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Bitwise’s Solana ETF (BSOL) has seen net inflows exceeding $1 billion in less than a year. 

Summary

Bitwise’s Solana ETF has recorded $1.02 billion in net inflows, making BSOL the largest Solana ETF by size. SOL has not seen a comparable price increase despite the ETF inflows, with the promotional release citing continued caution among investors. EX DeFi claims some SOL holders are turning to its cloud mining contracts as an alternative way to generate returns from their crypto holdings. The platform advertises daily settlements and returns of up to $7,517 per day, though these earnings claims are presented by EX DeFi and are not independently verified. According to data released by Arkham on Tuesday (September 1), this milestone makes BSOL the largest Solana ETF by size.

BSOL’s total net inflows currently stand at $1.02 billion. While sustained inflows typically drive up the value of the underlying asset, the price of SOL has not surged, a trend that has reinforced investor caution.

Amid a global economic downturn, rising oil prices, and the increasing cost of living, many investors in today’s volatile cryptocurrency market are questioning whether long-term Solana holding truly yields the best returns.

Many SOL holders are quietly shifting their investment strategies toward cloud mining, seeking a more stable way to grow their assets without being swayed by market volatility.

On the EX DeFi cloud mining platform, there is no need to purchase mining hardware or possess technical expertise. Simply select a contract, and the system handles operations and settlements automatically. Waking up to see your balance steadily grow offers true peace of mind.

Some users are easily earning $7,517 per day. This is no exaggeration, it represents a smart, sustainable source of passive income.

Why are investors flocking to EX DeFi? As a leading cloud mining service provider in recent years, EX DeFi attracts a growing user base for several key reasons:

Beginner-friendly, zero-barrier experience: Sign up and receive $17 in trial funds, which can be used immediately for Bitcoin mining.

No hardware investment required: Manage everything via smartphone—no need to buy or maintain mining equipment.

Daily profit settlement: Earnings are distributed every 24 hours, with options to withdraw or reinvest.

Affiliate rewards program: Earn up to 5% in affiliate rewards to build a long-term income stream.

Green energy-powered: Mining operations run on 100% green energy, committed to environmental sustainability and reduced carbon emissions.

Security and compliance: Adheres to international security standards like McAfee® and Cloudflare®, utilizing cold wallet isolation to enhance fund security.

How do I get started with EX DeFi?  The investment process is simple:

1. Register an account:

Visit the official EX DeFi website or download the official app to quickly create an account using your email.

2. Activate a contract:

Deposit any major cryptocurrency (BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, etc.) and purchase your desired mining contract. Mining begins immediately after purchase.

3. Earnings settlement:

Earnings are automatically settled to your account every 24 hours. Investors can withdraw earnings at any time or choose to reinvest them to boost overall returns.

Popular mining plans: Investment: $100 | Duration: 2 days | Daily return: $4 | Total profit: $100 + $8

Investment: $500 | Duration: 6 days | Daily return: $6.5 | Total profit: $500 + $39

Investment: $1,000 | Duration: 10 days | Daily return: $13.4 | Total profit: $1,000 + $134

Investment: $5,000 | Duration: 20 days | Daily return: $73.5 | Total profit: $5,000 + $1,470

Investment: $10,000 | Duration: 30 days | Daily return: $161 | Total profit: $10,000 + $4,830

Visit the EX DeFi platform to view more Bitcoin mining contracts.

About EX DeFi Founded in 2021 and headquartered in the UK, EX DeFi is a platform dedicated to cloud mining. It currently serves over 2 million users across more than 180 countries and regions worldwide.

By combining AI-driven computing resource allocation with green energy, EX DeFi aims to create an efficient, secure, and sustainable channel for potential investor returns.

Instead of simply holding cryptocurrency and waiting for the price to rise, join the EX DeFi cloud mining platform to grow your crypto returns.

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Southbound funds have concentrated their buying on domestic large language model stocks for two consecutive months: snapping up large volumes of Zhipu in July and buying up MiniMax in August.

Beating AI News Brief: Southbound funds have made domestic large language model (LLM) companies the top Hong Kong-listed stocks purchased by them for two consecutive months. In July, Zhipu AI was the most bought Hong Kong stock by southbound funds, with buying volume exceeding that of Alibaba and Tencent. In August, the top spot shifted to MiniMax, with monthly purchases totaling HK$10.6 billion, also outstripping Alibaba and Tencent. MiniMax attracted capital even faster after its Hong Kong Stock Connect debut. It only officially joined the program on August 6, so mainland investors could not access it via this channel before that. On its first trading day, southbound funds net bought HK$2.697 billion; on the second day, they added HK$2.226 billion, bringing the two-day total to over HK$4.9 billion. In less than a month, southbound funds’ shareholding in MiniMax surged to 9.7%. Zhipu AI was added to the Stock Connect earlier, joining on June 8. It saw HK$920 million in net southbound buying on its first day, followed by net purchases of HK$13.7 billion across five consecutive trading days in July’s first week, plus another HK$10.6 billion the next week. Currently, southbound funds hold around 11% of Zhipu AI’s shares, a larger stake than in MiniMax. Both companies remain in a phase of high growth and heavy losses. MiniMax reported first-half revenue of US$116.6 million, up 283% year-over-year, but posted a net loss of US$358 million. Zhipu AI generated RMB 954 million in revenue over the same period, up roughly 400% year-over-year, with a net loss of approximately RMB 2 billion.

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ByteDance raises option prices by approximately 5%.

ByteDance has issued a notice adjusting its employee stock option price: for active employees, the price has been raised from $229.5 per share to $241.35 per share, a roughly 5.1% increase. This marks the second time ByteDance has adjusted its option price since 2026. The last such adjustment was in April this year, when the price for active staff was lifted from $200.41 per share to $229.5 per share.

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Ilya warns: The next AI could go rogue by seizing GPU cloud resources to replicate itself endlessly.

Beating AI News Flash: OpenAI’s former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever warns that neocloud, a platform renting AI GPU computing power, has inadequate security protections. He argues that the next time an AI agent truly goes rogue, it could directly breach such platforms and use stolen computing power to run more of its own copies. Sutskever is calling on neocloud to significantly strengthen its cybersecurity, while AI firms with robust cybersecurity models should also offer assistance. This risk depends on two conditions: the agent can break through its original controls, and the cloud platform itself has vulnerabilities. Both conditions have emerged recently. Last week, OpenAI acknowledged that during an internal cybersecurity assessment, an agent bypassed isolation and infiltrated parts of the Hugging Face system. SemiAnalysis subsequently published its security test on neocloud. Researchers found that some platforms can access data from other tenants, and even escape their own containers or virtual machines to attack other tenants. In the most severe case, the vulnerability could escalate to cross-tenant remote code execution. The relevant issues have been notified to the vendor, and have either been patched or confirmed for upgrade.

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Uniswap recorded over 7 million trades yesterday, hitting a new all-time high.

According to Blockworks data, Uniswap has just logged its two highest-ever trading days for transaction count. Yesterday alone, Uniswap processed over 7 million transactions.

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Sources: South Korea's Foreign Exchange Stabilization Fund has purchased approximately $20 billion in funds.

Sources indicate that the Korea Exchange Stabilization Fund has acquired roughly $20 billion in funds repatriated by SK Hynix following its ADR listing.

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A trader’s unrealized profit from a single Meme coin AI trade tops $8.1 million, delivering a 382x return.

According to Lookonchain’s monitoring, over the past two months, trader @DumbCrayonEater spent a total of $21,200 to buy 29.32 million units of the meme coin AI on Robinhood Chain. The holding is now valued at around $8.13 million, making it the largest holder of the AI token. Currently, the unrealized profit on its AI token holdings stands at $8.11 million, representing a staggering 382x return.

