Monday · September 7, 2026 Vol. I · No. 249
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Indonesia volcano eruption leaves 270,000 stranded as airports extend closure Unidentified Murder review – playful sendup of alien abduction and true crime influencers in Hong K… Students: as cycle thefts soar, here’s how to protect your bike Hawking by Graham Farmelo review – the dark side of genius ‘This is what I have to do to survive’: the Sudan refugees forced into sex work Carty expects Allen disqualification after Dublin drama Germany’s anti-Russia stance helped drive AfD election victory – expert Bitcoin sidechain Liquid pauses after purported ‘white hats’ withdraw $320M in BTC Indonesia volcano eruption leaves 270,000 stranded as airports extend closure Unidentified Murder review – playful sendup of alien abduction and true crime influencers in Hong K… Students: as cycle thefts soar, here’s how to protect your bike Hawking by Graham Farmelo review – the dark side of genius ‘This is what I have to do to survive’: the Sudan refugees forced into sex work Carty expects Allen disqualification after Dublin drama Germany’s anti-Russia stance helped drive AfD election victory – expert Bitcoin sidechain Liquid pauses after purported ‘white hats’ withdraw $320M in BTC

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Business / Finance · Crypto

BitMEX faces proposed class-action suit for theft, insider trading as crypto exchange shuts down

The complaint claims BitMEX designed a system to retain customer collateral and alleges an internal desk accessed private user data during server freezes.

Business / Finance · Markets

Scotch whisky levy lifted as Trump imposes new wave of US tariffs

The Scottish government welcomed the lifting of the 10% levy, which the US President agreed after the state visit of King Charles.

Business / Finance · Crypto

Live updates: Dogecoin and ether lead pullback as investors digest tech earnings

Dogecoin dropped 4.5% and ether 2.5%, leading a broad but shallow retreat across the majors, though most remain higher on the week ahead of next week's Fed meeting.

Business / Finance · Crypto

Ripple’s RLUSD gets two boosts as transfer volume drops 25%

Ripple launched an institutional minting platform and added RLUSD to Notabene’s compliance network as holder growth rose but monthly transfer volume fell to $10.95 billion.

Business / Finance · Crypto

Mirae plans to turn crypto exchange Korbit into something Korea hasn't seen before

The South Korean financial giant says its Korbit – soon to be rebranded as Digital X – is just the starting point for a broader ecosystem that connects RWAs, stablecoins and digit…

Business / Finance · Markets

How much money do you give for a wedding gift?

You've been invited by the happy couple, but they've asked for cash - not presents. North Londoners tell us what they would do.

Business / Finance · Crypto

Bitcoin holds near $65,000 as $800 billion AI selloff leaves crypto largely untouched

The Magnificent Seven had their worst day since April 2025 after Alphabet and Tesla spooked investors on AI spending. Bitcoin fell less than 1%, and dogecoin led the majors lower.

Business / Finance · Markets

UK complacent about war threat, warns defence boss

The threat of attack has never been higher, the boss of Europe's biggest defence contractor has warned. Dr Charles Woodburn

Business / Finance · Markets

UK mortgage rates rise to highest level for a month

Renewed tensions in the Middle East feed through to the costs faced by lenders, pushing up borrowing costs.

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We split bills equally even when one of us earned a lot more

Hannah and Max continued to pool finances after Max was made redundant but took "drastic measures" to cut spending.

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Tourist tax introduced in Edinburgh: How much is it and who pays?

The Scottish capital has become the first city in the country to introduce a charge for overnight stays.

Business / Finance · Markets

US announces tariffs on dozens of countries over forced labour concerns

The tariffs target around 60 trading partners over claims they failed to properly stop forced labour.

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Lawmakers push for AI 'kill switch' after OpenAI goes rogue

A new bill would let the US government order the shutdown AI models that pose a major public threat.

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What tech earnings reveal about AI investment and Donald Trump's tariff talks

Business / Finance · Crypto

Clarity Act expected to miss its window before Congress' summer break, leadership says

The deadline to get the crypto market structure bill done before senators scatter will likely be missed, says Majority Leader Thune, though it may get a start before then.

Business / Finance · Crypto

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev's X account hacked to promote token amid memecoin frenzy

The post, now deleted, touted a token called $VLAD and falsely claimed it would be listed on Robinhood.

Business / Finance · Crypto

Tassat wants to help smaller banks tap the trillion-dollar stablecoin boom before Wall Street lock them out

The former Signet developer aims to launch early next year a marketplace connecting stablecoin issuers with regional lenders to manage reserves.

Business / Finance · Crypto

Coinbase's corporate customers can now accept payments from AI agents

Rolling out this week, Coinbase Business users will be able to accept payments from AI agents, done via the x402 protocol, developed and incubated by the exchange.

Business / Finance · Crypto

The SEC settles with Coinbase over its missing Gary Gensler texts

A new court status report reveals the agency will pay a flat fee to resolve a two-year fight over what former Chair Gary Gensler knew about Ethereum.

Business / Finance · Crypto

Crypto for Advisors: It’s time for tokenization to get to work

Business / Finance · Markets

Pubs cheer business rates relief while other firms 'left out in the cold'

Pubs welcomed the support package, while other High Street firms asked why they were left out.

Business / Finance · Crypto

Uniswap pushes deeper into tokenized assets with permissioned trading pools

The framework, developed with Superstate, Securitize and Dowgo, lets regulated funds and securities trade on Uniswap while enforcing compliance rules necessary for institutions.

Business / Finance · Crypto

Goldman Sachs CEO backs Clarity Act despite banking industry's concerns over stablecoin rules

The Goldman Sachs CEO said the crypto market structure bill would create a more stable regulatory framework, breaking with other major bank leaders who oppose key stablecoin provi…

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Help for electricity bills as crude oil nears $100

The States of Guernsey said it would give Alderney Electricity £200,000 to offset islanders' bills.