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23:55 Regulation

IMF Says El Salvador’s Recent Bitcoin Acquisitions Did Not Use Public Funds

IMF says El Salvador used no public funds for recent Bitcoin buys The IMF said El Salvador documented that Bitcoin acquired since the first review of its IMF program came from private donations, not public funds, while the government sharply reduced its role in Chivo by handing majority ownership and operational control to a private operator. The staff-level agreement also calls for more transparency on the country’s BTC wallets, tighter public-sector crypto risk controls, and no further Bitcoin accumulation beyond documented donations.

23:10 Altcoins

StonkFun Jumps After Raydium LaunchLab Tie-Up, With STONK Rising More Than 250%

StonkFun token surges 250% after Raydium LaunchLab integration Solana-based token launchpad StonkFun saw its STONK token jump more than 250% in 24 hours to about $0.16, after saying new token issuance will be integrated with Raydium’s LaunchLab. STONK briefly hit a record $0.212, lifting its market cap to about $140 million, as the company said the tie-up would cut distribution costs, reduce early sniping risk and deepen post-bonding liquidity.

22:41 Regulation

South Korea FIU Expands VASP Reviews With 44-Item Filing on Real-World Operations

South Korea FIU tightens VASP reviews with 44-item operating status filing South Korea’s Financial Intelligence Unit will require registered virtual asset service providers to submit a 44-item 2026 addendum by Nov. 20, shifting reviews beyond paperwork to whether staffing, systems, internal controls and compliance frameworks actually work in practice. The FIU said it may check screenshots, internal rules and vendor contracts against reported operations, conduct on-site inspections, and review major shareholder eligibility and governance.

21:40 ETF & Funds

U.S. Spot XRP ETFs Reach $1.68 Billion in Net Inflows as Early September Flows Turn Mixed

U.S. spot XRP ETFs reach $1.68B in net inflows U.S. spot XRP ETFs had accumulated about $1.68 billion in net inflows by Sept. 4, while combined net assets stood near $1.48 billion, showing continued demand despite uneven daily flows and XRP price swings. The funds posted no net inflows or outflows on Sept. 4 after a $6.14 million inflow on Sept. 3 and a $7.20 million outflow a day earlier.

18:41 Prediction Markets

New Jersey Pushes Kalshi Prediction Markets Fight Toward U.S. Supreme Court

New Jersey asks Supreme Court to hear Kalshi prediction markets case New Jersey has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review its case against Kalshi, teeing up a potential ruling on whether sports-related prediction market contracts are state-regulated gambling products or CFTC-regulated swaps under Dodd-Frank. The petition follows a circuit split, and the Court is expected to decide within about 90 days whether to take the case; Kalshi has 30 days to respond once the petition is docketed.

17:10 Security

Berlin Rejects 30 BTC Ransom as Rhysida Publishes 5.7 TB of Stolen Data

Berlin refuses 30 BTC ransom as Rhysida leaks 5.7 TB of stolen data Berlin’s state government refused to pay a 30 BTC ransom, about €2 million, and the Rhysida ransomware group responded by publishing 5.7 terabytes of stolen data on the dark web after the Sept. 4 deadline expired. Officials warned residents’ personal data may be in the leak, while a crisis unit, police, and Germany’s federal cybersecurity agency review the files and investigate the attack.

16:10 Security

Ukraine Breaks Up Fake Crypto Investment Network Targeting Users in Over 20 Countries

Ukraine dismantles fake crypto investment ring targeting 20+ countries Ukrainian investigators uncovered a network of fake investment platforms that targeted crypto users in more than 20 countries, identifying 62 victims so far and saying more than 46 Ukrainians took part. Police said the group used wallet-draining software hidden behind small “test” transactions and faked account gains to win trust. After tracing servers to the Netherlands, authorities carried out 34 searches in Kyiv and the surrounding region, seizing over 100 computers, 100 phones, 79 SIM cards, cash and 15 vehicles.

