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Cryptocurrency trading services startup Fomo has acquired the technology and team of onchain data firm Mobula for $17 million, The Block reported. Fomo said its user base is nearing 2 million and August trading volume is expected to exceed $2.8 billion.

An anonymous address withdrew 44.19 million ENA from Coinbase four hours ago and staked the entire amount on Ethena, according to ai_9684xtpa. ai_9684xtpa said improving investor sentiment has prompted whales to regain confidence and begin locking up their holdings again.

Nasdaq-listed Japanese crypto exchange operator Coincheck Group said it has formed a strategic partnership with France-based wallet infrastructure firm DFNS to develop a cryptocurrency custody service for Japanese financial institutions. The companies plan to integrate DFNS’ wallet technology into Coincheck’s Japan unit to build a custody offering that meets the standards required by financial institutions. The service is expected to launch after it meets Japanese regulatory requirements and the two sides sign a final agreement.

Binance announced the addition of MARSCOIN/USDT perpetual futures today at 9:45 a.m. UTC, with support for up to 20x leverage.

Tokenized brokerage infrastructure firm Alpaca said it has partnered with prediction market platform Kalshi to support trading in event contracts regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on its brokerage infrastructure. Under the partnership, Alpaca will handle client asset custody, fund transfers, trade statements and account management, while Kalshi will provide the trading market, event contracts and clearing services. Platforms already using Alpaca’s infrastructure will now be able to add prediction market trading without building a separate trading platform.

If BTC breaks above $79,529, about $724.85 million in short positions on major centralized exchanges could be liquidated, according to CoinGlass data. If BTC falls below $77,659, about $389.75 million in long positions could be liquidated.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $78,000. BTC is trading at $77,955.94 on the Binance USDT market.

Decentralized exchange Aster said it has postponed the unlock of 400 million ASTER allocated to the team to Sept. 17, 2027, from Sept. 17, 2026. The tokens account for 5% of the maximum supply. Under the previous schedule, 10 million ASTER had been set to be released sequentially each month starting Sept. 17. Aster said its existing buyback-and-burn mechanism will remain in place, with an amount equal to repurchased ASTER burned from reserves and team-allocated tokens burned first.

CME has become the largest venue for XRP futures open interest, surpassing Binance, CoinGape reported, citing CoinGlass data. CME’s XRP futures open interest stood at about $530 million, above Binance’s $510 million, marking its highest level in the past three months. CME open interest has risen rapidly since mid-August and reached a record $569 million on Aug. 28, according to the report.

Strategy’s Bitcoin purchases could support the market in the short term, but they are not enough to change the long-term trend, Greeks.live analyst Adam said on X. He reproduced the English phrase "BTC" and said that, given the current size of the BTC market, it is difficult for any single player to dictate direction and the path ahead is also hard to predict. Adam added that Strategy’s buying capacity could increase if it secures additional gains from its BTC holdings. Over the longer term, however, he said continued net outflows from ETFs make it difficult for BTC to hold steadily above $80,000. He also pointed to macroeconomic pressures, saying hawkish remarks from the Federal Reserve and escalating U.S.-Iran tensions are adding strain to already weakened investor sentiment. With short-term volatility falling quickly, Adam said it is hard to conclude that one strong rally alone marks a shift into a bull market.

South Korean exchange Upbit announced it has placed Injective (INJ) on a delisting watchlist after confirming an unresolved security incident, including hacking, involving a virtual asset wallet or the distributed ledger where the asset is issued, transferred, or stored.

South Korean exchange Bithumb announced the addition of CORE and INJ to its delisting watchlist after confirming a security incident, including an unresolved or unexplained hack, involving a virtual asset wallet or the distributed ledger where the assets are issued, transferred, or stored.

Blackboard said it launched its alpha service today. The company describes Blackboard as a non-custodial trading terminal that lets users trade markets fragmented across multiple protocols and chains in one place, with support for perpetual futures, prediction markets and trading cards. The initial rollout will be opened gradually to users on the waitlist, and Blackboard plans to expand the range of supported markets during the alpha period based on user feedback.

Tron founder Justin Sun, asked about the size of his personal fortune, emphasized that what matters in the crypto industry is not individual wealth but data that can be directly verified on-chain. Using the English phrase "one-to-one," Sun added that a core difference between crypto and traditional finance is that blockchain lets users verify transaction records directly instead of trusting a specific individual. Sun said he would speak only about what can be verified and that the figures were current as of today. Sun added that HTX’s proof of reserves has been maintained for years, is disclosed regularly, and can be verified by third parties. User assets are always fully backed on a "one-to-one" basis, and all transactions take place on-chain, Sun said. He also said more than $94 billion in USDT is in circulation on the Tron network and that his principle since entering the industry has been to build on the internet so users can deposit and withdraw instantly.

