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Sergey Nazarov, the Chainlink Co-Founder, is heading to one of the biggest gatherings in global banking technology next week, and his presence says a lot about where Chainlink blockchain finance integration currently stands. Nazarov is set to take part in three sessions at the Sibos conference, appearing alongside representatives from Microsoft and DTCC in what amounts to one of Chainlink’s most visible moments on a traditional finance stage this year. Key takeaways Chainlink Co-Founder Sergey Nazarov will participate in three sessions at the Sibos conference next week. Sibos is a major global financial services and technology conference that brings together…

Lightning Development Kit, a toolkit for building Bitcoin Lightning applications, released v0.2.6 on Sept. 9 with fixes for bugs that could divert small amounts of a node’s funds or prevent saved channel state from loading. LDK packages a Lightning implementation as a software development kit for uses including mobile wallets and payment-service infrastructure. The update gives developers maintaining affected applications fixes for both a financial risk and a condition that can disrupt normal node restarts. A splice lets a node add funds to or remove funds from an existing payment channel. LDK’s API documentation describes this as spending the channel’s…

Ethereum price fell below $2,700 on Sep. 23 after a rally toward $2,800 stalled. The reversal brought the day’s $2,648 low into focus, while US spot Ethereum ETFs had recorded two consecutive days of net inflows before the pullback. Ethereum price $2,800 breakout runs out of steam The daily chart showed $ETH price near $2,675 at 15:07 UTC on Sep. 23. It had opened around $2,754, reached approximately $2,789, and fallen as low as $2,648. The decline stood at 2.84% for the session when the chart was captured. The reversal followed a rally from around $2,400 in mid-September. $ETH moved…

Gold Lending Has Run for 50 Years. Most Owners Couldn’t Touch It For half a century, the gold market has produced a lending rate every working day. The strange part is that almost everyone who actually owns gold has been effectively shut out of earning it. Paxos Labs is trying to crack that contradiction with PAXGy, a new $PAXG-backed token launched Sept. 24 that gives holders exposure to the institutional gold leasing market. Rather than paying a return in dollars or another cryptocurrency, PAXGy is designed to appreciate against $PAXG. In plain English, someone can enter with exposure to a…

Digital Currency Group (DCG) founder Barry Silbert, who earned the status of a “crypto king” in the industry for building a massive institutional empire and making early investments in Bitcoin, is shifting his capital focus to the decentralized artificial intelligence market. His new major bet is the Bittensor AI token ($TAO), in which the investor, who for years has remained one of the main defenders of Zcash ($ZEC) on Wall Street, sees a direct continuation of the scarcity model behind privacy coins. Meme depicting the alignment between $ZEC and $TAO shared by Barry Silbert, Source: Barry Silbert via X.com The…

Circle is bringing its $USDC and $EURC stablecoins to Nu Global, giving Nu’s more than 140 million customers access to dollar- and euro-denominated balances through its international payments service. The integration will support Nu Global’s multi-currency account in more than 35 countries, allowing users to hold and move dollars and euros through stablecoins. The partnership aims to make cross-border transfers faster and easier for Nu customers. Nu Global Expands Cross-Border Access Nu launched Nu Global as part of its expansion beyond its Latin American base. The account lets customers convert deposits into $USDC or $EURC and hold balances in dollars…

In the span of just a few hours, Clawpump Tech has crossed $200 million in trading volume on the Solana blockchain, a significant indicator of activity in the ecosystem. This surge in volume highlights the increasing engagement among various agents within Solana’s network. The news was highlighted by the CryptoTwitter account @solana, emphasizing the vibrant dynamics at play within this blockchain space. What Went Down Clawpump’s impressive $200 million volume underscores the growing adoption and usage of Solana’s blockchain for innovative projects. Various teams, including @squire_bot and @SelfMadebySP3ND, have contributed significantly to this volume, funding over 16,000 agents through Clawpump.…

A bug in Limit Break’s Payment Processor V2 was exploited to steal NFTs before security researchers identified the issue and launched a whitehat rescue operation, as reported by 0xQuit, also known publicly as Quit, the pseudonymous vice president of blockchain at Yuga Labs. At 9AM EST today somebody abused a bug in Payment Processor V2 to steal 10 Meebits, 50 Otherdeeds, 10 WoW, and 235 Desperate Apewives. It wasn’t until over 12 hours later that somebody reported it to me, and upon digging in I realized that a great many NFTs were subject to the… pic.twitter.com/Vue8TUyMD2 — Quit (@0xQuit) September…

Ethereum finds itself at the center of attention following a significant transfer of 105,105 $ETH from an unknown wallet to Coinbase, as reported by the commentator @whale_alert. This transaction, valued at approximately $281 million, highlights the ongoing activity within the Ethereum network. Such large transfers can indicate shifts in market sentiment, prompting traders to monitor the situation closely. What Went Down The crypto market just witnessed a noteworthy move as 105,105 $ETH was transferred to Coinbase from an unknown wallet. This transfer is particularly significant given the current mixed signals across the broader market. Traders are likely to interpret this…

Spot Bitcoin ETFs traded in the U.S. continued their positive capital inflow for the sixth consecutive trading day, recording net inflows of approximately $190.7 million on September 24. According to SoSoValue data, BlackRock’s IBIT fund led the way in inflows into Bitcoin investment products. The highest net inflow of the day was in BlackRock IBIT, with $162.6 million. Other net inflows included $12.9 million into Fidelity’s FBTC fund, $10.2 million into Morgan Stanley’s MSBT fund, $4.9 million into Franklin Templeton’s EZBC fund, and $4.1 million into Bitwise’s BITB fund. In contrast, WisdomTree’s BTCW fund recorded a net outflow of $4…