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83 itemsSeptember 1, 2026
- CoinDesk
SEC proposes transfer agent rule, sets event to figure out round-the-clock U.S. trading
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued an agenda for its 24-trading roundtable and proposed a new transfer-agent rule with blockchain implications.
- Cointelegraph
Thailand adopts crypto Travel Rule with self-custodial wallet checks
Thailand adopted a crypto Travel Rule requiring digital asset operators to verify control of self-custodial wallets and retain transaction data for five years.
- CoinDeskScore: 95
Trump Jr's firm leads $1 billion Polymarket raise at $21 billion value: Report
1789 Capital is putting in about $300 million, adding to a roughly $200 million stake, as the prediction market's valuation rises from $15 billion.
- CointelegraphScore: 90
Trump Jr.-linked 1789 Capital leads Polymarket’s $1B raise: Report
Donald Trump Jr.-linked 1789 Capital will reportedly lead a $1 billion investment round into Polymarket, which would value the platform at $21 billion, just below Kalshi’s $22 billion valuation.
- CryptoSlateScore: 90
How short liquidations cleared $500B in crypto positions before institutional buyers took over
Crypto added roughly $500 billion in market value in a matter of days as Bitcoin ran from about $63,500 toward $80,000 last week. A liquidation squeeze powered much of the first phase, and regulated investment products then supplied fresh capital once forced buying began to fade. Tom Lee told Milk R...
- The BlockScore: 90
SEC seeks to update its 1970s-era transfer agent rules for the blockchain age
The SEC is seeking to update its rules for transfer agents to keep pace with new technology, including blockchain and tokenization.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
BlackRock drives $217M Bitcoin ETF rebound as altcoin funds continue streaks
Ether ETFs extended their inflow streak to 11 trading sessions, while XRP and Solana funds each logged a 10th consecutive positive session.
- CointelegraphScore: 85
London Stock Exchange partners with Kraken parent for tokenized UK stocks: FT
The London bourse operator is seeking to offer 24/5 exposure to UK-based tokenized equities, as more TradFi institutions explore tokenized equities offerings.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Cronos validators erase transaction history to contain massive $75 million lending protocol exploit
Cronos has restarted and restored block production after validators restored the chain to its state before the Tectonic exploit, replacing an open-ended network halt with a monitored restart. In an Aug. 31 update, Cronos said the restarted chain was producing blocks from block 90,896,189, with a tim...
- CointelegraphScore: 85
SEC proposes broad update to decades-old transfer agent rules with blockchain nod
The proposal would modernize rules largely unchanged since the 1980s, addressing blockchain-based recordkeeping, tokenized securities and increasingly automated market infrastructure.
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
UK is hunting the $86 billion Russia-linked crypto pipeline as it moves to double sanctions fines
Britain is widening its Russia sanctions crackdown from named entities to the payment routes that keep sanctioned networks moving money. On Aug. 31, the National Crime Agency issued its first nationwide industry alert on the A7 network, directing banks, payment providers and crypto firms to examine ...
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Cross-chain oracle compromise triggers liquidations and frozen vaults across multiple DeFi networks
Switchboard, an oracle provider that supplies price data to DeFi applications, said contributors halted its deployments on Aptos, Sui, IOTA and Movement after reports of a potential Switchboard Move oracle compromise in its Move-language implementations. At least three applications reported losses, ...
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
Russia opens central bank digital currency to millions as 12 major banks and top retailers face rollout rules
Russia opens digital ruble access to customers of connected banks today, Sept. 1, moving the central bank digital currency beyond restricted pilot access as major banks and the first covered retailers activate payment infrastructure. Related Reading Russia delays digital ruble CBDC launch, extends p...
- CryptoSlateScore: 85
How a hacker reused the same authorization message 1,490 times to trigger massive crypto payout loops
According to the ICON Foundation, the Aug. 27 ICON replay exploit released 119,866,000 ICX and 531,600 bnUSD from foundation-held assets after two legitimate withdrawal messages were reused 1,492 times. Its Aug. 30 postmortem said 1,490 calls succeeded, while no user deposits, balances or positions ...
