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The number of Bitcoin addresses holding at least one satoshi has surpassed 60 million, reaching 60.029 million, Jinse Finance reported, citing data from AICoin.

Ukraine’s Security Service uncovered an operation in the Kyiv region that ran a fake cryptocurrency investment platform and stole crypto wallets from users in more than 20 countries, Decrypt reported. Authorities have identified 62 victims so far, with monthly losses reaching as much as $1 million. The scheme manipulated trading records to make balances appear to keep rising after users deposited funds on the fraudulent platform. When users tried to withdraw money, the operators allegedly prompted them to connect their main wallets and then carried out the theft using hacking software.

Customers of cryptocurrency exchange Bitmart, which has announced plans to shut down, have formed an ad hoc creditor committee to recover frozen assets, Bitcoin.com News reported. The committee was backed by digital-asset restructuring firm Echo Base and is reviewing recovery options including hiring legal counsel to pursue Bitmart’s bankruptcy process without separate funding support. Echo Base claimed it had previously offered to commit up to $10 million to support a prearranged bankruptcy process, but Bitmart did not respond. Bitmart said it is considering a restructuring plan that would gradually restore some services instead of fully ending operations, and added it would disclose further details by Sept. 9 at the latest.

A hacker linked to the third attack in the Coldcard wallet breach has begun swapping about 10% of the stolen BTC into ETH through decentralized exchange THORChain, Cointelegraph reported. Alex Thorn, head of research at Galaxy Digital, said this was the first on-chain movement of funds from the original hacker address across the three attacks and added the hacker was continuing to try after a series of failed swaps on THORChain. According to Galaxy Research, at least 1,789 BTC was stolen from 8,865 addresses in the Coldcard hack, worth about $114.7 million at the time.

The spot CVD chart is an order book analysis chart for the BTC/USDT spot trading pair. The upper panel shows the Volume Heatmap, while the lower panel represents cumulative volume delta, or CVD. - The Volume Heatmap tracks trading volume at each price level, and the background becomes brighter when the price stays in a specific range for an extended period or moves sharply. Brighter areas may act as support or resistance. - The cumulative volume delta indicator reflects buy and sell orders by order size, with each colored line rising as buy orders increase in that category. The yellow line represents orders between $100 and $1,000, while the brown line is based on large orders between $1 million and $10 million.

Daily trading volume for Hyperliquid’s HIP-4 prediction market feature rose to $1.97 million on Aug. 31 after it was opened to external operators on Aug. 29, roughly triple the August average of $545,000, according to an analysis by the Hyperliquid Research Collective, or HRC. External operators deposited 500,000 HYPE to launch markets. HRC said HIP-4 lets users manage prediction market positions and Hyperliquid perpetual futures under a single account, allowing them to take futures positions in the opposite direction of a prediction outcome to reduce loss risk. HRC added this differentiates the platform from Kalshi and Polymarket, while noting sports markets have the strongest potential for growth, although related regulation in the U.S. remains a variable.

We have begun a live AMA on cryptocurrency taxation with attorney Shin Byung-jin and accountant Jung Sung-cheol, described in the source as South Korea’s top virtual asset tax experts. The session covers the likelihood of taxation beginning in 2027, key tax points, how to report holdings and transactions on overseas exchanges, DeFi, and airdrops, as well as tips on preparing acquisition cost records. We added that various prizes, including chicken, will be handed out through live drawings during the event.

Ness, founder of HyperLend, a lending protocol built on Hyperliquid, said on X that 5,017,336.42 HPL tokens were purchased through an OTC deal. Ness added that the tokens will be transferred to the HyperLend Strategic Fund, reducing circulating supply by 1.25%.

Bitcoin’s near-term direction hinges on how quickly it can absorb an 880,000 BTC supply zone concentrated between $77,500 and $80,300, CryptoSlate reported, citing Bitfinex Alpha data. The outlet said the holdings are worth about $68 billion and could increase selling pressure from long-term holders in that price range. It added Bitcoin’s long-term holder SOPR has recently hovered around one, suggesting those investors are closing positions around break-even. Two daily closes above $82,818 would signal the current supply zone has been absorbed, according to the report.

Robinhood Chain has about 862,800 tokenized stock holders, surpassing Binance bStocks’ 827,200 and becoming the largest tokenized stock platform by holder count, The Block reported, citing Token Terminal data.

ChatterPay co-founder Tomás Di Mauro said users can now send Cardano’s ADA and the Cardano-based stablecoin USDCx through the mobile messaging app WhatsApp, The Crypto Basic reported. WhatsApp is known to have more than 3 billion monthly active users.

An anonymous whale that has posted profits on four consecutive short-term ETH trades bought 1,650 ETH for 3.99 million USDT around an hour ago, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa. The average purchase price was $2,417. @ai_9684xtpa said the whale has made a total of $1.05 million across four ETH trades since July.

Global law firm Harneys and Bahamas-based tokenization platform droppRWA are building a structure to record legal ownership of catastrophe bonds directly on blockchain, with a first issuance targeted for early 2027, CoinDesk reported. Catastrophe bonds are issued by insurers, reinsurers and government agencies to transfer part of the risk from major natural disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes to capital market investors. The market is currently worth about $65.6 billion. The structure is designed to cut trading and ownership verification times from what can take several days to a matter of seconds. The firms are also considering using a separate investment vehicle to lower the typical minimum investment in catastrophe bonds from more than $250,000 to around $5,000.

