Sep 8 — BTC ETF inflows, Liquid Network hack, and gas-fee reform

• Blockstream's Liquid sidechain paused after purported white-hat hackers drained roughly 4,000 BTC worth $320M — exposing custody vulnerabilities in federated Bitcoin Layer 2 designs. • U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs drew $986.9M last week, a third consecutive week of inflows and nine straight sessions totaling over $3B — signaling a sustained institutional bid as BTC holds near $80K. • Ethereum is moving to let users pay gas fees without holding ETH — a UX win for stablecoin and L2 users that raises questions about ETH's long-term demand as a monetary asset.