a $24 million Profit Connect scheme involving at least 400 investors.
Hacks
A zero-balance glitch opened the door for empty wallets to steal admin control of 82 crypto assets
Trail of Bits says the flaw put token supply and about $500,000 of HASH escrow at risk, but no exploitation was confirmed.
Stablecoins
US bank lobby wants stablecoin holders to open an account before cashing out
The ABA wants direct stablecoin redemptions to trigger account opening and identity checks before issuers return dollars.
DeFi
$1.8M vanished in a DeFi lending glitch, and the recovery plan just allocated $0 to repay victims
Moonwell live data showed 100.43% utilization and negative liquidity while non-liquidated suppliers lacked a clear published recovery path.
Wallets
40 malicious Firefox add-ons targeted crypto wallets, and 9 began as sports-score tools
Socket confirmed 40 malicious IDs, and exposed crypto wallet secrets still require migration after the add-ons are removed.
Analysis
Why holding tokens on non-custodial apps still leaves you vulnerable to sudden platform cutoffs
Sui assets stay onchain after Sept. 24, but access shifts to swaps, Slush imports and Ledger connections.
Mining
Bitcoin miner Sphere 3D faces $2.2M tariff claim equal to 77% of its cash
The possible charge excludes statutory interest, while the miner's current cash and protest deadline remain undisclosed.
Governance
Cardano has days to close two huge voting gaps before governance hits a 3-seat bottleneck
DRep support is 25.3 points short and SPO support is 39.0 points short before the Sept. 1 expiry.
Exchanges
Traders start losing control of open positions as BitMEX begins its staged shutdown
The BitMEX closure limits new positions at 04:00 UTC, with forced closures possible before Sept. 23.
Digital Asset Treasuries
Strive bought 1,110 Bitcoin, but shareholders gained less than 2% real BTC yield
Bitcoin per effective common share rose 1.19% as SATA costs widened.
Debt
How a $6.8M debt default got buried in millions of future shares to save a crypto treasury’s cash
The deal limits the cash payment to roughly $344,000 while creating about 7.62 million potential Class A shares.
