The Liquid Network Hack Began as a Fix for a 2019 Bug
The Liquid Network hack drained about 4,000 bitcoin, yet no keys were stolen. A patch meant to fix a 2019 flaw let the attacker mint unbacked coins.
The Liquid Network hack drained about 4,000 bitcoin, yet no keys were stolen. A patch meant to fix a 2019 flaw let the attacker mint unbacked coins.
Traders now put the odds of a September Fed rate hike near 58 percent, yet Bitcoin ran up 25 percent on the week and still held well above 80,000 dollars.
Bitcoin hashprice rose 22% to $39.63 by September 6, but hashrate stayed flat near 934 EH/s and fees are 0.43% of rewards. The gain is bitcoin's price.
Liquid Network lost 3,996 BTC, near 320 million dollars, to an Elements rangeproof bug on September 6. No key was stolen, and 197 BTC now back the peg.
Coinbase filed to bring single-stock perps to US traders and shares rose 10 percent, but the filing names no date, no stocks, and faces a CME lawsuit.
Bitcoin ETFs lost $236 million on September 1 while Solana and XRP funds took a tenth of that. Two days later $731 million rushed back on a Fed remark.
Altcoin treasury stocks ran up to 142 percent in two weeks while the tokens they hold rose far less, reviving the premium that just cracked on Bitcoin.
Bitcoin's gold correlation hit a six-year high near 0.86. The same reading was negative last spring, and gold has still outrun it on returns across 2026.
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US spot Bitcoin ETFs booked $3.52 billion in August, their best month of 2026, yet 2026 net flows stay negative and most asset growth is price, not cash.
BitMine holds 5.9 million ETH, nearly 4.6 percent of all supply, yet its stock trades near net asset value. The premium that fed ETH treasuries is gone.
Bitcoin closed its best month since 2024, then the market flipped a September cut into a two-thirds rate hike bet before the September 16 Fed meeting.
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Bitcoin ETFs posted their best week since October and Strategy resumed buying, but 2026 net flows are still negative and its fresh coins sit underwater.
Barclays flipped from zero Fed rate hikes in 2026 to two, and bitcoin near 77,500 dollars now prices a September move that the trackers call a coin flip.
Bitcoin whales added 39,154 coins last week while the smallest wallets sold into the rally, and the move stalled below an old supply wall near $83,000.