FTX’s former Bitcoin mining bet gets new life as parent raises €800 million for AI
SWI Group has secured €800 million to expand its artificial intelligence infrastructure, transforming the FTX-supported Bitcoin miner Genesis Digital Assets into a…
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Eclair merges fixes for Lightning flaws that could burn Bitcoin in fees
ACINQ has integrated two patches into its Eclair Lightning node software to address vulnerabilities that could drain Bitcoin balances via excessive mining…
France’s tax proposal would tax Bitcoin-to-USDC swaps before investors cash out
France’s Finance Committee approved an amendment that would tax cryptocurrency conversions from Bitcoin into specific stablecoins like USDC as taxable disposals, eliminating…
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Thailand wants a piece of the $120 billion Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF market, but on its own terms
Thailand finalizes new regulatory guidelines to permit local Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds while limiting retail investor access to competing foreign investment instruments and boosting domestic financial institutions.
Lightning apps using unpatched LDK risk Bitcoin theft from a reconnect lie
The Lightning Development Kit has resolved a critical vulnerability that allowed malicious channel peers to execute Bitcoin theft through deceptive reconnection claims and false payment updates.
Some Kraken futures limit orders can still fill after a successful cancel
Certain limit orders on Kraken futures may still execute even after a successful cancellation request if received during the Maker Protection hold window, which pauses orders to protect resting participants.
BTCPay Docker users must opt into Tor at their next update to keep onion access
BTCPay Server version 2.4.5 requires Docker administrators to explicitly opt into Tor to maintain onion access and introduces default blocking for private-network destinations to prevent server-side request forgery.
Luxor’s reported 6–13% annualized Bitcoin yield depends on mining delivery
Luxor reported a 6% to 13% annualized Bitcoin financing spread in September, relying on prepaid mining power paired with price hedges, though investor returns ultimately depend on proper mining delivery…
Ethereum open interest rose 2.3% in ETH on Binance as its dollar value fell 6.6%
Ethereum open interest on Binance rose by 2.3% in coin quantity while its total dollar value fell by 6.6%, as analysis separates exposure shifts from repricing during market contraction.
Core Lightning patches critical security flaws and a Bitcoin payment bug
Core Lightning has released version v26.06.9 to patch critical security vulnerabilities, fix a Bitcoin payment bug, and resolve a traffic throttling regression affecting busy nodes running version v26.06.8.