A Fed rate increase would be a mistake, some observers say as bitcoin, gold, stocks fall
Your dayahead look for Sept. 2, 2026 Source:CoinDesk
Lawsuit challenges Tether for allegedly freezing $42.4 million USDT before U.S. warrant
The plaintiffs allege that Tether acted in response to an informal U.S. lawenforcement request more than three months before a seizure warrant was issued.…
Bitcoin slips below $76,500 as U.S. strikes on Iran send oil above $93
Bitcoin fell 1% since midnight as Brent jumped past $93 and Treasury yields climbed toward 4.8%. Source:CoinDesk
Former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss says bond rout could force emergency spending cuts
The former prime minister said U.K. is among the worst examples of rising debt and warns the situation may have gone too far. Source:CoinDesk
Live updates: BlackRock's IBIT drives $236 million bitcoin ETF outflow
Bitcoin slipped below $77,500 and every major is red on the day. The smaller crypto ETFs kept taking money while the bitcoin funds gave some back.…
XRP ETFs pull in $170 million over eleven days. Goldman tops institutional holders
Spot XRP funds have logged nine straight sessions of inflows, while Q2 filings show Goldman Sachs, Jane Street and Millennium among their biggest professional…
A China indicator that greases risk-taking in stocks and bitcoin is flashing red
China's "credit impulse" is flashing red for risk assets.So far, bitcoin has mostly shrugged it off. Source:CoinDesk
OpenAI says its new 'Astra' AI can build attacks without human help
Astra is the first OpenAI model to reach its “Critical” cybersecurity threshold, meaning it can find previously unknown vulnerabilities and develop ways to…
Solana, ether, xrp lead majors slide as Iran strikes drive a broad risk selloff
Every largecap token fell over the past 24 hours, and the highbeta majors gave up roughly triple what bitcoin did. Source:CoinDesk
Bitcoin withstands $90 oil and rising yields while gold slides. A firm dollar is the catch
BTC trades choppy as $90 oil and rising bond yields weigh on stocks and gold. Source:CoinDesk
SEC proposes transfer agent rule, sets event to figure out round-the-clock U.S. trading
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued an agenda for its 24trading roundtable and proposed a new transferagent rule with blockchain implications.…
Citi, Goldman, other global banks and asset managers team up on stablecoin venture
The group will focus first on a U.S. dollar stablecoin for payments and digital asset settlement, with a euro token a priority for expansion. Source:CoinDesk