Strategy Buys $370M Bitcoin in First Corporate Acquisition Since June

Michael Saylor’s Strategy acquired 4,603 Bitcoin for $370 million, marking the first acquisition from the largest corporate Bitcoin holder in two months. Strategy acquired 4,603 Bitcoin (BTC) at an average purchase price of $80,318, pushing its holdings to 845,050 BTC, acquired for a total of $63.3 billion at an average price of $75,413, according to…

From warning to listing: UK’s largest retail investment platform opens access to crypto ETNs

The U.K.’s largest retail investment platform, Hargreaves Lansdown, has reversed course following the FCA’s decision to lift its retail ban on crypto ETPs in October. Source link

FinCEN Ties $13B in Crypto Scams to Non-US Operations

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US Labor Data Beat Sends Bitcoin Lower Amid Fed Rate Uncertainty

Key points: The US economy added 162,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in August, nearly triple economists’ consensus estimate of 56,000. Bitcoin sold off from $81,300 to local lows of $78,600 following the data, before recovering to $79,500. A rival Bitcoin fork using the Blake2b algorithm saw its first trading activity, with coins changing hands at $350…

US Law Enforcement Group Moves to ‘Neutral’ position on CLARITY Act

The National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA) has dropped its opposition to a cryptocurrency market structure bill scheduled for a vote later this month when the US Senate returns to session. In a Thursday letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, the US law enforcement group said that it was changing its…

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