A Bitcoin Hard Fork Went Live September 1. Miners, Exchanges, and Traders Ignored It
The Bitcoin hard fork failed at launch with almost no hashrate, and Adam Back mocked the BLAKE2b split.
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3 Stocks Drive Half of August's $665 Billion CEX Perpetual Futures Volume
Stock perpetual futures on centralized crypto exchanges traded $665.42 billion in August, according to WuBlockchain Data Center. 3 underlying names produced more than half of that activity. The total rose 4.6% from $636.19 billion in July. Still, the figure is 56.5 times higher than January’s $11.58 billion. Chip Stocks Still Control the Equity Perp Market
BeInCrypto•Kamina Bashir2 Sept
Goldman Sachs Adds 3 European Stocks to Conviction List
Goldman Sachs has added three stocks to its European “Conviction List – Directors’ Cut” list. The list tracks the bank’s buy-rated European equities. The inclusions are the payment processing company Adyen, the German energy firm RWE, and the German insurer Talanx. All three arrive with different setups. Adyen Draws the Biggest Upside Call The bank
BeInCrypto•Kamina Bashir2 Sept
OpenAI Plans to Release First Model to Meet Its ‘Critical' Cybersecurity Threshold
OpenAI has confirmed that its upcoming model Astra meets the Critical cybersecurity threshold under its Preparedness Framework. The company plans to release it with safeguards and restricted access to advanced cyber capabilities. Astra is the first model OpenAI has placed at that tier. The designation means the model can identify unknown flaws in hardened systems
BeInCrypto•Kamina Bashir2 Sept
OKX Cracks Down on Gambling-Linked Deposits, Triggering AML Reviews
OKX CEO Star Xu says gambling-linked crypto deposits can trigger 15-day AML reviews, restrictions, or account termination.
BeInCrypto•Darryn Pollock2 SeptBitcoin Flashes the Bart Simpson Pattern After a 25% August Rally
Bitcoin (BTC) has given some of its gains from the sharp August rally, and the retreat is now tracing a familiar outline on the chart. Analysts have flagged a Bart Simpson pattern forming on BTC. The formation has drawn concern that the decline still has room to extend. The Bart Simpson Pattern Is Forming on
BeInCrypto•Kamina Bashir2 Sept
Palo Alto CEO Says $5 Trillion AI Buildout Needs New Security Stack
Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora said companies must build an entirely new security stack for the roughly $5 trillion of capital spending on AI infrastructure he expects over the next five years. Arora spoke on CNBC’s Mad Money on Tuesday, after the cybersecurity firm posted fiscal fourth quarter results that beat Wall Street estimates.
BeInCrypto•Kamina Bashir2 Sept
KOSPI Sinks 3% as Iran Strikes Push Oil to 5-Week High
Asian markets tumbled as US strikes on Iran drove oil higher and sent bond yields to multi-year highs.
BeInCrypto•Darryn Pollock2 Sept
Elon Musk Says Grok 4.7 Lands in 10 Days and Will Beat Every Model
Elon Musk said Grok 4.7 will be released to the public in 10 days and that the model will surpass every AI model currently available. The release follows Grok 4.6, which SpaceXAI shipped on August 12. It also comes as OpenAI announced that its new Astra model will be launched soon. Follow us on X
BeInCrypto•Kamina Bashir2 Sept
Crypto Bettors Give Democrats 51% Odds to Sweep the Midterms
Polymarket bettors now favor Democrats to sweep Congress as Trump's approval sinks and gas prices hit record highs.
BeInCrypto•Darryn Pollock2 Sept
Trump Jr. Now Profits From Both Sides of the US Kalshi, Polymarket Rivalry
Trump Jr. holds a paid Kalshi advisory role and Polymarket investment, tying his finances to both prediction market rivals.
BeInCrypto•Darryn Pollock2 Sept
Pantera's Dan Morehead Calls Bessent's Bond Buyback a ‘Bluff' That Backfired
Pantera's Dan Morehead says Bessent's Treasury buyback bluff backfired, fueling Bitcoin's 26% August rally.
BeInCrypto•Darryn Pollock2 Sept
Strategy's CEO Says Bitcoin Buys Come Down to Capital Costs, Not Price
Strategy CEO Phong Le explains why Bitcoin buying decisions come down to capital costs, not price, amid a bull market bet.
BeInCrypto•Darryn Pollock2 Sept
These 3 Factors Are Whipsawing Wall Street and Bitcoin
Jim Cramer says oil, a hawkish Fed and Iran strikes are whipsawing Wall Street, and Bitcoin isn't escaping the pressure.
BeInCrypto•Darryn Pollock2 Sept
Wall Street Stock Records Could Move On-Chain. One Trader Punished for Deleting His
The SEC moves to put stock records on-chain, while the CFTC fines a swaps trader $90,000 for deleting his messages.
BeInCrypto•Lockridge Okoth2 Sept
This Stablecoin Shift is Reshaping Global Cross-Border Payments
At three in the morning, an AI system can evaluate a trade flow, verify a contract and trigger a cross-border payout in seconds. The payment may still sit in a correspondent bank queue for days. Corporate software now operates at machine speed, while the financial infrastructure beneath it still keeps banking hours. That timing gap
BeInCrypto•Norman Wooding1 Sept
How the GTA 6 Leaker Profited $350,000 From CyberLeek
The anonymous leaker behind CyberLeek has reportedly pocketed roughly $350,000, according to on-chain analyst Conor Grogan. The funds allegedly came entirely from liquidity fees rather than direct sales. The withdrawal coincided with a sharp price decline for the CYBERLEEK meme coin. The Mastermind Strategy Behind CyberLeek Grogan stated on September 1 that the person behind
BeInCrypto•Luis Blanco1 Sept
4 Investment Committee Members on the September Setup: Why None Are Selling
Wall Street is buying protection for the September setup. Four top investors explain why they are not selling into it.
BeInCrypto•Lockridge Okoth1 Sept
The $7 Billion Race to Save Crypto From Quantum Computers
Despite the rumors and fear-mongering, Quantum computers are still years away from threatening today’s financial systems. But the cost of preparing for them is already becoming real In March, Google researchers estimated that a sufficiently advanced quantum computer could break widely used 256-bit elliptic-curve cryptography in minutes. This is the same level of cryptography used
BeInCrypto•Bradley Peak1 Sept
28 Analysts Share Their Broadcom Stock Forecast Before Q3 Earnings
Broadcom stock reports third-quarter results after Wednesday’s close and has climbed 4% from last week’s low to $370.34. Wall Street rates it a Strong Buy, with 25 buy ratings, three holds, and no sells, despite a major money flow warning. Broadcom shares still sit 23% below the record they set on June 2, up 7%
BeInCrypto•Ananda Banerjee1 Sept