Oct 2, 2026
Bitcoin mining company Riot Platforms completed voluntary early repayment of its $200 million secured credit facility with Coinbase Credit, releasing over 5,800 Bitcoin that had been pledged as collateral.
Bitcoin mining firm Hive Digital Technologies has escalated its legal battle with Sweden's Tax Agency to the European Commission after the agency reclassified its datacenter services as self-mining and retroactively denied input VAT credits. The dispute could affect how VAT applies to cryptocurrency mining operations across the EU.
Researchers at [[alloc] init] published a specification for Shielded Bitcoin on September 24, a protocol for private transfers on the Bitcoin base layer that borrows Zcash's encrypted notes and zero-knowledge proofs without requiring consensus changes or a soft fork.
White-hat researchers transferred 52.37 Bitcoin linked to the July Coldcard wallet exploit into an address controlled by the Crypto Recovery Trust. The move is intended to facilitate the return of rescued Bitcoin to verified owners of the compromised wallets.
Elon Musk's X sued two UK residents in London, alleging they operated a network of fake Bitcoin-focused accounts to fraudulently collect at least $278,000 in creator payouts by manipulating engagement metrics.
Asset manager VanEck has rated Tokyo-listed Metaplanet as the only 'Bad' company for executive equity compensation among the 10 largest digital asset treasury firms, criticizing the Bitcoin treasury company's stock dilution practices despite recent reform efforts.
The US Treasury sanctioned Iranian cryptocurrency exchange BitBank, accusing it of processing hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and facilitating payments for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
The House Financial Services Committee approved the American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026 on September 16, requiring the federal government to hold Bitcoin as a strategic reserve asset for at least 20 years. The bill now advances to the full House for consideration.
Bitcoin mining companies have secured over $100 billion worth of AI and high-performance computing contracts, representing more than 4 gigawatts of capacity, while currently generating only $1.1 billion in annualized revenue from these deals.
Celsius Network's bankruptcy estate filed suit against five BitMEX entities on September 12, seeking the return of 6,360.17 Bitcoin (worth approximately $495 million) over forced liquidations during the March 2020 market crash. The lawsuit comes just 11 days before BitMEX's scheduled permanent shutdown.
Bitcoin Core 32.0 entered final testing on September 14 with a scheduled release date of October 10. The major update includes improvements to fee estimates, faster block processing, and changes to default wallet protocols that may temporarily disrupt some popular applications.
Swiss Bitcoin Pay, a non-custodial bitcoin payment processor based in Neuchâtel, shut down its entire server infrastructure on Monday after discovering a malicious intruder had gained access to its internal systems. The company warned that customer email addresses, Bitcoin addresses, IBANs, transaction history, and hashed passwords may have been compromised.
British Bitcoin treasury company Satsuma Technology has liquidated its entire 669 BTC holdings and returned £31.9 million to shareholders, less than a year after raising £168.9 million at the height of the 2025 BTC treasury boom. The company's stock has crashed 99% from its 2025 peak.
Michael Saylor's Strategy Inc. purchased $139.3 million of its own STRC preferred stock between September 8-13, marking the second consecutive week without Bitcoin acquisitions. The company funded the buyback entirely from its USD cash reserve.
Ben Delo donated £36M on Friday and Christopher Harborne matched it Saturday, making the largest single donations in British political history. The UK government criticized the crypto-linked contributions.
The Albuquerque city council passed an ordinance on September 10 banning cryptocurrency kiosks and cashier-facilitated virtual currency transactions, making it one of the first major U.S. cities to outright prohibit crypto ATMs. Operators have 45 days to comply with the new regulation.
An attacker minted over 40 BTC worth of nBTC out of thin air on Nomic on June 25, but Osmosis took 74 days to discover the exploit, which left allBTC 36% unbacked. The incident contributed to an 8.3% decline in ATOM price amid shaken investor confidence.
Bitcoin Bancorp purchased approximately 2,500 cryptocurrency ATM kiosks and intellectual property from bankrupt Bitcoin Depot for $620,750, acquiring the assets at a fraction of their previous value through Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has obtained authorization from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission under Regulation 48.10 to offer bitcoin and ether perpetual futures to U.S. institutional investors. SGX reports cumulative trading volume of approximately 400,000 contracts and plans to launch dated futures and options within months.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong stated that Bitcoin has bottomed for the current cycle and maintained his $400,000 price target by 2030. He also said the crypto industry will gain regulatory clarity regardless of the CLARITY Act vote outcome.