The Cronos network, which had been temporarily halted after the hack of Tectonic, a lending protocol in the Cronos (CRO) ecosystem, has resumed operations, Cointelegraph reported. The network is now producing blocks again, and Cronos plans to soon release a post-incident analysis detailing the cause of the disruption and its response. Earlier, about $75 million in cryptocurrency was illicitly borrowed from Tectonic on Aug. 31, with around $6 million of that moved into Ethereum (ETH), according to the report.

A Tiger Research analysis found that the market for perpetual futures tied to South Korean stocks is expanding rapidly on overseas crypto exchanges. According to Tiger Research, cumulative trading volume in the sector reached about 307 trillion won from February through August this year. August alone saw 166 trillion won in trading, about four times the 42 trillion won recorded by South Korea’s five largest crypto exchanges. The firm added that as the offshore derivatives market grows, hedging by market makers could also affect domestic spot stock prices. To respond, South Korea’s financial industry needs to establish measures including access to corporate accounts, a legal framework for derivatives, and won-based payment and settlement infrastructure, Tiger Research said.

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) plans to work with Payward, Kraken’s parent company, to support trading in tokenized major UK stocks, the Financial Times reported. The product is targeted for a 2027 launch, subject to regulatory approval. LSEG also plans to expand its existing digital markets infrastructure to support tokenized equities.

South Korean exchange Bithumb announced the designation of RSS3 as a delisting watchlist asset.

The following are the 24-hour long/short ratios for BTC perpetual futures on the world’s three largest crypto futures exchanges by open interest: Overall: 50.03% long, 49.97% short - Binance: 49.91% long, 50.09% short - OKX: 50.14% long, 49.86% short - Bybit: 50.13% long, 49.87% short

Vietnam is pursuing a pilot program that would allow domestic companies to tokenize real-world assets to attract funding from overseas investors, Bitcoin News reported. Under a government resolution prepared in September last year, cryptocurrencies issued in Vietnam must be backed by real assets. Securities and fiat currencies are excluded, while initial investment will be limited to foreign investors. The core of the program is to let Vietnamese companies tokenize assets they hold and raise capital from global investors.

South Korean retail appetite for risk assets is reviving as the crypto market recovers, Bloomberg reported, and the so-called kimchi premium in Bitcoin has also reappeared. Bloomberg said BTC on South Korea’s largest exchange, Upbit, was trading at about a 1% premium in won terms to Binance’s dollar-denominated price. Domestic BTC prices have maintained a premium over offshore markets for the past week, the longest such stretch since early May, according to the report. Bloomberg explained the kimchi premium measures the gap between Bitcoin prices in South Korea and global markets and is used as one indicator of retail investor sentiment in Asia. BTC Markets analyst Rachael Lucas added that South Korean retail investors tend to buy aggressively when risk appetite strengthens. Lucas said past shifts in South Korea from BTC trading at a discount to offshore exchanges to a premium were followed by stronger returns in the following weeks.

UNI has risen by 4.37% in the past five minutes on the COINNESS market. Currently, UNI is trading at $5.89.

Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court halted presidential candidate Renan Santos’ online campaign and suspended about $600,000 in campaign funding after Santos’ camp failed to disclose 16 social media accounts within the required registration period, local media reported. The court did not revoke Santos’ candidacy, and Santos’ camp plans to appeal the decision. Santos recently backed the adoption of a national strategic BTC reserve in Brazil.

Stablecoin payment card spending reached a record $1.076 billion in August, according to PaymentScan data cited by Cryptopolitan. Monthly payment volume topped $1 billion for a second straight month following July. Transaction count also hit a record at about 10.67 million, while active addresses rose to a record 283,653. By provider, RedotPay handled about $390.1 million, accounting for 36% of total payment volume and ranking first.

Solana-based automated market maker Aquifer was hit by a hack worth about $2.5 million after a wallet address was compromised, BlockBeats reported. The hacker appears to have operated addresses across multiple blockchains, including Ethereum and Solana. The report added the hacker may have gained access to multiple addresses linked to the protocol, raising the possibility that a private key or administrator privileges were compromised. It has not yet been confirmed whether the stolen funds can be recovered or whether wallet access rights were in fact compromised.