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Hyperliquid, a decentralized exchange, has been included in Hashdex's Nasdaq CME Crypto Index alongside Bitcoin and XRP following a rebalancing driven by a SEC filing.

Bitcoin's price increased by 25% in August, coinciding with a record high in retail deposits on the Gate.io exchange.

South Korean police arrested four individuals for allegedly using cryptocurrency to make payments to a Syrian terror group, including the transfer of used cars and excavators in exchange.

Crypto wallets associated with the OFAC-sanctioned Lazarus Group transferred $30 million in digital assets via Hyperliquid, a decentralized exchange.

XRP has become the largest holding in the NYSE-traded C1 Fund, representing 17.5% of its net assets.

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is collaborating with Kraken's parent company (Payward Ltd) to offer 24/5 exposure to tokenized UK equities, signaling increased institutional interest in tokenized assets within traditional finance (TradFi).

Payward (a private fintech firm) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE) announced a partnership to tokenize top UK stocks, potentially expanding access to major equities via blockchain technology.

Bitcoin’s price premium in South Korea (kimchi premium) has re-emerged on the Upbit exchange, but analysts cited in the article emphasize that U.S.

Institutional investors increased their exposure to XRP futures on the CME, a regulated exchange, during a broader market pullback, suggesting a preference for safer trading environments.

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) announced a partnership with Payward, the owner of Kraken and developer of the xStocks tokenized equities framework, to bring leading UK‑listed stocks onto a blockchain platform.

The article reports that outstanding XRP futures positions outside CME fell by more than 500 million tokens over two weeks, while exposure on CME’s regulated U.S.

Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed new regulations requiring retail-accessible overseas crypto derivatives to be traded on qualifying, centrally cleared exchanges.