A factory-sealed, never-opened 1986 Nintendo Entertainment System Deluxe Set with R.O.B., a Zapper, and boxed copies of Gyromite and Duck Hunt sold for $120,000 at Heritage Auctions in November 2023, the highest auction price ever paid for a commercially released video game console. That record now sits inside a retro gaming collectibles boom projected to …
Yearly archives: 2026
Arthur Hayes Calls CLARITY Act ‘Nonsense’ as Bitcoin Tops $80K
Arthur Hayes seized on bitcoin’s move above $80,000 to dismiss the CLARITY Act and argue that higher rates give wealthy investors more money for financial assets. The rally followed the Senate setback and the Federal Reserve’s rate increase. Hayes Pits a Rate Hike Against Crypto Regulation Bitcoin investors watched the cryptocurrency reclaim $80,000 after two …
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Michael Saylor Sees a Bigger Crypto Opportunity Beyond CLARITY
Michael Saylor says crypto’s larger opportunity lies in building financial products that millions use rather than accepting restrictive legislation for certainty. He argues broad adoption could create economic value and a durable political constituency for digital innovation. Saylor Puts Adoption Ahead of Legislative Certainty Crypto users could gain cheaper payments, wider market access, and greater …
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Ripple Swell 2026 Agenda Goes Live With XRP in Finance’s Next Wave
Ripple has released the Swell 2026 agenda, placing XRP, tokenization, stablecoins, and institutional settlement within a broader discussion about finance’s next phase. The New York conference will feature leaders from major financial and crypto companies. Swell Agenda Puts XRP Alongside Institutional Finance Financial institutions, crypto companies and XRP developers will converge in New York after …
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Robert Kiyosaki Says ‘Biggest Crash in History’ Has Started, Backs Bitcoin
Robert Kiyosaki says the “biggest crash in history” has begun and is spreading across global markets. The Rich Dad Poor Dad author is preparing for further turmoil by holding bitcoin, gold, silver, income-producing real estate, and oil investments. Kiyosaki Says Global Crash Has Already Started Robert Kiyosaki says a long-predicted global market crash is already …
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EU Cyber Resilience Act Brings 24-Hour Vulnerability Reporting Into Force
TL;DR Parts of the EU Cyber Resilience Act’s vulnerability-reporting regime are now applicable. Manufacturers must issue early warnings for actively exploited vulnerabilities within 24 hours. Commercial crypto wallets can fall within the broader category of products with digital elements. One of the more practical pieces of Europe’s Cyber Resilience Act is starting to matter for …
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Coinbase And Stablecore Open Digital Asset Rails To 3,000+ Banks And Credit Unions
TL;DR Coinbase is partnering with Stablecore to bring crypto services into existing bank technology. Stablecore’s infrastructure reaches more than 3,000 U.S. banks and credit unions. The integration covers custody, trading and stablecoin payments. Coinbase is trying to make crypto considerably easier for smaller U.S. banks to offer without asking them to rebuild their technology stack. …
Treasury Sanctions BitBank Over Iranian Crypto Sanctions-Evasion Network
TL;DR U.S. Treasury has sanctioned Iranian digital asset exchange BitBank. OFAC says the platform was part of a network tied to sanctioned financier Babak Zanjani. Treasury alleges the infrastructure helped move hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin connected to the IRGC. The U.S. Treasury has targeted another part of Iran’s crypto infrastructure, this time …
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SEC Grants Five-Year Exemption For Tokenized Stock Trading Venues
TL;DR The SEC has granted temporary exemptions allowing certain tokenized U.S. stocks to trade on qualifying on-chain venues. The relief lasts five years after publication. Venues still face conditions around investor rights, smart contracts, trading halts and disclosures. The SEC has taken one of its clearest steps yet toward bringing public-company shares on-chain. The Commission …
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FCA Crypto Authorisation Gateway Opens September 30
TL;DR The FCA’s application window for Britain’s new crypto regime opens September 30. Applications in the main window can be submitted until February 28, 2027. The new regulatory regime itself starts October 25, 2027. Crypto firms operating in the UK are getting close to a date that matters a lot more than another consultation paper. …
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Gen Z are investing like Boomers – with some surprising portfolio decisions
Like fashion, investing eventually finds something embarrassing in the back of the wardrobe and puts it on again. Millennial-era crypto gave us yield-bearing dog coins and all kinds of food-themed financial contraptions. Now Gen Z has entered the market in JNCO jeans, carrying an ironic digicam and, in at least one corner of the market, …
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Why Trump backed a crypto ethics rule that stopped at the family business
Washington came surprisingly close this week to writing a dollar amount into one of its thorniest crypto ethics rule debates. Under the final Senate draft of the CLARITY Act, senior federal officials holding equity worth at least $15,000 in certain businesses that issue or sponsor digital assets would have had to sell that interest or …
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Fidelity surge brings in $310M BTC saving Bitcoin ETFs from a disastrous week
U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds drew $433 million of net inflows on Friday, Sept. 18, according to Farside Investors. The session extended the market’s rebound to a second day, but it did not fully repair the withdrawals recorded earlier in the week. In the Farside data, Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund, or FBTC, supplied $310.7 …
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Circle wants you to love USDC a little like you love Chelsea
Chelsea has found a cool new shirt sponsor whose main product is…a stablecoin? USDC is designed to be worth one dollar. Today, tomorrow, next Tuesday: one dollar. If everything is working properly, absolutely nothing should happen to its price, so there is not much room for a victory parade. And yet Circle, the company behind …
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Anthropic’s potential $2 trillion IPO is fueling an $80 million crypto trade
Anthropic’s prospective $2 trillion IPO has already spawned nearly $80 million in crypto derivatives bets before its public debut. Open interest in futures linked to the Claude developer has climbed to about $79.27 million, close to a record $80 million, as traders position around what could become one of the largest initial public offerings ever …
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