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IMF Now Says Donations Funded El Salvador's Bitcoin Growth

In briefIMF staff reached a preliminary agreement on El Salvadors combined second and third program reviews, unlocking about $140 million if the board approves.Documentation showed the Bitcoin added since June 2025 came from private donations, with no public money spent, the IMF said.As recently as last week, El Salvadors Bitcoin Office claimed that it had “bought” BTC.　　Private donations account for the Bitcoin El Salvador has added to its national reserve since mid-2025, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday, announcing a staff-level agreement on the countrys combined second and third program reviews.　　Documentation supplied by Salvadoran authorities verified that the accumulation since the first review “reflects private donations and that no public resources were used,” the fund said. It expects no further additions beyond those documented donations.BitcoinBTC · USD　　$79,761+1.86%　　24H7D1M1YYTD　　12:45 PM06:45 PM12:45 AM06:30 AM12:30 PM　　$81.8k$80.7k$79.6k$78.5k　　24h HighHigh$82,108　　24h LowLow$78,446　　VolVol$1.9B　　Market projectionsOdds by Myriad　　TodayBelow $80,000Below $80k56% chanceThis weekBelow $80,000Below $80k56% chance　　Price data by CoinGeckoCoinGeckoMore Bitcoin news and projections →　　The IMFs account differs from one the fund gave a year ago. In September 2025, an IMF communications officer told Decrypt that the total quantity of government-owned Bitcoin had not increased at all, and that growth in El Salvadors Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Fund reflected coins moving between wallets

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$7.26 Billion in August Alone: XRP Hits Six-Month High in Trading Volume

The massive XRP price rally seen last month was accompanied by a sharp rebound in its trading activities across all major exchanges, driving a notable surge in its spot trading volume during the month.　　While August has marked the best-performing month for all major cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and XRP, in 2026, the latest data from crypto analytics platform CryptoQuant showed liquidity massively returning to the token during the period.　　XRP spot trading reclaims February highs　　The data showed that Binance saw the highest activity surge, with XRPs spot trading volume in August climbing to over $7.26 billion on Binance alone.　　While Binance emerged as the largest contributor to XRPs trading activity this month, other exchanges also saw substantial increases in the metric compared to previous months.　　Notably, the data showed that XRP achieved the strongest monthly spot volume performance since February, reclaiming its six-month high.　　Furthermore, Upbit followed closely, ranking second among the major XRP-trading exchanges, recording about $4.68 billion in XRP trading volume during the month.　　Bithumb Korea, Bybit, and Gate.io followed with about $2.59 billion, $1.40 billion, and $1.33 billion, respectively, in August, and they also recorded remarkable increases in the metric.　　XRP liquidity returns　　Although the surge in the XRP spot trading volume is largely attributable

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Kalshi US visits soar 1,500% as regulatory pressure mounts

Major prediction market platform Kalshi has seen its US web traffic explode over the past year, underscoring the platforms rapid growth while regulators and courts scrutinize its expanding event-contract business.　　Kalshi recorded 15.4 million visits from the United States in July, up about 1,520% from just under 1 million in August 2025, according to Similarweb traffic estimates reviewed by Cointelegraph on Friday.　　US traffic accounted for nearly 80% of Kalshis traffic in July, up from 72.8% in August 2025, showing that its growth has remained heavily concentrated in the country.　　The surge comes as Kalshi faces mounting legal challenges over whether its sports contracts fall under federal oversight or state gambling laws, with New Jersey taking the dispute to the US Supreme Court.　　Trading volume outpaces traffic growth　　Kalshis surge in web traffic has come alongside even faster growth in trading activity, as prediction markets have expanded rapidly over the past year.　　Kalshi recorded about $40 billion in monthly notional trading volume in August, up from $874 million a year earlier, an increase of roughly 4,500%, according to a Dune Analytics prediction market data dashboard.Source: Dune Analytics　　Across the prediction-market industry, monthly notional volume rose to $50.7 billion from about $2 billion over the same period, with

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FinCEN flags $12.7B tied to Southeast Asia crypto investment scams

