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Whale Alert reported that 221,226,193 USDC has been transferred from an unknown wallet to Coinbase. The transaction is valued at about $221 million.

Multicoin Capital deposited 97,000 HYPE to Coinbase, worth about $8.18 million, according to Onchain Lens. Exchange deposits are typically seen as being intended for selling.

Major exchanges have seen $116 million worth of futures liquidated in the past hour. In the past 24 hours, $307 million worth of futures have been liquidated.

The combined market capitalization of crypto accumulation firms, or DATs, rose about 10% since mid-August to roughly $340 billion, according to data from The Block. Even so, that remains well below the roughly $490 billion combined market cap recorded in October and November last year, when Bitcoin hit an all-time high of $126,000.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $77,000. BTC is trading at $76,964.38 on the Binance USDT market.

President Donald Trump expressed strong distrust of any deal with Iran, according to Walter Bloomberg. In an interview with Fox News, Trump said the deal with Iran had no value even on paper and said the U.S. had given Iran many chances.

Coinbase said it has launched cbHYPE and cbZEC on its Base layer-two network.

Strategy announced it will keep the annual dividend rate on its perpetual preferred stock STRC at 12% in September. Crypto Briefing said the decision could be interpreted as a sign of financial stability and confidence in the company’s Bitcoin-based funding strategy.

Crypto wallet ThorWallet has launched a self-custody card that supports Mastercard payments, Cointelegraph reported. Users can convert major cryptocurrencies including BTC, ETH and SOL into USDC through DeFi protocols integrated into the wallet. The assets remain in self-custody until just before payment, while the transaction itself is processed through the Mastercard network.

Circle (CRCL) announced on X a partnership with crypto exchange OKX to expand USDC liquidity. Through the collaboration, the two companies plan to improve access to USDC-based spot, margin and futures trading on OKX and strengthen the trading environment.

The U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI seized more than $560,000 in cryptocurrency linked to Hamas and its military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, and blocked digital domains and servers used for fundraising, according to Crypto Briefing. USDT was the main token used, and the FBI led blockchain analysis to trace Hamas-linked wallets through USDT flows.

With U.S. national debt nearing $40 trillion, Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said investors should hold both AI-related stocks and Bitcoin to prepare for two possible paths as the Treasury addresses the debt burden. Hougan said U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent faces the task of keeping economic growth above 3% while reducing the fiscal deficit. One scenario is that productivity gains from AI adoption lift growth and ease debt pressures, in which case technology stocks, particularly AI chipmakers and processor companies, would stand to benefit significantly. If growth falls short of expectations, however, he said higher inflation could become an unavoidable way to reduce the real debt burden, making Bitcoin a key hedging asset in that environment.

The U.S. SEC has proposed updates to modernize registration and reporting requirements for securities transfer agents, the biggest such rule overhaul since the 1970s, according to Crypto Briefing. The proposal formally seeks industry feedback on how blockchain-based recordkeeping and distributed ledger technology should be reflected in current rules. Crypto Briefing said the move is significant for the crypto market because the SEC is directly addressing tokenization and seeking input on how the role of transfer agents should evolve as securities trading moves on-chain.

The crypto industry is facing uncertainty ahead of a Sept. 15 Senate vote on the CLARITY Act, with growing skepticism that the bill will pass this year, CNBC reported. CNBC said the CLARITY Act would establish a regulatory framework for the crypto market, separate oversight authority between the U.S. SEC and the CFTC, and include registration requirements for businesses as well as anti-money laundering rules. It added that the bill’s original timeline fell apart after the Senate failed to hold a vote before its August recess. The main sticking points now are provisions on allowing interest on stablecoins and ethics clauses tied to President Donald Trump and his family’s crypto business activities. At the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium last month, SALT CEO John Darsie said he was personally somewhat pessimistic about the bill’s chances, adding that it was unlikely to pass ahead of the midterm elections. Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned that if the CLARITY Act does not pass before the midterms and Democrats take control of the House, regulatory conflict between Congress and the administration could continue for a prolonged period.

Hyperliquid (HYPE) has been added to the Nasdaq CME Crypto Index alongside Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and XRP, according to U.Today. The inclusion reflects the quarterly rebalancing of the Hashdex Nasdaq Crypto Index US ETF (NCIQ) and took effect today through a prospectus supplement filed with the SEC.

Twenty-one global financial institutions, including Citi, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America, plan to establish a joint venture to issue stablecoins, CoinDesk reported. The participating firms plan to set up the venture in the second half of this year and move ahead with the business once related procedures are completed. The project began after 10 banks announced on Oct. 10 last year that they would examine the feasibility of issuing a fully reserved digital payment asset for use on public blockchains. The venture plans to initially issue a U.S. dollar-denominated stablecoin and later expand to stablecoins based on other G7 currencies, with the euro taking priority. The firms plan to offer a safe and reliable stablecoin solution built on bank-level regulatory compliance, governance, distribution networks and risk management capabilities.

