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$DOGE Arrives on Solana via SunriseDogecoin ($DOGE) is now live on @Solana through the @sunrise protocol, marking another milestone in the push to bring major non-native assets into Solana's high-performance ecosystem. The integration allows users to hold and transact native $DOGE directly within leading Solana wallets, including @phantom, @solflare, and @Backpack, without the complexity of traditional cross-chain bridging.

Sunrise is a liquidity gateway built by Wormhole Labs, the firm behind the Wormhole cross-chain protocol. Wormhole Labs launched Sunrise as a liquidity gateway focused exclusively on the Solana ecosystem, pitching it as a "canonical route" for external assets to enter Solana with day-one liquidity through a single interface. Under the hood, the platform uses Wormhole's Native Token Transfers (NTT) infrastructure, which allows tokens to retain their utility and fungibility across chains without relying on traditional liquidity pools that can be vulnerable to hacks or slippage.

Sunrise's approach is built around three pillars: one canonical version per asset, immediate liquidity from launch day, and streamlined distribution across a chain's application ecosystem. Rather than listing a token and hoping liquidity materializes organically, the platform coordinates with DEXs and wallets ahead of time so the asset is usable from the moment it goes live.

Deep Liquidity Across Solana's DeFi StackThe $DOGE rollout on Solana secures immediate liquidity access through top-tier decentralized exchanges and aggregators, including @JupiterExchange, @Raydium, and @kamino_swap. This mirrors Sunrise's established model: the platform has previously launched Solana-native versions of MEGA, HYPE, AVAX, and MON. Assets listed via Sunrise have collectively generated over $500 million in trading volume on Solana over a 30-day period as of April 2026.

The broader context is a Solana ecosystem that has been actively pulling in assets from other chains. "Solana's vision for internet capital markets means being the platform on which users can engage with any asset, including crypto assets that aren't originated on Solana," said Kuleen Nimkar, growth lead at the Solana Foundation. For $DOGE, one of the most widely held tokens in crypto, the Solana listing opens a new avenue for utility and trading activity beyond its native proof-of-work chain.

Sources:
The Block: Wormhole Labs unveils Sunrise gateway to bring assets to Solana
Crypto Briefing: Sunrise lists ARB token on Solana via Wormhole NTT
CoinDesk: Wormhole Labs Debuts Sunrise to Streamline Solana Token Imports

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Shiba Inu is gaining a stronger foothold in Japan amid a new regulatory framework that could eventually pave the way for crypto exchange-traded funds in the country.

Japan already has a massive ETF market, but it has yet to launch a cryptocurrency ETF. That could change after a major regulatory shift that moved crypto assets closer to the framework governing traditional financial markets.

According to longtime Shiba Inu community member Mazrael, on July 15, 2026, Japan's National Diet (its national legislature) moved crypto under the FIEA, the same law as stocks, opening a door for a crypto ETF in the country.

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Japan has a massive ETF market, just no crypto ETF yet.

The door did open though: on July 15 the Diet moved crypto under the FIEA, the same law as stocks.

That's the reclassification an ETF needs. FSA rulemaking still has to happen, so first listings are 2027 at the earliest… pic.twitter.com/4VSzyIfIw5

— Mazrael.shib (@Mazrael_shib) September 7, 2026 Japan reclassified cryptocurrencies as financial instruments, a structural shift that establishes the legal framework for separate taxation of crypto assets and for future crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Mazrael noted that this is the reclassification an ETF needs, with a potential crypto ETF listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange around 2027.

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Mazrael added that Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) rulemaking still has to happen, with first listings likely for 2027 at the earliest and Bitcoin going first.

Shiba Inu also stands a chance given its inclusion on the Green List. In November 2025, the Japan Virtual and Crypto Assets Exchange Association (JVCEA) included Shiba Inu (SHIB) on its regulatory "Green List" along with BTC and ETH.

Mercari, Japan's largest marketplace with 23 million users, also listed Shiba Inu in June 2026.

SHIB gains head startMazrael summarized these developments, which give SHIB a head start in Japan's ETF race: "The Green List. Needed 8+ licensed JP exchanges when the bar is 3. Same tier as BTC and ETH, and gains drop from up to 55% tax to a flat 20%. Plus Mercari lists SHIB to 23 million users. 4 million crypto accounts there now, 85% opened by people who never traded before."

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He noted that eligibility remains the hard part, representing a hurdle for most crypto assets. "Eligibility first, ETF later," Mazrael stated.

As reported, Mazrael said that while SHIB does not have a dedicated spot ETF yet in the US, it remains "well on track," citing several developments including a European exchange-traded product, regulated access in Japan, and newly available futures exposure in Canada.

Raydium, the dominant decentralized exchange on Solana, pulled in nearly $440,000 in protocol revenue on September 6, making it the platform’s best single day since July 2025. The catalyst was straightforward: StonkFun, a token-launch platform specializing in stock and commodity tokens, officially integrated with Raydium’s LaunchLab infrastructure.

StonkFun’s native token STONK ripped more than 250% on the day, hitting an approximate market cap of $140 million. Raydium’s own RAY token climbed over 40% as traders piled into the newly expanded liquidity pools.

What StonkFun actually brings to the table StonkFun focuses on tokenized representations of traditional financial assets like stocks and commodities, giving DeFi users access to price exposure on instruments that typically live behind brokerage accounts and market hours.

Before this LaunchLab integration, StonkFun had already built a meaningful business. The platform generated over $1.21 million in total revenue and routed approximately $219 million in trading volume through Raydium, out of a total exceeding $392 million across all venues.

During the second quarter of 2025, LaunchLab contributed roughly 21.7% of Raydium’s total net revenue — about $4 million out of $18.4 million.

The new integration supports permissionless deployments, bonding curves, and constant-product market-maker pools for any token. Deployment costs have dropped from 0.29 SOL to 0.03 SOL, roughly a 90% reduction.

Why $440K matters more than it sounds When new tokens launch through LaunchLab, early buyers purchase along a mathematically defined price curve before the token graduates to a standard liquidity pool. Each of those bonding-curve trades generates fees for the protocol. With StonkFun funneling its tokenized asset launches through this system, Raydium captures revenue at every stage of a token’s lifecycle, from initial bonding curve to mature trading pair.

Rather than forcing every new token to pair exclusively against SOL or USDC, StonkFun’s integration allows for tailored trading pairs through custom quote assets, which can attract specialized liquidity providers who want exposure to specific asset combinations.

Competitive positioning and what comes next Raydium has been in a multi-year battle for DEX supremacy on Solana, competing against platforms like Orca and Jupiter for market share. By becoming the infrastructure layer where new tokens are born, Raydium captures trading activity that competitors never see.

At 0.03 SOL per deployment, the barrier to creating a new token is essentially zero. While it drives volume and revenue in the short term, it also opens the door to a flood of low-quality launches that could dilute user attention and strain liquidity across too many pairs.

For RAY token holders, the 40% price jump reflects market confidence in StonkFun’s integration. With the platform already accounting for over a fifth of LaunchLab revenue before this deeper integration, more launches mean more volume and more fees accruing to the protocol.

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Pendle needed less than 30 days to become the second-largest DeFi protocol on XLayer, OKX’s EVM-compatible Layer 2 network. The yield tokenization platform has amassed $37.5 million in TVL on the chain, a figure that represents a remarkable chunk of XLayer’s total DeFi TVL of roughly $150 million.

What makes this even more striking: nearly all of that capital flowed through a single market built around USDG, the Paxos-issued stablecoin backed by USD reserves and Treasuries.

How Pendle carved out a quarter of XLayer’s DeFi Pendle launched natively on XLayer around August 11, 2026. Within weeks, the protocol’s TVL surged by 268% over a seven-day stretch, according to DefiLlama data.

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The catalyst was a carefully orchestrated combination of liquidity incentives and cross-protocol integration. On the incentive side, Pendle rolled out LP rewards designed to attract capital into its USDG yield market. On the integration side, the real accelerant was Aave V3.

Around August 31 to September 1, Aave V3 on XLayer began accepting Pendle’s PT-USDG, the principal token representing fixed-yield positions on USDG, as collateral. The loan-to-value ratio came in at 93.59%, which means depositors can borrow up to roughly 94 cents for every dollar of PT-USDG posted. Aave also attached a $150,000 incentive pool to sweeten the deal.

The result was a classic DeFi composability loop. Users could deposit into Pendle’s yield market, receive PT-USDG, post it as collateral on Aave, borrow against it, and potentially reinvest. Each step in the chain created additional demand for the underlying asset, pulling more capital into both protocols simultaneously.

USDG’s quiet dominance on XLayer The Paxos-issued stablecoin accounts for over 92% of XLayer’s approximately $1.7 billion stablecoin market cap. That concentration means any protocol that builds compelling yield products around USDG gets a direct pipeline to most of the ecosystem’s stable capital.

The multi-chain playbook Pendle now operates across 14 different blockchain networks, with a cumulative TVL exceeding $1.2 billion. On XLayer specifically, the strategy has been focused on stablecoins and Real World Asset-linked yield markets. The protocol works by splitting yield-bearing assets into Principal Tokens (PTs), which offer fixed returns at maturity, and Yield Tokens (YTs), which allow holders to capture variable yield.

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Every HYPE unlock triggers the same panic cycle. Every time, the sellers never show up. The September batch will probably be no different, and the data from previous unlocks explains exactly why.

Summary

Hyperliquid released approximately 9.92 million HYPE tokens on September 6, valued at roughly $820 million at the prevailing market price of $82.60 per token. Historical data from HYPE unlocks shows that the vast majority of newly unlocked tokens are not sold. After the March 2026 unlock, on-chain data indicated that only about 1.75% of unlocked supply reached exchanges within the first 30 days. HYPE has gained more than 50% since its mid-August breakout from the $55 to $60 range, reaching an all-time high of $88.06, with price holding above $80 through multiple unlock events in recent months. The Assistance Fund has burned 48.42 million HYPE through automated buybacks funded by 99% of eligible trading fees, permanently removing 4.84% of maximum supply. Hyperliquid Strategies, the Nasdaq-listed treasury company, held 29.3 million HYPE worth $1.9 billion as of June 30 and expanded its equity facility to $2.5 billion for potential additional purchases. Crypto Twitter lit up on September 6. The headline was irresistible: Hyperliquid just unlocked $820 million worth of HYPE tokens, adding nearly 10 million tokens to the available supply in a single batch. On paper, that sounds like a wall of sell pressure about to crush the price. Traders who have been burned by unlock dumps on other tokens immediately started hedging, opening short positions, and posting dire warnings about what comes next.

They are almost certainly wrong. And the reason they are wrong tells you something important about how HYPE actually works, how token unlocks function in practice, and why the market keeps getting smarter about separating real supply pressure from headline noise.

The $820 million number is technically correct and practically meaningless The September 6 unlock released 9.92 million HYPE tokens from their vesting contracts. At the time, HYPE was trading around $82.60, which puts the theoretical market value of those tokens at roughly $820 million. That is the number that landed in every headline and every panicked tweet.

But theoretical value and actual sell pressure are wildly different things.

An unlock does not mean that 9.92 million tokens hit the open market. It means those tokens become claimable by their holders. The people receiving vested HYPE are not random speculators looking to dump at the first opportunity. They are core contributors, early team members, and ecosystem participants who have been building on Hyperliquid for years. Most of them have strong reasons to hold.

