Key Takeaways Trader 0x362a shorted 15,785 ZEC at $867 on Sept. 4 and is down $5.27M after ZEC hit $1,249. The account also shorts 30,000 tokenized Strategy shares on Hyperliquid, down 52% as MSTR trades near $142. Free margin reads $0 and the ZEC short liquidates at $1,316.95, so a 10% rally erases the $3.76M
Key Takeaways Data shows altcoin perp open interest passed bitcoin’s on Sept. 6, the first flip since Dec. 2024. Altcoins outside the top 10 top $200B, up 10% in September, and ZEC open interest hit a record $2.4B. The fear and greed index reads 71 and bitcoin’s dominance is 59%, leaving the flip fragile if
Key Takeaways Liquid Network is paused after hackers drained roughly BTC 4,000 from its federation wallet. L-BTC is now backed by just 4.7% of the bitcoin required to maintain its 1:1 peg. The biggest question is what L-BTC will be worth when peg-outs resume — and who will absorb any shortfall. In the most recent
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. In most corporate environments, routine administrative tasks, from requesting a Certificate of Employment to processing internal promotions, require routing paperwork through human resources and waiting days for manual processing. Fintech giant Maya is working to
Key Takeaways Prominent whale Garrett Jin’s 32,760 ZEC short, opened near $444 in July, is $25.7M underwater as of today. ZEC hit $1,249 over the past 24 hours and is up 134% in 30 days. The asset ranks ninth by market cap at $20B. Jin made $11.24M shorting ZEC in June; with open interest at
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Digital advocacy group Digital Pinoys is backing a proposal to integrate the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) into social media and online gaming platforms. The organization argues that using national identity checks can confirm the real
Key Takeaways Liron Shapira gave 50% odds on Sept. 6 that AI breaks Bitcoin’s security and BTC falls 50%+ within two years. Buterin replied Sept. 7 that a SHA-256 or proof-of-work break is a “tiny” risk and BTC can patch the rest. BTC trades near $80,000 after a Sept. 3 high of $82,239, so the
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. The Philippine stock market is setting up for its largest initial public offering in history after regulators formally cleared the parent company behind digital payments giant GCash to list on the main board. With the
Key Takeaways Shared gas wallets connected rotating addresses to a wider network. A seizure warrant directed crypto firms to transfer targeted assets. Earlier findings helped agents pursue new wallets and infrastructure. Shared Gas Wallets Expose a Wider Network Federal investigators built the seizure cases by connecting blockchain transactions with donation addresses obtained from fundraising websites,
Weekly Crypto Roundup Get the weekly briefing for Philippine crypto insiders, from the country’s longest-standing crypto and blockchain news publication. Lito Villanueva, Executive Vice President and Chief Innovations and Inclusion Officer at Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC), has been named “Digital Banking Champion of the Year” at the World Financial Innovation Series (WFIS) Philippines 2026