- DecryptScore: 80
UK's National Crime Agency Freezes $13.6M of Premier League Money in Sorare Probe: Report
The sum was the first payment under a $163 million deal with the Messi-backed fantasy card game, now facing a gambling prosecution.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Singapore proposes 100% reserves and a ban on yields for stablecoin issuers
The country’s financial watchdog says its proposed stablecoin rules are aligned with U.S. and EU frameworks and that it also paves the way for the recognition of foreign stablecoin.
- CryptoSlateScore: 80
Russia just switched on a crypto market that doesn’t fully exist yet
Russia’s new crypto law took effect Sept. 1, but investors cannot yet access the full market it promises. Federal Law No. 282-FZ gives cryptocurrency a formal place within Russia’s supervised financial system, allowing regulated investment and cross-border use through brokers, exchanges, management ...
- CointelegraphScore: 80
Fake Claude desktop app spreads crypto-stealing malware
RevStealer targets more than 50 crypto wallets alongside browser passwords, cookies, messaging data and selected documents.
- CoinDeskScore: 80
Citi, Goldman, other global banks and asset managers team up on stablecoin venture
The group will focus first on a U.S. dollar stablecoin for payments and digital asset settlement, with a euro token a priority for expansion.
- DecryptScore: 80
Dropbox Security Breach: Hackers Access Accounts Through Authentication Flaw
Attackers reportedly registered Lenovo IDs using victims’ email addresses, allowing them to sign into existing Dropbox accounts without their passwords.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Thailand SEC proposes retail access to regulated overseas crypto derivatives
Thailand’s SEC seeks comments on rules requiring retail-accessible overseas crypto derivatives to trade on qualifying, centrally cleared exchanges.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
How Saylor’s $2 billion capital loop is quietly rewriting the rules of Bitcoin ownership
Michael Saylor recently published an essay arguing that institutional custody and securities can expand Bitcoin without eliminating self-custody. On the same day, Strategy reported $2.0065 billion of net MSTR share-sale proceeds, $5.10 billion in its USD Reserve, $1.59 billion in a new USD Cash pool...
- CoinDeskScore: 75
London Stock Exchange to work with Payward to bring biggest UK stocks onchain
The LSE is working with Kraken owner Payward, the developer of the xStocks tokenized equities framework, to bring top U.K.-listed stocks onchain.
- CoinDeskScore: 75
Bitcoin consolidates near $78,000 as Arbitrum surges 30% on Robinhood Chain revenue
BTC drifted lower after last week's rally to $81,428, while ARB led DeFi gains as Robinhood Chain's daily fees topped $2 million.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
Asia sees digital asset custody infrastructure deals from Ripple, Coincheck
Ripple was among the latest blockchain companies to sign a strategic partnership to build more custody and tokenized asset management solutions for Asian institutional participants.
- CointelegraphScore: 75
BofA, Citi, Goldman Sachs among 21 institutions planning stablecoin launch
The planned venture will initially focus on a US dollar stablecoin before expanding to other G7 currencies, with a euro-denominated offering next.
- DecryptScore: 75
Bitcoin's Next Move: Bullish Bets Run Up Against a Historical Wall
Bitcoin just had one its best months in years amid a price rally that broke the crypto winter pattern. But the charts tell a complicated story.
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
How recovery of 61 BTC unlocked a potential $432M treasure hunt for early Bitcoin users
CEL Solicitors says it has traced more than 5,500 BTC that it believes belong to former users of Intersango, an early Bitcoin exchange that disappeared more than a decade ago. At Bitcoin’s current price near $78,824, those coins carry a value of roughly $433.5 million. One former UK customer has alr...
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
A validator reward failure on Core DAO triggers exchange transfer blocks and leaves token issuance in question
Core DAO validator rewards exceeded the protocol's intended levels for a small group of validators, the project said, creating an unresolved supply question for the CORE token as two exchanges restricted transfers. Core DAO said it had identified the root cause and was working on mitigations. It sai...
- CryptoSlateScore: 75
Stopping a blockchain doesn’t always recover stolen funds – What actually happened when 3 networks pulled the plug
Three blockchain networks stopped producing blocks within four days. Each blockchain halt used different emergency powers, and Cronos alone also replaced part of its canonical history. Cronos said validators halted the network by consensus after an exploit affected Tectonic, restored the chain to st...
