Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a new electronic payment system that removes the need for third party financial institutions. It speeds up transactions while reducing costs and minimizing the potential for fraud. The name “cryptocurrency” points to how it uses “cryptographic proof” to work, AKA a blockchain.

Bitcoin’s concept was first introduced in 2008 when a person going by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto shared a white paper titled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.” In January 2009, the Bitcoin blockchain was launched. 

A new electronic payment system called Bitcoin removes the need for third-party financial institutions. It speeds up transactions while reducing costs and fraud-risk. The name “cryptocurrency” points to how it uses “cryptographic proof” to work, AKA a blockchain.   

Bitcoin has a finite supply of 21 million, which is expected to be reached by the year 2140. Currently, 18.8 million are circulating in the market. Note that Bitcoin represents the concept of the network, while bitcoin (lower-case ‘b’) represents the currency.

Bitcoin is one of the most well-known cryptos as it was the first decentralized currency. 

Currently, BTC’s dominance is above 40%. Bitcoin Dominance is a measure of how much of the total market cap of crypto is made up of Bitcoin. Bitcoin’s influence in the crypto ecosystem could be vulnerable to competition as alternative coins grow in popularity and utility.

Chainlink

LINK hit an eight-month high after Bottomline, a top-three SWIFT services provider moving $16 trillion a year, tapped Chainlink to connect 600-plus banks to blockchain settlement.

Bitcoin Starts the Week Flat, But Chainlink Is Flying—Here's Why

The odds of a September Fed rate hike returned to around 60% following Friday's jobs report, with U.S. inflation data due later this week.

Bitcoin holds near $80,000 despite renewed Fed rate hike fears as CPI test looms

Bitcoin's price was trading between $79,300 and $79,500 on Sept. 7 after a significant rejection from $80,537 left its short-term price action caught between fading momentum and a still-constructive daily trend. The market remains inside a $79,013-$80,537 intraday range, putting those boundaries firmly in the cards as the levels that could determine what comes next.

Bitcoin Price Rejected at $80.5K as Bulls Scramble to Defend $79K

Solana

Zcash

Open interest in altcoin perpetual futures moved above bitcoin's this weekend for the first time since December 2024, a shift that preceded sharp mid-cap corrections the last time it happened. What Metric Flipped Actually? Aggregate open interest, the dollar value of futures contracts still open, in altcoin perpetuals surpassed the same figure for bitcoin yesterday.

Zcash, XRP and Solana Bets Push Altcoin Leverage Past Bitcoin

Both have been rising recently, just as concerns about the fiscal health of advanced-economy governments have come to dominate market sentiment, pushing bond yields, or market-implied borrowing costs, higher.

Bitcoin blinks less than gold when Treasury yields move

The attacker built 293 separate vaults for the stolen Bitcoin and is emptying them in order of size, largest first.

Coldcard Hacker Moves $7.7M, Nearly Half of Third-Wave Bitcoin Haul

Purported white-hat hackers have withdrawn approximately 4,000 BTC worth around $320 million from the Liquid Network federation wallet via the SideSwap PAK without compromising keys, prompting exchanges to pause LBTC activity and temporarily disabling the sidechain. The post Hackers Withdraw $300,000,000 in Bitcoin From Liquid Network, Claim Attack Is Friendly appeared first on The Daily Hodl.

Hackers Withdraw $300,000,000 in Bitcoin From Liquid Network, Claim Attack Is Friendly

Bitcoin fell 1.1% since midnight UTC as Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.3%, while the weekend's double-digit altcoin gains stalled.

Weekend altcoin rally runs out of road as bitcoin slips

The Liquid Network attacker said they would return most of the roughly 4,000 BTC once the software bug affecting the network is patched.

Liquid Network attacker says they will return most of 4,000 BTC after bug fix

Blockstream and the hackers are engaging with each other through PGP-signed messages in Bitcoin transactions.

