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Strategy's Bitcoin Pile Nears June Record After $76M Purchase
Michael Saylor's Bitcoin treasury company Strategy bought 950 BTC for $75.7 million in the week to September 20, paying an average of $79,670 a coin inclusive of fees, according to an 8-K filed Monday. That takes the company to 846,000 BTC, bought for $63.80 billion at an average of $75,416 a coin, and to within 1,363 coins of a record. Strategy held 847,363 BTC on June 22, the largest stack it has ever reported per BitcoinTreasuries, and is now 0.2% short of it. A fortnight of buying at this we...
Sep 12, 2026
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Revolut Leaks Passports, Bitcoin Transaction Histories to Fake Government Request
Fintech giant Revolut handed sensitive customer data, including passport copies and full Bitcoin transaction histories, to a malicious actor after falling for a fraudulent request disguised as a legitimate government inquiry. According to a customer notification circulated by crypto investigator ZachXBT, Revolut received a request for customer information that appeared to come from a government agency, sent from an unauthorized email account using the agency's official domain. Myriad: Bitcoin's...
Sep 11, 2026
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Blockstream Refuses Ransom for Return of $47M in Bitcoin from Liquid Hack: 'It Is Theft'
Blockstream has refused to pay for the return of the $47 million in Bitcoin still missing from the Liquid Network, abandoning days of negotiation with the people who took it. "Taking assets without authorization and withholding their return is a crime, not responsible disclosure," the company said on Friday. "It is not white-hat activity. It is theft." To those responsible for the theft of bitcoin from the Liquid Network: Blockstream will not pay a ransom for the return of stolen funds. Taking...
Sep 10, 2026
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Coinbase Wallet Rebrands to Chase 'Anything, Anywhere' Trading as Robinhood Chain Heats Up
Coinbase plans to rebrand the Base App back to Coinbase Wallet, restoring the product’s original name as its focus shifts toward trading across blockchain networks and away from its social-first ambitions. For Ryan Kass, Coinbase Wallet’s head of product, the rebrand reflects the app’s expansion beyond Base into a multichain trading platform. The company believes the familiar Coinbase Wallet name better supports its broader “everything exchange” strategy. Myriad: Ethereum's next price move? Clic...
Sep 10, 2026
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Bitcoin at $400K by 2030 Still 'Reasonable Target': Coinbase CEO
Coinbase chief executive Brian Armstrong still expects Bitcoin to reach $400,000 by 2030, he told CNBC Squawk Box Asia on Thursday, calling it a "reasonable target" even as BTC currently trades around $77,000. He pointed to Bitcoin's oft-cited four-year cycle, arguing that it normally follows a familiar pattern of run-up and euphoria followed by a year-long down period. "We've actually just come across the one-year mark for this down period," he said, adding that, "I personally believe that the...
Sep 9, 2026
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Hunter Biden's LAPTOP Meme Coin Crashes 99% on Debut
Hunter Biden's controversial LAPTOP meme coin hit the crypto market on Wednesday morning and immediately did what most "celebrity meme coins” have done before it: it pumped, then it dumped. The token, named for the Delaware laptop saga that dogged Biden through the 2020 election and years after, launched on Base—Coinbase's Ethereum layer-2 network—at 8am ET Wednesday. Blockchain intelligence firm Arkham reported that LAPTOP topped out at $190.81 just two minutes later, a peak that implied a full...