Germany is preparing to eliminate its tax-free treatment for cryptocurrency gains on assets acquired after December 31, 2026, regardless of holding period. Existing holdings purchased before this deadline will retain the current tax treatment under a draft finance law.
Block Inc. has applied to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish Builders Bank & Trust, an uninsured national trust bank that would provide a federal framework for custody of Bitcoin, stablecoins, and other digital assets.
Connecting Excellence Group (XCE) has signed binding Heads of Terms for its first proposed recruitment acquisition, targeting a specialist UK and U.S. recruitment business that generated £1.79 million in earnings, as part of its strategy to use M&A to convert earnings into Bitcoin.
Michael Saylor's Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) repurchased $176 million of its STRC preferred shares and expanded its Digital Credit Securities Repurchase Program from $1 billion to $2 billion. The company skipped its typical weekly Bitcoin acquisition to focus on the stock buyback.
Strive purchased 1,375 BTC for approximately $109 million between Aug. 31 and Sept. 4, bringing its total holdings to 24,531 bitcoin. Separately, Blockstream CEO Adam Back invested $33 million in European bitcoin treasury firm Capital B, highlighting growing institutional adoption of bitcoin treasury strategies.
Hong Kong-listed online gaming company Boyaa Interactive has purchased another 115 Bitcoin, bringing its total holdings to approximately 4,316 BTC. The company pivoted to Bitcoin accumulation strategy in late 2023.
The Royal Government of Bhutan has moved approximately 400 Bitcoin, worth around $30.62 million, to an unidentified external address according to blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain. The transfer reduces Bhutan's sovereign Bitcoin holdings to 518 BTC.
Paris-listed bitcoin treasury firm Capital B acquired 376 BTC for €25.3 million ($29.4 million), its largest single purchase in a year, bringing total holdings to 3,521 BTC. The purchase follows a $33 million investment commitment from Blockstream CEO and proof-of-work pioneer Adam Back.
Malone Lam, a 22-year-old Singapore man, is scheduled to appear in federal court in Washington on Tuesday for a plea agreement hearing related to one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts in U.S. history. Prosecutors allege he helped orchestrate a scheme in which callers posing as Google and Gemini staff defrauded a single victim of over $240 million in bitcoin, with proceeds allegedly spent on luxury cars and private jets.
Better Mortgage and Coinbase are offering bitcoin-backed mortgages that allow buyers to pledge bitcoin at a 250% ratio to fund home down payments, with the lenders able to reuse the collateral. Borrowers must still meet standard income and credit requirements for the main mortgage.
Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich acknowledged the company failed to adequately explain its Series 10 executive option plan involving 319 million shares and his connection to major shareholder MMXX Ventures, following investor criticism. Shares fell 7.5% to 271 yen despite the response.
US spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $987 million in net inflows for the week ending September 5, with BlackRock's IBIT capturing roughly 70% of flows. The week capped a three-week streak totaling $3.8 billion in inflows, signaling recovering institutional demand.
Twelve addresses holding a combined 600 Bitcoin mined in 2010 moved funds after more than 16 years, reigniting speculation over a possible link to Satoshi Nakamoto. The coins were worth approximately $120 when mined and are now valued at roughly $48 million.
A scan by Bitquery has identified 96,000 fake-address outputs that are clogging Bitcoin's unspent transaction output (UTXO) database. The analysis highlights how cheap OP_RETURN repetition and fake-address text impose significantly different costs on Bitcoin nodes.
Hargreaves Lansdown, the UK's largest direct-to-consumer investment platform managing £172 billion, has begun offering bitcoin and ether exchange-traded notes to eligible retail customers through its Advanced Investing service. The move comes nearly a year after UK regulators reopened retail access to crypto investment products.
The International Monetary Fund confirmed that El Salvador has documented its Bitcoin accumulation since June 27, 2025, came from private donations rather than public resources, as the country's reserve grew to 7,762 BTC. The finding came during the IMF's second review of El Salvador's financing program, which also noted better-than-anticipated economic growth.
