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Ravi Nair

Bitcoin & Mining. Ravi follows hashrate, halvings
Bitcoin & Mining. Ravi follows hashrate, halvings and the industrial side of proof-of-work.
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Bitcoin
Liquid Network’s 4,019 BTC ($320M) Drain: What Two Sources Actually Confirm

Blockstream's Liquid sidechain lost 4,019 BTC (~$320M) in a peg-out. Two outlets confirm the figure; the on-chain "message" claim is single-sourced.
Bitcoin
Remixpoint Sells All Altcoins for 1,506 BTC as Smarter Web Buys 35 More

Japan's Remixpoint liquidated ETH, XRP, SOL and DOGE for a BTC-only treasury while UK's Smarter Web added 35 BTC as bitcoin traded near $77,000.
Altcoins
Ripple Labs Becomes Top Holding in NYSE-Traded C1 Fund at 17.5%

C1 Fund's Q2 2026 filing shows Ripple Labs Inc. ahead of Kraken parent Payward at 17.5% of net assets; some figures remain single-sourced.
Business
1789 Capital’s $300M Bet Values Polymarket at $21B, Per Unnamed WSJ Sources

WSJ sources say Trump Jr.-linked 1789 Capital will invest $300M in a $1B Polymarket round, valuing the platform at $21B, near Kalshi's $22B.
Altcoins
Polygon Confirms Bor and Heimdall Fixes From Austin, Kyoto Forks, Says No Exploits

Two outlets confirm Polygon patched DoS flaws before disclosure; version numbers and POL's $0.10 price come from a single source.
Altcoins
Solana’s Double Disinflation Vote Passes by a Hair as SOL Trades at $104.28

Two outlets confirm Solana's razor-thin governance vote to cut SOL issuance after Kraken nearly sank it; a fee-burn proposal failed separately.
Regulation
California Senate Passes AB 2409 40-0, Barring Official Memecoins From 2027

Lawmakers voted 40-0 to bar officials from memecoin deals starting 2027, as the Trump-linked token sits on $3.2B in mostly unrealized losses.
Business
Circle’s USDC Becomes Chelsea FC Shirt Sponsor: Two Sources, One Confirmed Fact

Circle and Chelsea FC confirm a Principal Partnership putting USDC on jerseys this season. A reported 4-year sponsor gap remains single-sourced.
Regulation
Bithumb Wins First Two of Four Lawsuits Over 620,000 BTC Error

Seoul court sides with Bithumb in two of four suits tied to a February 620,000 BTC credit error worth over $40 billion at the…
Bitcoin
StarkWare’s Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Test: $200 Cost, Block 964,199, No Fork

StarkWare spent up to $200 to move 10,000 satoshis in a quantum-resistant test transaction confirmed in Bitcoin block 964,199 on Aug. 27.
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