Silicon Network is shutting down with nearly $10 million still on-chain, giving users until year-end to exit. The Ethereum layer 2 stopped accepting new bridge deposits and ended its network on Sept. 2, starting a withdrawal period that runs through Dec. 31. Silicon said its explorer and network will shut down afterward, leaving assets that …
Monthly archives: September 2026
XRP’s $2.14 bull case just met a $474 million ETF tailwind
XRP could climb above $2.14 by late November as sustained exchange-traded fund (ETF) demand adds momentum to its recent rebound. CryptoSlate’s 90-day model places the bullish outcome at the 80th percentile, nearly 59% above its $1.35 reference close. The median forecast is far lower at $1.47, leaving the headline target in the optimistic part of …
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BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF barely beat the S&P 500 after putting investors through a 53% crash
BlackRock’s Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) has narrowly outperformed the S&P 500 since launch despite subjecting investors to a drawdown nearly three times as deep. The iShares Bitcoin Trust, or IBIT, returned 67.74% from its Jan. 11, 2024 debut through Aug. 31, compared with 66.14% for Vanguard’s S&P 500 ETF, or VOO, on a total-return basis …
USDC may be only as quantum-safe as its slowest wallet, bridge or blockchain
Circle issued a warning that the quantum circuits needed to attack widely used blockchain signatures are becoming leaner, citing a low-width record of 813 logical qubits. For the USDC quantum migration, the immediate consequence is a dependency problem across every host chain, wallet, custodian, bridge and user account that must eventually accept a safer way …
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World Adds Post-Quantum Security to New ZK Proving Toolkit
World integrated 128-bit post-quantum security using the WHIR hash-based scheme to prevent future-proof forgery and align with National Institute of Standards and Technology guidelines. Proactive Post-Quantum Adoption World recently unveiled an open-source and production-ready zero-knowledge (ZK) proving toolkit designed to enable individuals to generate cryptographic proofs directly on smartphones and web browsers. Already integrated …
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G20 Backs Clear Regulatory Pathways for Digital Asset Growth
G20 finance leaders endorsed clear regulatory pathways for digital asset innovation while pairing growth with financial stability safeguards. The statement also advances work on global stablecoins, cross-border payments, and tougher enforcement of virtual asset standards. G20 Places Digital Assets Within Its Global Growth Agenda Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 …
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Fidelity Warns Bitcoin’s Private Keys Face Future Quantum Risk
Fidelity Digital Assets says future quantum computers could derive Bitcoin private keys from exposed public keys, threatening funds. A proposed hash-based signature system could strengthen security, although larger signatures would reduce transaction throughput and complicate wallet recovery. Fidelity Examines Bitcoin’s Quantum Vulnerability Bitcoin’s private-key protections may eventually require replacement or supplementation, according to the Fidelity …
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Officer and Wife Accused of Stealing Over $74,000 From Elderly Man’s Bank Accounts for Luxuries
An Oklahoma police officer and his wife are accused of taking more than $74,000 from an 82-year-old man’s accounts after moving into his home. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says the couple gained control of his money in 2023, when the officer was added to the accounts and given power of attorney, reports KOCO. Andrew McVicker, …
Tennessee Bank Teller Accused of Draining $60,000 From Customer Accounts Using Old Withdrawal Slips
A bank teller in Tennessee has been arrested and charged with felonies after allegedly taking $60,000 from customer accounts. Police say a First Bank employee used old withdrawal slips to make unauthorized withdrawals from two accounts, reports WREG. The thefts allegedly ran from December of 2023 through February of 2024 at the branch on Poplar Avenue in …
Louisiana ID Firm Breached, Exposing 153 Million Driver’s Licenses: Report
A Louisiana identity-check company is facing an FBI probe after more than 153 million U.S. and Canadian driver’s licenses showed up for sale on the dark web. A service called Nexus briefly sold scans of those licenses and other IDs, in a leak traced to a suspected breach at IDScan.net, reports KrebsOnSecurity. Nexus was advertised on the …
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Alabama-Based Health Tech Firm Breached, Affecting 9.5 Million Patients – Names, SSNs, Health Records at Risk
An Alabama company that stores and moves patient records is warning that personal and medical data for about 9.5 million people may have been accessed in a cyberattack. Aesto Health told the HHS Office for Civil Rights that 9,540,683 people are involved, reports SecurityWeek. Aesto says unauthorized actors reached part of its Amazon Web Services systems. It …
French Hill Highlights CLARITY Act as 2026 Passage Odds Hit 15%
Prediction-market traders assign the CLARITY Act only a 15% chance of becoming law in 2026. House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill continues to place the bill within a broader push for permanent financial rules. Prediction Markets Remain Skeptical of 2026 Passage Washington’s effort to establish national rules for crypto trading, custody, and market oversight …
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Grayscale Sees Crypto Opportunity as Stock Concentration Soars
Grayscale says record U.S. household equity exposure and demanding stock valuations strengthen the case for crypto diversification. The crypto asset manager argues digital assets are emerging from a market reset with lower valuations and investor positioning. Record Equity Exposure Strengthens Diversification Case Record stock concentration has left household portfolios more exposed to an equity-market reversal, …
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Record Squeeze Drives Bitcoin Price Rally, But $83K Resistance Looms
A massive short squeeze on Aug. 19, which is the largest single-day short liquidation event recorded by Glassnode since 2019, catalyzed a bitcoin price rally toward $80,000. Record Squeeze Triggers Price Rebound The massive wave of short liquidations on Aug. 19 served as the primary catalyst for bitcoin’s rapid price rebound, according to blockchain analytics …
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Bitcoin Miners Pocket $1B in August, but Halving Pain Still Lingers
According to metrics, last month, bitcoin miners logged their best month in revenue since May, capturing $1 billion in profits between the subsidy and fees. The strong earnings were fueled by bitcoin’s price rising 24.95% in August, giving mining operators some much-needed breathing room. Bitcoin Miners Pocket $1 Billion as Hashprice Finds Relief Bitcoin miners …
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