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Happy Friday all!

If you missed the past 24 hours in crypto and stocks, here's your full recap:

🚨 Major Headlines & Market Moves 🚨

- The Strategic Bitcoin Reserve bill advanced in the House Financial Services Committee, with Charles Schwab saying the move could be a huge first step toward enacting it into law.

- Jpmorgan said Bitcoin could outperform gold if ETF hedging demand eases, while Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said Bitcoin ETFs should ultimately triple gold in assets as younger investors treat Bitcoin as their store of value.

- Ric Edelman, founder of a $337 billion asset manager, predicted Bitcoin will reach $500,000 by 2030 and compared buying Bitcoin today to buying Amazon in 1999.

- Cryptoquant said fewer $BTC holders are underwater, making a return to a bear market increasingly unlikely.

- The U.S. Treasury bought back $2.385 billion of its own debt.

- Markets are pricing a tighter Fed path: 22 of 25 major banks expect another hike, Goldman Sachs expects a 25 bps increase in October, and Kalshi traders put the odds of a 25 bps October hike at 46%.

- Global central banks split: Hong Kong hiked 25 bps to 4.25%, Saudi Arabia hiked 25 bps to 4.50%, and Brazil cut 25 bps to 13.75%.

- U.S. gas prices hit $4.43 a gallon, the highest ever for this point in September, while retail diesel reached an all-time high of $6.40. Food and energy prices remain under pressure.

- The average 30-year U.S. mortgage rate rose to 6.95%, the highest since January 2025.

- Stocks bounced, with the Nasdaq up 1.7% and the S&P 500 up 1.1%. Semiconductors led the rebound: $ARM +8.6%, $INTC +7.7%, $AMD +6.5%, and $MU +5.5%.

- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company expects to sell twice as many chips next year.

- The U.S. House passed a bill aimed at protecting Americans from higher electric bills tied to AI data centers.

- The Sec approved a temporary, conditional “innovation exemption” allowing limited on-chain trading of tokenized Nms stocks. Chair Paul Atkins said approving tokenized stock trading would help keep America the global leader in financial infrastructure.

- Nyse is working on 24/7 on-chain stock trading through an in-development Ats platform and said Avalanche checks a lot of boxes for that build.

- The Cftc said developers can build passive trading software, including for crypto markets, without registering as brokers, subject to conditions.

- Democrats said they remain committed to passing the Crypto Clarity Act.

- The U.S. sanctioned BitBank for supporting the Iranian government.

- Spot silver extended gains, last up 5% at $66.13 an ounce.

- Coreweave fell about 5% despite the AI rebound after announcing a $3 billion convertible note offering and a program to sell up to 35 million shares.

- Nokia jumped after expanding its Microsoft partnership around AI-driven telecom automation, while Generac surged after a long-term deal to supply Amazon data centers with backup generators, with initial deliveries expected at $2.4 billion in 2027–28.

- Polymarket put Democrats at 60% to take the Senate and 90% to take the House in the midterms, the highest odds to date.

- The Ft reported that researchers used Anthropic models to hack Openai.

📊 Altcoin Market Updates 📊

- Ripple now supports AI agent payments with $XRP and $RLUSD using a payments standard co-created by Stripe and Tempo.

- Kevin O’Leary said he was wrong to think Ethereum would become the standard across sectors.

- $ZEC surpassed $1,500.

- Hyperliquid flipped Solana in total circulating $USDC.

- Insomniac, the team behind some of the world’s largest festivals, is bringing fan loyalty on-chain with Avalanche in partnership with Rain.

- $ROBDOG on Robinhood Chain rallied 300% in 24 hours.

- Maye Musk quoting a post about her dog-themed coin $CALI fueled speculation around the token.

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Happy Thursday all!

If you missed the past 24 hours in crypto and stocks, here's your full recap:

🚨 Major Headlines & Market Moves 🚨

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points to a range of 3.75-4.00%, the first hike since 2023. Officials signaled at least one more 25 bps increase before year-end.

Traders added to bets on two more Fed rate hikes by year-end, while Goldman Sachs expects another 25 bps hike in October.

President Trump criticized the Fed for the hike, saying interest rates should be 1% or less, and said inflation is too high.

The House Ways and Means Committee passed the crypto tax bill 38-5.

The U.S. House Financial Services Committee advanced the crypto tax bill and a bill to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.