14:55 Security

Mexican Authorities Probe Killing of Musician Jonathan Meléndez in Suspected Bitcoin Attack

Mexican musician Jonathan Meléndez killed in suspected $1.5M bitcoin wrench attack Mexican authorities are investigating the Sept. 1 killing of Camilo Séptimo member Jonathan Meléndez, his four-month-pregnant wife, their three-year-old daughter and their housemaid at the family’s apartment in Atizapán after suspects allegedly targeted a hardware wallet holding about $1.5 million in BTC. Two suspects were detained within 12 hours, including an associate of Meléndez who allegedly knew about the crypto holdings.

11:25 Regulation

Poland Misses MiCA Deadline After Third Failed Attempt to Override Crypto Bill Veto

Poland fails again to pass MiCA crypto rules after presidential veto Poland’s Sejm failed for a third time on Friday to override President Karol Nawrocki’s veto of crypto regulation, leaving the country as the EU’s only member state without a functioning national MiCA framework. The motion got 241 votes, 25 short of the 266 needed; the bill would have made the KNF Poland’s official crypto regulator, while Nawrocki says lawmakers addressed only one of 16 changes his office proposed.

08:42 Stablecoins

Fed Study Says Stablecoins Could One Day Be Counted in M1 or M2

Fed researchers outline path for stablecoins to enter M1 or M2 Federal Reserve researchers said in a Sept. 4 paper that payment stablecoins could eventually be counted in U.S. money supply measures, with M1 fitting everyday payment use and M2 fitting short-term value storage. They said any inclusion would first require standardized reporting and fixes for reserve double-counting and cross-border circulation, and stressed the paper is not a Fed policy decision.

07:55 Tokenization

Uniswap V4 Holds Top Spot in DeFi Tokenized Stocks With $59.1 Million TVL

Uniswap V4 tops DeFi tokenized stock deposits with $59.1M Uniswap V4 held $59.1 million in tokenized stock deposits as of Sept. 6, the largest share of a DeFi category with about $192.6 million in total TVL. Kamino Lend ranked second at $41.7 million and Uniswap V3 held $20.9 million, with the three venues accounting for roughly 63% of the market. Solana led blockchains with $79.1 million in deposited tokenized stocks.

06:40 Security

Orionx Winds Down After Audit Finds More Than $7 Million Missing From Custodied Assets

Orionx halts withdrawals after audit finds $7 million asset gap Chilean crypto exchange Orionx said it is winding down and has suspended customer withdrawals after a forensic audit found more than $7 million in transactions that moved custodied assets to external wallets. The company accused founding partners Joaquín Díaz and Roberto Zibert, along with former employees, of involvement and filed criminal complaints, warning users there is no guarantee they will recover 100% of their funds.

00:55 ETF & Funds

Goldman Sachs Led Disclosed U.S. Spot XRP ETF Holders in Second-Quarter Filings

Goldman Sachs tops disclosed U.S. spot XRP ETF holders in Q2 Institutional investors reported $183.5 million of exposure to U.S. spot XRP ETFs in second-quarter 13F filings, with Goldman Sachs leading at $87.45 million, followed by Jane Street at $16.64 million and Millennium Management at $16.20 million, based on Bloomberg Intelligence data shared by ETF analyst James Seyffart. The disclosed positions represented about 176.4 million XRP through ETF shares, not direct token ownership.

21:40 Security

Trezor Expands ShipMonk Breach Notice to 67,000 U.S. Customers

Trezor expands ShipMonk breach notice to 67,000 US customers Trezor said former shipping partner ShipMonk told it on Sept. 2 that order records from November 2019 through August 2021 had remained in ShipMonk’s systems and were caught in the same breach first disclosed in August. The exposed data covers about 67,000 US customers and includes names, emails, phone numbers, shipping addresses, and order numbers; Trezor said its own systems and hardware wallets were not compromised, but warned of higher phishing and physical security risks.

