Sber Plans Bitcoin, Ether and USDT-Backed Loans

Russia’s largest bank, Sber, plans to expand its crypto-backed lending to accept Tether’s USDt stablecoin and Ether as collateral alongside Bitcoin, according to a senior executive. Sber will adapt its existing products and gradually expand its offerings as Russia’s new crypto law takes effect, Deputy Chairman Anatoly Popov said, according to a Friday TASS report….

Bitcoin Needs New Buyer Support As $80,000 Slips With Profit-Taking

Bitcoin (BTC) remains sensitive to sell-side pressure at $80,000, even as investors broadly avoid mass profit-taking. Key points: Bitcoin investors’ unrealized profit and loss crosses above zero for all cohorts, apparently slowing price momentum. Long-term holders see a spike in profitability to 1.48, while short-term holders still account for the majority of in-profit coins moving…

A $1.1 million crypto card hack crashed a neobank's token 49%

The exploit caused the neobank’s AVICI token to drop 49% from a 24-hour high, hitting a record low before paring some of the losses. Source link

Bitcoin Fails To Return To $80,000 As High PCE Inflation Data Bites

Bitcoin (BTC) slipped under $78,000 following Wednesday’s Wall Street open after US inflation data came in above expectations. Key points: Bitcoin sees further downside after US PCE inflation data came in 0.1% higher than expected in July. Markets await Nvidia Q2 earnings release as Wednesday’s next potential volatility catalyst. BTC price analysis warns over 25%…

Polygon Patches DoS Risks in Austin, Kyoto Hard Forks

Polygon has disclosed several previously private security vulnerabilities that could have disrupted its proof-of-stake network, after deploying fixes through two recent hard forks. The vulnerabilities affected Polygon’s Bor and Heimdall clients and included denial-of-service risks, validator resource exhaustion and flaws affecting checkpoint and milestone processing, according to a Thursday disclosure from Polygon Labs’ Validators Support…

The next trillion-dollar currency may not be a stablecoin — it might not even have a name yet

AI agents are coming. They will need to pay each other. Crypto executives agree on the problem but disagree sharply on the solution, and one thinks the answer has not been invented yet. Source link

StarkWare Tests Quantum-Resistant Bitcoin Transaction

StarkWare researcher Avihu Levy has tested an experimental quantum-resistant transaction on the Bitcoin mainnet, in what the company described as the first transaction of its kind.  According to StarkWare, the transaction was confirmed Wednesday in Bitcoin block 964,199. Onchain data shows that it spent a 10,000-satoshi output protected by Levy’s Quantum Safe Bitcoin (QSB) scheme,…

Stellar RWA Value Approaches $4B Amid Tokenization Push

The value of tokenized real-world assets (RWA) on Stellar has climbed roughly 360% in 2026 to nearly $4 billion, up from $868.8 million at the end of last year, according to a Dune Analytics dashboard maintained by Stellar. The network’s RWA market cap stood at $3.996 billion as of Aug. 29, spread across US Treasurys,…

Bitcoin ETF Inflows Slow as XRP ETFs Hit January High

US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) drew $232.1 million in net inflows on Wednesday, slowing from the previous day while extending their inflow streak to eight trading days. The latest inflow was down about 26% from Tuesday’s $314.4 million and marked the smallest daily total since Aug. 18, according to SoSoValue data. The eight-session streak…

Tokenized assets are busier than the data shows

When you strip out what was never mobile, correct for who’s holding what and why, add back what works off-contract, the utilization of tokenized assets looks close to 20%, argues Katana’s Matthew Fisher. Source link