
Coldcard's Wave-Three Attacker Moves Coins for the First Time
Galaxy says the wave-three attacker routed bitcoin through THORChain into ether, the first movement out of the original addresses. Over 90% stayed put.
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Galaxy says the wave-three attacker routed bitcoin through THORChain into ether, the first movement out of the original addresses. Over 90% stayed put.

The bank's DIFC branch began quoting spot bitcoin and ether to institutional clients on Thursday, through the same channels they use for foreign exchange.

Grayscale puts bitcoin's 90-day correlation with gold above 50%, against a reading close to zero in January. Its link to the Nasdaq 100 has loosened.

Wallets identified in 2024 sold more than $30 million of bitcoin on the venue over three weeks, converted the proceeds and moved them to three exchanges.

Two CME FedWatch readings for a September rate increase came in at 57.5% and 58% on Monday. Bitcoin held just under $78,000 as August's last session ran.

US spot bitcoin funds shed about $202 million on Friday, ending nine sessions of inflows worth $3.04 billion. Ether, XRP and Solana funds kept buying.

Ethena is putting USDe's backing into equity perpetual trades that paid 14% to 17.5% over the summer, while bitcoin funding kept falling. A fee-switch vote runs alongside.

Galaxy Research tracked 553.59 BTC, about $40 million, leaving six wallets dormant since 2011 to 2014. Five went to addresses with no exchange label.

A transaction secured by a hash instead of an elliptic-curve key was mined in block 964,199. StarkWare says the method does not make Bitcoin quantum-safe.

Bitcoin traded just under $79,000 on Thursday, off an intraday high above $81,000. The week's gain is reported as 14%, 23% and nearly 25%.

US spot bitcoin funds took in $314.37 million on Tuesday, a seventh straight day of net inflows. BlackRock's IBIT accounted for about 90% of it.

Thailand's regulator put draft rules for locally listed spot Bitcoin and Ether funds out for comment until 20 September. Foreign products stay outside the first phase.