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Sep 7, 2026

Hunter Biden announced $LAPTOP: no contract address, and copies have already traded $6.9 million

Hunter Biden announced $LAPTOP, due on Base on 9 September. The announcement carries no contract address, website or launch venue, and Biden has not published the tokenomics himself. The first copycat carrying the same name appeared roughly a minute before the story broke; 22 more pools followed over the next 53 minutes, and at least 14 distinct tokens traded $6.9 million between them. With no official address, none of them can be the announced token.

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Sep 5, 2026

Polymarket opened perpetual futures: the reported figures and who can reach them

According to Decrypt, Polymarket opened its perpetual futures product on 3 September 2026, with leverage up to 20x depending on the asset class and orders barred from the United States. This piece rests on a second-hand report; the company's own announcement could not be reached.

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Sep 5, 2026

The G7's quantum statement is about cryptography, not cryptocurrency

Seven G7 national cyber security agencies, together with the EU Commission, published a joint statement on migrating to post-quantum cryptography. The text is about public key cryptography; cryptocurrencies are relevant not because they are named in it but because they rest on the same mathematics. We set out the difference and why it matters.

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Sep 5, 2026

Tokenized shares: what the SEC's stated position actually says

Issuing a share as a token does not stop it being a security. A statement by SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce dated 9 July 2025 says so plainly, and draws a line between a token issued by the company itself and one issued by a third party. We set out what the statement says.

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Sep 5, 2026

The SEC's "Regulation Crypto Assets": two exemptions, and the fact that it is a proposal

On 18 August 2026 the SEC announced a proposed framework for certain investment contracts involving crypto assets, with two registration exemptions: up to $5 million over four years and up to $75 million every 12 months. We set out what the text is, and what it is not yet.

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Hunter Biden announced $LAPTOP: no contract address, and copies have already traded $6.9 million

Polymarket opened perpetual futures: the reported figures and who can reach them

The G7's quantum statement is about cryptography, not cryptocurrency

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The SEC's "Regulation Crypto Assets": two exemptions, and the fact that it is a proposal

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