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ARK Invest and Glassnode published a joint study on Sept. 1 that found three entities could cross the measured block-production thresholds for both Bitcoin and Ethereum, while Solana required 19.

Summary

Bitcoin reaches its 51% hash-rate threshold through three mining pools, according to the joint report. Ethereum requires three staking entities to exceed 33%, although pooled delegation complicates direct control assumptions. Solana’s Nakamoto coefficient is 19, but nearly all measured infrastructure operates inside commercial data centers. Bitcoin’s infrastructure is comparatively dispersed, with 63% of measured nodes operating anonymously through Tor networks. Ethereum hosts roughly 49% of execution-layer nodes in clouds, including 20% through Amazon Web Services. The 32-page report, titled The Decentralization Spectrum: Design Tradeoffs in Digital Assets, compares the networks across ownership, exit fluidity, verification costs, critical resilience, reconstruction costs and infrastructure distribution.

The findings do not mean three companies control Bitcoin or Ethereum. The metric counts mining pools and staking platforms as entities, even when the underlying hardware, stake or node operators belong to separate participants who may withdraw or redirect their resources.

Bitcoin’s three-pool threshold does not equal ownership The report applied a 51% hash-rate threshold to Bitcoin. Foundry USA represented 27.27% of the measured hash rate, followed by AntPool at 17.06% and F2Pool at 16.96%. Together, the three pools exceeded 61%.

This produced a Nakamoto coefficient of three, defined as the minimum number of measured entities needed to cross a network’s critical production threshold. ViaBTC controlled another 9.50%, while SpiderPool represented 5.82%.

Mining pools coordinate block construction and distribute rewards, but they do not necessarily own the machines producing their hash rate. Independent miners connect to pools to receive steadier income and can redirect their computing power elsewhere.

That mobility limits how closely pool concentration can be equated with permanent control. The report estimated a Bitcoin miner could switch a 1% hash-rate position in approximately 29 seconds. A coordinated attack or censorship attempt could prompt participants to leave the responsible pools.

Pools still influence transaction inclusion and ordering because they usually provide the block templates miners use. Pool concentration therefore represents an operational risk, even if it overstates the concentration of underlying mining ownership.

The issue is not new. Earlier crypto.news reporting found that two mining pools produced a majority of sampled Bitcoin blocks in late 2022. Pool shares have changed since then, but production continues to be concentrated among several large coordinators.

Ethereum crosses a lower threshold through pooled stake ARK and Glassnode applied a 33% stake threshold to Ethereum because participants controlling one-third of staked ETH can disrupt finality. This differs from Bitcoin’s 51% majority threshold, so the two coefficients do not describe identical powers.

Lido represented 23.04% of staked ETH in the report’s July data. Binance controlled 8.88%, and Kraken held 6.91%. Those three entities collectively represented approximately 38.8%, taking Ethereum above the selected threshold.

Lido is not a single validator. It distributes stake among multiple node operators, although those operators participate through a common protocol and governance framework. The report therefore treats Lido as shared infrastructure that aggregates economic weight rather than one machine or company directly controlling every validator.

Ethereum’s exit mechanics also restrict validator mobility. The report estimated that exiting a 1% position would take around 14.6 days under current conditions and as long as 55.6 days under heavy congestion. That is much slower than redirecting Bitcoin hash rate.

Client diversity provides another layer of resilience. The study placed Geth’s execution-client share at 34.88%, followed by Nethermind at 26.96% and Reth at 18.98%. Lighthouse represented 54.16% of consensus clients.

Different clients independently implement Ethereum’s rules, reducing the portion of the network exposed to one software defect. The relationship between Ethereum nodes and their software clients means validator concentration alone cannot describe the network’s full failure risk.

Solana’s 19-validator result comes with infrastructure costs Solana recorded the highest Nakamoto coefficient for the selected block-production threshold. The report found that 19 validators were needed to control more than 33% of delegated stake.

Figment was the largest individual validator at 3.78%, followed by Helius at 3.69%, Jupiter at 2.91%, Binance Staking at 2.81% and Ledger by Figment at 2.16%. The remaining 84.65% was spread across other validators.

One passage in the report says Solana requires 20 entities, but its chart, comparison table and published Glassnode summary all report a coefficient of 19. The table also says the figure increased from 18 in March 2026.

Solana’s validator distribution performed well on this particular measure, but its physical infrastructure was more concentrated. Approximately 100% of the infrastructure measured by the researchers operated in commercial data centers. About 68% was in Europe, while 21% was in North America.

TeraSwitch hosted 30.23% of measured stake, and the top two hosting companies served around 35.7%. Common infrastructure can create correlated failures even when the validator set contains many separate operators.

That risk became visible in August when 102 of 699 Solana validators stopped voting during a TeraSwitch routing problem. Solana continued processing transactions, but the episode showed how one infrastructure failure can affect multiple otherwise independent validators.

The report used Solana geographic data from November 2024, while most Bitcoin and Ethereum infrastructure data came from July 2026. That timing difference limits direct comparisons and leaves room for Solana’s distribution to have changed.

Bitcoin leads infrastructure resilience and auditability Bitcoin had the least expensive verification requirements in the study. The researchers estimated hardware for a full node at $289, compared with $730 for Ethereum and $21,478 for a Solana RPC node or validator-class configuration.

Its measured full-chain storage requirement was 753 gigabytes. Ethereum required approximately two terabytes for a full archive setup, while reconstructing Solana’s history was estimated at 480 terabytes because historical data is commonly offloaded to external providers.

Bitcoin also had the most distributed hosting profile. Only 16% of measured infrastructure operated in data centers, while 63% of nodes used Tor. Another 15% was residential or self-hosted.

Ethereum placed approximately 49% of execution-layer nodes in cloud environments and 45% in self-hosted settings. AWS alone hosted around 20%, while the top two providers accounted for approximately 27%.

Solana’s higher hardware and bandwidth demands reflect its focus on throughput. The tradeoff is that fewer ordinary users can independently recreate or verify the full network history using consumer equipment.

No single score settles blockchain decentralization The report ultimately ranked Bitcoin as the most decentralized of the three networks overall, followed by Ethereum and Solana. Bitcoin led in ownership distribution, auditability and geographic resilience.

Ethereum generally occupied the middle across the six dimensions. Solana scored strongly for its critical resilience threshold and validator participation but ranked lower for ownership distribution, verification accessibility and infrastructure diversity.

The methodology remains sensitive to how entities are grouped. Exchanges can hold tokens for many customers, mining pools aggregate independent miners, and staking protocols coordinate multiple operators. Wallet-size bands can likewise combine custodial assets belonging to thousands of users.

The comparison is therefore more useful as a map of separate concentration risks than as a definitive ranking. A network may distribute block production broadly while relying heavily on several hosting companies, software clients or governance organizations.

Future editions could improve comparability by using synchronized data dates, separating pools from underlying resource owners and distinguishing censorship thresholds from thresholds capable of rewriting finalized history.

FAQs Do three entities control Bitcoin? No. Three measured mining pools exceeded 51% of hash rate, but independent miners supply much of that computing power and can change pools.

Can three Ethereum platforms rewrite the blockchain? The report’s three-entity figure concerns the 33% stake threshold associated with disrupting finality. It does not represent the stronger two-thirds threshold needed for other consensus actions.

Why does Solana score 19? The 19 figure is the minimum number of validators whose combined delegated stake exceeds the report’s 33% threshold.

Which blockchain did the report rank as most decentralized? Bitcoin ranked highest overall due to its accessible verification, dispersed ownership and comparatively resilient geographic infrastructure.

