Market
Bitcoin holds near $78,500 as a surging Japanese yen threatens global risk assets
Bitcoin faces a fresh liquidity test as the surging yen forces carry trades to unwind ahead of the BOJ decision.
Sentiment: Neutral
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Banking
Does becoming a federal bank protect crypto from Washington—or give Washington more control?
Silvergate's former CEO says political pressure, not a lack of liquidity, forced the crypto bank into liquidation, as a new generation of crypto companies moves directly under federal banking supervision.
Technology
Bitcoin Core Lightning Docker bug leaves node operators exposed despite showing updated version
Four tags served images that reported v26.06.7 without its fixes, prompting digest checks before planned source disclosure.
Digital Asset Treasuries
Strive adds $12 million to its dividend tab after issuing nearly one million new preferred shares to buy Bitcoin
At the current 13% rate, SATA payouts imply about $130 million annually, while higher cash keeps static coverage near 19 months.
Legislation
Crypto lobbies launch a last-minute TV campaign against banks to pass the CLARITY Act
The crypto industry is unleashing national ads, but Republican senators say the bill could still fail over ethics restrictions tied to Trump’s crypto interests.
Digital Asset Treasuries
Strategy doubles its stock buyback to $2 billion to pull its STRC shares back to $100
The flagship preferred remained below par on Saylor’s recovery benchmark as Strategy increased its buyback firepower to $2 billion.
Price Watch
Bitcoin bulls are loading up on calls while spot traders keep selling
Options demand has tilted bullish and ETF inflows are accelerating, but exchange selling remains dominant as BTC struggles below $80,000.
Payments
AI agents are executing millions of micro-payments on XRP Ledger, but hardly any tokens are being bought
t54’s September 8 dashboard also records 4,125 RLUSD settled, showing why payment counts alone cannot establish substantial XRP demand.
Wallets
Tether CEO wants AI agents to hold USDT, but developers are left on the hook for overspending
Tether’s WDK design separates wallet access from payment approval, leaving developers to enforce the limits users expect.
Mining
Bitcoin miner burns through millions in BTC to buy compute, but new coins are not returning to treasury
Cloud customers accounted for about 74% of August’s production increase, while company holdings recovered only part of July’s decline.
Governance
Ethereum supply battle is forcing a choice between high staking yields and the value of your ETH
EF Protocol wants a broader issuance debate, while unchanged rewards preserve validator income and dilution for unstaked holders.
Featured
Cardano’s Leios 6x scaling breakthrough comes with a much harder ADA problem
More capacity alone will not replace declining reserve-funded staking rewards unless users generate enough transaction fees.