21:31 ETF & Funds

Standard Chartered expands institutional Bitcoin and Ether spot trading to the UAE

Standard Chartered launches institutional BTC, ETH spot trading in the UAE Standard Chartered on Sept. 3 extended deliverable Bitcoin and Ether spot trading to institutional clients in the UAE through its DIFC unit, becoming the first G-SIB to offer the service in the country. The bank said clients can take delivery of BTC and ETH at settlement and use a custodian of their choice, including Standard Chartered’s own custody platform, via the same electronic FX interfaces they already use.

16:40 Regulation

US Senate Sets Sept. 15 CLARITY Act Vote as India Still Lacks Broad Crypto Rules

US Senate sets Sept. 15 vote on CLARITY Act as India still lacks crypto rules The US Senate has scheduled a key Sept. 15 vote on the CLARITY Act, a bill that would create a comprehensive regulatory framework for crypto if passed and signed by President Donald Trump. SEC Chair Paul Atkins said he expects the measure to clear the Senate this month, while India — despite having more than 66 million crypto owners — still has no broad crypto rules beyond taxation and anti-money laundering requirements.

15:11 Security

Google Fixes Actively Exploited Chrome V8 Flaw in Latest Browser Update

Google patches actively exploited Chrome V8 flaw Google has released a Chrome security update to fix CVE-2026-85046, a high-severity type-confusion bug in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine that it says attackers were already exploiting. The patch is included in Chrome 152.0.7977.82/.83 for Windows and Mac and 152.0.7977.82 for Linux, with rollout continuing over the coming days and weeks, while Google withholds technical details until more users and affected third-party projects are patched.

11:41 Security

Vesu says faulty Pragma feed caused $3 million in abnormal Starknet liquidations

Vesu says faulty Pragma feed triggered $3M in abnormal liquidations on Starknet Starknet lending protocol Vesu said an incorrect upstream Pragma price feed made 47 borrowing positions across several pools appear liquidatable between 04:08 and 04:10 UTC on Sept. 4, leading automated liquidators to remove about $3 million in collateral. Vesu said its contracts behaved as designed, Pragma has deployed a fix, affected pools were paused by curators, and recovery talks are under way with Pragma, StarkWare, the Starknet Foundation, and pool curators.

10:10 Regulation

Poland’s Sejm Falls Short of Overriding Veto on Crypto Oversight Bill

Polish Sejm fails to override president’s veto on crypto oversight bill Poland’s lower house failed to overturn President Karol Nawrocki’s veto of a bill that would have put crypto firms under KNF supervision and aligned the country with the EU’s MiCA rules. Lawmakers voted 241-198, with three abstentions, falling 25 votes short of the 266 needed. The defeat blocks the latest version from advancing after Nawrocki said it was too restrictive and ignored 16 proposed changes.

09:42 NFT & Gaming

BNB Chain Tops Weekly NFT Sales as Market Volume Rises to $75.54 Million

BNB Chain overtakes Ethereum in weekly NFT sales NFT sales jumped 55.6% to $75.54 million over the past seven days, led by BNB Chain, where sales surged 1,042% to $32.75 million and pushed the network ahead of Ethereum. Ethereum ranked second with $18.94 million, down 14.23%, while total NFT transactions fell 14.77% to 650,332 even as buyer addresses rose 20.38% to 273,655, CryptoSlam data captured on Sept. 5 shows.

06:10 Tokenization

REC Seeks Up to $53 Million in India’s First Tokenized Bond Sale

India’s REC seeks bids for first tokenized bond sale using digital rupee State-run Power Finance Corp. REC is seeking investor bids for tokenized bonds worth up to 5 billion rupees ($53 million), in what Bloomberg reported would be India’s first such sale. The notes mature in May 2028 and can be bought only with the Reserve Bank of India’s CBDC, the digital rupee, in a test of tokenization as India pushes to deepen its corporate bond market.