Think about it from their perspective. They received HYPE allocations when the token was worth single digits. They have watched it climb to $82. They are sitting on life-changing gains. But they also know the protocol is growing faster than almost anything else in DeFi. Hyperliquid processes more than $4 billion in daily trading volume. The Assistance Fund is burning tokens worth $1 million per day. A Nasdaq-listed company is spending hundreds of millions to accumulate their token. Why would they sell now?

The data says they do not.

What actually happened after previous unlocks The best predictor of unlock behavior is unlock behavior. And HYPE has given us enough data points to see a clear pattern.

After the March 2026 unlock, which released a comparable batch of tokens, blockchain analysts tracked the movement of newly unlocked HYPE for 30 days. According to on-chain data aggregated by Arkham Intelligence and independent researchers, approximately 1.75% of the unlocked tokens moved to exchange deposit addresses within the first month.

Read that number again. 1.75%.

Out of hundreds of millions of dollars in theoretical unlock value, the actual sell pressure amounted to a tiny fraction. Most recipients left their tokens untouched. Some staked them. Some moved them to new wallets for tax or security reasons. But the panic-inducing “massive supply dump” that the headlines predicted simply did not happen.

The August 29 unlock provided even more recent evidence. That batch was larger, releasing approximately 14.18 million HYPE tokens valued at roughly $1.2 billion near the all-time high of $86.71. The immediate price reaction was a pullback to around $81, which is exactly the kind of dip that gets called a “crash” in breathless Twitter threads. Within days, HYPE was trading back above $85. The pullback represented normal profit-taking in a token that had just rallied 50% in a month, not a structural supply crisis.

This pattern repeats across the entire unlock history. Each time, the headlines scream about billions in new supply. Each time, the actual selling is minimal. Each time, the price recovers.

Why unlock panic consistently overstates the real impact The gap between perceived and actual unlock impact comes down to three factors that most market commentary ignores.

First, vesting recipients are not the same as traders. When a centralized exchange lists a new token and airdrop recipients rush to sell, that creates genuine supply pressure because those holders were never committed to the project. Vesting recipients are different. They earned their tokens through years of work or early commitment. Their time preference is fundamentally different from someone who received a free airdrop.

Second, HYPE has structural demand that absorbs new supply before it can create meaningful price impact. The Assistance Fund buyback mechanism runs continuously, spending approximately $1 million per day on open-market HYPE purchases. That is $30 million per month in automated buying pressure that does not stop for unlocks, does not get scared by headlines, and does not negotiate its entry price. The buyback alone could absorb a substantial portion of any actual selling from unlock recipients.

Third, the market has learned. The first few HYPE unlocks may have caused genuine uncertainty, but after multiple cycles where the feared dump failed to materialize, sophisticated traders and market makers now treat unlock events as potential buying opportunities rather than sell signals. The informational content of an unlock event in HYPE is close to zero because the pattern has been so consistent.

This is not unique to HYPE. Research across the broader crypto market shows that large-cap tokens with strong fundamentals tend to absorb unlock supply more efficiently over time. The difference is that HYPE has one of the most aggressive built-in demand mechanisms in the industry, which narrows the window for any sell pressure to have lasting impact.

The Assistance Fund is the real story here While traders obsess over token unlocks, the Assistance Fund quietly does the opposite of an unlock every single day.

Hyperliquid’s protocol directs 99% of eligible trading fees into the Assistance Fund, which uses those fees to buy HYPE on the open market. The purchased tokens are then burned, permanently removed from supply. No one can ever sell those tokens again. They are gone.

The numbers are staggering. By September 6, cumulative burns had reached 48.42 million HYPE tokens. That is 4.84% of the original maximum supply of 1 billion tokens, permanently erased. At current prices, the burned supply would be worth more than $4 billion.

To put that in perspective, the September 6 unlock released 9.92 million tokens. The Assistance Fund has removed 48.42 million tokens. The net effect of the buyback program outweighs this unlock by nearly five to one.

And the burn rate is accelerating. When Hyperliquid was processing lower volumes in early 2025, daily buybacks ran around $500,000. By mid-2026, they had doubled to roughly $1 million per day. In peak weeks, single-day buybacks have reached $3.97 million. The mechanism scales directly with trading volume, and Hyperliquid dominates crypto buyback activity, accounting for nearly 90% of all tracked token repurchases in 2026 alongside Pump.fun.

The annualized buyback rate runs near 7% of HYPE’s market capitalization. Compare that to Ethereum’s burn rate, BNB’s quarterly burns at roughly 20% of profits, or Solana’s 50% priority fee burn. HYPE’s ratio is four to five times higher than any comparable large-cap crypto asset.

This is the number that matters far more than any unlock. The protocol is eating its own supply faster than vesting events can replenish it.

Token unlocks across crypto: the pattern is clear HYPE is not the only token that survives unlock events better than expected, but it is one of the clearest examples.

Look at Solana. SOL went through massive unlock periods in 2021 and 2022, with billions of dollars in tokens becoming available. The short-term price action was choppy, but the long-term trend was determined by network adoption and ecosystem growth, not by unlock schedules. SOL went from under $20 to over $250 because people built useful things on it, not because its vesting schedule was perfectly smooth.

Arbitrum saw similar dynamics. ARB experienced large unlock events that triggered temporary volatility, but the tokens that actually reached exchanges represented a small fraction of the theoretical total. Optimism’s OP token followed the same pattern. The market has a remarkably consistent response to unlocks: brief uncertainty, minimal actual selling, and a return to the prevailing trend within days or weeks.

The tokens that get destroyed by unlocks tend to share specific characteristics. They lack genuine revenue or usage. Their holders received tokens through airdrops or speculative farming rather than long-term vesting. Their unlock schedules release huge percentages of total supply at once. And they have no structural demand mechanism to absorb new supply.

HYPE has none of those weaknesses. The protocol generates real revenue. The holders are long-term committed. The unlock percentages are manageable. And the Assistance Fund provides constant demand.

Hyperliquid Strategies adds another layer of demand Beyond the Assistance Fund, there is an entirely separate source of HYPE demand that most unlock analysis ignores.

Hyperliquid Strategies, the Nasdaq-listed company that operates as a corporate treasury vehicle for HYPE, held 29.3 million tokens worth $1.9 billion as of June 30, 2026. Since its business combination closed in December 2025, the company has spent $773.4 million buying approximately 16.5 million HYPE at an average price of $46.77.

On September 1, Hyperliquid Strategies expanded its equity facility with Chardan Capital Markets from $1 billion to $2.5 billion. The facility allows the company to sell PURR shares and use the proceeds for general corporate purposes, including HYPE purchases. CEO David Schamis said the company was approaching the original $1 billion limit and needed additional capacity.

This means there is a publicly traded company with $2.5 billion in potential firepower that has explicitly stated its intention to buy more HYPE. That company is already one of the largest identified holders. Its validator is the third largest on the network excluding Hyper Foundation wallets. Its shares are owned by institutional investors including Duquesne Family Office, Stanley Druckenmiller’s firm, which disclosed a $23 million PURR position.

The existence of Hyperliquid Strategies creates an asymmetric dynamic around unlock events. If newly unlocked tokens hit the market and push the price down, Hyperliquid Strategies has both the mandate and the capital to buy the dip. Unlock sellers are selling into a bid from a company with billions in available capacity. That is not a fair fight.

The institutional momentum keeps building The unlock narrative misses the forest for the trees. While headline writers count newly released tokens, the actual trajectory of Hyperliquid is pointing sharply upward.

In the past month alone, several developments have reinforced the institutional case for HYPE. Hyperliquid Labs and Kraken parent Payward entered advanced talks to offer HYPE-linked perpetual futures to U.S. traders through CFTC-regulated exchange Bitnomial, according to Bloomberg. CME Group launched crypto indexes that include HYPE alongside BNB, XRP, and Solana. The Hyperliquid Policy Center asked the SEC and CFTC to create a framework for equity perpetuals, the first formal step toward bringing an entirely new asset class under regulatory oversight.

President Trump himself said during an August 19 White House meeting that the CFTC was working to bring Hyperliquid into the United States in a compliant fashion. A former SEC senior counsel estimated the regulatory process could take 10 to 12 months but noted that the path appeared genuinely underway.

None of this is priced into the unlock math. An unlock analysis that looks only at new supply without considering the demand from a Nasdaq-listed treasury company, a potential U.S. regulated futures listing, and CME-level institutional recognition is measuring one side of the equation and ignoring the other.

The HIP-3 equity perpetuals markets processed more than $480 billion in cumulative notional volume during their first 10 months. HIP-4 outcome markets tripled their volume after opening to outside deployers. Hyperliquid is building genuine product-market fit across multiple verticals while the market argues about whether a 9.92 million token unlock will crash the price.

How the vesting schedule actually works Understanding why unlocks have minimal impact requires understanding the mechanics of HYPE vesting.

HYPE’s maximum supply is 1 billion tokens. The initial distribution allocated 31% to a genesis airdrop in November 2024, with the remainder split among future emissions, core contributors, and the Hyper Foundation. Core contributor tokens vest over multiple years with periodic cliff unlocks rather than daily linear vesting.

This structure means tokens do not trickle into the market continuously. They become available in discrete batches at scheduled intervals, which is what creates the headline-generating moments. But the batch structure also means that holders who want to sell have to make a conscious decision to claim and transfer their tokens. Passive holders, which is most of them, simply leave tokens unclaimed.

The September 6 batch of 9.92 million tokens represents approximately 0.99% of maximum supply. In a token with $19.2 billion in circulating market capitalization and $865 million in 24-hour trading volume, a 1% supply increase is manageable even if every single token were sold immediately. And they will not be sold immediately.

The vesting schedule will continue producing periodic unlocks for years. Each one will generate the same headlines. And each one will likely produce the same result: a brief moment of uncertainty, minimal actual selling, and a return to the underlying trend determined by protocol fundamentals.

What to watch There are legitimate risks around token unlocks, and anyone holding HYPE should track them honestly rather than dismissing all supply concerns.

On-chain claim rates in the first 72 hours. The 1.75% claim rate after the March unlock is the benchmark. If September’s claim rate jumps to 5% or higher, that would signal a genuine change in holder behavior and warrant closer attention.

Assistance Fund buyback volume. The Fund’s daily purchases act as a natural floor under the price. If protocol revenue drops and daily buybacks fall below $500,000, the absorption capacity weakens. Track the Onchain Lens data for the Assistance Fund wallet.

Hyperliquid Strategies purchasing activity. The company’s SEC filings disclose HYPE acquisitions. If Hyperliquid Strategies pauses buying or signals a change in strategy, the institutional demand pillar weakens.

Exchange deposit flows from unlock wallets. Arkham Intelligence and similar platforms track whether newly unlocked tokens move to exchange deposit addresses. This is the single best real-time indicator of actual sell intent.

Broader market conditions. HYPE does not trade in a vacuum. If Bitcoin enters a sharp correction and risk assets sell off broadly, unlock sellers could amplify the downside. The unlock itself is not the risk. The unlock coinciding with external pressure is.

Daily trading volume relative to unlock size. With $865 million in daily volume, the market can absorb significant selling. If volume drops while unlock supply rises, the ratio shifts unfavorably.

