French authorities have placed a woman under formal investigation as they examine whether alleged manipulation of Verasity’s VRA cryptocurrency helped finance tens of millions of euros in Dubai property purchases. Summary French investigators suspect VRA price manipulation helped finance Dubai property purchases linked to Svetlana A. Svetlana A. was formally investigated and detained over organized

Ethereum has begun moving toward what Vitalik Buterin calls a “cryptographic world computer,” with major changes planned to verification, consensus, privacy and state management after Hegotá. Summary Ethereum could evolve into a cryptographic world computer using proofs, privacy tools and decentralized components. Hegotá may become Ethereum’s last conventional fork before recursive STARKs and Lean consensus

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GIWA has rejected claims that its mainnet RPC was leaked, saying the Ethereum Layer 2 network has not launched its mainnet. Summary GIWA says its mainnet remains unlaunched, ruling out any leak involving a live mainnet RPC. Official documentation lists only GIWA Sepolia testnet RPC endpoints while mainnet infrastructure remains under development. GIWA runs on

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have attracted about $5.3 billion since the Treasury announced larger long-dated bond buybacks, according to ETF analyst Nate Geraci. Summary $5.3 billion entered spot Bitcoin ETFs after Treasury announced larger long-dated bond buybacks in August. $2.4 billion flowed into U.S. Bitcoin ETFs during the week ending September 25 alone overall. $999

Circle has secured a $100 million investment from Binance and a five-year commercial agreement designed to increase USDC distribution, giving the stablecoin issuer another channel as it competes with Tether. Summary Binance invested $100 million in Circle and signed a five-year agreement focused on expanding USDC. Circle will pay Binance monthly incentives linked to qualifying

U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds took in $2.39 billion during the Sep. 21–25 trading week, with net inflows on all five days. Spot Ether ETFs added $689.8 million, while Solana funds drew $188.1 million. Summary Bitcoin ETFs recorded $2.39 billion in weekly net inflows, led by a $999 million Monday. BlackRock’s IBIT drew $1.16 billion,

Bitcoin price traded near $84,000 on Sep. 26 after retreating about 4% from its weekly high of $87,363. Sell orders clustered above the price, while the daily chart showed BTC holding well above its 20-day midpoint. Summary Bitcoin price traded at $84,008 on Binance at 07:07 UTC, about 3.8% below its weekly high. Analysts identified

Zcash price has gained about 102% over the past month to trade near $1,535 as co-founder Eli Ben-Sasson has repeated his forecast that ZEC will reach $5,000 by the end of 2026. Summary Ben-Sasson said his $5,000 year-end forecast remains on track after ZEC passed his earlier $1,200 target. ZEC recently traded above $1,600 before