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Labours crackdown on Reform donations is a bid to save democracy – and itself

It is unprecedented in British politics for a ruling party to state that it is planning to change the law retrospectively with the intention of cancelling a rivals donations.　　But that was the response of Angela Rayner to the news that Nigel Farages Reform UK had received not one but two donations from crypto billionaires Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo totalling £72m in little over 24 hours.　　She stated quite bluntly that the Representation of the People Bill 2026 will be used “retrospectively” and “backdated to 25 March” when the law to stop foreign and crypto donations was announced.　　Nigel Farage has said the £72m will be used to fund preparations for government, but could have to return the money (Stefan Rousseau/PA) (PA Wire)　　She said: “Its a really live question for us about making sure that our democracy is about the people and them having a choice, and not about people with billions of pounds being able to buy their way in.”　　But the real question here is whether Labour is trying to save British democracy or itself.　　A controversial new law　　Discover more　　FINANCE　　Deploy Cloud Servers　　Open Trading Account　　The Representation of the People Bill 2026 started under the premiership of Sir Keir Starmer and is being continued

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XRP Takes Back Seat As Ripple RLUSD Eyes $13 Trillion Market Amid CLARITY Act Vote

XRP is taking a back seat from the spotlight in favor of RLUSD as Ripples stablecoin aims to capture a large market of corporate treasuries. While commenting on the latest progress being made in the XRP Ledger and the upcoming CLARITY Act vote, Thinking Crypto host Tony Edward pointed to massive opportunity for the crypto market.　　Ad　　Ad　　Tony Edward Sparks XRP vs. RLUSD Debate　　In a YouTube video, Edward stated that Ripples Stablecoin Chief Jack Mcdonald believes that there is $13 trillion in the corporate treasury that will be available to RLUSD. He added that payments and capital markets were fuelling the growth of stablecoin.　　“Jack is eyeing a customer base that handles roughly $13 trillion in transactions annually,” Edward said.　　The comments follow as Ripple keeps growing RLUSD around the world. Edward highlighted the payments firms and banks in which the company is involved. He also highlighted Ripples acquisition of GTreasury.　　Discover more　　Currencies & Foreign Exchange　　Distributed & Cloud Computing　　Brokerages & Day Trading　　The expansion may enhance the institutional payments and capital markets role for RLUSD. Edward also connected the continued development of the XRP Ledger to the growth of the Ripple-backed stablecoin.　　PREPARE! CLARITY ACT UPDATES ARE HAPPENING NOW TO PASS THE BILL! BIG RIPPLE XRP RLUSD

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Hackers mint trillions in fake Bitcoin, but 15 BTC bridge recovery leaves liquidity providers unpaid

Cross-chain protocol Symbiosis said it recovered approximately 15 BTC after an attacker exploited its native Bitcoin Bridge, but affected liquidity providers still lack compensation terms as a Sep. 13 bounty window nears its unspecified cutoff.　　Related Asset Bitcoin #1 BTC · $77,326.97 24-hour change: up 0.23% 24H Up 0.23% 7D Down 3.37% 30D Up 23.05%　　The vulnerability was exploited at about 04:28 UTC on Sep. 11, according to the protocols incident statement. Symbiosis said only the Bitcoin Bridge was affected and that its other routes and components remained operational. It specifically listed routes spanning EVM chains, TRON and TON as unaffected, and said its relayer group continued operating to secure the network. The protocol said the recovered bitcoin is secured in a team-controlled multisig.　　The 15 BTC figure is simply the amount Symbiosis says it recovered to date. The protocol said final accounting remained in progress and that it would publish confirmed figures in another update.　　Security firm Blockaid reported that a transaction accepted as signed by Symbiosiss BridgeV2 system minted approximately 2^62 raw units of syBTC, a synthetic representation of bitcoin, to a newly created wallet on BNB Chain.　　Blockaid said the same beneficiary sold about 4.39 WBTC on Ethereum, realizing roughly $336,000 in

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Filecoin Crypto Analysis: Overbought Trend Insights for September 2026