'Purported White-Hat Hackers' Withdraw $320M in Bitcoin From Liquid

All wallet cohorts have shifted into net distribution for the first time since early June, but a potential golden cross offers bulls some hope.

Bitcoin struggles at $83,000 sell wall as whales distribution flip into net selling

The attacker has now drained the 11 largest vaults tied to the third wave of Coldcard thefts, Galaxy Research said.

Coldcard hacker moves $7.7 million in BTC, 45% of bitcoin stolen in third attack wave

This brought its total holdings to 3,521 BTC and marked the company's largest bitcoin purchase since September 2025.

Capital B buys $29 million in bitcoin after raises, its largest BTC purchase in a year

August payrolls came in three times above forecast and pushed September hike odds toward 58%. Equities sold it and crypto has not.

Live updates: Bitcoin holds $79,000 as hike odds climb, zcash runs 45% in a week

Ethereum

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says he is taking “the opposite side” of a forecast that artificial intelligence will cut bitcoin's price in half within two years, and he has roughly 90% of his net worth riding on it.

Ethereum's Vitalik Bets 90% of His Net Worth Against an AI Bitcoin Crash

Bitcoin trades lower by nearly 1% as escalating U.S.-Iran hostilities push oil higher.

Oil up, bitcoin down as U.S. strikes Iranian crude carriers

Liquid Network, a settlement layer used by exchanges, halted all transactions after losing $320 million worth of bitcoin in a security exploit.

Bitcoin network used by exchanges hit by $320 million exploit. Hackers claim they're the 'good guys'

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) Layer 2 solution Liquid Network said on Sunday that white-hat hackers drained BTC worth tens of millions from the platform. What Exactly Happened Liquid Network stated on X that hackers withdrew nearly 4,000 BTC worth $320 million and that it has paused all bridge activity and new transactions.

Bitcoin Worth $320 Million Taken From BTC Layer 2 Solution by 'White-Hat Hackers' — 'Contact Us on Chain'

Spot bitcoin ETFs drew in $3.52 billion in net inflows in August, their largest monthly positive flows since September 2025.

Spot bitcoin ETFs pull in $987 million last week as institutional demand recovers

Dogecoin

Major cryptocurrencies held steady on Sunday while investors evaluated the ongoing deadlock between the U.S. and Iran in efforts to reach a deal.

Bitcoin, XRP, Dogecoin Dip; Ethereum Gains as Iran War Uncertainty Persists: Analyst Says 'Relatively Easy' for BTC to Hit $90,000 if This Happens

The layer two (L2) sidechain known as the Liquid Network paused on Sunday following a so-called white hacker exploiting a bug in Blockstream's Elements software, according to the X account Sideswap (Blockstream's atomic-swap marketplace).

Blockstream Hunts ‘White Hats' After 4,000 BTC Leaves Liquid

Liquid Network said purported white-hat hackers withdrew about 4,000 bitcoin from the federation wallet that backs L-BTC. Bridge nodes are disabled and the sidechain is paused.

Alleged White-Hat Hackers Withdraw 4,000 bitcoin from Blockstream's Liquid Network Federation Reserves

The Bitcoin sidechain has been paused, with exchanges suspending LBTC deposits and withdrawals as Blockstream works to contact those responsible.

Liquid Network pauses after purported ‘white-hat' hackers withdraw $320 million in bitcoin

Following the 2010 dormant bitcoin wallets that shifted 600 vintage BTC from the Satoshi-era, another whale with a wallet first created in 2016, shifted 1,260.77 BTC worth over $100 million at block height 965770.

Bitcoin Whale Shifts 1,260 BTC as 75 Casascius Coins Are Peeled

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) surged 22% in August while the Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) barely moved 5% and its correlation with gold hit a six-year high, fueling a debate whether BTC is breaking away from its traditional risk-asset behavior. Why Bitcoin Correlations Shift Prominent key opinion leader Scott Melker pushed back on the idea that Bitcoin needs to permanently track either equities or gold.

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