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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the CLARITY Act would prevent another FTX collapse, according to the Watcher.Guru X account.

The three major U.S. stock indices closed lower today. - S&P 500: -0.86% - Nasdaq: -1.00% - Dow Jones: -1.31%

Payward co-CEO Dave Ripley said in an interview with The Block that Kraken’s parent company is exploring ways to expand payments, lending, yield and asset custody services outside the U.S. as it looks to evolve into a full bank. Ripley added that the company is building a wealth management business and shifting its infrastructure into a suite of services that banks, brokerages and fintech companies can integrate into their apps.

Uniswap founder Hayden Adams said in an interview that at a Commodity Futures Trading Commission meeting, Adams pointed to pressure from U.S. regulators that pushed founders overseas, where competitors were able to build their businesses faster.

Two Binance employees were detained during a United Arab Emirates police investigation, though both were later cleared of wrongdoing, The New York Times reported, citing sources. The employees were detained as part of a police probe into possible financial crimes that may have occurred at Binance, though the specific case under investigation was not disclosed. One employee, a midlevel manager, was stopped at the airport while passing through Sharjah in August and was taken to a police station, where the employee was held overnight. Another employee, an executive at a Dubai-based subsidiary, was questioned at a police station in July. Binance said the two were not suspects in the investigation and were released without charges.

Hardware wallet maker Coldcard has released new firmware to address a seed-generation attack issue. The update includes version 5.6.1 for the Mk4 and Mk5, and version 1.5.1Q for the Q series. In late July, Coldcard was hit by a hacking attack targeting a flaw in random-number generation. Estimated losses were 1,778 BTC, or $112 million.

The tokenized stock market has grown from hundreds of millions of dollars to about $2.8 billion in a year, according to Crypto Briefing. Data showed the market is now worth about $2.8 billion across 3,374 assets. The market expanded from the hundreds of millions of dollars at the start of 2025 to $1 billion in March 2026, then reached $2.8 billion within a few months. Data also showed Ethereum, Solana and BNB Chain account for about 94% of the tokenized stock market’s capitalization, with shares of 49%, 23% and 22%, respectively.

U.S. President Donald Trump was optimistic about passage of the CLARITY Act during a private White House meeting with cryptocurrency and finance industry executives, The Block reported. Chainlink founder Sergey Nazarov said the discussion covered remaining issues requiring senators’ agreement and plans to resume efforts after the recess. The meeting also included discussion of Trump’s strategic Bitcoin holdings, though no specific details on next steps were addressed.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is reviewing possible rules to allow leverage and margin trading on crypto exchanges, according to the Watcher.Guru X account.

An a16z-linked address beginning with 0xb5E4 transferred 89,470 HYPE worth $6.6 million to crypto market maker Wintermute, Onchain Lens reported. The transfer is estimated to have been intended for a sale.

Franklin Templeton is preparing to introduce tokenized assets into its existing investment funds, Bloomberg reported. According to documents disclosed by the U.S. SEC, Franklin Templeton plans to use money market fund tokens as fund assets and collateral for ETFs and mutual funds. This means investors that had previously invested in traditional funds may later be able to include those assets in their portfolios without separately seeking out asset tokens to invest in.

Atomiq, a Bitcoin swap infrastructure provider in the Starknet (STRK) ecosystem, temporarily halted swaps on Aug. 20 after an AI-based security attack, according to Crypto Briefing. No user funds were lost as a result of the disruption, and Starknet plans to restore bridging functions within days by applying a new integration solution.

An expanded U.S. Treasury bond buyback program could help Bitcoin reach its cycle target of $180,000 sooner, according to CoinDesk. In an interview with CoinDesk, Mark Connors, chief investment officer at Risk Dimensions and a macroeconomic analyst, said if the Treasury’s measures ease pressure from long-term Treasury yields, BTC could gain a foundation for a rise to between $180,000 and $360,000. Connors added progress on the CLARITY Act around Sept. 15 will be a key short-term variable.

Coinbase said now appears to be a good time to ask X, formerly Twitter, once again to restore the Bitcoin emoji. X had previously removed the orange Bitcoin hashtag emoji.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission will begin the first meeting of its innovation advisory committee on cryptocurrency, AI and prediction market issues at 5:00 p.m. UTC today. Eleanor Terrett, host of Crypto In America, added that many people who attended a White House-hosted tech industry event yesterday are expected to take part, including figures from the crypto sector, traditional finance, academia and the prediction market industry.

Privacy-focused blockchain ecosystem Beldex has raised $8 million in a funding round led by Sigma Capital, according to Decrypt. Participants in the round included NTC, NexGen, Digital Consensus Fund and EAK Ventures. Beldex said it is expanding beyond its existing privacy ecosystem into infrastructure for developers to build confidential applications, and plans to use the funds for developer tools, confidential applications, protocol security, AI infrastructure and ecosystem expansion.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said on Fox Business that Bitcoin is highly likely to reach $300,000 to $400,000 in the next few years, citing 2030 as an example. Armstrong also said BTC may be on the verge of its next bull market and that the current bear market is nearing an end, with a full-fledged rally likely after a vote on the CLARITY Act on Sept. 15.

Holdings by whale addresses with more than 1,000 ETH have been declining for the first time in three months, according to Santiment. Data showed wallets holding at least 1,000 ETH sold about 1.7 million ETH from May 20 to Aug. 20, local time, equal to roughly 2.9% of the supply held in that cohort. By contrast, the share held by wallets with one to 10 ETH rose to 4.52% of total ETH supply from 4.38% over the same period. Santiment said the more important question is where those holdings moved.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Treasury will increase its purchases of long-term government bonds and the scale could exceed the previously announced $4 billion. The market had cited the Treasury’s expanded long-term bond purchases as one factor behind BTC’s rebound yesterday.

Bitcoin’s move above $71,000 is increasing the likelihood of a golden cross between the 50-day simple moving average and the 200-day simple moving average on the daily chart, according to CoinDesk. CoinDesk said BTC had remained in a long-term downtrend since October 2025 and had consistently traded below the 200-day simple moving average, but recently moved back above that level. It added that golden crosses seen in February 2023, October 2023, October 2024 and April 2025 were also followed by further gains. Still, CoinDesk said the latest rise could be a temporary relief rally rather than a trend reversal, adding that if the price falls back below the 200-day simple moving average, the reversal signal could be invalidated.

BlackRock’s spot Ethereum ETF recently bought $120 million worth of ETH, according to Arkham (ARKM). Arkham said buying at the current level was the first since Jan. 15, when roughly $149 million in purchases were recorded.

Coinbase said on its official X account that the U.S. is winning the crypto race and that the CLARITY Act will help the country cross the finish line.

Strive (ASST) has resumed Bitcoin purchases through its preferred stock SATA after two months and has already bought 31 BTC, according to BitcoinTreasuries’ official X account.

USDT demand appears to be holding up in the global market even as its delisting from local platforms continues following the European Union’s rollout of the Markets in Crypto-Assets framework, or MiCA. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Artemis researcher Alex Weseley said the data showed MiCA had not caused a clear change in USDT supply, demand or cross-chain movement, while in emerging markets, stablecoins are serving as practical financial infrastructure for payments and remittances rather than simply as a store of value.

A total of 1,314.41 BTC, worth about $94.03 million, appears to have moved from 28 dormant wallets over the past 24 hours as Bitcoin extends its gains, News Bitcoin reported. Wallets created in 2014 accounted for 92.4% of the total, or 1,214.42 BTC. The outlet said there are no clear signs so far that the funds are heading to exchanges.