Bitcoin

Researchers have proposed Shielded Bitcoin, a privacy layer that could hide payment amounts, senders and recipients without altering Bitcoin’s consensus rules.

Bitcoin steadied just above $84,000 on Friday, changing little over 24 hours after slipping below that threshold earlier in the week, according to CoinDesk data.

spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded approximately $191 million in net inflows on Thursday, extending their positive streak to six consecutive trading sessions.

Researchers at cryptography firm Alloc Init have proposed Shielded Bitcoin, a system for private Bitcoin transfers without requiring a soft fork.

Crypto exchange Bitget said on September 24 that a system breach had exposed $351.6 million of its assets, potentially making it one of the year’s largest cybersecurity incidents.