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Hunter Biden defended the LAPTOP token ahead of its Wednesday launch, saying it represents “resilience, redemption and recovery” and will distribute coins to nearly one million wallets that lost money on TRUMP.
Bitcoin is defending its “golden zone” support while the S&P 500 trades in a tight range. An oil shock has revived Fed hike expectations, with Friday’s inflation report due before the September 16 rate decision.
Bitcoin fell with US stocks at Tuesday’s Wall Street open as Cointelegraph highlighted $78,300 as a key BTC support level. US crude oil meanwhile climbed to a three-month high.
Liquid recovered 3,400 BTC on Sept. 7 after a hacker reportedly took $47 million in Bitcoin. The federation wallet was replenished, but Blockstream still listed a public bridge outage the next morning.
Hunter Biden reportedly plans to launch the LAPTOP memecoin on Sept. 9, targeting traders who lost money on TRUMP. The project would turn a politically charged 2020 election episode into a crypto asset.
White-hat actors have returned $270 million in Bitcoin, or 85% of the funds withdrawn from Liquid’s federation wallet during a security incident. The recovery comes as Liquid prepares to restart its network.
A Tether-backed crypto exchange has frozen withdrawals after reporting that more than $7 million moved from custody to outside wallets. The exchange said recovery efforts are still at an early stage, according to CryptoSlate.
A self-described white-hat party returned 3,400 BTC to Liquid Network’s federation wallet after bridge nodes were patched, while roughly 598.5 BTC—near $47 million—remains at the holder address.
Polish prosecutors have charged a fifth suspect in a major crypto investigation linked to the exchange formerly known as BitBay. The platform became Zondacrypto in 2021 and halted trading in April after frozen withdrawals and losses estimated at $94 million.
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.
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.
Liquid Network said purported white-hat hackers withdrew about 4,000 bitcoin from the federation wallet backing L-BTC. Bridge nodes were disabled and the sidechain paused, Bitcoin Magazine reported.
At least four Bitcoin wallets dormant for roughly a decade moved a combined $15.7 million from August 29 to September 4. One wallet’s $120 holding grew to about $3 million, while coins sent to Coinbase may signal a sale.
