Mostly Bitcoin — Daily Digest

Last 24 hours of mainstream crypto coverage

September 29, 2026

Bitcoin Kingpin Michael Saylor of Strategy Has Something New to Sell You — bloomberg.com

Strategy is seeking to jumpstart demand.

The FBI is looking into a new possible ransom note connected to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie — fortune.com

Authorities are looking into the possibility of a new ransom note related to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, nearly eight months after she went missing from her Arizona home, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said. The sheriff’s department and the

Senate report claims Iran is using Tether's stablecoin to evade sanctions — engadget.com

Cryptocurrency linked to crime; in other news: fork found in drawer.

Privacy’s Defenders Podcast: Cowboys, Cypherpunks and Visionaries — eff.org

People are increasingly concerned about the ways in which mass surveillance is tracking our every move: from Flock license plate readers to face recognition to creepy ads that – based on what we see and do online – seem to know everything we’re thinking

Bukele apuesta por stablecoins tras fallido experimento de bitcoin — bloomberg.com

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Bitcoin Pioneer Adam Back’s Empire Beset by Hack, Lawsuits — bloomberg.com

Adam Back has long had a rarefied status in the Bitcoin world as a pioneering cryptographer whose work was cited by Satoshi Nakamoto and who has himself been rumored to be Bitcoin’s elusive creator.

Iran's Islamic regime using Tether cryptocurrency as 'financial lifeline,' US Senate report charges — jpost.com

The report ⁠found that 84% of crypto wallets that have been sanctioned by the US transacted in USDT, such as to help ​the Iranian government move money across its borders and support ​its currency.

Bukele Turns to Stablecoins as Bitcoin Payments Fail to Catch On — bloomberg.com

Five years after El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender in a bid to reinvent how money moves through the economy, the government is turning to a different crypto technology for the job: dollar-backed stablecoins.

Georgia Attorney General: scams demand a new consumer protection strategy — fortune.com

Consumers reported losing nearly $16 billion to fraud and scams in 2025, according to the Federal Trade Commission — a 25% increase over the previous year. Those losses represent far more than dollars: retirement savings wiped out, family finances upended,

California is banning public officials from making memecoins — engadget.com

The state has enacted several new rules around cryptocurrencies.