Bitcoin surges 7.9% to ~$77K, $1.2B in shorts liquidated as favorable news from Washington fuels rally
A wave of institutional buying, improving macro conditions, friendlier regulatory signals from the Trump administration, and short covering drove Bitcoin sharpl
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U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs pull in $606M in biggest day since May; BlackRock accounts for 83% of inflows
The largest single-day haul for spot Bitcoin ETFs in three months signals renewed institutional appetite.
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Trump pushes 'fair version' of Clarity Act; CFTC warns it will write its own rules if bill stalls; SEC advances crypto fundraising framework
Washington's three main crypto policy fronts moved concurrently, with the president, derivatives regulator, and securities regulator all taking action.
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Strategy swings from $13B Bitcoin loss to $1.4B unrealized profit as BTC climbs above average acquisition price
The corporate Bitcoin treasury holder's massive holdings returned to profitability with the rally.
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63% of Americans say Trump family's crypto profits cross the line, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
A majority of respondents, including half of Republicans, view the president's business interests in crypto as inappropriate.
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Microsoft fixes 'Perfect 10' Entra ID flaw that could have let hackers run code remotely
The highest-severity vulnerability was patched before the CVE was published with no evidence of exploitation.
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A third of post-ChatGPT web is AI-written, Pew Research finds
Pew scanned nearly half a million webpages with an AI detector and found AI-generated content concentrated on .com domains and growing rapidly.
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Developer group scans Bitcoin ecosystem for AI-discoverable flaws, warning cheap models give attackers unprecedented reach
A team of roughly 20 developers is proactively red-teaming Bitcoin software for vulnerabilities findable by AI models.
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Coldcard adds new security measures after $130M Bitcoin exploit, requires user randomness in seed generation
Coinkite's latest firmware mandates user-supplied randomness when generating wallet seeds and fixes issues found during a three-week security review.
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XRP erases most bearish signal, closes above both moving averages for first time since death cross formed
The token spent all August under a bearish crossover but broke above both key moving averages, reversing the technical signal.
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Binance Opens the Door to AI Agents That Can Trade Crypto for You
Binance's new platform allows AI agents to trade on its exchange, though safeguards wall agents off from user funds and leave much oversight to users.
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