- CoinDeskScore: 70
CME’s share of XRP futures jumps as token rallies 40% in a week
Outstanding XRP futures positions outside CME fell by more than 500 million tokens in two weeks, while exposure on the regulated U.S. exchange climbed about 36% as XRP rallied toward $1.40.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Bitcoin steady above $78,000, HYPE leads as majors slip on hawkish Fed bets
Ether, solana, tron and dogecoin all shed ground over 24 hours while HYPE added about 4%, leaving bitcoin flat on the week after August's 24% run.
- The BlockScore: 70
Bitcoin defies oil price spike and rising Fed hike bets after best August since 2017
Bitcoin has held up despite higher oil prices and growing expectations for a September Fed rate hike, with Friday's jobs report next in focus.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Live updates: Bitcoin ETFs resume buying as ether funds stretch streak to 11 days
The bitcoin funds took $217 million Monday, one session after an outflow ended their nine-day run. Ether ETFs have not posted a red day since mid-August.
- The BlockScore: 70
Kraken parent Payward to tokenize 100 London-listed stocks, with LSE 24 trading planned
Payward will tokenize 100 London-listed stocks as xStocks, with LSE 24 to support trading, subject to regulatory approval.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
XRP investors poured $320M into ETFs while the funds sat on a $746M paper loss
Five major US spot XRP products held XRP with a combined fair value $746.1 million below accounting cost at the end of June, but investors kept buying anyway. According to SEC filings, Bitwise, Canary Capital, Franklin Templeton, 21Shares, and Grayscale recorded roughly $629.9 million in primary-mar...
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Lazarus Group-linked addresses move $30M through Hyperliquid
Crypto wallets linked to the OFAC-sanctioned Lazarus Group moved $30 million in digital assets through Hyperliquid, weeks after regulators said they were working on a path to introduce the exchange into US markets.
- CryptoSlateScore: 70
Optimism pushes network speeds to 200 ms, but standard data feeds are dropping key information
Optimism is targeting 200 ms subblocks on OP Mainnet, cutting the preconfirmation interval from 250 milliseconds in a rolling change targeted for Aug. 31. Subblocks, formerly called Flashblocks, are incremental updates the sequencer sends while it is still building a normal block, giving apps feedba...
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Kast launches stablecoin-powered business platform after $80M raise
Kast aims to onboard between 1,000 and 5,000 active businesses to its new platform by the end of 2026.
- The BlockScore: 70
Bitcoin and gold move in lockstep as debasement trade gains more steam
Bitcoin's 90-day Pearson correlation coefficient with gold hits all-time high while the Fear and Greed Index sits at 68.
- CoinDeskScore: 70
Robinhood's new crypto network is printing cash, and it's sending Arbitrum's token soaring
Revenue on Robinhood Chain hit a 24-hour record of $1.9 million, driving a 30% rally in ARB as traders chased downstream gains.
- DecryptScore: 70
X Data Breach? Users Are Getting Flooded With Password Reset Emails Nobody Requested
X engineers have acknowledged the issue, but have not confirmed a new data breach of its systems.
- CointelegraphScore: 70
Binance expands TradFi push with options on 1,000 US stocks, ETFs
The launch gives eligible non-US users access to physically settled options on more than 1,000 US stocks and ETFs through a single Binance account.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
Singapore weighs recognizing some foreign-issued stablecoins
Singapore is considering allowing jointly issued cross-border stablecoins into its regulatory regime, revisiting its earlier decision to restrict the framework to domestic issuance.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
UK’s crime agency freezes Premier League $13.5 million account in crypto crime probe
Authorities targeted funds from a $140 million sponsorship deal with crypto firm Sorare, though law enforcement confirmed no wrongdoing by the Premier League.
- CoinDeskScore: 65
Ethena pushes stablecoins into everyday banking with high-yield savings, cards and payments
Ethena Pay offers a 6% dollar savings rate and 5% card cashback, using Avalanche for settlement.
- DecryptScore: 65
Solana Treasury DeFi Development Corp Eyes $20 Million Raise to Buy More SOL
The publicly traded company recently bought 19,000 SOL, bringing its treasury to more than 2.33 million SOL and SOL equivalents.
- CointelegraphScore: 65
UK crime agency froze $13.5M amid probe into Premier League crypto sponsor
UK authorities froze $13.5 million in cash following a January 2025 order from the Westminster Magistrates’ Court as part of an investigation into Sorare.
