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Thai businessmen sue Tether for freezing $42M in $61M pig butchering case

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The plaintiffs didn’t dispute their involvement in the pig butchering scam, but claimed that Tether did not have the authority to freeze the $42 million at the time.

Published Date: 2026-09-02 12:00:00
Creator: Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai
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Japan’s Remixpoint dumps altcoins, leaves 1,506 BTC as sole crypto bet

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Remixpoint sold $5.5 million in ETH, SOL, XRP and DOGE, booking a $736,000 net gain as it narrowed its crypto strategy to focus on Bitcoin.

Published Date: 2026-09-02 12:00:00
Creator: Cointelegraph by Helen Partz
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Thailand adopts crypto Travel Rule with self-custodial wallet checks

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Thailand adopted a crypto Travel Rule requiring digital asset operators to verify control of self-custodial wallets and retain transaction data for five years.

Published Date: 2026-09-02 10:56:15
Creator: Cointelegraph by Helen Partz
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Crypto industry urges SEC to avoid blanket novel ETF restrictions

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Grayscale, a16z, and the CCI asked the SEC to preserve existing classification rules and avoid treating novel exchange-traded products as a single category, while proposing different routes to clearer and faster reviews.

Published Date: 2026-09-02 09:48:49
Creator: Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai
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Bitcoin ETFs notch best month of 2026 as BTC gains 25% in August

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US spot Bitcoin ETFs reduced their year-to-date net outflows by 66% as Bitcoin gained about 25% in August, while Ether ETFs turned positive YTD at $732 million and XRP ETFs reached $502 million.

Published Date: 2026-09-02 07:59:43
Creator: Cointelegraph by Helen Partz
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HYPE treasury firm Hyperliquid Strategies boosts equity facility to $2.5B

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The Nasdaq-listed company previously raised $647 million through the facility and accumulated about 29.3 million HYPE tokens.

Published Date: 2026-09-02 05:48:21
Creator: Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra
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Core DAO plans emergency hard fork after validators drew excess rewards

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Core says the incident is contained and its planned forward upgrade will not roll back the network or reverse previously confirmed transactions.

Published Date: 2026-09-02 04:15:34
Creator: Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra
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Crypto-backed PAC scales back ad spending in Massachusetts primary

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The $189,000 in media spending to support Representative Jake Auchincloss marked Fairshake’s latest attempt to influence the 2026 elections with funds from the crypto industry.

Published Date: 2026-09-01 21:25:27
Creator: Cointelegraph by Turner Wright
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Binance expands TradFi push with options on 1,000 US stocks, ETFs

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The launch gives eligible non-US users access to physically settled options on more than 1,000 US stocks and ETFs through a single Binance account.

Published Date: 2026-09-01 20:42:29
Creator: Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar
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UK crime agency froze $13.5M amid probe into Premier League crypto sponsor

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UK authorities froze $13.5 million in cash following a January 2025 order from the Westminster Magistrates’ Court as part of an investigation into Sorare.

Published Date: 2026-09-01 20:14:12
Creator: Cointelegraph by Turner Wright
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