The International Monetary Fund accepted El Salvador's explanation that its 1,796-bitcoin sovereign reserve increase since June 2025 came from private donations rather than public funds, clearing a key compliance issue under the country's $1.4 billion financing program. President Nayib Bukele denied transferring bitcoin reserves to private operators as part of the IMF agreement.
ProCap Financial, led by Anthony Pompliano, sold approximately 50 Bitcoin to repurchase more than 2% of its outstanding shares, which were trading at roughly 40% below the company's net asset value. The transaction represents a strategic move to capitalize on the discount between share price and underlying Bitcoin holdings.
Bitcoin rallied approximately 5% to break above $81,000 on September 3 after Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller signaled support for holding rates steady in September. The move triggered over $415 million in short liquidations and marked Bitcoin's highest level since May.
Hyperscale Data ceased all Bitcoin mining operations at its Michigan facility on September 1 to transition the site for an AI data center customer. The company's stock fell to an all-time low following the announcement, though the AI agreement could generate over $1.2 billion in revenue over 20 years if extensions are exercised.
Standard Chartered has rolled out deliverable spot trading in Bitcoin and Ethereum for institutional clients in the UAE, becoming the first global systemically important bank to provide the service in the region.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission asked a federal court to dismiss CME Group's lawsuit challenging the agency's approval of Kalshi's cryptocurrency perpetual futures, arguing CME has no standing to claim competitive injury since nothing prevents it from listing similar products.
Japanese publicly-listed company Remixpoint sold all of its Ethereum, Solana, XRP, and Dogecoin holdings on September 1 for ¥878.8 million ($4.47 million), realizing a ¥117.8 million profit as it shifts to a bitcoin-only cryptocurrency treasury strategy.
The Justice Department and CrowdStrike announced Tuesday they have disrupted the Russia-based Sality botnet, which has been operating since 2003. For the past eight years, the malware used EggJagger to steal Bitcoin and Ethereum by replacing copied cryptocurrency addresses with attackers' addresses, infecting over 15,000 machines.
Strategy CEO Phong Le defended the company's decision to sell 6,948 BTC at around $60,000 this summer before resuming purchases at $80,318 per coin, calling both moves 'the right trade' to strengthen the balance sheet. The company has since acquired 4,603 BTC worth $370 million after a 10-week pause, bringing total holdings to 845,050 BTC.
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds attracted $3.8 billion in net inflows over three consecutive weeks ending September 5, marking the strongest inflow streak of 2026. The final week alone saw $986.9 million in inflows as Bitcoin traded around $80,000.
Bitcoin treasury company Strategy formally opposed Morgan Stanley Capital International's proposal to exclude certain "non-operating asset" companies from the MSCI Global Investable Market Indexes, calling the move "misguided," "flawed," and "discriminatory" against digital asset treasury firms.
Wallets linked to North Korea's Lazarus Group moved more than $30 million in Bitcoin through decentralized exchange Hyperliquid over three weeks, raising sanctions compliance questions as the platform pursues US market entry through talks with Kraken parent Payward.
Strive purchased 1,800 Bitcoin for approximately $143 million at an average price of $79,431, bringing total holdings to 23,156 BTC worth about $1.76 billion and making it the fifth-largest publicly traded Bitcoin treasury company.
Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dashjr resigned as chairman and CTO of Ocean Mining Pool, with parent company Mummolin repurchasing his entire equity stake. The split was described as mutual, with both parties citing different visions for Bitcoin mining's future.
Russia's largest bank announced plans to expand crypto-backed lending beyond Bitcoin, aiming to accept Ethereum and Tether's USDT as collateral as the country prepares new regulated crypto trading laws taking effect September 1.
Core Lightning issued an emergency warning after AI-generated bug reports identified real vulnerabilities in the Bitcoin Lightning Network software. Developers told operators to run nodes offline or upgrade to a forthcoming release, with vulnerability details under a two-week embargo.
BlackRock lowered the minimum bitcoin required for direct conversion into its iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) ETF shares from $25 million to $1 million in July 2026. The firm has processed over $5 billion in direct bitcoin-to-ETF conversions, while competitor Bitwise also reduced its threshold from $100 million to $3 million.
The Human Rights Foundation announced grants totaling over 500 million satoshis (approximately $396,854) to support 16 projects based in Africa, continuing its program of bitcoin-funded human rights initiatives around the globe.
