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September 8, 2026
Dorsey’s Block Joins Crypto-Bank Race With National Trust Bid — bloomberg.com
Jack Dorsey’s Block Inc. said it has applied to establish Builders Bank & Trust, an uninsured national trust bank that would give the company a federal framework for custody of Bitcoin, stablecoins and other digital assets.
‘Ferris Bueller gone bad’: The 22-year-old who went on a spending spree after stealing $339 million — smh.com.au
Malone Lam pleaded guilty to teaming up with friends to steal bitcoin before using the proceeds to buy a fleet of sports cars, rent mansions in Miami and spend millions at nightclubs, including $US569,000 in one night in Los Angeles.
Singapore man Malone Lam pleads guilty after massive US bitcoin heist and spending spree — scmp.com
A 22-year-old man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to teaming up with friends to steal nearly a quarter-billion dollars in bitcoin from a Washington resident – one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts in US history – and then embarking on a wild spending spree
Hunter Biden launches $LAPTOP memecoin, trolls Trump by promising that 20% will be reserved for traders who lost money on president’s token — fortune.com
Former President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, is preparing to roll out a memecoin, a novelty form of cryptocurrency that is typically based on a famous person or meme that has no intrinsic purpose, but can acquire value based on social media hype. In a
Singapore man pleads guilty to orchestrating $240 million bitcoin theft from DC resident — independent.co.uk
A 22-year-old man from Singapore has pleaded guilty to teaming up with friends to steal nearly a quarter-billion dollars in bitcoin from a Washington, D.C., resident and then embarking on a wild spending spree with the laundered proceeds
Hunter Biden launching a laptop-themed cryptocurrency — foxbusiness.com
Hunter Biden is teasing the launch of a cryptocurrency meme coin inspired by his notorious laptop as his next business venture. "$LAPTOP September 9," Biden wrote Monday on X, sharing a video of media reports referencing infamous computer that was left at
A hacker stole $340M in a crypto heist, then returned most of it — techcrunch.com
The latest heist is one of the largest thefts of cryptocurrency to date.
Trump’s approval rating is plummeting – as his fortune grows and grows | Arwa Mahdawi — theguardian.com
The US president says criticising his soaring investment portfolio is ‘very unfair’. Tell that to the millions of Americans struggling with the cost of living If I had a dollar for every time Donald Trump said something inane, I would be a very rich woman.
Byrrgis enters multi-chain trading with live token scoring and universal gas — thenextweb.com
A new player in on-chain trading is bringing token discovery, real-time scoring and cross-chain execution into one terminal. Byrrgis has opened its beta to its full community, giving users access to a non-custodial trading platform spanning Solana,
8th-grade dropout accused of blowing $240M Bitcoin haul on Ferraris and $4M club nights — nypost.com
Malone Lam and co-conspirators allegedly used social engineering to trick a cryptocurrency investor out of 4,100 Bitcoin
Mexico investigates electricity theft after busting a crypto mining farm — elpais.com
The discovery of a clandestine cryptocurrency mining farm in a remote area of Puebla has opened a new line of inquiry into large-scale electricity theft in Mexico. Puebla’s Public Security Secretariat said the main crime under investigation is energy theft
Hunter Biden launching crypto meme coin poking fun at infamous scandal — independent.co.uk
Son of former president Joe Biden reportedly debuting $LAPTOP on Coinbase’s blockchain network Wednesday
Senate Republicans say crypto bill likely to fail — semafor.com
Republican senators are warning that the Senate’s bipartisan cryptocurrency regulatory bill is likely to fail next week when the chamber returns. There’s been little movement on the key Democratic demand, an ethics component governing the president and his
Bitcoin’s Latest Hack Puts Key Crypto Vulnerability in Spotlight — bloomberg.com
The $320 million hack of the Bitcoin-linked Liquid Network is another dent to crypto’s reputation as the industry tries to convince banks and institutional investors that digital assets can become part of mainstream financial infrastructure.
The Art of Letting Go — theamericanscholar.org
The art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. Lose something every day. Accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent. The art of losing isn’t hard to master. …
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