Disclaimer:** This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. Crypto assets are volatile and carry risk of loss. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Published September 7, 2026.

What was the September 6, 2026, HYPE token unlock? Hyperliquid released approximately 9.92 million HYPE tokens from vesting contracts on September 6, 2026. At the market price of roughly $82.60, the batch was valued at approximately $820 million. The tokens became claimable by core contributors and ecosystem participants who had been subject to vesting schedules since the network’s launch.

Does a token unlock mean all those tokens will be sold? No. A token unlock makes previously locked tokens claimable, but it does not force holders to sell. After the March 2026 HYPE unlock, on-chain tracking showed that only about 1.75% of unlocked tokens reached exchanges within 30 days. Most recipients left their tokens untouched, staked them, or moved them to new wallets without selling.

Why does HYPE typically go up after token unlocks? HYPE has shown resilience during unlock events because of structural demand from the Assistance Fund buyback mechanism, accumulation by Hyperliquid Strategies, and the tendency of vesting recipients to hold rather than sell. When actual selling pressure is minimal and automated buying continues, the net effect of an unlock can be neutral or even slightly positive as uncertainty clears.

What is the Assistance Fund and how does it affect HYPE supply? The Assistance Fund is an automated protocol mechanism that uses 99% of eligible Hyperliquid trading fees to buy HYPE on the open market. Purchased tokens are permanently burned. By September 6, 2026, the Fund had burned 48.42 million HYPE, equal to 4.84% of maximum supply. At roughly $1 million in daily purchases, the Fund creates constant buying pressure that offsets unlock-related supply increases.

How does HYPE’s unlock impact compare to other major tokens? Large-cap tokens with strong fundamentals, including Solana, Arbitrum, and Optimism, have generally absorbed unlock supply without lasting price damage. Tokens that suffer from unlock dumps typically lack real revenue, have mostly airdrop-based holder bases, or release disproportionately large percentages of supply. HYPE’s combination of revenue-funded buybacks, committed long-term holders, and manageable unlock sizes places it among the more resilient tokens during vesting events.

What is Hyperliquid Strategies and why does it matter for unlocks? Hyperliquid Strategies is a Nasdaq-listed company that holds HYPE as its primary treasury asset. It held 29.3 million HYPE worth $1.9 billion as of June 30, 2026, and has a $2.5 billion equity facility for potential additional purchases. Its presence creates a large, well-capitalized buyer that can absorb any unlock-related selling pressure, effectively putting a floor under the token during vesting events.

How much HYPE has been permanently burned? The Assistance Fund had burned approximately 48.42 million HYPE tokens by September 6, 2026, representing 4.84% of the original 1 billion maximum supply. At a price of $85.50, that burned supply would carry a theoretical market value exceeding $4 billion. CoinGecko reflected this by listing HYPE’s fully diluted supply near 955 million tokens rather than the original 1 billion.

Should I buy or sell HYPE based on unlock events? Token unlocks are one factor among many that affect price. This article examines the historical pattern of HYPE unlock behavior and the structural mechanisms that influence supply and demand. Past performance during unlock events does not guarantee future results. Individual investment decisions should account for personal risk tolerance, portfolio allocation, and overall market conditions. This is educational analysis, not investment advice.

Should I buy or sell HYPE based on unlock events? Token unlocks are one factor among many that affect price. This article examines the historical pattern of HYPE unlock behavior and the structural mechanisms that influence supply and demand. Past performance during unlock events does not guarantee future results. Individual investment decisions should account for personal risk tolerance, portfolio allocation, and overall market conditions. This is educational analysis, not investment advice.

Key Points Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis cautions that missing this Congressional window on the CLARITY Act means waiting until 2030 for crypto market structure rules The legislation cleared the House in July 2025 but has remained gridlocked in the Senate for more than twelve months September 15 marks a crucial procedural vote, though observers doubt final approval before November’s midterm elections Ethics requirements pushed by Democratic lawmakers continue to block progress Bitcoin hovered near $79,000 while the Crypto Fear and Greed Index registered 75, signaling “greed” sentiment Wyoming’s Senator Cynthia Lummis is intensifying pressure on the Senate to advance the CLARITY Act, cautioning that inaction now threatens to freeze crypto regulation efforts for the remainder of the decade.

If the Clarity Act doesn’t pass this Congress, the next real opportunity to bring market structure legislation back up is 2030. That’s years of jobs, investment, and tax revenue we can avoid squandering if we finish this now.

— Senator Cynthia Lummis (@SenLummis) September 6, 2026

In a September 6 statement on X, Lummis emphasized that failing to move the CLARITY Act through the current Congressional session pushes the next viable opportunity for comprehensive market structure legislation all the way to 2030.

“By completing work on this legislation immediately, we prevent the loss of countless opportunities—jobs, investment capital, and government revenue,” Lummis stated.

Understanding the CLARITY Act’s Framework The CLARITY Act aims to eliminate regulatory ambiguity surrounding digital assets across the United States. The legislation establishes clear criteria for determining whether a digital asset qualifies as a security or commodity, while delineating jurisdictional boundaries between the SEC and CFTC for overseeing various asset categories.

Senator Lummis: Failure to Pass the CLARITY Act This Congress Could Delay the Next Opportunity Until 2030

U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis said that if the CLARITY Act does not pass during the current Congress, the next real opportunity to advance market structure legislation may not… pic.twitter.com/jmZzheLTZz

— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) September 7, 2026

After securing House approval in July 2025, the legislation has languished in the Senate chamber for over twelve months without reaching a final floor vote.

The Senate calendar includes a procedural motion scheduled for September 15. However, this vote serves merely to determine whether deliberations can conclude and legislative proceedings can advance—it does not constitute final passage.

Republican Representative French Hill recently acknowledged that “negotiations have progressed to a meaningful stage,” though market watchers identify persistent roadblocks.

Remaining Legislative Roadblocks Democratic lawmakers continue insisting on the incorporation of ethics-related provisions as a prerequisite for their backing. These stipulations remain unresolved.

According to CoinDesk reporting, securing final passage ahead of November’s midterm elections appears virtually impossible. House leadership intends to schedule its concluding vote immediately following Senate action, just days before voters head to the polls.

Congressional terms operate on two-year intervals. Should the legislation fail to advance during the current session, it must be resubmitted entirely in the subsequent Congress, starting the process anew.

Lummis stands among the Senate’s strongest cryptocurrency advocates, having previously championed proposals to incorporate Bitcoin into America’s strategic reserve holdings.

Certain market observers contend that even with legislative postponement, near-term market consequences may prove minimal. Institutional investment has maintained momentum following spot Bitcoin ETF authorizations, while stablecoin regulatory frameworks progress through independent channels.

Current Cryptocurrency Market Conditions Bitcoin was changing hands near $79,000 on September 7, showing a modest 0.03% decline across 24 hours while posting 3.01% gains for the week.

Ethereum traded at $2,506, reflecting a 0.39% increase. Ripple sat at $1.41, experiencing a 0.47% decrease.

The Crypto Fear and Greed Index registered 75, firmly within “greed” parameters.

South Korean Bitcoin exchanges maintained a 1.48% premium, indicating slightly elevated prices compared to worldwide trading platforms.

One billion tokens hit the open market on September 1. Instead of dumping, XRP rallied. The monthly escrow release that once spooked retail traders has become background noise for an asset that just logged its strongest on-chain quarter in years.

Summary

Ripple released 1 billion XRP (worth roughly $1.38 billion) from escrow on September 1, 2026, reducing locked supply to 31.28 billion tokens. XRP climbed 28.5% in August, its best August since 2021, touching $1.70 before settling near $1.42, absorbing the escrow release without flinching. Payment volume on the XRP Ledger surged 521% in a single week in late August, driven by larger institutional-scale transfers rather than retail activity. Spot XRP ETFs, approved in March 2026, pulled in $153.55 million in August alone, with $150.28 million arriving in the final two weeks. RLUSD, Ripple’s stablecoin, crossed $2.32 billion in market cap, cementing its position as the dominant stablecoin on XRPL and a growing force on Ethereum. For eight years, Ripple’s monthly escrow unlock has played out like clockwork. On the first day of every month, the XRP Ledger’s built-in escrow contracts release up to 1 billion XRP into Ripple-controlled wallets. Each time, a wave of anxious posts floods social media. Each time, traders brace for a dump that rarely arrives. And each time, the market moves on.

September 1, 2026, was no different in mechanics. Whale Alert flagged three transactions: 500 million, 400 million, and 100 million XRP, all released from escrow within minutes. The total haul was worth about $1.38 billion at the time. What was different, though, was everything around it.

XRP had just posted its best August in five years. Active addresses on the ledger were at all-time highs. Spot ETFs were pulling in nine-figure inflows. Ripple, freed from its four-year SEC battle, was signing deals with names like Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan. The billion-token release landed in a market that was not scared of it anymore, and for good reason.

This is the story of how the scariest thing about XRP became one of the least interesting.

The anatomy of a billion-token unlock The escrow program dates back to December 2017, when Ripple locked 55 billion XRP into time-based contracts on the XRP Ledger. The idea was straightforward: remove the supply overhang that critics used to argue XRP was centrally controlled. The protocol would release up to 1 billion tokens on the first of each month, and anything Ripple did not sell would go back into escrow at the end of the queue.

Nine years later, the program has released tens of billions of XRP. Ripple’s escrow balance has dropped from 55 billion to 31.28 billion as of the September release, according to crypto.news data on XRPL escrow mechanics. But the net effect on circulating supply has been modest. Ripple typically re-escrows 700 to 900 million XRP each month, leaving only 100 to 300 million for operational use, OTC liquidity deals, or institutional payments.

The math is simple. A billion tokens sound alarming. But when 70 to 90 percent go right back into lockup, the actual supply entering the market is a fraction of the headline number. Historical data backs this up: monthly escrow releases have produced average 7-day price swings of negative 3.1% to positive 1.7%, with 30-day volume bumps of 15 to 22 percent. Not nothing, but not the catastrophic sell events that early critics predicted.

Compare that to traditional equity markets. When a public company’s lockup period expires and insiders can sell, the stock often drops 5 to 15 percent in a single session. XRP’s monthly unlock is milder than a typical IPO lockup expiry. The difference is predictability. Everyone knows when the tokens are coming. Everyone knows how many. And everyone knows Ripple’s historical re-escrow behavior. There is no information asymmetry, which means there is no panic.

What changed in 2025 and 2026 is the market’s understanding of this pattern. Early on, every unlock triggered panic selling by traders who saw a billion-token dump incoming. Now the unlock is priced in, discussed in advance, and absorbed within hours. The September release barely moved the needle. XRP was trading at $1.38 when the tokens unlocked and was at $1.42 five days later.

August’s 28% rally and what powered it To understand why the escrow release landed softly, you need to understand what August looked like for XRP.

The token entered August near $1.10, having spent most of the summer in a grinding consolidation. By mid-August, something shifted. Whale accumulation picked up sharply. Spot ETF inflows, which had been trickling in since the March 2026 approvals, turned into a firehose. And on-chain metrics started flashing signals that had not appeared since the post-settlement euphoria of late 2025.

By August 28, XRP had touched $1.70, a 28.5% gain for the month and its strongest August performance since 2021. Nearly all the momentum arrived in the final two weeks, coinciding with $150.28 million in ETF inflows during that stretch. The total August ETF inflow figure hit $153.55 million, meaning the first half of the month contributed less than $4 million.

