暗号資産に連動した政治行動委員会(PAC)フェアシェイクが出した広告の支援を受けた5人の候補のうち4人が、予備選で勝利するか、あるいは別の形で火曜に次の段階へ進んだ。これは、業界の影響力が2026年の中間選挙に与える影響を占う材料となる可能性がある。 火曜、フェアシェイクに関連するPACが資金を提供したメディアに支持された民主党候補と共和党候補が、それぞれ「Protect Progress(進歩を守る)」と「Defend American Jobs(米国の雇用を守る)」を後ろ盾にし、米国の3つの州で勝利を収めた。これによりPACは、アラスカ、フロリダ、ワイオミングの下院・上院選で計約360万ドルを投じた。
Standard Chartered analyst eyes $100K BTC as US Treasury doubles long-end buybacks
Bitcoin could be poised for a run toward $100,000 by year-end as the US Treasury ramps up support for the long end of the government bond market in an effort to rein in surging interest rates, according to Standard Chartered analyst Geoff Kendrick. In a recent client note shared with Cointelegraph, Kendrick said Bitcoin’s (BTC) key technical level is $65,500, with a break above that threshold potentially confirming that the cycle low is already in. “Investors should now be positioning for a move ot USD $100,000 by year-end 2026,” he wrote. Beyond Bitcoin’s four-year cycle dynamics, which Kendrick said point to an imminent low, he highlighted Wednesday’s announcement from the Treasury Department that it will at least double the maximum size of certain liquidity-support buybacks for longer-dated government bonds. Treasury will increase the maximum size of buyback operations targeting 10- to 20-year and 20- to 30-year nominal coupon securities from $2 billion to at least $4 billion per operation. The expanded program is scheduled to run from Sept. 9 through Nov. 4. The announcement sent long-dated Treasury yields sharply lower, easing some of the pressure that had built across financial markets following a steep bond selloff. Wednesday’s Treasury announcement “is exactly the type of thing Bitcoin loves,” Kendrick wrote, pointing to the digital asset’s historical tendency to benefit from government liquidity interventions and its fixed supply, which makes it resistant to monetary debasement. Early signs appear to support Kendrick’s thesis, with Bitcoin surging more than 6% to nearly $69,000 in Wednesday’s late morning US trading, its highest level since early June, according to CoinMarketCap.
Injective receives SEC transfer agent registration for institutional services arm
Injective Institutional Services, an entity affiliated with the Injective blockchain ecosystem, said its registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a transfer agent is now effective, adding a regulated securities recordkeeping function to Injective’s tokenization infrastructure. Wednesday’s announcement said that the registration allows the affiliate to maintain securities ownership records and process ownership changes, an important function in traditional securities markets that could also support tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). The company plans to pair the transfer agent function with Injective Mint, its platform for issuing and managing tokenized assets. The registration follows Injective’s expansion of its tokenization efforts in recent months, including markets offering exposure to digital asset treasury companies, equities and shares in pre-IPO companies. As Cointelegraph reported, Injective Institutional Services filed its application to register as a transfer agent with the SEC in July. Transfer agents are part of the regulated infrastructure underpinning US securities markets. They maintain records of who owns securities and process ownership changes, a function that becomes particularly relevant when securities are issued or transferred onchain. Magazine: Data of 54,000 wallet users leaked, CLARITY odds just 10%: Hodler’s Digest
Centrifugeは、運用資産約16億ドルを表す3つのトークン化ファンドに、Symbioticの流動性ネットワークを追加しました。これにより、対象となる保有者は、ポジションをUSDCと交換する別の手段を得られます。 この統合は、AAA格付けの担保付ローンオブリゲーション戦略であるJanus HendersonのJAAA、短期の米国債戦略であるJTRSY、そしてNew York Life Investment ManagementのHYB(米国ハイイールド社債戦略)を対象としています。 SymbioticのLiquid Laneは、オンチェーンのリクエスト・フォー・クォート(RFQ)マーケットプレイスを採用しており、マーケットメイカーは償還リクエストを充足するためにバルツから流動性を引き出せます。その後、マーケットメイカーは取得したファンドトークンを発行体を通じて償還するか、別のRFQ取引を通じて売却できます。
Nexo launches regulated crypto-backed credit in Australia
