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bitcoin pinned at 63000 as order books thin out and the sp 500 sets a new record Thursday's session ended with the S&P 500 at an all-time closing high of 7,798.99. Bitcoin finished the very same session at $63,347.73 — only a few hundred dollars clear of a line it has been leaning against for over a month.

Bitcoin Pinned at $63,000 as Order Books Thin Out — and the S&P 500 Sets a New Record

metaplanet ceo shoots down 320m bitcoin sale rumors no bitcoin was sold When 5,014 BTC shifted out of Metaplanet-linked wallets on Wednesday, blockchain trackers lit up and the move had all the hallmarks of a corporate liquidation. It wasn't one. The bitcoin simply travelled from one Metaplanet custodial address to another.

Metaplanet CEO Shoots Down $320M Bitcoin Sale Rumors: ‘No Bitcoin Was Sold’

open robotics lab goes live as bitrobot starts taking access id applic In Brief:

Open Robotics Lab goes live as BitRobot starts taking Access ID applications

cypherpunks 46m zcash markup turns a 4 7m operating loss into 39 4m of net income Remove a single accounting entry and Cypherpunk Technologies would be reporting a rough quarter. Leave it in place and the company shows $39.4 million in net income.

Cypherpunk’s $46M Zcash Markup Turns a $4.7M Operating Loss Into $39.4M of Net Income

harmony mint exploit wipes 40 off one but bitcoin holds near 64000 with u s cpi in view Someone conjured roughly 4 billion ONE tokens out of empty blocks on Harmony — about 26% of the token's circulating supply — and bitcoin hardly flinched. That contrast explains most of what this market is doing at the moment.

Harmony mint exploit wipes 40% off ONE, but Bitcoin holds near $64,000 with U.S. CPI in view

boe phase 2 trial puts stablecoins and the digital pound inside one trade finance payment The Bank of England has skipped past the question of whether stablecoins or a central bank digital currency comes out on top. What it wants to know is whether the two can sit inside the same payment, covering one invoice, at the same moment.

BOE Phase 2 trial puts stablecoins and the digital pound inside one trade finance payment

xrp open interest swells to its highest since october just as cpi day arrives Futures open interest on XRP has climbed to 2.67 billion XRP, a stack worth roughly $2.73 billion. Not since October has the figure been this large, and it marks a jump from the 2.25 billion XRP recorded when the month began. All of that positioning is accumulating while the token hovers just pennies away from a threshold traders have had circled for weeks.

XRP Open Interest Swells to Its Highest Since October Just as CPI Day Arrives

bank of russia clears bitcoin ethereum and usdt for licensed trading venues In Brief:

Bank of Russia Clears Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT for Licensed Trading Venues

moneygram ramps goes live on solana offering cash out across 170 countries Cash in from twenty-five countries; cash out in more than 170. That lopsided ratio is the most revealing detail of MoneyGram Ramps launching on Solana, and it says plenty about who the product is actually built for.

MoneyGram Ramps goes live on Solana, offering cash-out across 170 countries

cardano earned its etf fast lane on aug 9 its only sponsor had quit on aug 7 On Aug. 7, Grayscale withdrew the registration for its Cardano Trust ETF. Two days later, on Aug. 9, ADA crossed the six-month CME futures threshold that would have allowed a spot ETF to bypass the most grinding stretch of SEC review altogether.

Cardano earned its ETF fast lane on Aug. 9 — its only sponsor had quit on Aug. 7