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Jack Dorsey's Block Applies for Bank Charter to Custody Bitcoin
Builders Bank would consolidate custody work Block now runs under more than 50 state money transmitter licenses.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Decrypt
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India’s financial intelligence unit flags 15 crypto platforms for AML lapses
The Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) issued non-compliance notices to what it calls virtual digital asset service providers.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CoinDesk
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Iran eases currency rules to bypass US sanctions with crypto: Report
Exporters can now fund imports with overseas earnings without first selling their foreign currency at official rates, the Financial Times reported.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Cointelegraph
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Jack Dorsey’s Block seeks US trust bank charter for Bitcoin, stablecoin
The proposed Builders Bank would offer federally supervised digital asset custody but would not accept deposits or issue loans.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Cointelegraph
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Ripple’s Legal Chief Chases Democratic Votes to Save the CLARITY Act
Ripple chief legal officer Stuart Alderoty says he has gone to the offices of senators who are undecided on or opposed to the CLARITY Act with a single request: meet a real American crypto holder before you vote.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Bitcoin.com
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Live updates: XRP funds stand out among U.S. ETFs as bitcoin, ether, solana funds see outflows
XRP ETFs took nearly $2 million on Tuesday while bitcoin, ether, solana and hyperliquid funds all lost money. Grayscale's products account for the entire outflow in both bitcoin and ether.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CoinDesk
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Strive adds $12 million to its dividend tab after issuing nearly one million new preferred shares to buy Bitcoin
At the current 13% rate, SATA payouts imply about $130 million annually, while higher cash keeps static coverage near 19 months.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CryptoSlate
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Grayscale’s Zcash ETF Tops $500M, but $100M Came From a DCG Affiliate
Grayscale said its Zcash ETF passed $500 million in assets two weeks after listing. A regulatory filing shows $100 million of that arrived from a company affiliated with the fund’s own sponsor. What the Filing Actually Says Grayscale told followers on Sept.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Bitcoin.com
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Anthropic researcher quits with a warning on AI that echoes 'The Terminator' script
The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade, Coxon said on X, explaining his resignation.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CoinDesk
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Here’s what happened in crypto today
Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Cointelegraph
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Kucoin Rolls out Yield Product to Tackle Idle Capital Problem
Stablecoins supply core market liquidity, yet large balances often sit idle to meet instant trading and margin needs. Kucoin says it has unveiled a solution that reduces the trade-off between earning returns and retaining trading utility.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Bitcoin.com
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Gemini receives Singapore payment license for crypto services
Gemini’s local entity is authorized to provide digital payment token and cross-border money transfer services without standard transaction-volume limits.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Cointelegraph
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Hunter Biden defends LAPTOP ahead of Wednesday launch, calls TRUMP a ‘grift’
Biden says the token is about “resilience, redemption and recovery” and will give coins to nearly one million wallets that lost money on TRUMP.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CoinDesk
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Moonshot’s Kimi rattled markets. U.S. agencies now say it was trained on American models
Moonshot, whose Kimi model rattled markets earlier this year, is among six Chinese AI firms accused of systematically extracting capabilities from U.S. models.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CoinDesk
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Bitcoin recovers toward $79,000 as Zcash records a $500 million ETF haul
Bitcoin fell to nearly $77,600 on Tuesday before clawing most of it back, leaving it little changed on the day while zcash gained roughly 43% on the week and Grayscale's new fund crossed half a billion dollars.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CoinDesk
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Bill Gates, Retired, Took Customer Support Duty at His Daughter’s Startup
Bill Gates spent a day handling customer support at Phia, the sustainable fashion startup co-founded by his daughter Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, taking on the role of a “luxury customer advisor.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Bitcoin.com
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Crypto lobbies launch a last-minute TV campaign against banks to pass the CLARITY Act
The crypto industry is launching a seven-figure national advertising campaign to rescue the CLARITY Act ahead of a crucial Senate vote next week. The Senate is scheduled to vote Sept.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CryptoSlate
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Cybercrime ringleader Malone Lam pleads guilty in $245M crypto theft conspiracy
US prosecutors said Lam organized an international network that targeted cryptocurrency holders through social engineering and home break-ins.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Cointelegraph
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First staked ETF tied to Tron hits the US markets on Wednesday
The first staked ETF tied to Tron is set to hit the market Wednesday, giving investors a new way to gain exposure to TRX.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Block
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How the De Minimis Tax Exemption Might Support Bitcoin’s Price
A new report from Cornell Brooks School Tech Policy Institute might give G20 governments and others some clues about how a counterintuitive move could help their economies and boost tax revenue, while also potentially helping bitcoin’s price and incr…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Bitcoin.com
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Hunter Biden details LAPTOP memecoin’s airdrop and burn-or-charity rules ahead of launch
About 30% of the supply is tied to 30 public real-world events that either burn or donate the tokens depending on the results.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Block
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Minority Chain Meltdown: XBT Ticker Grab and Mining Revolt Grip BTCB2
More controversy is brewing around the latest Bitcoin fork, BTCB2, as the team behind the minority chain has persuaded a couple of small trading venues to list the coin under the ticker XBT.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Bitcoin.com
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StoneX sees 45% upside for Robinhood, points to accelerating Layer 2 chain and prediction markets
