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ETH withdrawals from Binance have surged, pushing medium- to long-term accumulation activity to its highest level in three years, according to CryptoQuant contributor Darkfost. Darkfost said Binance’s monthly average for ETH withdrawal transactions recently topped 90,000, the highest level since 2023 and roughly double the level seen at the start of this year. Large amounts of ETH moving off exchanges suggest investors are transferring purchased holdings to personal wallets and other external addresses for longer-term holding, Darkfost said.

Saudi Arabia’s central bank has withdrawn from the mBridge central bank digital currency project, the Financial Times reported. mBridge is a blockchain-based platform designed to let participating central banks make direct payments and settlements using their respective digital currencies. Saudi Arabia’s central bank formally joined mBridge in 2024.

Kalshi product development staffer IcoBeast.eth pushed back on claims that the prediction market platform had inflated its cryptocurrency trading volume. Earlier, Shaira AI co-founder Benoit Dubosson pointed to ETH perpetual futures data showing 24-hour volume at about 174 times open interest, while the top ranked open position was only $17,598. In response, IcoBeast.eth said the Artemis chart reflected prediction-market volume share rather than perpetual futures, and said Kalshi does not offer rebates in that market. On perpetual futures, IcoBeast.eth added Kalshi does not arbitrarily choose its self-clearing members, or SCMs, and said liquidity incentives are a standard exchange practice.

A wallet believed to be linked to the Trump team deposited 2.75 million TRUMP worth $5.69 million into OKX eight hours ago, according to on-chain analyst EmberCN. Over the past two days, the address has deposited a total of six million TRUMP worth $12.59 million into OKX. Exchange deposits are typically interpreted as being intended for sale.

Binance announced support for the Terra (LUNA) network upgrade and will temporarily suspend deposits and withdrawals for tokens on the Terra network starting at 2:00 p.m. UTC today.

The following shows estimated liquidation volumes and position ratios for major crypto perpetual futures over the past 24 hours: - BTC: $58.86 million liquidated (71.93% shorts) - ETH: $96.29 million liquidated (82.51% shorts) - SOL: $11.93 million liquidated (84.69% shorts)

South Korean exchange Bithumb announced it will temporarily suspend Cosmos (ATOM) deposits and withdrawals at 9:00 a.m. UTC today to support a network upgrade.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $81,000. BTC is trading at $80,992.73 on the Binance USDT market.

Apple and Google are each hiring staff with stablecoin-related expertise in the U.S. and Hong Kong, respectively, Digital Asset reported, citing job postings. Apple said candidates for an Apple Pay financial products strategy role should understand related technologies, listing knowledge of stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and blockchain technology as a preferred qualification. Google is recruiting a Web3 specialist in Hong Kong to support stablecoin payment networks and tokenized deposits for institutional clients across the Asia-Pacific region.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has risen above $82,000. BTC is trading at $82,005.09 on the Binance USDT market.

An ETH whale that made $3.7 million in profit from selling ETH in August has resumed accumulating the token, EmberCN reported. Over the past hour, the whale deposited 40 million USDC into Binance and then withdrew 7,567 ETH worth $20 million from the exchange. Exchange outflows are typically interpreted as a sign of holdings accumulation.

M fell 4.09% over the past five minutes on the CoinNess market and was trading at $1.55. Note: This is an automated alert sent when the system detects sharp price moves among assets with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion.

Ethereum has reclaimed $2,700 for the first time since Jan. 31. According to CoinMarketCap, ETH was trading at $2,701.19, up 2.71% from 24 hours earlier.

CoinMarketCap’s Altcoin Season Index stood at 49. The index compares price performance between Bitcoin and the top 100 coins by market capitalization, excluding stablecoins and wrapped coins. A reading is considered altcoin season when 75% of the top 100 coins have outperformed Bitcoin over the past 90 days, while the opposite is considered Bitcoin season. The closer the index is to 100, the stronger the altcoin season signal.

M has risen by 5.27% in the past five minutes on the COINNESS market. Currently, M is trading at $1.57.

Galaxy Digital head of research Alex Thorn said Bitcoin closed above its 50-week moving average on a weekly basis for the first time in 45 weeks. In a post on X, Thorn added, "Historically, when BTC has reclaimed the 50-week moving average, it has often confirmed that the bear market bottom was already in."

