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Mantle adds Paxos’ USDG stablecoin, joins Global Dollar Network

Mantle has added Paxos-issued USDG as a natively minted stablecoin while joining the network’s reward-sharing structure.

OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra: The Closest AI Model Yet to AGI

The model can independently discover and exploit unknown security flaws across hardened systems, triggering a staged rollout and White House review before public access.

Michigan authorities continue pursuit to block Kalshi as Supreme Court fight looms

Kalshi previously said it had been placed in an “impossible position” after federal authorities directed the company to ignore a Michigan restraining order issued in June.

ChatGPT, Claude and Grok Outages Leave Users Asking How to Work Without AI

The three AI platforms restored service Thursday after users said the simultaneous disruptions brought their work to a halt.

CFTC Asks Judge to Dismiss CME Lawsuit Over Crypto Perpetual Futures

The regulator argues that CME cannot challenge its approval of Kalshi’s Bitcoin perpetual contract without showing concrete financial harm.

Bybit Pay integrates with Mesh to expand crypto payments

The integration lets Bybit users spend digital assets directly from their exchange balances across Mesh-powered platforms.

BitMEX co-founder contributed 75% of Reform UK’s donations in Q2 2026

The UK political party and its leader, Nigel Farage, have accepted contributions from figures tied to the crypto industry, raising questions about potential influence on policies.

Sony Dismisses PS5 Buyers' $508M Tariff Refund Claim as 'Illogical'

The company raised PlayStation prices for a second time in March, five weeks after the tariffs were struck down.

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.

SoFi Links Banking Network and Stablecoin to Kraken in New Deal

Kraken will list SoFiUSD and gain access to SoFi’s round-the-clock dollar settlement network, while Kraken Prime will execute trades for SoFi’s crypto customers.

Crypto for Advisors: Why crypto earnings reports can be misleading

A memecoin making app becomes crypto’s top fee generators as Robinhood Chain activity explodes

Users paid nearly $6 million in a day to create and trade tokens through Pons, more than they paid to use Pump or Hyperliquid, and even more than they paid to use Robinhood Chain itself.

Bitget in talks with Wall Street giants including BlackRock to fuel Asian distribution

Gracy Chen highlighted the world's largest asset manager as one example of such a firm seeking to expand distribution of their tokenized ETFs in the region.

Recovery specialists crack $1B crypto wallet... but find just $10

Crypto recovery specialists reveal how lost wallets, passwords and seed phrases can sometimes be recovered — but that’s of no help if the money was never there in the first place.

VARA, Securitize sign MoU for tokenization innovation in Dubai

VARA and Securitize signed an MoU to foster more tokenization innovation in Dubai and explore how tokenized financial innovation should be regulated in the region.

Nvidia buys Hugging Face for $12.9B in push into AI software

Nvidia agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, gaining a platform used by more than 18 million developers to share and deploy AI models.

SoFi, Kraken tie up as crypto and banking push into each other's turf

Kraken is joining SoFi's settlement network and list SoFiUSD as the companies link traditional banking with crypto markets.

Mamdani Imposes One-Year Moratorium on Generative AI in NYC Schools

Nearly 600,000 students lose access to generative AI tools, while five named vendors keep metered pilots running in high schools.

FX has stopped reading bond yields the old way. Bitcoin should too.

Your day-ahead look for Sept. 3, 2026

The yen is surging and it’s helping bitcoin, for now

Yen's rise has led to a broad-based USD weakness, driving the Dollar Index lower. BTC and gold are loving it, for now.

Pencil Finance completes $1M onchain lending cycle for 6.6K students in Southeast Asia

Pencil Finance said that its first-of-a-kind loan offered financing to 6,600 students in Southeast Asia who were underserved by traditional lenders.

Live updates: Bitcoin jumps above $81,000 as rates fall, dollar weakens

The government's employment data (due tomorrow) is usually the main economic report of the month, but this time around it's next week's inflation numbers that will decide Fed policy.

Standard Chartered launches spot Bitcoin and Ether trading in UAE

Standard Chartered said it is the first major global bank to offer institutional access to spot Bitcoin and Ether trading in the UAE region.

Australia is cracking down on crypto businesses as its strict new regulatory deadline nears

Firms that miss the deadline could breach financial services law from Oct. 1 and face civil or criminal penalties.