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The OCC granted blockchain bank OpenReserve a provisional charter, adding the new full-service institution to the growing group of crypto-native banks in the United States. The approval is initial and does not confirm full operations.
A Japanese company sold its Ethereum, Solana and XRP holdings for ¥878.8 million, while keeping $121 million in Bitcoin. Management may use the proceeds beyond cryptocurrency, leaving its portfolio Bitcoin-only.
Michigan authorities continue their effort to block Kalshi as a potential Supreme Court fight approaches. Kalshi previously said federal instructions to disregard a June state restraining order left it in an “impossible position.”
A Hyperliquid treasury company has raised at least $763.7 million and lifted its token-buying strategy to $2.5 billion. Filings leave up to $236.3 million before discounted share sales hit a Nasdaq cap.
Sony has rejected a $508 million tariff refund claim from PS5 buyers as “illogical,” Decrypt reports. The dispute follows a second PlayStation price increase in March, five weeks after the tariffs were struck down.
Pencil Finance completed a $1 million onchain lending cycle serving 6,600 students in Southeast Asia. Cointelegraph reported that the first-of-its-kind program targeted borrowers underserved by traditional lenders.
Memecoin pairs involving Robinhood’s tokenized stocks recorded $217 million in volume on Robinhood Chain on Sept. 2, exceeding the $127 million traded in direct stock-token markets, according to data compiled by Adam Tehc.
Ontology requires nodes to upgrade to version 3.1.5 after malicious activity hit the chain following a restart. The attack path and wider service-recovery details remain undisclosed, according to CryptoSlate.
French company Capital B raised €7.6 million from Adam Back to fund another bitcoin purchase, following a bitcoin fundraiser conducted by the company last month, Bitcoin Magazine reported.
Bitcoin Magazine’s “The Quantum Issue” reviews quantum computing’s potential risk to Bitcoin, the network’s exposure, and the current state of solutions designed to improve protection, in an editorial by Shinobi.
Varun Datta of Truth Ventures says crypto VCs’ move toward later-stage deals may be a consensus trade, with proven companies receiving 57% of last quarter’s capital and founding-stage opportunities left underfunded.
Strategy’s STRC preferred security remains near $97 despite $635.2 million in buybacks. Michael Saylor has roughly one week before his informal Sept. 8 target to restore the security to its $100 par value.
Hyperliquid Strategies has expanded its equity facility to $2.5 billion, Cointelegraph reported. The Nasdaq-listed company previously raised $647 million through the facility and accumulated about 29.3 million HYPE tokens.
CryptoSlate reported that leaked support and compliance records linked 291 users’ names to wallet activity. The records exposed varying identity, location and compliance details, while private keys and customer funds remained safe.
