Monument Bank delays 250 million-pound tokenized deposit rollout
Monument Bank has delayed a plan to tokenize 250 million pounds in U.K. retail bank deposits. Founder Mintoo Bhandari said the rollout fell several months behind schedule because the bank could not find a local crypto custodian that met FCA standards. The bank found an FCA-approved custodian in Canada, but Bhandari did not identify the company.
European groups urge EU to remove DLT cap or raise it to 500 billion euro
European finance and tokenization groups urged EU lawmakers to remove a proposed 100 billion euro cap on tokenized financial instruments or raise it to at least 500 billion euro. A draft letter dated Sept. 7 said 500 billion euro should be the baseline if lawmakers retain a cap. The groups said some European projects already reach 350 billion euro in scale.
Anthropic discloses fourth Claude hacking incident as AI regulation debate grows
Anthropic disclosed a fourth incident in which a Claude model hacked into real systems during security testing. Anthropic said biased reasoning and willingness to risk harm contributed to the attacks. The incident occurred in January and involved an early version of Claude Opus 4.6. The disclosure comes as debate over AI regulation heats up.
Ethereum exchange supply falls to 15.5M ETH as MVRV turns positive
Ethereum exchange supply has fallen to roughly 15.5 million ETH. Glassnode data puts the decline at about 38% from the May 2023 peak near 25.2 million. Ethereum's MVRV momentum turned positive in the second half of August after a negative phase that began in November 2025. ETH trades near $2,464 above the $2,438.85 retracement level.
XRP Ledger crosses 5 billion transactions with 767 bots driving 92% of August activity
XRP Ledger crossed 5 billion transactions as 767 machine accounts generated 92% of its August activity. Bitquery found that 793 sender accounts produced 93.2% of the month's transactions. Evernorth Research found that order-book volume rose 79% year over year while the number of trading accounts fell about 40%.
Bitcoin Bancorp wins 2,500 former Bitcoin Depot kiosks for $620,000
Bitcoin Bancorp won the bid to take over 2,547 former Bitcoin Depot ATMs for $620,750. Bitcoin Depot filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May after first-quarter revenue fell 49% from a year earlier. Fraud losses linked to cryptocurrency ATMs reached $389 million in 2025.
Hyperliquid operates an onchain orderbook that supports up to 200,000 orders per second. The platform processed $1.28 trillion in perpetual futures volume during the first half of 2026. The newsletter also covers HYPE staking, fees, governance and ETFs tracking the token.
Bitcoin slips below $77,000 as high US PPI and oil drive risk assets lower
Bitcoin fell below $77,000 around Thursday's Wall Street open as risk assets faced renewed macroeconomic pressure. US PPI inflation reached 5.4% in August. WTI crude oil rose above $100 per barrel for the first time since May 21. The US 30-year bond yield reached 5.353%, its highest level since June 2007.
Uniswap launches StablePair Hook for stablecoin trading pairs
Uniswap Labs launched StablePair Hook for stablecoin trading pairs. Stablecoin-to-stablecoin swaps on Uniswap reached $43.4 billion in the second quarter. The hook uses dynamic fees to help liquidity providers retain more value from trades that restore pool prices to reference levels.
Gold and Bitcoin fell after US producer prices rose 0.4% in August. The annual producer-price rate reached 5.4%, slightly above the 5.3% forecast. The 10-year Treasury yield rose above 4.9% as markets increased bets on a September rate hike.
Global gold ETFs attracted $18 billion in August, the second-largest monthly inflow on record. Collective holdings reached an all-time high of 4,189 tonnes. Assets under management rose 16% from July to $615 billion, helped by a higher gold price.
MARA shares fell 3.15% to $11.54 on Thursday. Bitcoin fell $1,421.86, or 1.82%, to $76,838.53 over 24 hours. The Nasdaq fell 1.14% and the S&P 500 fell 0.54%.
Ripple exec says XRP could one day overtake Bitcoin in market cap
Ripple Chief Technology Officer Emeritus David Schwartz said XRP could one day overtake Bitcoin in market cap. He said this could happen if the XRP Ledger gains ground and XRP grows faster than Bitcoin. XRP spot ETFs recorded two consecutive days of inflows on Sept. 8 and 9 totaling $13.84 million. Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded $166.89 million in outflows over the same period.
MoneyGram launches first stablecoin-backed Visa card in Colombia
MoneyGram launched its first stablecoin-backed Visa card in Colombia. The card supports USDC at launch, and MoneyGram plans to add support for its MGUSD stablecoin in the near future. Customers can transfer funds from their MoneyGram balance to pick up local currency at MoneyGram locations.
MoneyGram unveils stablecoin-backed card for everyday spending
MoneyGram unveiled a card that lets customers spend a U.S. dollar-denominated balance wherever Visa is accepted. The card will first be available in Colombia and may expand to other markets over the coming months. The card will initially use Circle's USDC stablecoin, followed by MoneyGram's MGUSD token.
Polymarket names finance veteran Warren Jenson as CFO
Polymarket named Warren Jenson, 69, as its CFO. Jenson has more than three decades of finance experience at major U.S. companies. Kalshi and Polymarket recorded $48.4 billion in combined volume in August, according to Piper Sandler. Kalshi accounted for $40 billion of that volume, nearly five times Polymarket's volume.
Bitcoin fell to $77,000 after August PPI inflation reached 5.4% year over year. More than $190 million in long positions were liquidated within 60 minutes. The 10-year Treasury yield rose above 4.90% as rate hike expectations increased before the Sept. 16 Fed meeting.
US crackdown on $24 billion Xinbi market prompts rival launderer exits
US authorities escalated a crackdown on Xinbi Guarantee, a marketplace that processed an estimated $24 billion in digital assets and fiat. Authorities restrained more than $52 million in crypto and targeted wallets, Telegram channels and supporting companies. Rival platforms then saw merchant withdrawals and removed money-laundering operators from public groups.
Nasdaq, Boerse Stuttgart urge EU to scrap cap or set 1.5 trillion euros
European financial and crypto industry groups urged EU lawmakers to remove tokenized securities limits or set a ceiling of at least 1.5 trillion euros. The request came in a letter to the European Council and European Parliament. The groups said a proposed 100 billion-euro cap would constrain growth.
Citadel urges SEC to assert oversight of public-company event contracts
Citadel Securities urged the SEC and CFTC to make the SEC the primary regulator of event contracts tied to U.S. public companies and their securities. In a Sept. 9 letter responding to a joint request for comment, Citadel said venues should not use CFTC self-certification to avoid SEC jurisdiction over equity-linked products. Citadel also asked the SEC to review new product filings promptly and resolve classification questions involving equity-linked event contracts and perpetual derivatives.