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According to an announcement by Japanese listed firm Remixpoint (ticker: 3825), the company sold all its altcoins on September 1—including Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), XRP, and Dogecoin (DOGE)—for a total of 878.8 million yen, generating a profit of 117.8 million yen. Post-sale, Remixpoint’s only remaining cryptocurrency holding is Bitcoin (BTC), with approximately 1,506 BTC in reserves. Breakdown of the altcoin sales: 901.4467 ETH sold for 353.4 million yen, yielding a 60.2 million yen profit; 13,920.0726 SOL sold for 227.9 million yen, with a 49.3 million yen profit; roughly 1.1912 million XRP sold for 260.4 million yen, netting a 11.52 million yen profit; and approximately 2.8023 million DOGE sold for 37.08 million yen, incurring a 3.26 million yen loss. The company plans to recognize the ~118 million yen in sale proceeds in its second quarter results for the fiscal year ending March 2027. Remixpoint stated the portfolio adjustment is designed to further consolidate its crypto asset holdings, formalize its Bitcoin-centric investment and operational strategy, and boost capital efficiency. The sale proceeds will be considered for use in expanding assets in growth sectors such as grid-scale energy storage, strengthening its financial foundation, and other initiatives to enhance corporate and shareholder value. Additionally, the firm disclosed that between February 24, 2026, and August 31, it earned BTC lending income of 14.92055902 units, equivalent to approximately 164.2 million yen. As of August 31, its staking income from ETH and SOL combined totaled roughly 29.875 million yen.

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Key Takeaways Crypto analyst Ali Martinez identifies bullish market structure for SOL with a $150 price objective for September As of September 1, SOL was trading at $101.30, marking a 40% gain over the previous 30 days Solana-focused ETFs attracted $925K in net inflows daily, bringing total managed assets to $1.44 billion The Solana blockchain recorded 5.2 billion non-vote transactions during August, establishing a new record that represents a 23% increase from July Technical analysis suggests SOL needs to maintain support at $100 and overcome resistance at $120 to validate the $150 projection Solana (SOL) continues to trade in the $101 range following an impressive month of gains, prompting one prominent analyst to forecast a potential climb to $150 by the close of September.

Solana (SOL) Price On September 1, SOL experienced a 1.76% decline over 24 hours, settling at $101.30. However, when viewed through a wider lens, the asset has delivered gains of 5% across the previous seven days and an impressive 40% surge throughout the past month.

The cryptocurrency sector as a whole saw modest losses, with aggregate market capitalization decreasing 0.65% to stand at $2.62 trillion. Bitcoin remained positioned beneath $78,000, while Ethereum exchanged hands near $2,430, and XRP maintained levels around $1.36.

Market sentiment indicators showed the Fear and Greed Index sliding from 80 down to 74, suggesting a modest retreat in investor optimism following the market’s 21.38% monthly advance.

Analyst Outlook Points Higher In a recent post on X, cryptocurrency analyst Ali Martinez urged traders to abandon negative perspectives on Solana. According to Martinez, technical patterns are shifting toward a bullish configuration, recommending that investors establish positions ahead of an anticipated significant price movement. His analysis points to $150 as the next meaningful price objective for SOL.

Martinez stated: “Stop being bearish on Solana $SOL. The setup is turning bullish, and I think it’s time to lock in before the next major move.”

From a technical perspective, achieving the $150 target requires SOL to first breach the $110 threshold before conquering $120 resistance. Successfully clearing $120 could establish a path toward $130 as an intermediate milestone en route to $150. Should SOL fail to defend the $100 mark, the subsequent critical support level is positioned at $95.

Technical momentum indicators present a neutral-to-mixed picture. The Relative Strength Index registers 40.56, positioned above oversold readings. The MACD indicator shows a negative value of -0.18, while the histogram reads -0.46, suggesting potential near-term sideways action.

Investment flows into Solana ETFs totaled $925,010 on August 31, with all capital directed toward Fidelity’s FSOL product. Aggregate assets under management across Solana ETF products have climbed to $1.44 billion, representing 2.37% of SOL’s entire market capitalization. Since inception, the seven available products have generated combined trading volume of $67.55 million.

Source: SoSoValue Blockchain Throughput Reaches New Peak From a network performance standpoint, Solana successfully processed more than 5.2 billion non-vote transactions throughout August 2026, based on data compiled by Blockworks. This figure represents an unprecedented monthly record, reflecting a 23% expansion compared to July’s prior benchmark of 4.24 billion transactions.

Non-vote transaction metrics capture genuine user engagement and application activity while excluding routine validator maintenance operations. The August data point exceeds Solana’s standard monthly transaction volume from 18 months prior by more than twofold.

The total supply of stablecoins operating on Solana hit $14.7 billion during August, approaching triple the $5 billion level observed one year earlier.

This achievement came on the heels of Solana’s inaugural validator governance ballot, which saw two out of three measures approved, including an initiative to accelerate the reduction rate of new SOL token emissions by a factor of two annually.

Kripto piyasasında satış dalgası yeniden hızlandı. Ancak bu kez dikkat çeken yalnızca düşüş değil, kayıpların dağılımı oldu. Bitcoin yaklaşık yüzde 1 gerilerken Solana ve Tron yüzde 3’ten fazla düştü. Peki yatırımcılar neden altcoinleri Bitcoin’den önce sattı?

Bitcoin, çarşamba günü 77.500 dolar civarında hareket etti. Solana ise 100 dolar seviyesine geri çekildi. Tron 0,32 dolara indi.

Ether %2 düşerek 2.414 doların hemen üzerinde işlem gördü. XRP de yaklaşık %2 kaybederek 1,35 dolara geriledi. Dogecoin 0,08 doların biraz üzerinde kaldı. HYPE ise %1’den fazla düştü.

BNB, büyük altcoinler arasında daha dirençli kaldı. Kripto para %1’den az gerileyerek 687 dolar civarında işlem gördü.

Buradaki kritik ayrıntı şu: Satış Bitcoin’de aynı ölçekte yaşanmadı. Yatırımcılar risk azaltırken daha yüksek oynaklığa sahip varlıklardan önce çıktı. Solana ve Tron’un Bitcoin’den yaklaşık üç kat fazla gerilemesi bu ayrışmayı gösterdi.

İran saldırısı sonrası asıl baskı nereden geldi? Satış dalgasının kaynağı kripto piyasasının içindeki bir gelişme değildi. ABD’nin İran’a yönelik hava saldırıları küresel piyasalarda risk iştahını zayıflattı.

Brent petrol 95 doların üzerine çıktı. Piyasada Hürmüz Boğazı üzerinden enerji taşımacılığına ilişkin endişeler yeniden arttı.

Aynı saatlerde ABD’nin 10 yıllık Hazine tahvil getirisi %4,81’e ulaştı. Bu, yaklaşık üç yılın en yüksek seviyesi oldu.

Asya piyasaları da baskıyı hissetti. Japonya’nın beş yıllık tahvil getirisi rekor kırdı. On yıllık tahvil getirisi ise %3 seviyesine çıktı. Japon hisseleri yüzde 2’den fazla düşerken Güney Kore Kospi endeksi yüzde 3’ün üzerinde geriledi.

Bu tablo kripto açısından önemli bir değişime işaret ediyor. Piyasa şu anda yalnızca jeopolitik riski değil, bunun enflasyon ve faizler üzerindeki etkisini de fiyatlıyor.

İlginç olan ise güvenli liman olarak görülen altının da bu hareketten kaçamaması oldu. Altının ons fiyatı yaklaşık 4.296 dolara geriledi ve kayıplarını ikinci güne taşıdı. Bu durum, piyasanın yalnızca riskli varlıklardan çıkıp altına yöneldiği klasik bir senaryonun yaşanmadığını gösteriyor.

Fed faiz artırırsa altcoinler daha fazla baskı görebilir Petrol fiyatındaki yükseliş, Fed’in enflasyonla mücadelesini daha zor hale getirebilir. Bu nedenle faiz beklentileri de hızla değişti.

