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Robinhood Chain halted for at least 14 minutes after accounting for 78.5% of L2 revenue over the past 30 days.
The same day, AMC demanded Robinhood stop trading its AMC-linked token. Robinhood refused. Holders get price exposure, not ownership in AMC shares.

El Salvador’s Bitcoin reserve grew by about 1,540 BTC over the past year, but the IMF says the increase it reviewed came from private donations, not government purchases.
Officials still say the country buys one BTC per day. The holdings increased; the source of the new coins remains unclear.

Solana v1 is not live on mainnet yet, but unprepared infrastructure can fail in two ways.
RPC readers may freeze at the first v1 transaction. Fee sponsors may keep running while silently failing to enforce compute and priority-fee limits.
This is a compatibility issue, not a consensus flaw.

Bitwise held 10.78M XRP and shorted futures against 10.51M, hedging 97.48% of the position.
The September futures traded 0.91% above spot, equivalent to a 14.57% annualized implied yield.
Bitwise was targeting the spread, not XRP upside.

Firo users and node operators have only hours to install a mandatory fix for a Spark flaw that could allow forged coins and inflate supply.
A researcher created about 200 FIRO in a controlled test. Firo found no evidence of other inflation.
The fork activates at block 1,371,000.

Bitcoin faces two Fed tests this month.
The FOMC decides rates Sept. 16 using jobs, PPI and CPI. Revised PCE data arrive Sept. 30, with one methodology change estimated to lower inflation by a few tenths.
The revision cannot change the decision, but it can reset rate expectations.

Kalshi must block Michigan users from sports event contracts under a preliminary injunction.
It must use a state-licensed geolocation provider or face $500,000 for each day of noncompliance.
The state order leaves the broader federal jurisdiction fight unresolved.

Japan’s 30-year bond auction cleared at 4.079%, but Metaplanet’s real test is shorter-term borrowing and refinancing.
Its existing debt terms are fixed. The pressure comes when it tries to fund its next round of Bitcoin purchases at scale.

🗞 Top #CryptoGainers & Losers: Fri, Sep 4 (24H)
📈 Biggest Gainers
MarsCoin (MARSCOIN) +55.12%
龙虾 (Lobster) +32.93%
UnifAI Network (UAI) +32.40%
📉 Biggest Losers

Gomining (GOMINING) -12.94%
JasmyCoin (JASMY) -10.25%
Monad (MON) -9.29%

Arthur Hayes says a falling EUR/JPY could signal more dollar liquidity for crypto.
The pair dropped 2.38% in two days but remains 29% above his 140 threshold. FIMA usage is still zero, and the Fed has no reserve-management purchases scheduled.

US payrolls grew by 162,000 in August, nearly triple the 56,000 forecast.
Bitcoin fell below $80,000 as the odds of a September Fed hike rose from 52% to 59% and short-term Treasury yields climbed.

A fully backed stablecoin can still face a run.
Fed economists modeled how rising gas fees can make small payments uneconomic and trigger abrupt exits when network effects are weak.
GENIUS regulates reserves, not the blockchain carrying the dollars.

Nearly $900M flowed into US Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs in one day.
BTC funds took in $730.8M as Bitcoin cleared $81,000. ETH funds added $141.4M as Ethereum topped $2,500.
Fresh capital is joining the rally, but one strong session does not establish a lasting trend.

Mina’s Mesa upgrade paused transactions for eight hours and made existing zkApp verification keys incompatible.
The chain has restarted, but deployed apps cannot resume proof-authorized activity until developers compile and post Mesa-compatible keys.

ProCap sold about 50 BTC and bought back more than 2% of its shares while the stock traded roughly 40% below NAV.
Its Bitcoin holdings fell 0.9%, while BTC per share rose 1.1% as the share count dropped faster.

Bitcoin’s rally above $81,000 has fresh money behind it.
Spot ETFs drew $730.9M, their biggest day since January, while exchange volume jumped 3–4x from August lows.
Yet call selling above $80,000 leaves options positioned for consolidation.

Australia has given qualifying crypto firms until Sept. 30 to apply for the required authorization or begin winding down.
From Oct. 1, firms operating without approval could face enforcement, including fines of up to 10% of annual turnover.

Perpetual contracts are pushing deeper into regulated US markets.
The CFTC is defending Kalshi’s Bitcoin perpetuals against CME, while similar products are being explored for Hyperliquid-linked markets and WTI crude oil.