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Fetch.ai (FET) is rolling out custom AI agents at universities in the U.S. and UK to support students’ campus life, according to Crypto Briefing. The company has deployed an AI agent at San Jose State University to help new students find events and connect with alumni, and another at California State University, Long Beach to gamify campus navigation.

Nasdaq will invest $100 million in Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, according to Bloomberg. The investment values Payward at $21 billion.

ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood expects Bitcoin to enter a steep rally soon, The Bitcoin Historian reported. In an interview with Bloomberg, Wood said BTC would soon see a parabolic rise and that Bitcoin supply was moving from speculative investors to long-term holders. Wood added investors who understand this shift in market structure over the next three to five years would be rewarded.

South Korean prosecutors have sought a nine-year prison term for Hancom Chairman Kim Sang-cheol over allegations that he created a roughly 9 billion won crypto slush fund, Yonhap News Agency reported. At a closing hearing held by the Seongnam branch of the Suwon District Court, prosecutors asked the court to sentence Kim to nine years in prison on charges including breach of trust under the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes. Kim is accused of transferring Bitcoin and other assets worth about 9.6 billion won that were raised through the sale of Arowana Token, a cryptocurrency issued by Arowana Tech, which had received investment from a Hancom affiliate, under his second son’s name. Prosecutors believe the funds were used for private purposes.

Crypto analyst Mark Chadwick said Donald Trump’s proposal to pay a $5,000 dividend to each U.S. adult could trigger an almost unimaginable altcoin season if implemented, CryptoPotato reported. In a post on X, Chadwick said the plan could become a liquidity catalyst similar to the 2021 COVID-19 stimulus and could add momentum to a bull market that is already taking shape. Trump previously announced that he would pay a $5,000 dividend to all U.S. citizens if Republicans win both the House and Senate in the upcoming midterm elections.

South Korean exchanges Upbit and Bithumb said they will delist Ravencoin (RVN) at 6:00 a.m. UTC on Oct. 12.

Garrett Jin, the BitForex founder facing allegations of profiting from insider trading ahead of last October’s record forced-liquidation event, said in a weekly report that Bitcoin’s sideways pattern has not ended and the current correction may not even be halfway complete. Jin added that BTC had previously risen to $82,300 but failed to hold that level and slipped back into its range. Spot buying remains in place, Jin said, but for now it is not strong enough to absorb selling pressure above $82,000. If stronger spot demand helps BTC reclaim $82,500, the next resistance zone would be $83,000 to $86,000, he said. If the breakout fails, the key level to watch is support at $76,000.

TransparentBusiness, which operates Unicoin, has sued Uniswap Labs in a trademark dispute and is seeking cancellation of UNI’s U.S. trademark registration, Cointelegraph reported. In a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Unicoin asked the court for a declaratory judgment that its UNICOIN trademark does not infringe on or dilute Uniswap’s UNI, UNISWAP, or UNICHAIN marks. It also requested that the court cancel the U.S. trademark registration for UNI. Uniswap had earlier demanded that use of trademarks containing UNI, including UNICOIN, be halted and that the unicoin.com and unicoin.org domains be transferred, according to the report.

Proof-of-work blockchain Quantus has launched a mainnet using post-quantum cryptography to prepare for potential quantum-computing attacks, Finbold reported. Quantus said the network adopts ML-DSA-based digital signatures standardized by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology in 2024 and was designed to respond to future quantum attacks without a separate migration.

Blockchain payments startup Fnality has added several former European central bank officials, Bloomberg reported. Former Bank of England Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe will serve as chair of the board at Fnality UK, while former Deutsche Bundesbank head of payment systems Jochen Metzger is set to join the supervisory board of Germany-based Fnality Europe as chair. Ron Berndsen, who previously worked on market infrastructure policy at De Nederlandsche Bank, is also joining Fnality Europe’s supervisory board. Fnality is currently backed by major financial institutions including Goldman Sachs, UBS, Santander, Bank of America and Citigroup.

