Crypto News Digest: September 1, 2026

Lazarus Group-linked addresses move $30M through Hyperliquid

Crypto wallets linked to the OFAC-sanctioned Lazarus Group moved $30 million in digital assets through Hyperliquid, weeks after regulators said they were working on a path to introduce the exchange into US markets.

Hut 8's Texas power site sits inside Anthropic’s $35 billion AI deal

The company's Texas campus has two long-term leases worth $19.6 billion, more than 260 times its latest quarterly revenue, as AI companies race to secure power and data-center capacity.

South Korea Arrests Four Over Crypto Payments to Syrian Terror Group

Police say the ringleader also took crypto from the group and sent back 11 used cars and two excavators, a first for Korean investigators.

Morning Minute: Saylor’s Back Buying Bitcoin

Strategy somehow threaded the needle of buying Bitcoin and STRC while also raising cash. Now how will the market respond?

UK’s crime agency freezes Premier League $13.5 million account in crypto crime probe

Authorities targeted funds from a $140 million sponsorship deal with crypto firm Sorare, though law enforcement confirmed no wrongdoing by the Premier League.

Kast launches stablecoin-powered business platform after $80M raise

Kast aims to onboard between 1,000 and 5,000 active businesses to its new platform by the end of 2026.

Asia sees digital asset custody infrastructure deals from Ripple, Coincheck

Ripple was among the latest blockchain companies to sign a strategic partnership to build more custody and tokenized asset management solutions for Asian institutional participants.

Ethena pushes stablecoins into everyday banking with high-yield savings, cards and payments

Ethena Pay offers a 6% dollar savings rate and 5% card cashback, using Avalanche for settlement.

Silhouette debuts RFQ trading for xStocks on Hyperliquid

Silhouette launched RFQ trading for xStocks on Hyperliquid, allowing market makers to compete for tokenized equity trades settled onchain.

OpenClaw 2.0 Is Here: What Changed, Why It Took Two Months, and How It Stacks Up Against Hermes

The open-source agent framework that started the "autonomous AI" hype cycle just shipped its biggest update ever, almost by accident, and it's coming for the enterprise now.

Musk’s X hit by wave of unsolicited password reset emails

Multiple crypto industry figures and CoinDesk staff received unexpected password reset emails on Tuesday, though there is no evidence yet that X itself has been breached.

Anthropic Ships Claude Fable 5.1, More Than Doubling Its Predecessor on Key Benchmark

Fable 5.1 and its restricted sibling Mythos 5.1 arrive three months after export controls forced Anthropic to pull Fable 5 offline for 18 days

Buying memecoins with credit cards on Robinhood Wallet and Fomo appears to sidestep card-network crypto rules

Test memecoin purchases were coded as "digital media" rather than crypto, earning credit card points despite card network restrictions.

Dropbox Security Breach: Hackers Access Accounts Through Authentication Flaw

Attackers reportedly registered Lenovo IDs using victims’ email addresses, allowing them to sign into existing Dropbox accounts without their passwords.

UK crime agency froze $13.5M amid probe into Premier League crypto sponsor

UK authorities froze $13.5 million in cash following a January 2025 order from the Westminster Magistrates’ Court as part of an investigation into Sorare.

What Is 'Red September'? Bitcoin's Curse, and Why Wall Street Has the Same One

Bitcoin has lost ground in eight of the last 13 Septembers. The stock market's had the same problem since 1928. Here's the case for the curse, what broke it last year, and what's coming in the next round.

Binance expands TradFi push with options on 1,000 US stocks, ETFs

The launch gives eligible non-US users access to physically settled options on more than 1,000 US stocks and ETFs through a single Binance account.

Robinhood Chain DEX Volume Jumps to $1.6 billion

Trading on the Ethereum Layer 2 climbed 61% in a matter of days as DeFi deposits and stablecoin holdings approached $800 million.

Crypto-backed PAC scales back ad spending in Massachusetts primary

The $189,000 in media spending to support Representative Jake Auchincloss marked Fairshake’s latest attempt to influence the 2026 elections with funds from the crypto industry.