The pattern suggests institutional buyers, not retail speculators, drove the move. Retail volume on major exchanges actually declined slightly during the rally. The money came from funds, from ETF creation baskets, and from OTC desks serving institutional clients. That is a fundamentally different kind of buying pressure than the speculative waves that defined previous XRP rallies.

As of September 6, XRP sits near $1.42. It gave back some of the August gains, which is consistent with a historical pattern: in seven of the last eight years, XRP’s September has moved in the opposite direction of its August. Both times August rose, September fell, dropping 14% in 2020 and 19.6% in 2021. Whether that pattern holds this time depends on factors that previous Septembers did not have, including spot ETFs, institutional pipelines, and a Fed meeting on September 15 and 16 with fresh projections.

There is a reasonable argument that the seasonal pattern breaks this year. In 2020 and 2021, XRP had no ETFs, no regulatory clarity, and an active SEC lawsuit hanging over it. The buyers were almost entirely retail. This time, the August rally was driven by ETF creation baskets and OTC institutional flows. That type of capital does not rotate out on a monthly candlestick pattern. It stays because it was allocated with a multi-quarter or multi-year time horizon. The seasonal bears might be right on a short-term pullback, but calling for a 15 to 20 percent September decline requires ignoring every structural change that has happened in the past 12 months.

The 521% payment volume spike, explained On August 26, the XRP Ledger recorded a payment volume surge that grabbed headlines: a 521.1% increase, pushing daily payment volume to roughly 488.4 million XRP. Numbers like that sound transformative. The reality is more nuanced, but still meaningful.

The number of individual payment transactions actually fell 10.5% that day, to around 388,900. What spiked was the size of each transaction. Fewer payments, but each one carrying dramatically more value. This points to institutional or enterprise-scale activity: treasury movements, cross-border settlement batches, or large OTC transfers.

Crypto.news reported that XRP had its best month since the SEC settlement, and the on-chain data supports that framing. Active addresses on the XRP Ledger hit 2.26 million in August, more than double July’s 1.02 million. The 7-day moving average for daily active addresses reached 1.34 million, a new all-time high, surpassing the previous record of 1.22 million set in March 2025.

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— crypto.news (@cryptodotnews) March 31, 2026 Total value locked on the XRP Ledger rose from $32.31 million in July to $44.42 million in August. That figure looks small compared to Ethereum or Solana, but the trajectory matters more than the absolute number. XRPL was never designed to be a DeFi playground. Its core use case is payments, and the payment volume numbers tell a story of growing real-world usage at scale.

The 521% spike was not a sign that XRPL usage sextupled overnight. It was a sign that the entities using the ledger are moving bigger money. And bigger money, in the world of cross-border payments, is precisely what Ripple has been building toward for a decade.

Post-settlement Ripple is a different company On August 11, 2025, the SEC and Ripple Labs jointly dismissed their appeals, ending a legal battle that had consumed both parties since December 2020. Ripple paid $125 million in fines. XRP spiked 11% on the news. But the real impact was not the price jump. It was what happened in the months after.

The settlement preserved a crucial judicial ruling: XRP sold on public exchanges does not qualify as a security. Institutional sales remain subject to securities law, but the secondary market got a clean bill of health. That distinction gave XRP a level of regulatory clarity that most competing tokens still lack, and it opened doors that had been bolted shut for years.

Within months of the settlement, Ripple closed its $1.25 billion acquisition of Hidden Road, creating the first crypto-native global prime brokerage. The deal, announced in April 2025 and closed in October, brought clearing, financing, and multi-asset market access under the Ripple umbrella. Hidden Road, now operating as Ripple Prime, has tripled in size since the acquisition, with client collateral doubling and average daily transactions climbing past 60 million.

Ripple did not stop there. The company went on an acquisition spree, spending roughly $4 billion total on deals including GTreasury, Rail, Standard Custody, and Palisade. It secured conditional approval for a national trust bank. It raised at a $50 billion valuation. This is not the scrappy fintech startup that spent four years fighting the SEC. This is a company building a full-stack financial infrastructure play, and the settlement made all of it possible.

The ETF effect and institutional pipeline When the SEC approved multiple spot XRP ETFs in March 2026, skeptics wondered whether anyone would actually buy them. Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs had the advantage of broad name recognition. XRP was the asset that had been labeled a potential security for years. Would institutional allocators touch it?

The answer came quickly. Within 60 days, cumulative inflows into spot XRP ETFs exceeded $1.5 billion, making them the fastest crypto ETF category to reach that milestone since the Ethereum ETF launch in 2024. Products from Bitwise, 21Shares, and Canary Capital led the pack.

The approval was made possible by two regulatory shifts. The CLARITY Act, which passed in early 2026, provided the legislative framework for digital commodity classification. And the SEC and CFTC jointly classified XRP as a digital commodity under the same framework used for Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETFs. For institutional investors who had been waiting for unambiguous legal status before allocating, the ETF approvals were the green light.

The corporate treasury pipeline also opened. Evernorth now holds $1 billion in XRP reserves. Trident Digital Tech Holdings holds $500 million. Webus International added $300 million. These are not speculative bets by crypto-native funds. These are corporate balance sheet allocations, the kind of money that tends to stay put.

Institutional trading volumes spiked 208% following the settlement and ETF approvals, reaching $12.40 billion. That volume has not retreated much since. The market structure around XRP has shifted from retail-dominated to institutionally anchored, and that shift explains why events like the monthly escrow unlock barely register anymore.

RLUSD and the stablecoin flywheel Ripple’s stablecoin, RLUSD, launched in December 2024. By September 2026, it has reached a $2.32 billion market cap, with $963 million issued on the XRP Ledger and $1.1 billion on Ethereum. For context, it took USDC years to reach that level. RLUSD did it in under two years.

The growth is not accidental. Ripple wired RLUSD directly into its institutional infrastructure. Through Ripple Prime (the rebranded Hidden Road), RLUSD became the first stablecoin to enable cross-margining between digital assets and traditional markets. Institutional clients using Ripple Prime can post RLUSD as collateral for FX, derivatives, and fixed income trades. That is not a crypto use case. That is a capital markets use case, and it explains why the stablecoin is growing so fast.

Transfer volume hit $18.4 billion in Q1 2026 alone, with more than 55% of that activity concentrated in March. RLUSD now holds 88% of all stablecoin liquidity on the XRP Ledger. Partnerships with Mastercard, JPMorgan, OKX, and Ondo Finance have expanded its reach into spot trading, derivatives, and tokenized finance.

The flywheel works like this: more RLUSD adoption means more transaction volume on XRPL, which means more demand for XRP as a bridge asset, which attracts more institutional participants, who bring more RLUSD demand. Each piece reinforces the others. And unlike speculative token demand, stablecoin-driven demand tends to be sticky. Once a treasury operation is built around RLUSD rails, switching costs are high.

The partnership map Ripple’s partnership strategy in 2026 reads like a company that no longer needs to prove it belongs in traditional finance. It is already there.

February 2026 was the landmark month. Deutsche Bank integrated Ripple’s payment infrastructure for cross-border transfers and FX operations. Aviva Investors partnered to tokenize fund structures on the XRP Ledger. Societe Generale’s SG-FORGE launched its euro stablecoin EURCV on XRPL. Zand signed on for stablecoin solutions. Figment expanded custody services.

In July, the next wave arrived: Mastercard, JPMorgan, OKX, and Ondo Finance. Each partnership targets a different piece of the financial stack. Mastercard brings card network integration. JPMorgan brings interbank settlement. OKX brings exchange liquidity. Ondo Finance brings tokenized treasuries.

In Asia, Ripple secured its third Korean partnership with Jeonbuk Bank for cross-border transfers, following deals with K Bank and Kyobo Life Insurance. Ripple Payments now handles more than $15 billion a month through on-demand liquidity, working with over 300 institutions across 55 countries.

The XRP Ledger itself is evolving. Ripple’s FinTech Builder Program supports startups building institutional-grade applications on XRPL, providing structured support from product design through market launch. The ledger has processed 2 million AI-agent payments, a small but growing use case as autonomous agents need fast, cheap settlement rails. When two AI systems need to settle a microtransaction in under four seconds with fees measured in fractions of a cent, the XRP Ledger is one of the few networks that can do it without congestion or fee spikes. Upcoming protocol upgrades include enhanced privacy features, improved programmability, and greater interoperability with other blockchains using zero-knowledge technology, with on-chain lending as a major development focus.

The AI payments angle deserves attention. Ripple Payments handled $1.3 trillion in transactions in Q2 2025 alone, working with more than 300 institutions across 55 countries and moving roughly $15 billion a month through on-demand liquidity. If even a small fraction of AI-agent commerce routes through XRPL over the next two years, the transaction volume numbers will look very different than they do today.

Three conditions analysts say XRP needs for sustained recovery are all being met: regulatory clarity, institutional adoption, and network utility growth. The question is no longer whether XRP has a use case. It is whether the market will price the use case in before or after the next macro catalyst.

Why the escrow narrative died There was a time, not long ago, when Ripple’s escrow program was the single biggest bear case against XRP. Critics argued that 1 billion tokens hitting the market every month created permanent sell pressure. They pointed to Ripple’s balance sheet, which held (and still holds) billions of XRP, as evidence that the company was dumping on retail investors.

That narrative has collapsed for three reasons.

The re-escrow rate has been consistent. Ripple has re-locked 70 to 90 percent of every monthly release for years. The net addition to circulating supply is a fraction of the headline number. In January 2026, Ripple re-escrowed roughly 700 million of the 1 billion released. The pattern has been so consistent that it is now baked into every serious valuation model.

The market grew into the supply. When the escrow program started in 2017, XRP’s total market cap was a fraction of what it is today. A billion-token release represented a meaningful percentage of daily volume. Now, with XRP’s market cap around $82 billion and daily trading volume regularly exceeding $1 billion, the monthly release is proportionally much smaller. The market can absorb it without disruption.

Institutional demand created a floor. ETF creation baskets, corporate treasury allocations, and Ripple Prime’s collateral requirements all create ongoing demand for XRP. That structural demand did not exist in 2018 or 2020 or even 2024. It exists now, and it acts as a sponge for newly unlocked supply.

The escrow unlock is not bullish or bearish. It is a scheduled, predictable, well-understood event in a market that has moved far beyond the point where supply-side scares drive prices. The September 1 release proved it. A billion tokens were unlocked, and XRP went up.

What to watch The next few weeks will determine whether XRP holds its August gains or follows the historical September pattern of giving them back. Here are the signals that matter:

Fed meeting, September 15 to 16. The Federal Reserve’s September meeting includes fresh economic projections and a dot plot update. A dovish shift could fuel risk assets broadly. A hawkish surprise would pressure everything, including XRP.

ETF flow direction. August saw $153.55 million in inflows. If September maintains that pace, XRP likely holds above $1.35. If flows reverse, the $1.20 support level comes into play.

RLUSD market cap trajectory. The stablecoin crossing $2.5 billion would signal continued institutional adoption. A stall or decline would raise questions about the sustainability of the XRPL flywheel.

On-chain activity. Active addresses staying above 1.3 million on a 7-day average would confirm that August was a structural shift, not a temporary spike.

