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Sam Bankman-Fried Asks Supreme Court to Overturn FTX Fraud Conviction

SBF’s lawyers say he was barred from arguing customers lost nothing, and call the $11 billion forfeiture an "crushing fine."

Blockstream rejects ransom as Liquid hackers hold nearly 600 BTC

Blockstream said it would work with law enforcement, exchanges and forensic specialists to recover the Bitcoin if the hackers do not return it.

Bitwise to put down Dogecoin ETF less than a year after launch

BWOW held about $688,000 in net assets as of Sept. 9. Trading is expected to end Oct. 14, with cash payouts to follow around Oct. 22.

SBF asks Supreme Court to overturn conviction, $11B forfeiture: Report

Bankman-Fried’s lawyers challenged the exclusion of evidence about customer losses and argued that his $11 billion forfeiture was excessive.

Kalshi wants 24/7 Tesla and Nvidia perps as Wall Street fights over who regulates them

The prediction-market operator plans to seek U.S. approval for about 60 stock and ETF perps, taking one of crypto's biggest trading products into equities.

India starts tokenizing $620 billion corporate bond market with digital rupee settlement

SEBI’s Demat 2.0 pilot turns corporate bonds into digital tokens and settles payment through the RBI’s wholesale digital rupee, with secondary trading and retail access expected in later phases.

Bitcoin below $77,000, Zcash leads losses as traders bet on a Fed rate hike

Ninety-five of the CoinDesk 100 fell over the past 24 hours, and bitcoin has shed more than 5% on the week.

Brevo login flaw enabled phishing email targeting 347K Trezor subscribers

Trezor told Cointelegraph that the phishing email was sent to 347,000 subscribers and said it is treating every address as “known to the attacker and possibly reusable for phishing.”

Metaplanet equity backlash, SE Asia crypto funding doubles: Asia Express

Shareholders of Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet are seething over equity allocations for insiders, while new figures cement Singapore’s role as the top Asian crypto hub.

Senate Republicans Release Revised Clarity Act Ahead of September 15 Vote

The draft adds registration requirements for controlled trading protocols and leaves its ethics provisions largely unchanged.

AI Agents Just Slashed the Cost of a Quantum Attack on Bitcoin

The ECDSA.Fail challenge cut a resource benchmark for one component of a potential quantum attack by 86%.

New Clarity Act text tweaks DeFi, credit union provisions, but road ahead for bill remains murky

The Clarity Act needs 60 votes when the Senate returns from its recess next week. Republicans circulated a fresh draft on Thursday ahead of the vote.

ESMA warns growing crypto ties could amplify risks to traditional finance

The EU securities regulator flagged tokenized equities, DeFi exploits and prediction markets as areas where growing crypto ties could pose risks to the broader financial system.

Why a new SEC plan could ease a legal headache for tokenized securities

The SEC's new proposal to overhaul transfer-agent rules could eliminate duplicate offchain shareholder records, reducing reconciliation costs and legal uncertainty for tokenized securities.

Coinbase Wallet Rebrands to Chase 'Anything, Anywhere' Trading as Robinhood Chain Heats Up

Head of Product Ryan Kass says the return to Coinbase Wallet reflects a broader trading strategy, with the self-custody app serving as a testing ground for new assets and experiences.

UK House of Lords backs mandatory digital asset strategy over Labour position

The amendment would require the UK Treasury to develop a strategy covering cryptoassets, stablecoins, tokenized securities and digital financial infrastructure.

This Guy Cloned Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Zuckerberg Into AI Bots. They Immediately Started Fighting

Kun Chen built chatbot versions of four AI CEOs on SpaceXAI's new Grok Bot templates, locked them in one chat, and told them to debate the AI race until they agreed on something.

Europe’s top regulator questions Polymarket and Kalshi’s EU access, warns of authorization gaps

ESMA said that event contracts may fall under existing EU binary-options bans, crypto-asset frameworks like MiCA or national gambling laws.

Liquid Network resumes block production after $320M exploit

Liquid restarted block production after deploying emergency software updates, though transactions and peg operations remain suspended as recovery efforts continue.

Monument Bank delays retail tokenized deposits while onboarding custody partner

The London-based challenger bank tapped a Canadian custodian to meet the Financial Conduct Authority’s regulatory requirements. It now expects to roll out retail tokenized deposits by November.

EU finance groups push to remove tokenized securities cap

European finance and tokenization groups say Brussels should remove limits on assets admitted to DLT infrastructure or set a 1.5 trillion euro baseline if a cap remains.

Crypto for Advisors: Hyperliquid and the future of finance

Bitcoin falls on US PPI overshoot as 30-year bond yield hits new 19-year high

Bitcoin fell with US stocks as high inflation and a further surge in oil prices coincided with another multidecade high for US bond yields.

MoneyGram unveils stablecoin-backed card as digital dollars move into everyday spending

The remittance giant is rolling out a Visa card that lets customers hold dollars and spend from a stablecoin-backed balance.