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Marcus Hale

Markets Editor. Marcus covers macro, ETFs and
Markets Editor. Marcus covers macro, ETFs and the money flowing in and out of crypto, always leading with the numbers.
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Bitcoin
600 BTC From 12 March-2010 Blocks Wakes After 16 Years, No Satoshi Link Found

Whale Alert traced 600 BTC (~$48M) across 12 dormant blocks mined in March 2010 to a weekend transfer, ruling out any link to Satoshi…

Bitcoin
Hargreaves Lansdown, Managing £173B, Opens Bitcoin ETN Access to 2M Clients

UK's largest investment platform now lists bitcoin ETNs for 2 million clients, a year after calling BTC "not an asset class."

Business
Tether’s Q2 Attestation Shows $1.3B Profit, $5.2B in Excess Reserves

Tether's BDO-audited Q2 statement shows $1.3B net operating profit and $5.2B in reserves above full USDT backing, driven by Treasury interest income.

Regulation
DOJ Confirms $560,000 Crypto Seizure Tied to Hamas Fundraising Sites

FBI took control of Alqassam.ps and related servers, seizing $560,000 in crypto linked to Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades, DOJ and two outlets confirm.

Bitcoin
Bitcoin Falls 2% to $77,363, Down 4.8% From Friday’s $81,282 Peak on Iran Strikes

Bitcoin slid over 2% to $77,363, down 4.8% from Friday's $81,282 high, after U.S. strikes on Iran's IRGC lifted oil and rattled markets.

Regulation
CFTC’s $172,000 Fine on Ex-White House Aide Gabriel Perez, Kalshi Warns Users

CFTC penalized a former White House staffer for insider bets on Trump speeches; Kalshi issued a user warning. One name, two sources, one confirmed…

Altcoins
Bitwise’s BSOL Becomes First Solana ETF to Cross $1 Billion AUM

Two outlets confirm BSOL topped $1B AUM under a year post-launch; single-source data cites $126M Friday volume and 2.2% of SOL's cap.

Regulation
Kalshi Sports Contracts Ruled Against by Appeals Court, One Circuit Named in Single Source

An appeals court sided with Nevada over Kalshi, Crypto.com and Robinhood on sports event contracts. Circuit name and details trace to one outlet.

Business
Visa, Upbit Parent Dunamu Explore OUSD Among 140+ Stablecoin Backers

Visa and Dunamu will explore stablecoin payments and AI commerce, with Open Standard's OUSD one of several projects under review.

Regulation
WLTC Holdings’ 49% Stake: One WSJ Source, Two Outlets, One OCC Filing

WSJ ties Sheikh Tahnoon's group to 49% of World Liberty's bank holding co; OCC's Aug. 14 filing confirms an investor, not the name or…

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