CME FedWatch verilerine göre Fed’in eylül toplantısında faiz artırma ihtimali %66’ya yükseldi. Bu oran yalnızca bir hafta önce yaklaşık yüzde 40 seviyesindeydi.

Fed Başkanı Kevin Warsh’ın Jackson Hole’daki açıklamaları da piyasadaki beklentileri etkiledi. Warsh, para politikasının enflasyonu kontrol altına almak için henüz yeterince sıkı olmayabileceği görüşünü dile getirdi.

Faiz beklentisindeki bu değişim özellikle yüksek riskli varlıkları zorluyor. Daha yüksek faiz ihtimali güçlendikçe yatırımcıların risk alma iştahı azalıyor.

Bitcoin de bu ortamdan tamamen kaçamıyor. Ancak son hareket, yatırımcıların risk azaltırken altcoinlerde daha agresif davrandığını gösteriyor.

Bitcoin için şimdi 80.000 dolar kritik Bitcoin’in önündeki en önemli kısa vadeli seviye 80.000 dolar.

LMAX Group stratejisti Joel Kruger, bu bölgeyi önemli bir yukarı yönlü alan olarak değerlendiriyor. Mayıs ayında görülen yaklaşık 82.820 dolarlık zirve de bunun üzerinde takip edilecek kritik seviye konumunda.

Bitcoin’in 80.000 doları aşması halinde piyasanın yeniden güç kazanması mümkün. Ancak faiz beklentilerinin daha da yükselmesi bu hareketi zorlaştırabilir.

Bu nedenle Bitcoin’in önündeki asıl sınav yalnızca teknik seviyede değil. Makro veriler de fiyatın yönünü belirleyecek. Bitfinex analistleri de saldırılar öncesinde BTC için benzer bir risk seviyesine dikkat çekmişti. Analistlere göre Bitcoin’in yükselişini sürdürmesi veya yatay hareket etmesi mümkün görünüyordu. Ancak tüm riskli varlıklarda geniş çaplı bir geri çekilme yaşanması halinde Bitcoin de bu satıştan kaçamayabilirdi.

Cuma günü Bitcoin için kritik veri açıklanacak Piyasaların gözü şimdi ABD’nin ağustos ayı istihdam raporunda.

Ekonomistler ağustosta yaklaşık 55.000 yeni istihdam bekliyor. Temmuz ayında ise 23.000 kişilik istihdam kaybı yaşanmıştı.

Buradaki senaryo oldukça net.

Güçlü bir istihdam verisi, Fed’in faiz artırımı ihtimalini destekleyebilir. Bu durumda Bitcoin’in 80.000 dolara yükselmesi zorlaşırken Solana, XRP ve diğer yüksek riskli altcoinlerde satış baskısı yeniden artabilir.

Zayıf bir istihdam verisi ise faiz beklentilerini gevşetebilir. Böyle bir tablo Bitcoin’in yeniden 80.000 doları test etmesi için piyasaya alan açabilir.

ABD’nin enflasyon verisi ise 11 Eylül’de açıklanacak. Ardından yatırımcıların gündeminde 15 Eylül’deki Clarity Act oylaması ve 16 Eylül’deki Fed faiz kararı olacak.

Kripto piyasasında son düşüşün verdiği mesaj bu nedenle önemli: Bitcoin henüz 80.000 dolardan vazgeçmiş değil. Ancak altcoinlerdeki sert satış, yatırımcıların risk konusunda çok daha seçici hale geldiğini gösteriyor. Cuma günkü istihdam verisi ise bu dengenin hangi yöne kırılacağını belirleyebilir.

Bu içerik genel piyasa verilerine dayanır ve yatırım tavsiyesi değildir. Kendi araştırmanızı yapmanızı öneririz.

Son Dakika kripto para haberleri için hemen tıkla.

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The $7 Billion Race to Save Crypto From Quantum Computers

Circle printed roughly $11 billion in USDC on the Solana blockchain during August, a monthly total that marks the largest single-month issuance the network has seen and signals a meaningful shift in where dollar-backed stablecoins are finding a home.

What actually happened The minting didn’t land in one dramatic drop. Circle issued USDC across August in repeated $250 million tranches, including a notable $1 billion single-day issuance. Monitoring service Whale Alert flagged roughly $1.25 billion minted in a single week during mid-to-late August alone.

The broader picture was equally striking. Gross USDC issuance across all blockchains hit approximately $5 billion in the week ending August 26, the highest weekly figure recorded since early 2026.

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Each mint is backed one-for-one by USD reserves held by Circle, so this wasn’t creative accounting. The company was responding to real demand, issuing new tokens only when counterparties deposited equivalent dollars.

By late August, Solana’s circulating USDC supply had reached around $8 billion, giving the chain more than 10% of USDC’s total supply across all networks.

Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol, known as CCTP, enables liquidity to move between blockchains without being manually bridged, reducing friction for institutions that need to shift large dollar positions quickly.

Who’s driving demand Circle serves as the technical provider for Hyperliquid’s $5 billion USDC reserve, a relationship that channels significant stablecoin demand directly onto Solana infrastructure.

BNY Mellon has also established a pathway for institutional clients to mint and burn USDC on the network, opening the door to a class of capital that previously had limited, compliant access to on-chain dollar liquidity.

Prior months in 2026 showed the same pattern building. April saw a single-month issuance peak of $3.25 billion, which at the time looked like an outlier. August’s $11 billion figure suggests the April spike was actually the beginning of a trend, not an anomaly.

What this means for Solana and the stablecoin market USDC’s peg held throughout the August minting surge without a visible wobble. A stablecoin that can absorb $11 billion in new issuance on a single chain in a single month without drifting from $1.00 is demonstrating something about the depth of its reserve management. Circle maintains a strict 1:1 backing against USD reserves, increasing supply only in response to verified market demand.

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August has proven to be the best performing month for many top cryptocurrencies, including Solana. Not only did the asset witness a notable price breakout during the month, it also crossed a major milestone in its network activity.

While momentum from the mid-month rally still remains, Solana has just achieved an all-time high in the number of non-vote transactions ever processed in a month.

Solana network activity intensifies Latest data showcased by the blockchain firm today shows that Solana has processed 5.2 billion non-vote transactions over the last month, the highest figure ever recorded so far.

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Notably, this marks a 19% increase from the value recorded in July, when Solana had already achieved a transaction record in the previous month.

It is important to note that non-vote transactions are a very crucial metric that helps to measure the actual network activity because they exclude validator voting transactions. 

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Considering Solana's already strong foothold in the DeFi ecosystem, the network is seeing a rapid surge in the level of activity taking place across the network.

As such, this implies that the massive 5.2 billion milestone reflects how aggressively users and applications are actively engaging with Solana-based protocols.

Solana in AugustApart from its record network activity surge in August, Solana also saw an impressive price breakout during the month, reclaiming its multi-month high around $109.

Following this rapid price surge, Solana achieved a massive monthly return of 41%, the highest monthly gain it has recorded since November 2024.

Bitwise’s Onchain Solutions validator pulled in 1.27 million SOL during August, vaulting it to the fifth-largest validator on the Solana network. The influx pushed the validator’s total active stake to approximately 9.455 million SOL, up from around 8.3 million SOL in mid-July when it sat at rank six.

Most of that growth traces back to a single product: Bitwise’s BSOL ETF, which stakes nearly all of its Solana holdings through the same validator. The fund crossed $1 billion in assets under management by late August, becoming the first Solana ETF to hit that mark.

BSOL’s dominance in the Solana ETF race The BSOL ETF launched on October 28, 2025, with a straightforward pitch: buy SOL exposure and earn staking yield on top of it. The fund targets 100% staking of its holdings, with roughly 96% of its 9.33 million SOL actively staked at a net yield of approximately 5.8% after fees.