Nvidia Invests $3.5 Billion in MediaTek to Expand Beyond GPUs

The deal, part of MediaTek's record $3.9 billion bond offering, ties Nvidia's chip ecosystem to a Taiwanese rival building its own AI accelerator business.

Robinhood's new crypto network is printing cash, and it's sending Arbitrum's token soaring

Revenue on Robinhood Chain hit a 24-hour record of $1.9 million, driving a 30% rally in ARB as traders chased downstream gains.

Citi, Goldman, other global banks and asset managers team up on stablecoin venture

The group will focus first on a U.S. dollar stablecoin for payments and digital asset settlement, with a euro token a priority for expansion.

X Data Breach? Users Are Getting Flooded With Password Reset Emails Nobody Requested

X engineers have acknowledged the issue, but have not confirmed a new data breach of its systems.

BofA, Citi, Goldman Sachs among 21 institutions planning stablecoin launch

The planned venture will initially focus on a US dollar stablecoin before expanding to other G7 currencies, with a euro-denominated offering next.

SEC seeks to update its 1970s-era transfer agent rules for the blockchain age

The SEC is seeking to update its rules for transfer agents to keep pace with new technology, including blockchain and tokenization.

Kalshi issues first lifetime ban for Republican politician over insider bets

The prediction platform permanently banned George Santos and issued a three-year suspension for Laurie Buckhout after investigations into using insider information on event contracts.

SEC proposes broad update to decades-old transfer agent rules with blockchain nod

The proposal would modernize rules largely unchanged since the 1980s, addressing blockchain-based recordkeeping, tokenized securities and increasingly automated market infrastructure.

Solana Treasury DeFi Development Corp Eyes $20 Million Raise to Buy More SOL

The publicly traded company recently bought 19,000 SOL, bringing its treasury to more than 2.33 million SOL and SOL equivalents.

Crypto treasury companies hit $340 billion market cap as altcoin DATs outperform

Cumulative market capitalization for these companies is up 10% since mid-August and hovers around $340 billion.

Bitcoin's Next Move: Bullish Bets Run Up Against a Historical Wall

Bitcoin just had one its best months in years amid a price rally that broke the crypto winter pattern. But the charts tell a complicated story.

Does the Bitcoin rally mean we haven’t wasted our lives in crypto?

Crypto is showing signs of life again, but its biggest wins look different from what early believers imagined. After a decade of building, has it all been worth it?

Bitcoin enters ‘Rektember’ as rate-hike risk combines with seasonality to threaten rally

September has historically been a poor month for risk assets in general, and bitcoin, in particular.

Firelight raises $8 million, expands beyond XRP as it aims to make DeFi less scary for fintechs

The protocol aims to give fintechs and investors a faster way to recover losses from DeFi hacks, while letting XRP, bitcoin and XLM holders earn yield by backing that protection.

Fake Claude desktop app spreads crypto-stealing malware

RevStealer targets more than 50 crypto wallets alongside browser passwords, cookies, messaging data and selected documents.

Bitcoin and gold move in lockstep as debasement trade gains more steam

Bitcoin's 90-day Pearson correlation coefficient with gold hits all-time high while the Fear and Greed Index sits at 68.

Gal Gadot Defends AI Use in Bitcoin Film: 'Work With It or Be Out of the Game'

The actor’s lawyers spent six months negotiating the contract for “Bitcoin: Killing Satoshi” in order to “protect” her performance.

Bitcoin stays flat as global bond bear market rages on, pushing JGB to high

Global bond yields hit multi-decade highs today as Japan’s 10-year JGB yield reached a 30-year peak, keeping Bitcoin steady near $78,000.

Cango shares plunge 20% after bitcoin miner reports $81.6 million Q2 loss

Cango scaled back its mining fleet in the second quarter as revenue fell and the company focused on efficiency.

Ethena launches USDe payments app, offers 6% rewards

The self-custodial app brings USDe into everyday payments, savings and cross-border transfers, with annualized rewards of up to 6%.

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest Buys $37 Million in Bitcoin and Payments Firm Block

The investment firm bought 456,059 Block shares across three ETFs and added $3.4 million in Circle stock.