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The Ethereum Foundation formalized its privacy development efforts, by creating a privacy cluster led by Igor Barinov. The cluster will offer full-stack privacy infrastructure, including a wallet and SDK. The Ethereum Foundation remains dedicated to privacy, and will formalize its efforts with a new entity, a privacy cluster led by Igor Barinov. The cluster will bring together 47 researchers and developers, aiming to bring together all aspects of Ethereum privacy. The Cluster will also support the Kohaku privacy wallet and privacy-preserving SDK. The Privacy Cluster will build on the work of the Privacy Stewards of Ethereum (PSE), expanding on research…

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded a massive $418 million outflow while ether ETFs logged their fifth straight day of redemptions with $248 million. ETF Exodus Deepens: Bitcoin Funds Shed $418 Million, Ether Sees $248 Million Outflow It was a week the ETF market would rather forget. Bitcoin and ether funds closed Friday, Sept. 26, deep in the red, sealing one of the toughest stretches of the month. Bitcoin ETFs saw a $418.25 million outflow, their largest single-day loss of the week. Fidelity’s FBTC bore the brunt, bleeding $300.41 million. Blackrock’s IBIT and Bitwise’s BITB followed with $37.25 million and $23.79…

The Senate on Wednesday once again rejected both plans to fund the federal government and end the shutdown, which now enters its ninth day. Senators have so far voted six separate times on partisan measures to extend funding. Republicans, with 53 Senate seats, need eight Democrats to cross the aisle. Without a budget, the crypto policy agenda remains in limbo, but Washington insiders insist that momentum isn’t completely lost. While the House remains in a shutdown-induced recess, the Senate appears to be in session for both budgetary and crypto matters. Two people familiar with the matter told Blockworks that the…

Pilot AI, a popular AI-led control layer dealing with on-chain transfers, has collaborated with Allora Network, a decentralized AI (DeAI) ecosystem. The collaboration includes the integration of predictive models of Allora Network for Bitcoin and Solana into Pilot AI. As the platform revealed in its X announcement, the development focuses on offering AI-led forecasts for Solana ($SOL) and Bitcoin ($BTC). Hence, the development is anticipated to improve traders’ capability to reach predictive insights as well as automate strategies via natural language communication. We’ve integrated Allora’s (@AlloraNetwork) predictive models for Bitcoin and Solana (5-minute and 6-hour intervals) into Pilot’s private beta.This…

Ethereum (ETH) is trading at around $4,500 after falling 4% in the past 24 hours. Despite the dip, analysts are watching as the price returns to a zone where buyers have previously shown interest. The current 7-day change is still positive, with ETH up 5% over the week. ETH/BTC Pullback May Offer Opportunity Michaël van de Poppe shared a weekly ETH/BTC chart showing a strong rally earlier this year. The pair moved up more than 140% from its low, topping out near 0.038. It is now trading close to 0.0365 and approaching a support area. Van de Poppe marked the…

Stablecoin giants like Tether and Circle are profiting from the current high-interest rate environment while stablecoin holders see none of the returns, said Wormhole’s co-founder, Dan Reecer, at Mercado Bitcoin’s DAC 2025 event. Speaking as a panelist, he said the companies are effectively “printing money” by keeping the yield from the U.S. Treasuries backing their tokens. Tether, for example, reported $4.9 billion in net profit in the second quarter of the year. That has seen the company’s valuation soar to a reported $500 billion in a new funding round. As interest rates remain elevated, Reecer suggested it’s only a matter…

Circle moves to solve a problem very few people noticed until agents started doing the noticing for us: how do autonomous AIs pay for the tiny, constant costs of operating on the internet? In a push to enable machine-to-machine micropayments, Circle is proposing to connect its Gateway product, a chain-abstracted USDC layer, with the x402 payment protocol, and to plug that work into emerging agent payment standards such as Google’s A2A and AP2. The result, Circle says, is a payments stack built for agents: lightweight, composable, and able to settle huge numbers of tiny transactions without the friction that kills…

In the last few sessions, leading altcoin Ethereum has traded flat around the $4,700 mark. This signals waning market momentum as both buyers and sellers ease off activity. As technical indicators begin to signal a dip in market volatility, ETH could stay locked in a narrow range for now. Ethereum Price Stuck in a Tight Range as Traders Wait for Volatility to Return Readings from the ETH/USD one-day chart show that the altcoin has trended within a narrow range over the past three trading sessions. Since Monday, ETH has faced resistance at $4,742 and found support near $4,426. This sideways…

Singapore and the United Arab Emirates rank globally as the most “crypto-obsessed” nations, according to a recent report by ApeX Protocol. Singapore claimed the number one spot with a composite score of 100, driven by 24.4% of its population owning crypto and leading the world in search activity, with 2,000 crypto-related queries per 100,000 people. In 2021, only 11% of Singaporeans held digital assets, but that figure more than doubled by the following year. Close behind, the UAE scored 99.7, ranking first globally for crypto ownership at 25.3%. The Gulf nation saw a 210% increase in adoption since 2019, with…

Russia’s monetary authority will permit banking operations with crypto assets but intends to impose strict limitations, a top representative of the regulator announced. The high-ranking official made it clear the Bank of Russia maintains its conservative stance regarding decentralized digital currencies like Bitcoin, but also recognizes it isn’t very wise to keep Russian banks totally isolated from this market. Bank of Russia to adopt strict rules for crypto banking The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has decided to allow banks to work with cryptocurrencies, but will introduce stringent capital limits and reserve requirements, its First Deputy Chairman Vladimir Chistyukhin unveiled…