According to information shared by Wu Blockchain, the attacker returned approximately 3,400 Bitcoins (BTC) stolen from Liquid Network. This amount corresponds to roughly 85% of the stolen funds. However, approximately 598.5 BTC has still not been returned.

Blockstream refused to pay a ransom to recover the remaining Bitcoins. The company characterized the unauthorized taking and non-return of assets not as ethical security research, but as outright theft.

Blockstream chooses the legal recovery path

Blockstream stated that if the remaining funds are not returned, it will conduct legal recovery efforts in conjunction with law enforcement, crypto exchanges, and forensic experts.

SlowMist founder Cos, on the other hand, found Blockstream’s firm stance “surprising.” Cos also mentioned that there might have been non-public negotiations between the two parties.

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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has launched the Demat 2.0 pilot. The program integrates electronic accounts where investors hold stocks and bonds with a blockchain-based infrastructure. Corporate bonds are issued as digital tokens in this system, while payments are executed using the Reserve Bank of India’s wholesale digital rupee.

As part of the pilot, the state-controlled energy finance entity REC issued bonds worth approximately 500 crore rupees ($56 million) this month. Larsen & Toubro conducted an issuance of the same size, while the non-banking lender IIFL Finance raised approximately 25 crore rupees ($2.8 million).

Bond and payment meet in the same flow

Demat 2.0 connects the distributed ledger that maintains the records of tokenized bonds with the central bank’s wholesale digital rupee through the Unified Market Interface. Thus, instead of completing the delivery of the bond and the payment separately on different systems, the two transactions proceed together. This structure aims to reduce settlement risk, such as when one party makes the payment but the other fails to deliver the bond.

The fundamental features of the bonds remain unchanged. Fixed interest rates, maturity dates, and investor rights are preserved. While interest payments and redemption processes can be managed through smart contracts, the next phases of the pilot are expected to include secondary market transactions and retail investor access.

In this way, India is moving tokenization into traditional financial infrastructure controlled by banks, custodians, and central bank money, rather than expanding open crypto markets. The pilot does not tokenize the entire $620 billion market; this figure represents the total value of the corporate bond market in India.

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August producer prices rising by 5.4% and exceeding the 5.1% expectation shifted investor outlook for next week’s Federal Reserve meeting. Bitcoin fell nearly 2% in 24 hours, dropping below $77,000, while rising bond yields expanded the sell-off in crypto assets.

According to CoinDesk data, the CoinDesk 20 index fell by approximately 3%. Within the CoinDesk 100, 95 assets ended the day with losses. The 30-year U.S. Treasury bond yield climbed to its highest level in 19 years, while the 10-year yield approached 5% and the two-year yield rose above 4.5%.

Sharp losses seen in Zcash and altcoins

Zcash (ZEC) dropped about 12% to around $1,134. Despite this, the cryptocurrency is up approximately 34% weekly and about 145% monthly. Hyperliquid (HYPE) fell nearly 7%, dropping below $79, with its weekly loss reaching approximately 10%.

Dogecoin (DOGE) fell about 6% to 8 cents, while XRP dropped approximately 3% to $1.34. Solana (SOL) lost more than 3% in value, pulling back below $100. Ether remained around the $2,445 level with a roughly 2% decline, and BNB slipped just over 1%. Tron (TRX) traded flat, becoming the only major cryptocurrency to avoid losses.

Bitget analyst Lewis Huang identified $76,270 as a key support level for Bitcoin. Bitcoin is currently trading less than $800 above this level.

Interest rate futures are pricing in an approximately 70% probability of a rate hike at the Sept. 15-16 Fed meeting. This rate was around 50% two weeks ago. In the upcoming U.S. CPI data, headline inflation is expected at 3.4% and core inflation at 2.4%.

Alongside rising bond yields, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $120 million in outflows on Wednesday. Ether, XRP, and Solana ETFs recorded net inflows on the same day. The price per barrel of Brent crude oil also rose more than 6% to over $107.

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According to reports from The Block, Senator Cynthia Lummis and other Republicans have unveiled the new text of the Clarity Act, which aims to regulate the cryptocurrency industry at the federal level. The first procedural vote on the bill in the Senate is scheduled for September 15.

