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…
Circle wants you to love USDC a little like you love Chelsea
Chelsea has found a cool new shirt sponsor whose main product is…a stablecoin? USDC is designed to be worth one dollar. Today, tomorrow, next Tuesday: one dollar. If everything is working properly, absolutely nothing should happen to its price, so there…
Anthropic’s potential $2 trillion IPO is fueling an $80 million crypto trade
Anthropic’s prospective $2 trillion IPO has already spawned nearly $80 million in crypto derivatives bets before its public debut. Open interest in futures linked to the Claude developer has climbed to about $79.27 million, close to a record $80 million,…
How the Clarity Act’s Defeat Handed the SEC and CFTC the Wheel on Crypto
The Clarity Act failed to advance in the Senate, shifting the industry’s focus to a new wave of action from the SEC and CFTC.
Bitcoin’s Sharpest Rally in Two Years Ran Almost Entirely on Short Liquidations
A Glassnode and Bybit report found Bitcoin climbed 24.6% in five August days even as active leverage fell, with short positions supplying 89% of every liquidated dollar.
Grayscale Is Making Its Red-Hot Zcash ETF More Affordable
The Zcash ETF is splitting its shares three ways after pulling in more than $233 million in under a month, as Wall Street piles into crypto’s hottest privacy trade.
Solana’s Heartbeat Quickens: Block Times Fall 17% in Latest Speed Upgrade
The network’s clock just sped up again, but the extra speed goes to freshness, not capacity.
XRP ETFs hit a speed bump, but big investors aren’t dumping their tokens yet
A roughly $5.15 million outflow from US spot XRP exchange-traded products on Sept. 17 interrupted a $192 million inflow month. The reversal creates the first clean test of whether recent demand is cooling, yet the broader flow pattern still favors the…
Anthropic’s Claude helped 3 researchers breach OpenAI in under 72 hours
Anthropic’s Claude helped three security researchers breach OpenAI accounts and reach an internal code repository within 72 hours. Researchers at cybersecurity startup Hacktron chained an image-processing vulnerability with a flaw in OpenAI’s identity…
Exchanges lower token risk values, leaving leveraged traders with less breathing room
Binance lowered the collateral ratio for six tokens on Sept. 18, while Coinbase International Exchange says 29 assets will leave its eligible-collateral list on Sept. 29. That ratio determines how much of an asset’s market value an exchange recognizes…