- The BlockScore: 60
DeFi Development Corp proposes $20 million preferred stock offering to buy more SOL
The Nasdaq-listed company intends to use the proceeds to acquire more Solana and crypto-related investments.
- The BlockScore: 60
Ark Invest buys $37 million worth of shares in Jack Dorsey’s Block Inc
Last month, Ark had purchased a bulk of Block shares after its second-quarter results that raised its full-year profit forecast to $12.5 billion
- The BlockScore: 60
Ethena launches Ethena Pay app on Avalanche, offering up to 6% yield and 10% cashback
Ethena Labs has launched the beta of Ethena Pay, a new self-custodial money app built on Avalanche, across 48 countries.
- The BlockScore: 60
Binance adds options on 1,000 US stocks and ETFs as monthly TradFi perpetual volume hits $433 billion
TradFi perpetual futures volume reached approximately $433.4 billion on Binance in August, up roughly 15 times since January.
- DecryptScore: 60
South Korea Arrests Four Over Crypto Payments to Syrian Terror Group
Police say the ringleader also took crypto from the group and sent back 11 used cars and two excavators, a first for Korean investigators.
- The BlockScore: 60
Silhouette debuts RFQ trading for xStocks on Hyperliquid
Silhouette launched RFQ trading for xStocks on Hyperliquid, allowing market makers to compete for tokenized equity trades settled onchain.
- The BlockScore: 60
Crypto treasury companies hit $340 billion market cap as altcoin DATs outperform
Cumulative market capitalization for these companies is up 10% since mid-August and hovers around $340 billion.
- CryptoSlateScore: 60
Strategy turns MSCI’s own SEC words against its $24 billion MSTR threat
Strategy has challenged MSCI's proposed “non-operating company” screen by tying it to a regulatory argument MSCI made four years ago in a letter shared on Aug. 31. The Bitcoin treasury company says the new methodology requires MSCI to judge whether Bitcoin belongs inside an operating bus...
- DecryptScore: 60
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest Buys $37 Million in Bitcoin and Payments Firm Block
The investment firm bought 456,059 Block shares across three ETFs and added $3.4 million in Circle stock.
- DecryptScore: 60
Robinhood Chain DEX Volume Jumps to $1.6 billion
Trading on the Ethereum Layer 2 climbed 61% in a matter of days as DeFi deposits and stablecoin holdings approached $800 million.
- DecryptScore: 55
Morning Minute: Saylor’s Back Buying Bitcoin
Strategy somehow threaded the needle of buying Bitcoin and STRC while also raising cash. Now how will the market respond?
- CointelegraphScore: 50
Bitfinex Securities lists tokenized notes tied to Strategy, Metaplanet
Five equity-backed notes issued through Luxembourg’s ORO II fund will trade against dollars, USDT and Bitcoin for eligible non-US investors.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Hut 8's Texas power site sits inside Anthropic’s $35 billion AI deal
The company's Texas campus has two long-term leases worth $19.6 billion, more than 260 times its latest quarterly revenue, as AI companies race to secure power and data-center capacity.
- CoinDeskScore: 50
Musk’s X hit by wave of unsolicited password reset emails
Multiple crypto industry figures and CoinDesk staff received unexpected password reset emails on Tuesday, though there is no evidence yet that X itself has been breached.
- The BlockScore: 50
Cango shares plunge 20% after bitcoin miner reports $81.6 million Q2 loss
Cango scaled back its mining fleet in the second quarter as revenue fell and the company focused on efficiency.
- The BlockScore: 50
Buying memecoins with credit cards on Robinhood Wallet and Fomo appears to sidestep card-network crypto rules
Test memecoin purchases were coded as "digital media" rather than crypto, earning credit card points despite card network restrictions.
- DecryptScore: 50
Nvidia Invests $3.5 Billion in MediaTek to Expand Beyond GPUs
The deal, part of MediaTek's record $3.9 billion bond offering, ties Nvidia's chip ecosystem to a Taiwanese rival building its own AI accelerator business.
- The BlockScore: 40
Strategy hits back at MSCI proposal, calling it ‘discriminatory’ against DATs
MSCI opened a new consultation targeting companies that have operating assets lower than 50% of its total assets.
