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In brief Covered websites must verify Utah visitors’ ages even when VPNs conceal their location. Verification providers cannot retain identifying information after granting access. Operators face penalties for violations and cannot provide VPN instructions to help users bypass age checks. Utah is testing new ground in the digital rights battle, becoming the first state to directly target VPN use for age verification.The state will now require websites that host adult material to verify visitors’ ages even when VPNs hide their location, putting operators on the hook for determining whether users are physically inside the state.Myriad: Who will top Spotify in…

Binance led the surge, handling about $7.28 billion in XRP spot trades during August, well ahead of other major exchanges. XRP’s spot trading volume climbed to its highest level since February during August, and the token’s price is now up roughly 8% in the last day to trade near $1.45. The pickup in trading activity landed as the broader crypto market came back to life, with Bitcoin clearing $80,000 for the first time in a week and altcoins moving right along with it. Volume Returns Across Major Exchanges Data shared by CryptoQuant contributor Arab Chain showed XRP’s spot trading volume…

Eightco treasury composition as of September 2, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $18M Beast Industries equity, 16,278 ETH, nearly 302 million WLD holdings, and $122M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $380 million Eightco recently repurchased over 25 million shares of common stock in the last month under its previously announced $125 million share repurchase program Eightco previously participated in World Foundation’s $52.5M funding round, led by Pantera with participation from Bain Capital Crypto, Selini Capital, Susquehanna Crypto, and additional investors Eightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies including OpenAI and Beast Industries EASTON, Pa., Sept.…

Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, September 3rd, 2026, Chainwire DWF Labs, an established, market-tested investor and market maker built to strengthen digital asset market infrastructure at scale, today announced an expansion of its global regulatory footprint with a group entity granted Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) regulatory approval from the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (BVI FSC). Granted under the BVI’s Virtual Assets Service Providers Act 2022, the approval authorizes DWF Labs as a registered VASP, to provide the exchange of one or more forms of virtual assets, as well as to participate in, and provide financial services…

Mutsamudu, Comoros, September 3rd, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, concluded its first annual brand event, MEXC 0808: Stock Season, on August 28, drawing over 86,000 participants, with users saving over $1 million in trading fees through 0 Fee trading. MEXC 0808 is the exchange’s annual brand event, held every August 8. It is built around MEXC’s core vision of 0 Fees and Infinite Opportunities. Every year, MEXC intends to bring new products, market access, and rewards into focus, helping users lower the cost of trading, explore emerging markets, and connect with global financial opportunities. Designed…

London, London, September 1st, 2026, Chainwire ALKEMYA METACORE SCSp SECURES INITIAL USD 50 MILLION INVESTMENT AHEAD OF LISTING OF TOKENISED EQUITY NICKEL OFFERING Alkemya Luxembourg S.à.r.l. (“Alkemya”), the sponsor, is pleased to announce that Alkemya Metacore SCSp has secured USD 50 million in a pre-launch capital raise for its precision industrial nickel wire business backed by Class 1 nickel wire. It is announcing the sale of additional ALKN tokens in a new tranche (the “Token”) at USD 1.0 per Token.  The offer, which is being arranged by Hanover Square Capital (UK) Ltd, will take place on Bitfinex Securities. The offer…

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, September 1st, 2026, Chainwire Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has expanded its Islamic Account with 20 additional Shariah-compliant trading pairs, the first batches that will bring the total number of new pairs to 100 this year.  The newly added pairs include: NIGHT/USDT, XPL/USDT, SOMI/USDT, MON/USDT, IP/USDT, RECALL/USDT, CC/USDT, SEI/USDT, ZKC/USDT, ZORA/USDT, WAL/USDT, XAN/USDT, STRK/USDT, AI16Z/USDT, ATH/USDT, ZBT/USDT, S/USDT, 2Z/USDT, CAMP/USDT, and INIT/USDT. Each verified Shariah-compliant pair has undergone review by Bybit’s Shariah advisory partners to confirm compliance with Islamic finance principles prior to listing. The expansion will continue in stages, with new…

George Town, British Virgin Islands, September 1st, 2026, Chainwire Aster, the privacy-first onchain trading platform backed by YZi Labs, today announced the kickoff of USD1 RWA Boost: Phase 1 with World Liberty Financial (WLFI), featuring 125,000,000 $WLFI and 6,250,000 USD1 in rewards. The campaign builds on AOS-2, Aster’s earlier expansion of its Aster Open Standards (AOS) framework from spot markets to perpetuals. Leonard, CEO at Aster, said: “AOS-2 is turning Aster from a decentralized perp exchange into an open infrastructure layer where anyone can launch and operate their own perpetual markets on top of Aster Chain. The first USD1 RWA…

Bitcoin price rose 24.95% in August, and still trades 9.62% below where it started the year. The month was bought almost entirely by funds. Everyone else was selling into it. Why Did the Price Rise 25% in August? US spot Bitcoin ETFs took in $3.52 billion during August, per SoSoValue data. Only five of 21 sessions saw money leave. Want more token insights like this? Sign up for Editor Harsh Notariya’s Daily Crypto Newsletter here. That single month outweighs everything before it. Across January to July, the same funds lost a net $5.30 billion. August did not just beat the year,…

In brief Abbott ordered Texas agencies to halt state funding for Flock cameras, his office confirmed to the Texas Tribune. The Tribune found the state helped install at least 3,200 cameras since 2023, much of it funded by a $1 auto-insurance fee meant for catalytic converter theft; Abbott cited a “crackdown” amid misuse cases. The order adds to a bipartisan backlash, including Bernie Sanders’s planned federal legislation. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered state agencies to stop funding Flock Safety’s AI-powered surveillance cameras, the latest blow to the license-plate-reader company as backlash over its nationwide network intensifies.Abbott issued the directive…