🔍Macro Pressures and Cyber Risks Halt Bitcoin's Push Past $80k

Bitcoin's slight negative performance of -0.71%, trading at 79,320, reflects a minor short-term cooling off after attempting to secure the $80,000 threshold. The negative change indicates that sellers are currently holding a marginal upper hand in the immediate term, as market participants digest ma

Bitcoin spot demand turns negative as retail investors sell into price rallies

Bitcoin spot demand turns negative as retail investors sell into price rallies

Bitcoin's apparent demand metric slipped back into negative territory around September 1, according to CryptoQuant data, ending a brief improvement during August. The reading signals that existing Bitcoin supply flooding onto the market from dormant wallets is overwhelming new buying interest, a dyn

Coldcard third-wave attacker moves 45% of stolen Bitcoin

Coldcard third-wave attacker moves 45% of stolen Bitcoin

The exploiter behind the third wave of the Coldcard wallet hack has moved about 45% of their Bitcoin (BTC) haul, routing the funds through THORChain or into CoinJoin transactions, according to Galaxy Research.In a Monday update, Galaxy said the exploiter began moving funds to Ethereum through THORCh

Coldcard attacker moves 45% of stolen Bitcoin through THORChain and CoinJoin, Galaxy reports

Coldcard attacker moves 45% of stolen Bitcoin through THORChain and CoinJoin, Galaxy reports

The hacker behind the third wave of Coldcard hardware wallet exploits has started cashing out, routing approximately 97.09 BTC, worth about $7.8 million, through cross-chain swaps and mixing services over a five-day window. Galaxy Research flagged the movement on September 7, noting it represents ro

Liquid Network attacker says they will return most of 4,000 BTC after bug fix

Liquid Network attacker says they will return most of 4,000 BTC after bug fix

The attacker who withdrew roughly 4,000 BTC from Liquid Network's federation wallet over the weekend said they would return most of the funds after confirming a fix for the underlying software vulnerability.The purported white-hat hacker communicated with Blockstream through Bitcoin OP_RETURN messag

Bitcoin Crash? 90% of Buterin’s Net Worth Opposes AI

Bitcoin Crash? 90% of Buterin’s Net Worth Opposes AI

Vitalik Buterin has rejected a forecast that artificial intelligence could cut Bitcoin price by more than half within two years. The Ethereum co-founder said his existing crypto holdings already place roughly 90% of his net worth on the opposite side of that view.Bitcoin is at just under $80,000 aft

The Administrative Court rejects QB Europe's appeal in the MiCA case

The Administrative Court rejects QB Europe's appeal in the MiCA case

Valuno Group AB (publ) has today received the judgment from the Stockholm Administrative Court dated September 3, 2026, in which the court rejects the appeal by the group company QB Europe AB against the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority's decision of July 3, 2025, to refuse the company's appl

Will AI Crash Bitcoin 50%? Vitalik Buterin Weighs In

Will AI Crash Bitcoin 50%? Vitalik Buterin Weighs In

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has rejected a warning that artificial intelligence will trigger a Bitcoin crash. He took the opposite side of a claim that BTC could lose more than half its value within two years.The exchange played out on X on Monday. AI risk commentator Liron Shapira set the

ZAWYA: Nigeria: How public funds were moved from LG account into crypto wallets ?

ZAWYA: Nigeria: How public funds were moved from LG account into crypto wallets ?

By Staff WriterThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has disclosed how public funds were moved from a local government account to a private company and later transferred into cryptocurrency wallets.The EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, disclosed this on Monday while addressing media executives an

Optimism DeFi Risk Management Protocol Cozy Suffers Attack, Losing About $170,000

Optimism DeFi Risk Management Protocol Cozy Suffers Attack, Losing About $170,000

Blockaid said it detected an attack on Cozy, a DeFi risk management protocol on Optimism, with losses of about $170,000. According to Foresight News, the incident has been identified through monitoring by Blockaid.

Australia Removes 45 Remittance and Crypto Providers From AML Registers

Australia Removes 45 Remittance and Crypto Providers From AML Registers

Australia removed 45 remittance and virtual asset businesses from its anti-money laundering registers over the past year. The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) disclosed the figure today (Monday), combining cancellations, suspensions and refusals to renew registrations.The

Vitalik Buterin Rejects AI Warning That Bitcoin Could Crash 50%

Vitalik Buterin Rejects AI Warning That Bitcoin Could Crash 50%

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has rejected a prediction from Silicon Valley investor Liron Shapira that artificial intelligence (AI) could trigger a 50% or bigger Bitcoin crash within two years by weakening the network’s security.Buterin says the risk is extremely low and revealed that around