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This Week Decides the Fed's Next Move and Bitcoin's Strangest Heist Ever | The News Block — Key Takeaways

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This Week Decides the Fed's Next Move and Bitcoin's Strangest Heist Ever | The News Block

Natalie Brunell8mSep 7, 2026

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Watch Friday's CPI report — if inflation runs hot alongside August's strong jobs print, a September Fed rate hike becomes highly probable, tightening conditions for Bitcoin short-term while reinforcing its long-term scarcity case.

Key takeaways

Blockstream Liquid lost 4,000 BTC ($319M) via software bug, not key theft

Blockstream Liquid lost 4,000 BTC ($319M) via software bug, not key theft

  • Bug bypassed the 11-of-15 federation approval requirement; hackers returned 3,400 BTC, kept ~600 BTC (~$47M) as self-claimed reward.
  • Exposes federated sidechain security models as a distinct risk layer separate from Bitcoin's base-layer security.

Oil at $95/bbl creates inflation the Fed cannot fix with rate hikes

Oil at $95/bbl creates inflation the Fed cannot fix with rate hikes

  • Brent crude rose ~9% in one week; Hormuz disruption raises transport, fuel, and food costs across the economy.
  • Fed can suppress demand but cannot produce oil — keeping rates high won't solve a supply-driven inflation spike.

162K jobs added is not inflationary — only 59.1% of working-age Americans are employed

162K jobs added is not inflationary — only 59.1% of working-age Americans are employed

  • Labor force participation sits at 61.6%; millions who want work aren't counted as unemployed, signaling slack in the labor market.
  • Fed rates already at 3.5–3.75%; hiking further on this data punishes a labor market that isn't actually tight.

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  1. 1mThis Week Could Decide What the Fed Does Next
  2. 1mThe $319M Liquid Network Hack
  3. 3mLedn
  4. 4mMetaplanet's Shareholder Backlash
  5. 7mOil Is Becoming the Fed's Problem Again

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