Bitcoin’s bottom signal is flashing, but six months of data shows a trap waiting for early buyers
VanEck recorded eight active signals on Aug. 12, while comparable clusters trailed Bitcoin’s baseline at 90 and 180 days.
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Is the Jackson Hole central bank retreat now a crypto conference?
There was an actual crypto conference that took place in Jackson Hole between Aug. 17 and Aug. 20, where about 500 guests gathered at the Four Seasons for the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium and listened to executives, investors, and lawmakers discuss…
Crypto users lost at least $5.69 million because their wallet seeds were too predictable
Affected users need a new recovery phrase and must move funds because an app update cannot repair a compromised seed.
Onslaught of AI-found bugs forces Bitcoin’s Core Lightning into a secret 14-day emergency lockdown
Core Lightning developers have asked node operators to make a security decision before they can fully assess the threat. An Aug. 23 message posted on Stacker News urged operators to install new binaries that fix multiple reported vulnerabilities. CLN told…
SEC crypto custody rewrite enters White House review with key rules still undisclosed
Advisers, funds, banks and state trust companies now face an active review with October only a target.
Behind Bitcoin’s sudden resilience is a $2 billion cash surge that wiped out speculative leverage
July's PCE inflation reading held at 3.7% headline and 3.3% core on Aug. 26, both still above the Fed's target. Futures markets responded by pushing the odds of a September rate hike to roughly 44%, up from 36% before the…
How one small BTC transfer exposed the fine print behind Trump’s ‘never sell’ strategic Bitcoin reserve
A wallet tagged to the US government moved a small amount of Bitcoin linked to assets seized from Alameda Research's Binance.US accounts. The movement revives a familiar fear that Washington could be preparing to liquidate more of its forfeited Bitcoin…
Bitcoin hit $80,000 but failed to restore BTC treasury premiums at Strategy, Twenty One Capital, or Metaplanet
Strategy, Twenty One Capital and Metaplanet still face a funding bind as common-equity discounts collide with debt, pledged coins and dilution.
Pyth Network’s API overhaul threatens to freeze unpatched smart contracts across 300 DeFi protocols
Direct callers now need API keys, while Sui builders had to align their SDK, endpoint and on-chain package.
Staking Ethereum could soon look entirely different under a new deposit proposal
The working proposal opens staking to future key formats, but replacing validator signatures still requires separate protocol upgrades.
Smart AI deposits could soon force banks to raise loan rates for everyday borrowers
A sensitivity case shows how faster, programmable switching could reduce banks’ interest-rate capacity in 10-year equivalents, not loan balances.
Cardano and Solana just exposed crypto governance’s biggest weakness
Cardano’s DReps and SPOs are below threshold, while Solana’s validator defaults, staker overrides and conflicting pass rules complicate what low turnout means.