LND, a Lightning Network node implementation, has disclosed a channel-close flaw that can put an entire channel balance at risk in the reproduced maximum-loss scenario. Operators using standard releases below 0.21.0 should treat their nodes as lacking the official fix unless they were independently patched. The Aug. 13 disclosure describes how a malicious channel peer
The symposium theme is “Financial Innovation: Implications for Payments and Policy.” Warsh divested a dozen blockchain positions before taking office. He appointed Marc Andreessen to co lead the Fed’s AI task force. Friday’s speech could move crypto markets on policy content alone. Every Fed chair gets one first Jackson Hole speech. It sets the tone
Bitcoin’s end-of-September options expiry holds 130,670 $BTC of open interest, compared with 79,003 $BTC for August, a headline gap large enough to look like traders are loading up before the Federal Reserve’s Sept. 16 decision. DWF Labs market insights lead Martin Lee said in a note that most of that gap has nothing to do
Bitcoin ($BTC) remains sensitive to sell-side pressure at $80,000, even as investors broadly avoid mass profit-taking. Key points: Bitcoin investors’ unrealized profit and loss crosses above zero for all cohorts, apparently slowing price momentum. Long-term holders see a spike in profitability to 1.48, while short-term holders still account for the majority of in-profit coins moving
The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced the launch of Pontes, a tokenized finance project, in the third quarter of this year. The initiative, revealed by ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone, aims to connect distributed ledger technology (DLT) platforms used in financial markets with TARGET Services, the Eurosystem’s existing payment infrastructure. The core objective
Circle minted around $5 billion worth of $USDC over the past week, according to on-chain data. This comes in when the demand for dollar-backed stablecoins continues to grow. The surge in issuance has caught traders’ attention because large $USDC mints can signal that more liquidity is preparing to enter crypto markets. However, the process of
On the 1st of September, major telecom firms and e-commerce businesses in Russia will introduce the digital ruble which will be a step further in promoting the state-supported currency in daily transactions while preventing the adoption of cryptocurrencies. Moscow takes a solid stance in the world of cryptocurrencies. The country allows investment and transactions involving
Investors who put $1,000 into Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock two months ago have gained about $109 ahead of the company’s highly anticipated earnings release. Notably, Nvidia shares rose from $192 on June 26 to $213 by press time on August 26, delivering an 11% return despite recent volatility in the stock. At the current price,
Digital asset infrastructure provider Taurus has integrated its tokenization and custody platforms with Swift’s blockchain-based ledger. Taurus said Wednesday in an announcement shared with Cointelegraph that its clients can connect their existing digital asset infrastructure to the ledger for payments using bank-issued tokenized deposits. The first client integrations are expected to go live within days,