- DecryptScore: 40
Saylor Urges MSCI to Drop 'Discriminatory' Rule That Would Delete Strategy
The proposed screen would cut three companies from MSCI's global indexes in November, with Strategy the largest by some distance.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Bitcoin enters ‘Rektember’ as rate-hike risk combines with seasonality to threaten rally
September has historically been a poor month for risk assets in general, and bitcoin, in particular.
- CoinDeskScore: 40
Firelight raises $8 million, expands beyond XRP as it aims to make DeFi less scary for fintechs
The protocol aims to give fintechs and investors a faster way to recover losses from DeFi hacks, while letting XRP, bitcoin and XLM holders earn yield by backing that protection.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
2 Trillion Tokens in 7 Days: B.AI Sparks Developer Frenzy With Accessible Compute
On August 24, next-gen AI infrastructure platform B.AI hit a major milestone: cumulative token throughput across its sitewide free-access campaign officially crossed the 2 trillion threshold. The record-breaking run follows a series of aggressive, developer-first plays that have turned heads across ...
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Ethena launches USDe payments app, offers 6% rewards
The self-custodial app brings USDe into everyday payments, savings and cross-border transfers, with annualized rewards of up to 6%.
- CointelegraphScore: 40
Kalshi issues first lifetime ban for Republican politician over insider bets
The prediction platform permanently banned George Santos and issued a three-year suspension for Laurie Buckhout after investigations into using insider information on event contracts.
- CryptoSlateScore: 40
OpenAI update shows new safeguards would have cut off 700 rogue AI agent swam 24 hours faster
OpenAI's postmortem on the Hugging Face incident says chain-of-thought monitoring it now deploys would have paged security more than a day before the July 11 breach of Hugging Face systems. The company also says its largest planned frontier reinforcement-learning run remains on hold while smaller te...
- DecryptScore: 40
OpenClaw 2.0 Is Here: What Changed, Why It Took Two Months, and How It Stacks Up Against Hermes
The open-source agent framework that started the "autonomous AI" hype cycle just shipped its biggest update ever, almost by accident, and it's coming for the enterprise now.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
Strategy spends $635M buying back STRC as perpetual preferred stock lags $100 par
STRC trades at $97.34 despite Strategy’s growing repurchases, while SATA’s higher dividend rate has helped it hold its $100 par value.
- CoinDeskScore: 30
U.S. looks to influence Japan's monetary policy. It couldn't do that with bitcoin
Your day-ahead look for Sept. 1, 2026
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Does the Bitcoin rally mean we haven’t wasted our lives in crypto?
Crypto is showing signs of life again, but its biggest wins look different from what early believers imagined. After a decade of building, has it all been worth it?
- DecryptScore: 30
Gal Gadot Defends AI Use in Bitcoin Film: 'Work With It or Be Out of the Game'
The actor’s lawyers spent six months negotiating the contract for “Bitcoin: Killing Satoshi” in order to “protect” her performance.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Bitcoin stays flat as global bond bear market rages on, pushing JGB to high
Global bond yields hit multi-decade highs today as Japan’s 10-year JGB yield reached a 30-year peak, keeping Bitcoin steady near $78,000.
- DecryptScore: 30
Anthropic Ships Claude Fable 5.1, More Than Doubling Its Predecessor on Key Benchmark
Fable 5.1 and its restricted sibling Mythos 5.1 arrive three months after export controls forced Anthropic to pull Fable 5 offline for 18 days
- DecryptScore: 30
What Is 'Red September'? Bitcoin's Curse, and Why Wall Street Has the Same One
Bitcoin has lost ground in eight of the last 13 Septembers. The stock market's had the same problem since 1928. Here's the case for the curse, what broke it last year, and what's coming in the next round.
- CointelegraphScore: 30
Crypto-backed PAC scales back ad spending in Massachusetts primary
The $189,000 in media spending to support Representative Jake Auchincloss marked Fairshake’s latest attempt to influence the 2026 elections with funds from the crypto industry.
- CoinDeskScore: 20
OpenAI’s ‘Trust Us’ TIME cover raises an old warning for AI bulls
The magazine-cover indicator has a messy record, but TIME’s OpenAI cover checks the classic boxes: a mainstream publication, a widely understood theme and a multiyear run-up in investor enthusiasm.