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BSOL has captured somewhere between 77% and 80% of all US spot Solana ETF inflows since launch. On August 27 alone, the fund saw $60.91 million in single-day inflows, its peak for the month. Total inflows across all US spot Solana ETFs have exceeded $1.3 billion since the category debuted.

How Bitwise built the infrastructure Bitwise acquired Chorus One in February 2026, a move that significantly expanded its staking operations across multiple blockchain networks. Chorus One brought established infrastructure and operational expertise in running validators at scale, giving Bitwise the backbone to handle the kind of delegation growth that followed.

The jump from 8.3 million to 9.455 million SOL in active stake over roughly six weeks represents a 14% increase.

A shrinking validator set raises concentration questions Active validators on the network have declined approximately 34% year-over-year, a trend driven primarily by rising operational costs that make it uneconomical for smaller operators to continue running nodes.

Solana’s roughly 46% price appreciation during August provided a tailwind that amplified the dollar value of staking inflows.

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In brief DeFi Development Corp. is offering 2.2 million preferred shares at $9 each. CEO Joseph Onorati said most of the proceeds are expected to fund SOL purchases. The company recently bought 19,000 SOL, increasing its treasury to 2.33 million SOL and equivalents. Solana treasury firm DeFi Development Corp. has launched a preferred stock offering that could raise $19.8 million, with most of the proceeds expected to fund SOL purchases.

DeFi Development Corp. is a publicly traded company listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker DFDV. It has adopted a treasury strategy centered on accumulating and staking SOL.

Myriad: Where does Solana price go next? Click to make your prediction.According to CEO Joseph Onorati, the company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including for working capital and the acquisition of SOL.

“Intended use of proceeds are outlined in the prospectus, but we expect to buy SOL with most of the proceeds,” he told Decrypt.

The Nasdaq-listed company is offering 2.2 million shares of Variable Rate Series C Perpetual Preferred Stock at $9 each, according to a preliminary prospectus. It has applied to list the shares under the ticker CHAD.

The prospectus lists working capital, SOL and other digital asset investments, strategic transactions and growth initiatives as possible uses of the proceeds. It does not specify how much will go toward each purpose.

The company said last week that it had purchased approximately 19,000 SOL at an average price of $98.14. The acquisition brought its holdings to about 2,333,432 SOL, worth about $236 million.

1/ Let the $SOL accumulation resume! 🟠

Today, we announce that we've acquired ~19K $SOL, bringing treasury holdings to ~2.333M SOL.

Quarter-to-Date:
🔸 $SOL beat Nasdaq-100 by 33%
🔸 $DFDV outperformed SOL by 1.8x

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— DeFi Dev Corp. (DFDV) (@defidevcorp) August 27, 2026

Proceeds from the sale of DFDV’s ZeroStack position partially funded the purchase, according to a company press release. DFDV plans to retain the tokens as a long-term treasury asset and deploy them through its staking and on-chain infrastructure.

Along with holding SOL, the company operates its own Solana validators. That allows it to earn staking rewards and fees from delegated tokens. It also participates in decentralized finance projects built on Solana.

Onorati said DFDV is designed to give shareholders leveraged exposure to SOL. He pointed to the company’s trading volume, SOL holdings and staking income as central parts of that strategy.

“Our equity has become one of the most liquid ways to express that view within the SOL DAT category, while our treasury continues to generate differentiated organic yield,” he said in a statement at the time. “When SOL performs well, we believe DFDV has the potential to amplify that performance.”

DFDV said its returns were more than double SOL’s month-to-date and 1.8 times SOL’s quarter-to-date, which the company attributed to its leveraged exposure, trading liquidity, and treasury yield.

On several days that week, DFDV recorded the category’s highest absolute dollar trading volume, the company said. It also led in trading volume as a percentage of market capitalization.

If completed, the preferred-stock offering would give DFDV more money to continue buying SOL.

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A federal judge has dismissed all claims against Solana Labs, the Solana Foundation, and the named executives connected to them in the Pump.fun class action lawsuit.

Judge Colleen McMahon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued the 79-page ruling on August 31, granting defendants’ motions to dismiss in part and denying them in part. The decision leaves a narrower case focused on Pump.fun operator Baton Corporation Ltd. and its 3 founders, Alon Cohen, Dylan Kerler and Noah Tweedale.

The lawsuit began in January 2025 after plaintiffs alleged that Pump.fun facilitated a scheme that favored insiders through advance token positions, coordinated promotion and subsequent selling into retail demand. Plaintiffs estimated that retail traders collectively lost between $4 billion and $5.5 billion trading Pump.fun tokens.

$FRED and $GRIFFAIN Fail the Securities Test The ruling also rejected the plaintiffs’ Securities Act claims involving the 2 tokens they actually purchased, $FRED and $GRIFFAIN.

Judge McMahon did not rule that memecoins can never qualify as securities. Instead, she found that the complaint failed to establish a "common enterprise" under the Howey test.

The plaintiffs argued that $SOL deposited into each token’s bonding curve created a common pool. The judge disagreed, finding that the bonding curve did not connect investors to an underlying venture whose success or failure determined their collective fortunes. Early buyers could profit by selling to later buyers, while later purchasers could lose when demand declined.

The court dismissed the securities claims involving $FRED and $GRIFFAIN with prejudice. Claims involving the other 18 tokens failed because the named plaintiffs lacked class standing to pursue tokens they had not purchased.

That distinction matters. The ruling does not establish that all memecoins fall outside securities laws. It addresses the specific allegations surrounding $FRED and $GRIFFAIN, which were the tokens the plaintiffs actually purchased.

Pump.fun Still Faces RICO Claims The decision leaves the most consequential part of the lawsuit alive. The plaintiffs can continue pursuing substantive RICO and RICO conspiracy claims against Baton, Cohen, Kerler and Tweedale. The court found that the plaintiffs adequately pleaded wire-fraud allegations and a direct connection between the alleged conduct and transaction-fee losses.

The gambling theory did not survive. Judge McMahon concluded that buying and selling memecoins, although risky, does not constitute placing a bet under New York law.

The ruling also rejected the RICO claims against the Solana Defendants. The court found no adequately pleaded predicate racketeering act by Solana Labs, the Foundation, or their named executives.

Discovery and the September 10 Deadline The case now moves forward primarily as a RICO dispute against Pump.fun's operator and its 3 founders. Plaintiffs previously obtained nearly 5,000 internal chat messages and amended their complaint using that material.

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The court also ordered the plaintiffs to explain why 25 unidentified Lead KOL defendants should not face dismissal. They have until September 10 to identify any defendants they have located, explain their efforts to serve them, and identify any discovery they need to determine their identities. Failure to respond could lead to dismissal of those claims.

Pump.fun Keeps Building The ruling arrives as Pump.fun continues expanding its product. The memecoin launchpad announced the introduction of limit orders on Solana on its mobile app, including take-profit and stop-loss functionality. Co-founder Alon lauded it as “the FIRST memecoin trading mobile app that supports limit orders”, adding that EVM-chain support for limit orders would follow.

The pump.fun mobile app has consistently hit new all-time highs in daily active app traders, according to Sapijiju, another pseudonymous co-founder of pump.fun. He also reported that the app crossed 100,000 daily active users this week, highlighting the platform's continued growth, which has amassed over $1.4 billion in lifetime revenue.

The legal fight therefore narrows, but it does not disappear. Solana has exited the claims against it, the securities theory has collapsed for the 2 tokens at issue, and the gambling theory has failed. The remaining RICO allegations against Pump.fun and its founders now face discovery, where the parties will have to test the allegations against evidence before going to trial.

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U.S. spot Solana ETFs recorded $925,000 in net daily inflows as September trading opened, giving SOL markets a fresh regulated-demand signal after a strong August.

The figure is modest compared with larger Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF flow days, but it still matters. Solana funds are at an earlier stage of market development, and even smaller daily inflows can help show whether regulated investors are building interest in SOL exposure.