The most significant change in the revision involves new provisions for non-decentralized crypto trading protocols. The bill stipulates that these protocols must register with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Additionally, the CFTC and the Treasury Department are tasked with drafting detailed rules for the relevant sector.

Clarity Act mandates CFTC registration for non-DeFi trading protocols

The text defines non-decentralized protocols as structures managed by individuals or groups that can directly or indirectly control or materially change their operation or rules.

The new section is reported to be among the clauses Democratic senators requested to be added to the bill. Lummis argued that the bill is a bipartisan effort, stating that more than 114 provisions were added to the text in line with the requests of her Democratic colleagues.

The revised text specifies that DeFi provisions will only apply to spot and cash digital commodity transactions. Lummis stated that this change aims to address concerns raised by tribal governments regarding how prediction markets would be affected by the bill. Some clarifications regarding the cryptocurrency activities of credit unions were also added to the text.

No major changes to ethics provisions

There are no significant changes in the ethics section of the bill. The current text prohibits public officials, government employees, and their spouses from issuing or endorsing digital assets. Primary authority for enforcing the provisions is granted to the Department of Justice, and the regulation is scheduled to sunset in January 2029.

According to Politico, the revised text does not currently have Democratic support. This could make it difficult for the bill to pass the Senate. The Clarity Act is facing a challenging path due to the stablecoin rewards debate between banks and the crypto sector, concerns over illicit finance, and unresolved issues regarding how to handle the hundreds of millions of dollars in crypto wealth linked to President Donald Trump’s World Liberty Financial and the TRUMP memecoin.

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Today, many tokenized securities maintain two records: the on-chain record showing token ownership and the official shareholder list considered legally valid. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a framework that could end this distinction with its proposal to update transfer agent rules that are nearly 50 years old.

If the proposal is accepted, electronic databases and blockchain ledgers could be used as the official record of security ownership. This would allow blockchain to move beyond being just a technology added on top of existing market infrastructure and instead function as the legally recognized primary record.

The era of double registration for tokenized shares may change

In these structures, issuers and transfer agents are forced to compare blockchain activity with the official shareholder record and reconcile the records after every transfer. If the SEC’s proposal is implemented, this process could be conducted around a single master record.

Joris Delanoue, CEO of the on-chain transfer agent Fairmint, noted that official records of ownership historically consisted of paper in a filing cabinet, whereas today they are kept as a database. Delanoue stated that the proposal could allow blockchain to be used as this database.

Eli Cohen, legal lead at Centrifuge, expressed that these two separate recording systems could create serious confusion in cases of insolvency or bankruptcy. Having blockchain as the primary security record could reduce the risk of ownership information conflicting across different systems.

Regulations and transfer agent duties will continue

The proposal does not mean that tokenized securities will be exempt from ownership and transfer rules. Even if the blockchain is public, tokens will continue to function alongside identity checks, ownership requirements, and transfer restrictions.

The duties of transfer agents will also remain. These institutions will need to continue tasks such as inheritance proceedings, legal notices, address changes, ownership restrictions, and the correction of erroneous records. In other words, simply running a smart contract will not be enough to manage the official record of ownership.

The proposal notes that the current 3-5 day period for processing documents received via mail could be reduced to 1 day. A 60-day public comment period will be held for the regulation, ending at the beginning of November. Tokenization companies and traditional financial institutions are expected to submit their views on the proposal during this period.

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) reported that Polymarket and Kalshi lack the EU authorizations typically required to serve EU users. The agency emphasized that the contracts offered by prediction markets may be subject to different regulations depending on their nature.

On these platforms, users trade on future events such as elections, sporting matches, cryptocurrency prices, and economic developments. The contracts provide a fixed payout if a specific outcome occurs; otherwise, they pay nothing.

ESMA noted that while the two platforms restrict users in some EU countries, they have not added all member states to their restricted lists. The agency stated that this could increase the risk of providing unauthorized services and violating existing restrictions aimed at retail investors.

