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Bitcoin short-term holders have stayed in partial profit for nearly 30 days, with CryptoQuant analysis pointing to improving odds of a lasting bullish BTC reversal, Cointelegraph reported.
Bernstein analysts say crypto markets have not fully priced in a potential Clarity Act surprise. Ethics changes and banking concessions have improved the bill’s prospects, but Democratic support remains uncertain.
Ripple is adding AI agents to a $1 billion corporate treasury initiative. The software can monitor cash, risk and forecasts and suggest financial actions, but human approval remains required for every decision.
CryptoSlate reports that speculative memecoin trading could create inventory for stock-token lending and vaults. However, the broader adoption cycle and its ability to convert trading activity into real capital remain unproven.
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.
A Sept. 2 New York Fed analysis separates currency allocation from changes in total reserve holdings. As a result, a declining dollar reserve share does not establish that central banks are buying Bitcoin or increasing sovereign BTC demand.
PwC, Merck and Hashgraph say their system combines physical authentication, digital traceability and enterprise process design. Cocoa is the first application, with the firms indicating that wider supply-chain use may follow.
DBS and Citi completed a weekend USD payment through Swift’s Digital Ledger using tokenized deposits. It is the second confirmed live use of Swift’s blockchain ledger as the network seeks to compete with always-on digital payment rails.
A whitehat hacker is holding roughly $320 million in drained Bitcoin until developers show that SideSwap’s critical flaw is patched. The bridge-created L-BTC reportedly passed valid authorization while nodes were paused.
G20 officials under the US presidency said digital assets could support broad-based economic growth and called for improved cross-border transactions, while promoting clearer pathways for digital-asset innovation.
Varun Datta of Truth Ventures says crypto VCs’ move toward later-stage deals may be a consensus trade, with proven companies receiving 57% of last quarter’s capital and founding-stage opportunities left underfunded.
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.
Japan’s Financial Services Agency requested a fiscal 2027 tax reform to exempt trust-type stablecoins from mandatory tax filings. Cointelegraph said the regulator expects the change to support their use as transaction tools.
Sberbank plans to add Ether and USDT to the assets accepted as collateral for crypto-backed loans, CoinDesk reports. The plan follows the Bank of Russia’s draft inclusion of both tokens for public trading on Russian exchanges.
Solana approved a major supply cut after Kraken and Galaxy shifted late in the vote. Abstentions reduced the public margin, while on-chain finalization remained pending at the latest check, CryptoSlate reported.
Solana validators approved a proposal to double the network’s annual disinflation rate from 15% to 30%. The change is expected to reduce future SOL issuance while leaving Solana’s long-term inflation target unchanged.
A Sheikh Tahnoon-linked group is reportedly backing a 49% stake in the holding company behind World Liberty’s conditionally approved US trust bank, The Wall Street Journal reported, linking Abu Dhabi capital to the Trump-associated crypto venture.
