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Moscow Exchange to Launch Ruble-Settled Crypto Perpetual Futures on Sept. 22

Moscow Exchange will launch perpetual futures tied to Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP and TRON indexes on Sept. 22, expanding Russia's regulated cryptocurrency derivatives market....

Celsius Estate Sues BitMEX Over $495 Million Bitcoin Liquidations Ahead of Exchange Shutdown

The Celsius bankruptcy estate has sued BitMEX over the alleged wrongful liquidation of 6,360 BTC during the March 2020 market crash. The cryptocurrency now...

Strategy Uses STRC Buybacks to Push Preferred Shares Back Toward $100

Strategy has stepped up its repurchases of STRC preferred shares as the security trades below its $100 stated value, using corporate capital to support...

Revolut Faces $3 Million Monero Ransom Threat After Customer Data Breach

Hackers claiming responsibility for a Revolut data breach have demanded 6,000 Monero, worth about $3 million, and threatened to sell confidential customer records within...

South Korea Escalates Polymarket Crackdown as 26 Users Face Illegal Gambling Probe

South Korean police have booked 26 users of cryptocurrency prediction platform Polymarket over alleged illegal gambling involving about 17.6 billion won, or roughly $12.7...

Tether Expands Into Gold Lending With $1.5 Billion Financing Deal

Tether has emerged as a major lender in the physical gold market, providing about $1.5 billion in financing to U.S. bullion dealer Gold.com. The...

Bulgaria Tightens Crypto Tax Reporting Rules Under New EU Framework

Bulgaria has approved new rules that expand tax authorities' access to cryptocurrency user and transaction data, bringing the country's reporting framework into line with...

Apple Eyes Enterprise AI Servers With Custom M8 Ultra Chips

Apple is developing plans for enterprise AI servers powered by its own silicon, marking a potential return to the server hardware market as demand...

India Finance Panel Flags P2P Crypto Bank Freezes for Possible October Review

India's parliamentary finance panel has raised concerns over bank account freezes linked to peer-to-peer cryptocurrency transactions. The issue could receive a formal review after...

Bitcoin Core 32.0 Enters Final Testing Ahead of October Release

Bitcoin Core 32.0 has entered its final testing phase as developers prepare for a planned Oct. 10 release. The update focuses on transaction fee...

Circle Launches Arc Mainnet With USDC Gas and Institutional Financial Infrastructure

Circle has launched the public mainnet of Arc, its new Layer 1 blockchain designed for financial markets, payments and tokenized assets. The network went...

Italy Probes Revolut Data Breach After Hackers Misused Government Email

Italian authorities are investigating a cyberattack that exposed sensitive Revolut customer information after hackers allegedly abused a compromised government email account. The incident highlights...