Analysis
Why Bitcoin’s 63% HODL wave isn’t the mega bull signal everyone thinks it is
The one-year share rose 0.98 percentage points in a month while adjacent age bands shifted around the threshold.
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Outage
Solana nearly froze as a single routing error took 29% of the network stake offline
The newly detailed Teraswitch failure stayed below Solana’s finality-halt threshold, while independent telemetry showed delayed finality and sharply lower throughput.
Taxes
Bitcoin self-custody creates a massive cost-basis blind spot on your 2026 crypto tax forms
Under 2026 US rules, transferred Bitcoin and other cryptos remain outside mandatory basis reporting even if the purchase cost is unchanged.
Stablecoins
Proposed stablecoin rules might guarantee your dollar while making you wait a week to spend it
Proposed OCC stablecoin redemption extensions leave buyers and conversion providers to finance an earlier exit.
Quantum
Bitcoin exchanges can reduce quantum exposure before a network upgrade
Coinbase's September workshop shows signature choices and operational migration must advance together across exchanges, wallets and key-management systems.
Crypto
Another public company has abandoned its Bitcoin treasury after selling the last 764 BTC
KULR, the battery technology company, raised about $58.6 million from its final 764 BTC and now holds zero Bitcoin.
Payments
Coinbase gives community banks a stablecoin bridge while supplying infrastructure underneath
Banks retain the customer interface, while undisclosed pricing, data, compliance and settlement terms will determine who captures the value.
Price Watch
Coinbase CEO sees Bitcoin at $400,000, but first it has to clear $81,000
The Coinbase CEO’s long-term target depends on a recovery that has yet to break above a key historical confirmation level.
Derivatives
Bitcoin’s $2.24 billion Friday options expiry teased a reversal then fell to $76k again
BTC rose across three venues after Deribit settled, then finished below its starting level.
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.
Macro
Bitcoin could get the dollar drop bulls want this week without getting the liquidity rally they need
The ECB may strengthen the euro and weaken DXY, but elevated real yields and tight credit could leave BTC’s funding backdrop unchanged.
Technology
A layer-1 blockchain froze for 4 hours to stop a $4.9 million hack, then claimed it was just an upgrade
The network stayed secure at the consensus level, but the emergency response jailed validators and disrupted exchange transfers.
