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Coinbase has submitted comment letters to the U.S. SEC and the U.S. CFTC as it seeks to offer stock-based perpetual futures trading to U.S. investors, Crypto Briefing reported. Coinbase proposed classifying stock perpetual futures as securities futures under existing law. The product would track share prices without requiring ownership of the underlying stocks and could trade around the clock without expiration. Coinbase currently offers non-U.S. users stock-based perpetual futures tied to Apple, Microsoft and Alphabet with leverage of up to 20x.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $81,000. BTC is trading at $80,964.01 on the Binance USDT market.

ZEC extended gains after breaking above $900, with Grayscale saying the token is rising on Bitcoin-like scarcity and growing demand for digital privacy. Grayscale had previously highlighted ZEC’s strengths as its proof-of-work model, its 21 million supply cap, and its optional privacy features. ZEC was trading at $947.13, up 16.82%, according to CoinMarketCap.

Bitcoin’s sharp upward move has run its course for now and is working through a key resistance cluster in the low-$80,000 range, Jamie Coutts, a crypto market analyst at Real Vision, said on X. Coutts said the area includes previous highs, the cost basis of long-term holders, the cost basis of ETF investors, and the highs from the past six months. The current price action is confirming a market trend reversal, Coutts added.

Decentralized prediction market Polymarket has launched Polymarket Perps, a perpetual futures trading platform tied to cryptocurrencies, commodities and stocks, Crypto Briefing reported. The platform supports nine assets: BTC, ETH, SOL, gold, silver, WTI crude oil, the S&P 500, the Nasdaq 100 and SpaceX stock, with leverage of up to 20x.

Sui has been selected as the blockchain infrastructure for EVE Frontier, a space survival MMO from global game developer CCP Games. EVE Frontier migrated from an Ethereum layer-two environment to the Sui layer-one network, and the company plans to use Sui’s parallel transaction processing, fast finality and sponsored transactions, which let the game developer cover gas fees, to improve user convenience. The EVE token, which supports the game’s on-chain economy, will also run on Sui.

Robinhood Chain’s daily gas fees reached $4.45 million on Sept. 2, up 82-fold from $54,254 on Aug. 22, The Defiant reported, citing DefiLlama data. The figure was higher than the combined gas fees of Ethereum, Solana, and Tron. The rise was attributed to a sharp increase in the network’s base fee amid active memecoin issuance and trading. Robinhood is covering gas fees for swap users on its wallet app through Sept. 29.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has risen above $82,000. BTC is trading at $82,009.77 on the Binance USDT market.

The U.S. SEC has approved a rule change allowing Cboe to support options trading on WisdomTree’s spot Bitcoin ETF, BTCW, NewsBTC reported. The approval applies to options tied to the ETF as the underlying asset, not to BTCW itself, allowing investors to use BTCW options for hedging, volatility trading and other investment strategies.

Coinbase announced it will support a migration from Story (IP) to Data (DATA) from Oct. 5 to Oct. 7. The token symbol for Story will also change from IP to DATA.

Hyperliquid trader James Wynn has opened a 40x leveraged Bitcoin long position worth $49,500, according to Lookonchain. The liquidation price is $79,536.29. Wynn also opened a small long position in CASHCAT. Wynn was liquidated on a 1.86 BTC position shortly after flipping a Bitcoin short to a long yesterday.

The three major U.S. stock indices closed higher today. - S&P 500: +1.06% - Nasdaq: +1.40% - Dow Jones: +1.18%

Coinbase said it has filed related applications with the U.S. SEC to launch perpetual single-stock futures trading in the United States. The exchange said it submitted filings for a derivatives exchange and brokerage services and is preparing to roll out perpetual single-stock futures trading in the U.S.

The timeline for the CLARITY Act could be pushed back as the U.S. House is expected to leave Washington earlier than scheduled ahead of the midterm elections, according to U.Today. The House is set to return on Sept. 14 and meet for about four days before departing before the end of its planned session, while the Senate is also scheduled to return on Sept. 14 after its August recess, with an initial vote on CLARITY expected on Sept. 15. The outlet explained that if the Senate passes an amended version of the CLARITY Act, the House would need to approve the Senate changes again or both chambers would need to produce an identical final bill for the legislation to be enacted. With the House's September schedule expected to be significantly shortened, media concerns are growing that there may not be enough time to complete all related procedures before the midterm elections.

Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings (MARA) announced it mined a total of 670 BTC in August, bringing its total holdings to more than 25,000 BTC.

Republican U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, a prominent crypto-friendly lawmaker, said the CLARITY Act would extend Wyoming’s crypto-friendly regulatory framework nationwide and provide clearer rules for crypto companies, Cointelegraph reported.

Bybit Pay, the payments arm of Bybit, has integrated with crypto payments infrastructure provider Mesh, Cointelegraph reported. Users can now pay directly on supported platforms or fund accounts using their Bybit accounts. The integration lets Bybit users use Bybit Pay during checkout or account top-ups without first withdrawing or transferring assets to another platform.

Cryptocurrency trader Ansem said investment strategies that worked well in a bear market could instead limit profit opportunities in a bull market. Ansem said that even traders consistently generating returns through active trading in the current market may need to consider the long-term upside potential of spot holdings in a bull market. Focusing only on short-term trading, Ansem said, can mean missing gains that come from holding spot positions through major rallies. For traders already posting stable returns, Ansem added that one option may be to keep part of their spot holdings separately for long-term upside while continuing their existing trading strategy with the rest of their capital.

BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo accounted for 74% of the $7.3 million in donations received by Reform UK in the second quarter of this year, Cointelegraph reported, citing UK Electoral Commission data. According to the report, Delo donated 1 million pounds ($1.3 million) and 3 million pounds ($4.0 million) to the party in April. Separately, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is under investigation over allegations tied to millions of dollars worth of donations and gifts from prominent crypto investors Christopher Harborne and George Cottrell.

Polymarket’s perpetual futures product had already surpassed $13 billion in cumulative trading volume during its beta launch period in April, The Block reported. In August, average daily volume for the perpetual futures product reached $114.5 million, with ETH, BTC and HYPE perpetual futures leading trading. Polymarket began offering perpetual futures trading to general users on Sept. 3.

Zhuoer Jiang, founder of mining pool BTC.top and an early figure in China’s crypto industry, said on X that frequent sharp swings had prompted Jiang to stop trading ETH perpetual futures and shift to a BTC-focused strategy. Jiang said 4,000 ETH was bought on a dip when ETH fell to $2,380 last night, with a take-profit target set at $2,493, but a sudden drop to $2,367 this morning led Jiang to conclude the existing strategy had problems. Jiang said the position was closed after ETH rebounded to $2,403, and ETH later rose to the original take-profit target of $2,493. At the same time, Jiang added, BTC did not show the same kind of sudden drop. Going forward, Jiang plans to use WBETH as collateral to trade BTC perpetual futures without leverage, while capping position size at available holdings. When not trading, Jiang said ETH will be held only in spot form.

LD Capital founder Jack Yi said BTC rebounded after falling to the $76,300 support level, adding that the move remains broadly in line with his earlier outlook. Yi said BTC is expected to continue its upward trend after a correction, while the area around $86,000 is acting as a key resistance level. If the price fails to break decisively above that level, Yi said a short-term pullback remains possible. Despite continued shifts in market conditions, Yi said the broader trend has already entered a bull market.

OpenReserve has received preliminary approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a national bank charter, Bloomberg reported. The company is aiming to connect the traditional banking system with blockchain infrastructure and cryptocurrency services. OpenReserve is building a blockchain-based bank designed to operate 24 hours a day, including on weekends, and plans to tokenize bank deposits to enable real-time fund transfers and payments on-chain. The company has previously raised funding from Andreessen Horowitz, or a16z.

Stablecoin payments infrastructure startup Diameter Pay raised $10 million in a Series A funding round co-led by CMT Digital and Lightspeed Faction, The Block reported. The equity round also included SixThirty Ventures, Stellar Development Foundation, Tech Council Ventures, Onigiri Capital and Bitrock Capital. The company did not disclose how it plans to use the proceeds.

Ethena said automatic ENA buybacks are now formally underway after a governance proposal centered on a fee switch passed with 100% approval. The company added that the scale of the buybacks will increase if related metrics and phased conditions are met.