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Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I’m Margaux Nijkerk, a reporter at CoinDesk. In this issue: Bitcoin Mining Faces ‘Incredibly Difficult’ Market as Power Becomes the Real Currency Bitcoin Liquid Staking Gains Momentum as Lombard Launches BARD Token and Foundation Optimism Taps Flashbots to Supercharge OP Stack Sequencing Hemi Labs Raises $15M to Expand Bitcoin Programmability Network News BITCOIN MINING PLAYERS FACE CHALLENGING MARKET: Bitcoin miners have long been defined by the boom-and-bust rhythm of the four-year halving cycle. But the game has now changed, some of the industry’s most…

Two sections of a U.S. House appropriations bill filed Friday seek to require the Treasury Department to study the feasibility of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and outline custody, cybersecurity, and accounting for government-held digital assets. Reported by Representative David Joyce (R-OH), the bill was approved by the House Appropriations Committee and, on September 5, was placed on the Union Calendar, the docket for House measures involving spending and revenue that are eligible for floor consideration. The congressman’s press office did not immediately return Decrypt’s request for comments.  Lawmakers now want the Treasury to determine whether a reserve is feasible…

MoonPay, a popular financial technology company, has announced its groundbreaking partnership with Birdeye, a cryptocurrency trading data aggregator. The purpose of this strategic alliance is to simplify the methods for crypto purchasing and selling for buyers in a fast and easy way. we’ve partnered with @birdeye_so to make it fast and easy to buy crypto in their app and web-based trading experience with all of your favorite payment methods! pic.twitter.com/UNfe7sR5Sk — MoonPay 🟣 (@moonpay) September 11, 2025 MoonPay is among the best multinational financial technologies that are involved in the transfer of cryptocurrencies across the world. Simultaneously, Birdeye is also…

Former team members behind prediction market platform Polymarket have launched a new venture, The Clearing Company. It secured a $15 million seed round led by Union Square Ventures, according to an announcement on Wednesday. Other investors include Haun Ventures, Variant, Coinbase Ventures, Compound, Rubik, Earl Grey, Cursor Capital, Asylum and several angel backers. Co-founder Toni Gemayel emphasized that while prediction markets have existed for centuries, the internet age makes their collective intelligence more powerful. “Polls are too slow and rife with bias,” he wrote, adding that markets incentivize honesty because being wrong carries a real cost. Gemayel also disclosed the…

Law and Ledger is a news segment focusing on crypto legal news, brought to you by Kelman Law – A law firm focused on digital asset commerce. The following opinion editorial was written by Alex Forehand and Michael Handelsman for Kelman.Law. Polymarket to Relaunch in the U.S. In the latest development for prediction markets, Polymarket has finally secured approval to relaunch in the U.S., ending a three-year hiatus that followed a 2022 CFTC settlement over unregistered derivatives trading. The clearance hinges on its $112 million acquisition of QCEX (comprising QCX LLC and QC Clearing LLC), a CFTC-licensed contract market and…

Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. Binance Alpha has announced that it will list STBL, the governance token of the STBL protocol, giving early-access traders a first look at the project’s RWA–backed stablecoin ecosystem. Summary Binance Alpha will list STBL, the governance token of the STBL protocol, starting this week. STBL governs a stablecoin system centered on USST, which is backed by real-world assets like U.S. Treasuries. Led by Tether co-founder Reeve Collins, the project aims to align user participation with stablecoin development and yield…

Ethereum’s outlook is flipping increasingly bullish as whale cohorts ramp up their accumulation during the recent crypto market correction, with experts hinting at a bright future ahead for the second-largest crypto as institutional inflows pile up. According to on-chain analysis platform Santiment, whales holding between 1,000 to 100,000 ETH tokens increased their holdings by 14% in the past five months. During that period, Ethereum outperformed Bitcoin, with ETH delivering returns of 132% versus BTC’s 34% gains. In the past 24 hours, Ethereum’s price is up 0.9% and is currently trading at $4,422, according to CoinGecko data. “Whale portfolio rebalancing from…

Over 10,000 AI Agent Licenses sold on Sui blockchain. Rollup News users verified 3M+ posts with Swarm tech. $3M strategic backing from Sui, Ghaf, Brinc, Y2Z, Zerostage. Swarm Network has secured $13 million in fresh funding to build a decentralised protocol designed to verify artificial intelligence (AI) outputs and make information on the internet more trustworthy. The funding combines community support and strategic backing, highlighting the rising interest in the intersection of blockchain and AI. Funding boost backed by Sui Swarm raised $10 million through a public sale of its Agent Licenses, issued as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the Sui…

Federal regulators charged a 40-year-old Dallas-area options trader with running an $18 million Ponzi scheme that primarily targeted members of his own religious community in North Texas. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed fraud charges against Arsalan Rawjani and his investment firm, Trade with Ayasa LLC, for allegedly promising guaranteed monthly returns of 3% to 5% from options trading while actually using new investor money to pay earlier clients. Rawjani operated the scheme from 2021 through 2024, positioning himself as an experienced trader within the Ismaili Muslim community where he served as an active member and leader. Court documents…

Crypto.com has announced an update where it has added LINEA on Limit Orders for trading. This update enables the platform users to program their buy and sell orders to be automated at their desired prices without the need to track the market at all times. Now that LINEA is available within the platform, traders are able to establish automated trades that trigger when market conditions hit the desired targets. This will provide the user with greater control and flexibility, and they will be able to optimize trading strategies even in volatile periods. Limit orders are now a crucial aspect of…