05:41 Security

August Crypto Hacks Rise to 50 as Losses Drop to $136.3 Million

August crypto hacks jump 67% as losses fall to $136.3M The crypto sector recorded 50 major hacks in August 2026, up 67% from July, while total losses fell 49.5% to $136.3 million, Peckshield said. A $74 million exploit of decentralized lending protocol Tectonicfi made up more than half of the month’s losses, but most of the funds were trapped after the Cronos network paused its chain. Peckshield said many DeFi breaches still stem from compromised privileged keys.

02:41 DeFi

Router Protocol to End Operations by Sept. 30 and Burn 303.3 Million ROUTE

Router Protocol to shut down by Sept. 30 and burn 303.3M ROUTE Router Protocol said it will halt operations and fully terminate services by Sept. 30, citing a liquidity shortage in Web3, high operating costs, lower cross-chain fees and demand concentrated on a few major blockchains. As part of the shutdown, the foundation will permanently burn 303,333,198 ROUTE tokens and coordinate with centralized exchanges to delist ROUTE trading pairs; holders were told to follow each platform’s halt and withdrawal schedule and move assets before the deadline.

00:25 Regulation

FinCEN links $12.7 billion in reported crypto scam activity to overseas fraud networks

FinCEN flags $12.7B in suspected digital-asset investment scam activity FinCEN said U.S. institutions reported about $12.7 billion in financial activity tied to suspected digital-asset investment scams across 33,904 Bank Secrecy Act filings from Sept. 8, 2023 to Dec. 31, 2025, with many cases linked to Southeast Asia-based organized crime groups. The Treasury unit said the total is not confirmed victim losses and may include attempted or duplicate transactions, as it urged banks and crypto firms to share scam indicators and watch for stablecoin transfers to offshore exchanges.

00:10 Regulation

Washington moves to revoke Coinflip license and seek $1.03 million over kiosk compliance case

Washington seeks to revoke Coinflip license over crypto kiosk compliance failures Washington’s Department of Financial Institutions filed charges against GPD Holdings LLC, doing business as Coinflip, and CEO Benjamin Weiss, seeking to revoke the firm’s license, impose a $1.03 million fine, order customer refunds and bar both from the state’s money services industry. The Sept. 3 action alleges AML and risk-management failures in Coinflip’s crypto kiosk business, including missing customer data, weak transaction monitoring, late reports and failure to refund at least 15 customers on time.

21:12 Tokenization

South Korea Sets 2027 Start for Tokenized Securities Roadmap

South Korea sets 2027 start for tokenized securities rollout South Korea’s Financial Services Commission on Sept. 4 unveiled a three-phase roadmap to move stocks, bonds and funds onto blockchain, with phase one due to begin in February 2027 after an Electronic Registration Act amendment takes effect. The final stage would add an on-chain stablecoin-based payment system, while revised rules under the FSCMA and the Electronic Registration Act are due by the end of September.

21:11 Regulation

Coinbase Seeks SEC Registration for U.S. Single-Stock Perpetual Futures

Coinbase files with SEC to bring single-stock perpetual futures to the US Coinbase filed two Sept. 1 notices with the SEC to set up single-stock perpetual futures for U.S. traders: Form 1-N through Coinbase Derivatives to register as a security futures exchange, and Form BD-N through Coinbase Financial Markets as a limited-purpose broker-dealer. Chief policy officer Faryar Shirzad said CFTC approval is still needed before launch; Coinbase shares rose 10.14% to $192.70 on the news.

21:10 Security

Balancer Sets Sept. 8 Deadline for Wallet Linked to Aug. 31 Exploit

Balancer sets Sept. 8 deadline for wallet tied to Aug. 31 exploit Balancer has told the operator of a wallet linked to its Aug. 31 Balancer V1 exploit to return the stolen funds by Sept. 8 or face escalation. In an on-chain notice posted Sept. 3, the protocol offered a bounty for funds sent back to the Balancer DAO multisig and asked for a Blockscan response by 21:00 UTC. Balancer said non-cooperation could trigger technical, on-chain and legal action.

