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Strive CEO Matt Cole said the company aims to maximize BTC exposure per common share and sees the current market as an institutional and corporate Bitcoin gold rush. According to BitcoinTreasuries.net, Cole made the remarks on the podcast 'The Bitcoin Libertarian' and added that if the BTC bull market Strive expects materializes, the company is highly likely to emerge as one of the fastest movers.

Starknet, Ethereum’s layer-two scaling solution, has launched Shieldnet, a new ZK-Proof-based private transaction system built on the STRK20 framework, adding privacy features for a total of 45 ERC-20 tokens, Crypto Briefing reported. The system fully hides transaction details from external view, including senders, recipients, and transfer amounts, according to the report. Shieldnet uses an encrypted viewing key system that allows users to share the relevant key with authorities or other parties when needed, enabling selective disclosure of specific transaction records while supporting both privacy protection and regulatory compliance.

South Korean exchange Bithumb announced it will temporarily suspend WAVES deposits and withdrawals at 9:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 13 to support the Waves network upgrade.

BNB accumulation firm CEA Industry (BNC) said it held 515,544 BNB in the fiscal year ended April 30, valued at more than $380 million. The disclosure suggests CEA Industry did not increase its BNB holdings for at least five months. Earlier, BNC’s underlying stock price also rose as stock token BNC4 and memecoin 4Stock surged, and the stock climbed more than 70% at one point in premarket trading.

Bitcoin’s share held by long-term holders rose sharply during the market correction, according to an analysis by CryptoQuant contributor Darkfost. In a post on X, Darkfost said more investors bought BTC during the correction and held it for more than six months, a pattern commonly seen in bear markets or periods of sharp pullbacks. Darkfost said long-term holdings tend to move less in the short term, which can help support a price floor, although the analyst added that the shift is based on a long-term view and may take time to be reflected in the market.

Visa said more than 160 stablecoin-linked card programs were operating globally as of its fiscal second quarter, with payment volume up about 200% from a year earlier. Settlement volume through stablecoins exceeded $20 billion annually, marking an increase of more than 15-fold from a year earlier.

Bernstein maintained an outperform rating on Robinhood and kept its price target at $160, The Block reported. The investment bank said Robinhood Chain is quickly emerging as a revenue source for Robinhood. According to Bernstein, the chain generated about $33 million in fees over the past 15 days, the highest among all blockchains, with about 90% of that going to Robinhood as revenue. About 10% is paid to Arbitrum, which provided the underlying technology, while less than 1% goes to Ethereum data fees. The value of stock tokens issued on Robinhood Chain rose to $140 million from $10 million over the past two months, while stablecoin supply increased to about $1 billion from $241 million in early July.

South Korean exchange Bithumb announced it will temporarily suspend deposits and withdrawals for DYDX at 9:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 11 to support a network upgrade.

Bithumb Holdings, the holding company of South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb, has changed its leadership, News1 reported. According to industry sources on Sept. 8, Bithumb Holdings recently held a board meeting and appointed former Bithumb head of external cooperation Kim Ki-beom as its new CEO. Bithumb Holdings is the largest shareholder in Bithumb, with a 73% stake. Following the reshuffle, Lee Jae-won, who had been serving as CEO of both Bithumb and Bithumb Holdings, stepped down as head of the holding company to focus on managing Bithumb. Kim will split responsibilities by overseeing internal and external communications and compliance management at the holding-company level.

Shares of Metaplanet, a Japan-listed company pursuing a Bitcoin accumulation strategy, closed about 10% lower at 244 yen ($1.65) on Sept. 8, The Block reported. According to The Block, the decline was tied to controversy over an expansion of stock options for CEO Simon Gerovich and his relationship with Metaplanet shareholder MMXX Ventures. In an X post on Sept. 6, Gerovich said a provision in the 10th series of stock acquisition rights that would have allowed future stock option increases had already been removed, and the number of shares to be issued had been fixed. Gerovich also said Simon Gerovich holds a significant stake in MMXX’s parent company, but not a majority, and does not serve as an MMXX director or executive or take part in its investment or trading decisions.

U.S.-listed crypto-related stocks were weaker in premarket trading as BTC fell more than 1%. Strategy (MSTR) was down 3.1%, while Coinbase (COIN) fell 2.2%.

If BTC rises above $79,951, about $771.18 million in short positions could be liquidated across major centralized exchanges, according to Coinglass data. If BTC falls below $77,573, about $626.27 million in long positions could be liquidated.

BNB Chain memecoin launchpad Four.meme (FORM) said on X it has launched 4Stock, a stock token backed one-to-one by underlying shares. The token is designed to enable on-chain trading of stocks not yet supported by Binance’s stock token product bStocks, and users can trade it or use it as a reference asset when issuing memecoins. Once bStocks for the underlying shares become available, users will be able to convert 4Stock to bStocks on Four.meme at a one-to-one ratio.

VeChain (VET) is set to carry out a major network upgrade, Interstellar, on Sept. 16 that will implement 11 Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) at once, Cointelegraph reported. The upgrade is scheduled to take effect at block height 25,902,540, with an estimated activation time of 11:15 a.m. UTC on Sept. 16.

