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Vitalik Buterin estimates a 60% chance of a cryptography breakthrough involving three primitives. At least one, probably SNARKs, could arrive by decade-end and potentially weaken traditional Wall Street intermediaries.
A Coinbase-backed cross-chain project is shutting down after saying bridge fees cannot support always-on infrastructure. A planned burn of 303.3 million ROUTE tokens remains pending, CryptoSlate reported.
Bitcoin is meeting a sell wall near $83,000 as all wallet cohorts move into net distribution for the first time since early June. A potential golden cross provides a positive technical signal for bulls.
Bitcoin is struggling near the $83,000 resistance level as all wallet cohorts enter net distribution for the first time since early June. A potential golden cross offers a contrasting bullish signal.
A third-wave Coldcard attacker has moved 45% of stolen Bitcoin, Cointelegraph reported. Across all Coldcard attacks, Galaxy said 82% of stolen BTC remains in original addresses, while 18% shows apparent laundering activity.
Bitcoin fell and Treasury yields rose after Friday’s jobs report, but CoinDesk said expectations for a Federal Reserve rate hike remained largely steady, making the market’s hawkish reaction appear overstated.
Liquid, a Bitcoin sidechain, paused after purported “white hats” withdrew 4,000 BTC, valued at about $320 million. The actors told Blockstream they would return most of the funds after an Elements vulnerability is patched.
Harmony proposed shutting down its layer-1 blockchain and migrating ONE to Ethereum, weeks after an exploit led to plans to discard 109,000 transactions. The proposal’s timeline and implementation details were not disclosed.
Zcash (ZEC) reached an intraday high of $1,050.70 on Sept. 4, gaining roughly 20% in 24 hours. Grayscale’s ZCSH spot ETF surpassed $400 million in assets, reaching $414.7 million less than two weeks after launch.
CryptoSlate reports that Wall Street is building a $61 billion bond market around AI data centers, where electricity, cooling and power availability are increasingly important operating and infrastructure considerations.
Bitcoin rose above $82,000 and crossed its 50-week moving average, a level Galaxy Research says ended four of five comparable bear markets. Confirmation requires a weekly close, while CryptoSlate warned of a possible move toward $62,000.
Bitcoin ETFs attracted $731 million on Thursday, their largest daily inflow since January. Every fund rose almost 6%, while combined net assets topped $103 billion for the first time. BlackRock’s IBIT took well over half of the inflows.
