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Treasury dealers’ net holdings of bills, short-term U.S. government debt, have reached a two-year high, according to the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York’s October 23 update. Financing those inventories puts dealer capacity in focus ahead of October 30, even while overnight dollar funding looks calm.FHLBNY attributes wider bill spreads partly to heavy issuance and money market funds shortening their portfolios amid uncertainty about Federal Reserve policy. Some cash has shifted from bill buying into overnight and short-term repurchase agreements, or repo. That allocation can support overnight lending even as dealers hold substantial bill inventories. Related ReadingWall Street’s $359…

Circle added its Bitcoin-backed token, cirBTC, to Gateway on Oct. 23, letting holders use one deposited balance across the Ethereum and Arc blockchains. Gateway treats deposits across supported networks as a single spendable balance per asset, reducing the need to keep funds ready on both chains, according to Circle’s announcement.The expansion also adds the EURC stablecoin alongside USDC. Circle’s asset-specific documentation lists cirBTC on Ethereum and Arc mainnet. EURC is supported on those networks plus Avalanche, Base, Solana and World Chain. Related ReadingCircle launches 24/7 stablecoin FX engine as it chases a slice of the $10 trillion currency market Gateway…

A University of Michigan study published Oct. 23 finds that Americans’ long-run inflation expectations remain above comparable 2019 and 2024 readings. That persistence could complicate easier financing conditions for Bitcoin even as the headline consumer sentiment index barely moves.The concern is that repeated price shocks can leave consumers expecting inflation to persist. If those expectations change spending behavior, bringing inflation down could become harder, narrowing the room for US monetary policy to ease.Michigan’s final October survey put sentiment at 48, versus 48.1 in September. Year-ahead inflation expectations were 4.7%, up from 4.6%; long-run expectations reached 3.5%, up from 3.4%.Both inflation…

BTCPay Server, software for accepting Bitcoin payments, merged a fix on Oct. 19 for a gap that could let API keys with broad permissions for one store reach server-wide or account-wide functions. For merchants sharing such credentials with an integration, the risk is delegating more authority than intended.Nicolas Dorier merged PR #7684 into the project’s master development branch. As of Oct. 26, BTCPay’s release list still identifies version 2.4.5, dated Oct. 6, as its latest release.How the permission boundary changesBTCPay’s authentication documentation describes API keys as integration credentials restricted by permission and store. Those are separate limits: what an application…

A hacker breached a public PHP server to win a Bitcoin bounty after the challenge sparked doubts about critical software vulnerabilities.The researcher, identified online as Killa, successfully executed code on the Steal My Bitcoin challenge server on October 25, extracting a hidden wallet credential in an experiment that drew attention to claims that artificial intelligence was making serious security flaws easier to exploit.Challenge operator James Pavur confirmed the successful attack, saying server logs supported the researcher’s findings.However, the result came after problems with the challenge’s initial configuration led security experts to question whether it meaningfully tested the underlying vulnerability.The competition…

Cardano developers have merged key Leios code as the network pursues a planned 15-fold increase in transaction capacity.The blockchain’s consensus team integrated Praos2, which combines Cardano’s existing consensus protocol with the Leios scaling system, into its main development branch, according to a development report.The team also merged LeiosNotify and LeiosFetch components, which help network nodes exchange information needed to process additional transaction batches. Work on selecting and retrieving those batches, known as endorser blocks, remains outstanding.The progress comes as developer Input Output (IOG) prepares to introduce Leios through Cardano’s forthcoming Dijkstra hard fork, targeting an initial three-to-fivefold increase in processing capacity.Under…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday he had asked for a plan to use blockchain if Israel faces banking sanctions. The Bank of Israel rejected the idea on Saturday, and Netanyahu replied that he does what he thinks is right. A letter signed by 109 economists and former officials, including two Nobel laureates, called the proposal useless ahead of Tuesday’s election. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew rebukes from the Bank of Israel and more than 100 economists over the weekend after suggesting cryptocurrency could help Israel get around international sanctions. Netanyahu raised the idea in an interview with…

Bitcoin wallet Electrum has patched a security flaw that allowed hackers to redirect payments when users tried to increase transaction fees.The developers disclosed the vulnerability on Oct. 24, confirming that malicious servers had exploited the weakness and that at least one user lost Bitcoin after unknowingly approving a fraudulent transaction.The high-severity vulnerability affects Electrum versions earlier than 4.8.3. It exploits the wallet’s reliance on external servers to track unconfirmed transactions, allowing attackers to manipulate the payment information users see before they authorize additional fees.The disclosure followed two complaints received on Oct. 11 and Oct. 18. The first user noticed an…

Key takeaways Cardano trades near $0.201 on Monday, extending its decline after three consecutive losing weeks. Funding has turned negative at -0.0032%, reinforcing the bearish derivatives picture. ADA faces initial resistance at $0.213, while weak momentum leaves recovery attempts vulnerable. Cardano fell below $0.202 on Monday as pressure persisted across its derivatives, spot, and technical indicators. ADA traded around $0.201 following three consecutive weeks of losses, with its decline exceeding 20% since early October. The token remains beneath several major moving averages, suggesting buyers have yet to establish a sustained recovery. Although momentum is approaching oversold territory, the broader setup…

A federal judge dismissed the criminal case against Milei, his sister Karina and nine others, ruling that posting about LIBRA did not itself constitute fraud. The decision contrasts with a parliamentary investigation that found Milei played an essential role in promoting the token and attracting investors. LIBRA collapsed more than 90% after reaching a US$4 billion valuation, with estimated realised trading losses of US$251 million. Five investors are challenging their exclusion from the case and could appeal the dismissal if reinstated, while opposition lawmakers have criticised the ruling. A court in Argentina dropped the criminal case against President Javier Milei…