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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.
Fairshake spent $189,000 on media supporting Representative Jake Auchincloss in the Massachusetts primary, Cointelegraph reported. The crypto-backed PAC is using industry funds in its latest effort to influence the 2026 elections.
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust is outperforming Vanguard’s S&P 500 ETF, Bitcoin Magazine reports. The comparison underscores the relative performance of bitcoin exposure versus a major U.S. equity-market fund.
The UK's crime agency froze a $13.5 million account linked to the Premier League in a crypto crime probe. The funds were tied to its $140 million sponsorship deal with Sorare, with no wrongdoing confirmed by authorities.
Bitfinex Securities listed five tokenized equity-backed notes linked to Strategy and Metaplanet. Issued through Luxembourg’s ORO II fund, the notes trade against dollars, USDT and Bitcoin for eligible non-US investors.
Bitcoin ETFs posted a $217 million rebound led by BlackRock, while Ether ETFs reached 11 consecutive inflow sessions. XRP and Solana funds each recorded a 10th straight positive session, Cointelegraph reported.
Strategy used $603 million from one week of common-stock sales for three purposes: $369.7 million in Bitcoin purchases, $202.5 million for STRC buybacks and dividends, and a $30 million increase in cash.
Crypto projects have spent a record $638 million on token buybacks in 2026, with Hyperliquid and Pump.fun responsible for nearly 90% of the total, according to figures cited by the Financial Times.
Ireland’s planned tax-advantaged state savings accounts will exclude crypto assets. The scheme, opening next year, will target about $203 billion in deposits and allow shares, bonds, funds, ETFs and insurance products.
Cronos validators halted the network after an alleged $75 million exploit at Tectonic. CoinDesk said the attacker inflated thinly traded TONIC by 100 times, used it as collateral and left most borrowed funds stranded.
Stablecoin reserves under GENIUS cover debt maturing within 93 days, while the US Treasury expands liquidity buybacks for 10- to 30-year debt. CryptoSlate reports the short-term funding channel cannot resolve a $28 billion long-bond problem.
The SEC is reviewing automatic filing pathways after a wave of proposals for crypto, leveraged, private-asset and election- or economic-event-linked ETFs reached the market, CryptoSlate reports.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $201.8 million in net outflows Friday, ending a nine-day inflow streak. ARK 21Shares led withdrawals, while total ETF assets fell below $100 billion as Bitcoin dipped under $78,000.
Ethena plans to extend USDe’s basis strategy into equity perpetual futures, targeting funding yields more than five times Bitcoin’s. The announcement comes as equity perpetual open interest reaches about $6.2 billion.
