Author: James Wilson

BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo has supplied £4 million ($5.4 million), or about 75%, of the £5.3 million raised by Reform UK during the second quarter of 2026. Summary Ben Delo gave Reform UK £4 million through two donations made in April. Delo’s contributions accounted for about 75% of the party’s second-quarter funding. Reform UK raised more than Labour and the Conservatives from April through June. President Donald Trump pardoned Delo and two other BitMEX co-founders in March 2025. Ben Delo supplied most of Reform UK’s Q2 funding Electoral Commission records published on Sept. 3 showed that Delo made two cash…

U.S. lawmakers have proposed permanently banning artificial superintelligence, pausing advanced AI development, and imposing prison terms of up to 20 years for violations. Summary The proposal would ban AI systems matching or exceeding human ability across many tasks. Advanced AI work would pause until a new federal regulator establishes safety and review rules. Individuals could face 20 years in prison, while companies could receive a “corporate death penalty.” The proposal arrived as OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra and acknowledged growing monitoring problems. Sanders’ office said on Sept. 3 that Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, had announced the…

Binance has denied that a system or pricing failure caused more than $5 million in alleged trader losses as the AKEUSDT perpetual contract surged from about $0.0076 to nearly $0.045 on Sept. 3. Summary A trader claims that more than 30 funding-rate arbitrage positions lost over 5 million USDT. Binance says its pricing and liquidation systems operated normally during the AKE surge. The exchange uses external spot-market data because it does not list AKE for spot trading. The trader has requested transaction records, liquidation details and Binance’s risk-control logs. Binance says AKE liquidations followed market volatility X user xunlu alleged…

Uniswap founder Hayden Adams has argued that correlated tokenized-asset pools could move automated market makers into global finance after 10 stock-SPY pools processed $33 million in 12 days. Summary Ten tokenized stock pools against SPY recorded $33 million in volume from over 11,000 traders. Uniswap has processed more than $4.6 trillion since its launch in 2018. Adams says correlated assets can reduce inventory risk and lower market-making costs. U.S. regulators are considering rules for continuous trading and blockchain-based securities records. Uniswap founder Hayden Adams, in an Aug. 18 blog post, said tokenization could change which trading pairs attract liquidity and…

September rate-hike odds have fallen to 38% on Polymarket after Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said cooling August inflation could persuade him to support holding rates steady. Summary Polymarket priced a 38% chance of a September rate hike after Waller’s remarks. Waller said a hot August inflation report could lead him to support tighter policy. August PPI and CPI figures are scheduled for Sept. 10 and Sept. 11, respectively. The Federal Open Market Committee will announce its rate decision on Sept. 16. Waller makes August CPI the Fed rate hike test The Federal Reserve said in Waller’s published remarks on…

Hyperliquid has introduced a preliminary HIP-3 testnet upgrade that lets independent deployment teams control access to perpetual futures markets through deployer-managed on-chain allowlists. Summary HIP-3 deployers can choose whether to restrict access to their independently operated markets. On-chain allowlists can be managed by deployers or sub-deployers appointed by them. Existing HIP-3 markets will remain unchanged because the permissioning feature is optional. Separate talks involving Hyperliquid Labs, Payward and Bitnomial remain subject to CFTC clearance. Hyperliquid co-founder Jeffrey Yan said in a testnet proposal that deployers will be able to create permissioned markets and manage their participant lists without handing access…

Disclosure: This content is provided by a third party. Neither crypto.news nor the author of this article endorses any product mentioned on this page. Users should conduct their own research before taking any action related to the company. As of September 3, 2026, XRP experienced a strong rebound in August, briefly approaching $1.70 before retreating to around $1.36 with the rally mainly driven by continued accumulation by whales, inflows into spot XRP ETFs, and increased institutional investment demand. Summary XRP spot ETFs recorded $170 million in inflows over 11 consecutive days, with cumulative net inflows reaching about $1.57 billion by…

Bitcoin price held near $77,700 on Sept. 3 after recovering from an intraday low around $76,264, but weakening spot demand and $236.5 million in US ETF outflows kept the rebound under pressure. Summary Bitcoin price recovered above $77,000 after buyers defended the $76,000–$76,500 liquidity zone. US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $236.5 million in net outflows during the latest session. A falling wedge places immediate resistance near $78,000, followed by $79,500 and $80,300. Positive daily money flow and stronger Aroon readings show sellers have not regained full control. Bitcoin price holds above $77,000 According to data from crypto.news, Bitcoin (BTC) price…

Hyperliquid opened its HIP-4 outcome-market infrastructure to outside venues on Aug. 29, and daily trading volume nearly tripled within three days, according to research published Sept. 3. Summary Hyperliquid opened HIP-4 deployment August 29, and reported daily outcome volume tripled within three days. Two outside venues each posted 500,000 HYPE bonds to deploy markets using approved templates independently. Outcome captured 85% of reported volume while offering traders a $1 million active rebate program. Hyperliquid validators publish settlement prices every three seconds, according to the research collective’s analysis publicly. U.S. availability would require regulatory authorization, while sports contracts could face additional…

XRP generated more questions than any other cryptocurrency during a Bitwise presentation to approximately 400 wealth managers, research analyst Ryan Rasmussen said on Sept. 2. Summary About 400 wealth managers attended Bitwise’s presentation, where XRP generated the most audience questions overall. 67% of surveyed participants said they did not currently allocate client portfolios to cryptocurrency investments. 60% expected crypto prices to rise by year-end, according to Bitwise analyst Ryan Rasmussen’s poll. Another 60% said they planned cryptocurrency allocations within one year, although intentions may change materially. U.S. spot XRP funds ended eleven inflow sessions with approximately $7.2 million leaving September…