Leveraged funds’ Bitcoin futures shorts fall by 5,300 BTC-equivalent as longs shrink
Leveraged funds’ reported Bitcoin futures shorts fell by about 5,300 BTC-equivalent in the week to Sept. 29, narrowing their net short even as their aggregate long exposure shrank. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s latest futures-only figures,…
Bitget restores $300M fund after absorbing $388M security breach
Bitget said on Sept. 30 that it had restored its Protection Fund to more than $300 million after absorbing the Sept. 24 security breach’s financial impact. The exchange describes the fund as an additional safeguard for customers, separate from…
US factory costs spike, threatening Bitcoin’s rally above $85,000
US manufacturers reported more widespread input-price increases in September, raising a potential financing risk for Bitcoin if investors respond by expecting higher interest rates ahead of Friday’s jobs report. The Institute for Supply Management’s Oct.…
New Bitcoin upgrade catches hidden key leaks hiding the exact fix
Bitcoin improvement proposal BIP461 could make a hidden route for leaking wallet secrets easier to detect. The draft defines a common signing procedure for ECDSA, an existing Bitcoin signature scheme. Independent compliant signers should produce…
Hut 8 locks in $1B credit line, but faces 40% liquidity rules
Bitcoin miner Hut 8 announced on Sept. 28 that it had closed a four-year, $1 billion senior secured credit line. The facility gives the parent company room to borrow during site development and to back construction obligations with letters of credit. Its…
Bitcoin drops to $82,000 on US data, and inflation fear is blamed
US job openings cooled modestly in August, but September households grew more worried about inflation and interest rates. That split left Bitcoin investors with only part of the case for easier financial conditions after Sept. 29 releases. Bitcoin…
A $202 billion US Treasury settlement hits September 30, and it could trigger a surprise move in Bitcoin
A $202 billion U.S. Treasury coupon settlement on Sept. 30 will test overnight financing at quarter-end. The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York says the market is calm for now but warns that net new supply could lift repo borrowing rates. Whether that…
Core Lightning patches flaw that could let revoked channel state escape penalty
Core Lightning, a Lightning Network node implementation, fixed a channel-close flaw in v26.06.7 that could let a peer broadcast an old, revoked channel state without triggering the penalty for cheating. Bitcoin Optech’s Sept. 25 explanation of the…
Swiss bank shields Bitget institutions while retail funds freeze
Bitget says about $387.5 million in assets was transferred to attacker-controlled addresses during a Sept. 24 wallet breach. Its withdrawals remained suspended in notices issued through Sept. 25, even as deposits and trading continued. On the day of the…
Dormant whale moves $380M Bitcoin, leaving the sale question unanswered
A Bitcoin address sent 4,499.99987779 BTC to a single destination in a transaction confirmed at 02:30:04 UTC on Sept. 25, 2026. The output was still unspent at a 13:33 UTC check, leaving nearly 4,500 BTC visible at one address after the move. At…