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For cryptocurrencies, the decision cuts Brazilian users off from a platform that has for years served as the industry’s town square. Crypto-supporter Jack Dorsey, who co-founded X when it was called Twitter, has supported two alternative platforms: Nostr and Bluesky, though he’s distanced himself from the latter. Read the full article here
Crypto Holders Disproportionately Favor Trump for U.S. President, New Academic Poll Shows
“Trump has been reaching out to the crypto community, and it seems to have paid off,” said Dan Cassino, professor of Government and Politics at Fairleigh Dickinson and executive director of the poll, in a Friday press release. “It might be easy to dismiss them as insignificant, but I don’t think people realize exactly how widespread crypto ownership is.” Read the full article here
Bitcoin Slips Back to $58K in Continued Desultory Action, but Next Week Could Offer Upside Excitement
Headlining the data next week will be the Friday Sept. 6 Nonfarm Payrolls Report for August. The July jobs report was a weak one and likely was the final straw forcing the Fed’s hand in promising a September rate cut. Currently, however, market expectations are for only a meek 25 basis point cut in mid-September. A second consecutive weak jobs print, though, might have investors quickly pricing in a 50 basis point move by the central bank, delivering a strong positive jolt to risk markets, bitcoin among them. Read the full article here
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Bitcoin Drops Under $59K as BTC Demand Wanes, BlackRock’s IBIT Logs Outflows for the Second Time
“Risk reversals until Oct are still skewed towards puts in both BTC and ETH, indicating that the market remains cautious about the downside,” QCP said. “In the lead-up to next week’s non-farm payroll report, we expect market volatility to continue its downtrend as the market positions itself for potential rate cuts by the Fed.” Read the full article here
“Some players, including us, have already come with our own proposals,” said Anti Danilevski, founder and CEO of Kick Ecosystem, a one stop shop for crypto, who has been closely engaging with regulators. “The central bank will decide if it fits with their view. They are moving very fast, so it won’t take much time.” Read the full article here
Doing away with stock market-type trading gives Hedgehog more flexibility in engaging its user base, said DiPeppe. For example, users can spin up custom prediction markets, place their own bet on the outcome, and hope someone else takes them up on the opposite point of view. (Polymarket allows community members to suggest markets in its Discord server, but the company decides which ones to publish.) Read the full article here
The broker praised Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy (MSTR) for its “continued evolution into a Bitcoin development company,” and noted that the shares have risen around 325% in the past year, outperforming most asset classes including BTC, which has gained about 148%. Read the full article here
Banks are also exposed to political uncertainty as a new legislation could “change validator behaviour,” making the “blockchains themselves operationally unstable.” A ban for instance could “reduce the amount of computing power or staked native tokens available to secure the blockchain, temporarily increasing the risk of a 51% attack,” in which ”a coordinated effort is put forward to control greater than 50% of the validation nodes.” Read the full article here
Ryan Salame, the former FTX executive sentenced to 7.5 years in prison in May, has withdrawn a legal request to a New York court asking that the conditions of his plea deal with prosecutors be enforced or that his plea be thrown out and his sentence vacated. Read the full article here