💵 Ripple Eyes $13T Corporate Treasury Market for RLUSD
Ripple's stablecoin chief Jack McDonald has identified corporate treasuries as a major growth frontier for RLUSD, pointing to a $13 trillion opportunity as the dollar-pegged token reaches $2.4 billion in circulation.
McDonald cited payments and capital markets as the primary drivers behind RLUSD's current growth. Ripple is also planning a European expansion, looking to bring RLUSD to market under the EU's MiCA regulatory framework.
With MiCA now in effect, stablecoin issuers face a clearer — if demanding — compliance path into Europe, making it one of the more accessible regulated markets for dollar-backed assets.
🟠 Whale Behind 2025 ETH Top Call Rotates $85M Into Bitcoin
An on-chain address that sold 50,600 ETH near the top in late 2025 has spent four days accumulating Bitcoin, converting $85.42 million in stablecoins into 1,075.6 BTC at an average price of roughly $79,400.
The wallet originally exited ETH at an average of $2,921 per coin. It still holds $74.32 million in unspent stablecoins, suggesting the accumulation may not be complete.
The move draws attention because the same address timed a major ETH exit near the cycle peak, making its current positioning a closely watched on-chain signal.
💵 Tether Launches $400M USDT-Linked Private Credit Fund
Tether has announced a new $400 million private credit fund linked to its USDT stablecoin, marking another step in the company's expansion beyond stablecoin issuance.
Details on the fund's structure, target borrowers, and investment terms have not been disclosed in available reporting.
The move signals Tether's growing ambition to deploy capital across traditional credit markets using its stablecoin infrastructure as a foundation.
New research suggests the timeline for a quantum threat to Bitcoin's cryptography may be compressing faster than previously anticipated — and artificial intelligence is accelerating the process.
Over just two months, researchers working alongside AI coding agents reduced the estimated cost of a quantum attack on Bitcoin's cryptography by 86%. The speed of that progress is what makes the findings notable: reductions of this scale previously took years of dedicated research.
While a quantum computer capable of breaking Bitcoin's elliptic curve cryptography does not yet exist, the rapid cost compression driven by AI tooling is shifting how seriously the crypto security community may need to treat the timeline. The Bitcoin network currently has no post-quantum cryptographic upgrade in place.
🪙 Cumberland adds 11.2M PONS on Robinhood Chain launchpad
DRW's crypto trading arm Cumberland has significantly increased its position in PONS, the leading token on Robinhood Chain's meme launchpad, according to on-chain data.
A wallet linked to Cumberland added 2.7 million PONS on September 11, bringing its total holdings to 11.2 million tokens. PONS has gained 1,384% and is currently the largest token on Robinhood Chain's launchpad platform.
Cumberland is one of the oldest and most established crypto market makers in the industry. Its accumulation of a meme launchpad token signals growing institutional attention toward Robinhood Chain's emerging ecosystem.
🟠 Bitcoin Depot's 2,500 ATMs Sold for $620K in Bankruptcy
Bitcoin Bancorp, a Las Vegas-based digital asset company, has acquired over 2,500 cryptocurrency ATMs from the Bitcoin Depot bankruptcy sale for just $620,000 — a fraction of their previously estimated $26 million value.
The machines were sold through bankruptcy proceedings, with Bitcoin Bancorp emerging as the buyer. The steep discount reflects the dramatic collapse in perceived value of crypto ATM infrastructure as the business model came under pressure.
The sale marks a significant moment for the crypto ATM sector, which has faced mounting regulatory scrutiny and declining operator margins in recent years.
🔐 Liquid Network restarts blocks after 4,000 BTC exploit
Liquid Network has resumed block production following a major security incident in which a white-hat hacker took control of nearly 4,000 BTC — approximately $320M — from the Bitcoin sidechain.
The Liquid team deployed emergency software updates to stabilize the network. Of the 4,000 BTC taken, 3,400 BTC has been returned. Block production is now active, but transactions and peg operations remain suspended pending confirmation that the network is fully stable.
The incident highlights ongoing security risks in Bitcoin sidechain infrastructure, even when funds are partially recovered.