Coinbase has begun rolling out access to nearly 4,000 U.S.-listed stocks for eligible UK customers, marking the exchange’s biggest step yet toward becoming an all-in-one investment platform where users can trade stocks, cryptocurrencies and cash from a single account.

Solana memecoin platform Pump.fun reportedly laid off more than 40 employees shortly before their PUMP token grants were due to vest, potentially costing some workers life-changing payouts while the company generated more than $1.3 billion in lifetime revenue.

A Polymarket account reportedly linked to George Cottrell, a convicted fraudster and longtime associate of Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, received nearly $9 million in cryptocurrency from unidentified sources before placing multimillion-dollar bets on Donald Trump's US election victory.

HSBC has become the first financial institution approved by the Bank of England to operate a live digital securities platform, marking a major step in the United Kingdom’s push to bring government debt and capital markets onto blockchain infrastructure.

Three men in the United Kingdom have been caught and jailed after posing as police officers to trick cryptocurrency holders into handing over roughly $5.4 million in digital assets.

Three men were jailed in the UK for using fake police websites to steal more than £4 million ($5.4 million) in cryptocurrency from eight victims. Police traced the stolen funds, recovered around £1 million ($1.34 million) and exposed the gang's luxury spending.

Kraken has launched a debit card for eligible customers in the UK and EEA, allowing them to spend crypto and cash balances anywhere Mastercard is accepted.

Nigel Farage's resignation from Parliament has triggered a political backlash that could permanently block cryptocurrency from UK politics, as lawmakers seek to tighten rules on digital asset funding.

Nigel Farage officially announced that he would be stepping down from his position as a member of Parliament, triggered by the mounting scrutiny over the millions of dollars in crypto he had received from crypto billionaires Christopher Harborne and Geroge Cottrell, a convicted fraudster linked to a crypto casino.

Coinbase is taking another step toward becoming a full-service financial platform after securing a UK investment services license that expands its business beyond cryptocurrency trading into traditional financial markets.