The U.S. Treasurys Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has linked approximately $12.7 billion in suspicious financial activity to digital asset investment scams largely run from overseas scam compounds, based on nearly 34,000 reports filed over more than two years.　　SummaryFinCEN linked roughly $12.7 billion in suspicious activity to crypto investment scams after reviewing 33,904 reports filed from September 2023 through December 2025.Money services businesses, mostly crypto firms, filed 55% of the reports and flagged $5.5 billion, while banks reported another $6.4 billion.Scammers used at least 22 digital assets, but proceeds were usually converted into stablecoins and almost exclusively into USDT before being moved through DeFi protocols or overseas exchanges.Older adults appeared in about 25% of reports, while victims across all 50 states funded losses through retirement accounts, mortgages, home equity and personal loans.Many operations were tied to scam compounds in Cambodia, Laos and Burma, where hundreds of thousands of workers have been trafficked through fake job offers.　　The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network said Thursday that its analysis covered 33,904 Bank Secrecy Act reports filed by roughly 1,300 financial institutions between Sept. 8, 2023, and Dec. 31, 2025, giving regulators a view of how money moved through banks, crypto businesses and securities firms as

09-04Industry

67,000 More Trezor Customers Exposed as Data Breach Widens

In briefTrezor said Friday that another 67,000 U.S. customers were caught in the ShipMonk breach it disclosed last month.The records cover orders placed between November 2019 and August 2021, and include names, phone numbers and home addresses.Trezor says it repeatedly received written confirmation from ShipMonk that the data had been deleted.　　Another 67,000 Trezor customers had their names, email addresses, phone numbers, home addresses and order numbers exposed in the breach at shipping provider ShipMonk, the hardware wallet maker said on Friday.　　All of them are in the U.S., and all placed orders between November 2019 and August 2021, making some of the exposed records close to seven years old. ShipMonk passed on the finding two days ago.　　Two days ago, we received an update from our shipping provider, ShipMonk. Were deeply saddened to share the news that the recent data breach affects more customers than originally thought.　　Another 67,000 customers from the US who ordered between November 2019 and August 2021… https://t.co/yDQvTlAA2S　　— Trezor (@Trezor) September 4, 2026　　Trezor repeatedly asked for and received written confirmation that those records had been deleted, in line with its contract and data policy, and said it was disappointed to learn they had not been.　　When it disclosed the breach

09-04Industry

Trezor says data breach affects another 67K US customers

The impact of hardware wallet provider Trezors data breach was larger than initially estimated, expanding to an additional 67,000 US customers.　　The breach may endanger more US users who ordered between November 2019 and August 2021, Trezor said in a Friday X post, citing the latest update from its shipping provider, ShipMonk.　　These customers had their full details exposed, including name, email, number, shipping address and order specifics. Trezor blamed the shipping provider for not deleting the data from these orders, despite saying it had received written assurances from ShipMonk.　　While Trezor systems were not compromised, the data breach may threaten the digital asset holdings of the 67,000 customers, as attackers may use the information for phishing attacks impersonating Trezor, in a bid to steal users seed phrases controlling their wallets.　　In August, Trezor initially estimated that only 14,000 users had their data exposed through the shipping provider. Trezor reported in January 2024 that about 66,000 users were at risk of phishing attacks if they had contacted the companys support team since December 2021.　　Phishing attacks and social engineering don‘t require exploiting code vulnerabilities. Still, these impersonation-based scams drove the majority of the crypto industry’s losses in the first quarter of the year, accounting for

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Bitcoin News Today Price Tests September Seasonal Weakness

Bitcoin news today shows the price rose more than 5% on September 3 to trade briefly above $82,000, as concerns about a Federal Reserve rate hike eased and Treasury yields fell. Fundstrat head of digital assets Sean Farrell called the move important data worth respecting, while noting Bitcoin has bucked its historically weak September pattern over the past three years.　　This is not simply a one-day rebound. It is the latest data point in a debate among strategists over whether the crypto bear market has already bottomed, a thesis complicated by volatile spot Bitcoin ETF flows and a seasonal track record that still favors caution.　　DISCOVER: Upcoming Binance Listings　　September Setup: A Rally Testing a Weak Seasonal Pattern for Bitcoin Price　　Bitcoin Price 1D : Tradingview　　The token‘s move above $82,000 follows a 25% rally in August, a month strategists have flagged as a turning point after the Treasury Department’s intervention in the bond market and assistance to Japan helped lift both gold and crypto prices. Some of those August gains were erased when oil prices surged and hawkish remarks from Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh raised concerns about the central banks September rate decision, before Fed governor Christopher Waller signaled openness to holding rates steady

