Banking
Deals
AsiaStrategy’s Astra deal lets insider-linked buyers take ownership before $8 million comes due
Legal ownership can pass at closing, while the public agreements disclose no collateral, guarantee or escrow.
Taxes
HIVE’s $84.7 million Swedish tax provision eclipsed revenue even as Bitcoin output hit a record
The non-cash liability equals about 41% of cash, while HIVE’s filings leave the payment timetable unresolved.
Liquidations
Shifting $576M of forced sales off public order books saved Hyperliquid from a systemic crash
A new preprint says off-book routing damped liquidation feedback inside Hyperliquid, while wider market effects remain untested.
Research
Solana’s Alpenglow bug hunt charges researchers 0.5 SOL to report flaws
Anza’s 50,000 SOL pool unlocks by severity, while changing eligibility and duplicate rules leave researchers bearing the filing risk.
ETF
Bitcoin ETF flows jumped by $137 million, but it only recouped a third of recent losses
Farside’s reported $137.3 million inflow recovered just 35.6% of the prior five-session net outflow, leaving breadth unproven.
Stablecoins
Circle still tells users to buy Noble USDC on Coinbase after cutoff date passes
Coinbase warned later Noble deposits may not be recoverable, while its notice left the cutoff’s clock time unspecified.
Research
Blockchains may finally break their hidden reliance on a ticking randomness clock to keep networks secure
Distributed samplers replace fresh public randomness while a common random string, DDH, LWE, and proof-of-work assumptions remain.
Analysis
Peter Todd reopens Bitcoin’s 21M cap debate because transaction fees make up just 0.5% of miner revenue
A viral clip sharpened the clash between fee-funded security and the credibility of a fixed supply.
Derivatives
KuCoin’s new perp rule can turn one funding-rate extreme into 36 hours of hourly settlements
KuCoin's USDT and USDC contracts move from the next period, while returning to four-hour settlement requires 36 stable hours.
Digital Asset Treasuries
Solana treasury firm cuts shares 700-for-1 but leaves room for nearly 100 billion more
The capital reset leaves Solana treasury SOLAI with nearly 100 billion authorized shares after its NYSE suspension and move to OTC trading.
Debt
Crypto miner warns of potential bankruptcy as unclosed financing leaves $33 million in maturing debt exposed
The PIPE’s Oct. 10 outside date lands 21 days before the notes mature, with $9.2 million of June liquidity.
Regulation
Forced liquidations begin in 30 days for business crypto accounts missing new verification rules on Bybit
Only notified business users are covered; access restrictions follow Aug. 21 and market-price liquidation starts Sept. 21.
