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Robinhood takes stakes in Crypto.com, OG.com in prediction markets deal
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/2026/09/01M20X8RTKQJQJ462YAJQDMNR1/hi-new-industry-new-rules-building-an-industry-without-bias.png" alt="Robinhood takes stakes in Crypto.com, OG.com in prediction markets deal" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Robinhood will route event contracts through OG.com’s CFTC-regulated infrastructure as it expands its prediction markets business.</p>
Visa brings onchain credit to its growing stablecoin card business
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/2026/09/01M20SBKPJPVDD6E1F2T89YK6W/hi-your-crypto-wallet-is-the-key-to-your-web3.jpg" alt="Visa brings onchain credit to its growing stablecoin card business" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Visa is combining VisaNet settlement data with blockchain lending as stablecoin payment volume on its network jumps nearly 200% year over year.</p>
Bitcoin faces key support test at $78.3K as US crude oil hits three-month high
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/2026/09/01M20T148B6W28RQ4JBENHW4HR/hi-how-to-make-a-profit-when-bitcoin-prices-are-stagnant-oil-1.jpg" alt="Bitcoin faces key support test at $78.3K as US crude oil hits three-month high" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Bitcoin fell with US stocks on the opening of Tuesday’s Wall Street trading session as analysis warns that BTC price support at $78,300 must hold.</p>
Bitmine buys 28k ETH, completes 97% of treasury accumulation goal
While Bitmine’s completed 97% of its goal to acquire 5% of Ether’s supply, Tom Lee’s team faces a $5.1 billion unrealized loss on its main treasury asset.
Is Bitcoin too volatile to risk your retirement on?
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/2026/09/01M1ZBNEHJ54QYSM9PS5HZF0CH/magazine-retire-early-with-crypto.jpg" alt="Is Bitcoin too volatile to risk your retirement on?" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Bitcoin believers see it as an almost certain long-term investment, but retirement demands a different approach. How much crypto exposure is too much for your retirement account?</p>
Strategy skips Bitcoin buy to repurchase $176M of STRC preferred shares
Strategy repurchased $176 million worth of its STRC preferred stock and doubled the size of its digital securities repurchase program to $2 billion, while pausing on new Bitcoin buys.
Circle to acquire Tazapay to expand USDC cross-border payments
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/2026/09/01M20BVCME3MRSYGBFGFFS62XW/world-global-rating-circle.jpg" alt="Circle to acquire Tazapay to expand USDC cross-border payments" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Tazapay processes $25 billion in annualized volume and offers payout rails across 100-plus markets, extending Circle’s USDC payments reach.</p>
Uzbekistan begins government bond-backed stablecoin payment pilot
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/2026/09/01M206SWCMNKXPJXWKTH0HCEYH/s.jpg" alt="Uzbekistan begins government bond-backed stablecoin payment pilot" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Humo Digital will test HUMO payments with more than 20 merchants under a sandbox jointly overseen by NAPP and Uzbekistan’s central bank.</p>
Uzbekistan begins government bond-backed stablecoin payment pilot
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/2026/09/01M206SWCMNKXPJXWKTH0HCEYH/s.jpg" alt="Uzbekistan begins government bond-backed stablecoin payment pilot" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Humo Digital will test HUMO payments with more than 20 merchants under a sandbox jointly overseen by NAPP and Uzbekistan’s central bank.</p>
Ledger CTO urges AI bug hunter responsibility, warns against ‘attention farming’
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/2026/09/01M2037DZ5S9S3CCDQM2HBV9NY/crypto-card-online-payment-cashless-payments-google-ai.png" alt="Ledger CTO urges AI bug hunter responsibility, warns against ‘attention farming’" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Ledger and Trezor said researchers have a responsibility to publish their findings if vendors fail to fix bugs within an agreed disclosure window.</p>
Robinhood chain to generate $160M in annual fees by 2028: Bernstein
