El Salvador Used No Public Funds for Bitcoin: IMF

El Salvador used no public resources to accumulate Bitcoin after the first review of its International Monetary Fund (IMF) financing program in June 2025, according to the lender.  In a Thursday statement, the IMF said documents supplied by Salvadoran authorities verified that the accumulation came from private donations. According to the lender, the increase in…

AMC CEO tells Robinhood to stop issuing stock token as industry executives weigh in

Adam Aron said synthetic AMC shares could divert demand from the actual stock and strip investors of shareholder rights, drawing support from some tokenization executives. Source link

Kalshi Traffic Jumps 1,520% as Market Share Expands

Major prediction market platform Kalshi has seen its US web traffic explode over the past year, underscoring the platform’s rapid growth while regulators and courts scrutinize its expanding event-contract business. Kalshi recorded 15.4 million visits from the United States in July, up about 1,520% from just under 1 million in August 2025, according to Similarweb…

Bitcoin ETFs Post Biggest Gains Since January as BTC Hits $80K

US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) notched their biggest inflows in nearly eight months as BTC reclaimed $80,000. Bitcoin ETFs recorded $730.9 million in net inflows on Thursday, the largest daily haul since Jan. 14, when the funds attracted $843.6 million, according to SoSoValue data. The surge followed $101.2 million inflows on Wednesday and came…

OpenAI puts $1 billion behind cyber defense after unveiling AI that can find zero-days

The company is subsidizing access to its Daybreak security platform after saying Astra can independently find previously unknown software flaws and turn them into working attacks. Source link

Michigan Authorities Continue Pursuit to Block Kalshi as Supreme Court Fight Looms

Update (Sept. 3, 9:20 pm UTC): This article has been updated to include a statement from Kalshi. Michigan’s attorney general announced that a state court had ordered a preliminary injunction against Kalshi, blocking the prediction markets platform for residents amid what officials called “sports betting […] masquerading as an investment opportunity.” In a Wednesday notice,…

Hyperscale Data Ends Michigan Bitcoin Mining for AI

Hyperscale Data has ended all Bitcoin mining operations at its Michigan facility as it prepares the site for an artificial intelligence data center customer.  On Wednesday, the company said that all Bitcoin miners at the facility were switched off following an inspection by the unidentified California-based neocloud provider. Hyperscale said it intends to sell the…

CFTC Files to Dismiss CME Lawsuit over Crypto Perpetual Futures

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Bitcoin Reclaims $80,000 as Weak Dollar Meets Suspected Yen Intervention

Bitcoin (BTC) rallied 5% during US trading hours, reaching $81,000.  Key points:  Bitcoin rallies above $81,000 in US trading, having risen more than 5% over the past 24 hours. USD/JPY drops to 155.4 amid suspected Bank of Japan (BOJ) intervention, dragging the US Dollar Index (DXY) down to 99. Polymarket odds for a BOJ rate…

Standard Chartered brings spot crypto trading to Dubai FX platform

The bank is now offering institutional crypto spot trading in the region, bringing BTC and ETH onto the same eFX rails that institutions use to trade dollars and euros. Source link