Key Takeaways Strategy repurchased $176 million of STRC and expanded its buyback program to $2 billion. The company’s founder Michael Saylor revealed the news. Gold bug and economist Peter Schiff questioned STRC demand despite its 12% dividend as Strategy supports the security. Market observers will watch STRC demand and the company’s 845,050 bitcoin holdings. Strategy…
In Bitcoin news today, an unidentified group behind Sunday’s Liquid Network breach has returned 3,400 of the 4,000 BTC withdrawn from the network’s federation wallet, according to information shared by Samson Mow. Mow is a former Blockstream chief strategy officer who has posted regular updates on the incident. About 598 BTC, worth roughly $47M, remains…
Rust held onto its place in the TIOBE Index top 10 in August 2026 after entering the ranking for the first time in July. The systems programming language remained at No. 10, while its rating rose from 1.34% in July to 1.45% in August. Python remained No. 1 at 18.53%, followed by C, C++, Java,…
Athough XRP has been consolidating around $1.40, analysts have become significantly more bullish about its next potential move. Two major events in the following week or so could determine whether XRP’s technical setups play out, potentially sending the token to a new multi-month peak at around $2.00. The first arrives on September 15, when…
TL;DR: The Magic: The Gathering The Hobbit Gift Bundle is on sale for $158 at Amazon, down from its $199.99 typical price. Credit: Magic: The Gathering $158 at Amazon $199.99 Save $41.99 The Hobbit’s pricier Gift Bundle has finally taken a big price drop away from its original $200 mark, with Amazon marketplace sellers bringing…
Key Takeaways Cypherpunk distanced itself from Robinhood’s unauthorized ZEC ticker token on Sept. 8, 2026. Driven by privacy asset interest, CYPH jumped 250% in 30 days while ZEC passed $1,200. Analysts like Chun warn that ZEC’s rally is a hype-driven squeeze rather than real protocol growth. Cypherpunk Says It Only Holds ZEC Nasdaq-listed Cypherpunk Holdings…
Robinhood’s tokenized AMC product briefly traded far above the referenced stock during the U.S. Labor Day weekend, prompting a fresh test of whether activity on Robinhood Chain can move real equity markets. Summary Robinhood Stock Tokens provide economic exposure but grant holders no ownership or voting rights whatsoever. IOSG estimated tokenized AMC supply expanded nineteenfold…
Alexa+ also requires that all voice recordings be sent to Amazon for processing, and Amazon has changed its policy for recordings with regular Alexa, too—those now also go to Amazon. There was previously a “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature that you could select, which would process voice requests locally, but Amazon killed that…
In bizarre MicroStrategy Bitcoin news today, the BTC treasuries online store just listed a $250 Bitcoin-themed sneaker inspired by the Nike Air Jordan 1, with leather overlays, a mid-top silhouette, and custom branding that ties the shoe to the company’s Bitcoin identity. Awkwardly, checkout on the Strategy store only accepts cards and digital wallets like…
Investment in UK-based fintech companies declined to £1.8bn in the first half of the year, its lowest six-month total since 2016, according to KPMG’s Pulse of Fintech H1 2026 report. British financial technology companies had raised £5bn in funding in H1 2025, a year in which the UK accounted for 68% of fintech investment in the…
