Crypto

Bitcoin reclaims $80K as DXY falls amid continuing suspected yen intervention

Bitcoin rallied 5% to reclaim $80,000 as the US dollar weakened amid a suspected Bank of Japan currency intervention, though analysts remain split on the impact.

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.

Kraken parent Payward partners with SoFi on stablecoin, 24/7 settlement

The deal will bring SoFiUSD to Kraken, connect Payward to SoFi’s 24/7 dollar settlement network and give SoFi access to digital asset liquidity through Kraken Prime.

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.

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.

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: Crypto majors bounce while global funds run their lowest dollar hedges since 2015

Bitcoin is back above $77,500 with every major green on the day, though the week still reads red. Global investors are carrying their lowest currency protection on U.S. assets in a decade.

Bitcoin recovers toward $78,000 as pons and arbitrum extend Robinhood Chain rally

BTC rose 0.76% since midnight as a softer dollar lifted equities and metals alongside crypto, while ARB and PONS pushed higher for a third session.

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.