Analyst Axel Adler Jr. said Bitcoin short-term holders, defined as those holding for six months or less, moved a total of 549,300 BTC to exchanges between Aug. 19 and Sept. 10, citing data dated Aug. 19 in local time. Over the same period, BTC rose about 21% from $64,000 to $78,000, Adler added. After later reaching a short-term peak of $81,800, BTC underwent a roughly 4.1% correction, but has continued to hold most of its earlier gains. He said the large-scale exchange transfers by short-term holders could point to growing potential selling pressure, although deposits to exchanges do not in themselves mean actual selling. Recent data also shows active movement of short-term holder holdings, according to Adler.

Crypto custodian Anchorage Digital has added support for Robinhood Chain, The Block reported. The move allows institutional investors to custody and manage tokens issued on Robinhood Chain, tokenized debt securities and real-world assets through Anchorage Digital, a federally chartered U.S. crypto bank. Robinhood Chain is a layer-two network that supports trading in tokenized assets and related activity.

Coinbase is cultivating its stablecoin payments business as a key growth driver to reduce its reliance on cryptocurrency trading fees, according to Bloomberg TV. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the stablecoin market could grow tenfold by 2030 and added that as payment volumes rise, the business could become an important revenue source for Coinbase. According to Bloomberg Intelligence, stablecoin-related revenue accounted for about 24% of Coinbase’s total revenue in the second quarter, up from 22% in the previous quarter. Coinbase shares related revenue with USDC issuer Circle, and Armstrong said Coinbase receives more than half of the revenue generated from USDC.

Chainlink’s on-chain activity has remained relatively strong even after a sharp late-August spike in new addresses faded, according to on-chain analytics platform Santiment. Santiment said LINK’s daily new addresses rose from an average of 974 in early August to a peak of 1,601 before falling to 1,140, still about 17% above early-August levels. Active addresses, meanwhile, climbed from 3,599 to a high of 5,572 and now stand at 4,821, maintaining a gain of about 34% from early August. Over the same period, active address growth for Solana and Ethereum was limited to 7.5% and 5.2%, respectively, making Chainlink stand out on a relative basis. Santiment added that address counts alone cannot distinguish between returning users and a smaller number of addresses trading more frequently.

Upbit announced on X that it has launched a new digital asset listing application platform. According to the exchange, the platform allows applicants to complete the listing application and document submission process, as well as submit additional materials and handle communication during the review process, all in one place.

Singapore Exchange opened Bitcoin and Ethereum perpetual futures trading to U.S. institutional investors after receiving approval from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Under Rule 48.10, the move gives traditional U.S. financial capital direct access to Asian liquidity pools without separate exchange registration. SGX said its crypto perpetual futures have no expiry, but unlike crypto-native exchanges, they use margin calls and collateral top-ups instead of forced automatic liquidation, a structure aimed at preventing cascades of liquidations during sharp volatility. It also limited the use of stablecoins as collateral in light of depegging risks. Over the next few months, SGX plans to accelerate institutional onboarding through U.S. clearing members and gradually expand its lineup to include dated futures and options.

Unrealized losses on U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs swelled to about $18 billion in February before narrowing sharply, bringing them close to breakeven again, according to a Glassnode analysis. The chart showed current unrealized losses at about $4 billion to $5 billion, while BTC rebounded to around $80,000 from roughly $60,000 at the time. Glassnode said the average cost basis of ETF investors is acting as resistance, and added that the price needs to break above that range for further gains.

Donald Trump’s pledge to pay a $5,000 dividend to all U.S. citizens if Republicans win both the House and Senate in the upcoming midterm elections could drive further gains in Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP, CoinGape analyzed. The outlet said large-scale capital injections tend to fuel risk appetite and debasement trades aimed at hedging against currency weakness. It added Bitcoin rose during similar stimulus-style liquidity waves in 2020 and 2021 and after the announcement of a $2,000 tariff dividend last year. CoinGape also said some market participants believe the dividend could be paid in stablecoins given the scale of the funds involved. The outlet added Trump previously used World Liberty Financial’s USD1 stablecoin to pay guarantees to UFC fighters during the White House Fight Night event.

