UK is hunting the $86 billion Russia-linked crypto pipeline as it moves to double sanctions fines
Banks and payment providers must investigate network indicators now, but the 100% OFSI ceiling still needs legislation.
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Russia just switched on a crypto market that doesn’t fully exist yet
Most provisions took effect Sept. 1, but draft rules and a July 2027 transition limit what can operate now.
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…
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…
Cronos validators erase transaction history to contain massive $75 million lending protocol exploit
The network-wide pause appears to have kept most affected assets on-chain, but users still lack a restart timetable or official accounting.
How Saylor’s $2 billion capital loop is quietly rewriting the rules of Bitcoin ownership
His essay preserves self-custody while legitimizing the layered claims that now finance Strategy’s balance sheet.
Strategy splits $603 million share sale between Bitcoin purchases and STRC support
One week of common-stock sales funded a $369.7 million Bitcoin purchase, $202.5 million of STRC buybacks and dividends, and a $30 million cash increase.
Ontology halts mainnet transactions as technical team investigates potential security issue
The project said no incident or asset loss had been confirmed, while a public node remained at block 20,770,893 and no restart time was disclosed.
Phemex puts 82 tokens on notice over liquidity and project compliance concerns
Each market met at least one risk criterion, but Phemex did not disclose which issue applied to each pair.
AI data centers are learning the power trick Bitcoin miners mastered first
Every answer you get from an AI chatbot begins with electricity. The words appear on your screen, but the actual work happens in a distant building packed with computer chips. Those chips draw power, move data, and produce enough heat…
Bitcoin gains 24% as CryptoSlate price prediction model maps a volatile September
The median forecast points to $81,319 by Sep. 29, with $80,000 resistance and a break in ETF inflows testing the rally.
Why Bitcoin’s $2B corporate treasuries are a ticking time bomb of hidden conditional supply
PowerCompute and USBC show how collars, options and secured loans can turn passive holdings into contractual obligations.