BTC’s market structure is improving, but further gains will require support from spot buying demand, according to Xwin Research Japan. The firm said rising ETF inflows, buying by large-scale investors, and sizable buy walls suggest institutions and whales are absorbing market supply. It added short-term holders have moved back into profit, improving investor sentiment. At the same time, Xwin Research Japan said selling pressure remains, with Binance’s BTC holdings staying elevated at 685,000-687,000 BTC and the seven-day average net inflow to exchanges rising to about 593 BTC. The firm added even long-dormant holdings are starting to move, making it critical whether future spot demand can absorb the supply coming to market. If that supply is absorbed, the likelihood of a move above $82,000-$83,000 could increase.

Spain’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Bit2Me, has established a specialized unit called Bit2Shield to help judicial and investigative authorities trace and seize crypto assets, CoinDesk reported. Bit2Shield supports the tracing and seizure of crypto tied to crime, cold-wallet custody and sales, and also provides fraud investigations, fund-origin verification, and training for police, judges, and banks. Bit2Me previously handled seized cryptocurrencies worth €1.5 million ($1.6 million) for Interpol, Europol, and Spanish police in 2025. It used Chainalysis to track the assets, converted them into euros, and delivered the proceeds to authorities, according to CoinDesk.

Nine Swiss financial and payments companies, including UBS, PostFinance, Sygnum and Raiffeisen, have begun sandbox testing for the use of a Swiss franc-pegged stablecoin, with SIX and TWINT joining recently. The test uses CHFD, a Swiss franc stablecoin pegged one-to-one with the CHF that has been operating since late June. Participants are assessing potential uses for programmable payments, including automated interbank transactions, tokenized-asset settlement, online commerce fraud prevention, ticket transactions and public fund disbursements. The testing is set to continue through the end of 2026, and a decision on whether to launch an actual CHF stablecoin has not yet been made.

Taiwanese singer Jeffrey Huang, also known as Machi Big Brother, sharply reduced a BTC long position to about $4 million from roughly $43 million as of 5:30 a.m. UTC on Sept. 8. Huang’s BTC long position fell to 50 BTC from about 541 BTC the previous night. The remaining position was worth about $3.92 million and carried 40x leverage. The average entry price was $79,294.9, with an unrealized loss of about $47,400. Realized losses from the position reduction came to about $305,600, and the net loss, including $14,400 in fees, was estimated at about $320,000.

A wallet linked to crypto market maker Cumberland withdrew 3.5 million PONS worth $2.78 million from Gate over the past four days, according to Lookonchain. Exchange outflows are generally seen as a sign of accumulation.

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party won 43.8% of the vote in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, which could strengthen its influence in political debate over crypto tax reform even though the result does not directly change federal tax law, Cryptopolitan reported. The party has argued for maintaining the current policy under which gains from BTC sales are not taxed if the holdings are kept for more than 12 months. It also opposes bringing individual mining and Lightning Network node operations into the scope of business taxation.

Layer-1 blockchain Cronos said about $9.19 million stolen in the Aug. 30 exploit has not been recovered so far. According to The Block, Cronos said the hacker manipulated collateral on lending protocol Tectonic to borrow $120.4 million, after which validators halted the network at block 90,907,150. Through a rollback, about $111.2 million in affected funds was restored to its pre-attack state. However, $9.19 million, or 7.6% of the total losses, had already left the network before the halt and was not included in the recovery.

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: 47.87% long, 52.13% short - Binance: 48.30% long, 51.70% short - OKX: 48.38% long, 51.62% short - Bybit: 47.39% long, 52.61% short

Japan’s San-in Godo Bank said it is formally reviewing a new fundraising model using digital securities with NTT Data and Securitize Japan. The bank is first considering a plan under which it would act as the issuer and issue and sell bond-type security tokens. If an actual issuance goes ahead, it would likely mark the first case of a Japanese regional bank directly issuing and selling bond-type security tokens. The three parties also plan to review ways to expand the model to regional companies and local governments, as well as to other regional banks using NTT Data’s shared system for regional banks. However, the project remains under review, and no final decision has been made on whether an issuance will proceed.

Recent gains in Zcash (ZEC) appear closer to speculative buying driven by market narratives than to growth in actual network usage, F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun said. He said ZEC’s large market capitalization does not mean it has proven value commensurate with that position. Wang added that ZEC’s ranking alongside Solana and Hyperliquid by market cap does not mean it serves the same role as those networks. In his view, ZEC has not delivered results consistent with a top-10 market cap network, citing what he described as unfair token issuance, team compensation disproportionate to performance, prolonged operational conflicts and a vulnerability that existed in a private pool for four years. Wang said Solana and Hyperliquid each have their own points of criticism but have secured real use cases, while ZEC has only seen price gains tied to exchange listings and a short squeeze and should not be equated with real-world usage.

The Rollup host Andy claimed, citing a source, that the U.S. SEC has approved fund tokenization for a major asset manager. Fidelity, ARK Invest, and BlackRock are seen as possible candidates. The firm could issue and trade fund interests themselves as onchain tokens, while also supporting transactions linked to the underlying assets. Andy said the information recently obtained was more specific than before and argued the rumor was likely true. No official announcement has yet been made by the SEC or the asset manager involved.