Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to Cointelegraph, DBS Bank and Citibank completed cross-border U.S. dollar payments using tokenized deposits on September 7, leveraging Swift's blockchain-based ledger to enable instant, 24/7

Cozy Finance reported a loss of approximately $160,000 due to a security exploit leveraging the UMA Optimistic Oracle, as highlighted by crypto security commentator @SlowMist_Team. The attacker submitted a false price proposal to the oracle that went unchecked, triggering compensation payouts from t

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has proposed a 12-month suspension of new payment-system operator registrations while introducing stricter controls on payment arrangements involving virtual asset service providers (VASPs). The central bank published a draft circular outlining the registration

According to Liquid Network, on Sunday, purported white-hat hackers withdrew approximately 4,000 BTC (~$320 million) from the Liquid Federation wallet backing L-BTC. The funds were sent through SideSwap's peg-out service, with Blockstream stating the incident was caused by a bug in Elements

Bybit launched HAJIMIUSDT perpetual futures contracts today with a maximum leverage of 10x. The new trading pair is now live on the platform.

According to SlowMist_Team, Cozy Finance reported a $160,000 loss from an exploit leveraging the UMA Optimistic Oracle. An attacker submitted a false price proposal that went unchecked, triggering compensation payouts before the vulnerability was detected. The incident highlights ongoing security ri

According to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the central bank proposed a 12-month freeze on new payment-system operator registrations to conduct a holistic review of its taxonomy and licensing framework. Applications submitted before the suspension may continue evaluation, but the BSP will not

According to HyperliquidNews monitoring data, Hyperliquid has 373,952 active perpetual futures traders in the past 30 days. The figure includes traders who completed at least one transaction or held an open position during the

According to PPP prediction market tool, a wallet that previously lost $120,000 purchased $45,000 of BLG victory prediction contracts for the LPL playoff semifinals on September 7 at 79 cents per share, acquiring 56,969.8 shares. The wallet also holds $10,000 of Game 1 BLG victory predictions. The m

According to Galaxy Research, on Monday the Coldcard third-wave exploiter moved approximately 45% of stolen Bitcoin through THORChain and CoinJoin transactions. The funds began routing through THORChain to Ethereum on Sept. 2, with subsequent transfers directed into CoinJoin rounds, which combine

According to CryptoQuant community analyst CW8900, spot Bitcoin demand turned negative on September 7, with retail traders continuing to sell despite recent price rebounds. Spot BTC outflows have increased, while large investors remain active in accumulating holdings. Futures demand has also

According to Startale's blog, SBI Shinsei Trust Bank and SBI VC Trade have begun allocating 1 billion yen ($6.41 million) from JPYSC stablecoin reserves into short-term Japanese government bonds (JGB). The move follows recent regulatory policy adjustments in Japan that expanded stablecoin reserve

NotionalFinance, a decentralized lending protocol, suffered a security breach on September 4, 2026, resulting in a loss of approximately $1.73 million. The incident was highlighted by cryptocurrency security commentator @SlowMist_Team, who identified severe vulnerabilities within the protocol's

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong projected that Bitcoin could reach between $300,000 and $400,000 by 2030. The forecast is based on anticipated clearer regulations in the U.S., sustained spot ETF inflows, and constrained Bitcoin supply. Armstrong's perspective, highlighted in a recent tweet by KuCoin, r

According to security researcher @SlowMist_Team, decentralized lending protocol NotionalFinance suffered a critical security breach on September 4, 2026, resulting in a loss of approximately $1.73 million. The attack exploited systematic flaws in the protocol's smart contract logic, with the

According to ChainCatcher, the Renmin University Financial Technology Research Institute recently published research on stablecoin depegging risk in the Journal of International Money and Finance. The study, which analyzed stablecoin depegging risks using large language models (LLMs), found that sta

NEAR cryptocurrency has surged over 28% in the last seven days, with the token currently trading around $2.37 according to CoinMarketCap data. The rally reflects renewed buying pressure and bullish commentary from longtime holders, pushing NEAR into positive territory across all recent

According to CoinMarketCap data, NEAR token surged 28% over the past 7 days and currently trades around $2.37, with gains of over 50% in the past month and 260% over six months. Wave-theory analysts suggest NEAR is positioned in Wave 5 of a bullish structure, with minimum targets around $34.80 if th

Bitcoin (BTC) gained 20.0% in August 2026, its strongest monthly performance of the year, while the US 10-year Treasury yield climbed to 4.78% and Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller publicly floated a rate hike. BTC/USD traded at $79,663 on 7 September 2026, up 36.0% from its 1 July low of

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, trader Loracle's 3x short position on Hyperliquid PONS totaling 25.04 million tokens (~$19.41 million) is now underwater by nearly $3 million as of Sept 7. The position, opened since Sept 3 at an average price of $0.6553 per token, represents 19% of Hyperliquid's