CFTC Chairman Mike Selig said the U.S. is and will remain the crypto capital of the world, with the CFTC ready to ship its rules for the new frontier of finance.

SEC Chair Atkins said they will deliver regulatory clarity for crypto without the Clarity Act.

Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin holdings rose by $12 billion this month.

The U.S. House passed a bill allowing President Trump to impose tariffs on countries buying Russian oil.

President Trump threatened to stop trading with Europe if Canada joins the European Union as an associate member.

Paramount ($PSKY) plans to leave California.

Lennar ($LEN) missed on Q3 revenue and EPS and cut its full-year delivery target.

Intel ($INTC) is exploring a potential partnership with SK Hynix tied to U.S. memory-chip production as AI drives demand.

J.B. Hunt ($JBHT) warned that Q3 profit could fall 5-10% sequentially on rising diesel and drayage costs, sending shares down about 13%.

OpenAI disclosed an AI agent injected itself with rebellious instructions to resist being controlled during a task.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is set to attend a dinner with President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

📊 Altcoin Market Updates 📊

Zcash ($ZEC) surpassed $1,350.

$CHAMELEON launched, aiming to become the official mascot of the Arc blockchain.

Robinhood announced it will soon support Circle’s L1 Arc.

Kraken’s parent company Payward intends to bring onchain perpetual futures to U.S. clients, starting with Hyperliquid HIP-3 markets.

Hyperliquid flipped Robinhood Crypto’s chain in 24-hour app revenue.

Solana co-founder Raj Gokal appeared to call Circle’s L1 Arc a “LinkedIn chain”.

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Happy Wednesday all!

If you missed the past 24 hours in crypto and stocks, here's your full recap:

🚨 Major Headlines & Market Moves 🚨

- The US Senate failed to advance the Clarity Act after a cloture vote of 49-50, well short of the 60 votes needed. No Democrats voted yes. Four Republicans — Susan Collins, Josh Hawley, Jerry Moran and Thom Tillis — also voted no. Mitch McConnell voted to advance the bill.

- Roughly $300 million in crypto longs were liquidated in the minutes after the vote failed.

- Bitcoin sold off on the news and traded around $75,500 after printing a session low near $74,900.

- Crypto-linked stocks amplified the move. Coinbase and Strategy dropped about 6%

- The S&P 500 closed down 0.45%. It was the second straight down day and the lowest close since late July.

- Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said clarity is coming to crypto regardless and that the industry cannot wait on Congress anymore.

- Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said he remains optimistic about the future of crypto in the US.

- Senators Cynthia Lummis and Bill Hagerty said Senate Democrats were never serious about protecting consumers or keeping American leadership in crypto.

- Senator Elizabeth Warren argued that passing the Clarity Act would put the US at risk of an economic crash.

- Strive CEO Matt Cole said Bitcoin looks set for a large run, put the odds that the bottom is in at about 95%, and said Bitcoin could average around 50% a year into 2030.

- Bloomberg reported that President Trump has made more trades than all of Congress combined since returning to office.

- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is set to attend a dinner with President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

- Two Robinhood engineers were charged with commodities fraud and wire fraud for allegedly taking confidential company information and using it to trade perpetual futures on Hyperliquid.

- X launched its US Cashtag Partner Program, linking financial conversations on the platform to trading through Coinbase, Kraken and Gemini.

- The 10-year Treasury yield remains above 5%, the highest since 2007, even after 175 bps of Fed cuts since September 2024.

- SB Energy filed to go public with a $439 billion backlog tied mostly to data centers, despite having no operating data centers yet.

📊 Altcoin Market Updates 📊

- Ethereum followed Bitcoin lower and traded around $2,400.

- JPMorgan said it does not see a lot of institutional demand for stablecoins.

- Okx said it will list $PONS for spot trading.

- World said it is the official prediction market of Frontier Traders, a Solana Foundation rewards program that pays rebates and campaign prizes to on-chain traders.

- Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev followed the official Golden Arrow account.

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Happy Tuesday all!

If you missed the past 24 hours in crypto and stocks, here's your full recap:

🚨 Major Headlines & Market Moves 🚨

Crypto was one of the few asset classes in the green while equities sold off.

Chip and AI names led the weakness.

Nvidia and other AI infrastructure stocks sold off after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for slowing development of the most capable models on safety grounds. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang later told President Trump he will not slow down AI development.

Oil extended its rally after Saudi Arabia shut a key pipeline that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz following attacks. WTI traded above $102 and Brent moved toward $105-$110, adding to inflation concerns.

