Pavel Kashuba Discusses Why Crypto Checkout Does Not Ensure Use
His Sept. 9 Stablecon USA talk in Washington addressed why offering crypto at checkout does not necessarily lead customers to use it. Separate U.S. surveys measured merchant acceptance and use among crypto holders.
Willy Woo Says a Bitcoin Quantum Scare Could Create a Buying Opportunity
Coinbase and two draft proposals outline possible responses. BIP-361 includes proposed phase timings, but Bitcoin has no adopted network-wide migration schedule.
Bloom Trading Pledges Repayment After Users Report $954,000 in SOL Losses
The reported thefts involved 49 victims, while the repayment commitment covers nine wallets. Bloom Trading is investigating whether a third-party service provider was compromised.
Tradr to Liquidate Two SK hynix ETFs After Nov. 5 Last Trading Day
The board of Investment Managers Series Trust II approved the plans. The funds are scheduled to cease operations on or about Nov. 12.
Hyperliquid HIP-3 U.S. Stock Open Interest Drops 4.7% in Nearly 10 Days
Dollar-denominated open interest fell by $127 million, while exposure was roughly unchanged after adjusting for price declines.
Binance’s UNITREEUSDT Funding Rate Reaches -1.12% Per Four Hours
The rate would annualize to -2,452.8% if unchanged and later widened to -1.16% before publication.
LND Caps External Bitcoin Fee Estimates at 10,000 Sat/vB
The v0.21.5-beta.rc1 pre-release applies the same bounds to block-target estimates and the minimum relay feerate; local backends are unaffected.
Binance Spot Bitcoin Bids Top Offers by About $3.76 Million
The Monday snapshot put Bitcoin at $80,282. OKX perpetuals also showed more buy orders than sell orders, with a smaller reported scale than Binance spot.
Gold Miners Go From Record Month to Washout in 21 Sessions
Nearly 92% of stocks in the VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) now trade below their 50-day moving average. The share last ran this high in late July, just before miners posted a record month. The reading lands days before Wednesday’s Federal Reserve decision, with traders still pricing a possible rate hike this year. How Gold […]
Anthropic CEO Takes Responsibility as Draft AI Legislation Draws Criticism
Amodei said some criticized actions could have been handled better. Anthropic plans to revise its state-preemption language but has not set a date.