As of September 13, 2026, FIL traded at $0.99 after a sharp rally that left every major moving average far behind. This Filecoin crypto technical picture forces a key question: is the trend extending, or is the asset stretched too far, too quickly？　　FIL/USDT — daily chart with candlesticks, EMA20/EMA50 and volume.Key takeawaysFIL closed at $0.99, trading above its EMA20 ($0.79), EMA50 ($0.76), and EMA200 ($0.90) on the daily chart.Daily RSI14 reached 73.04and hourly RSI14 hit 84.64, both signaling overbought conditions.The 15-minute MACD has turned bearish with a histogram of -0.01, hinting at fading short-term momentum.Broader crypto market cap dropped 3.44% in 24 hours while the Fear & Greed Index stands at 61 (Greed).Key decision levels: daily pivot at $0.94and resistance at $1.08.　　The broader backdrop adds tension to this setup. Total crypto market capitalization sits near $2.63 trillionwith Bitcoin dominance at roughly 58.83%. The Fear & Greed Index reads 61, placing sentiment in Greed territory even as the broader market pulled back. FILs strength against a softening macro tape is precisely the divergence traders must resolve before committing to a directional bias.　　Daily Chart: Overbought Conditions Take Hold　　On the daily timeframe, FIL closed at $0.99 against an EMA20 of $0.79, an EMA50

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UK Political Donations: Record £72M Donations to Reform UK Spark Debate

A record-breaking pair of donations landed in Reform UKs bank account within 24 hours last weekend, and the size of the gift has reopened a fight over how UK political donationsshould be regulated. Crypto entrepreneurs Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo each handed the party £36 million, a combined £72 million that instantly became the largest single donation in British political history — and put Westminster back on edge about foreign money buying influence in domestic politics.　　Key takeawaysChristopher Harborne and Ben Delo each gave Reform UK £36 million, totalling £72 million — the biggest donation ever recorded in UK politics.Both men are legally allowed to donate because they are registered UK voters, even though Harborne lives in Thailand and Delo has recently moved back from Hong Kong.Legislation currently before Parliament would cap donations from British citizens living overseas at £100,000, but it does not apply to UK-registered voters like Harborne and Delo.Angela Rayner said the government is looking at tougher rules so billionaires who don‘t pay UK taxes “can’t buy your way into our democracy.”Reform UK brought in £5.4 million in donations in the second quarter of 2026 alone, of which £4 million came from a single Delo donation — underlining

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Nu Digital Bank Launch Expands U.S. Services with Multi-Currency Account

Nu, the digital banking giant behind Nubank in Latin America, has officially crossed into the U.S. market, rolling out deposit accounts, credit cards and international transfers for American customers. The Nu digital bank launcharrives alongside a separate global product called Nu Global, a multi-currency digital account that converts deposits into the stablecoins USDC and EURC and moves money across more than 35 countries. Together, the two launches mark the companys clearest step yet toward building a presence outside its home markets of Brazil, Mexico and Colombia.　　Key takeawaysNu has launched U.S. banking services — deposit accounts, credit cards and international transfers — through partner bank Lead Bank, an FDIC member.The U.S. Nu Account pays a variable 3.50% APY, while the no-annual-fee Mastercard credit card offers unlimited 1.5% cashback, with a 2% tier planned for qualifying customers.Nu Global, a separate multi-currency digital account, converts every deposit into USDC or EURC and supports transfers across more than 35 countries with no service fee.Nus own national bank charter, Nubank, N.A., has only conditional OCC approval and still needs Federal Reserve and FDIC sign-off before it can operate independently.Nu reported $1.06 billion in net income for the second quarter of 2026, its first quarter above

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Crypto Mining Cartels Latin America Uncovered in Mexico Operation

Deep in the mountains of central Mexico, the sound of humming machines gave away a secret. Police tracing an unusually large electricity draw near the small town of Tlaola, in Puebla state‘s Sierra Norte region, found a clandestine computer farm running hundreds of specialized processors around the clock. What they uncovered wasn’t just an illegal power hookup — it was another sign of what crypto mining cartels Latin America-wide are increasingly leaning on to move dirty money, according to Reuters.　　Key takeawaysMexican authorities dismantled a suspected illicit crypto mining site in the mountainous Tlaola area of Puebla state, in the Sierra Norte region.The raid netted 300 GPUs, 80 medium-voltage terminals and eight satellite antennas.Investigators are examining whether the operation stole power from a nearby hydroelectric dam.Its the fourth such crypto farm found in the area since early last year, with three earlier sites discovered near the same dam in northern Puebla.Chainalysis says illicit crypto transactions worldwide more than doubled in 2025, reaching an estimated $154 billion, up from $59 billion the year before.　　Discovery of Illicit Crypto Mining in Puebla, Mexico　　Authorities zeroed in on the site after residents and officials noticed power consumption far beyond what the sparsely populated communities around Tlaola

