Liquid Network Breach: Blockstream’s Bitcoin sidechain Liquid halted after “purported white-hat hackers” withdrew ~4,000 BTC (~$320M) from its federation wallet, using SideSwap peg-out tooling; Liquid says the peg-out key wasn’t compromised and other assets like USDT weren’t affected, while Blockstream tries to contact the actors via signed on-chain messages. Macro Watch: Bitcoin is stuck near $80K as markets weigh strong institutional spot ETF demand against Fed-rate uncertainty; the dollar wobbled in holiday-thinned trading as Middle East tensions lifted oil and inflation risk, with CPI due Sept. 11 and the Fed meeting Sept. 15–16 in focus. ETF Flows: Spot Bitcoin ETFs logged about $986.9M inflows last week (roughly $3.8B over three weeks), while Ethereum and XRP ETF demand looked weaker. US Crypto Policy: Senator Cynthia Lummis warned the CLARITY Act could miss this session and push comprehensive crypto market-structure rules to 2030, with a key Senate procedural vote targeted for Sept. 15. Altcoin Momentum: Zcash surged to a record ~$1,225 as Grayscale’s ZEC ETF assets reportedly reached ~$463M, while Dogecoin popped on a short squeeze toward the $0.10 level. Corporate Crypto: Hut 8 doubled down on AI infrastructure via a $35B Anthropic-linked Nvidia data-center deal, and Capital B added 376 BTC for €25.3M, lifting holdings to 3,521 BTC.