Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, received a record $12 million donation from aviation and crypto investor Christopher Harborne. The donation has been described as the largest ever from a living individual in UK politics.
Harborne’s Donation Gift Eclipses Previous UK Record
Reform UK, a political p

European authorities shut down a vast crypto-fraud engine responsible for hundreds of millions in illicit flows, marking a major blow to criminal networks exploiting digital assets and exposing how deeply coordinated scams infiltrated the continent.
EUR 700M Crypto Spiral Breaks in Europe With

Ripple’s expanded push into unified digital asset infrastructure signals a bid to anchor real-time global finance by fusing treasury intelligence, custody, liquidity and settlement into a single enterprise platform.
Ripple Broadens Its Institutional Finance Ambitions
Growing institutional

Stablecoins’ rapid global expansion is reshaping financial access and payments, offering new efficiencies while raising urgent concerns over monetary control and regulatory gaps that policymakers worldwide are now scrambling to confront.
IMF Warns of Expanding Stablecoin Influence
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The cryptocurrency has been warming up again this week, but a credible voice just poured cold water on it.
A Bitcoin Wake-up Call From Former Block Executive Mike Brock
“ Bitcoin will fail. Because it is a lie,” writes Mike Brock, a former executive at Jack Dorsey’s bitcoin firm, Block. His

Bitcoin miners are finally catching a breather as hashprice lifts off the basement floor after hitting punishing lows just days ago that squeezed operations to the edge. Even with that revenue dip, the network’s hashrate has held its ground, hovering in a tight band between 1,050 exahash per

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Applying the Howey Test
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Singularity Compute has launched the first phase of its enterprise-grade Nvidia GPU cluster in Sweden, a deployment that provides flexible GPU computing for enterprises, institutions, and ASI Alliance partners.
Flexible Infrastructure for Enterprise and ASI
The infrastructure arm of

Grayscale's Chainlink Trust ETF (GLNK) has commenced trading on NYSE Arca, fulfilling increased investor interest in Oracle-powered blockchain solutions. It allows indirect investment in Chainlink's infrastructure without owning LINK directly.

Growing confidence in achievable U.S. crypto rules is rising as the SEC signals readiness to advance digital-asset policy under existing authority, hinting at long-awaited clarity that could accelerate industry participation and strengthen the nation’s competitive footing.
US Market Stirs as SEC

Franklin Templeton's Crypto Index ETF has expanded to include XRP, Solana, and other major tokens alongside Bitcoin and Ether, reflecting a demand for diverse blockchain assets and real-world utility in the crypto market.

Strategy has adopted a new dual-reserve treasury framework, according to a comprehensive analysis from cryptoquant.com, marking a notable shift in how the firm manages bitcoin exposure heading into what analysts describe as a potential extended downturn.
Strategy Adjusts Bitcoin Playbook
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IREN Limited is stacking up fresh financing, pricing a twin convertible-notes offering and a concurrent share sale expected to top $2 billion as the company moves to chip away at portions of its older convertible debt.
IREN’s Latest Financing Push: Two Convertible Notes, One Big Equity Sale
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Bitcoin ETFs resumed their upward momentum with fresh inflows, while ether ETFs fell back into outflows. Solana funds, meanwhile, delivered another strong day, driven by broad-based inflows across all major issuers.
Ether Slips, Solana Surges, and Bitcoin Extends Inflow Streak
The crypto

Polymarket officially reentered the U.S. on Wednesday with the rollout of its new mobile app to waitlisted users, marking its first domestic availability since 2021.
Polymarket’s Mobile App Marks Its First Step Back Into the United States
Polymarket announced Wednesday that its U.S. app is now li

The Firelight Protocol is a new initiative designed to bring native staking rewards to XRP by using it as a source of onchain security for decentralized finance.
Closing the DeFi Security Gap
The newly launched Firelight Protocol is set to expand the utility of XRP by introducing native staking