Legal status of prediction contracts varies by agreement

The regulatory body also questioned how effectively the platforms block VPN connections, which can be used to hide user locations. In July, France instructed internet service providers to block access to Polymarket, while similar restrictions have been implemented in countries such as Switzerland, Poland, Singapore, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, and Brazil.

The legal status of the contracts can vary based on their content. They may be considered financial instruments, crypto-assets under MiCA if based on distributed ledger technology but not classified as financial instruments, or gambling products under national law. Contracts deemed financial instruments may be subject to binary option restrictions aimed at retail investors.

ESMA also noted that major tech companies have borrowed heavily to finance AI spending; it stated that these expenditures have inflated valuations, increasing the risk of an AI bubble. A warning was issued that if AI investments fail to meet expectations or if debt pressure triggers a sell-off in tech stocks, major investors might sell their crypto-assets to meet liquidity needs.

Bitcoin fell by 35 percent in the first half of 2026, while losses in smaller tokens reached 61 percent. With more than $5.5 billion in outflows from spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the US, spot Ether funds also saw outflows of approximately $2 billion. ESMA reported that a new sell-off in tech stocks could increase pressure on crypto-assets.

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The collaboration between Coinbase and payment infrastructure provider Moov aims to offer over 1,000 community banks and credit unions services such as stablecoin payment acceptance, settlement, and real-time funding. The partnership aims to connect these features to existing banking infrastructures without building a new crypto system.

In the planned integration, Coinbase’s Payments API and custodial wallets will be added to Moov’s existing payment platform. This will allow institutions to offer services such as consumer payments, merchant stablecoin acceptance, payment settlement, and disbursements.

Stablecoin Infrastructure to Be Brought to Small Financial Institutions

Ryan VanGrack, Coinbase’s lead for institutional relations, stated that local banks and credit unions need new technologies compatible with their current systems to compete with large financial institutions. Moov will provide access to these institutions through its existing payment platform.

Jill Castilla, CEO of Citizens Bank of Edmond, said small businesses are looking for lower payment costs and faster collection. The use cases targeted by the partnership include stablecoin-based solutions that can enable businesses to receive payments faster.

Coinbase’s banking strategy is expanding from crypto trading and custody services toward providing embedded payment infrastructure that traditional financial institutions can use directly. The company partnered with PNC in July 2025 to offer crypto services to banking customers and subsequently established similar connections with Citi and JPMorgan.

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According to a report by CoinDesk, the yield on the 10-year US Treasury note rose to 4.856%. The Treasury Department’s announcement that it would buy back long-term bonds had created expectations for lower borrowing costs. However, the market reaction shifted in the opposite direction of expectations.

The Treasury’s latest operation targets bonds with maturities of 10 to 20 years and involves a $6 billion debt buyback. This amount is at least double the typical $2 billion transactions. Despite this, the 30-year bond yield rose above 5.3%, nearing its peak in August.

Bond buyback failed to reduce borrowing pressure

The buyback program aims to limit the rise in yields and support market liquidity by increasing demand for long-term bonds. Although yields initially declined following the announcement, they later rose sharply.

According to analysts, the fundamental issue is that the buyback does not eliminate the US government’s total borrowing needs. While the Treasury buys back long-term bonds, it continues to finance itself through short-term instruments. This transaction only changes the maturity structure of the debt; it does not reduce new borrowing requirements.

Rising public spending and high federal debt are keeping concerns alive that more bond issuances could occur in the future. As bond yields also rise in Europe and Japan, investors are worried about inflation, oil prices, and the sustainability of public debt.

High yields continue to be a pressure factor for Bitcoin

The rise of long-term bond yields into the 4% to 5% range can exert pressure on risky assets like Bitcoin. This is because every dollar invested in Bitcoin means forgoing the opportunity to earn the 4-5% yield offered by long-term Treasury bonds.

However, this relationship works more strongly during periods when yields rise due to economic growth. In the current uptrend, high public debt, expectations of increased spending, inflation, and oil prices are more prominent. This distinction suggests that the impact of rising bond yields on Bitcoin depends on prevailing economic conditions.