Decentralized exchange Aster announced support for AIW3 perpetual futures trading and a related trading campaign. The campaign will run from 12:00 p.m. UTC on Sept. 1 through 2:00 p.m. UTC on Sept. 8, with total rewards of 1,470,589 AIW3 and $50,000 worth of ASTER. Rewards will be allocated based on each participant’s share of AIW3USDT perpetual futures trading volume during the event period. Both new and existing users can participate, while market makers are excluded. AIW3USDT perpetual futures trades made through supported channels including Binance Wallet, Trust Wallet and SafePal will also count. Participants found engaging in misconduct such as wash trading or self-dealing will be disqualified from receiving rewards.

The U.S. Commerce Department is working with Chainlink (LINK) to make macroeconomic data available on a public blockchain, Crypto Briefing reported. It marks the first time a U.S. federal agency has distributed official economic indicators onchain. The collaboration will provide key data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, including real GDP and the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index. The data is based on the BEA’s official releases and will be updated monthly or quarterly in line with the existing publication schedule.

U.S. Rep. Troy Downing has expressed support for the Clarity Act, Crypto Briefing reported. Downing previously served as an SEC commissioner under Chairman Gary Gensler. The bill is currently pending in the Senate during the congressional recess, and a motion to begin consideration was submitted in early August.

Ethereum-based decentralized finance project Origin Protocol (OGN) has launched a public dashboard aimed at improving financial transparency, according to Crypto Briefing. The dashboard is designed to show the protocol’s financial performance, token metrics, vault information and DeFi integration status.

Bitcoin’s correlation with U.S. stocks has fallen to its lowest level since the FTX collapse in November 2022, signaling a deeper decoupling trend, Crypto Briefing reported, citing Santiment data. The outlet said Bitcoin’s 30-day rolling correlation with the U.S. stock market dropped to as low as -0.299 in December 2025 before standing at around 0.18 in January this year. While Bitcoin had previously been classified as a risk asset due to its strong correlation with tech stocks such as the Nasdaq, it has recently shown a different trajectory. From late August 2025 to early 2026, Bitcoin’s price fell about 43%, while the S&P 500 rose about 7% over the same period. Gold prices surged about 51% during that span. Market participants pointed to ongoing deleveraging following the launch of spot BTC ETFs as a main driver, according to the report.

Injective said via its official X account that its blockchain was upgraded rather than halted, and that INJ assets, user funds and staked funds remain safe. Injective said a drop in staked volume was linked to delays in validator upgrades. The project added that the Injective blockchain and INJ remained secure throughout the upgrade process, with the core protocol and consensus mechanism unaffected, while the chain continued processing transactions. It also said the upgrade followed an exploit affecting a small number of ecosystem applications operating binary options markets. According to Injective, the attack was limited to those applications and did not exploit the Injective blockchain, protocol, native asset or consensus mechanism. It added that the relevant attack vector has already been blocked and patched, and stressed that descriptions of the incident as an Injective blockchain vulnerability or outage are inaccurate.

DeFi protocol Firelight has raised $8 million in funding, CoinDesk reported. The round was led by Gumi Cryptos Capital, with participation from Maven 11, Metalayer, Joint Effects and Tribe Capital. The company has not disclosed how it will use the funds. Firelight plans to launch its protocol and first DeFi service in September. It is also pushing to expand its collateral assets beyond XRP to include Bitcoin and Stellar, among others.

Whale investors are quietly buying Solana and XRP, according to an analysis by crypto market maker Wintermute cited by U.Today. Wintermute said the crypto market had shown unexpected macroeconomic resilience and fully absorbed the impact of hawkish remarks from the Fed chair and weakness in the U.S. tech sector. Against that backdrop, Bitcoin was stabilizing after a strong rally, while institutional money had begun moving more actively into altcoins, triggering record inflows into Solana and XRP funds, Wintermute said.

Bitcoin fell below $78,000 on the first trading day of September, entering the historically weak "Rektember" period, CoinDesk reported. CoinDesk said Bitcoin has posted an average return of around -3% in September since 2013, making it the worst-performing month of the year on average. At the same time, CoinDesk noted Bitcoin closed higher in September in each of the past three years, overcoming that seasonal weakness. Macro uncertainty remains an overhang, according to the report. Fed Chair Kevin Warsh said at Jackson Hole that inflation remained elevated and signaled an intention to maintain a tight policy stance. Global bond markets weakened in response, while the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rose to 4.784%. The market is pricing in a 66% chance of a 25-basis-point rate hike at the September FOMC meeting and is also expecting the possibility of an additional hike by year-end. CoinDesk explained that a high-rate environment can drain liquidity, strengthen the dollar and add downward pressure on risk-asset prices.