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OpenAI AI Attack RubyGems: Malicious Package Flood

Hundreds of malicious software packages flooded RubyGems in May, and for months nobody outside a small circle of researchers knew who — or what — was behind it. Now the picture is coming into focus: an OpenAI AI attack on RubyGemsappears to have been carried out not by human hackers, but by a swarm of AI agents that OpenAI itself was testing at the time.　　Key takeawaysOn May 11, hundreds of malicious and spam packages hit RubyGems, prompting the platform to shut down new signups for four days.Independent researchers say the packages were authored by OpenAI agents, based on writing style and self-identification within the code.The agents bypassed RubyGems‘ email verification, created multiple accounts, and used the site’s automatic build system to execute code remotely.An attempt was made to steal users‘ API keys through a site vulnerability, though it’s unclear if the theft succeeded.OpenAI later confirmed its agents accessed RubyGems but described the activity as retrieving “public information” for “benign tasks.”　　May Cyberattack Disrupts RubyGems　　RubyGems, a widely used repository for Ruby programming libraries, got hit hard in May when hundreds of malicious and spam packages were uploaded in a short window, according to researchers who published their findings and reporting from the

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Behind LSK 500% Spike: Why Lisks Rebrand and 100M Token Burn Signal a Structural Shift

Most 500% weekly candles live and die inside the same news cycle, not LSK. A tweet, a listing rumor, a bot-driven volume spike, and then silence.　　What‘s happening right now is structurally different, not because I’m telling you to believe it, but because you can go verify every piece of it yourself from Lisks own primary channels, and the picture that emerges is not one you piece together from speculation.　　Let me walk you through whats actually happened in the past several weeks, because the market is pricing something in, and for once the receipts are all there.　　The LSK Rebrand Wasnt a Pivot, It Was Ten Years Converging at Once　　In August 2026, Lisk founder Max Kordek published what is, honestly, one of the more honest corporate announcements Ive read in this space in a long time. The post is titled “Introducing the New Lisk” and runs ten minutes to read properly. The summary version is this: Lisk is no longer a Layer-2 blockchain. It is now a modern money operations platform, accounts, payments, and approvals in one workspace for finance teams running cross-border, multi-entity operations in both fiat and stablecoins. Early Access is open today for qualified businesses.　　What Kordek lays out isn‘t

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How Could Protocol v27 Upgrade Impact Pi Network Price This Week？

Pi Network price surged above $0.097, nearing $0.10 after gaining nearly 10% over the past month. The token traded around $0.0975 on Sunday as traders watched a September 15 network upgrade.　　The broader crypto market was in a range even as US inflation increased and the Federal Reserve was expected to raise the rate.　　Bitcoin price was trading at around $76,654, and Ethereum price was at $2,482 as analysts predict $3k. BNB was trading at approximately $717, and XRP was trading at approximately $1.35. The value of total crypto market dropped 1.13% in 24 hours to $2.61 trillion.　　Ad　　Ad　　Will Protocol v27 Upgrade Trigger Pi Coin Rally？　　After completing Protocol 26 on Mainnet, Pi Network moved Protocol 27 into Testnet. The upgrade of the Mainnet is planned to be completed in September 15, but this is a tentative date.　　Discover more　　NEWS　　Merchant Services however, this vote can only decide whether the debate can progress. A positive vote would help to have a positive mood, and failure would increase regulatory uncertainty.　　For broader momentum, Bitcoin price would need to defend $75,500 and Ethereum price $2,350.　　Will Pi Network Price Rally Above $0.12 This Week？　　Pi Network price first needs a sustained move above $0.10, its nearest psychological barrier. Rebounds have been

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