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An unlabeled blockchain address has withdrawn more than 125 billion Shiba Inu from a wallet affiliated with BitGo. According to Arkham data, 125,334,083,223 (125.33 billion) Shiba Inu tokens, worth $678,060 at the time of the transaction, moved from the BitGo-affiliated address to a newly created wallet. New Wallet Receives 125.33 Billion $SHIB Arkham data shows that the receiving address had no prior on-chain activity before the transfer, suggesting that the wallet was newly created before receiving the massive $SHIB transaction. The wallet still holds the entire 125.33 billion $SHIB in the hours leading up to press time. Although the owner’s…

Strategy, a company renowned for its large-scale Bitcoin holdings, has released a new institutional Bitcoin guide that goes well beyond simply accumulating $BTC as a balance sheet asset. The 21-page document, updated on September 7, positions Bitcoin not just as a scarce commodity, but as the backbone for an emerging digital capital market. Bitcoin as the foundation of a digital financial system The guide outlines a framework in which Bitcoin forms the reserve base of a multi-layered financial architecture. According to the document, the system builds upwards from Bitcoin into five additional layers: Digital Capital, Digital Equity, Digital Credit, Digital…

Ethereum developers are quietly rethinking one of the most basic building blocks of the protocol: which cryptographic hash function should carry the network into its next era. The debate over Ethereum hash functions has resurfaced now that a new proof system called Flock has removed a constraint that once shaped every decision — the need for circuit-friendly designs like Poseidon. With that requirement gone, researchers are comparing SHA-2, SHA-3/Keccak, BLAKE2, BLAKE3 and a non-standard SHA-2 variant on security and speed alone, and the analysis published on the Ethereum Research forum lays out just how different these options look once circuit-friendliness…

The slow-motion liquidity crisis in private credit has rolled into its third quarter, with Apollo gating another three months of withdrawal requests from its flagship retail private credit fund. On Tuesday, the fund disappointed investors who had asked to cash out 14.7% of their shares. It will honor about two thirds less at just 5%, and has gated withdrawals for at least nine months. The rationed exit is supposed to prevent a stampede for the exits that gating during the first and second quarters was supposed to alleviate. Stock prices across the private credit market continue to crater. Apollo’s own…

Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz has joined an ongoing debate about why major cryptocurrency exchanges, including Coinbase, are reluctant to list a new Bitcoin-based asset built on a separate chain. The discussion started after an X user raised concerns on the matter, asking why platforms such as Coinbase, Kraken, and Trezor that had previously shown support for several Bitcoin forked assets are now ignoring Bitcoin BLAKE2b. What is Bitcoin BLAKE2b? It is important to note that Bitcoin BLAKE2b is a separate chain that emerged from Bitcoin and uses the BLAKE2b mining algorithm instead of Bitcoin’s traditional SHA-256. Just like Bitcoin…

The $XRP whale-retail spread has maintained the levels recorded in late July while the price now trades about 30% higher. $XRP has risen roughly 30% since late July, with the token trading near $1.38. However, exchange outflow data shows an important trend in whale and retail activity, which could help decide where $XRP may head next. For context, this relates to the Whale vs Retail Spread indicator. Notably, the metric compares the relative share of large and retail $XRP transfers leaving cryptocurrency exchanges. A higher reading means whale activity has increased compared with retail activity. Recent data shows an important…

Backing and verification: cirBTC maintains a 1:1 parity with native Bitcoin held in segregated custody at a federally chartered trust bank, with real-time reserve auditing powered by Chainlink Proof of Reserve. Initial supply and metrics: As of September 20, 2026, the total supply stood at approximately 949 tokens (with around 397 on Arc and the remainder on Ethereum), backed by 951 $BTC worth roughly $77 million. Immediate integrations: Protocols such as Morpho recorded more than $150 million in deposits across their $USDC and EURC vaults during the first day, leveraging cirBTC as a collateral layer. cirBTC is now live on…

Every major TradFi player is pricing a rate hike. As reported by AMBCrypto, the latest CPI figure came in slightly higher than expected, with the US August inflation rising 0.4% compared to 0.1% in July. It left America’s inflation comfortably above the Fed’s 2% level, with the annual inflation standing at 3.4%, which would allow for the rate hikes once again. But the story does not end here. As seen in the chart below, nearly every major financial institution now prices in a rate hike from the Federal Reserve next week, with Bank of America pricing in a 75-bps hike.…

At the 12th Global Blockchain Summit, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated that traditional methods of protecting onchain privacy are becoming inadequate in the face of advancements in AI and data analysis. He emphasized that merely hiding names is no longer sufficient for users who seek enhanced privacy measures. Buterin’s remarks signal a potential shift in how blockchain applications may evolve to address these challenges, as reported by WuBlockchain. The Latest The broader crypto market is currently reflecting mixed signals, with Ethereum at the center of discussions around privacy in blockchain technology. Vitalik Buterin’s comments highlight an emerging concern among users…

However, a different picture emerges when the underlying market is closed. Leading up to midnight on Thursday, September 3, Robinhood’s AMC token went from $2.55 to as high as $23.16, which is nine times the $2.54 AMC had closed on NYSE seven hours earlier, before coming back down to $3.26 within the same hour. Volume through the pool during the hour was $10.5 million. Wrapped tokens such as Robinhood’s AMC are often structured as claims against offshore issuers, which collateralize the tokens with the underlying shares. Theoretically, if the issuer ensures that underlying stock positions and the claims are matched…