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Bitcoin price extended its pullback toward $77,000 as rising oil prices, stubborn US inflation and higher Treasury yields reduced demand for risk assets. Technical charts now place $BTC near a major weekly support level, while short-term momentum remains bearish. Bitcoin price action today According to data from crypto.news, Bitcoin ($BTC) price traded near $76,800 at the time of writing, down from a 4-hour opening price of $77,230. The token reached $77,500 before sellers pushed it to a session low of $76,800. The latest move extended a decline from the Sept. 4 local high near $82,280. Bitcoin has since formed a…

Grayscale changed MNRS into GCPU and renamed the fund the Grayscale AI Compute ETF on September 22. The ETF now tracks the Indxx High Performance Computing Index and charges a 0.59% expense ratio. Despite the new mandate, major holdings such as IREN, Hut 8 and Applied Digital keep the portfolio closely connected to companies that operate across Bitcoin mining and AI-oriented computing infrastructure. Grayscale Bitcoin Miners ETF has been repositioned as an AI infrastructure vehicle, with the former MNRS fund becoming the Grayscale AI Compute ETF under the new GCPU ticker on September 22. The change shifts its stated focus…

Solana is preparing to reduce its mainnet slot time from 300ms to 250ms, with activation expected around September 18 at epoch 1037. The upgrade is part of SIMD-0525, a staged plan that targets 200ms slots and lower transaction latency. Faster slots could improve confirmation speed and trading efficiency while keeping Solana positioned for demanding DeFi and on-chain applications. Solana is entering another stage of its performance roadmap as the network prepares for a 250ms slot time. The upgrade is expected to become effective around 05:01 UTC on September 18, bringing the blockchain closer to its longer-term 200ms target. Anza, the…

The Senate stopped short of debating a federal crypto market structure bill. A week later, the CFTC chair was still laying out plans for tokenized collateral and round-the-clock markets. The agencies can act under existing law, but their records show how far each action actually reaches. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission wants markets ready for tokenized collateral and 24-hour trading. Its chair, Michael Selig, said as much at a Treasury market conference on Sept. 22, one week after the Senate blocked debate on the CLARITY Act. He described work on stablecoins as derivatives collateral and said some products, including crypto,…

Hyperliquid has added a new twist to its already sprawling derivatives lineup: $USELESS perpetual contracts, launched with a leverage cap of just 3x. The token itself has no roadmap, no whitepaper and no stated purpose beyond its own self-aware name, yet it just became tradable with leverage on one of crypto’s biggest decentralized exchanges. The listing arrives as traders rotate through smaller altcoins looking for fresh momentum while bigger assets like Bitcoin trade in a comparatively quiet range. Key takeaways Hyperliquid listed $USELESS perpetual contracts with a 3x leverage cap, far below the 50x allowed on Bitcoin perpetuals on the…

Bitcoin’s seven-day average hashrate has fallen to roughly 915.8 EH/s while miner holdings dropped by 1,530 $BTC over one week, according to mining data covering Sept. 20 through Sept. 26. Digital Asset reported that the seven-day moving average stood at 915,844,520 TH/s on Sept. 26, down approximately 34.86 million TH/s from a week earlier. The reading was the lowest since around Sept. 3. During the same period, CryptoQuant data cited by the report placed miner Bitcoin reserves at 1,192,766 $BTC. The balance was 1,530 $BTC lower than seven days earlier. Bitcoin hashrate slips after September recovery The hashrate reading indicates…

Tokenized equities are rapidly transitioning to blockchain, marking a significant shift in how shares are traded. As highlighted by CryptoTwitter commentator Richard Teng, more aspects of the equity lifecycle are moving on-chain, including trading and settlement processes. This evolution not only enhances efficiency but could also reshape market dynamics as access to equity trading expands. For further details, see Teng’s tweet. Inside the Move The broader crypto market currently exhibits mixed signals, with different segments experiencing varying momentum. Tokenized equities, which have seen rapid growth, are now integrating blockchain technology for crucial parts of their lifecycle. This includes trading, settlement,…

A 3% return on Bitcoin can look like a single number on an allocation sheet, even when the economic bargain underneath it is completely different. Stacks said its first institutional Bitcoin Staking bond went live on Sept. 10 with roughly 250 $BTC committed by 21Shares, digital-asset manager HashKey Cloud, Bitcoin-focused investor UTXO Management and Sypher Capital. The six-month Genesis Bond targets about 3% annualized yield paid in $BTC, with the first weekly rewards expected on Sept. 17. The launch packages a miner-funded $BTC reward stream for institutions whose first screens are custody, lockup, and sustainability. The advertised APY shows what…

Strategy has spent recent weeks rebuying 5,553 of the $BTC it sold over the summer. After selling low in the summer and re-buying high this autumn, the opportunity cost of its roundtrip trade exceeds $100 million. Despite years of promises that he’d never sell, Michael Saylor’s company sold 6,948 $BTC between May and August for an average of $62,150 apiece, then repurchased 5,553 coins at an average $80,207. In other words, Strategy ended up with the same 5,553 coins it started with, but spent $445.4 million to replace those it sold for $345.1 million. Its rebuy was 29% more expensive,…

Zcash’s [$ZEC] privacy system has gained a major security boost, as Zcash Labs commits $80,000 to help Ledger integrate Ironwood into their products. This allows users to store their own Zcash with Ironwood, which means that private storage is going to become even more user-friendly as the network transitions from Orchard. Source: X While this may provide a smoother transition and make it easier for the remaining migration, it will also depend on whether users have enough reason to migrate. If so, then the implementation needs to be smooth and seamless among all of the supported hardware. The agreement strengthens…