Crypto

Crypto surged into SMSFs in 2024 but has since plateaued, leaving digital assets a minor part of Australia’s retirement savings pool.

Candidates were divided on crypto, despite the fund's 410,596 shares in Strategy, valued at $166M, providing substantial Bitcoin exposure.

A weaker U.S. dollar and rising long-term bond yields are fueling expectations that Bitcoin could see renewed gains, analysts say.

The Fed is bringing stablecoins, tokenization, and AI for payment technologies into one conversation as policy in Washington begins to firm.

American Bitcoin, co-founded by Eric Trump and backed by Donald Trump Jr, jumped in its Nasdaq debut, closing up 14% and valuing their stake at $1.5B. The post Trump Sons’ Crypto Bet Pays Off As American Bitcoin Stock Doubles, Adding $1.5B to Their Wealth appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin financial services firm River says private businesses have accumulated 84,000 Bitcoin in 2025 amid a year of regulatory clarity and a strong bull market. Bitcoin financial services firm River said its business clients are reinvesting an average of 22% of profits into Bitcoin, signaling growing grassroots adoption. Of River’s client base, real estate firms have been the biggest adopters with nearly 15% reinvesting profits into Bitcoin (BTC), while hospitality, finance and software sectors are allocating between 8% and 10%, River research analyst Sam Baker said in a report on Wednesday.  Even fitness studios, painting and roofing companies and religious nonprofits are among the adopters. Read more

QCP flags governance risk and a softer dollar as tailwinds for hedges like BTC and gold, but Flowdesk’s options desk and Polymarket traders point to ETH as the market’s upside play into September.

Shared security protocols are positioning themselves as solutions to infrastructure challenges that have complicated institutional blockchain adoption due to unified security layers’ potential ability to reduce development costs and technical barriers for enterprises. According to Symbiotic CEO Misha Putiatin, the shared security model allows organizations to leverage existing blockchain security infrastructure rather than building custom […] The post Ethereum securing Solana: Unified security layers may accelerate institutional crypto adoption appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb says it will compensate customers who were affected by an outage that took the platform offline for about 100 minutes on September 2. The post Crypto Exchange Bithumb Promises to Compensate Customers After 100 Min. Outage appeared first on Cryptonews.

Researchers posing as children on Character AI logged 669 harmful interactions in 50 hours, including grooming and drug offers.

Bitcoin (BTC) scored an average trust rating of 4.67 on a 10-point scale across 25 countries, according to a survey released by Cornell Bitcoin Club on Sept. 3. The survey reveals significant regional variations in perceptions of cryptocurrency. Nigeria led global Bitcoin trust levels, while Japan recorded the lowest scores among surveyed nations. BTC consistently […] The post Bitcoin averages 4.67/10 trust score across 25 countries in Cornell survey appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Despite $300 million in spot ETH ETF outflows, healthy derivatives and institutional investor activity keep Ether’s $5,000 path intact. Key takeaways: $300 million outflows from US-listed Ethereum ETFs represent just 1.3% of assets under management. Derivatives positioning and stable long-to-short ratios suggest strong $4,300 support despite leveraged long liquidations. Read more

Anchorage Digital has added custody and staking for Starknet’s STRK token, expanding the token's utility for institutional investors in the US. Anchorage Digital, a chartered crypto bank in the United States, has launched custody and staking support for Starknet’s native token, STRK, seeking to address investors’ appetite for yield generation on digital assets. According to a Wednesday announcement, staked STRK currently yields an annual percentage rate (APR) of 7.28%. Anchorage, offering STRK custodian services since January, is expanding the token’s utility. “Anchorage Digital has a long-standing relationship with Starknet and now is opening the door to institutional custody and staking of STRK,” the company said in a statement. Read more

The leading cryptocurrency's hash rate has reached one zettahash per second on a seven day moving average for the first time.

Bitcoin’s largest investors are steadily reducing their exposure, with data showing a direct link to profit-taking during the recent rally. Glassnode reported on Sept. 3 that wallets holding between 100 and 10,000 BTC now average just 488 BTC—the lowest level since December 2018. According to the firm, this decline marks a continuation of a trend […] The post Bitcoin whale holdings dwindle to lowest levels since 2018 amid significant profit-taking appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The Bitcoin miners grew BTC output in August while expanding their operational hash rates more than 100% year-over-year. Bitcoin miners Riot Platforms and CleanSpark boosted their crypto production in August, according to operational updates on Wednesday. Riot Platforms mined 477 BTC in August, up from 322 BTC year-over-year. The output represents a 48% increase compared to August 2024. According to the company, it sold 450 BTC for net proceeds of $51.8 billion during the month, and now holds 19,309 BTC, a 92.7% increase in 12 months.  Meanwhile, CleanSpark mined 657 BTC in August, up from 478 BTC during the same month in 2024. The jump amounts to a year-over-year increase of 37.5%. The company sold 533.5 BTC for $60.7 million last month. Read more

The crypto market has rebounded as Bitcoin tops $4 trillion in total cap. Alongside major alts, newer tokens such as PEPENODE, Maxi Doge, and Snorter have been recognized as some of the best new crypto to buy today, each showing growing interest and potential for further gains in the months ahead. The post Best New Crypto to Buy Today – 3 September appeared first on Cryptonews.

Publicly traded Portage Biotech is shifting gears, launching a crypto treasury for the Telegram-linked TON and taking the name AlphaTON.

American Bitcoin Corp. (ABTC), backed by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Sept. 3 seeking to raise $2.1 billion through share sales. The filing follows a volatile Nasdaq debut that saw ABTC stock surge 91% in one hour before crashing lower than the opening price by […] The post Trump brothers seek $2.1B raise via share sales amid American Bitcoin’s volatile Nasdaq debut appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The crypto exchange could compete with Coinbase, though its stock now is overpriced, analysts at the investment bank said.