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Major banks increasingly expect the Federal Reserve to deliver its first rate hike in three years. Markets have largely priced in the move, while Bitcoin, bonds and Donald Trump could face wider political and market implications.
Blockstream is refusing the Liquid attacker’s demand for nearly 600 BTC, or about $50 million, after a Sept. 6 exploit created roughly 4,000 unbacked L-BTC and enabled the withdrawal of about 3,996 real BTC.
Metaplanet shareholders are criticizing equity allocations for insiders, while new figures show Southeast Asian crypto funding has doubled. Singapore remains Asia’s leading crypto hub, according to Cointelegraph.
Coin Center’s Laz Pieper says privacy-preserving identity verification could let users satisfy KYC requirements without surrendering underlying personal data, reducing the value of centralized information stores to hackers.
Germany is weighing a draft bill to tax bitcoin gains more like stock investments, targeting tax-free sales after a 12-month holding period. Existing bitcoin holdings would keep their current tax treatment, according to CoinDesk.
Ethereum’s proposed Frames change would allow extra validation work at individual nodes, but privacy proofs studied so far exceed the shared 100,000-gas allowance. One proof reportedly requires nearly twice the proposed budget.
Hyperliquid is testing HIP-3, a feature that lets operators restrict access to their own markets through venue-specific allowlists. The proposal leaves existing permissionless markets unchanged, according to CryptoSlate.
Solana’s Transaction v1 feature activates Wednesday, tripling transaction capacity so complex proofs and large multisignature operations can fit in one transaction. Services that read Solana data will need to update for compatibility.
The National Sheriffs’ Association has moved from opposing the CLARITY Act over consumer-protection concerns to a neutral stance, saying it will allow the legislative process to continue, Cointelegraph reported.
A public company is restarting an $827 million Bitcoin treasury strategy after selling all its crypto holdings. Its proposed initial raise equals just 1.51% of the target and follows Strategy’s STRC funding model.
Attackers reportedly used victims’ email addresses to create Lenovo IDs, enabling access to existing Dropbox accounts without passwords. Decrypt reported the authentication-related breach, but provided no details on its scale or data impact.
BlackRock’s latest assessment of Bitcoin supports its portfolio case, finding that modest historical allocations improved risk-adjusted returns in traditional portfolios, according to Bitcoin Magazine.
Singapore is considering bringing some jointly issued, cross-border stablecoins into its regulatory framework, revisiting an earlier plan focused only on domestic issuance, Cointelegraph reports.
An AI firm plans to rebuild an $827 million treasury after selling all its Bitcoin to repay debt. CryptoSlate said a proposed preferred raise covers 1.51% of the target before AI allocations and an 18-month dividend reserve.
