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Key Takeaways Nina Rong said lower gas fees are no longer the industry’s priority. Robinhood retains 90% of protocol net revenue while sharing 10% with Arbitrum. The dispute exposed competing approaches to funding blockchain growth. Robinhood Fee Debate Moves Beyond Transaction Costs A debate over Robinhood Chain’s network economics expanded on Sept. 6 into a

Key Takeaways Blockstream paused the Liquid network layer two (L2) after roughly 4,000 BTC, worth $320 million, was withdrawn by so-called white hat hackers on Sept. 6. Sideswap’s Elements bug raises new security concerns after 3,996 BTC cleared its peg-out service. Blockstream explained that it is in the midst of contacting the “white hats” as

Key Takeaways Fomo hit the top 5 U.S. finance apps, signaling strong demand for social crypto trading. CLARITY Act faces a Sept. 15 Senate test, with prediction markets pricing in failure. ZEC surged 87% in 30 days as a 153M-license leak intensified the crypto privacy debate. WEEK IN REVIEW FOMO Cracks Top 5 US Finance

Key Takeaways A 2016 Bitcoin wallet shifted 1,260.77 BTC, now worth over $100 million. Casascius holders redeemed nearly 75 physical 1 BTC coins in the first 6 days of September. Bitcoin must absorb more vintage supply as BTC trades near $79,733 after decade-long gains. Decade-Old Bitcoin Stash Turns Into $100 Million Fortune At first, September

Key Takeaways At block height 965664, Bitcoin difficulty ticked up 1.31% to 127.45T, marking its 8th bump of 2026. Bitcoin hashprice popped 22.24% from $32.42 to $39.63, while hashrate chilled at 934 EH/s. Bitcoin miners only got 0.43% from fees during the last 24 hours. In 2026, miners are very dependent on BTC’s price rather

Key Takeaways Garlinghouse highlighted XRPL’s low fees and settlement speed. Researchers tested a data-verification system on XRPL DevNet. The proof of concept did not constitute BIS adoption of XRPL. Garlinghouse Highlights XRP Ledger’s Technical Record Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse reacted on Sept. 4 after the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) published research describing a data-verification

Key Takeaways Bitcoin’s price held between $79,750 and $80,100 on Sunday morning as its daily uptrend remained intact. Bitstamp’s BTC/USD tape stayed between $79,586 and $80,147 as weekend volume thinned. Bitcoin faces $80,335-$82,239 resistance before bulls can confirm another breakout. Bitcoin’s 1-Hour Chart Keeps Bulls and Bears Walking a Tightrope Bitcoin’s price on the 1-hour

This article first appeared in Miner Weekly, a weekly newsletter by Blocksbridge Consulting curating the latest news in energy, compute, infrastructure, and data analysis from The Energy Mag. The original article can be viewed here. Public miners analyzed by TheEnergyMag shed an estimated 56 EH/s of realized hashrate over the first half of 2026—a 15%

Key Takeaways Bitcoin saw 600 BTC from 2010 swept into 12 new wallets on Sept. 5, putting $47.84 million in rare Satoshi-era coins back in play. Arkham tagged the 12 original wallets as a miner, tying the stash to Bitcoin’s early CPU-mining days. The 600 BTC sweep clocked a 60/100 privacy score, while where the