Bernstein expects IREN, which is shifting from Bitcoin mining to AI infrastructure, to generate $17 billion in annual AI cloud revenue by 2030, The Block reported. According to the report, Bernstein said IREN is converting its Bitcoin mining infrastructure into AI data center and cloud operations and is expected to gradually wind down its Bitcoin mining business by the end of this year while focusing on AI cloud services. Bernstein added that IREN’s pricing for three-year AI cloud contracts has risen about 125% since November last year amid stronger demand for AI computing, with expanded cloud capacity and higher contract prices seen driving future revenue growth.

South Korean exchange Upbit announced it will temporarily suspend deposits and withdrawals for IOST and XTZ at 1:00 p.m. UTC on Sept. 9 for wallet upgrades.

More South Koreans are using proceeds from cryptocurrency sales to buy homes as tighter mortgage rules and a prolonged high-rate environment squeeze funding channels, Edaily reported. According to data on housing acquisition funding plans submitted by South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to Rep. Kim Jong-yang of the People Power Party on Sept. 3, 1,688 home purchases were funded with proceeds from virtual asset sales between Feb. 10, when the category was newly added to the filing form, and the end of July. The total amount came to 148.5 billion won ($109 million), with 133.1 billion won ($97 million), or 89.6% of the total, used to buy apartments. By age, homebuyers in their 30s and 40s accounted for 89.8% of all cases and 88.9% of the total amount, or 132.0 billion won ($96 million). The average amount raised per purchase was about 87.1 million won ($63,000).

Standard Chartered plans to launch Bitcoin and Ethereum spot trading for institutional investors in the UAE, the global bank said. The bank said it intends to introduce in the UAE its institutional-grade crypto spot trading service now operating in the UK. It did not disclose a launch timeline or details on eligible institutional clients.

South Korean crypto exchange Korbit is shutting down Silicon, a layer-2 blockchain platform it developed with blockchain technology company Ozys, about a year and a half after launch. According to News1, Silicon ended operation of its blockchain testnet on Sept. 2 and also halted asset deposits. The blockchain network is set to stop operating بالكامل on Dec. 31, meaning users must withdraw all assets on the Silicon blockchain by year-end.

Virtual assets should be taxed based on the economic substance of each transaction rather than treated as a single category of miscellaneous income, Park Jong-soo, head of the Korean Association of Tax Law, said at a forum on reviewing the 2027 virtual-asset taxation system, according to Money Today Broadcasting. Park said gains from trading and swaps should be classified as capital gains, returns from lending and deposits as interest income, profit distributions as dividend income, and business-like activities such as mining as business income. Park added that airdrops and hard forks also require a determination on whether income tax or gift tax should apply.

Bitcoin could fall toward $71,000 as it forms a head-and-shoulders pattern, BeInCrypto reported. BeInCrypto said BTC has broken below the neckline of the pattern on the four-hour chart and is attempting a retest. The outlet said Bitcoin is under pressure from geopolitical tensions and interest-rate expectations, and a failed neckline retest could send BTC down to around $71,000. Citing Glassnode, the outlet added that there have been four past cases in which BTC rose in August and then closed lower in September. In those cases, the average decline was 7.24%, which would imply a drop to about $72,831.

Australian crypto firms operating under a temporary regulatory reprieve could face penalties including fines of up to 10% of annual revenue if they do not apply for a financial services license by Sept. 30, Cointelegraph reported. Australia’s Securities and Investments Commission, or ASIC, required businesses that need a license to submit a new application or amend an existing license by the deadline. From Oct. 1, firms that continue operating without meeting the relevant requirements could face civil and criminal penalties for violating financial services law. ASIC said it has received more than 45 digital asset-related license applications since revising the guidance in October last year. Separately from the end of the reprieve, digital asset rules will take effect on April 9 next year.

According to CoinGlass data, a move above $79,011 in BTC could trigger the forced liquidation of $705 million in short positions across major centralized exchanges. If BTC falls below $76,059, $991.41 million in long positions would be liquidated.

Crypto analyst Crypto Dan said Bitcoin may be transitioning from a downcycle to an upcycle as the short-term holder spent output profit ratio, or SOPR, ended an 11-month bearish trend and rebounded sharply. Crypto Dan said BTC began falling from $120,000 in October 2025, after which investors spent roughly 11 months selling mainly at a loss or near break-even. BTC then fell to $58,000 in July, about half its peak level, and that area may have marked a potential bottom, Crypto Dan said. Despite profit-taking during the recent sharp rally, Bitcoin has absorbed the selling and remained resilient, a pattern Crypto Dan said differs clearly from the previous 11 months.

Garrett Jin, who has faced allegations of profiting from insider trading ahead of last October’s record forced-liquidation event, appears to have trimmed part of a BTC long position on Hyperliquid that had been held for more than three months. According to on-chain analytics firm Hupzy, formerly Spot On Chain, Jin reduced the position by 276 BTC, or about $21.5 million, from a previous $147 million position and now holds a 1,592 BTC long worth about $123.9 million. The position shows about $1.18 million in unrealized profit, but estimated losses after accounting for cumulative funding fees of $1.94 million. The market is watching whether Jin will reduce the position further.

On-chain analyst Willy Woo said Bitcoin’s market cycle may shift from the traditional four-year pattern to a six- to eight-year cycle. Woo said the Bitcoin market has long been heavily influenced by supply shocks tied to halvings, but the impact is gradually weakening as annual new supply has fallen to about 0.8% of total supply. As a result, Bitcoin’s future price cycles may be driven more by the traditional financial market’s six- to eight-year short-term debt cycle than by the four-year halving cycle, he said.