In this environment, Bitcoin is moving sideways around $78,000. WTI oil rising to approximately $97 per barrel also heightens concerns that inflation could remain high for longer through energy costs. This outlook increases fears that energy costs could keep inflation elevated, complicating the Federal Reserve’s task.

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Speaking to CNBC, Brian Armstrong argued that the U.S. Senate’s Clarity Act vote, scheduled for September 15, could lead to positive outcomes for the crypto sector in two different ways. According to Armstrong, if the bill passes, a legal framework will be established; if it fails, regulatory clarity could be provided through the rulemaking efforts of the SEC and CFTC.

The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act aims to resolve uncertainty regarding which agency will oversee crypto assets in the US. The bill envisages that tokens considered securities will be overseen by the SEC, while decentralized commodities like Bitcoin will be overseen by the CFTC. It also aims to create a federal framework for crypto exchanges, broker-dealers, and stablecoins.

Critical highlights for the Clarity Act

Armstrong said that even if the bill does not pass, the SEC and CFTC are ready to publish rulemakings on the day of the vote or within the following day or two.

Armstrong stated that the bill has bipartisan support and that law enforcement, banks, and crypto companies support the process. Arguing that the fundamental issues previously raised by Coinbase have been resolved, Armstrong nonetheless acknowledged that ethical provisions regarding elected officials owning digital assets have not yet been finalized.

Stating that the White House proposed strong ethical regulations, Armstrong noted that Democrats additionally want a provision that would mandate the divestment of digital assets. Indicating that the parties are close to a resolution, Armstrong stated that a definitive agreement has not yet been reached on this section of the bill.

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According to the exchange’s announcement, trading support is scheduled to begin as of September 10 at 07:45 AM UTC+3. It was noted that this start may be delayed if sufficient liquidity is not provided.

Deposits and withdrawals will only be supported via the Bifrost network. It was reported that transfers via different networks will not be accepted, and the refund process for incorrect network transfers may take a long time.

A restriction will be applied for the first 5 minutes on buy orders and sell orders at levels 10% or more below the previous day’s close. Additionally, only limit orders will be accepted for approximately 2 hours after the start of trading support.

Upbit announced that the price used as the basis for restrictions is the previous day’s closing price in the BTC market. This reference value for the asset was shared as 0.00000015 BTC (15.96 KRW and 0.1788 USDT).

According to CoinMarketCap data updated prior to publication, the Bifrost (BFC) price has risen 222% in the last 24 hours and is at the $0.03465 level.

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According to data reported by CoinDesk, Bitcoin rose as much as 1.6% intraday to $79,742—its highest level since 12:00 AM on September 9, 2026—before trading around $79,000. The move followed the U.S. Central Command’s announcement that it had destroyed five Iranian oil tankers, and Iran’s retaliatory missile strikes on U.S. bases in Jordan.

As Brent crude surpassed $100 for the first time since July, the Stoxx Europe 600 dropped 0.5% at the open. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also fell 1.2% in the previous session. In contrast, gold rose 1.06%, while silver gained 1.33%. Bitcoin’s movement in tandem with precious metals indicated that the cryptocurrency decoupled from equities during this session.

$46.65 Million Outflow from ETFs as Bitcoin Rises

Ether rose 0.3% to $2,490, while XRP climbed 0.4% to $1.42. However, according to SoSoValue data, U.S.-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs saw a net outflow of $46.65 million on Tuesday. The ETFs had recorded $174.6 million in inflows the previous Friday.

Open Interest in Futures Declines Amid Bitcoin’s Rise

Velo data revealed that futures open interest, which had increased as the Bitcoin price pulled back from $80,000, declined during the recovery. While this outlook is consistent with the closing of some short positions opened the previous day, it did not indicate a strong new capital inflow driving the rally. The total open interest in Bitcoin remained below the 700,000 level.

The ratio comparing the use of market orders by buyers and sellers in derivative markets returned to neutral after a two-day negative outlook. Call options with strike prices between $80,000 and $90,000 led the trading volume on Deribit. Data from Laser Digital also indicated that bullish bets in short-term options have strengthened.