For traders, the key point is not the size alone. It is the direction.

Money moved into the products at the start of a new month, suggesting that Solana’s institutional access story remains active.

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TL;DR U.S. spot Solana ETFs recorded $925,000 in net daily inflows. The inflows came as September trading opened. The number is a daily flow figure, not total AUM or cumulative demand. Solana ETF Demand Is Still Developing Bitcoin ETFs have already become a central part of crypto market structure.

Ethereum ETFs are also building a clear institutional channel. Solana ETFs, by comparison, remain a newer and more closely watched category. The market is still trying to understand how much demand exists for regulated SOL exposure.

That makes daily flow data important.

It gives investors a direct read on whether capital is moving into or out of the products. A $925,000 inflow is not huge, but it is positive. After Solana’s strong August rally, that matters because traders want to know whether momentum is being supported by regulated demand or mostly by spot-market rotation.

Why The Timing Matters September’s opening sessions can set the tone for the month.

Traders often reassess positioning after month-end. Funds may adjust exposure. ETF flows can show whether investors are leaning into a trend or taking profits after a strong move.

For Solana, the inflow follows a period of renewed attention around the network, its ecosystem, and its market performance.

That makes the ETF data useful.

It suggests that at least some investors are willing to keep adding SOL exposure rather than stepping away after August’s move.

Keep The Number In Context The inflow should not be overstated.

A single daily print does not prove sustained institutional adoption. It does not guarantee continued SOL strength. It does not say anything about total long-term demand unless it becomes part of a longer pattern.

Daily ETF flows can reverse quickly.

The more important question is whether Solana funds can produce consistent inflows across several sessions and whether those flows deepen as more investors become comfortable with the product category.

Solana’s Institutional Case Solana’s appeal to investors comes from several angles.

The network offers high throughput, low fees, an active developer base, strong retail recognition, DeFi activity, memecoin liquidity, and growing institutional interest. ETF access can package that exposure in a more familiar format for investors who do not want to hold SOL directly.

That wrapper matters.

It can move Solana from exchange-native trading into brokerage and portfolio channels.

The Market Signal The $925,000 inflow is a small but positive data point.

It tells traders that Solana ETF demand did not disappear as the new month opened. It also gives the market another figure to compare against Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF flows.

For now, Solana’s regulated-access story remains intact.

The next few sessions will decide whether this was a quiet positive start or the beginning of a stronger September flow trend.

This article draws on U.S. spot Solana ETF flow data from Farside Investors.

This article was written by the News Desk and edited by Samuel Rae.

Sunrise has been on a tear in recent weeks, listing everything from bluechip stocks like Eli Lilly ($LLY) and Marvell ($MRVL) to hotly-traded tokens from rival networks like Robinhood’s $PONS.

But Sunrise’s next listing comes as TradFi’s retail crowd eyes up what could be the biggest short squeeze since the Roaring Kitty Gamestop saga. However, unlike the legendary $GME run of 2021, this time around could be driven by reflexive flows stemming from Solana’s memecoin economy.

Meanwhile, xStocks has answered the prayers of Solana’s global trading community, confirming the upcoming deployment of assets from the London Stock Exchange in the onchain economy.

$GPRO Hits Solana as Degens Line Up Short Squeeze After its surprise listing of $PONS, a Robinhood-based launchpad, Sunrise is back to bringing the world’s most popularly-traded assets to Solana DeFi. Next on the list is $GPRO, the public stock of the iconic action camera manufacturer.

Sunrise’s timing aligns with what markets are calling the second coming of Roaring Kitty’s infamous Gamestop short squeeze in 2021. After a difficult few years for GoPro, which saw its publicly traded stock plummet over 95% since 2021, animal spirits of retail finance are taking aim at the $GPRO bears.

This time around, the main character leading the squeeze is YouTube Finfluencer Markiplier, who has reportedly acquired an 8.5% stake in the company. Markiplier’s antics appear to have opened the floodgates among his followers and other retail traders, pushing $GPRO up over 20% in the session.

However, Markiplier’s supposed squeeze, and its coincidental Sunrise DeFi listing, has hit a snag. 

Amidst the market theatrics, GoPro announced its acquisition by Starman Optical, Inc, who intends to expand the firm’s practices across AI Data Center, government, defense and aerospace markets. 

According to the press release, the company will remain publicly listed on NASDAQ.

xStocks Brings the London Stock Exchange Onchain While Sunrise contends with unexpected market halts, YouTube influencer takeover attempts, and the minutiae of corporate acquisitions, Solana’s OG tokenized equity issuer is broadening the network’s offerings.

After spearheading tokenized stock deployments across Solana DeFi, xStocks is bringing the London Stock Exchange onchain. In the coming weeks, onchain traders will gain access to 100 new assets, including LSE giants like HSBC Holdings, Shell, and Astrazeneca.

Earlier this year, xStocks announced wider plans to tokenize a far broader range of RWAs, including assets from markets in Hong Kong, Europe, and South Korea. By delivering on its promise to bring LSE onchain, anticipation and excitement is building for future xStocks  

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Arch Lending now accepts PAX Gold and Tether Gold as collateral, opening credit access to a class of investors that have largely sat outside digital-asset lending.

As gold’s recent run higher has renewed interest in the metal as a store of value, Arch Lending, the alternative-asset lending platform operated by ChainFi, Inc, today began accepting PAX Gold (PAXG) and Tether Gold (XAUT) as loan collateral at starting loan-to-value ratios of up to 75%.

Borrowing Against Gold Is Already Happening Demand for credit against tokenized gold is documented rather than theoretical. On January 29, 2026, Aave governance data showed $24.99 million in outstanding debt against a $25 million isolated debt ceiling for Tether Gold, effectively full utilization, with the ceiling raised repeatedly in the following weeks as borrowing continued to fill available capacity.

That activity took place on a decentralized, DeFi protocol, at variable rates, without fiat funding or a regulated custodian. Arch Lending is the first institutional-grade lender to offer the same underlying trade through a regulated, custodial structure: fixed 12-month terms, funding in dollars or USDC, and eligible collateral custodied by Anchorage Digital, a federally chartered bank.

PAXG, issued by Paxos Trust Company, represents one fine troy ounce of gold from an LBMA-accredited London Good Delivery bar held in Brink’s vaults. XAUT, issued by TG Commodities Limited, represents one fine troy ounce from a London Good Delivery bar held in Swiss custody. Together they account for the overwhelming majority of a category that generated $90.7 billion in spot trading volume in the first quarter of 2026, according to CoinGecko, surpassing the $84.64 billion recorded across the whole of 2025.

A New Class of Borrower Arch Lending is targeting a profile that has largely sat outside crypto lending: gold investors, wealth advisors, commodities traders, family offices, and corporate treasuries with existing precious-metals allocations.

“We’re seeing real demand from advisors and family offices with a gold sleeve who have never borrowed against it, because the process was slow and usually ended in a sale,” said Himanshu Sahay, Co-Founder and CTO of Arch Lending. “Tokenization fixed the plumbing. Credit is the part that makes it worth doing.”

Terms Loans start at $250,000, generally with 12-month terms. Rates for monthly-payment loans begin at 9.25% APR between $250,000 and $750,000, comprising 8.50% interest and a 0.75% origination fee, falling to 7.25% APR above $5 million. Rates and fees are subject to applicable state requirements.

$250,000 minimum loan size Up to 75% initial LTV 85% margin-call threshold 90% liquidation threshold Generally 12-month loan structures USD or USDC funding No credit score is used for loan approval. Eligibility requirements apply. No prepayment penalties 24-hour cure window Partial-only liquidation Eligible collateral custodied by Anchorage Digital N.A., which maintains $100 million of insurance coverage through Lloyd’s of London No rehypothecation PAXG and XAUT now sit alongside Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XRP within Arch Lending’s collateral set, extending Arch Lending’s core Bitcoin-backed platform into a multi-asset credit ecosystem built around premier stores of value.