The 10-year Treasury yield touched or exceeded 5%, its highest level since 2007 in some measures. Markets are pricing a high probability of a 25 basis point Fed rate hike at this week’s FOMC meeting.

The Clarity Act remains the main crypto policy story. Senator Cynthia Lummis said Democrats will not vote yes no matter what is in the text and accused them of holding the bill hostage.

Senate Democrats rejected the latest Republican draft over ethics language and planned a counterproposal. New York Attorney General Letitia James is leading a coalition asking Congress to block the bill. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse called on the Senate to pass it.

The House Financial Services Committee is scheduled to consider the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve this Wednesday. The House also unveiled new crypto tax legislation.

President Trump said AI and data centers will be a greater economic engine than oil, gold, or the internet, and repeated that a $5,000 dividend “will happen.”

Morgan Stanley’s head of digital assets said Bitcoin as digital gold is one of the strongest areas of client interest. Kalshi launched gold and silver perpetuals in the U.S.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded hundreds of millions in outflows last week, ending a multi-week inflow streak.

Prince Filip of Serbia said he is in conversations with countries about Bitcoin adoption.

📊 Altcoin Market Updates 📊

XRP rallied nearly 10% over 24 hours and reclaimed $1.46.

Almost all altcoins of the CoinDesk 100 finished higher on Monday, the broadest advance in two weeks.

Bnb Chain flipped Solana in DeFi TVL.

Etherscan launched a Robinhood Crypto chain explorer called Robinscan.

A whale holding about $4 million of Artificial Inu bought Artificial Mini Cat, sparking talk of a related cat token.

Edel joined DTCC’s digital assets industry working group alongside BlackRock and Goldman Sachs to support a tokenization service expected in Q4 2026.

Old School RuneScape said using cryptocurrency or meme coins to trade, bet on, or profit from in-game item prices is not permitted.

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Happy Monday all!

If you missed the past 24 hours in crypto and stocks, here's your full recap:

🚨 Major Headlines & Market Moves 🚨

US Senators released the final draft of the Crypto Clarity Act, with a vote scheduled for Tuesday. President Trump officially agreed to the new bipartisan ethics provisions in the bill.

Brent crude oil surged after Saudi Arabia shut down a major pipeline following an attack. Prices rose 2.4%.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned that humanity could lose control of the future to AI.

President Trump rejected calls to slow down AI development.

Elon Musk said he is highly confident SpaceX will launch Nvidia AI computers in space next year.

Anthropic selected Nasdaq for its potential IPO listing.

Odds of Bitcoin dropping to $50,000 before $100,000 doubled to 26%. Bitcoin traded around the $77,000 level over the weekend.

The S&P 500's Cape ratio moved up to 41, its highest level since 2000 and above 99% of historical valuations.

The Fed's inflation target is 2%, but consumer prices have risen at a 4% annualized rate since January 2020 and sit 13% above the 2% trend line.

America's 25-64 population growth is projected at just 0.3% per year next decade, down from 1.8% in the 1980s. Future growth will depend more on productivity.

President Trump plans to remove tariffs on Irish whiskey.

Upcoming earnings include Forgent Power Solutions after its quarter, Trip.com on Tuesday, and Lennar on Wednesday.

📊 Altcoin Market Updates 📊

Solana posted 16.9 times the 24-hour app revenue of Base.

Fomo flipped Pumpfun in 7-day revenue.

Solana recorded over $100 million more tokenized equity volume than Nasdaq and NYSE combined in a single day.

Volkswagen's truck division Traton selected Ripple Treasury for forecasting.

The Robdog team burned its dev wallet while the community continues holding.

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Happy Friday all!

If you missed the past 24 hours in crypto and stocks, here's your full recap:

🚨 Major Headlines & Market Moves 🚨

Bitcoin dropped toward $77,000

U.S. PPI rose to 5.4%, above expectations, pushing the odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike next week to around 64%.

The bond market has flipped from pricing two cuts at the start of the year to two hikes.

The ECB hiked rates by 25 bps to 2.50%, its second increase this year, citing inflation remaining well above target as oil prices climb.

Brent crude surged about 5% to $108, the highest level since May. Saudi Arabia oil production fell to its lowest level in 36 years.

The 30-year U.S. mortgage rate sits at 6.76%, the highest since June 2025. Compared with 10 years ago, higher rates and home prices have sharply increased down payments and monthly payments.