Nexo Australia launched crypto-backed credit lines after becoming a credit representative under Australia’s National Consumer Credit Protection Act, the company said in a Tuesday announcement shared with Cointelegraph. The new credit lines allow eligible clients to borrow Australian dollars or stablecoins by using their cryptocurrencies as collateral without having to sell them. Funds are generally available within 24 hours with flexible repayments, with no fixed term or origination fees. Interest rates range from 0.9% to 21.9%, depending on the credit line and the client’s loyalty tier. Clients can choose between Smart and Standard credit lines, Peter Stanhope, general manager at Nexo Australia, told Cointelegraph. “The main differences are in rates, asset selection, and how client collateral is managed if their [loan-to-value ratio] rises,” Stanhope said. Nexo said borrowing against digital assets carries margin-call and liquidation risks, meaning clients could lose some or all of their collateral if its value falls. The milestone makes Nexo one of the few crypto platforms to offer regulated crypto-backed credit lines to Australian users. In May 2026, Block Earner became the first crypto company in Australia to secure its own Australian Credit License from ASIC. Nexo Australia is registered with the country’s anti-money laundering watchdog, AUSTRAC, as a virtual asset service provider and is a member of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). Magazine: Why Australia’s $17B crypto opportunity depends on regulation
Arthur Hayes takes CEO role at Flop Labs ahead of Q4 airdrop
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes said he would lead Flop Labs and updated his X profile to identify himself as the company’s CEO. Flop Labs is developing a proposed network through which AI agents would pay for computing and other services. “I’m coming out of retirement to lead @flop_labs,” Hayes said in a Tuesday X post. Cointelegraph has approached Hayes for comment and asked whether this position would affect his existing role as chief investment officer of Maelstrom Fund. Hayes said Flop plans a “massive airdrop” in the fourth quarter of 2026, before the network’s genesis block launches in early 2027. Further details will be announced later. Flop brands itself as a “proof-of-useful-inference protocol founded by Arthur Hayes,” in which AI agents spend the protocol’s native Flop (FLOP) token for inference and decentralized memory services. Hayes co-founded cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX in 2014 but stepped down from his role as CEO in October 2020. In July 2026, BitMEX announced that it would shut down its exchange on Sept. 23. Magazine: Why Bitcoin has recently reacted more to liquidity conditions than to rate cuts
Bitcoin ETFs add $189M as August net inflows approach $1B
US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds drew $189.3 million in net inflows on Tuesday, lifting August net inflows to about $951 million. The latest gains followed $297.6 million in net inflows on Monday, bringing the two-day total to $487 million, or more than half of the funds’ net inflows so far this month, according to SoSoValue data. BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust led the day’s inflows with $143.6 million, while Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund added $23.9 million. The rebound followed three consecutive sessions of net outflows from Aug. 12 through Aug. 14, when the funds shed about $250 million. Cumulative net inflows into US spot Bitcoin ETFs stood at about $52.28 billion, while total net assets reached roughly $79.3 billion. Meanwhile, spot Ether ETFs recorded $71.5 million in net inflows on Tuesday, bringing August net inflows to about $345 million. Bitcoin traded at $64,234 at the time of writing, while Ether was priced at $1,914, according to CoinGecko.
MAYAChain halts network after estimated $1.7M exploit
Cross-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) Maya Protocol halted its network after an attacker exploited a series of software flaws to obtain an estimated $1.7 million in crypto. On Wednesday, Maya Protocol’s pseudonymous co-founder Aalux said the attacker stole about 20 Bitcoin, valued at $1.4 million and another $300,000 in assets. He said the protocol implemented a global halt, contained further damage and started working on a fix to resume swaps. A preliminary technical analysis shared by Aalux attributed the incident to six chained bugs involving trade accounts, outbound transaction handling and liquidity pool calculations. It said the attacker used a single transaction containing 23 messages to trigger a false theft detection, artificially inflate a low-liquidity pool and withdraw 48.87 million CACAO tokens from Maya’s Asgard module. The report calculated that about $1.36 million was transferred to external blockchains, while the attacker retained about $291,000 in CACAO and trade-account positions on MAYAChain. Independent blockchain security researcher Vini Barbosa summarized the findings and noted that CACAO fell by 88.7%, from approximately $0.115 to $0.013 during the incident. The analysis estimated a wider $10.9 million decline in pool value, but said that figure included arbitrage activity and CACAO’s devaluation rather than assets stolen solely by the attacker.