Author: John Smith

Reform UK has received £72 million, approximately $97 million, from crypto billionaires Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo through two matching donations announced within 24 hours. Summary Two crypto billionaires donated £36 million each to Reform UK, creating a £72 million haul. Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo made matching contributions within 24 hours, according to Reform UK. Government amendments would cap qualifying overseas-elector donations at £100,000 annually, with retrospective application after enactment. Reform says both donations comply with current law, while their future treatment remains legally uncertain. Britain plans to prohibit cryptocurrency political donations until regulators consider safeguards sufficiently transparent and…

Coinbase has launched Pulse Mode for mobile perpetual futures trading shortly after renaming its Base App as Coinbase Wallet. Summary Coinbase has added Pulse Mode to its renamed Wallet app for mobile perpetual futures trading. Brian Armstrong announced the feature shortly after Coinbase restored its Wallet product name publicly online. Pulse Mode presents a simplified interface for opening and managing leveraged long or short positions. Coinbase Wallet remains self-custodial and supports crypto, tokenized assets, predictions, commodities and perpetual markets together. Coinbase has not published detailed Pulse Mode fees, leverage limits or regional eligibility publicly yet. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong revealed…

Base tokenized stocks have recorded a new daily decentralized exchange trading high of $100 million, with Aerodrome controlling more than three-quarters of the category’s monthly volume. Summary Base tokenized stocks reached $100 million in daily DEX volume, setting a new network record. Token Terminal reported $730.9 million in Base tokenized-stock trading volume over the preceding thirty days. Aerodrome generated $557.1 million of volume, representing 76% of the measured monthly market on Base. Uniswap v4 ranked second after processing $139.3 million of Base tokenized-stock trades during period measured. Coinbase launched four products before adding six tokenized stocks referencing public and private…

The U.S. Department of Justice has restrained more than $52 million in cryptocurrency while targeting wallets and online channels linked to the Xinbi Guarantee scam network. Summary $52 million in cryptocurrency was restrained during one day of coordinated enforcement. Two Xinbi wallets had received about $12 million in payments, according to Tether. U.S. authorities sought restraints against 47 more wallets linked to suspected money laundering. Tether says it has helped 340 agencies freeze over $5 billion across 67 countries. Tether said in a Sep. 11 statement that the DOJ credited the stablecoin issuer’s “proactive assistance” in an operation against Xinbi…

The Canadian digital asset market has recently seen significant progress, with regulated crypto investment products gaining more exposure across traditional financial markets. Summary Evolve and Purpose XRP ETF options have been registered for sale in the US after beginning trading on the Montreal Exchange in January 2026. The products give US investors another regulated way to gain exposure to XRP while providing options for hedging and other trading strategies. Canadian financial institutions have also disclosed exposure to XRP related ETFs as regulated crypto investment products become available through traditional markets. XRP holders are increasingly being targeted by alternative yield products,…

India’s Maharashtra state has begun preparing policies to tokenize up to 50% of selected electricity transmission assets to finance new power lines and solar energy storage facilities. Summary Maharashtra may tokenize 40% to 50% of selected transmission lines. Token holders could receive part of the revenue generated by Maharashtra Transco. Proceeds could finance new transmission capacity and solar power storage centers. The proposed DELTA Act would cover blockchain-based property tokenization across the state. Maharashtra considers tokens tied to power revenue Praveen Pardeshi, chief economic adviser to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and CEO of the Maharashtra Institution for Transformation, outlined…

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have lost $462.7 million during the September 8–11 trading week, while Ethereum funds have gained $196.9 million and Solana funds have drawn a smaller $9.7 million inflow. Summary Bitcoin ETFs recorded net outflows in all four trading sessions, led by a $282.7 million loss Thursday. Ethereum ETFs gained $216.4 million Friday, turning their weekly total positive. Solana funds added $9.7 million, while Hyperliquid funds lost $26.5 million. The four ETF groups tracked by Farside posted a combined $282.6 million net outflow. Farside Investors’ Bitcoin ETF data shows that the funds lost money each day from Tuesday…

Crypto companies announced $151 million in disclosed financing across five deals from Sep. 5–11, 2026. The largest was Nasdaq Ventures’ agreement to invest $100 million in Kraken parent Payward; Latitude’s $35 million Series A ranked second. Summary Five disclosed deals totaled $151 million, including Nasdaq Ventures’ $100 million agreement to invest in Payward. Latitude raised $35 million in a Series A for stablecoin-based cross-border payments. Antarctic Exchange announced a $7 million financing tied to its derivatives trading platform. RealGo reported $6 million in strategic funding, while geospatial data project TINA announced $3 million. TRM Labs disclosed a new investment at…

NFT sales reached approximately $46.78 million over the seven days ending Sep. 12, up 6.8% from the previous seven-day period, according to CryptoSlam data. Ethereum led blockchain sales, while a small number of high-value Bitcoin transactions accounted for much of the week’s activity. Summary NFT sales rose 6.8% to $46.78 million across the seven-day reporting window. Buyer addresses fell 84.67% to 41,959, even as transactions rose 48.75% to 917,549. Ethereum led blockchains with $16.83 million in sales, down 6.36%. Bitcoin sales climbed 50.12% to $9.44 million, helped by several large BRC-20 NFT trades. Polygon-based Courtyard topped collections with $6.67 million…

Revolut has disclosed customer identities and financial records, including Bitcoin transaction histories, after acting on a fraudulent request that appeared to come from a government agency. Summary Revolut said an unauthorized sender used an official government agency’s email domain. The disclosed records included identity documents, verification selfies, and full transaction histories. Bitcoin wallet reference numbers appeared in account statements listed in the customer notice. ZachXBT said the incident appeared limited and may have targeted high-net-worth users. According to a Revolut customer notice shared on Telegram by on-chain investigator ZachXBT, the request came from an unauthorized email account that used an…