13:56 Tokenization

Liquid Mercury’s ACQUA1 Completes Initial MERC Offering Close and Burns 563.23 Million Tokens

ACQUA1 burns 563.23M MERC after initial offering close Liquid Mercury said its subsidiary ACQUA1 completed the initial closing of its MERC exchange offering on Sept. 1, with verified accredited investors exchanging MERC for 56,323,000 non-voting Class B units at 10 MERC per unit. Under the offering terms, ACQUA1 burned all 563,230,000 MERC received on Sept. 2 by sending the tokens to a dead address.

11:55 Security

Trezor says ShipMonk breach exposed 67,000 more U.S. customer records

Trezor says ShipMonk breach exposed data of 67,000 more U.S. customers Trezor said Friday that a breach at shipping provider ShipMonk exposed another 67,000 U.S. customers, lifting the total affected to about 80,700 from 13,689 disclosed in August. The newly identified records include names, emails, phone numbers, home addresses and order numbers for orders placed between November 2019 and August 2021, despite Trezor saying its contracts required deletion after 90 days and that it had received written confirmation the data had been erased.

11:25 Security

Notional Finance Legacy Escrow Drained for About $1.73 Million in Overflow Exploit

Notional Finance legacy escrow hit by $1.73M exploit An attacker drained about $1.73 million from Notional Finance’s legacy escrow contract early Friday by exploiting an unsafe uint128 downcast that made a fabricated -2^128 liability register as zero, letting the account appear debt-free. Etherscan shows 69,257 DAI and 1,658,524 USDC were withdrawn, swapped into about 689 ETH and later routed through Tornado Cash; Notional had not issued a public statement at publication.

10:41 Court

US says it seized $560,000 in crypto tied to Hamas fundraising network

US seizes $560,000 in crypto tied to Hamas fundraising The US Department of Justice said courts authorized the FBI to seize more than $560,000 in cryptocurrency linked to Hamas fundraising campaigns and take down websites and communication channels used to solicit donations. Chainalysis said the case spanned five operations from March 2025 to August 2026, with investigators tracing funds even after Hamas shifted wallets, used one-time addresses and moved assets through cross-chain bridges.

08:26 ETF & Funds

Canary Capital outlines planned staked TRX ETF under ticker TRXS

Canary Capital details planned staked TRX ETF under ticker TRXS Canary Capital said its proposed Canary Staked TRX ETF is “coming soon” after filing an amended S-1 with the SEC on Aug. 19 that names the TRXS ticker, a 1.10% annual sponsor fee, BitGo as TRX custodian and U.S. Bank as cash custodian. The filing says the fund would stake substantially all held TRX, keep 80% of staking rewards, and seek a Cboe listing, but it remains preliminary with no confirmed launch date or SEC effectiveness notice.

08:12 Market

Crypto Trading Terminals Top $1 Billion in Daily Volume for First Time Since January 2025

Crypto trading terminal volume tops $1B as Robinhood Chain takes 81% share Daily volume across crypto trading terminals hit $1.03 billion on Wednesday, Sept. 2, the first time above $1 billion since the Official Trump token launch in January 2025, based on data cited by onchain analyst adam_tehc. Robinhood Chain accounted for $834.7 million, or 81.2% of the total, while gmgn and fomo processed $747.94 million combined, about 73% of all terminal flow.

07:59 Prediction Markets

Kalshi launches five new crypto perpetuals for eligible U.S. traders

Kalshi adds BNB, ADA, WLD, AAVE and VVV perpetuals for U.S. traders Kalshi on Sept. 4 launched U.S. dollar-margined perpetual contracts tied to BNB, Cardano, Worldcoin, Aave and Venice Token for eligible U.S. traders, expanding its regulated crypto derivatives lineup. The contracts have no expiration, allow long or short positions, and offer product-specific leverage of up to about 4.5x on BNB and 1.9x on VVV, bringing Kalshi’s listings to Bitcoin and 17 altcoin perpetuals.

