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Trezor disclosed another data breach involving a marketing platform, with bitcoin hardware-wallet users targeted by phishing attacks, Bitcoin Magazine reported. Details on affected data and user numbers were not provided.
Bitcoin traders are taking a less bullish stance ahead of U.S. inflation data, CoinDesk reported. The shift reflects caution before the figures are released, with no specific Bitcoin price move or forecast provided.
Bitcoin held most of its August gains as data showed little panic selling and sell-side risk at rare lows. Cointelegraph also reported that sellers around the $80,000 level had faded from view.
Arya.ag plans to use Avalanche for grain ownership records in India. The system would combine farmer, warehouse, insurance and loan data for lenders, but no launch date or initial deployment size was disclosed.
LAPTOP plunged 98% after its debut as the team blamed thin liquidity and automated traders for distorting the launch. Nansen data showed some early buyers facing six-figure losses after the memecoin’s sharp decline.
Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP memecoin left nearly 80% of traders in the red within hours, according to Bubblemaps data cited by CryptoSlate. Of 15,206 traders, 12,151 lost money and 3,026 were profitable.
DoubleZero is adding real-time Kalshi political-market data for institutional and automated traders ahead of the US midterms, as election betting activity continues to grow, Cointelegraph reports.
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.
Strategy doubled its STRC preferred-share repurchase authorization to $2 billion after seven weeks of increasingly large purchases. The shares remained below their $100 stated value as Michael Saylor’s Sept. 8 recovery benchmark arrived.
A New York town that previously imposed an 18-month Bitcoin-mining ban is considering a new temporary moratorium covering data centers, AI facilities and other cryptocurrency-mining operations, Cointelegraph reports.
Visa is pairing payment settlement data with onchain lending tools to help fintechs and stablecoin-linked card programs obtain working capital, Decrypt reports. Details on participants, loan volumes, timing and involved tokens were not disclosed.
Visa is incorporating onchain credit into its stablecoin card business while combining VisaNet settlement data with blockchain lending. Cointelegraph reports that stablecoin payment volume on Visa’s network has risen nearly 200% year over year.
Visa wants blockchain lenders to use VisaNet data to extend credit to stablecoin issuers. Its stablecoin settlement volume has surpassed a $20 billion annualized run rate, up 15 times year over year.
Bitcoin whale speculators reached a record $9 billion in unrealized gains last week, according to Cointelegraph, raising potential sell-side risk. The data covers records dating back to 2016.
Bitcoin’s week is centered on US CPI and PPI data, the Fed’s Sept. 16 rate decision and yen intervention developments. Cointelegraph says these events could shape whether BTC establishes $80,000 as support.