Bitcoin’s 30-day implied volatility index, BVIV, rose above its 50 and 100-day moving averages. As the market awaits the U.S. Consumer Price Index data to be released on Friday, Ether’s equivalent indicator, EVIV, is also attempting to break above its 100-day average.

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Working natively with Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), Agentic Checkout enables users to communicate with an AI agent via a chat interface. When a user describes the product they are looking for, the agent can research products that meet the requirements and create a shopping cart.

Once a product is selected, the user can approve the purchase with the Visa or Mastercard-supported AEON AI Card. This allows the agent to complete the entire process—from product discovery to cart creation and payment—without exposing the user’s primary payment information or treasury wallet. A request given in natural language thus transforms into a completed purchase transaction.

AI Card: Controlled Spending Power for AI Agents

At the center of this experience is the AEON AI Card, designed to grant financial autonomy to AI agents while keeping spending under defined controls.

The infrastructure supports single-use agent cards and predefined budget limits. Thus, spending authorization can be restricted to specific tasks or transactions. Supported by crypto-based authorization and connected to the existing Visa payment infrastructure, the AI Card bridges the gap between on-chain assets and everyday commerce.

This structure enables agents to spend on behalf of users without directly accessing their primary wallets or traditional credit cards. This takes us one step closer to an agent-based commerce model where AI not only assists users in decision-making processes but also safely executes these decisions in the real economy.

From Agentic Checkout to a Larger Commerce Ecosystem

Agentic Checkout was designed to provide AI agents access to an open commerce ecosystem rather than a limited list of selected merchants. Through Shopify, agents can search among more than one billion products across categories such as clothing, home, beauty, electronics, and books in over 3 million stores operating in more than 175 countries.

Shopify is one of the first environments where AEON’s Agentic Checkout capability is being showcased. However, the infrastructure is designed to expand into different e-commerce ecosystems and support both physical and digital products. Amazon and Travala are planned to be the next platforms, bringing mass retail and travel inventory into the same agent interface.

The infrastructure also includes necessary security measures for real-world use. Full card numbers and security codes never enter conversation logs or model context. Ambiguous payment statuses are verified before retrying to prevent silent double charges.

As more commerce platforms open up to the use of AI agents, the secure authorization and settlement of these transactions will become increasingly important. AEON Agentic Checkout and AI Card provide the financial execution layer that ensures agents act within defined spending limits. AEON is developing the infrastructure that will allow agents to securely transact, make payments, and settle in both digital and physical economies.

A Settlement Layer for the AI Economy

Agentic Checkout and AI Card constitute two interconnected components of AEON’s agent-based payment infrastructure. While Agentic Checkout enables agents to execute commercial transactions, AI Card provides controlled financial authorization for payment. Together, the two products combine agent intent, payment authorization, payment execution, and settlement into a single flow.

AI agents are becoming increasingly capable of searching, reasoning, coordinating tasks, and making decisions on behalf of users. The next step is to ensure these decisions translate into secure and verifiable economic transactions. AEON aims to build this infrastructure by bringing together agent identity, payment authorization, payment execution, and settlement into a unified framework for the AI economy. Thus, it is aimed for AI agents to operate autonomously and securely within clearly defined financial boundaries in both digital and physical economies.

About AEON

AEON is a native settlement layer developed for the AI economy. Offering programmable payment tools including Agent Account, AI Card, and AI Gateway, AEON aims for autonomous AI to move seamlessly across global value networks. Designed to eliminate the fee burden, lack of programmability, and settlement delays in legacy infrastructures, AEON provides the financial infrastructure for agents to participate in the global economy across different currencies, blockchains, and protocols.

Offering native integration with standards such as x402, ERC-8004, MCP, and Google A2A, AEON aims to scale verifiable AI payments and directly connect agent capabilities to a network of more than 50 million global merchants. According to the company’s statement, AEON has processed a total transaction volume of over $514 million for more than 2.3 million users. AEON’s investors include YZi Labs, IDG Capital, HashKey Capital, and the Stanford Blockchain Builders Fund. The $AEON token is traded on major global exchanges including OKX, Bitget, Binance Alpha, and Bithumb.

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