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BitMine Buys 28,086 ETH for $70M, Treasury Climbs to 4.9% of Ethereum Supply
BitMine Immersion Technologies acquired 28,086 ETH in a $70 million purchase over the past week, pushing its total treasury to 5.93 million tokens valued at $14.79 billion. The holdings now represent 4.9% of Ethereum's circulating supply, approaching the company's 5% target.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Kraken Withdrawal Delays Widen as 23 Funding Services Remain Degraded
Twenty-three funding services on Kraken are degraded or fully non-functional as of September 8, days after a multi-network failure cascaded through the exchange's infrastructure. The outage has left users unable to withdraw funds and raises questions about the exchange's infrastructure reliability.
MarketsHadi Ghadban
Bitcoin Supply in Profit Nears Historical Bear-to-Bull Threshold at 71%
More than 71% of all Bitcoin in circulation is held at a profit, approaching a level historically tied to bear-to-bull market transitions. On-chain data shows breakeven sellers may create resistance, while subdued volatility suggests the market is coiling before a directional move.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
Strategy Pauses Bitcoin Purchases, Redirects $176M to STRC Buybacks
Strategy paused its weekly Bitcoin purchases this week, redirecting $176 million to STRC share repurchases. The move marks the second pause in recent weeks and comes alongside a $2 billion buyback program expansion.
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Curve Finance Soft Liquidation Model Keeps Hundreds of Loans Alive for Weeks
Hundreds of DeFi loans on Curve Finance have survived weeks in liquidation status without forced closure, validating a soft liquidation model that could reshape institutional participation in on-chain lending.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
MEXC Launches Opportunity Compass as 53.7% of Crypto Users Move Into Stocks
MEXC launched Opportunity Compass on September 8, 2026, a five-season educational program designed to help crypto-native users understand global markets and traditional asset classes. The initiative responds to data showing 53.7% of crypto users are moving into stocks, signaling a structural...
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Zcash Rally Shows Exhaustion Signals as Analysts Flag 50% Correction Risk
Zcash has staged one of the strongest altcoin rallies of the current market cycle, but two emerging technical signals are raising alarms that the move may be running out of steam, with analysts placing potential downside at 50% from recent highs.
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Jobs Report Fails to Shift Fed Rate Hike Expectations, Crypto Markets Brace
Friday's U.S. jobs report failed to materially shift Federal Reserve rate hike expectations, leaving crypto markets in continued uncertainty. The Fed's focus on inflation over employment suggests the next Consumer Price Index print, not payrolls data, will drive market direction.
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Stablecoin Wallets Are Gunning for Your Bank Account. Here Is What They Still Cannot Do.
Stablecoin wallets are moving from crypto curiosity to genuine challenger for traditional bank accounts, offering faster settlement and lower fees. But they lack FDIC insurance, credit products, and the full financial infrastructure banks provide. For specific use cases like remittances and...
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
1win Adds USDC Support on Solana, Expands Web3 Initiatives
1win announced USDC support via Solana, offering near-instant settlement at minimal cost. The move aligns with broader adoption of stablecoin payment rails in gaming and betting platforms seeking fast, cheap settlement layers.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
Hunter Biden Launches LAPTOP Memecoin on Base, Airdrops 20% to TRUMP Token Losers
Hunter Biden is launching LAPTOP, a memecoin on Coinbase's Base network, with 20% of the 1 billion token supply allocated as airdrops to wallets that lost money on the TRUMP memecoin. Within one hour of the announcement, 14 copycat tokens appeared across four networks, generating $6.9M in volume.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
Wintermute Builds $2.4M Position in PONS, Raising Questions About Institutional Meme Coin Plays
Algorithmic trading giant Wintermute has quietly accumulated 3.43 million PONS tokens worth approximately $2.4 million, according to on-chain data surfaced by Arkham Intelligence on September 7, 2026. The position, built gradually rather than through a single block purchase, puts one of crypto's...
