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‘CLARITY Act Is Dead’ in Washington, Ex Federal Prosecutor Says
Eight days before the Senate’s Sept. 15 cloture vote, former federal prosecutor Mariotti says the message from lawmakers and staff in Washington is that the CLARITY Act is dead. What Mariotti Heard Mariotti, a former federal…
Zcash’s $1,200 Push Sustains, Sending Garrett Jin’s Short $25.7M Underwater
ZEC has pushed past $1,200, and its largest short seller on Hyperliquid, Garrett Jin, is sitting on a $25.7 million paper loss on a position opened at $444. The Position, Line by Line Onchain analyst EmberCN posted the tally as ZEC printed…
Zcash Breaches $1,200 as Market Cap Hits $20 Billion
Zcash surged past $1,200 to an intraday peak of $1,249, its highest level since Q4 2016, marking a weekly gain of over 45%. Market Cap Reaches $20B as Derivatives Liquidations Spike Zcash (ZEC) breached $1,200 Sunday, outperforming the rest…
Ripple CEO Says BIS Testing With XRP Ledger Is No Surprise to Him
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said a BIS research team’s decision to test the XRP Ledger was unsurprising, citing its fees, speed, and record. The experiment used XRPL to help authenticate official statistical datasets. Garlinghouse…
Mexican Rock Star and Family Murdered Over $1.5M Bitcoin Wallet
Jonathan Meléndez, part of the Mexican rock band Camilo Séptimo, his pregnant wife, their three-year-old daughter, and their housemaid were killed by an associate who knew of Meléndez’s bitcoin holdings in one of the worst wrench…
Bitcoin Price Faces $82K Wall as Weekend Momentum Fizzles
At 9:30 a.m., bitcoin’s price was clocking roughly $79,750 to $80,100 per unit on Sept. 6, stuck in a tight weekend range after its early-September run above $82,000 lost steam. There’s a great deal happening under the surface,…
It’s a Memecoin World and We’re Just Living in It — Week in Review
This editorial is from this week’s edition of the newsletter Week in Review, sent to subscribers on Friday. Subscribe to the newsletter to get this weekly editorial the second it’s finished. The newsletter also includes the biggest stories…
Miner Weekly: Bitcoin Miners Unplug 23% as AI Revenue Surges 52%
Bitcoin’s second-quarter unplug looked like capitulation. It wasn’t. This article first appeared in Miner Weekly, a weekly newsletter by Blocksbridge Consulting curating the latest news in energy, compute, infrastructure, and data analysis…
Bukele Denies El Salvador Transferred Its Bitcoin Reserve
President Nayib Bukele denied claims that El Salvador was ceding control of its strategic bitcoin reserve to a private operator, calling these allegations “totally false.” Bukele stressed that only Chivo Wallet shares were…
Satoshi-Era Bitcoin Whale Awakens, Moves $48M in Vintage BTC
On Saturday, at block height 965639 through block 965646, a set of 12 distinct transfers from wallets created in 2010 shifted 600 BTC worth $47.84 million using current exchange rates. 2010 Bitcoin Miner Suddenly Moves 600 BTC Earlier on…