07:56 Infrastructure

Circle targets Sept. 16 launch for Arc mainnet with BlackRock, DTCC and Visa validators

Circle to launch Arc mainnet on Sept. 16 with Wall Street validators Circle plans to launch its Arc Layer 1 mainnet on Sept. 16, with 11 founding validators including BlackRock, DTCC, Visa, Mastercard, ICE, Standard Chartered and MoneyGram. Arc uses USDC as its native gas token, giving Circle a new fee stream beyond reserve income, while DTCC plans to tokenize DTC-custodied assets on Arc starting in late 2027 and BlackRock plans to deploy its BUIDL fund on the chain.

07:22 DeFi

Aave seeks to activate Risk Steward powers on V4 Ethereum and Avalanche

Aave proposes Risk Steward activation on V4 Ethereum and Avalanche Aave has put forward an ARFC to activate the Risk Steward on its V4 Ethereum and Avalanche instances, giving it bounded, revocable authority to adjust selected Hub, Spoke and Oracle risk parameters within governance-set cooldowns and per-update limits. The plan would first split each configurator’s two domain admin roles into five granular roles so the steward only gets risk-management and emergency powers; the proposed contracts are in final-stage audit by Certora.

07:20 Security

User Reportedly Loses $2.1M in FXRP After ChatGPT Surfaced Phishing Swap Link

User reportedly loses $2.1M in FXRP after phishing link from ChatGPT A crypto user known as Alex said he lost about 1.9 million FXRP, worth roughly $2.1 million, after ChatGPT allegedly pointed him to a phishing site for swapping sFLR to WFLR. After connecting his wallet, he approved an unlimited transaction, letting the attacker drain the funds within seconds; blockchain investigator VAL said later tests in several languages no longer returned the malicious link.

05:27 ETF & Funds

Hargreaves Lansdown Adds Nine Bitcoin and Ether ETNs for Eligible UK Investors

Hargreaves Lansdown opens Bitcoin and Ether ETNs to eligible UK investors Hargreaves Lansdown has started offering nine Bitcoin and Ether ETNs through its Advanced Investing service, giving eligible users of the UK’s largest retail investment platform regulated crypto exposure. Customers must self-certify as advanced investors, pass an appropriateness test and wait 24 hours before they can view the products, which trade on London Stock Exchange hours rather than 24/7.

05:26 Regulation

IMF says El Salvador’s Bitcoin additions since mid-2025 came from private donations

IMF says El Salvador’s recent Bitcoin additions were private donations The IMF said El Salvador documented that Bitcoin accumulated since June 27, 2025 came from private donations, not public funds, as the country reached a staff-level agreement on its second and third EFF reviews. The deal could unlock about $140 million after Executive Board approval and prior actions, and includes an understanding that no further Bitcoin accumulation is expected beyond the documented donations.

04:57 Infrastructure

BNB Chain Schedules Lorentz Hard Fork for Mainnet at Block 42,100,000

BNB Chain sets Lorentz hard fork for mainnet block 42,100,000 BNB Chain developers have scheduled the Lorentz hard fork for mainnet at block height 42,100,000, with the upgrade adding BEP-341 transaction priority changes aimed at cutting gas costs by 20%. Validators and node operators must upgrade their software before the trigger height for the fork to activate cleanly.

03:56 DeFi

EigenLayer Restaking Deposits Pass 5 Million ETH as AVS Count Reaches 18

EigenLayer tops 5 million ETH in restaking deposits EigenLayer has surpassed 5 million ETH in restaking deposits across operators, a major scale milestone for the Ethereum infrastructure protocol. The total includes both native ETH and liquid staking tokens, making the headline figure broader than pure ETH restaking, while protocol metrics cited in the report show 18 active security networks using the model.

