A Sept. 2, 2026 analysis by New York Fed researchers shows how a few large reserve portfolios can lower the global dollar share without a broad retreat from dollars. For investors assessing future sovereign demand for Bitcoin, the distinction is between a changing average and an investment decision. Linda S. Goldberg, Oliver Hannaoui and Sneha
US-listed Bitcoin ETFs are $1 billion behind for the year, the difference between redemptions and deposits since January, shows data from September 8. This deficit matters to holders of IBIT, FBTC, and competing ETFs because it shows that the products at the center of Bitcoin’s institutional era spent much of 2026 losing money and only
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
Circle has added upfront fee payments to CCTP Fast Transfer, allowing developers to quote and collect cross-chain $USDC fees on the source network while preserving the amount delivered to recipients. CCTP collects transfer fees before burning $USDC Circle’s official developer documentation says the process begins when an application requests a signed fee quote and submits
Bitcoin dipped below $80,000 as strong US jobs data raises the chances of another interest rate hike. Markets now put the odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike on September 16 at about 60%. According to the recent Bitfinex Alpha report, the US added 162,000 jobs in August, while unemployment stayed at 4.1%. The data
Bitcoin digital asset treasuries (DATs) usually never miss a chance to add $BTC to their vaults, no matter the price of the leading cryptocurrency. Adding to the fray, French Bitcoin DAT-Capital B bought 376 $BTC for €25.3 million ($29.4 million) on the 7th of September. This purchase was the French DAT’s largest Bitcoin acquisition in