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Jack Dorsey’s Block Brings Lightning Network to x402
For decades, the internet ignored HTTP status code 402, a built-in checkout lane for the web that nobody used. Now, artificial intelligence (AI) agents need to spend money thousands of times a day without humans clicking a button. To solve…
Kalshi Says XRP Price Can Hit $1.70 in September
Kalshi’s September XRP market is flashing a $1.70 forecast, yet the $1.70 contract trades at just 32 cents with XRP near $1.55 and five days left. 1.7 on the Screen, 32 on the Ticket The number came from Kalshi’s September XRP…
Bitcoin ATM Scam Takes $4,900 After Fake Jury Duty Threat
A Georgia woman deposited $4,900 into a Bitcoin ATM after being told she had missed jury duty and needed to pay to avoid arrest. Her case follows a pattern of scams in which callers turn a supposed court obligation into an urgent…
A 2019 Bitcoin Whale Moved $378M and Paid Just $1 to Do It
A wallet holding 4,500 BTC since August 2019 moved every coin early Friday, shifting roughly $378 million onchain for a network fee of about $1.10. The Transfer Nobody Saw Coming Earlier today, a Bitcoin address that had not sent a coin…
Grayscale’s Zcash ETF Hits $1 Billion but Most of It Isn’t New Money
Grayscale says its Zcash exchange-traded fund (ETF) has passed $1 billion in assets one month after listing, but its flow data shows ZEC’s price did most of the work. The Milestone, in One Tweet “$1B in AUM,” Grayscale…
Liquid Hack Leaves Bull Bitcoin Users Facing 30-Day Wait to Reclaim BTC
Earlier this week, the Canadian bitcoin exchange and wallet company Bull Bitcoin explained that customers currently cannot convert their L-BTC back to BTC using the platform. The news traces back to the Liquid Network hack that occurred on…
Chainalysis Report: The US Owns the Most Crypto but Uses It the Least
Per Chainalysis’ latest report, crypto’s total market cap halved in the 12 months to June 30, a $2.1 trillion contraction. The economic activity underneath it fell 1.6%. The Number That Didn’t Move The seventh edition of…
ETH Price Nears $2,800 as FTX Estate Sends $75M in Ether to Wintermute
FTX’s bankruptcy estate moved 27,372 ETH worth about $75.32 million to market maker Wintermute on Tuesday, routed through six separate wallets. Decoding the Movements Arriving in a big bunch, the FTX and Alameda Research liquidation…
Bitcoin Reclaims $87K as Bull Market Momentum Builds
Bitcoin briefly reclaimed the $87,000 level for the second time in 48 hours, peaking at $87,251 before pulling back to around $86,400. Despite minor consolidation, the asset remains up 35% since pre-Aug. 19 levels with a market cap near…
What $1,000 Would Be Worth at Every Major ‘Bitcoin Is Dead’ Call
A quick look at the numbers shows bitcoin has been declared dead 478 times since 2010. Here are some dollar figures on what ignoring each of those calls would have paid. Who Called It, and When? BTC’s obituary is its own genre by now,…