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Grayscale said in a research report that the expansion of the AI era could paradoxically drive inevitable growth in demand for Zcash, which offers strong privacy technology, CryptoPotato reported. The report said increasingly advanced AI models are making wallet address labeling more widespread and sophisticated by combining on-chain data with external information, raising the risk of deeper infringements on personal financial privacy. In that environment, Zcash offers Shielded Transactions using zero-knowledge cryptography, allowing both sender and recipient addresses as well as transaction amounts to be concealed.

Oracle price manipulation targeting DeFi lending protocols hit a record 32 incidents this year, TRM Labs said. The tactic involves artificially driving up the price of low-volume, thinly traded altcoins, then using them as collateral to borrow major cryptocurrencies up to the limit before stealing the funds and fleeing. Price manipulation now accounts for about one-eighth of all hacking attacks, up from about one-seventeenth in 2022, according to TRM Labs.

Core DAO said it has fixed a bug that allowed some validators to receive block rewards above the protocol’s intended design limits and is now coordinating an emergency hard fork to deploy the patch. Coinbase and other platforms had earlier temporarily suspended CORE deposits and withdrawals following the issue.

U.S. Central Command said it had completed airstrikes on targets linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

Hyperliquid Strategy (PURR), a listed company accumulating HYPE, has expanded its Chardan Capital Markets stock issuance facility (ChEF) to $2.5 billion from $1 billion to secure funding for additional HYPE purchases, Wu Blockchain reported.

Bitcoin recorded its heaviest trading turnover in the $62,000-$65,000 range, excluding the ultra-early $0-$1,200 period in BTC’s history, according to Unfolded. The analysis suggests the range could serve as one of the strongest future support zones for buying and selling.

Robinhood Chain, an Arbitrum-based layer-two network, saw 24-hour DEX trading volume top $1.58 billion, while weekly volume surged about 90%, Crypto Briefing reported. Trading was concentrated mainly on Uniswap, and the lending market was led by Morpho Blue.

Coinbase announced the addition of CP for spot trading.

The three major U.S. stock indices closed lower today. - S&P 500: -0.71% - Nasdaq: -1.03% - Dow Jones: -0.79%

Robinhood Wallet and social trading app Fomo have introduced a feature that lets users buy memecoins with credit cards through Apple Pay and Google Pay without a separate KYC process at checkout, The Block reported. Chase said it is investigating the issue over concerns the feature may circumvent card issuer rules on cryptocurrency purchases. The service is built on Crossmint’s Token Checkout, which processes payments and lets users fund onchain purchases with a single tap. Transactions are processed on the Robinhood Chain network and classified under the merchant category code for digital goods media, a category that typically includes products such as audiobooks and digital movies. Because the purchases are categorized as digital goods rather than cash advances or financial product purchases, they are handled like ordinary retail transactions. That means some credit cards may offer points, miles or cashback on memecoin purchases. According to The Block, credit card networks have traditionally treated cryptocurrency purchases differently from standard retail spending, and Chase is reviewing whether the digital goods media classification accurately reflects the underlying transactions. The New York Attorney General’s office also said it is aware of the matter and is reviewing it.

Strategy CEO Phong Le said in an interview with Bloomberg that Bitcoin is entering a strong bull market and that the company has no plans to sell. He added, "8만 달러, 9만 달러, 10만 달러, 13만 달러에 도달해도 우리는 매수할 것이다. 비트코인이 26만 달러에 달하면 사람들은 13만 달러에 매수한 것이 좋은 선택이었다고 말할 것."

Whale Alert reported that 221,226,193 USDC has been transferred from an unknown wallet to Coinbase. The transaction is valued at about $221 million.

Multicoin Capital deposited 97,000 HYPE to Coinbase, worth about $8.18 million, according to Onchain Lens. Exchange deposits are typically seen as being intended for selling.

Major exchanges have seen $116 million worth of futures liquidated in the past hour. In the past 24 hours, $307 million worth of futures have been liquidated.

The combined market capitalization of crypto accumulation firms, or DATs, rose about 10% since mid-August to roughly $340 billion, according to data from The Block. Even so, that remains well below the roughly $490 billion combined market cap recorded in October and November last year, when Bitcoin hit an all-time high of $126,000.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $77,000. BTC is trading at $76,964.38 on the Binance USDT market.

President Donald Trump expressed strong distrust of any deal with Iran, according to Walter Bloomberg. In an interview with Fox News, Trump said the deal with Iran had no value even on paper and said the U.S. had given Iran many chances.

Coinbase said it has launched cbHYPE and cbZEC on its Base layer-two network.

Strategy announced it will keep the annual dividend rate on its perpetual preferred stock STRC at 12% in September. Crypto Briefing said the decision could be interpreted as a sign of financial stability and confidence in the company’s Bitcoin-based funding strategy.

Crypto wallet ThorWallet has launched a self-custody card that supports Mastercard payments, Cointelegraph reported. Users can convert major cryptocurrencies including BTC, ETH and SOL into USDC through DeFi protocols integrated into the wallet. The assets remain in self-custody until just before payment, while the transaction itself is processed through the Mastercard network.

Circle (CRCL) announced on X a partnership with crypto exchange OKX to expand USDC liquidity. Through the collaboration, the two companies plan to improve access to USDC-based spot, margin and futures trading on OKX and strengthen the trading environment.

The U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI seized more than $560,000 in cryptocurrency linked to Hamas and its military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, and blocked digital domains and servers used for fundraising, according to Crypto Briefing. USDT was the main token used, and the FBI led blockchain analysis to trace Hamas-linked wallets through USDT flows.

With U.S. national debt nearing $40 trillion, Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan said investors should hold both AI-related stocks and Bitcoin to prepare for two possible paths as the Treasury addresses the debt burden. Hougan said U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent faces the task of keeping economic growth above 3% while reducing the fiscal deficit. One scenario is that productivity gains from AI adoption lift growth and ease debt pressures, in which case technology stocks, particularly AI chipmakers and processor companies, would stand to benefit significantly. If growth falls short of expectations, however, he said higher inflation could become an unavoidable way to reduce the real debt burden, making Bitcoin a key hedging asset in that environment.

The U.S. SEC has proposed updates to modernize registration and reporting requirements for securities transfer agents, the biggest such rule overhaul since the 1970s, according to Crypto Briefing. The proposal formally seeks industry feedback on how blockchain-based recordkeeping and distributed ledger technology should be reflected in current rules. Crypto Briefing said the move is significant for the crypto market because the SEC is directly addressing tokenization and seeking input on how the role of transfer agents should evolve as securities trading moves on-chain.

The crypto industry is facing uncertainty ahead of a Sept. 15 Senate vote on the CLARITY Act, with growing skepticism that the bill will pass this year, CNBC reported. CNBC said the CLARITY Act would establish a regulatory framework for the crypto market, separate oversight authority between the U.S. SEC and the CFTC, and include registration requirements for businesses as well as anti-money laundering rules. It added that the bill’s original timeline fell apart after the Senate failed to hold a vote before its August recess. The main sticking points now are provisions on allowing interest on stablecoins and ethics clauses tied to President Donald Trump and his family’s crypto business activities. At the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium last month, SALT CEO John Darsie said he was personally somewhat pessimistic about the bill’s chances, adding that it was unlikely to pass ahead of the midterm elections. Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned that if the CLARITY Act does not pass before the midterms and Democrats take control of the House, regulatory conflict between Congress and the administration could continue for a prolonged period.