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Why Japan’s 3.8% bond shock is quietly setting a trap for Bitcoin

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Why Japan’s 3.8% bond shock is quietly setting a trap for Bitcoin
Japan’s latest 20-year government bond auction signaled a higher price for long-term borrowing, not a collapse in demand. The average accepted yield rose to 3.856% on Tuesday, 15.8 basis points above the 3.698% average on Aug. 20. Competitive bid coverage improved slightly to about 4.01 times from 3.98 times, while the gap between the highest … Read more

Coinbase gives community banks a stablecoin bridge while supplying infrastructure underneath

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Coinbase gives community banks a stablecoin bridge while supplying infrastructure underneath
Coinbase’s new partnership with payments platform Moov gives community banks and credit unions a route to offer stablecoin services through the financial relationship they already have with businesses. The local institution can remain the customer’s front door, while Coinbase supplies the disclosed custody and transaction infrastructure behind it. Moov CEO Wade Arnold framed the demand … Read more

XRP’s 30% monthly rebound meets a $4.6 million liquidity trial inside XRPL’s $1.1 billion stablecoin boom

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XRP’s 30% monthly rebound meets a $4.6 million liquidity trial inside XRPL’s $1.1 billion stablecoin boom
Stablecoins on the XRP Ledger swelled to $1.126 billion as XRP logged a 29.7% monthly rebound, putting the network’s value-capture case under a sharper test. At a Sept. 11 snapshot, XRP traded near $1.32 after losing about 8.7% over seven days. Meanwhile, XRPL decentralized-exchange volume reached $253.1 million across the latest complete 30-day window, more … Read more

Trump ethics fight sinks CLARITY Act in dramatic Senate defeat

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Trump ethics fight sinks CLARITY Act in dramatic Senate defeat
The CLARITY Act stalled in the Senate after a final round of bipartisan negotiations broke down and several Democrats who helped shape the bill refused to advance it. The measure failed to secure the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed with H.R. 3633, preventing the most consequential US crypto market-structure … Read more

Did crypto’s $20 Billion DeFi surge just get stolen by price inflation?

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Did crypto’s $20 Billion DeFi surge just get stolen by price inflation?
The central question behind DeFi’s latest rebound is whether protocols gained fresh deployable liquidity or simply more valuable collateral. A Sept. 15 capture of DeFiLlama’s chain data showed Ethereum’s dollar-denominated DeFi total value locked up 21.38% over 30 days and Solana’s up 22.94%. Stablecoin growth trailed far behind. Ethereum’s stablecoin market cap increased 0.68%, Solana’s … Read more

DeFi governance gap allows one wallet to request 98% of Ampleforth treasury’s USDC balance

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DeFi governance gap allows one wallet to request 98% of Ampleforth treasury’s USDC balance
Ampleforth, a DeFi protocol governed by FORTH token holders, saw Proposal 54 canceled on-chain before its voting window opened. The proposal would have transferred 2.5 million USDC to its author, but Tally records zero votes and lists the cancellation block before the scheduled voting-start block. No transfer executed. The author presented the payment as a … Read more

Why a CLARITY victory may still leave Bitcoin trapped at $76,000

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Why a CLARITY victory may still leave Bitcoin trapped at $76,000
Bitcoin faces competing forces heading into the final months of 2026: progress on US crypto rules could encourage buyers, while expensive energy and high bond yields constrain demand. A durable recovery would be easier if those forces start pulling in the same direction. Bitcoin is trading near $76,000 on September 15, down 3.22% over 24 … Read more

Strategy prioritizes $950 million STRC buyback over expanding its Bitcoin treasury

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Strategy prioritizes $950 million STRC buyback over expanding its Bitcoin treasury
Strategy’s latest $139.3 million repurchase of STRC variable-rate preferred shares has brought its spending on buybacks to about $950.8 million since July 20, more than twice what it spent acquiring Bitcoin over the same period. The company’s Sept. 14 filing disclosed purchases of 1,420,467 STRC shares between Sept. 8 and Sept. 13, funded entirely from … Read more