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Bitcoin holders who need cash do not necessarily have to sell their BTC. They can borrow against it instead, keeping exposure to Bitcoin while using its value as collateral for a loan. The complication is that the loan they want may exist on another network. Many blockchain lending applications run on Ethereum, which keeps its […] The post You can borrow against Bitcoin without selling it, but there’s a catch appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Luxor estimates 235 EH/s of capacity is idle for mixed reasons, complicating the capitulation signal as Texas’s summer curtailment window ends. The post Nearly a fifth of all Bitcoin mining power is sitting completely dark, and turning it back on could trigger a brutal margin trap appeared first on CryptoSlate.

ETF inflows offer support ahead of the BOJ’s September 17–18 meeting, while futures-led gains leave Bitcoin exposed if demand weakens. The post Bitcoin holds near $78,500 as a surging Japanese yen threatens global risk assets appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin advanced to as high as $79,700 while Brent crude topped $100 and European shares fell, leaving crypto tracking gold rather than equities.

Bitwise’s negative trend measure coexists with positive return correlation in a FRED proxy, while portfolio results change across lookbacks. The post Bitcoin just hit a decade-low S&P 500 correlation, but the daily data tells a different story appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The proposed Builders Bank would offer federally supervised digital asset custody but would not accept deposits or issue loans. Jack Dorsey’s payments company Block seeks to establish a federally regulated trust bank to provide custody services for Bitcoin and stablecoins. Block said Tuesday it had submitted an application to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to create Builders Bank & Trust, an uninsured national trust bank. If approved, the bank would operate under OCC supervision and offer custody and related fiduciary services.  Block said the charter would give its custody operations a consistent national framework as the business expands. The proposed bank would not accept deposits or make loans, separating it from a conventional commercial bank. Read more

At the current 13% rate, SATA payouts imply about $130 million annually, while higher cash keeps static coverage near 19 months. The post Strive adds $12 million to its dividend tab after issuing nearly one million new preferred shares to buy Bitcoin appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Balanced Price has historically identified deep-cycle bottoms, yet Bitcoin’s changing relationship with the metric raises a fundamental possibility.

Bitcoin fell to nearly $77,600 on Tuesday before clawing most of it back, leaving it little changed on the day while zcash gained roughly 43% on the week and Grayscale's new fund crossed half a billion dollars.

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 […] The post Metaplanet’s Bitcoin boom quietly turned a 46 million-share executive pay plan into a 319 million-share windfall appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Glassnode’s September 8 report shows richer calls and easing net spot selling, while stronger ETF inflows complicate the demand picture. The post Bitcoin bulls are loading up on calls while spot traders keep selling appeared first on CryptoSlate.

A euro-led decline in DXY would need confirmation from real yields, credit conditions and Bitcoin’s performance across currencies. The post Bitcoin could get the dollar drop bulls want this week without getting the liquidity rally they need appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Brent touched $99.46 after reported Saudi energy disruptions, while Friday's CPI measures August prices. The post Fed inflation trap threatens Bitcoin below $80k as $100 oil blindsides Friday’s CPI report appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin fell with US stocks on the opening of Tuesday’s Wall Street trading session as analysis warns that BTC price support at $78,300 must hold. Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $78,000 at Tuesday’s Wall Street open as risk assets fell on renewed Middle East tensions. Key points: Read more

Cloud customers accounted for about 74% of August’s production increase, while company holdings recovered only part of July’s decline. The post Bitcoin miner burns through millions in BTC to buy compute, but new coins are not returning to treasury appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin believers see it as an almost certain long-term investment, but retirement demands a different approach. How much crypto exposure is too much for your retirement account? You stack sats. You farm yield, and you’d rather sell your car than part with your BTC. But does that mean you should bank your golden years on Bitcoin? Many retirement industry professional such as MIT finance professor Jonathan Parker say there is a sweet spot level for crypto exposure in a diversified retirement portfolio: Parker, whose research spans portfolio choice, personal finance, retirement finance and Bitcoin, is unusually blunt about where the cryptocurrency belongs. But it’s a view shared by the average citizen. Read more

Strategy repurchased $176 million worth of its STRC preferred stock and doubled the size of its digital securities repurchase program to $2 billion, while pausing on new Bitcoin buys. Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the largest corporate Bitcoin treasury, skipped its weekly Bitcoin acquisition to repurchase $176 million of its preferred STRC stock. Strategy repurchased 1.8 million STRC shares for an aggregate $176.3 million between Aug. 31 and Sept. 7, according to a Tuesday filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The company also doubled the size of its Digital Credit Securities Repurchase Program to $2 billion. With no new purchases, Strategy’s holdings sit at 845,050 Bitcoin (BTC), acquired for a total of $63.6 billion, at an average purchase price of $75,412 apiece. Read more

Two suspects face a Wednesday hearing over four killings allegedly linked to a crypto wallet believed to hold millions of dollars in Bitcoin. Two suspects in the killing of four people in Mexico allegedly sought a cold wallet they believed held millions of dollars in Bitcoin, news outlet La Jornada reported on Saturday, citing an update from the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Mexico (FGJEM). Diego Sebastián and Gerardo, whose surnames were withheld, are scheduled for a court hearing on Wednesday, where a judge will determine whether there is sufficient evidence for criminal proceedings against them to continue, reported Diario de México on Sunday. The FGJEM announced the arrests of the two suspects in a Sept. 2 X post. Read more

The Sept. 7 return replenished the federation wallet, but Blockstream still listed a public bridge outage the following morning. The post Liquid recovers 3,400 BTC as hacker asks “is that ok?” after pocketing $47 million in Bitcoin appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin fell 0.42% since midnight UTC to $78,874, but the CoinDesk 20 rose 0.2% and the memecoin index gained 0.41% as BNB Chain tokens rallied.