JUST IN: 🇺🇸 SEC proposes new rules for advisers to legally hold Bitcoin and digital assets.

Details remain confidential.

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinArchive/status/2092629527612563728

JUST IN: 🟠 Bitcoin ETFs bought $2.56B in 7 days 🚀

Institutional spot demand is back with a vengeance.

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinArchive/status/2092613606823145515

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have taken in $2.08 billion over the past 5 trading sessions 🚀

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2092629807246766187

URGENT: 🟥 Critical vulnerability in Core Lightning❗️

Blockstream developers urge users to shut down CLN Lightning nodes right NOW!

Source: https://x.com/callebtc/status/2092683963366064550

NEW: 🇵🇰 Pakistan introduces new regulatory framework for Bitcoin and crypto 👀

They have “the rules, the regulator and the licensing framework to bring virtual assets into the economy, protect consumers and build the foundation for the next generation", says PVARA Chairman 🚀

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2092683585358860660

🔒 Blockstream App 3.5.0 adds air-gapped QR signing for Jade hardware wallets, plus beta Lightning payments and other updates.

📰 https://btctimes.com/blockstream-adds-air-gapped-jade-signing-to-desktop-wallet

📣 https://x.com/BTCTimescom/status/2092739080769433618

🔐 A proposal from Samson Mow to rename Bitcoin hardware wallets “signing devices” is stirring debate.

📰 https://btctimes.com/samson-mow-sparks-debate-over-renaming-hardware-wallets-signing-devices

📣 https://x.com/BTCTimescom/status/2092740048214991257

⚖️ Grayscale’s Zcash ETF ignites debate over its 2.5% fee, development funding, privacy claims, and Orchard vulnerability.

📰 https://btctimes.com/grayscales-zcash-etf-promotion-rekindles-debate-over-privacy-and-fees

📣 https://x.com/BTCTimescom/status/2092741110774767712

BULLISH: 🇺🇸 CNBC says the CLARITY ACT would be a "good upside catalyst" but Bitcoin and crypto "will persist" without it 👏

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2092703805460918377

BREAKING: 🟠 BlackRock reveals that most institutional investors now view Bitcoin as RISK-OFF.

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinArchive/status/2092702978696175622

FYI: 🇺🇸 U.S. Government moved 24.4 BTC worth $1.9 million to a new wallet, according to Galaxy Research 👀

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2092719882496278786

⚠️ Core Lightning plans signed fixes for reported vulnerabilities, advising node operators to upgrade or go offline during a two-week disclosure embargo.

📰 https://btctimes.com/core-lightning-team-plans-security-release-following-vulnerability-reports

📣 https://x.com/BTCTimescom/status/2092793587406622908

⚛️ Blockstream Research identifies Falcon-1024 as a leading quantum-resistant Bitcoin signature candidate, though adoption hurdles remain.

📰 https://btctimes.com/blockstream-research-evaluates-falcon-1024-and-other-lattice-based-signatures-for-bitcoin

📣 https://x.com/BTCTimescom/status/2092794981647831175

HISTORY: 🟠 On this day in history, 16 years ago, Satoshi Nakamoto admitted they have no way to “shut down” the complete Bitcoin blockchain network.

Source: https://x.com/DocumentingBTC/status/2092732659252249020

BULLISH: 🟠 Bitwise says the U.S. midterms won't slow down Bitcoin. 🚀

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinArchive/status/2092715525889482974

BREAKING: 🇨🇳 China political advisory body CPPCC member announces he "believes Bitcoin" can attract lots of wealth and innovators to Hong Kong 👀

"I believe that Bitcoin is one of the really good synergies... to attract more funds in our domains."

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2092805349925433692

NEW: 🟠 Sparrow v2.5.4 has been released, delivering several extensive security reviews, including:

- Verifies that fetched transactions actually match the requested txid

- Verifies Merkle inclusion proofs for newly confirmed transactions and leaves them unconfirmed if they cannot be proven

- Maintains a verified block-header store anchored to pinned network checkpoints

- Verifies proof of work on chain tips and warns when a tip becomes stale

- Requires anti-klepto protection when using BitBox02 and raises the minimum supported firmware to 9.4.0

- Hardens Ledger, Keycard, Trezor, Payjoin, PSBT and multisig handling

- Redacts Bitcoin Core credentials and other secrets from debug logs

- Restricts existing wallet and backup directories to owner-only permissions

- Closes remaining local DNS resolution leaks when using Tor

- Adds stronger validation across wallet imports, signing, downloads and server responses

Download here.

Source: https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/2092958966829441383