Bitcoin Price Support Slips Ahead of Next Fed Rate Decision

Bitcoin (BTC) is starting the third week of September below key weekly support levels as traders eye volatility cues. The US Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates by 0.25% on Wednesday amid stubborn inflation and a mounting oil-price squeeze. The Senate will vote on whether to advance the crypto CLARITY Act on Tuesday…

A hacker turned 25 cents of bitcoin into 46 billion fake BTC tokens on a DeFi bridge

Two software bugs allowed the attacker to create more than 2,000 times Bitcoin’s maximum supply in unbacked syBTC. Symbiosis puts preliminary losses at 9.97 BTC. Source link

Solana Raises Maximum Transaction Size to 4,096 Bytes

Solana raised its maximum transaction size from 1,232 bytes to 4,096 bytes to allow developers to fit more complex operations into a single transaction, including zero-knowledge proofs and new onchain signature schemes. The upgrade was activated on mainnet on Tuesday at the start of epoch 1,035 around 1:00 am UTC, according to blockchain data shared…

Ethereum, Base Wallet Standards Collaboration Breaks Down

Ethereum and Base are set to implement different account abstraction standards after efforts to agree on a shared account abstraction standard broke down last week. Interoperability standards became secondary to each chain’s core goals, leading both to go their separate ways and “putting the burden on wallets,” Derek Chiang, founding member and researcher at Ethlabs,…

US Crypto Tax Bill Leaves Out Mining, Staking Deferral

The US House Ways and Means Committee will consider a 114-page crypto tax package on Wednesday that leaves out a provision that would have allowed miners and stakers to defer taxation of rewards until the tokens are sold. The Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act, H.R. 10357, was published alongside the committee’s markup notice on Monday….

Bitcoin Short-Term Holders Near One Month in Partial Profit in New Bull Signal

Bitcoin (BTC) speculators have held onto profits for nearly a month in what new analysis sees as a key sign of market strength. Key points: Bitcoin short-term holders were in partial profit for the past month, marking the longest consecutive in-profit stint of 2026. STH profitability — a historical hallmark of bullish BTC price reversals…

Solana transactions just got more than 3 times bigger, giving an edge over Ethereum

Transaction V1 raises Solana’s limit to 4,096 bytes from 1,232, giving developers more room for multi-step trades, company-wallet approvals and privacy proofs. Source link

Democrats push back on GOP’s ‘final’ CLARITY offer with counterproposal: Politico

Some Democrats remain dissatisfied with the bill’s crypto ethics provisions and will be sending a counterproposal just hours before a key procedural vote. Source link

Strive Buys $36.6M in Bitcoin, Holdings Hit 25,000 BTC

Strive, a top-five Bitcoin treasury company and asset manager, purchased 469 Bitcoin for about $36.6 million last week, bringing its holdings to 25,000 BTC. According to a Monday filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Strive acquired the Bitcoin between Sept. 8 and Sept. 11 at an average price of $77,954 per BTC, including…

Trump Crypto Ethics Deal Fails to End CLARITY Act Objections

The CLARITY Act is heading for a crucial US Senate procedural vote on Tuesday after President Donald Trump agreed to most of a bipartisan proposal to strengthen ethics restrictions around public officials’ crypto interests, according to various reports. However, the latest compromise hasn’t resolved all of the opposition, with a bipartisan group of state attorneys…