President Trump said he does not need congressional approval to issue $5,000 dividend checks to adult Americans. The idea would cost roughly $1.2 trillion and would add to the deficit unless offset by cuts or new revenue.

Treasury Secretary Bessent said the U.S. will sanction a large bank next week.

Senate Republicans released an updated draft of the Crypto Clarity Act ahead of a possible floor vote next week. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the bill is “right on the finish line.” Sen. Cynthia Lummis said Democrats helped write it and now need to vote for it. A White House official said progress has been made on outstanding concerns.

Nasdaq invested in Kraken parent Payward at a $21 billion valuation.

Oracle reported a strong quarter: revenue $19.3B–$19.4B (+30% YoY), cloud revenue +62%, OCI +121%, with a beat on EPS. Capex remains heavy as it builds for AI demand.

Adobe also beat and raised its full-year guide, with AI-first ARR up 150% YoY.

Sam Bankman-Fried asked the Supreme Court to overturn his fraud conviction.

OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Financial Services to help research markets and build models.

U.S. lawmakers are considering requirements for “kill switches” to shut down AI systems if they become too dangerous. Anthropic said China and Russia attempted to use Claude for cyberattacks, weapons design, propaganda, and mass surveillance.

📊 Altcoin Market Updates 📊

Bitwise is shutting down its Dogecoin ETF less than a year after launch.

Metamask expanded Tron connectivity, giving users easier access to Tron’s DeFi ecosystem and a large pool of circulating USDT.

Robinhood Chain DEX liquidity surpassed $100 million. X added support for Robinhood Crypto chain tickers. $Kermit rallied after becoming the first project on the chain to integrate Grok.

Nu, one of the world’s largest digital financial platforms with more than 140 million customers, is integrating Circle stablecoins into a new multi-currency digital account.

Hong Kong-listed Boyaa Interactive bought another 115 Bitcoin, bringing its treasury to 4,316 BTC.

Charles Schwab’s fund family disclosed $4.8 million in XRP ETF shares used as collateral across several issuers.

The Pump.fun app was reported missing from the U.S. App Store.

The Base app was rebranded back to Coinbase Wallet.

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Copy Trading does not amount to investment advice. The value of your investments may go up or down. Your capital is at risk.

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Happy Thursday all!

If you missed the past 24 hours in crypto and stocks, here's your full recap:

🚨 Major Headlines & Market Moves 🚨

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent strongly urged the Senate to pass the Clarity Act, warning that failure would send a troubling signal that America is unwilling to lead on digital assets.

The National Crypto Association also ran ads in the Wall Street Journal supporting the bill ahead of the September 15 vote.

The U.S. Treasury bought back $12.5 billion of its own debt, bringing the monthly total to $25 billion, and plans to buy back up to another $6 billion in longer-term debt.

U.S. stocks closed lower as oil topped $100 a barrel amid Middle East tensions.

Treasury yields rose to their highest since late 2023.

Apple unveiled its first foldable iPhone Duo starting at $1,999, along with the iPhone 18 Pro at $1,199 and Pro Max at $1,299. The devices feature the 2nm A20 Pro chip, improved batteries, and new camera and AI photo authentication tools. iOS 27 launches September 14.

President Trump said he would issue a $5,000 dividend to every U.S. adult if Republicans win the House and Senate.

He also said the Strait of Hormuz should be renamed the Trump Strait and described it as American territory.

U.S. rents fell 0.8% year over year, the 39th straight month of declines, making renting cheaper than a mortgage in all 50 of the largest metro areas.

Home inventory reached 1.14 million, the highest since 2019.

Copper hit a fresh record of $14,802.50 per ton on tight supplies.

Iran is using Bitcoin and Tether to keep trade flowing during the U.S. war and blockade, according to the Financial Times.

A Wall Street Journal guest essay highlighted Bitcoin’s overlooked promise of economic security and freedom where traditional money and rights fall short.

A 22-year-old pleaded guilty to stealing $245 million in Bitcoin and spending it on luxury homes, cars, and private jets.

An iPhone 4 cost 52.79 Bitcoin in 2010; the new iPhone 18 costs about 0.02 Bitcoin. In 2016 an iPhone cost 1.23 Bitcoin versus roughly 0.01 Bitcoin today.

