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Kast aims to onboard between 1,000 and 5,000 active businesses to its new platform by the end of 2026. Stablecoin payments company Kast has launched a platform combining business accounts, payment cards, cross-border transfers and yield-bearing balances on stablecoin rails.  Kast said its KAST Business platform allows companies to receive funds through fiat virtual accounts provided by regulated partners, deposit supported stablecoins and crypto, issue virtual cards and make local payouts in more than 20 currencies. The company said it serves more than 170 countries, although availability varies by jurisdiction.  The platform offers up to 8% annual percentage yield on idle balances, which Kast says is generated through short-term US Treasurys and stablecoin yield, alongside up to 3% cashback on purchases.  Read more

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

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

Most provisions took effect Sept. 1, but draft rules and a July 2027 transition limit what can operate now. The post Russia just switched on a crypto market that doesn’t fully exist yet appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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

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.

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. Crypto wallet addresses linked to the North Korean state-affiliated hacker collective Lazarus Group moved $30 million in digital assets through the decentralized exchange Hyperliquid. The Lazarus-tagged wallets sent funds to Hyperliquid and HyperUnit via Bitcoin (BTC), traded them into Ether (ETH) or Solana (SOL) and bridged them out to Tron, Solana or the Ethereum network, according to blockchain data shared by Arkham analyst Emmett Gallic in a Monday X post. Ultimately, the deposits were sent to crypto exchanges KuCoin and Kraken, as well as Lbank, along with several unlabeled services based on the Tron network. Read more

The latest monthly gain also snapped a run of four consecutive August losses, including two double-digit hits in 2022 and 2023.

The proposed screen would cut three companies from MSCI's global indexes in November, with Strategy the largest by some distance.

Your day-ahead look for Sept. 1, 2026

Crypto added roughly $500 billion in market value in a matter of days as Bitcoin ran from about $63,500 toward $80,000 last week. A liquidation squeeze powered much of the first phase, and regulated investment products then supplied fresh capital once forced buying began to fade. Tom Lee told Milk Road that the crypto liquidation […] The post How short liquidations cleared $500B in crypto positions before institutional buyers took over appeared first on CryptoSlate.

XRP becomes the largest holding in NYSE-traded C1 Fund at 17.5% of net assets. Price analysis, key levels, and what it means for XRP traders this week. The post Ripple News: XRP is Top Asset in New York-Traded C1 Fund appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ethereum trades near $2,459 as Tom Lee's BitMine makes its largest ETH purchase since June. Key levels, technicals, and a rising L3 presale to watch. The post Ethereum Price Holds as Tom Lee’s BitMine Makes Biggest ETH Buy Since June appeared first on Cryptonews.

The London bourse operator is seeking to offer 24/5 exposure to UK-based tokenized equities, as more TradFi institutions explore tokenized equities offerings. The London Stock Exchange (LSE) and cryptocurrency exchange Kraken are reportedly launching tokenized stock trading on the stock market operator’s new night-time trading venue. The LSE has partnered with Kraken’s parent company, Payward, to launch access to tokenized stocks tracking the value of leading UK equity products starting in 2027, Payward’s chief commercial officer, Mark Greenberg, told the Financial Times according to a Tuesday report. The tokenized stocks will be listed on LSE’s new night-time trading venue, LSE 24, that will offer 24/5 trading, operating from Mondays to Fridays, the company announced on July 21. Read more

The country’s financial watchdog says its proposed stablecoin rules are aligned with U.S. and EU frameworks and that it also paves the way for the recognition of foreign stablecoin.

BTC drifted lower after last week's rally to $81,428, while ARB led DeFi gains as Robinhood Chain's daily fees topped $2 million.

Polymarket's CLARITY Act odds collapsed from 82% to 13%. Here's what the regulatory uncertainty means for Bitcoin price levels and crypto markets ahead of the Senate vote. The post Polymarket CLARITY Act Odds Slashed to 15% of Being Passed in 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.

Saylor's Strategy returned to the BTC accumulation scene after a two-month hiatus. But, its timing was a little off.

Five major US spot XRP products held XRP with a combined fair value $746.1 million below accounting cost at the end of June, but investors kept buying anyway. According to SEC filings, Bitwise, Canary Capital, Franklin Templeton, 21Shares, and Grayscale recorded roughly $629.9 million in primary-market share creations against $309.1 million in redemptions during the […] The post XRP investors poured $320M into ETFs while the funds sat on a $746M paper loss appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Five equity-backed notes issued through Luxembourg’s ORO II fund will trade against dollars, USDT and Bitcoin for eligible non-US investors. Bitfinex Securities, the tokenized investment platform associated with crypto exchange Bitfinex, has listed five tokenized notes giving eligible investors exposure to Strategy, Metaplanet and other publicly traded Bitcoin treasury companies.  The trading platform announced that the products track the economic performance of shares in Strategy, Metaplanet, Sweden’s H100 Group and France’s Capital B. Bitfinex Securities also listed Strategy’s variable-rate perpetual preferred stock, STRC. Bitfinex Securities described the launch as the first time such products have been made available for secondary trading on a regulated tokenized securities exchange.  Read more