Ripple Prime volume. Hidden Road’s rebranded prime brokerage is processing 60 million daily transactions. Growth in that number is a direct proxy for institutional engagement with the Ripple ecosystem.

October 1 escrow release. Another billion tokens will unlock. The market’s reaction, or lack of reaction, will confirm whether the escrow narrative is truly dead or merely dormant.

Disclaimer: This article is for informational and educational purposes only. It does not constitute financial, investment, or legal advice. Cryptocurrency investments carry significant risk, including the potential loss of principal. Always conduct your own research and consult with a qualified financial advisor before making investment decisions. Published September 7, 2026.

How much XRP did Ripple unlock from escrow on September 1, 2026? Ripple released exactly 1 billion XRP from escrow on September 1, 2026, in three separate transactions of 500 million, 400 million, and 100 million tokens. At the time of release, the tokens were worth approximately $1.38 billion. Ripple’s total escrow balance dropped from 32.28 billion to 31.28 billion XRP as a result.

Does the monthly escrow unlock crash XRP’s price? Historical data shows that monthly escrow releases produce average 7-day price swings of negative 3.1% to positive 1.7%. The September 2026 release had essentially no negative impact, with XRP trading higher five days after the unlock. Ripple typically re-escrows 700 to 900 million XRP each month, so the net supply entering the market is 100 to 300 million tokens, not the full billion.

What are XRP spot ETFs and how much money have they attracted? The SEC approved multiple spot XRP exchange-traded funds in March 2026, including products from Bitwise, 21Shares, and Canary Capital. Within 60 days, cumulative inflows exceeded $1.5 billion. In August 2026 alone, spot XRP ETFs attracted $153.55 million in new investment, with the majority arriving in the final two weeks of the month.

What is RLUSD and why does it matter for XRP? RLUSD is Ripple’s USD-backed stablecoin, launched in December 2024. It has reached a $2.32 billion market cap, with tokens issued on both the XRP Ledger and Ethereum. RLUSD matters because it drives transaction volume on XRPL, creates demand for XRP as a bridge asset, and serves as institutional collateral through Ripple Prime. It holds 88% of all stablecoin liquidity on the XRP Ledger.

How did the Ripple SEC settlement affect XRP? The SEC and Ripple jointly dismissed their appeals in August 2025, ending a legal battle that began in December 2020. Ripple paid $125 million in fines. The settlement preserved a key ruling: XRP sold on public exchanges is not a security. This gave XRP regulatory clarity that most competing tokens lack and opened the door for ETF approvals, corporate treasury allocations, and institutional adoption at scale.

What caused the 521% payment volume surge on the XRP Ledger? On August 26, 2026, payment volume on the XRP Ledger spiked 521.1% to roughly 488.4 million XRP. The surge was driven by larger individual transactions rather than more transactions (the number of payments actually fell 10.5%). This pattern suggests institutional or enterprise-scale activity, such as treasury movements or cross-border settlement batches, rather than a broad increase in retail usage.

What is Ripple Prime and how does it relate to XRP? Ripple Prime is the rebranded Hidden Road, which Ripple acquired for $1.25 billion in 2025. It is the first crypto-native global prime brokerage, offering institutional clients clearing, financing, and access to FX, derivatives, fixed income, and digital asset markets. Hidden Road migrated its post-trade activity to the XRP Ledger and uses RLUSD for cross-margining, creating structural demand for both XRP and RLUSD.

Is XRP a good investment right now? XRP is in a stronger structural position than at any previous point in its history, with regulatory clarity, approved spot ETFs, institutional adoption, and growing network utility. The token trades near $1.42 as of September 6, roughly 57% below its July 2025 cycle high of $3.65. Whether it represents a good investment depends on individual risk tolerance, time horizon, and portfolio allocation strategy. This is educational analysis, not investment advice.

Is XRP a good investment right now? XRP is in a stronger structural position than at any previous point in its history, with regulatory clarity, approved spot ETFs, institutional adoption, and growing network utility. The token trades near $1.42 as of September 6, roughly 57% below its July 2025 cycle high of $3.65. Whether it represents a good investment depends on individual risk tolerance, time horizon, and portfolio allocation strategy. This is educational analysis, not investment advice.

Flap Removes Gatekeeping From Token Market CreationFlap (flap.sh) has rolled out a Permissionless Launch feature on BNB Chain, giving project creators the freedom to design and deploy their own token markets without relying on predefined quote assets. The update marks a meaningful expansion of the platform's toolkit, removing one of the more common friction points for anyone looking to launch a new market on-chain.

Under the new feature, creators can select custom quote tokens when setting up a market. Supported options span real-world assets (RWAs), blue-chip cryptocurrencies, and trending meme tokens, broadening the range of trading pairs that can be built natively on the platform.

Programmable Mechanics for CreatorsBeyond quote token flexibility, the feature ships with a set of programmable controls. Creators can configure dedicated wallets, set dividend distributions, enable token burns, and manage liquidity parameters directly at launch. Together, these tools give teams more direct control over how their token economy is structured from day one.

Flap describes itself as programmable token infrastructure. Instead of one fixed bonding-curve format, creators pick modules such as tax tokens, custom quote assets, and reward mechanics, then assemble a launch from those components. The platform is particularly known for creator revenue sharing and tax token standards.

Flap is backed by Yzi Labs, the venture firm formerly known as Binance Labs. Yzi Labs introduced a $1 billion Builder Fund for projects building on BNB Chain, targeting sectors including trading, RWAs, AI, DeFi, and wallets. That backing places Flap within a well-resourced ecosystem built around the $BNB network.

The platform currently runs on multiple networks, including BNB Chain, X Layer, Monad, and Morph. The Permissionless Launch feature, however, is focused on BNB Chain, where some of the platform's most prominent meme tokens, including Broccoli, Moolah, and Froggie, originated.

The move reflects a broader push across the BNB Chain ecosystem to make token creation more accessible and composable, with infrastructure that can accommodate a wider range of asset types and community-driven projects.

Sources
Flap on BNB Chain DappBay | CoinDesk: YZi Labs $1B BNB Chain Fund | IQ.wiki: Flap Protocol Overview

Zcash (ZEC) has experienced a significant rally, climbing nearly 12% in the past 24 hours to approximately $1,190 as of September 7. The privacy-focused cryptocurrency saw its seven-day gains exceed 45% after briefly reaching an intraday high near $1,250.

ETF inflows drive ZEC momentumThe primary catalyst for Zcash’s upward movement has been the launch of Grayscale’s ZCSH spot ETF. This investment fund, now trading on NYSE Arca since August 25, provides regulated access for US investors seeking direct exposure to ZEC.

By September 4, the ETF had reported net inflows totaling $34.4 million, including $12.6 million on September 2 alone. Since its debut, ZCSH’s net assets have grown to around $463 million, indicating sustained investor interest in the product.

As demand for the ETF increased, ZEC’s price moved decisively through key resistance levels. The token accelerated past the $1,000 mark during the session on September 4, gaining roughly 20% on the day. Continued buying pressure pushed ZEC beyond $1,100 and $1,200 in the following sessions.

Grayscale positioned ZCSH as a way for investors to gain exposure to the theme of financial privacy within a US-listed investment product, connecting mainstream markets with privacy-focused digital assets.

At the same time, interest in Zcash’s privacy technology has grown, supporting the bullish momentum tied to ETF flows.

Leveraged traders have also played a role in the rapid price action. The initial break above $1,000 triggered liquidations of $34 million to $36 million in short positions as traders attempted to bet against the rally. Further short exposure has continued to build even as ZEC prices climbed.

Key liquidation levels and liquidity zonesAccording to data from Coinglass, several liquidity concentrations remain above ZEC’s current price. Notable clusters are present between $1,215 and $1,220, $1,245 and $1,255, as well as $1,265 to $1,280. If the token breaks through these ranges, additional short liquidations could trigger more upward movement as bearish traders close positions.

Below the current trading level, liquidity is reported around $1,165 to $1,170, with larger concentrations found near $1,130 to $1,140 and $1,105 to $1,120. These areas may act as potential support levels should the price retrace.

Mini dictionary: Coinglass, a leading analytics platform that provides real-time data on crypto derivatives, including liquidations, open interest, and funding rates across various exchanges.

On-chain developments and governance updatesZcash’s ongoing NU7 governance process is offering a separate development catalyst. Zcash Labs has set September 14 as the end date for the coinholder vote, during which eligible ZEC holders can participate in deciding on the scope and readiness of the NU7 protocol upgrade.

Eligibility is determined by whether funds were spendable and shielded in the Ironwood pool at the August 24 snapshot date.

Mini dictionary: The Ironwood pool is a Zcash shielded pool that enhances user privacy by allowing fully private transactions between shielded addresses, using advanced cryptography.

ZEC technical analysis and price outlookZEC’s daily chart shows an extended upward move since the start of September, when the price stood around $800. The 20-day exponential moving average has increased to $877.85, while the 50-day EMA sits at $710.60. Longer-term EMAs are lower, at $604.60 for 100 days and $506.00 for 200 days, with the current price maintaining strength above all of them.

Bullish momentum remains supported by these technical indicators. The Chaikin Money Flow indicator is at 0.32, indicating that buying pressure continues to outpace selling pressure even as ZEC cleared the $1,000 milestone.

Bullish daily closes above the $1,249 resistance could set the stage for a move toward $1,300. Should buyers remain in control, the next potential target area could be around $1,400.

On the four-hour chart, ZEC is trading near $1,191 after tapping the upper Bollinger Band at $1,255.16. The middle band has sharply risen to $1,074.21, suggesting that the $1,255 level is a key threshold for continuing the breakout.

The Money Flow Index on the four-hour timeframe is at 62.11, which remains below the overbought level of 80 despite the aggressive upward movement.

Failure to reclaim $1,250 could redirect attention to $1,170, an area highlighted by liquidation heatmaps. A further downside move would put the Bollinger Band midpoint at $1,074 as an important support level, and a drop below this could leave a larger gap closer to $900. As long as the price holds above this midpoint, the bullish short-term structure that began after the breakout above $1,000 is expected to remain intact.

EMA timeframeLevel20-day EMA$877.8550-day EMA$710.60100-day EMA$604.60200-day EMA$506.00

Solana, a major smart contract blockchain known for high throughput, is trading at approximately $106.50 after gaining 3.1% in the past 24 hours. This price recovery moves Solana close to the recent resistance area around $110, following a bounce from lows recorded in August near $75 to $80.

Transaction V1 prepares for mainnet launchSolana is set to introduce its Transaction V1 upgrade on September 9. This upgrade increases the maximum transaction size from 1,232 to 4,096 bytes, allowing developers to process more complex cryptographic operations such as zero-knowledge proofs and larger multisignature transactions within a single transaction.

Transaction V1 will allow 3.3 times more transaction space and can accommodate sophisticated functionalities like ZK proofs, BLS signatures, lengthy multisig processes, and confidential transfers, according to official Solana Foundation guidance.

The Solana Foundation, the organization supporting Solana’s ecosystem, explained that legacy and version 0 transaction formats will remain valid. Developers may select the V1 format only when their applications require larger transactions.

Address lookup tables are omitted from the new V1 format since up to 64 accounts can now be included directly within a transaction. The earlier formats retain their current approach for compatibility.