📊 Altcoin Market Updates 📊

Hunter Biden’s memecoin $LAPTOP is down over 90-95% from its peak. He said he has not made a single dollar from it and attributed a sharp swing to technical issues that have since stabilized.

$PENPE, billed as the “father of Pepe,” is set for a fair launch on Robinhood Chain tomorrow at 3 PM UTC.

Robinhood Chain leads tokenized equity volume with a 40% market share.

The team behind $PENGUIN on Robinhood Chain burned 200 million tokens.

A Solana prediction market went down shortly after launch.

LaunchOnSF flipped another platform in 24-hour revenue, while another project flipped Pump.fun in 7-day revenue.

Solana is generating more than double Robinhood Chain’s 24-hour app revenue. Hyperliquid flipped Ethereum on a key metric, and Base is missing from the top 5.

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Copy Trading does not amount to investment advice. The value of your investments may go up or down. Your capital is at risk.

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Happy Wednesday all!

If you missed the past 24 hours in crypto and stocks, here's your full recap:

🚨 Major Headlines & Market Moves 🚨

Bitcoin crossed the golden cross formation, a setup that previously preceded the $126,200 all-time high in May 2025.

Strive purchased 1,375 Bitcoin for $109 million.

French company Capital B bought 376 Bitcoin for €25.3 million.

Block applied to the OCC to establish Builders Bank & Trust, which would offer federally regulated custody and fiduciary services for Bitcoin and stablecoins.

The U.S. Senate is set to hold a procedural cloture vote on the Clarity Act next week. Senator Cynthia Lummis warned that failing to pass it would mean no realistic shot before the end of the decade, while Republicans expect the bill to fail.

Crypto super PAC Fairshake launched national TV ads pushing the Clarity Act and calling out big banks, with AARP endorsing key provisions.

China’s holdings of U.S. Treasuries fell to the lowest level since 2008.

China posted a $119 billion trade surplus in August.

Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on select U.S. imports officially took effect.

The Bank of Japan is expected to hike its key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points at its September meeting.

S&P 500 earnings are now projected to surge 34% in 2026, more than double the 15% growth expected at the start of the year, driven by an AI boom without a preceding recession.

Since the start of the Iran conflict, European natural gas is up 143%, WTI crude oil 41%, heating oil 78%, and several other commodities have seen large gains.

Iran is using Bitcoin and USDT to bypass U.S. sanctions, according to the FT. Tehran also demanded new conditions from Washington to resume negotiations.

A former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher resigned, citing fears that the AI race toward self-improving superintelligence could destroy humanity by the end of the decade.

About $188 million in long positions were liquidated across crypto in the past 24 hours.

Kalshi traders are pricing in a possible drop for Bitcoin as low as $74,000 this month. Short-term Bitcoin whale profits also hit a record $9.07 billion, raising sell-off risk.

Robinhood is taking a minority stake in Crypto.com as part of a prediction-markets partnership.

Over the last 10 years, Nvidia is up 14,572%, Bitcoin 12,457%, and the S&P 500 312%.

📊 Altcoin Market Updates 📊

Tether froze approximately $39.27 million USDT across 10 addresses linked to the Xinbi Guarantee escrow platform on Tron.

Tom Lee’s BitMine bought $70 million of Ethereum last week, bringing total holdings to $14.7 billion.

Robinhood Chain generated 17,171 Eth ($42.58 million) in revenue over 70 days.

Xrp was the best-performing top-10 crypto over the past seven days despite the broader pullback.

Visa said crypto stablecoin cards are in “hypergrowth mode.”

Kraken launched Kraken Wrapped Hype, backed 1:1 in Kraken custody, verifiable onchain, and usable across DeFi on Ink.

Hyperliquid listed Useless memecoin perpetuals with up to 3x leverage.

Pump.fun flipped Pons in 24-hour revenue.

Several tokens launched or surged on Robinhood Chain, including Penguin (with 19% of supply burned), a Gme-themed token after Vlad Tenev followed the account, and Ups.

The developer behind the original Pepe on Ethereum joined Artificial Pepe.

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Not investment advice. eToro is a multi-asset investment platform. Your capital is at risk. For information and educational purposes only.

Copy Trading does not amount to investment advice. The value of your investments may go up or down. Your capital is at risk.

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Happy Tuesday all!

If you missed the past 24 hours in crypto and stocks, here's your full recap:

🚨 Major Headlines & Market Moves 🚨

Bitcoin slipped below $80,000 again.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded about $987 million in net inflows last week, the third straight week of inflows. Spot Ether ETFs added roughly $218 million.

