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…
How cutting power to Bitcoin miners can actually burn more energy
Some Bitcoin mining vardiff (variable difficulty) controllers can keep demanding work calibrated for a machine’s former speed after it cuts hashrate. The miner can keep hashing and consuming electricity while accepted shares become vanishingly…
Fidelity surge brings in $310M BTC saving Bitcoin ETFs from a disastrous week
U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds drew $433 million of net inflows on Friday, Sept. 18, according to Farside Investors. The session extended the market’s rebound to a second day, but it did not fully repair the withdrawals recorded earlier in…
Bitcoin faces an eight-year rates test as the BOE unwinds £368 billion
The Bank of England has committed to remove £368 billion of gilts held for monetary-policy purposes by September 2034, even as the first market response pointed toward easier conditions in long-dated UK debt. The figure covers the portfolio left after…
Bitcoin rallies after BOJ’s 1.25% hike, but the real yen-carry test starts next week
The Bank of Japan announced a policy-rate increase to about 1.25% on Sept. 18, yet the visible Bitcoin and currency response showed limited signs of a disorderly yen-carry unwind. The BOJ voted 7-2 to lift its target for the uncollateralized overnight…
Hackers mint trillions in fake Bitcoin, but 15 BTC bridge recovery leaves liquidity providers unpaid
Cross-chain protocol Symbiosis said it recovered approximately 15 BTC after an attacker exploited its native Bitcoin Bridge, but affected liquidity providers still lack compensation terms as a Sep. 13 bounty window nears its unspecified cutoff. The…
Bitcoin’s $80,000 ceiling looks fragile after stocks shrugged off near-5% Treasury yields
Bitcoin failed to break $80,000 on Sept. 11 as US stocks climbed about 1% and long-dated Treasury yields stayed near levels not seen in years. Bitcoin registered an intraday high of $79,890, still short of the $80,000-$82,000 resistance zone identified…
Why Bitcoin initially held its gain as rate traders put September hike odds at 85%
August’s inflation report left the Federal Reserve with a mixed signal: gasoline drove much of the headline increase, but monthly core inflation accelerated. That combination kept Governor Christopher Waller’s conditional case for a rate hike in play…