Testnet activation for Transaction V1 began on September 1 to help developers test and ensure system compatibility. Infrastructure providers are also updating their tools to handle the new transaction type efficiently.

Solana’s RPC clients, indexers, and pipeline applications must recognize and correctly process V1 transactions to prevent errors. Service providers like QuickNode have indicated that projects may require updated SDKs.

Mini dictionary: Zero-knowledge proofs (ZK proofs), a type of cryptographic protocol, enable verification of a statement’s validity without revealing the underlying data. This enhances privacy and scalability in blockchain applications.

Liquidity clusters and technical levelsCurrent technical data highlights two major liquidity concentrations above Solana’s market price. The nearest liquidity band is observed between $115 and $120, just above the recent $110 resistance. Should the price continue rising, reaching this cluster could trigger further volatility or possible reversals.

Liquidity ZonePrice RangeSignificanceNearest Cluster$115 – $120First major overhead liquidity, near recent resistanceLarger Pool$145 – $150Major upside cluster, prior resistance levelKey Support$90.46 – $94.83Main support zone for current structureA more significant liquidity cluster remains further overhead between $145 and $150. This region previously acted as a resistance, suggesting that any move into this area would likely encounter selling or increased volatility.

The liquidation heatmap shows where leveraged positions have built up, with major clusters currently located between $115 to $120 and in the $145 to $150 range. While such clusters do not guarantee price movement, they do outline potential zones for large market reactions.

Wave analysis and support levelsMarket analyst More Crypto Online described Solana as currently trading within a corrective wave 4 structure. Recent price movements exhibit overlapping three-wave patterns after rejecting from the $110 zone.

According to the analyst, the ongoing bounce could carry Solana above its September 3 high, acting as a B-wave, before another C-wave drop completes the correction. The crucial support area remains between $90.46 and $94.83. Sustaining this level is considered essential for a potential fifth wave upward once the correction finishes. A drop below $90.46 might lead to a deeper decline, invalidating the bullish configuration.

Raydium has expanded LaunchLab to support trading between any token pair, with LaunchOnSF’s StonkFun becoming the first integration to use the new system on Solana.

Summary

Raydium LaunchLab now allows newly launched tokens to be paired with any supported quote token on the platform. StonkFun has become the first integration to use the new model after changes to Raydium programs, aggregators and trading terminals. StonkFun said deployment costs have fallen to 0.03 SOL from 0.29 SOL, while liquidity fees can be directed back into liquidity. The upgrade expands LaunchLab more than a year after Raydium introduced the platform following Pump.fun’s move to its own PumpSwap exchange. According to Raydium’s Sept. 7 announcement on X, LaunchLab can now pair a newly launched token with any quote token supported through Raydium, removing the fixed pairing structure used by many token launch platforms. Raydium said the upgrade brings more flexible token pairing, deeper liquidity and lower fees for memecoin trading.

LaunchLab now supports any token pair on Raydium.

The upgrade brings flexible pairing directly to Solana, with deeper liquidity, lower fees, and stronger meme-native trading.@LaunchOnSF is the first integration partner to bring the model live on LaunchLab. pic.twitter.com/c3NFuYCRWI

— Raydium (@Raydium) September 6, 2026 LaunchOnSF confirmed that its StonkFun platform is the first integration partner to bring the feature live. Its team spent the previous week preparing the integration, which required changes across Raydium’s programs, trading terminals and aggregators before custom quote tokens could be supported.

Raydium LaunchLab now supports custom token pairs Under the new system, creators can select the quote token used for a LaunchLab deployment, allowing communities to build markets around assets other than the standard quote tokens commonly used for new Solana launches.

Raydium described the feature as the ability to launch “any token, paired with any quote token.” LaunchOnSF said Raydium updated its programs to accommodate custom quote and reward tokens, while aggregators and trading terminals needed to support routing for the resulting pairs.

The integration covers permissionless deployments, bonding curves and constant product market maker pools. LaunchOnSF said deployment costs through StonkFun have been reduced to 0.03 SOL from 0.29 SOL, while liquidity provider fees can be directed back into liquidity.

Developers do not have to use the StonkFun API to deploy tokens and can construct transactions themselves. LaunchOnSF said the system was built to reduce problems it had encountered with snipers and launches concentrated in a single wallet.

Ahead of the integration, StonkFun reported more than $392 million in total trading volume, including roughly $219 million routed through Raydium. The platform had generated $1.21 million in revenue and distributed more than $5.35 million in rewards to ecosystem holders.

More than $705,000 had been spent on buybacks and burns of its ecosystem token, while another $68,000 went toward buying and burning tokens from its 10 largest ecosystem projects, according to figures published by LaunchOnSF.

LaunchLab followed Pump.fun’s move away from Raydium Raydium first disclosed LaunchLab in March 2025 after Pump.fun began working on its own automated market maker. The platform offered creators different pricing curves and allowed third party interfaces to build on the underlying infrastructure and set their own transaction fees.

Crypto.news previously reported on Raydium’s LaunchLab plans in March 2025. An anonymous Raydium developer said at the time that the product had been under development for several months but had initially been kept on the sidelines while Pump.fun continued using Raydium for liquidity.

LaunchLab officially went live in April 2025, allowing users to create, customize and trade tokens through Raydium. Projects crossing the original 85 SOL threshold were automatically moved into Raydium’s automated market maker.

Raydium introduced customizable bonding curves, no migration cost and a 1% trading fee under the initial model. The protocol said 25% of trading fees collected through LaunchLab would be used to buy back RAY.

More than 10 projects had passed the 85 SOL threshold shortly after LaunchLab opened, while RAY rose roughly 13% following the launch before giving back part of the move.

LaunchLab arrived after Pump.fun changed a relationship that had directed a steady flow of newly created memecoins toward Raydium.

Tokens launched through Pump.fun had historically moved into Raydium liquidity pools after completing their bonding curves. Pump.fun began testing its own automated market maker in February 2025, opening a path for graduated tokens to remain inside its own trading infrastructure.

PumpSwap ended Pump.fun’s reliance on Raydium Pump.fun formally moved away from the previous setup when it launched the PumpSwap DEX in March 2025.

Built around a constant product automated market maker similar to Raydium v4 and Uniswap v2, PumpSwap allowed tokens completing Pump.fun bonding curves to migrate directly to its own liquidity pools. Users could create pools, provide liquidity and trade tokens without sending graduated launches to Raydium.

PumpSwap introduced instant migrations and removed the six SOL migration fee previously associated with the process. The platform initially charged 0.25% on trades, allocating 0.20% to liquidity providers and 0.05% to the protocol.

Trading activity climbed quickly. PumpSwap captured 21% of Solana DEX trading about a week after launch, with cumulative volume exceeding $1.2 billion. Raydium remained ahead with a 57.4% share at the time.

By March 30, PumpSwap had recorded $2.43 billion in volume, alongside $5.4 million in protocol fees, around 700,000 active wallets and 30.59 million swaps. Raydium accounted for 74% of Solana DEX volume on that date, compared with PumpSwap’s 8%.

Raydium had entered the contest from a strong position in memecoin trading. A CEX.io report showed its memecoin volume share rising from 77% to 83% during the first quarter of 2025.

Pump.fun was responsible for more than half of daily SPL token creation at the time, with tokens previously flowing into Raydium after meeting Pump.fun’s graduation requirements. That pipeline changed once PumpSwap began taking the migrations directly.

Raydium remains a major Solana trading venue Despite heavier competition among Solana exchanges and launchpads, Raydium has remained one of the network’s largest execution venues.

Across 2025, the protocol processed $352.8 billion in execution layer DEX volume. Meteora followed with $113.7 billion, while Orca and SolFi recorded $103.9 billion and $97.9 billion, respectively.

More recent activity has remained spread across several Solana venues. On Aug. 21, 2026, Solana generated approximately $2.8 billion in daily decentralized exchange spot volume. PumpSwap processed roughly $485 million, followed by BisonFi at $466 million, Orca at $307 million, Raydium at $260 million and Manifest at $218 million.

The five platforms together accounted for approximately $1.74 billion of the network’s daily total.

LaunchLab’s latest update changes the type of markets that can be created through Raydium’s launch infrastructure. Instead of requiring creators to launch against a predetermined quote asset, StonkFun deployments can select another supported token and carry that pairing through the bonding curve and subsequent liquidity setup.

Raydium ecosystem contributor Infra said the structure lets a community pair a meme token with another asset its users already follow and use the same asset for rewards. LaunchOnSF became the first partner to put that model into production through StonkFun following the Sept. 7 rollout.

BlackRock has found a way to solve one of crypto’s most persistent identity crises: what do you do when you’re sitting on a mountain of Bitcoin but want the comfort of a brokerage account? You swap it, directly, for shares of the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), no sale required.

The firm’s in-kind conversion program has quietly processed over $5 billion in direct Bitcoin-to-IBIT swaps as of August 2026. That figure was sitting at roughly $3 billion back in October 2025, meaning the pipeline has grown by more than 60% in less than a year.

The $1 million door just opened wider The acceleration traces back to a single decision made in July 2026. BlackRock slashed the minimum transaction size for in-kind conversions from $25 million down to $1 million.

At the old threshold, the program was essentially a velvet-rope affair for the ultra-wealthy and institutional holders. A $25 million floor meant you needed to be holding roughly 250 Bitcoin (give or take, depending on price) just to walk through the door. The new $1 million minimum opens the program to a much broader class of high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and smaller funds.

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The mechanics work through authorized participants, the intermediaries that create and redeem ETF shares. A Bitcoin holder delivers their coins to the authorized participant, who in turn delivers them to the trust and issues IBIT shares back to the holder. No sale hits the market. No immediate capital gains tax event gets triggered.

Why whales are biting Self-custody at scale is genuinely difficult. Hardware wallets, multisig setups, seed phrase management, inheritance planning: all of these become exponentially more stressful when the number after the dollar sign has seven or eight digits. A single operational error can mean permanent, irreversible loss.

By converting into IBIT shares, holders get their Bitcoin exposure wrapped inside the familiar infrastructure of Wall Street. Custodial risk shifts to Coinbase (IBIT’s custodian) and the broader ETF ecosystem. The shares sit in a standard brokerage account, show up on consolidated wealth statements, and can be margined, lent, or used as collateral just like any other security.

Robbie Mitchnick, BlackRock’s head of digital assets, has pointed to the growth potential of this market segment as the accessibility barriers continue falling.

IBIT’s gravitational pull IBIT remains the largest US spot Bitcoin ETF by both assets under management and flows, and the in-kind conversion program is widening that lead.

Every Bitcoin that flows into the trust through a direct swap adds to IBIT’s asset base without requiring a cash purchase on the open market. Cash creations, where an authorized participant buys Bitcoin on the market and delivers it to the trust, can move prices. In-kind creations simply transfer existing coins from one owner to the trust, which is price-neutral in the immediate term but still grows the fund’s footprint.

Other ETF issuers are exploring similar in-kind conversion options, but BlackRock’s distribution network gives it a structural advantage. The firm manages over $10 trillion in total assets across its platform, which means it already has relationships with the advisors, family offices, and institutions most likely to facilitate these conversions.

