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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.

Arbitrum said Robinhood Chain’s cumulative fee revenue reached a record $11.48 million about two months after launch, and at the current pace would amount to roughly $60 million on an annualized basis. More than $1 million of that is directly accruing to the Arbitrum ecosystem, Arbitrum added.

The UK National Crime Agency has instructed banks, payment companies and cryptocurrency firms to review transactions tied to the A7 payment network, which has been identified as being used to evade sanctions on Russia, CryptoSlate reported. UK authorities believe A7 was used to move Russian clients’ funds overseas through financial institutions in third countries or international payment networks. Firms involved are therefore required to check counterparties, wallets and transfer routes linked to A7. The UK government is also pursuing a plan to raise the maximum civil penalty for financial sanctions violations to £2 million ($2.7 million) or 100% of the value of the breach, from the current £1 million ($1.35 million) or 50% of the breach amount.

Oracle provider RedStone (RED) will support same-day conversion of Centrifuge’s tokenized corporate bond fund HYB into USDC, Crypto Briefing reported. HYB redemptions previously typically took three to five business days, but with settlement layer RedStone Settle, a KYC-verified market maker can immediately buy HYB shares, advance USDC to the seller, and then wait for the redemption to be completed. That also allows DeFi lending protocols that have accepted HYB as collateral to liquidate the collateral the same day without waiting for the redemption to be completed.

The three major U.S. stock indices opened lower today. - S&P 500: -0.74% - Nasdaq: -1.31% - Dow Jones: -0.67%

Zcash wallet Vizor has successfully signed shielded transactions, privacy transactions that conceal transaction details, using Ledger hardware wallets, Crypto Briefing reported. The integration allows users to keep ZEC private keys offline on Ledger devices while sending transactions without disclosing amounts or addresses. After installing a dedicated app on a Ledger device, users can connect it to an external wallet such as Vizor, with Ledger handling transaction signing and Vizor managing accounts and transaction creation. The feature is currently supported on select Ledger devices.

Bitcoin’s correlation with the Nasdaq has fallen from over 60% to around 33%, while its correlation with gold has risen above 50%, according to Unfolded.

Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF, IBIT, has slightly outperformed Vanguard’s S&P 500 ETF, VOO, since its January 2024 launch. According to a chart Balchunas shared on X, total returns from January 2024 to now were 71.34% for IBIT and 66.06% for VOO, a gap of 5.28 percentage points. Annualized returns were 22.62% and 21.17%, respectively. Balchunas said IBIT’s climb to returns above 70% was like a roller coaster, while VOO’s path was relatively smooth, adding that IBIT’s lead was somewhat surprising given market conditions from October last year through July this year.

Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr said at an event in Washington on Sept. 1 that inflation remains too high and warned that price pressures could become entrenched after running above target for more than five years. Barr said policymakers could take more time to assess the policy stance if data trends provide confidence that inflation is slowing toward the 2% target. He added that rates would need to be raised aggressively if inflation does not slow by a sufficient margin.

Stablecoin payments company Kast has launched a stablecoin-based business platform combining corporate accounts, payment cards, cross-border transfers and deposit yield offerings, Cointelegraph reported. Kast previously completed an $80 million funding round in March at a $600 million valuation.

Solana-based decentralized perpetual futures exchange GMTrade has started offering 24/7 trading in perpetual futures tied to commodity prices including gold (XUG), silver (XAG) and West Texas Intermediate crude oil (WTI), Crypto Briefing reported. The pricing data uses Chainlink Data Streams. The products do not involve direct ownership of physical commodities or commodity tokens, but rather perpetual futures that track the prices of those commodities.

Global investment bank TD Cowen has set a year-end price target of $97,500 for Bitcoin, implying about 25% upside from its current price of around $78,000, Crypto Briefing reported. TD Cowen had previously projected BTC would reach $177,000-$225,000 in 2026-2027, but it has now cut that forecast sharply to reflect recent price weakness. The bank said the downgrade reflects recent BTC underperformance rather than structural problems, and it sees regulatory clarity and inclusion in major indices as potential catalysts for a rebound.

An anonymous whale bought an additional 141,442 HYPE worth $11.88 million today, Lookonchain reported. The purchase follows the whale’s buy of more than 240,000 HYPE on Aug. 30.

The U.S. two-year Treasury yield has risen to its highest level since January 2025.

Ethena Labs has launched a beta version of Ethena Pay, an Avalanche-based self-custodial app that uses the synthetic dollar stablecoin USDe for payments and remittances, The Block reported. Users can receive fiat into a bank account or crypto into a wallet, with funds reflected in USDe. Transfers sent to bank accounts are paid out in local currency. USD, EUR and GBP transfers are free, while other currencies carry a 0.05% to 0.1% fee. The service is being rolled out across 48 countries, including Japan, Singapore and Australia, while the U.S. and EU were excluded from the initial launch region. Ethena plans to add South Korea, Canada and Taiwan during the beta period as local regulatory requirements are met. Ethena did not specify which licenses it has secured.

Prospect Brokerage USA, an indirect subsidiary of prediction market company Prospect Markets, has signed an agreement with Crypto.com units OG Prediction Market and CDNA (Crypto.com | Derivatives North America) and plans to launch a sports-focused prediction market platform in the U.S. in the third quarter, BlockBeats reported. Prospect Brokerage, a CFTC-licensed brokerage firm, plans to offer U.S. users event contracts provided by CDNA, a CFTC-registered designated contract market, while related brokerage services will be provided through OG Broker, Crypto.com’s CFTC-registered futures commission merchant.

A National Assembly public petition calling for a two-year delay to crypto taxation has reached 48% of the 50,000-signature threshold required for referral to parliamentary committees. The petition, filed on Aug. 17 on the National Assembly’s public consent platform, argues that crypto taxation would amount to a policy that reduces taxes rather than raises additional revenue, and points to a sharp drop in corporate tax payments by exchanges including Dunamu. It also stresses that most investors are posting losses and that pressing ahead with taxation while South Korean crypto-related companies face operating difficulties would risk alienating young voters and depriving them of opportunities. The petition’s signature collection period began on Aug. 21 and runs through Sept. 20.

Well-known Bitcoin analyst PlanB said Bitcoin has already passed its bottom and expects higher prices. PlanB said Bitcoin is trading above its 200-week moving average of $65,000 and the five-month short-term holder realized price of $72,000, while the share of supply in profit has risen to 72% from 50%. PlanB added that Bitcoin’s monthly relative strength index has climbed to 51 from 41.

CoinNess will host a live AMA on cryptocurrency taxation in South Korea, covering whether the planned 2027 tax will take effect without another delay, estimated tax burdens, reporting rules for offshore exchanges, DeFi and airdrops, and tips on preparing acquisition cost records. South Korean tax lawyer Shin Byung-jin and accountant Jung Sung-cheol will join the session, which is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 3 on the YouTube channel '디파이 농부 조선생' and will run for 70 minutes. CoinNess said selected advance questions will receive a chicken set, along with giveaway prizes during the live broadcast.

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said on the overseas podcast The Iced Coffee Hour that developers working on Robinhood Chain are building financial products that combine memecoins, major cryptocurrencies and stock tokens. According to Jinse Caijing, Tenev also said the company is designing a product under which users holding memecoins could receive stock tokens via an airdrop.