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Zcash climbed 6% and has gained 130% in 30 days, trading near its 2016 all-time highs. Bitcoin fell below $76,000 to a three-and-a-half-week low ahead of the Fed’s rate decision.
A Teraswitch routing error took 29% of Solana’s network stake offline, according to CryptoSlate. The failure did not cross the finality-halt threshold, but telemetry showed delayed finality and sharply lower throughput.
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.
Prediction markets lowered the Clarity Act’s near-term passage odds after Republicans rejected a Democratic counter-proposal. Negotiations remained deadlocked hours before a key Senate vote, CoinDesk reported.
Bitcoin fell back to $77,800 from $79,000 as the Senate prepared to vote on the Clarity Act. CoinDesk also noted rising oil prices, with Brent and WTI among the related market assets.
Bitcoin remained near $78,000 while Nasdaq futures pointed to early losses before Monday’s cash session. Software shares rose in premarket trading, leaving investors to assess whether equity selling would broaden.
CFTC data cited by CryptoSlate showed leveraged funds rebuilding 1,669 BTC in Bitcoin futures shorts before the Fed, taking their net short near 39,877 BTC, while rising longs complicated the bearish signal.
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.
Decrypt reports that Bitcoin’s near-term technical outlook has changed as rate-hike bets strengthen. The cryptocurrency’s golden-cross signal is flickering off amid rapidly shifting expectations in the interest-rate market.
Blockstream will not pay a ransom for nearly 600 BTC held by Liquid hackers, according to Cointelegraph. It said it would work with law enforcement, exchanges and forensic specialists to recover the Bitcoin if it is not returned.
OpenDesign tested 13 AI models on identical design tasks. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash finished roughly 1.5 points behind GPT-6 Astra while costing about 70 times less, or approximately 1.4% of its price.