The report says the launch of Robinhood Chain and the company's prediction markets business provide new growth drivers.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Block
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Strategy doubles its stock buyback to $2 billion to pull its STRC shares back to $100
Strategy doubled the size of its preferred-stock repurchase program to $2 billion Tuesday as Michael Saylor’s Sept. 8 recovery benchmark arrived with STRC still short of its $100 stated value.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CryptoSlate
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Bitcoin Volatility at Historic Low as Long-Term Holders Dominate
Bitcoin’s one-month realized volatility is historically low, according to Glassnode, whose statistical analysis identifies long-term holder supply as the leading explanatory variable.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Bitcoin.com
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Nexus ID Breach Exposes a Blueprint for Fraud, Experts Warn
The Nexus identity breach is far more dangerous than a typical password dump because the stolen material reportedly includes the faces, addresses, birth dates and hidden security features of government-issued IDs, cybersecurity expert Dr.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Bitcoin.com
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Metaplanet’s Bitcoin boom quietly turned a 46 million-share executive pay plan into a 319 million-share windfall
Metaplanet’s Bitcoin expansion has exposed an executive compensation windfall that shareholders want the company to unwind.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CryptoSlate
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Coincorner, Anchorwatch Roll out Bitcoin Custody With Lloyd’s Insurance
On Tuesday, the bitcoin and Lightning services firm Coincorner introduced the launch of a product called Vault, a bitcoin storage service offering multi-signature security in partnership with the custody company Anchorwatch, with “insurance underwrit…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Bitcoin.com
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Pons propels Robinhood Chain fees to record $6 million in daily fees as DEX volume doubles
PONS reached an all-time high valuation of over $970 million on Friday, with the token up over 200% in the last week alone.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Block
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Why Bitcoin bulls shouldn’t mistake a shrinking dollar reserve share for central bank buying
The New York Fed’s Sept. 2 analysis separates currency choices from reserve-size changes, leaving sovereign Bitcoin demand unproven.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CryptoSlate
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Bitcoin Gains Ground in MENA Region as Crypto Volume Triples to $350B
Crypto transaction volume across the Middle East and North Africa has surged from about $100 billion in 2022 to an estimated $350 billion in 2025–2026.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Bitcoin.com
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Jack Dorsey’s Block joins rush for federal bank charters from OCC
Jack Dorsey-founded company Block, Inc., is taking its turn in seeking to become a federally regulated national bank.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Block
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OpenAI Says It Solved a $1M Math Problem. A Rival Mathematician Says He Did It First
NYU's Tristan Buckmaster accuses OpenAI's Sébastien Bubeck of racing to claim credit for a Navier-Stokes proof after learning about his unpublished work with Anthropic's Levent Alpöge.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Decrypt
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New York town weighs crypto mining and AI data center ban
One of the first towns in the US to ban Bitcoin mining for 18 months is considering another temporary moratorium extending to data centers and other crypto mining operations.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Cointelegraph
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Strategy’s $250 Bitcoin Jordans sold out as Saylor turns 4% of BTC supply into a consumer brand
The store advertises cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay, while all nine listed shoe sizes are unavailable.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CryptoSlate
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Franklin Templeton digital asset veteran takes helm at StablecoinX
Former Franklin Templeton digital asset executive Christopher Jensen will lead StablecoinX, the largest corporate holder of Ethena’s ENA token.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Cointelegraph
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Lummis Blasts Democrats Ahead of Clarity Act Vote — But Adds Bill Can Get Passed
Bitcoin Magazine Lummis Blasts Democrats Ahead of Clarity Act Vote — But Adds Bill Can Get Passed Pro-crypto senator Cynthia Lummis has said that the Clarity Act can still get through, but it'll need "further compromise" from Democrats.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Bitcoin Magazine
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$47M Still Missing After Liquid Hack as Blockstream Bargains With 'White Hats'
The hackers have returned 3,400 of the roughly 4,000 BTC drained from the sidechain, but about 600 BTC remains outstanding—and some doubt the actors' "white hat" claims.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Decrypt
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Bitcoin bulls are loading up on calls while spot traders keep selling
Glassnode’s September 8 report shows richer calls and easing net spot selling, while stronger ETF inflows complicate the demand picture.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CryptoSlate
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CoinCorner Launches Lloyd’s-Insured Multisig Bitcoin Vault with AnchorWatch
Bitcoin Magazine CoinCorner Launches Lloyd’s-Insured Multisig Bitcoin Vault with AnchorWatch British bitcoin exchange CoinCorner is debuting a multisig custody service.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Bitcoin Magazine
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Hyperliquid open interest climbs to $14.3 billion as HYPE hits all-time high
On Oct. 10, 2025, Hyperliquid’s OI fell by around 56% in a single day, from $14.7 billion to just $6.5 billion.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Block
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A 22 year-old crypto ringleader pleads guilty to $245 million racketeering scheme
Malone Lam pleaded guilty for his role in leading an international "social engineering" scheme, stealing $245 million worth in cryptocurrency.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Block
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Bitcoin could get the dollar drop bulls want this week without getting the liquidity rally they need
A euro-led decline in DXY would need confirmation from real yields, credit conditions and Bitcoin’s performance across currencies.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CryptoSlate
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Bitcoin Holds, Wall Street Stalls as Oil Shock Revives Fed Hike Bets
Bitcoin is defending its golden zone support while the S&P 500 grinds inside its tightest range yet, both waiting on Friday's inflation report before the Fed's September 16 rate call.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Decrypt
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Bybit launches 24/7 perpetuals for major currency pairs
Bybit added USDT-settled perpetuals tracking EUR/USD, GBP/USD and USD/JPY, with 24/7 trading and leverage of up to 100x.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Cointelegraph