Asset manager Strive purchased 1,110 bitcoin for approximately $81.5 million between August 17-21 at an average price of $73,409 per BTC, according to an SEC filing. The acquisition brings the company's total bitcoin treasury to 21,356 BTC, making it one of the largest corporate holders.
Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio recommended investors shift 10-15% of portfolios to gold and Bitcoin while selling bonds, citing concerns about a potential US debt crisis as federal debt surpasses $40 trillion.
Bitcoin rallied to around $70,000 after the U.S. Treasury announced it would at least double its long-end bond buybacks to $4 billion per session starting September 9. The intervention caused the 30-year Treasury yield to fall 9 basis points and triggered $1.44 billion in short liquidations.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs absorbed $517.2 million in net inflows on Wednesday, the largest single-day haul since May, with BlackRock's IBIT contributing $143.6 million as institutional appetite returned amid the broader market rally.
Bitcoin rallied sharply from $64,000 to over $78,500 in late August 2026, driven by a US Treasury bond buyback program that pushed yields lower and triggered the largest cryptocurrency short squeeze since 2021, with over $3 billion in bearish positions liquidated within 48 hours.
President Donald Trump called on Congress to pass the Clarity Act during a White House meeting with crypto and finance executives, framing the market structure legislation as essential to maintaining U.S. technological leadership over China. Bitcoin and crypto-related stocks surged following the announcement.
U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded $517 million in net inflows on Wednesday, marking the largest single-day influx since early May and signaling renewed investor appetite following a week of outflows that totaled nearly $390 million.
Cross-chain decentralized exchange Maya Protocol suspended its network after an attacker exploited multiple software vulnerabilities to steal approximately $1.7 million in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The exploit caused the protocol's native CACAO token to plummet 89%.
Japanese Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet agreed to invest 2,100 BTC (~$132.1M) plus $2.5M cash to acquire a 95.7% stake in Nasdaq-listed Super League Enterprise, establishing a US-based Bitcoin treasury platform.
Strategy Inc. (MSTR) shares jumped nearly 12% to $103.58 on August 19, leading gains among crypto-linked stocks after Benchmark analyst Mark Palmer issued a $570 year-end price target. The rally followed the company's $334 million stock sale that increased its cash reserves to $4.8 billion.
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds experienced their worst week in two months, with net outflows of approximately $390 million between August 10-14, 2026. The five-day withdrawal streak erased gains from earlier in August and marked the largest weekly outflow since June.
A security flaw in Coldcard hardware wallets has led to the theft of over $115 million in Bitcoin, with 1,778.58 BTC swept from 8,680 addresses since July 30. Galaxy Research has been tracking the incident and supporting over 200 victims.
Most Asian share indices are heading for weekly declines as stress in global bond markets continues and diplomatic deadlock in the Gulf pushes oil prices to one-month highs. Investors are turning to safe haven assets like gold and Bitcoin amid the market turbulence.
Tudor Investment Corporation raised its holdings in BlackRock's IBIT spot Bitcoin ETF by 18.9% to 688,529 shares valued at $22.9 million as of June 30, 2026, according to a 13F filing. The increase marks a reversal after a year of selling by the billionaire hedge fund manager's firm.
President Donald Trump is expected to attend a White House meeting on August 19 with executives from major cryptocurrency companies including Coinbase, Ripple, Kraken, Gemini, Robinhood, and prediction market firms. The meeting kicks off a week of regulatory discussions involving the SEC and CFTC.
President Donald Trump is expected to participate in an August 19 White House meeting with executives from major crypto and prediction-market companies including Coinbase, Ripple, Andreessen Horowitz, Chainlink, and Kalshi. The meeting comes as bitcoin and crypto prices have struggled through 2026 despite Trump's support for the industry.
Cboe BZX filed with the SEC requesting an exception to generic listing rules to list funds targeting three times the daily performance of Bitcoin and Ethereum. The products would be the first 3x crypto ETFs in the US if approved.
Mubadala Investment Company and Abu Dhabi Investment Council collectively hold approximately $764 million worth of BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF, maintaining their positions through Q2 despite Bitcoin's 47% decline.
Bitcoin's network hashrate has fallen 17% from its record high as Moscow banned crypto mining through 2032 under government decree and publicly listed miners redirect resources toward artificial intelligence data centers.