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Polymarket’s Sep. 16 decision swung back to 50/50 after BTC slid from $81,300 to $78,600 on the data.

Core Scientific and TeraWulf reported stronger AI/HPC economics as hashrate revisited ~900 EH/s after a >1.1 ZH/s peak.

IBIT took $454M of the day’s inflows, while CryptoQuant says the rally still needs a decisive close above $83,000.

A later February 2026 U.S. seizure warrant ordered burn-and-reissue, sharpening questions about issuer-level controls.

Chris Brooks says a 2021 Georgia trip tied to a claimed 5,000 BTC haul ended with a near-empty wallet and hard lessons on passphrases.

Galaxy’s Alex Thorn said about 10% moved while roughly 90% of the stolen funds remain untouched.

CrowdStrike estimated ~$150,000 stolen over eight years, while “never-spent” holdings peaked near $1.5 million in Jan. 2025.

His country table implies 4.5%–6% adoption, or roughly 370–500 million BTC holders worldwide.

The long-end sell-off pushed Japan’s 30-year JGB to a record 4.18% while BTC stayed rangebound after a $79K intraday high.

BTC returned 26% and ETH gained 34% in August 2026 as perps and funding became exchange table stakes.

The $1-minimum notes trade versus USD, USDT, and BTC for eligible non‑US investors via a Luxembourg securitization wrapper.

Proceeds were rotated into ETH and SOL and sent to Kraken, LBank, and KuCoin as Trump touted a CFTC-led “fully compliant” pathway.

The brokerage cited OSC data showing ownership rose to 25% this year from 10% in 2023 as Canada debates a stablecoin framework.

The 65-week accumulation streak leaves the firm near its stated 5% target despite about $5.1B in unrealized losses.

One 12-year-dormant wallet sent 20.00010537 BTC to a large custodian, got 20.00006037 BTC back, then burned it in May.

The pricing sits below a 60%–70% “validation” band even after BTC and gold sold off on inflation rhetoric.

Bitcoin researchers also advanced post-quantum defenses with a mainnet QSB spend and an Aug. 27 SHRINCS signature BIP.

The teaser follows a roughly two-month pause in weekly buys while Strategy built a $5.1B reserve and a $1.59B cash pool.

Funding jumped 42% on Binance under $80,000 while ETFs saw $201M+ in net outflows on Aug. 28.

CME bitcoin futures open interest rose to about 122,000 BTC as CryptoQuant flagged a rare hedge-fund net-long flip.