Daily Archives: September 8, 2026

Metaplanet’s Bitcoin boom quietly turned a 46 million-share executive pay plan into a 319 million-share windfall

Metaplanet’s Bitcoin expansion has exposed an executive compensation windfall that shareholders want the company to unwind. The dispute centers on an executive options pool that expanded as the Tokyo-listed company repeatedly issued equity to finance its Bitcoin purchases. Shareholders are now demanding the cancellation of roughly 273 million potential shares added to management’s compensation package…

Why Bitcoin bulls shouldn’t mistake a shrinking dollar reserve share for central bank buying

A Sept. 2, 2026 analysis by New York Fed researchers shows how a few large reserve portfolios can lower the global dollar share without a broad retreat from dollars. For investors assessing future sovereign demand for Bitcoin, the distinction is between a changing average and an investment decision. Linda S. Goldberg, Oliver Hannaoui and Sneha…

Bitcoin Calms Below $80K as Fed Hike Odds Climb: Bitfinex Alpha

Bitcoin dipped below $80,000 as strong US jobs data raises the chances of another interest rate hike. Markets now put the odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike on September 16 at about 60%. According to the recent Bitfinex Alpha report, the US added 162,000 jobs in August, while unemployment stayed at 4.1%. The data…

Strategy’s $250 Bitcoin Jordans sold out as Saylor turns 4% of BTC supply into a consumer brand

Strategy’s $250 Bitcoin-themed Air Jordans have sold out, extending Michael Saylor’s treasury brand from Wall Street into consumer culture. The shoes, launched Sept. 4 through Strategy’s online store, were sold out by Sept. 8, with all nine advertised sizes listed as unavailable. The company did not disclose how many pairs it offered or when inventory…

Bitcoin bulls are loading up on calls while spot traders keep selling

Bitcoin’s derivatives market is turning more bullish even as spot traders remain reluctant to chase another move above $80,000. Glassnode’s latest Market Pulse showed demand shifting toward call options while US spot Bitcoin ETF inflows accelerated. Yet aggressive selling still outweighed buying on centralized exchanges, leaving the market without the broad participation that would make…

DBS and Citi Settle 24/7 Cross-Border Dollar Payment on SWIFT’s Ledger

DBS and Citi settled a US dollar cross-border payment between Singapore and New York on September 5 using tokenized deposits on SWIFT’s shared ledger, clearing the transfer in minutes over a weekend when a conventional payment can take up to two business days. The banks used tokenized deposits, commercial-bank money issued on a blockchain, with…

FOMC September 2026 Odds for a Rate Hike Surpass 50%

Traders using the CME’s FedWatch tool put the FOMC September 2026 odds of a 25-basis-point rate hike at the Federal Reserve’s September 16 meeting at nearly 56%, CNBC reported. The change followed Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh’s keynote speech at the central bank’s Jackson Hole symposium and left the September FOMC decision looking closely contested…

Bitcoin could get the dollar drop bulls want this week without getting the liquidity rally they need

Bitcoin’s next macro catalyst may weaken the dollar without delivering the easier money bulls need. The European Central Bank’s Sept. 10 policy decision could strengthen the euro and push the dollar index lower, potentially offering relief to Bitcoin after its latest slide below $80,000. But a currency-driven drop in DXY would provide limited evidence that…

3 Red Flags Are Emerging for Chainlink After LINK’s Powerful 95% Rally

Chainlink has staged a strong rally after the mid-August breakout. But its momentum may be cooling down. A new analysis suggests that LINK’s latest price move is facing several signs of caution after it surged 95% from around $7 to a recent high of $13.77 in just two months. Three Red Flags Ali Martinez has…

AI agents are executing millions of micro-payments on XRP Ledger, but hardly any tokens are being bought

An AI-payment hub on the XRP Ledger has recorded almost 4.5 million transactions while settling only a few thousand XRP. Near press time, the XRPL AI Hub, a dashboard run by t54 labs, showed 4,491,820 all-time transactions alongside cumulative settlements of 5,836.71 XRP and 4,125.29 RLUSD, Ripple’s dollar stablecoin. The figures cover the hub’s tracked…