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/2026/09/01M205GJS8Q5S11AJAQ7022PC1/robinhood2-1.jpg" alt="Robinhood chain to generate $160M in annual fees by 2028: Bernstein" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Growing demand for tokenized stock trading may drive the Robinhood chain’s annual fees to $160 million by 2028, predicted analysts from Bernstein.</p>
New Bitcoin whales spark sell-side risk as unrealized gains hit $9B
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/2026/09/01M2062K6V4M4F1DR5TM0F23TH/hi-daos-dexs-and-whales-how-web3-organizations-became-the-new-crypto-beasts1.jpg" alt="New Bitcoin whales spark sell-side risk as unrealized gains hit $9B" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Unrealized gains by whale speculators hit their highest levels on record last week, per data going back to 2016.</p>
New Bitcoin whales spark sell-side risk as unrealized gains hit $9B
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/2026/09/01M2062K6V4M4F1DR5TM0F23TH/hi-daos-dexs-and-whales-how-web3-organizations-became-the-new-crypto-beasts1.jpg" alt="New Bitcoin whales spark sell-side risk as unrealized gains hit $9B" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Unrealized gains by whale speculators hit their highest levels on record last week, per data going back to 2016.</p>
Australia says it removed 45 crypto, remittance registrations over the past year
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/2026/09/01M1ZPQFTFP239F2S3DRF3524V/license-revoked" alt="Australia says it removed 45 crypto, remittance registrations over the past year" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>AUSTRAC said its yearlong sweep included canceled, suspended and unrenewed registrations, while its action against GetCoins helped disrupt organized investment scams.</p>
Australia says it removed 45 crypto, remittance registrations over the past year
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/2026/09/01M1ZPQFTFP239F2S3DRF3524V/license-revoked" alt="Australia says it removed 45 crypto, remittance registrations over the past year" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>AUSTRAC said its yearlong sweep included canceled, suspended and unrenewed registrations, while its action against GetCoins helped disrupt organized investment scams.</p>
Liquid ‘white hats’ return $270M in Bitcoin as network prepares restart
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/2026/09/01M1ZHYDRMBN9CQ2AV6CCP6WB8/hacky-hack.png" alt="Liquid ‘white hats’ return $270M in Bitcoin as network prepares restart" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>The actors returned 85% of the Bitcoin withdrawn from Liquid’s federation wallet following the security incident.</p>
Liquid ‘white hats’ return $270M in Bitcoin as network prepares restart
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/2026/09/01M1ZHYDRMBN9CQ2AV6CCP6WB8/hacky-hack.png" alt="Liquid ‘white hats’ return $270M in Bitcoin as network prepares restart" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>The actors returned 85% of the Bitcoin withdrawn from Liquid’s federation wallet following the security incident.</p>
UK financial watchdog weighs lifting prediction markets ban: Report
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/2026/09/01M1YQN8JRRNR258R2ASED73KY/hi-prediction-market-uk.png" alt="UK financial watchdog weighs lifting prediction markets ban: Report" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Companies offering binary options for retail investors have been barred from selling, marketing and distributing products in the UK since 2019 following a directive from the FCA.</p>
Ethereum Foundation names 2 ‘must ship’ EIPs for Hegotá upgrade
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/2026/09/01M1YPGJP56PPJ9HZPSQ3THD23/hi-how-the-fusaka-upgrade-fits-into-ethereums-long-term-roadmap.jpg" alt="Ethereum Foundation names 2 ‘must ship’ EIPs for Hegotá upgrade" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Ethereum’s Hegotá upgrade will center on FOCIL and Frame Transactions as developers weigh dozens of other proposed changes for inclusion.</p>
Polish prosecutors charge suspect in Zondacrypto probe, seek pretrial detention
<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://s3-images.ctmedia.io/media/article-covers/2026/09/01M1YE3WX83P6A9KHXBC6QXND1/courtroom-court-lawsuit-justice-jurisdiction-breaking-news-2.png" alt="Polish prosecutors charge suspect in Zondacrypto probe, seek pretrial detention" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Polish prosecutors charged Romana Ż. with organized crime and misappropriation offenses involving $2.1 million in Zondacrypto user funds.</p>