Tax strategy meets asset management When a Bitcoin holder sells their coins on an exchange, they realize a capital gain (or loss) at the moment of sale. The in-kind swap structure sidesteps this by treating the transaction as a like-kind exchange rather than a sale, deferring the tax liability into the future.

This isn’t a permanent tax avoidance strategy. The holder’s cost basis in the original Bitcoin carries over to the IBIT shares, so the tax bill comes due eventually, presumably when the shares are sold. But the ability to defer that event indefinitely, or until a more tax-efficient moment arises, is enormously valuable for wealth planning purposes.

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In brief Ripple struck a multi-year deal with the University of Florida to feature the XRP logo on the field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, plus digital properties and signage, alongside a commitment to fund financial and technology education for student-athletes. It's Ripple's latest college-sports play, following a deal earlier this year to put the XRP logo on Kansas Jayhawks basketball jerseys. The branding push comes as XRP trades around $1.41—up 34.9% over 30 days but down 49.8% on the year. Ripple is taking its crypto-in-college-sports playbook to the Swamp, striking a multi-year marketing deal with the University of Florida that will splash the XRP logo across the field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium starting this football season.

Florida Athletics announced the deal Friday, saying the XRP branding will appear on the field as well as on digital properties and event signage in Gainesville.

Myriad: Where does XRP price go next? Click to make your prediction.Beyond the marketing, Ripple committed to supporting financial and technology education for Florida student-athletes and the broader campus community, spanning both traditional finance and digital assets. Terms weren't disclosed.

"Florida has a long history of embracing innovation and technology to enhance the experience of our fans and advance our programs," University of Florida Director of Athletics Scott Stricklin said in a statement. "Ripple has established itself as an innovative leader in financial technology, and we're excited to welcome XRP to Gator Nation."

The Gators deal marks Ripple's latest push into college athletics. The company previously struck a multi-year agreement earlier this year to place the XRP logo on the University of Kansas Jayhawks' basketball jerseys, an unusual foray for a crypto brand into the marketing real estate of major college programs.

The branding blitz comes as XRP's price has held steady without much fireworks. The token traded around $1.41 on Friday, up 0.6% over 24 hours, according to CoinGecko, leaving it up about 34.9% over the past 30 days but still down roughly 49.8% over the past year.

Spot XRP ETF demand, a recent tailwind, has cooled: flows were essentially flat on Sept. 4, and as Decrypt reported, the funds recently ended an inflow streak. Decrypt's XRP ETF tracker now reads XRP sentiment as "neutral," though cumulative net inflows still stand at about $1.6 billion.

The sponsorships arrive as Ripple leans into mainstream visibility, having spent years building out its payments, custody, and treasury business and recently rolling out its RLUSD stablecoin.

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The escalating conflict on X between the affected team and former Ripple developers shows that the recent large-scale wallet drain did not come as a surprise to experts.

On Sept. 3, 2026, an incident involving the mobile wallets of XRP Healthcare, formerly known as XRPayNet, occurred within the XRPL ecosystem. In just three hours, the attackers drained the balances of thousands of users, stealing approximately 267,000 XRP and millions of related tokens, which were quickly transferred to the Ethereum network.

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Forensic analysis uncovered a critical bug: users' private seed phrases were sent to a server when staking features were activated. 

Against this backdrop, developer BiasGoose stated that the incident was "not news to me," as he had previously rejected grant applications from the team.

While developers search for the stolen coins, former Ripple devs look back at the project's past sinsAs it turned out, former Ripple employees had blacklisted the project long ago. According to BiasGoose, the Uganda-linked medical initiative had shown signs of fraud from the outset. Its creators had been caught "blatantly lying about partnerships in their application" to secure funding and generate artificial hype. 

The developer stressed that the product did not need its own token at all: "whatever it was didn't need a token."

Security experts Hazard Cookie, formerly of Ripple, and Matt Hamilton confirmed that auditors had been documenting the project's architectural risks for years. The community also remembers the team as scammers who were "kicked to the curb as known scammers" during previous market cycles between 2022 and 2024.

Yup was all red flags when I spoke to them before as XRPayNet.

— Matt Hamilton (@HammerToe) September 6, 2026 In response to the criticism, the project team released an official statement confirming the hack. Platform representatives said developers were already conducting an urgent investigation, fully tracing the transactions on the blockchain and coordinating with relevant authorities to freeze and recover the assets.

XRP Healthcare's public response to criticism regarding their wallet security incident. Source: XRP Healthcare via X.comAt the same time, they accused the former Ripple developers of unethical behavior, saying that they had put their own names and money at stake while their opponents merely mocked the risks taken by others. According to the affected team, publicly celebrating the misfortune of colleagues is "genuinely pathetic," and they had expected "far more character" from industry veterans.

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At press time, the discussion on X had stalled after a harsh response from BiasGoose, who shot back that, unlike the creators of the hacked application, he "never took risks with other people's money, my guy."

While the project team attempts to trace the stolen funds and former Ripple employees point to years-old audits, the crypto community is left to assess the arguments from both sides: was this a tragic developer error or the predictable outcome of a project whose red flags had been ignored for years?

TLDR: Bitmine added 53,501 ETH through Aug. 30, lifting its disclosed Ethereum treasury to 5.9 million tokens. More than 5.06 million ETH are staked at a 2.67% annualized yield, creating a powerful rewards engine. A modeled year of staking could generate about 135,000 ETH, nearly matching Bitmine’s remaining gap. An additional 51,000 ETH purchase would cut the shortfall to about 83,000 tokens under Bitmine’s benchmark. Bitmine is still expanding its Ethereum treasury even as staking rewards move the company closer to its stated goal of owning 5% of the ETH supply. The Nasdaq-listed treasury company bought 53,501 ETH in the week through Aug. 30, raising its officially disclosed holdings to 5.9 million tokens. 

Of that total, Bitmine had already staked 5,067,309 ETH at an annualized seven-day yield of 2.67%. Meanwhile, on-chain data indicates that the company may have resumed buying almost immediately after the reported period ended. The staking base itself now produces a material stream of new ETH under the disclosed yield, changing the arithmetic behind the target.

Bitmine Adds 53,501 ETH as Staking Base Expands On Sept. 1, blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain said wallets linked to Bitmine appeared to acquire another 51,000 ETH from FalconX and BitGo. The transaction carried an estimated value of about $126 million.

Bitmine had not formally confirmed that acquisition in its latest corporate disclosure. Therefore, the transfer remains separate from the company’s official 5.9 million ETH balance. If the attribution proves correct, and the transfer represents an incremental purchase, Bitmine would hold roughly 5.95 million ETH.

That would move it considerably closer to the 5% ownership target. Using Bitmine’s own benchmark of 120.7 million ETH in circulation, a 5% position would require about 6.035 million tokens. Against its disclosed holdings, the company remains about 134,000 ETH short of that threshold.

Bitmine’s large staking position could reduce that shortfall without requiring an equal amount of direct buying. The company had 5,067,309 ETH staked as of Aug. 30. If that balance and the disclosed 2.67% yield remained constant, the stake would generate roughly 135,000 ETH over a modeled year. 

That amount nearly matches the gap between Bitmine’s official holdings and its stated ownership target. Under flat-supply and fixed-yield assumptions, the company would need to retain nearly 99% of one year’s modeled rewards.

If the additional 51,000 ETH acquisition is confirmed, the remaining gap would fall to about 83,000 tokens. Under the same assumptions, roughly 61% of the modeled annual staking rewards would cover that difference.

Tom Lee Links Regulation With Crypto Adoption Outlook Bitmine chairman and Fundstrat managing partner Tom Lee has also tied the next phase of crypto adoption to U.S. regulation. During Monday’s Global Money Talk, Lee said the CLARITY Act could “open up the floodgates” for institutional adoption.

He said the current U.S. framework remains fragmented across states and argued that one federal agency should oversee the market. Lee pointed to Japan and Russia as countries that have moved toward broader national frameworks.

He also cited Ethereum’s sharp outperformance against memory stocks as evidence that investors have started positioning for another phase of crypto adoption. Russia, meanwhile, approved its first comprehensive digital asset legislation, allowing exchanges, depositories, and other providers to operate from Sept. 1.

It also caps annual retail purchases at about $3,800 through a licensed intermediary and gives digital-asset holders judicial protection. At the time of writing, Ethereum trades at $2,490.35, up 0.57% over 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap.

Its market capitalization stands at $303.88 billion, while daily volume has risen 39.68% to $10.32 billion. The volume-to-market-cap ratio stands at 3.39%. CoinMarketCap’s chart shows ETH rose above $2,520 before retreating toward $2,490, while prices briefly fell near $2,478.

Ethereum’s circulating and total supply currently stand at 122.02 million ETH, with no fixed maximum supply.

Chainlink (LINK) is gaining renewed bullish momentum as buyers defend the recent price breakout and key resistance levels come into view. The altcoin, a decentralized oracle network enabling smart contracts to securely connect with real-world data, continues to attract attention due to improved market activity, positive technical signals, and strengthening adoption within its ecosystem.

LINK Rally Gathers PaceAt press time, LINK was trading at $12.32 with a 24-hour trading volume of $360 million and a market capitalization of $9.2 billion. The token has risen 4.78% in the last 24 hours, reflecting growing investor confidence and heightened interest among both spot and derivatives traders.

Investor Jordan, a prominent crypto analyst, indicated that LINK is now approaching a critical resistance zone. Traders are observing whether bullish momentum can push the token and close above the $12 resistance. Consolidation is expected in the short term, but a successful breakthrough above $12 could unlock stronger gains, with $15 as the next target and $20 as a more optimistic milestone.

Clearing the $12 level with sustained buying pressure could open the path for LINK to rally toward $15, with $20 seen as an ambitious objective in a robust upward trend.

If LINK overcomes resistance and maintains momentum, analysts expect broader market confidence to increase, potentially making the fourth quarter eventful for Chainlink with high volatility and stronger participation.

Volume and Technical Indicators Point to StrengthMarket data shows notable growth in trading activity. LINK’s 24-hour trading volume jumped 25.02% to $503.90 million, while open interest advanced 8.26% to $696.89 million, suggesting deeper involvement from derivatives traders and a more active market environment.

Technical analysis based on TradingView data reveals that LINK has broken out of its prolonged consolidation range between $7.20 and $8.50. The Bollinger Bands have widened, with the price rising to $12.29 and maintaining levels above the 20-day moving average of $11.39. LINK is currently pressing against upper resistance at $12.59, while the predominant trend remains positive.

MetricPreviousCurrentPrice$11.76$12.3224h Volume$403 million$503.90 millionOpen Interest$644 million$696.89 millionThe Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator signals a brief pause in momentum as the histogram remains slightly negative at -0.01822, but both MACD lines are positioned well above zero, indicating an ongoing upward trend with potential for additional gains.

Analysts link LINK’s upward trajectory to broader improvements in the crypto market, as Bitcoin has also started to rise, providing further support to altcoins.

Chainlink announced that FRNT, the stablecoin issued by Wyoming, has integrated Chainlink Proof of Reserve to publish on-chain data about the assets backing the token. FRNT is now the first stablecoin from a US publicly owned entity to offer real-time reserve transparency through the Chainlink platform. This new system provides added visibility and accountability, establishing a use case for blockchain-based public accounting in government-issued digital currency.

Chainlink stated that this integration not only meets but exceeds requirements set by the GENIUS Act, a regulatory framework for digital assets, and could influence other regulated stablecoin providers to adopt similar solutions.

