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TREE NEWS update: Telegram has become a sponsor of Codeforces, the world’s largest competitive programming platform, founder Pavel Durov said in a post on his personal channel on September 12. Codeforces runs more than 100 contests a year and has 4 million registered participants. Durov said he has backed Codeforces through his own companies since 2010, and that Telegram will support founder Mike’s plans to grow the platform further this year.

TREE NEWS update: US federally chartered crypto bank Anchorage Digital will give institutional clients access to Frgmnt’s fUSD stablecoin through its custody platform, allowing them to hold, mint, redeem and stake the token. The arrangement extends Anchorage’s custody and settlement services to a stablecoin issued by Frgmnt.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin briefly rebounded past $79,000 on Thursday as US CPI inflation data met expectations, with US stocks also turning green. The data delivered a new 22-year high in bond yields. The move higher came as the inflation print matched forecasts, easing immediate concerns about a sharper-than-expected price increase.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin briefly rebounded above $79,000 on Thursday after US CPI inflation data came in line with expectations, and US stocks also returned to gains. The data resulted in bond yields hitting their highest level in 22 years. The rally came as the inflation figures matching expectations eased immediate concerns about a sharper-than-expected rise in prices.

TREE NEWS reports: Crypto exchanges liquidated $522 million across the market in the past four hours, with short positions accounting for $350 million and long positions $172 million, Coinglass data shows. ETH liquidations totaled $268 million and BTC liquidations reached $161 million, making ether the largest single contributor to the wipeout.

TREE NEWS reports: White House National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett held between $1 million and $5 million of Coinbase stock as of the end of 2025. Hassett served as a Coinbase advisor from 2021 until January 2025, when he joined the White House. The disclosures only cover holdings through end-2025, so it is unclear whether he still holds the shares. The NEC plays a central role in the Trump administration’s crypto agenda, including its digital asset markets working group.

TREE NEWS update: Swiss crypto firm Bitcoin Suisse plans to cut up to 60 of its 120 employees in Switzerland as part of a business restructuring, with software development and back-office functions to be consolidated into international hubs. The layoffs take effect after a consultation period ends on September 20, and the company is also closing its IT development site in Copenhagen.

TREE NEWS update: Metaplanet reversed course on its executive stock options, cutting the potential shares by 41% and scrapping a planned employee warrant program. The move comes as the company’s shares fell about 17% over two trading sessions this week. The Tokyo-listed bitcoin holder did not give further detail on the revised terms.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin rose as markets weighed inflation data showing headline CPI held at 3.4% while core cooled on an annual basis. A hot monthly core reading kept Fed rate-hike odds near 62% ahead of the central bank’s rate decision, even as crypto markets rallied broadly.

TREE NEWS update: Senate Republicans released a revised CLARITY Act substitute on Sept. 10, five days ahead of a cloture vote. The new text adds CFTC registration and Bank Secrecy Act obligations for trading protocols that are not decentralized, limits the DeFi title to spot and cash digital commodity transactions, and clarifies what credit unions may do with digital assets.

TREE NEWS reports: Crypto futures liquidations across all exchanges reached $684 million over the past 24 hours, with short positions accounting for $423 million and longs $261 million, CoinGlass data shows. Bitcoin liquidations totaled $182 million and Ethereum $262 million. The largest single liquidation, worth $20.28 million, occurred on a HYPERLIQUID-ETH-USD contract.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin has gained 22% and gold 9.4% since July 24, with US debt above $40 trillion and Treasury yields nearing 5.0%. Markets price roughly 3.1 quarter-point hikes over 24 months, with September odds near 50% after swinging between 58% and 42%. A hold at the September 16 FOMC meeting could open a relief rally in rate-sensitive assets, while a hike would raise the odds of another move in October.

TREE NEWS reports: US spot bitcoin ETFs recorded a net outflow of 3,391 BTC, worth $266.76 million, on September 11. Over the past seven days the bitcoin funds have shed a net 2,921 BTC ($229.73 million). Ether ETFs posted a single-day net outflow of 17,723 ETH ($46.15 million) and a seven-day net outflow of 21,062 ETH ($54.85 million).

TREE NEWS reports: Standard Chartered’s Geoff Kendrick forecasts the SKY token will rise five-fold to $0.325 by the end of 2028, calling the Sky protocol “DeFi’s federal bank.” The thesis is built on growth in USDS supply and the value the protocol passes to token holders.

TREE NEWS reports: Litecoin mining pool founder Jiang Zhuoer said he sold 100% of his BTC position at $77,226 and has since been short, with the trade down 1.95% at $78,730.74. His full ETH spot position gained 5.74% from $2,467.61 to $2,609.31, and a 5% BNC spot position rose 0.51% from $4.81 to $5.305, leaving the combined portfolio up about 4.3%.

TREE NEWS update: Spark has opened its USDT savings vault to OKX users, with the exchange routing USDT deposits into the vault on X Layer, OKX’s own Layer 2 network. The vault currently holds under $500, and Spark’s risk reviewers noted the chain can be upgraded by its operator without delay.

TREE NEWS update: Blockstream has rejected a ransom demand tied to an exploit on its Liquid Bitcoin sidechain. Liquid said on Sept. 8 that 3,400 BTC had been returned and about 598.5 BTC remained outstanding. Transactions later resumed with peg-outs disabled, leaving the outstanding bitcoin unredeemed.

TREE NEWS reports: Robinhood has listed an INDEX token, but the listing may have confused two different tokens with the same ticker. X user GetRekt noted that Robinhood’s in-app chart does not match Index Cooperative’s chart on CoinGecko, and instead tracks The Index (INDEX) on Robinhood Chain, reflecting its recent all-time high and current price.

TREE NEWS update: AutoFlight, Anhui Tianze Lingjie Aviation Technology and Wanjiang Financial Leasing formally implemented a three-party strategic cooperation agreement on the 10th, including a purchase deal for 30 V2000CG CarryAll eVTOL aircraft. The aircraft will be delivered in batches and put into operation progressively.

TREE NEWS reports: Grayscale research head Zach Pandl said Zcash mining is currently highly profitable, with daily rewards of about $2 million versus Bitcoin’s roughly $35 million, yet per-miner daily returns about double Bitcoin’s and revenue per megawatt-hour about four times higher. Network mining activity has grown more than 2.5x this year on strong token prices, which Pandl said reinforces network security.