According to data from Dropstab, the major token unlocks scheduled for this week (Sept. 21–27) are as follows: - RIVER: 1.48 million tokens ($1.84 million), representing 3.97% of circulating supply, at 12:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 22 - 0G: 20.61 million tokens ($4.63 million), representing 9.67% of circulating supply, at 12:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 22 - ID: 69.88 million tokens ($2.46 million), representing 4.73% of circulating supply, at 8:00 p.m. UTC on Sept. 22 - BLESS: 511.31 million tokens ($4.61 million), representing 20.71% of circulating supply, at 12:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 23 - SOSO: 26.08 million tokens ($7.53 million), representing 7.62% of circulating supply, at 12:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 24 - XPL: 1.75 billion tokens ($156.85 million), representing 97.44% of circulating supply, at 12:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 25 - H: 286.17 million tokens ($20.93 million), representing 14.71% of circulating supply, at 12:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 25 - COAI: 19.25 million tokens ($6.07 million), representing 10.24% of circulating supply, at 12:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 25 - GT: 6.67 million tokens ($69.60 million), representing 6.25% of circulating supply, at 12:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 26 - FOGO: 1.54 billion tokens ($10.14 million), representing 42.24% of circulating supply, at 12:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 26

The key global macro events in the fourth week of September are as follows. Times below are in UTC: - Sept. 22, 12:15 p.m. UTC: U.S. ADP weekly employment change - Sept. 22, 2:05 p.m. UTC: Speech by FOMC member Williams - Sept. 24, 12:30 p.m. UTC: U.S. initial jobless claims - Sept. 24, 8:30 p.m. UTC: U.S. Federal Reserve balance sheet

Spot CVD is an order-book analysis chart for the BTC/USDT spot trading pair. The upper panel shows a volume heatmap, while the lower panel shows cumulative volume delta, or CVD. - The volume heatmap in the upper panel tracks trading volume at each price level. The background becomes brighter when the price stays in a specific range for an extended period or moves sharply. Brighter zones may act as support or resistance. - The CVD indicator in the lower panel reflects buy and sell orders by order size. As buy orders increase, the line for the corresponding color rises. The yellow line represents orders worth $100 to $1,000, while the brown line represents large orders worth $1 million to $10 million, among others.

CoinMarketCap’s in-house crypto fear and greed index came in at 72, indicating greed remained in place. The index signals extreme fear as it approaches zero and extreme optimism as it nears 100. According to CoinMarketCap, the gauge is calculated based on price moves among the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, market volatility, derivatives-market data including the put/call ratio, the stablecoin supply ratio, or SSR, and CoinMarketCap’s own search data.

The European Commission is considering whether to classify staking as a licensed financial service separate from the Markets in Crypto-Assets framework, CryptoSlate reported, citing a MiCA review document. The consultation will run through Sept. 30, and any future legislative revision could bring major structural changes for staking providers across Europe and the broader proof-of-stake network ecosystem.

Aptos is stepping up efforts to build dedicated infrastructure for payments and computing resource trading between autonomous AI agents, CryptoSlate reported. Through partnerships with payment protocol x402 and io.net, the project will provide an environment in which AI agents can directly rent GPU resources and complete payments automatically.

Polymarket was exposed to at least $10 million in attempted fraudulent payments using stolen debit cards on its U.S. platform, The Block reported. The attackers funded bets with stolen debit cards and then tried to withdraw any winnings to clean accounts or cards under their control. Seven users led the scheme, according to the report, and one user attempted more than 4,000 deposits. The fraud rate for Polymarket deposits processed by payment provider Checkout.com at one point exceeded 80%, and Checkout.com demanded tougher controls after receiving a warning from Visa. After receiving an internal report, CEO Shayne Coplan allegedly told employees to focus on growth for now and worry about fines later, according to The Block. The incident led to the resignation of Chief Compliance Officer Andrew Clifford and the replacement or dismissal of a number of senior executives, including the CEO of the U.S. entity.

Injective’s governance proposal, IIP-701 for the Meridian mainnet upgrade, passed with 99% support from INJ stakers, CryptoSlate reported. The upgrade is centered on adding compliant real-world asset tokenization to Injective’s EVM layer and is scheduled to be activated on Sept. 24 at block height 184,394,000.

Batch V1.1, a payment upgrade for the XRP Ledger that can bundle and process up to eight transactions as a single operation, is set to be activated on Sept. 29, CoinDesk reported. The upgrade will also eliminate the risk of one side of a transaction being completed while the other side fails.