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The S&P 500 slipped while Bitcoin pushed higher ahead of the release of the Federal Reserve minutes, a cross-market divergence that has traders weighing what the next macro signal means for both equities and crypto.
The core signal is agreement. Rather than one venue showing an outlier reading, all three markets sit inside the same 74%-75% band on the question of whether the Fed leaves rates unchanged, with Kalshi's September Fed decision contract among the actively traded venues.
Graham Capital, a roughly $20 billion asset manager, cut its Bitcoin ETF position by 75% during the second quarter and now holds about $9 million in BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), according to its latest SEC disclosure.
The end of trading is the first concrete step in closing the fund. Once a fund halts trading, shares no longer change hands on the open market, freezing normal price discovery for holders.
Swiss banking giant UBS has sharply increased its Bitcoin-linked exposure, reporting a roughly 24-fold jump in call options tied to a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund. The position, disclosed through a regulatory filing, reflects derivatives exposure rather than direct ownership of the cryptocurrency itself.
The move was flagged by crypto news account @WuBlockchain, which reported that Cboe is pursuing the 3x funds for both major tokens. Both Bitcoin and Ethereum are named in the push, signaling a broad leveraged product effort rather than a single-asset test.
Bitwise is weighing a tokenized version of its Solana staking ETF through a partnership with Superstate, an early-stage plan that would put an ETF-linked product structure onto blockchain rails rather than confirming a live launch.
The reaction reflects a familiar dynamic in crypto markets: when traders have already positioned for a bullish outcome, an inflation reading that merely meets expectations can disappoint. A catalyst only moves price when it surprises, and this one did not clear that bar.
A routing failure at infrastructure provider TeraSwitch degraded connectivity between Solana validators, disrupting the flow of network traffic that keeps the chain in agreement. For related coverage, see Gate US Joins BitGo's Off-Exchange Settlement Network .
Readers should treat this as a developing news update rather than a completed launch. The available context does not indicate that trading is live, finalized, or scheduled for a specific date.
Roughly 28. 83% of staked SOL went delinquent, pushing the Solana network toward a finality-halt threshold and raising fresh questions about validator uptime and transaction reliability.
The collection, minted under the Spritehood name, sold out its full 44,444-piece supply on Robinhood Chain , according to reporting on the launch. The mint is tied to a co-founder previously associated with the Pudgy Penguins project, whose retail toy expansion with Walmart has kept the brand in the spotlight.
Magic Eden is redirecting its focus away from Bitcoin and Ethereum NFT activity and toward iGaming, a strategic shift the marketplace is making as NFT trading volume weakens across its legacy chains.
Binance said it would launch an NFT marketplace with low fees, positioning the venue around a nominal 1% processing fee as it courts creators, collectors, and traders looking for cheaper access to the NFT market.
McLaren Racing has selected Hedera as the blockchain infrastructure behind a new push into fan collectibles, extending the team's digital engagement efforts to supporters through distributed-ledger technology.
Magic Eden is reported to be repositioning away from its Bitcoin and Ethereum NFT trading focus and toward iGaming, a shift framed against declining NFT trading volume across the marketplace sector.
Sixty-seven investors committed a combined $10 million to NFT tokens that launched worthless, a collapse now tied to fraud charges brought against the startup's founder in the Southern District of New York.
Sam Blackshear, the chief technology officer of Mysten Labs, is leaving the blockchain company for a security-focused role at AI developer Anthropic, marking a notable executive move that links crypto infrastructure leadership with artificial intelligence safety work.
The release, detailed in MetaMask's official launch announcement , centers on giving automated agents full DeFi access while applying default security on every transaction. For related coverage, see Best NFT Minting Tools in 2026: 7 Platforms for Fast, Flexible Launches .
Trump Media's bitcoin stash is drawing fresh scrutiny after a roughly $165 million BTC move raised the possibility that part of the company's reserve is now serving as loan collateral rather than sitting untouched on the balance sheet.