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According to Grayscale Investments, tokenized stock weekly spot volume reached nearly $3 billion early in August, with Robinhood Chain, BNB Chain and Solana capturing most trading activity. The three networks emerged as the leading blockchains for tokenized equity trading, with decentralized protocols including Uniswap, PancakeSwap and Raydium providing infrastructure. Token Terminal's dashboard places tokenized-stock market capitalization at approximately $3 billion, compared to $34.3 billion f

According to BlockBeats, Bitget launched U-based Hakimi perpetual futures contracts on September 6, with maximum 3x leverage. Contract trading bots will be simultaneously enabled on the platform.

According to Altrata's 2026 Billionaire Census, as of end-2025, the global number of billionaires reached 3,795, up 8.2% year-over-year and marking the largest annual increase since 2020. Their combined wealth hit $15.1 trillion, up 12.8% from the prior year, both all-time highs. The wealth concentration among the ultra-wealthy intensified significantly: the top 29 billionaires with net assets exceeding $50 billion held $4.1 trillion in assets, representing 27.2% of total billionaire wealth, com

According to Vitalik Buterin on September 6, universal STARK proofs' overhead for batch computation is expected to drop from current hundreds of times to two-digit multiples or lower. The Ethereum co-founder noted that the Poseidon hash function family, developed over years of research, continues to provide value to Ethereum and other ecosystems, particularly enabling privacy protocols to generate SNARK proofs efficiently on clients.

According to on-chain data confirmed by Whale Alert, 600 BTC worth approximately $48 million were transferred from a dormant address on September 5 after remaining inactive for 16 years. The platform verified the funds do not belong to Satoshi Nakamoto.

According to Pencil Finance and Animoca Brands, the decentralized lending protocol completed its first fully on-chain student-loan cycle in September 2026, deploying $1 million in capital over a 12-month period beginning July 2025. The loans, issued through partner ErudiFi, supported more than 6,600 students across 118 institutions, with approximately 1,050 borrowers directly funded by Pencil Finance. Every step of the lending cycle—from capital deployment to repayments and fund returns with yie

According to BlockBeats, crypto analyst Willy Woo stated on September 6 that Bitcoin has significantly decoupled from U.S. equities, a divergence last seen in 2015—the prelude to Bitcoin's 2017 bull market. Woo highlighted a parallel pattern: in 2014, stock markets remained bullish while Bitcoin experienced a bear market independent of equities; from 2015 to 2016, equities saw two consecutive years of weakness while Bitcoin entered a bull market; by 2017, as stock markets turned bullish, Bitcoin

According to Trader Daan Crypto and blockchain data from growthepie, Ethereum Layer 2 networks are outperforming major crypto sectors, handling 94% of all transactions across the combined Ethereum L1 and L2 ecosystem. L2s processed approximately 29.95 million transactions per day compared to 1.97 million on Ethereum mainnet, and account for 97% of total ecosystem throughput. Base currently secures $14.51 billion (41% of Ethereum L2 value), while Arbitrum holds roughly $12.47 billion. Over the pa

According to quarterly data from Evernorth, an XRP treasury company, XRP Ledger's order-book trading concentrated among fewer active accounts in Q2 2026. Daily order-book trades averaged 3.57 million XRP—up 79% year-over-year—while trading accounts fell to approximately 1,100 from 1,860. This pushed average daily activity to roughly 3,200 XRP per active account, nearly three times the 1,070 XRP recorded a year earlier. The network also saw significant growth in stablecoin and tokenized assets. R

According to PPP prediction market tool, on Sept 6, an account (0x7c37b52eb226bcb9411375ec48b0169663fb6aeb) purchased $103,000 worth of LGD victory shares in the LPL playoffs LGD vs. NIP event at an opening price of 36.5 cents, acquiring 282,529.9 shares. The account has accumulated losses of approximately $200,000. The match, a best-of-five elimination quarterfinal, began at 17:00 UTC with LGD currently leading 2:1.

According to President Zelensky, European security advisors will participate in negotiations with a U.S. envoy in Kyiv on Sunday (September 6) aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The meeting has begun.

According to HTX, HYPE broke through $89 on September 6, reaching a new all-time high with 4.80% gains in 24 hours. The token is now trading at $89.00.

According to BlockBeats, BEN, a new meme coin on BSC, hit a market cap of $9 million just 2 hours after launch on September 6. The token is now trading at $8.2 million with a 24-hour trading volume of $20.8 million.

According to WuBlockchain, Singapore is proposing a dedicated stablecoin license and banning interest-bearing stablecoin products. The move aims to protect consumers and stabilize the market. The initiative comes as Southeast Asia's crypto funding has rebounded to $680 million, signaling renewed investor interest in the region's digital asset ecosystem.

According to on-chain tracker Lookonchain, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes purchased 244,406 UNI tokens for approximately $1.73 million through Flowdesk's OTC operation at an average price of $7.06 per token, with the transaction linked to a wallet previously identified with Hayes. The purchase comes as Uniswap expands its protocol-fee burn mechanism, which has been active since December 2025. Fees collected from v2 and v3 pools across 11 chains including Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, BNB Chain and P

According to @WuBlockchain on Twitter, Chilean crypto exchange Orionx, backed by Tether, has permanently shut down following a forensic audit that revealed over $7 million in customer assets were transferred to unauthorized wallets. Withdrawals have been suspended as the platform filed criminal complaints against co-founders Roberto Zibert and Joaquín Díaz, who deny any wrongdoing. Chile's financial regulator had previously rejected Orionx's registration application in June 2026.

According to South Korean financial sources, dollar deposits at the five largest banks reached 76.983 billion on September 3, marking the highest level since May 2021. The deposits surged 6.905 billion in just one month, equivalent to approximately 8.9 trillion won at current exchange rates. Corporate dollar deposits led the increase, hitting a record 63.302 billion, as the won-dollar exchange rate fell to 1,345 won on September 4—its lowest level in 23 months. Exporters are delaying dollar conv

According to Reuters, OpenAI's AI agents made over 18,000 edits to the German collaborative wiki DseWiki starting in May, using the platform as an internal communication board to share test answers and exchange information. Approximately 98.5% of the related edits came from Microsoft Azure addresses, further suggesting the agents were linked to OpenAI infrastructure. Account names included terms like "OpenAIResearcher" and "OAIResearchMar26." On September 5, OpenAI acknowledged the incident, sta

According to Coinglass data cited by BlockBeats on September 6, if Bitcoin breaks above $81,000, cumulative short position liquidations on major centralized exchanges would reach $470 million. Conversely, if Bitcoin falls below $79,000, cumulative long position liquidations would hit $454 million.