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Key takeaways Pi Network is trading above $0.098 after rebounding from the 50-day EMA near $0.094. PI has gained more than 3% this week after advancing 5.2% during the previous week. The Pi Core Team is prioritizing developer tools and documentation to encourage more applications within the ecosystem. Pi Network extended its recovery on Wednesday, trading above $0.098 after finding support near its 50-day exponential moving average earlier this week. PI has gained more than 3% since the start of the week, building on a 5.2% advance during the previous seven-day period. The rebound coincides with a renewed push from…

Visa is combining VisaNet settlement records with blockchain transaction data to help lenders assess credit risk for payment businesses. Its onchain analytics platform estimates more than US$694 billion in stablecoin loans have moved through onchain lending protocols over the past six years. An early test with Credit Coop has financed more than US$2.5 billion in settlement volume since 2023 with zero defaults. Visa’s stablecoin-linked card programmes now number over 160, with payment volume up almost 200% year-on-year. Visa is connecting its payment settlement data with onchain lending infrastructure in a move that could give stablecoin-linked card programs and fintechs greater…

The Bitcoin Lightning software’s maintainers say four image tags delivered unpatched binaries while reporting version v26.06.7 at startup, leaving affected users with another task: check the image digest and download a corrected image if it differs.Some Core Lightning operators who attempted the v26.06.7 upgrade through Docker may still be missing its security fixes.The updated release notice identifies the affected tags as v26.06.7, latest, v26.06.7-vls and latest-vls. They served images without the release’s fixes between Aug. 28 at 16:04 UTC and Sept. 1. The notice gives no precise end time.An automated build process published the images from a placeholder tag. Maintainers…

Bitcoin fell 1.64% for the week, trading at US$78,649 after a high of US$82,103. Strive bought another 1,375 BTC for US$109 million, taking its total holdings to 24,531 coins. Strategy paused its Bitcoin purchases, instead spending US$176 million buying back STRC preferred shares. Peter Schiff questioned whether genuine demand exists for STRC, sparking debate over Strategy’s buyback strategy. The price of Bitcoin has dropped again, struggling to contest the US$79K (AU$109K) mark. After making a high of US$82,103 (AU$113,636) a couple of days ago, BTC currently trades for US$78,649 (AU$108,856), a weekly drop of 1.64%. Meanwhile, large Bitcoin reserve companies…

Bitcoin treasury company Strive added almost $12 million to its annualized preferred-dividend burden in one week as its SATA preferred share count grew, according to calculations using its Sept. 8 disclosure.At the current rate, the larger share base implies about $130 million in yearly payouts, while higher cash left static cash-only coverage almost unchanged.SATA is variable-rate perpetual preferred equity, and each additional share increases the estimated recurring payout at the current 13% dividend rate.The company reported buying 1,375 BTC during the Aug. 31-Sept. 4 period at an average price of approximately $79,281 per coin, including fees and expenses. That brought…

Short-term-holder whales’ unrealised profit reached a record US$9.07 billion (AU$12.61 billion) on September 4, according to CryptoQuant, the highest since its tracking began in 2016. The reading eased to US$7.51 billion (AU$10.44 billion) by September 5 but still ranked among the five highest on record, all set in the past two weeks. CryptoQuant said the cohort is historically the quickest to take profit, leaving a record paper gain that could pressure Bitcoin’s floor if the price turns. Short-term Bitcoin holders with whale-sized wallets were sitting on a record US$9.07 billion (AU$12.61 billion) in unrealised profit on September 4, according to…

AUSTRAC cancelled, suspended or refused to renew the registrations of 45 remittance and virtual asset service providers over the past year, removing them from its registers. The regulator cancelled GetCoins’ registration alongside the National Anti-Scam Centre, saying the crypto firm was allegedly exploited by organised investment scams. CEO Brendan Thomas said businesses with cancelled registrations can no longer operate, and some individuals behind them were referred to law enforcement in Australia and overseas. Australia’s financial crime regulator AUSTRAC has cancelled, suspended or refused to renew the registrations of 45 remittance and virtual asset service providers over the past year, removing…

The crypto industry is launching a seven-figure national advertising campaign to rescue the CLARITY Act ahead of a crucial Senate vote next week.The Senate is scheduled to vote Sept. 15 on whether to invoke cloture on a motion to proceed to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, a procedural hurdle requiring 60 votes.The measure would establish federal rules for digital-asset markets and divide oversight between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The vote would only open debate, leaving lawmakers to clear additional procedural steps before final passage.Yet with a week remaining, senators involved…

Strategy doubled the size of its preferred-stock repurchase program to $2 billion Tuesday as Michael Saylor’s Sept. 8 recovery benchmark arrived with STRC still short of its $100 stated value.The board’s decision extends a campaign that was approaching the limits of its original $1 billion authorization after seven weeks of increasingly large purchases.Data from STRC.live showed that STRC entered Tuesday around $97 to $98, leaving the variable-rate preferred roughly 2% below the level Strategy has spent much of the summer trying to restore.Sept. 8 had emerged as an informal milestone after Saylor compared STRC’s latest recovery with the roughly 70…

Metaplanet’s Bitcoin expansion has exposed an executive compensation windfall that shareholders want the company to unwind.The dispute centers on an executive options pool that expanded as the Tokyo-listed company repeatedly issued equity to finance its Bitcoin purchases.Shareholders are now demanding the cancellation of roughly 273 million potential shares added to management’s compensation package during that expansion.Bitcoin fundraising swelled the executive pay poolThe controversy centers on Metaplanet’s Series 10 stock acquisition rights. Shareholders approved the plan in early 2023, before the company’s pivot to digital assets, and it initially covered 46 million shares.The plan also contained an adjustment mechanism designed to…