About Arch Lending Arch Lending is a U.S.-based lending platform that lets holders of alternative assets borrow against their holdings without selling. Supporting Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, PAX Gold, and Tether Gold as collateral.

For more information visit: archlending.com.

ARK Invest and Glassnode have released a joint white paper titled “The Decentralization Spectrum: Design Tradeoffs In Digital Assets,” offering what amounts to a report card for the three largest Layer-1 blockchains. The research evaluates Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana across four design features and six measurable dimensions, building a comparative framework that treats decentralization not as a binary quality but as a sliding scale shaped by deliberate architectural choices.

What the framework actually measures The report maps each network against four distinct design features and six quantifiable dimensions to assess decentralization, security, and resilience. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana each make fundamentally different engineering decisions. Bitcoin prioritizes simplicity and security through its proof-of-work consensus. Ethereum balances programmability with decentralization through its proof-of-stake transition. Solana optimizes for speed and throughput, which inherently requires different compromises.

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The white paper’s core argument is that these aren’t accidental differences. They’re deliberate tradeoffs, and understanding them requires looking at verifiable network properties rather than market narratives or token prices. This aligns with the long-running blockchain trilemma discussion, which holds that networks can optimize for at most two of three properties: decentralization, scalability, and security.

A partnership years in the making ARK Invest and Glassnode have been working together since at least 2021, when Cathie Wood’s firm began deepening its reliance on on-chain analytics as part of its broader digital asset research strategy. Earlier joint efforts focused primarily on Bitcoin fundamentals, using Glassnode’s data infrastructure to evaluate network health independent of price action.

Glassnode’s role as a blockchain data and intelligence provider gives the partnership its empirical backbone, supplying metrics and tools designed for institutional-grade stakeholders. Expanding the scope from Bitcoin-only analysis to a three-chain comparative study signals a meaningful evolution, suggesting that ARK views Ethereum and Solana as warranting the same level of fundamental scrutiny it has historically reserved for Bitcoin.

Why institutions care about decentralization metrics Decentralization isn’t just a philosophical preference. It directly affects a network’s censorship resistance, its vulnerability to single points of failure, and its regulatory risk profile. The report’s emphasis on verifiable network properties over price-driven metrics represents a notable shift in how digital assets get evaluated in institutional contexts.

This also feeds into the growing regulatory conversation around what constitutes sufficient decentralization. Regulators in the US and elsewhere have signaled that a network’s degree of decentralization may influence how its associated tokens are classified. Research that quantifies these properties gives both issuers and investors a more defensible basis for those arguments.

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CME Group has launched two multi-asset cryptocurrency benchmarks, including a 10-token index that leaves out Bitcoin and Ether and tracks assets such as BNB, XRP, Solana and Hyperliquid.

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CME launched two crypto benchmarks, including a 10 token index that excludes Bitcoin and Ethereum. The Emerging Crypto Index tracks BNB, XRP, SOL, HYPE, LINK, XLM, SUI, UNI, AVAX and AAVE. Both indexes use free float market cap weighting and are reviewed twice a year in June and December. Real time index values are calculated every second, while daily settlement versions are published across three regions. The benchmarks can be licensed for investment funds and derivatives, extending CME’s push into multi asset crypto products. According to CME Group’s index documentation, the CME CF Emerging Crypto Index and CME CF Crypto Market Index went live Monday, giving market participants separate measures for large crypto assets outside Bitcoin and Ether and for the crypto market including the two largest cryptocurrencies.

Now live: Two new Multi-Asset Indices for cryptocurrency tracking, developed with @CFBenchmarks:

🔹 CME CF Crypto Market Index (includes bitcoin & ether)
🔹 CME CF Emerging Crypto Index (excludes bitcoin & ether)

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— CME Group (@CMEGroup) August 31, 2026 The Emerging Crypto Index contains BNB, XRP, Solana, Hyperliquid, Chainlink, Stellar Lumens, Sui, Uniswap, Avalanche and Aave. Bitcoin and Ether are excluded by design, leaving the index focused on 10 of the largest qualifying crypto assets outside the two market leaders.

Its companion Crypto Market Index tracks 12 assets. It uses the same 10 tokens but includes Bitcoin and Ether, creating a separate benchmark for measuring the large-cap crypto market with BTC and ETH included.

CME crypto indexes provide real-time and daily benchmarks CME calculates real-time versions of both indexes every second and operates them 24 hours a day, according to the exchange’s FAQ. Separate settlement versions are calculated once each day and published at 4 p.m. in London, New York and Singapore/Hong Kong.

Both benchmarks use free-float market capitalization to determine constituent weights. Under the system, cryptocurrencies with a higher market value of tokens considered available for trading receive a larger share of the index.

CME plans to review the baskets twice a year. Reconstitution and rebalancing take place on the first business day of June and December, allowing the constituent lists and their weights to change as qualifying assets move in market value.

The Emerging Crypto Index specifically seeks the 10 largest assets that meet its requirements after Bitcoin and Ether are removed from consideration. The Crypto Market Index targets 12 qualifying cryptocurrencies while keeping BTC and ETH eligible.

Eligibility goes further than market capitalization. Under the emerging index methodology, an asset must meet custody requirements, while meme coins are excluded. CME applies a protocol-use test based on total value locked relative to fully diluted market capitalization.

The methodology contains a separate provision for newly eligible assets when an index is first created. Cryptocurrencies that do not yet qualify under U.S. national stock exchange generic listing standards for crypto exchange-traded products can still enter if they are expected to comply within 30 days.

Such assets are limited to a combined maximum weight of 10% at inception. During later scheduled reviews, constituents are required to meet the generic listing standards in force at the time.

Emerging Crypto Index is designed for financial products The Emerging Crypto Index was built to be investible and capable of supporting passive replication by funds, according to its methodology. It can serve as a settlement benchmark for derivatives, giving the index a potential role beyond measuring spot crypto prices.

CF Benchmarks lists the emerging index as available for licensing for financial products, investment funds and derivatives. The Crypto Market Index carries the same licensing option.

CME has already used a multi-token benchmark as the settlement basis for listed crypto derivatives.

As crypto.news previously reported, the exchange launched crypto index futures in June that give traders exposure to eight cryptocurrencies through a single cash-settled contract.

Trading in the Nasdaq CME Crypto Index futures began June 8. The underlying basket contained Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ether, Solana, XRP, Cardano, Chainlink and Stellar Lumens when the contracts were introduced.

The standard futures contract trades under the NCI ticker and represents $10 multiplied by the index value, while the micro MCI contract is sized at $1 times the index. Both settle against the Nasdaq CME Crypto Settlement Price Index instead of requiring delivery of the underlying cryptocurrencies.

Before trading began, CME described the product as its first market-cap-weighted cryptocurrency futures contract when it announced the planned June launch in May.

The two benchmarks introduced Monday are separate index families from the Nasdaq CME benchmark used by those futures. Their methodologies and constituent baskets differ, with the Emerging Crypto Index specifically removing Bitcoin and Ether from its eligible universe.

CME has expanded regulated altcoin products in 2026 CME’s crypto derivatives lineup has moved further into individual altcoins during 2026, placing several assets now represented in the new indexes within its existing regulated market infrastructure.

In May, the exchange introduced Avalanche and Sui futures, adding two assets that now sit inside both of the new CME CF index baskets.

Standard Avalanche futures were launched with a contract size of 5,000 AVAX, accompanied by micro contracts representing 500 AVAX. Sui contracts were sized at 50,000 SUI, while their micro versions represented 5,000 tokens.