According to CoinGlass data, SOL and XRP spot ETFs recorded net inflows on Sept. 9, while HYPE spot ETFs posted net outflows. - SOL: +$11.2 million - XRP: +$12.29 million - HYPE: -$5.3 million

Bitwise’s Solana ETF BSOL saw $107.4 million in net inflows over the past 20 trading days, Arkham reported. Funds posted net outflows on just two of those trading days.

Global cryptocurrency trading activity showed a clear recovery in August 2026, with spot volume on major centralized exchanges rising 18.64% from a month earlier and outpacing the 10.89% gain in perpetual futures volume, according to BlockBeats. The data points to a market recovery driven by spot buying. BlockBeats analyzed the increase as stemming more from higher trading frequency among existing users and improved conversion rates than from an influx of new users. Web traffic at major centralized exchanges fell 0.26% and app downloads dropped 5.61%, while trading volume climbed. Perpetual futures volume on decentralized exchanges also rose 8.98% from the previous month, marking a parallel rebound. By exchange, Binance held onto a clear lead with $233 billion in spot volume and $1.606 trillion in futures volume. OKX and Bybit followed. In spot trading, Coinbase rose to seventh and Kraken climbed to ninth. Among futures DEXs, Hyperliquid led the market with $207 billion in volume.

Experts at a seminar in Seoul said South Korea’s digital asset market continues to face a regulatory vacuum and urged the government to move quickly on institutional reforms, according to Maeil Business Newspaper. The seminar, titled "Cases of digital asset financial innovation and response strategies," was jointly hosted by Democratic Party lawmakers Min Byoung-dug and Ahn Do-geol at Yeouido Post Tower on Sept. 10. In opening remarks, Ahn said assets under management in the global digital asset ETP market had exceeded $180 billion as of the end of last year, while major countries were moving to take the lead in financial markets integrating digital assets. By contrast, Ahn said, South Korea remains in a policy vacuum, pushing domestic investors' funds into overseas markets that are not protected by South Korean law.

Trust companies are reluctant to accept assets from wealthy individuals who made large sums from cryptocurrency, citing money-laundering risks and price volatility, the Financial Times reported. The report said not only crypto holdings themselves but also cash raised from selling them can be difficult to verify in terms of origin. Because trust companies are tasked with managing assets over the long term for future generations, they are concerned about potential disputes over fiduciary responsibility if crypto prices fall sharply. In the UK, £13.8 billion ($18.1 billion) worth of cryptocurrency was sold between May 2024 and April 2025, and about 250 people made profits of more than £1 million ($1.3 million) through those sales, according to the report. Some trust companies, meanwhile, are targeting that demand by specializing in crypto-related assets and using tools to track transaction histories, FT said.

South Korea’s crypto industry is calling for a review of the planned January rollout of a tax on virtual asset income next year, arguing the market is not ready and a delay is needed, Digital Times reported. According to a policy paper on virtual asset income taxation prepared by the Digital Asset eXchange Alliance (DAXA) on Sept. 10, the industry’s biggest concern is how acquisition costs would be calculated. For virtual assets transferred to South Korean exchanges from overseas exchanges or personal wallets, there is no public system to verify the initial acquisition date and purchase price, the paper said. The industry also said a withholding tax system for non-residents would be difficult to implement in practice, adding that information obtained through exchanges’ know-your-customer procedures alone is not enough to accurately determine whether a user is a resident or non-resident under tax law.

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: 49.09% long, 50.91% short - Binance: 49.42% long, 50.58% short - OKX: 50.3% long, 49.7% short - Bybit: 47.95% long, 52.05% short