Bitcoin

Muneeb Ali Pledges IP Transfer to Stacks Endowment in CEO Plan
The Stacks Labs chief also promised a two-year roadmap covering Bitcoin privacy and post-quantum technology, plus a public holder call within 30 days.

Bitcoin Sinks Below $84,000 in Sudden Sell-Off
Coinbase recorded an $83,551 low, while Coinalyze showed $83 million in bitcoin long liquidations over 24 hours.

SEC Clears 3x Bitcoin and Ether ETPs for Cboe Listing
Proposed tickers BITH and ETHK would use futures and reset leverage daily, exposing longer-term holders to compounding losses.

IMF Approves $138 Million for El Salvador After Bitcoin Waiver
The fund still expects no further Bitcoin accumulation beyond documented donations and wants the state’s remaining Chivo exposure fully unwound.

Bitget Reopens Bitcoin Withdrawals After $387.5 Million Breach
ETH and USDT withdrawals remain paused, while CEO Gracy Chen pledges to replenish the protection fund above $300 million this week.

Bitcoin ETFs Draw Nearly $3 Billion in Seven Sessions as 2026 Flows Turn Positive
US spot funds finished Sept. 25 with about $1.02 billion in net inflows for the year, reversing a $1.96 billion deficit before the streak.

CleanSpark Closes $2.276 Billion Debt Deal for Sandersville Data Center
The 7.875% notes fund construction and reimburse earlier equity contributions to a Georgia project with a 20-year lease.

StarkWare Challenge Cuts Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Compute Estimate by 79%
The AI-assisted contest targets offchain GPU work, not Bitcoin fees. The experimental method still requires a direct path to a miner.

Circle Opens Bitcoin-Backed USDC Borrowing To Mint Clients, Routed Through Morpho
The cirBTC market on Arc holds $14.3 million of USDC borrowed against 287 cirBTC, up from $1.37 million on Sept. 17. Galaxy and Keyrock supply nearly all the dollars. Circle issues the wrapper and the wallet; the loan terms sit with Morpho.
Core Lightning Tells Node Operators To Go Offline, With No Patch Published
The CLN team said operators who don’t upgrade should run their nodes --offline, but the fixed binaries aren’t out yet and the details of what they fix are under a two-week embargo.





