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Big institutional money is split on Bitcoin’s next move as massive market bets shift
The Sept. 22 futures snapshot shows opposite positioning moves without revealing any spot or ETF hedge legs.
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Core Lightning patches flaw that could let revoked channel state escape penalty
The flaw was fixed in v26.06.7, but older builds and some early Docker images still call for an upgrade check.
Stablecoins
An $84 million US asset seizure just sparked a massive question for Tether
Court records identify Capstone-held accounts, while Tether has not said whether its EQIBank exposure involves USDT reserves.
Featured
Solana’s plan for fairer trades stalls as block producers still choose which orders get in
SIMD-0649 would police priority within batches, while leaders would retain control over inclusion and batch boundaries.
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Cosmos intercepts 1.23 million stolen ATOM but refunds now wait on governance vote
Validators secured one Hub-side balance, but the custody signers say a Neutron recovery plan and passed Hub proposal must precede its release.
Wallets
New Bitcoin proposal rescues locked multisig wallets – At a hidden cost
Its proposed descriptor backup could aid recovery, while an eligible xpub already known to a server may expose the encrypted file's metadata.
Payments
Visa cuts reported stablecoin volume but there’s no proof payments fell
Expanded address labels lowered adjusted dollar volume, but the adjusted count fell less than 2% and payment use remains unmeasured.
Technology
Ethereum is not instant, but collateral could make it feel that way
Making Ethereum payments feel instant requires someone to promise the money is there before the network finishes settling it.
Sports
Prediction markets promised better information and hired Hollywood
Sydney Sweeney can get you to open a prediction market but knowing sports and knowing what you're trading are two different things.
NFTs
The NFT party is over and everybody now owes storage rent
The NFT boom made digital ownership sound like a problem we'd solved for good, but keeping the art alive means paying bills and doing the maintenance nobody wanted to hear about at the launch party.
Stablecoins
Fed proposed stablecoin rule could trigger a 48-hour liquidation run
The Fed would give stablecoin issuers 24 hours to restore full backing before a forced liquidation wave begins.
Stablecoins
Washington has $114 billion reasons to want Tether around
Tether turned demand for digital dollars into demand for US debt and Washington has plenty of reasons to want more of both.
