Strategy’s $250 Bitcoin Jordans sold out as Saylor turns 4% of BTC supply into a consumer brand
Strategy’s $250 Bitcoin-themed Air Jordans have sold out, extending Michael Saylor’s treasury brand from Wall Street into consumer culture. The shoes, launched Sept. 4 through Strategy’s online store, were sold out by Sept. 8, with all nine…
$47M Still Missing After Liquid Hack as Blockstream Bargains With ‘White Hats’
The hackers have returned 3,400 of the roughly 4,000 BTC drained from the sidechain, but about 600 BTC remains outstanding—and some doubt the actors’ “white hat” claims.
Bitcoin bulls are loading up on calls while spot traders keep selling
Bitcoin’s derivatives market is turning more bullish even as spot traders remain reluctant to chase another move above $80,000. Glassnode’s latest Market Pulse showed demand shifting toward call options while US spot Bitcoin ETF inflows accelerated. Yet…
Bitcoin Holds, Wall Street Stalls as Oil Shock Revives Fed Hike Bets
Bitcoin is defending its golden zone support while the S&P 500 grinds inside its tightest range yet, both waiting on Friday’s inflation report before the Fed’s September 16 rate call.
Visa Taps Onchain Lending to Finance Stablecoin Card Programs
The payment processor giant is pairing payment settlement data with blockchain lending tools to help fintechs and stablecoin-linked card programs access working capital.
Strive Buys $109 Million in Bitcoin, Pushes Preferred Stock Toward $1 Billion
The Vivek Ramaswamy-founded asset manager added 1,375 BTC last week, its third straight week of 5%-plus growth.
Tether-backed crypto exchange freezes withdrawals after $7 million leaves custody
Tether-backed Orionx is shutting down with customer withdrawals frozen after more than $7 million left its custody. The Chilean crypto exchange said a forensic audit found that customer assets had been transferred to wallets outside its control,…
A seven-year-old blockchain is permanently abandoning its own network to seek refuge on Ethereum
Harmony is proposing to shut down the blockchain it controversially restored through a rollback less than three weeks ago. The Sept. 6 plan would end Harmony’s independent network, move ONE to Ethereum, and preserve the token through a snapshot and…
Strong jobs just triggered a hawkish UBS reversal that could pressure Bitcoin through December
UBS’s new forecast of two Federal Reserve rate hikes this year extends Bitcoin’s potential macro headwind through December. The issue reaches beyond September’s decision: investors may have to weigh the cost of holding a non-yielding…
Your LG TV Might Still Be Listening to You—Even When It Looks Like It’s Off
A Gamers Nexus investigation found LG sets scanning every device on a home network and capturing microphone audio with the screen off, four months after LG promised Texas regulators it had cleaned up its tracking.