Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

Token Terminal launched 'Fact Sheets' for tokenized assets to enhance transparency in the real-world asset (RWA) market. The fact sheets provide detailed information on the offchain legal and economic structures underlying each token, aiming to make critical data more accessible to investors and

Bitcoin surged back above the $80,000 mark on September 4, trading at $80,821, marking a 4% gain over the past 24 hours. The rally pushed the total crypto market cap to $2.72 trillion, its highest level since early 2026. According to Coinglass data, over 96,000 traders were liquidated in the past d

According to @tokenterminal, USDT0 deposits have surged to $872.7 million across six decentralized finance chains recently. Plasma dominates the inflow with 77.8% of total deposits, followed by Arbitrum One at 14.7% and Polygon at 5.4%, reflecting growing liquidity activity in the DeFi

According to Lookonchain on-chain monitoring, Frank invested $1,491 to buy 11 million MEME tokens 11 hours ago. The position is now valued at over $1.2 million, representing an 810x return.

According to GMGN data, MEME token hit $117 million in market cap and surged 121.7% in one hour on September 4. The token's current market cap stands at $97.88 million.

Swiss Bitcoin service Pocket Bitcoin disclosed that an August cyberattack exposed information belonging to more than 5,400 customers, including a smaller group whose identity and financial documentation was compromised. The breach resulted from a sustained cyberattack lasting approximately one

Pocket Bitcoin disclosed in August that a sustained cyberattack exposed information belonging to more than 5,400 customers. Of these, 5,120 customers had email addresses and support communications compromised, while a further 291 faced more extensive exposure including names, addresses, identity

BitGo expanded wallet connectivity to DecibelTrade, a decentralized exchange built on the Aptos blockchain that supports spot and perpetual futures trading. The integration allows institutional clients to connect self-custody multi-party computation wallets to DecibelTrade through WalletConnect

According to BlockBeats, on Sept 4, MEME token on Robinhood Chain broke $64 million market cap for a new all-time high, surging over 1000x in 24 hours. The token is now trading at $52 million with 24-hour trading volume of $49.1 million, according to GMGN data. MEME is paired against tokenized AMC E

South Korea will impose a 22% tax on cryptocurrency gains exceeding 2.5 million KRW starting January 2027, but investors cannot carry forward losses to future years. In contrast, the US, UK, Germany, and Japan provide loss carryforward provisions or long-term holding benefits. Under South Korea's

According to Lookonchain, trader 0x09CD opened a 2x leveraged long position of 888,888 MARSCOIN (worth $113,000) on Aster_DEX on September 4, with unrealized gains of $61,800, representing a 109% return on the position.

Hyperliquid is preparing an extension to its HIP-3 perpetual-market framework that will allow independent deployers to create permissioned markets. The functionality, called HIP-3, was announced by Hyperliquid co-founder Jeffrey Yan on September 3 and is already available in preliminary form on

According to an announcement by Hyperliquid co-founder Jeffrey Yan on September 3, Hyperliquid is introducing HIP-3, an extension to its HIP-3 perpetual-market framework that allows independent deployers to create permissioned markets with optional compliance layers. The functionality is already

According to Odaily, Bitget Wallet's daily payment transactions exceeded trading transactions in July 2026, with users of its physical card initiating an average of 10 payments monthly at an average ticket size of $28. Will Wu, the wallet's Asia-Pacific head, attributed the shift to users forming

According to Hyperliquid News, BTC, ETH, HYPE, ZEC, and SOL regained the top five positions in Hyperliquid's 24-hour trading volume rankings this morning, marking a return of liquidity to native crypto assets on the

LayerZero Labs unveiled Zero, a new Layer-1 blockchain architecture, on Feb. 10, 2026, designed to support significantly higher transaction throughput through a system that separates transaction execution from verification using zero-knowledge proofs. The architecture addresses blockchain

LayerZero Labs unveiled Zero, a Layer-1 blockchain architecture, on February 10, 2026. The system uses zero-knowledge proofs to separate transaction execution from verification, enabling Block Validators to confirm transactions without executing them individually. Zero is designed to scale

According to Korea's Financial Commission, on September 4 the regulator announced its tokenization policy direction for securities. The commission plans to use Korea Exchange (KRX) as the focal point to advance model verification and pilot programs for listed stock tokenization, referencing

Solana blockchain infrastructure firm Flowra signed a memorandum of understanding with Korea Gold Exchange Digital Asset (KorDA) to explore using gold-backed digital assets as collateral for securing Solana validator operations. Under the 12-month agreement, the companies plan to evaluate a model

According to PANews, AMC CEO Adam Aron criticized Robinhood's stock tokenization plan on September 4, stating that tokens issued for AMC and over 190 companies were not registered under U.S. securities law and should not be issued, sold, or delivered in the United States or to U.S. persons. Aron