Goldman Sachs has thrown cold water on expectations for a September interest-rate increase from the Federal Reserve, a development that could provide a major tailwind for bitcoin and other risk assets.
Bitcoin hovered near the $64,000 mark in Asian morning hours on Monday, gaining half a percent on the day but remaining down almost 3% over the past week.
The DeadLock ransomware group has adopted decentralized infrastructure, including Polygon smart contracts, to make its extortion operations significantly harder to disrupt, according to Microsoft Threat Intelligence.