Bitcoin rally shows signs of cooling even as a 'bull score' gauge nears its perfect score
A trend guage tracked on onchain analysis firm CryptoQuant is near its ceiling. The buyers who drove BTC to an eightmonth high are already pulling back.…
Illinois draft crypto tax rules detail DeFi, stablecoin treatment
Illinois’ draft rules spell out how its 0.2% digital asset transaction tax would apply to stablecoins, DeFi platforms, crypto bridges and selfcustody…
Ethereum users get another way to pay privately as zk.money returns after three years
The relaunched wallet hides payments made on the Aztec Network, while deposits from Ethereum remain visible. Source:CoinDesk
Zcash developers begin moving Tachyon code into faster private-payment software
Developers are starting to fold Project Tachyon into Zakura Common as they work toward a longterm target of more than 50,000 private payments a second.…
Ethereum schedules Glamsterdam upgrade on Sepolia for Oct. 6
Glamsterdam will bring proposerbuilder separation, blocklevel access lists and new gas pricing, while its mainnet date remains unset. Source:Cointelegraph
Aave leads DeFi higher as crypto shrugs off surging bond market
Aave jumped 11% on speculation over a token burn, with 72 of 100 CoinDesk 100 constituents higher even as the 10year Treasury yield sat at 5.234%.…
US crypto ETF inflows cool after $3.3B week but streaks hold
US spot crypto ETF inflows fell about 80% from Friday as Bitcoin, Ether, Solana and XRP funds attracted $64.8 million combined on Monday. Source:Cointelegraph
Live updates: Bitcoin rebounds above $84,000 as ETFs draw in $30 million
Ether led a modest recovery among major tokens, while ZEC extended its slide and its U.S. fund posted the only outflow among crypto ETFs on Monday.…
Bitcoin bounces to $84K after US 30-year bond yield sets 24-year high
Bitcoin price action consolidated after earlyweek losses while protecting a “trenddefining” support zone. Source:Cointelegraph
BitMine could hit its 5% Ether supply target within weeks — then what?
BitMine could reach 5% of Ether’s supply by early November, while Tom Lee has left open whether it would continue buying beyond that level. Source:Cointelegraph
Tether says it helped freeze $550M in Iran-linked USDT this year
The disclosure came as Senate Democratic investigators alleged USDT had become a key part of Iran’s shadow banking network. Source:Cointelegraph
The restaking gold rush is over, and top protocols are barely making a profit
As restaking yields dried up and smartcontract risks mounted, Ethereum's top liquid restaking protocol walked away from its core business to build a crypto…