Derivatives
From Bitcoin to oil, perpetual contracts are breaking into American financial markets
Kalshi, Coinbase and Bitnomial are pushing crypto’s dominant derivatives format deeper into regulated US markets.
Gino Matos 6 min read
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Market
Bitcoin just crossed the line that ended 4 out of 5 bear markets, but one deadly historical trap could still trigger a crash to $62,000
BTC pushed above the 50-week moving average near $81,800, but history only confirms the signal on a weekly close.
Legislation
CLARITY Act may be heading for lame duck after House Republicans slash the calendar
The Senate votes Sept. 15, but the House leaves two days later, leaving almost no time to finish the crypto market-structure bill.
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Market
Bitcoin’s volatility ratio against gold collapses to 6-year low as traditional safe haven turbulence surges
Their 90-day correlation has climbed to 0.55 while Bitcoin is now just 1.43 times as volatile as gold.
DeFi
Monad’s mainnet upgrade makes storing data together 98% cheaper
A block-pinned mainnet call reproduced the 8,100-to-100 step-down and showed the cold charge returning at slot 128.
Governance
Scan reveals 96,000 fake-address outputs clogging Bitcoin’s unspent database
Bitquery’s scan shows why cheap OP_RETURN repetition and fake-address text impose radically different costs on Bitcoin nodes.
Hacks
Parked Coldcard loot begins moving as attacker routes $1.6M in stolen Bitcoin to Ethereum
Bitquery traced 20.45 BTC through 34 Bitcoin swaps, and the main destination later held roughly 5 ETH less.
Digital Asset Treasuries
This Japanese company made money on Ethereum, Solana, and XRP, but sold them anyway to keep its $121 million Bitcoin holdings
ETH, SOL and XRP sales produced gains while DOGE posted a loss, leaving roughly 1,506 BTC behind.
Research
BIS shows why real institutional adoption on XRP Ledger won’t trigger the XRP supply squeeze holders expect
One transaction can authenticate thousands of datasets, leaving fee burn tiny even as institutional-style usage scales.
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Governance
What Solana’s failed fee vote reveals about Anatoly Yakovenko’s power
Digital Asset Treasuries
Hyperliquid treasury company increases token buying strategy to $2.5 billion as shares run out
BTC Halving
Bitcoin may be leaving its 4-year cycle behind for a 6-to-8-year Wall Street rhythm
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