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This slowdown in the pioneer cryptocurrency coincided with a capital rotation into mid- and high-cap tokens. Data from the report reveals that the implied volatility index for options contracts tied to Ethereum and Solana surpassed Bitcoin’s by 12% over the past seven days. Liquidity Rotation and Institutional Technical Support The prior transactional floor, located between $77,000 and $81,000, concentrates a significant volume of institutional buy orders executed during the latest accumulation phase. The Bitfinex research team noted that this band represents average cost-basis support for the exchange-traded funds (ETFs) approved earlier this year. A decline toward these levels would help…

“Onchain transactions between two individuals shouldn’t mean publishing your financial history to the world,” Joe Andrews, CEO of Aztec Labs, said in a statement. Andrews added that Aztec Labs chose $DAI because it considers it “the most decentralized of the mass-market stablecoins used today on Ethereum.” He said the wallet could support other assets later. Aztec’s zk.money hides payments once money is inside. (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)Ethereum already has apps that hide payments, though transfers from an ordinary wallet remain public. Its developers are weighing changes for the planned 2027 Hegotá upgrade that could let privacy apps handle transaction approvals and fees…

Fed’s $15.6B Treasury Bill Buys Are Reinvestments, Not QE The purchases reflect principal payments from agency securities and do not mark the return of quantitative easing. Under existing FOMC instructions, principal from agency debt, mortgage-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities is reinvested into Treasury bills. That process replaces agency assets that are paying down and maintains the Federal Reserve’s portfolio strategy. Crucially, the New York Fed’s schedule contains no reserve management purchases. Those separate operations can increase System Open Market Account holdings when officials judge that more reserves are needed to maintain ample banking conditions. That distinction corrects claims that…

The immediate outcome of the failure to pass the law is that crypto regulations in the United States will continue to be created outside Congress. The SEC moved quickly after the vote, issuing a temporary conditional exemption that allows eligible venues to trade tokenized U.S. stocks through permissioned liquidity pools on public blockchains. Soon after, the CFTC sent crypto rules to the White House for review. The agency submitted a new proposal; the details were not disclosed. For now, which crypto assets it contemplates, what exchanges would need to do to qualify for licenses, what restrictions would apply and how…

Market Snapshot Currently, the market shows varied momentum, and the launch of DeepBook on Sui represents a potential pivot point for Bitcoin trading. As traders seek effective strategies amid uncertain market conditions, the introduction of innovative tools like DeepBook may influence trading behaviors. The overall market dynamics remain mixed, with traders navigating through various asset performances. Sui is a blockchain platform aimed at providing high-performance decentralized applications. The introduction of DeepBook aligns with Sui’s goal to enhance user experience and trading efficiency, drawing attention from traders seeking robust self-custodial options. Given Sui’s capabilities, the launch of DeepBook could catalyze further…

How D3’s Frontier program uses crypto vaults Frontier opens with two vaults. Loopscale supports the one on Solana, and Hyperion DeFi and Upshift support the one on Hyperliquid, according to D3. The company says it plans to add vaults on other chains in the coming months. Members earn points through deposits with the supported providers, then use those points to seek priority for names under participating extensions. The arrangement puts a crypto-based points system ahead of a conventional domain registration process: registries, rather than the vaults, determine when eligible names can be registered. D3 describes Frontier as a way for…

Ever since we started accepting Bitcoin in May 2025, we have achieved double-digit same-store sales growth! And this quarter has been extraordinary, with franchise-partners same-store sales gaining 19%. Come have a Bitcoin burger and Bitcoin shake to celebrate! Thank… — Steak ‘n Shake (@SteaknShake) September 8, 2026 The firm last year started accepting Bitcoin payments, using the Lightning Network to do so. It added that it would add the cryptocurrency to its balance sheet and announced in January that it had added $10 million in Bitcoin to its strategic reserve. Back in April, Steak ‘n Shake Chief MAHA Officer Michael…

Trading venues must stop onchain activity whenever the primary exchange halts the underlying stock. Ordinary closures at night, on weekends or during holidays are treated differently, leaving tokenized venues able to operate when NYSE and Nasdaq are not producing live prices. Tokenized stocks lose their main price reference after hours Marcin Kaźmierczak, co-founder and chief operating officer of blockchain oracle provider RedStone, told crypto.news that the missing reference market presents a more serious problem than liquidity fragmentation or arbitrage alone. An automated market maker sets prices from the assets held in its own pool. Arbitrage traders can correct a price…

$NEAR Protocol took to social media to assert that any system holding identities is a potential exposure point. They highlighted that confidentiality should be a baseline expectation, especially concerning financial and AI systems. This conversation echoes broader concerns about data privacy in the crypto space, as highlighted in their tweet. The Key Development The recent tweet by $NEAR Protocol has resonated widely, gathering 334 likes and 48 retweets, signaling a strong community engagement on the topic of data privacy. As the broader crypto market shows mixed signals, discussions about confidentiality are becoming increasingly relevant. The importance of safeguarding sensitive user…

The digital assets industry had spent years unsuccessfully trying to get U.S. market structure legislation — or any other meaningful crypto bill — through the Senate Banking Committee that Brown led. Once the super PAC’s spending helped unseat the Ohio Democrat two years ago and replace him with pro-crypto Senator Bernie Moreno, the committee dealt successfully with a major bill to regulate stablecoin issuers and nearly reached the finish line on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. But a potential Brown return wouldn’t necessarily mean he’d come back to the role he once occupied, because Senator Elizabeth Warren is the…