09-04Industry

South Korea targets 2027 launch for tokenized securities market

South Korea has laid out a three-stage plan to bring stocks, bonds and funds onto tokenized infrastructure, with the final phase set to connect securities settlement to stablecoin-based onchain payments.　　SummarySouth Korea will begin expanding tokenized securities in February 2027, starting with selected funds, bonds, unlisted stocks and fractional investment products.The second phase will open tokenization to all publicly offered securities, while the final stage will introduce onchain payment infrastructure linked to stablecoins.Existing licensed financial firms will be allowed to handle tokenized securities under their current licenses, while qualifying issuers can manage their own securities accounts.Retail subscriptions will be capped at the lower of 30 million won or 5% of an issuance, with annual net purchases on OTC exchanges limited to 100 million won.　　The Financial Services Commission said Friday that the roadmap will begin when amendments to the Electronic Registration Act take effect on Feb. 4, 2027, expanding tokenization beyond fractional investment products and creating a legal route for conventional securities to be issued and managed through distributed ledgers.　　FSC Vice Chairman Kwon Dae-young unveiled the policy at the third meeting of a public-private consultative group attended by the Financial Supervisory Service, financial institutions, industry groups and private-sector experts.　　Authorities plan to build

09-04Industry

WikiBit Exchange Exit Scam Risk List — No. 17: BigONE — Li Xiaolai and “Old Cat’s” “Living Fossil” of the Crypto World: How Did It Become a “Regulatory Blacklist Regular”?

Introduction: The A and B Sides of a “Living Fossil” in Crypto　　Over the first 16 editions, we dug into a series of exchanges ranging from HashKey to Hibt. Today, in the 17th edition, we turn to a genuine crypto “old-timer” — BigONE.　　Its résumé reads like a “living fossil” of the crypto industry: “Founded in 2017,” “the original Yunbi team,” “co-founded by Li Xiaolai and Old Cat (Yu Wenzhuo),” “incubated by INBlockchain (InBlockchain Capital),” “ranked No. 40 globally on CoinMarketCap,” “nine years of operating history,” and “approximately $426 million in Proof of Reserves (PoR).”　　Sounds like a veteran, legitimate crypto institution, right？　　But on the other side of the story — Japans Financial Services Agency (FSA) has repeatedly warned and cracked down on it for “continuing to operate without obtaining a license despite receiving multiple warnings.”　　On September 2, 2026, the Korea Digital Asset Exchange Alliance (DAXA) found that BigONE was allegedly operating in South Korea without registration and called for a police investigation.　　CoinPaprika labels it “not MiCA compliant,” with a confidence score of only 5.76%. WikiBit describes it as operating under “loose regulation.” CoinGecko gives it a Trust Score of 5/10, while Trustpilot rates it just 2/5.　　In July 2025, BigONE suffered a supply-chain

09-04Deep Dive

AMC CEO Calls Robinhood Stock Tokens 'Contemptible' and 'Vile'

In briefAdam Aron condemned Robinhood on Wednesday over tokens tracking AMCs share price.The AMC CEO said that the firms outside securities counsel would “look into this.”Robinhoods disclosures say the tokens are debt securities carrying no rights against AMC, and cannot reach U.S. buyers.　　AMC Entertainment chief executive Adam Aron has condemned Robinhood for issuing tokens that track his companys share price without AMCs involvement, in a tweet on Wednesday.　　Aron called the practice “contemptible, outrageous, disgusting, detestable, inexcusable, vile,” said AMC has no connection to it and does not condone it, and asked how it could possibly be legal. He noted the tokens are not registered under U.S. securities laws, and said the company would instructing outside securities counsel to look into it “immediately.” Robinhoods program covers more than 190 companies, he said.　　Robinhood apparently is behind an effort related to “tokenized real-world assets including Stock Tokens” for AMC Entertainment (and supposedly 190+ other companies). They are not registered under U.S. securities laws !!!!!!　　I find this practice to be contemptible, outrageous,…　　— Adam Aron (@CEOAdam) September 3, 2026　　Per Robinhoods own documentation, Stock Tokens are tokenized debt securities issued by Robinhood Assets (Jersey) Limited, and give holders economic exposure to a share price without any

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