03:26 Security

Tectonic exploit-linked wallet sends 2,658.9 ETH into Tornado Cash

Tectonic hacker-linked wallet sends $6.65M in ETH to Tornado Cash A wallet tied to the Tectonic exploit deposited about 2,658.9 ETH, worth $6.65 million, into Tornado Cash on Sept. 3 UTC, PeckShield said. The funds appear to be the Ethereum portion Cronos could not recover when validators rolled back the chain after the Aug. 30 hack, which reversed most of the attacker’s balances still on Cronos but not assets already moved to Ethereum.

02:25 Infrastructure

XRPL AMM Amendment Reaches 80% Validator Support, Starting Activation Window

XRPL AMM amendment hits 80% validator consensus The XRP Ledger’s Automated Market Maker amendment has reached the 80% validator threshold, starting the activation window for native AMM functionality on the network. The feature is not live yet: support must hold through the required period before enablement. If it does, XRPL would gain a native liquidity layer for on-chain trading and market-making.

01:41 Regulation

South Korea Sets Feb. 4 Expansion of Tokenized Securities to Bonds, MMFs and Unlisted Shares

South Korea sets Feb. 4 launch for broader tokenized securities market South Korea’s Financial Services Commission said tokenized securities will expand beyond fractional products on Feb. 4 next year to include privately placed money market funds, privately placed bonds and unlisted shares under a new trust-based structure. The roadmap also says existing licensed securities firms and OTC platforms can handle the products without a new license, with public securities and stablecoin-linked on-chain settlement planned for later stages.

01:11 Infrastructure

Solana Validator Client v1.18 Reaches 85% of Consensus Stake

Solana v1.18 client reaches 85% of consensus stake Solana validators have adopted the v1.18 client across 85% of the network’s consensus stake, a key infrastructure threshold for the chain. The release includes changes aimed at transaction scheduling, block propagation and reduced state contention during heavy demand, while not changing SOL tokenomics, issuance or staking economics.

00:40 Court

Michigan judge orders Kalshi to halt sports event contracts in the state

Michigan judge orders Kalshi to halt sports contracts in the state An Ingham County Circuit Court judge on Sept. 1 ordered Kalshi to stop offering, posting, executing or settling any sports event-based contracts for people in Michigan, with penalties of up to $500,000 per day for violations. The temporary restraining order also requires geofencing through a Michigan-approved provider and notifying intermediaries within three business days, tightening restrictions in the state’s lawsuit over whether Kalshi’s markets are federally regulated event contracts or illegal sports betting under Michigan law.

22:56 Infrastructure

Chainlink Expands CCIP Cross-Chain Token Standard to Avalanche and Polygon

Chainlink expands CCIP token transfers across Avalanche and Polygon Chainlink has extended its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol across Avalanche and Polygon, adding a cross-chain token standard for programmable transfers between the two networks. The move gives developers another standardized option for moving assets across ecosystems with less reliance on wrappers, custom bridges, and complex liquidity routes.

22:10 Bitcoin

Bitcoin rises above $81,000 after Waller comments cut rate-hike expectations

Bitcoin tops $81,000 as Waller comments trigger $415M short squeeze Bitcoin climbed above $81,000 after Fed Governor Christopher Waller said he would be inclined to support keeping rates steady if inflation keeps improving, cutting September rate-hike odds in CME FedWatch from 63.2% to 50.4%. The move sparked more than $415 million in crypto short liquidations in 24 hours, with total market liquidations topping $500 million.

21:26 ETF & Funds

SEC Approves Cboe Plan to List Options on WisdomTree Bitcoin Fund

SEC clears Cboe to list options on WisdomTree Bitcoin Fund The SEC approved a Cboe Options Exchange rule amendment to list options on the WisdomTree Bitcoin Fund (BTCW), adding a regulated derivatives layer around the existing U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF. The approval covers options on BTCW, not a new spot Bitcoin ETF approval, and trading will still depend on exchange and clearing readiness.