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Tom Lee's Bitmine reaches 4.9% of ETH target as crypto and cash assets reach $17.1B
Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR) has announced that its Ethereum holdings have grown to 5.98 million tokens. The company’s combined crypto and cash holdings now stand at $17.1 billion, with the Tom Lee-chaired treasury firm just short of controlling 5% of Ether’s supply. How much Ethereum does Bitmine Immersion Technologies have? Bitmine Immersion Technologies disclosed...
Mon, Sep 21
Google fined €403 million by Irish regulator over location data violations
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Google €403 million ($463 million) over the way it has handled location data from Android and Google account users, after finding out that the tech giant lacked any sort of legal basis for processing the information and its users were not given enough clarity regarding what they were...
Mon, Sep 21
EU proposes energy rating for data centers to assess efficiency
The European Commission on Monday proposed a common rating system for the EU’s largest data centers, grading them on energy efficiency, water use and clean-power sourcing. The proposed scheme is an early attempt by the Commission to make the infrastructure behind the AI boom more compatible with the bloc’s climate goals as data centers take...
Mon, Sep 21
Sherrod Brown's Senate return faces $30M blitz as CLARITY Act failure triggers crypto big spenders
The crypto industry’s main super PAC, Fairshake, is ready to launch its most aggressive push to keep a legislator from Capitol Hill yet, with the $30 million it has reportedly earmarked to ensure Sherrod Brown fails in his bid to return to the Senate. The report, which first appeared in the New York Times and...
Mon, Sep 21
Bitcoin BLAKE2b developers lock newly mined coins for 45 days from block 973440
Bitcoin BLAKE2b developers plan to lock newly mined coins for 45 days from block 973440, targeting miners they accuse of exploiting the chain.
Mon, Sep 21
IFR says 7,000 humanoid robots were sold in 2025, mostly for research
Most of the humanoid robots sold last year never made it onto a factory floor for industrial usage. Data from the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) reviewed by Reuters showed that about 7,000 humanoids were sold worldwide in 2025 for industrial and professional service use, but many ended up with research institutions and AI developers...
Mon, Sep 21
Strive leads Bitcoin buying again as $107.7M purchase pushes stock up 6%
Strive (NASDAQ: ASST) added 1,355 Bitcoin to its treasury for $107.7 million in the latest purchase announced by CEO Matt Cole on Monday, September 21, 2026, extending the firm’s reputation as Bitcoin’s largest buyer in recent times. With the latest purchase, Strive is now at 26,355 BTC on a stash that has grown almost vertically...
Mon, Sep 21
ECB picks euro-denominated settlement over stablecoins as Pontes launches
The European Central Bank (ECB) delivered its new Pontes Eurosystem rail on Monday, allowing banks to exclusively settle tokenized asset trades in money issued by the central bank, locking out privately issued stablecoins or bank deposits from the digital payment system. ECB President Christine Lagarde confirmed the launch following the Eurogroup meeting, with the president...
Mon, Sep 21
Polymarket odds favor a new Anthropic Opus as calls to slow AI mount
Prediction-market traders are betting that Anthropic will ship its next Claude Opus model within days. This is coming at a time when Anthropic’s own chief executive and a run of departing researchers press the industry to ease off the accelerator. Traders price in a late-September Opus On Polymarket’s “Next Claude Opus released by…?” market, the...
Mon, Sep 21
USDT on TRON Becomes Most Used Onchain Payment Option on CoinsBee as Stablecoin Spending Grows
CoinsBee payment data shows USDT on TRON recorded nearly twice as many payments as Bitcoin over the past 90 days, while its share of all payments on CoinsBee increased by 64% compared with 2025. Stuttgart, Germany, September 21, 2026 – CoinsBee, a global platform that makes it easy to use cryptocurrency for everyday purchases, today...
Mon, Sep 21
Strategy returns to bitcoin with 950 BTC after three weeks without a purchase
Strategy bought 950 BTC for about $75.7 million in cash, its first bitcoin purchase since August 31, lifting its holdings to 846,000 BTC.
Mon, Sep 21
How rogue agents and resignations pushed OpenAI and Anthropic toward pacing
Rogue AI agents and researcher resignations pushed Amodei, Altman and Musk to back slowing AI, while Zuckerberg and Trump pushed back.
Mon, Sep 21
LIVE: Why Bitcoin is rallying and oil is down today
Bitcoin hit $84,984, up 5.4%, as shorts lost $647.9 million. Crypto open interest rose 7.59% to $156 billion, while volume jumped 39% to $224 billion. Brent fell 2.6% to $101.17 and WTI dropped 2.5% to $97.78 as Trump kept Iran talks open. Dow futures gained 450 points, while the 10-year Treasury yield fell to 4.957%
Mon, Sep 21
Hayden Adams says SBF bought Uniswap.com for seven figures before WIPO returned it
Hayden Adams says SBF paid seven figures for Uniswap.com, but the 2021 WIPO ruling that returned it to Uniswap never names him.
Mon, Sep 21
X takes Bitcoin account operators to a London court over £207,384 in creator payouts
X has sued two UK residents in London, alleging a network of Bitcoin accounts gamed its Creator Revenue Sharing program for £207,384.
Mon, Sep 21
SoftBank's $11 billion bond sale replaces a $10 billion OpenAI bridge loan
SoftBank launched about $11 billion of dollar and euro bonds to fund its October 1 OpenAI payment and cancel a $10 billion bridge loan.
Mon, Sep 21
€40,000 crypto home invasion near Lens triggers organized extortion probe in France
Béthune prosecutors opened an organized extortion case after four hooded men bound a family near Lens and forced the father to transfer €40,000 in crypto.
Mon, Sep 21
French data leaks help scammers pose as Binance and Meria support staff
Scammers posing as crypto exchange support are calling French holders, and Meria founder Owen Simonin blames the country's run of data leaks.
Mon, Sep 21
ZETA moves to Solana after ZetaChain holders back ending its Layer 1 by 99.4%
ZetaChain holders backed Proposal 68 with 99.4%, turning ZETA into a Solana SPL token, but a second vote must still set the shutdown block.
Mon, Sep 21
STONK hits new highs after erasing 27% crash
STONK rallied as high as $0.37, as the StonkFun platform introduced new meme pairings and kept up its daily buyback rate.
Mon, Sep 21