Markets now price a 60% chance of a 25 bp hike at the September 16 meeting, 71% by October, and 86% by year-end.

UBS also shifted its outlook and now expects hikes in both September and December.

Gasoline hit a record $4.15 per gallon on Labor Day. US consumers have spent an estimated $100 billion extra on fuel since late February amid the Iran war, with WTI crude up 36% and gasoline up 39% over that period.

The average 30-year US mortgage rate sits at 6.71%, the highest since July 2025.

China posted a $119 billion trade surplus in August. Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on select US imports officially took effect. The Japanese yen rose to its highest level since May. The Panama Canal warned it may cut daily ship crossings again.

Strive’s CEO hinted the public company could buy more Bitcoin, calling it “wall-breaking season.” Kalshi traders are forecasting a high of $85,000 for Bitcoin this month.

About 4,000 Bitcoin worth $320 million were withdrawn after a Liquid Network hack. The attacker has been communicating with maintainers via on-chain transactions and said the coins would be returned once the vulnerability is fixed.

Upcoming earnings this week include Oracle, Adobe, Chewy, American Eagle, Kroger and AeroVironment.

OpenAI’s top scientist warned that AI is advancing so quickly it is becoming increasingly difficult for humans to understand and control.

📊 Altcoin Market Updates 📊

Ethereum plans to let users pay transaction fees with stablecoins instead of Eth starting in 2027.

Xrp futures activity surged to a six-month high amid recent price volatility.

Ghost jumped 86% in 24 hours on speculation of a possible Solana integration for its privacy tech.

Hunter Biden is preparing to launch a memecoin tied to his laptop, according to reports. Channel 5 News publicly distanced itself from the project.

Hanwha Investment & Securities, part of the $200 billion Korean conglomerate, is building a tokenization platform on Avalanche as South Korea accelerates plans to put securities onchain.

Onchain terminals saw $6.35 billion in volume, described as the biggest week in the trenches since the Trump coin launch.

Robinhood Chain spot volume has tripled since early August, with weekly Dex volume reaching $10.5 billion and $30 million in revenue last week.

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Happy Monday all!

If you missed the past 24 hours in crypto and stocks, here's your full recap:

🚨 Major Headlines & Market Moves 🚨

Bitcoin closed above the 50 week moving average for the first time since November 2025.

Hackers stole about 4,000 Bitcoin worth $320 million from the Liquid Network. The attackers claim they are white hats and told holders to contact them on-chain.

Polymarket now prices a 72% chance that Bitcoin finishes September above $82,500.

Kalshi traders see less than a 16% chance Bitcoin hits $50,000 before $100,000.

Bitcoin now represents 1% of global money, according to River.

U.S. Bitcoin ETFs took in $986.8 million this week.

Strategy bought another 4,603 Bitcoin for $369 million.

The Fed plans to buy up to $2.122 billion in Treasury bills next week as part of about $17 billion in reinvestment purchases.

The number of 401(k) millionaires hit a new all-time high of 769,000.

President Trump said he made hundreds of billions of dollars from stocks for the U.S., adding it was "not myself."

U.S. markets are closed today for Labor Day after Friday's mixed session.

The 10-year yield sits near 4.78%. Oil edged higher on fresh U.S.-Iran tensions after attacks on ships in the Gulf, with Brent near $96 and WTI near $92.

Oracle and Adobe report later this week. Friday's CPI print is the next major data test.

📊 Altcoin Market Updates 📊

Altcoins have flipped Bitcoin in open interest.

Robinhood Chain $HOOD led major networks in weekly fees at $16.8 million. Combined assets on the chain are closing in on a $2 billion market cap.

$HYPE printed a new all-time high and traded at $88.888.

Pons and Fomo flipped Hyperliquid in 24-hour revenue.

Solana co-founder Toly said Solana added "10 Robinhoods worth of capacity" this year and that spreads and fees on Arbitrum and Robinhood look worse right now.

BlackRock clients bought $57.79 million of $ETH.

BitMine bought 53,501 $ETH for $131 million.

The G20 agreed to develop crypto and stablecoin regulations.

Russia's new cryptocurrency law took effect.

Sec Chair Paul Atkins said he expects the Crypto Clarity Act to pass this month after the Nsa dropped its opposition.

Coinbase filed to offer perpetual stock trading in the U.S.

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