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
Citi and DBS Complete First Weekend Tokenized Cross-Border Payment on Swift's Blockchain Ledger
Citi and DBS Bank completed the first tokenized cross-border transfer on Swift's blockchain-based ledger over the weekend of September 6-7, settling a USD payment outside traditional banking hours and demonstrating that blockchain-native settlement can operate 24/7.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
Coldcard Attacker Moves $7.7M in Stolen Bitcoin Through THORChain and CoinJoin
The attacker behind the third wave of Coldcard hardware wallet compromises has shifted approximately 45% of stolen funds, routing $7.7 million through THORChain and CoinJoin. Galaxy reports 82% of all Bitcoin stolen across Coldcard attacks remains in original addresses.
MarketsJulie "Mooncat" Wolf
Harmony Protocol Shuts Down Blockchain, Migrates ONE Token to Ethereum
Harmony Protocol is shutting down its standalone blockchain and moving the ONE token to Ethereum as an ERC-20 asset, marking a complete exit from blockchain infrastructure four years after a $100 million security exploit.
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Hanwha Builds Tokenized Securities Platform on Avalanche Ahead of South Korea Rule Change
Hanwha has developed a tokenized securities platform on Avalanche, positioning itself ahead of South Korea's regulatory amendments that take effect in February 2027. The move signals institutional finance's embrace of digital asset infrastructure.
MarketsHadi Ghadban
Liquid Network Paused After $320 Million Bitcoin Withdrawal; White-Hat Claim Follows
Blockstream's Liquid Network sidechain went dark on Sunday after an unknown party drained approximately $320 million in bitcoin from the protocol's peg, leaving an on-chain message claiming white-hat intent and triggering an immediate halt across the network.
MarketsAlejandro Silva Ramírez
MENA Crypto Transaction Volume Hits $350B With Saudi Arabia Growing 154% Year Over Year
Crypto transaction volume across the Middle East and North Africa has tripled to $350 billion by 2025-2026, up from $100 billion in 2022. Saudi Arabia led regional growth at 154% year-over-year, while Turkey processed nearly $200 billion in annual activity.
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Router Protocol Shuts Down, to Burn 303M ROUTE Tokens After Failed Acquisition Search
Router Protocol, backed by Coinbase Ventures, is shutting down operations and burning 303 million ROUTE tokens after failing to find a buyer or commercialize its cross-chain bridging technology. The shutdown highlights structural economics challenges in the bridge sector.
MarketsAlejandro Silva Ramírez
Tether-Backed Orionx Shuts Down After Audit Finds $7M Custody Gap
Orionx, a Tether-backed cryptocurrency exchange, is permanently closing after an internal audit revealed more than $7 million in customer assets had moved to wallets outside the exchange's custody. The closure was announced September 6, 2026.
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Southeast Asia Crypto Funding Rebounds to $680M as Capital Concentrates
$680 million flowed into Southeast Asian crypto companies in the latest cycle, marking recovery from the 2022 downturn. But capital is concentrating in fewer, mature firms rather than spreading across the startup ecosystem, raising questions about innovation and long-term regional growth.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
XRP Ledger Shifts to Institutional Focus: Fewer Active Accounts but Larger Trades
XRP Ledger's on-chain data through September 2026 shows fewer active accounts but higher transaction values and larger individual trades, signaling a shift from retail to institutional focus.
MarketsIbrahim Rajab
Pineapple Financial Moves $1B in Mortgage Records to Injective Blockchain
Canadian mortgage lender Pineapple Financial has placed $1 billion in mortgage records on the Injective blockchain, with plans to migrate more than $10 billion in historical loan data onchain in what would be one of the largest real-world asset deployments in the sector.
MarketsBlockchain Academics NewsroomAMC CEO Calls Robinhood Tokenized Shares Outrageous, Stock Surges
AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron publicly attacked Robinhood over tokenized stock offerings, calling them contemptible and outrageous and threatening legal action. The dispute centers on whether tokenized equities issued without company consent constitute unregistered securities violations.
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