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Proprietary AMMs Handle Over 90% of Jupiter's SOL-Stablecoin Trades, DWF Estimates
PropAMMs take 15% to 27% of daily on-chain DEX volume by DWF's count, as trade execution moves to private desks while settlement stays on-chain.
Capital B Added 12% More Bitcoin, but Holdings per Share Barely Moved
The French treasury company's diluted share count grew almost as fast as its coin pile, leaving satoshis per share near 736 between 17 August and 7 September.
Treasury Buys $5.2bn of Long Bonds as Yields Climb and Bitcoin ETFs See Outflows
The first enlarged buyback took $5.187bn of $10.489bn offered, yet the 10-year real yield rose to 2.55% and spot Bitcoin funds lost $282.7m.
US Restrains $52m Tied to Xinbi Guarantee as Rival Laundering Markets Pull Back
Treasury designated the marketplace a transnational criminal organisation, and on-chain data showed USDT withdrawals jumping in the days that followed.
Germany Drafts Flat 25% Tax on Crypto Gains, Ending Holding-Period Exemption
Finance minister Lars Klingbeil's draft would scrap the one-year tax-free rule for coins bought from 1 January 2027, with bank withholding from 2028.
Clipboard Malware Still Threatens Crypto Payments After Sality Botnet Takedown
The 31 August operation cut the operator off from more than 33,000 infected machines, but address-swapping software already installed keeps running.
Solana Payment Channels Hit 1m Payments a Second in Tests, but Settlement Risk Remains
The headline benchmark measured only the payment gate, and unsettled vouchers can be lost on restart, leaving merchants carrying the gap until settlement.
Tether-Backed Chilean Exchange Orionx Closes After Audit Finds $7m Custody Shortfall
Customer assets were moved to outside wallets, an audit found. Poland's crypto veto also stands, and US sheriffs have dropped their opposition to the CLARITY Act.
Zcash Tops $1,000 as Grayscale's ZCSH ETF Passes $400m in Assets
ZEC hit $1,050.70 intraday, nearly doubling in a month, as futures open interest crossed $2bn and the new fund's coin holdings grew.
ChatGPT Gave Him a Link. Seconds Later $2.1 Million Was Gone
A trader asked an AI chatbot a routine question about swapping tokens on Flare. The answer came back with a phishing domain, he signed one "unlimited approve", and 1.9 million FXRP left his wallet before he could close the tab. The lesson is blunt: an AI chat is not a search engine, not a directory, and never a financial adviser.
Mina's Mesa Upgrade Halted Transactions for Eight Hours and Left zkApps Needing New Keys
The hard fork halves slot times to 90 seconds, but deployed zkApps cannot process proof-authorised transactions until developers install new verification keys.
HTX DAO Launches $10m Genesis Programme to Back Crypto-AI Projects
The milestone-based scheme targets early-stage teams in payments, AI agents, DeFi and tokenised assets, offering access to HTX users and TRON liquidity.