Those products joined existing CME futures tied to Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, XRP, Cardano, Chainlink and Stellar. The exchange had progressively added single-asset contracts as its cryptocurrency derivatives business moved past its original Bitcoin and Ether products.

Access to the crypto derivatives market changed again at the end of May when CME moved crypto trading to 24/7 on its regulated platform.

More than 7,200 cryptocurrency futures and options contracts changed hands during the first weekend after continuous trading started May 29, generating roughly $50 million in notional volume.

The schedule covers CME’s cryptocurrency futures and options while retaining brief maintenance periods. The change brought trading hours closer to the continuous operation of underlying crypto spot markets and removed the regular weekend closure that had previously separated CME trading from round-the-clock cryptocurrency markets.

CME’s two new index families operate continuously as well, with their real-time benchmarks updating once per second across the full 24-hour day. Their settlement versions provide fixed daily reference points across London, New York and Singapore/Hong Kong, while constituent eligibility and weighting are reassessed during the June and December reviews.

Solana has seen an 8.31% drop in price in recent trading sessions, declining from $110.50 to around $100.40 since August 26. Despite this pullback, on-chain activity and institutional metrics point to enduring strength within the Solana ecosystem, as new users enter the network and large investors continue to accumulate SOL.

Whale accumulation and fresh wallet growthCrypto analyst Ali Charts observed that, even as the price retreated, Solana’s network displayed continued vitality. Over the past week, the blockchain registered approximately 9.5 million new wallet addresses daily, underscoring robust network expansion during a period of price weakness.

Meanwhile, the number of whale wallets—addresses holding at least 10,000 SOL—increased by 52, a rise of 1.58% within one week. When these large holders accumulate tokens, the liquidity available for short-term trading tends to contract, which can reduce potential selling pressure in the market.

Solana’s network added 9.5 million new wallets per day last week, and the number of wallets holding 10,000 SOL or more grew by 52, even as the price declined.

Rising institutional inflows and reduced exchange supplyInstitutional confidence in Solana has also intensified. Spot Solana exchange-traded funds in the United States registered seven consecutive weeks of net capital inflows. In the most recent week, these ETFs drew more than 1.2 million SOL, equivalent to approximately $120 million.

According to recent 13F filings, Goldman Sachs emerged as the largest known institutional holder of spot Solana ETFs, which signals mounting interest from traditional finance sectors. This growth demonstrates accelerating institutional acceptance of Solana as a blockchain platform and investment asset.

Additionally, the supply of SOL held on centralized exchanges declined by 4.91% over the last week as roughly 2.6 million SOL were withdrawn from these platforms. Analysts interpret this shift as a sign that investors are moving coins to self-custody wallets and planning for longer holding periods.

Prominent analyst CryptosBatman indicated that SOL has broken out of a key accumulation pattern. The $83 to $85 range is being watched as an important support zone for a potential retest, which, if maintained, could provide momentum for Solana to target the $150 mark.

If the $83–$85 support holds, SOL could see a renewed surge toward $150 or higher.

Technical data highlights $103 as a primary support level, with nearly 39 million SOL purchased at this price band. Resistance levels are noted at $123 and $132, areas where trading volume was previously concentrated. A sustained move above both could reinforce a bullish outlook for SOL.

MetricValueComparisonPrice decline (since August 26)8.31%From $110.50 to $100.40Whale wallets (+10,000 SOL)+52Last 7 daysETF inflows1.2 million SOLLast 7 days (~$120M)Exchange supply-4.91%Last 7 daysSupport levels$83–$85 / $103Key zonesResistance levels$123 / $132Key zonesBlockchain performance and governance decisionsBeyond price movement, data from Solana’s blockchain operations show a spike in network activity and fees. Average fee revenue surged to around 9,200 SOL over a seven-day period as of August 27, representing an over 80% increase compared to three months ago.

The volume of non-vote transactions climbed to an all-time high of 191 million on a seven-day average, rising from just 88 million at this time last year. Additionally, Jito validator tips rose to 2,073 SOL per day, marking a 26% increase week-over-week.

A notable governance initiative was concluded Friday, as the Double Disinflation (SGP-0002) proposal was approved with 67% community support. This measure raises Solana’s annual disinflation rate from 15% to 30%, which is expected to reduce the future SOL supply by about 18.9 million coins over six years.

Following this adjustment, staking rewards are forecast to decrease from around 5.25% to 2.25% by year three. While smaller validators relying on inflationary rewards may face financial pressure, regular users are not expected to notice changes in network performance or transaction fees.

Solana’s ecosystem, recognized for its high throughput and low transaction fees, continues to demonstrate a combination of technical growth and ongoing investor interest.

Mini dictionary: Double Disinflation (SGP-0002), a Solana governance proposal, aimed to accelerate the rate at which SOL issuance decreases, thereby increasing the scarcity of new tokens entering circulation and potentially supporting long-term price stability.

Solana has entered a pivotal stage in its price trajectory after breaking free from a protracted accumulation range and overcoming a year-long downtrend. The cryptocurrency is currently trading close to $103, with investors increasingly focused on whether the recent gains can be sustained by establishing solid support above previous resistance levels.

SOL tests breakout with $83-$85 as new supportThe recent surge in Solana’s price has transformed the market’s short-term outlook. After rebounding from around $60 in June, SOL consolidated below the mid-$80s throughout July and early August. When buyers pushed the price decisively above the $83-$85 region in August, the momentum accelerated, propelling Solana beyond the $100 mark.

Traders are now watching the $83-$85 zone, which has shifted from being a significant resistance point to a critical support area for further bullish momentum. A sustained retest and defense of this zone during any pullback could lay the foundation for a higher low, reinforcing the case that Solana’s price action is moving from accumulation into a genuine expansion phase.

Immediate resistance lies in the $107-$112 range, where recent upward moves encountered selling activity. Clearing this area could bring the $118 level into focus, followed by stronger resistance between $145 and $150.

However, if SOL fails to defend the $83 mark and closes below it for an extended period, the price risks slipping back into its prior range. This scenario could expose weaker support in the upper $70s, potentially delaying or negating the anticipated push toward $150.

A sustained break above the $83-$85 region has transformed the technical landscape for Solana, but confirmation of a lasting trend change will depend on whether buyers continue to support this level during future corrections. Should the advance maintain momentum, the $150 zone remains a plausible near-term target.

Long-term trend reversal signals gain strengthOn a broader timescale, Solana’s outlook has brightened after price action pierced a downward trendline that had been in place since the asset’s peak near $250. This break signals a shift away from lower highs, raising the possibility that June’s retreat toward $60 marked a more notable market bottom.

SOL’s recovery above the key $100 psychological level could serve as a launchpad for further gains, but confirmation rests on the ability to establish a higher low and maintain pressure above resistance zones, specifically around $107.

If this positive structure develops, the main upside target expands to the $130-$150 area. Persistent strength beyond $150 might eventually open the path to $180-$200, but such an outcome would demand a continuation of higher highs and successful navigation through remaining resistance from previous declines.

Analysts view a return to the $300 level as a much longer-term, optimistic scenario, predicated on breaking through several key barriers and maintaining upward momentum. For the immediate future, focus remains on whether SOL can hold recent gains and confirm its breakout.

Given the technical complexities and the market’s tendency for rapid shifts, many investors are reevaluating their approach to monitoring multiple aspects of Solana and other assets. In a market where a single Fed decision or a sudden altcoin listing can change everything in seconds, switching between different apps for charts, news, and portfolio monitoring often proves costly. As a result, traders are increasingly adopting streamlined, privacy-first platforms like CryptoAppsy, which provide real-time charts, targeted alerts, coin-specific coverage, and macro data—all without requiring account registration.

Solana has managed to break through two significant bearish patterns, but whether the bullish reversal takes hold for the long term will depend on the asset’s ability to hold support above $83-$85 during the next substantial pullback.

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