Mini dictionary: Chainlink Proof of Reserve, an on-chain audit mechanism, allows blockchain-based assets like stablecoins to publicly and verifiably share data about underlying reserves, ensuring transparency and increasing trust among users and regulators.

LINK price is now facing a crucial resistance level. A breakout above $12, with supportive volume and buying interest, could trigger a move toward $15 or $20. However, failure to overcome resistance may see the token enter another consolidation phase.

FRNT’s adoption of Chainlink Proof of Reserve marks the first time an American publicly owned entity has provided real-time reserve disclosure on chain, offering a new model for transparency in the stablecoin sector.

South Korea is preparing what appears to be one of the most progressive official programs yet to put conventional capital-market products onto blockchain rails. On September 4, 2026, the Financial Services Commission presented a staged policy roadmap for tokenized securities after a public-private council meeting at the Korea Securities Depository.

The plan is not a one-day switch of the whole market.

It is a legal and operational build-out that begins when amended electronic-registration rules take effect on February 4, 2027, and then widens if early results hold.

The regulator’s notice is explicit about scope. Tokenized instruments will be treated as digitized securities, not as a separate crypto class sitting outside capital-markets law.

Brokerages and the depository are expected to build the issuance and account infrastructure together.

The first wave is deliberately narrow: privately pooled money-market funds and privately placed corporate bonds limited to institutions; unlisted shares tokenized through a trust, so the underlying electronic security remains in the existing registry while investors hold tokenized beneficial interests; and publicly offered fractional-investment products.

Listed exchange stocks are not in that first basket.

Officials instead signaled pilot work with the Korea Exchange, drawing on experiments already discussed at venues such as the NYSE and Nasdaq.

Phase two would open the same machinery to publicly offered securities more broadly.

Phase three is the most far-reaching: an on-chain payment layer that could settle tokenized stocks, bonds, and funds with stablecoins. That last step is not automatic.

The commission said later phases will depend on first-phase performance, how quickly market firms adopt the technology, and whether pending stablecoin legislation moves.

In other words, Seoul wants a single digital market that can cover issuance, trading, clearing, settlement, and the exercise of investor rights, but it is sequencing risk rather than declaring an overnight migration.

Avalanche entered the story the same day.

The network’s official account said the Financial Services Commission and Korea Securities Depository were laying the groundwork to bring stocks, bonds, and funds on-chain, “powered by Avalanche.”

That framing has circulated widely because Avalanche already has Korean institutional footprints in adjacent work: a won-backed stablecoin proof of concept, payments experiments with NHN KCP, and tokenized trade-receivables activity involving POSCO International on an Avalanche-based layer.

Those projects help explain why the network positioned itself as infrastructure for a national tokenization push.

They do not, however, appear in the commission’s own press text, which names no public chain.

The careful reading is therefore dual: Korea has a government roadmap for tokenized capital markets, and Avalanche is publicly claiming a central technical role based on its local partnerships, not on an exclusive designation printed in the FSC notice.

That distinction matters for market participants.

If the depository screens distributed ledger connections firm by firm, more than one network could theoretically plug into the same legal wrapper.

Avalanche’s wager is that custom Layer-1s, institutional validators, and existing Korean pilots give it an early operating advantage when February 2027 arrives.

The state’s wager is different: use distributed ledgers to modernize post-trade plumbing without abandoning investor-protection rules already written for securities.

Implementation now shifts to the unglamorous work. Subordinate rules are slated for late September 2026.

Securities firms must connect new ledgers to the depository.

Retail limits, pooling standards for fractional products, and OTC trading guidelines still have to be finalized. The prize, if the three phases hold, is a regulated market in which traditional Korean instruments can be issued and, eventually, settled on-chain.

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There is no dedicated spot ETF for Shiba Inu in the United States yet, but while it waits for this milestone, it expands its footprint through a European exchange-traded product, regulated access in Japan, and newly available futures exposure in Canada.

Mazrael, a longstanding Shiba Inu community member, noted this fact in response to a question about the current status of a Shiba Inu ETF.

Good question. Where SHIB actually stands:

🇺🇸 US T. Rowe Price's TKNZ (NYSE Arca) was SEC-approved June 2026. Actively managed basket, 5–15 assets. SHIB is one of 18 named eligible assets in the July prospectus.

🇪🇺 Europe Valour SHIB ETP is live and tradeable: ticker 1VBS, ISIN…

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— Mazrael.shib (@Mazrael_shib) September 5, 2026 Mazrael said that while SHIB doesn't have an ETF yet, it is "well on track." He cited various developments as evidence that Shiba Inu is on the right road despite the lack of a dedicated ETF.

Shiba Inu well on trackMazrael highlighted that Shiba Inu was among eligible assets named in the prospectus of T. Rowe Price's TKNZ, which the SEC approved in June 2026. According to T. Rowe Price's S-1 filing, the ETF could hold several cryptocurrencies but will not hold all of these assets at once. Under normal circumstances, the ETF plans to maintain between five and fifteen crypto assets at a time, using an active management strategy rather than tracking a single token or passively following a benchmark.

The T. Rowe Price ETF launched with eight coins excluding SHIB: Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Chain, Solana, XRP, Chainlink, Dogecoin, and Cardano.

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In a separate development, Laser Digital Japan, the Japanese entity of Nomura's digital assets subsidiary, Laser Digital, announced in August that it had completed its registration and was authorized to operate as a crypto asset exchange service provider under Japan's Payment Services Act. The development could boost Shiba Inu's status in Japan, as it is among the six crypto assets listed by the exchange.

In Europe, Valour SHIB ETP has launched and is tradable. In another development, Coinbase introduced regulated crypto futures trading to eligible Canadian clients through its CFTC-registered futures arm. The offering includes 23 crypto futures contracts; among them is Shiba Inu (SHIB).

Mazrael sums up these developments, saying, "One live ETP in Europe, one approved US ETF that can hold it, regulated spot access in Japan. Doge got its dedicated spot ETFs first. SHIB's route in was the commodity classification. Oh, and futures that just opened in Canada. No ETF yet. But well on track."

WOO X, the crypto trading platform acquired by FusionX Digital late last year, is facing mounting user complaints over withdrawals that have been stuck in limbo for days. On-chain investigator ZachXBT amplified the concerns on September 6, drawing attention to a pattern of transactions frozen in “pending” or “processing” status for more than three days, with some reportedly canceled outright.

The timing is, to put it mildly, not great. FusionX Digital is linked to Sheldon Xia, the founder of BitMart, an exchange that announced on July 26 it would cease operations and restructure. BitMart users were left unable to access their funds. Now a platform under the same ownership umbrella is exhibiting eerily similar symptoms.

What users are experiencing ZachXBT’s alert highlighted an increasing volume of complaints from verified WOO X users, painting a picture of an exchange where getting money out has become unreliable.

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WOO X eventually responded later on September 6, acknowledging the situation publicly. The platform said it was investigating individual cases and evaluating its systems. It attributed some delays to manual review processes and ongoing blockchain processing.

The exchange encouraged affected users to reach out to official support channels with transaction details. It also warned users not to share account credentials.

No timeline was provided for resolution. No specifics were offered about the security of user funds.

The FusionX Digital and BitMart connection WOO X changed hands in the fourth quarter of 2025 when FusionX Digital completed its acquisition. FusionX Digital’s ties to Sheldon Xia connect WOO X to a lineage that now includes a failed exchange.

BitMart suffered a roughly $200M hack back in December 2021. The July 2026 announcement that BitMart would cease operations and restructure left users who had funds on the platform locked out.

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TLDR: HYPE price holds near $85.45 after BHYP added $10.5 million in tokens, ending a four-day pause in purchases by Bitwise clients. Bitwise has accumulated $166.3 million in HYPE since BHYP launched, making the fund the largest HYPE ETF by reported size. Hyperliquid bought and burned 9,730 HYPE worth about $829,500 in one day, extending lifetime burns to 48.42 million tokens. The ETF purchase adds regulated spot demand, while fee-funded burns permanently shrink supply and leave $88.06 as nearby resistance. HYPE price traded near $85.45 as Bitwise clients resumed purchases through the BHYP fund. The product added $10.5 million in HYPE on Friday after recording no purchases for four consecutive days. Arkham data identifies the transaction as BHYP’s largest daily addition since a $23.2 million purchase on August 27.

Total acquisitions have now reached $166.3 million since launch, placing BHYP above rival HYPE products by size. Meanwhile, Hyperliquid bought and burned 9,730 HYPE worth about $829,500 within 24 hours. The two flows pair renewed regulated demand with a steady reduction in the token’s available supply during market strength.

Hyperliquid (HYPE) Price HYPE Price Finds Support From Bitwise ETF Accumulation BHYP’s renewed activity ends a brief pause that followed several weeks of institutional accumulation. Friday’s $10.5 million purchase represents about 123,000 HYPE at prices near $85.27. The estimate shows the scale of demand entering through one regulated product.

Bitwise launched the spot Hyperliquid ETF in May, offering investors indirect exposure to the Hyperliquid token. The fund also stakes a large portion of its holdings through Bitwise’s internal infrastructure. Staking can add token rewards, although the structure carries operational, liquidity and slashing risks.

Arkham’s figures place cumulative purchases at $166.3 million since launch. That total makes BHYP the largest HYPE ETF by reported size. It also signals that the four-day buying gap did not mark a clear end to client demand.

BITWISE IS BUYING HYPE AGAIN

Bitwise’s BHYP clients didn’t buy any HYPE for 4 days straight. On Friday they bought $10.5M, the biggest day for BHYP since buying $23.2M on August 27.

Bitwise has now bought $166.3M since launch, making it the LARGEST HYPE ETF. pic.twitter.com/l8J01rwinf

— Arkham (@arkham) September 5, 2026

The purchase came while HYPE price held near the upper end of its recent range. Market data placed HYPE price near $85.45, up about 1.5% over 24 hours. HYPE also traded roughly 3% below its $88.06 record, reached on September 3.

Friday’s session ranged from about $83.73 to $86.15. Buyers therefore absorbed weakness below $84 before lifting the token back above $85. Immediate resistance sits near $86.15, followed by the record zone between $87.66 and $88.06.

A sustained move above that area would establish fresh price discovery. Conversely, weakness below $83.70 could expose the September 2 area near $80.25. The ETF purchase offers measurable spot demand, but HYPE price direction still depends on broader trading flows.

Hyperliquid Burns $830,000 While Token Supply Contracts Onchain Lens data shows Hyperliquid acquired and burned 9,730 HYPE during the latest 24-hour period. The tokens carried an average purchase price of $85.27 and a combined value near $829,500. Network documentation states that the assistance fund permanently removes all HYPE from both circulating and total supply.

Lifetime burns have reached 48.42 million HYPE, based on the tracker. At the current HYPE price, those tokens would carry a market value near $4.14 billion. The removed amount equals about 4.84% of the original one-billion-token maximum supply.

HYPERLIQUID BURNS $830K HYPE IN 24 HOURS

Hyperliquid bought and burned 9.73K $HYPE (~$829.5K) over the past 24 hours at an $85.27 average price.

Lifetime:

· 48.42M $HYPE burned
· ~$4.14B at current value
· 4.84% of max supply permanently removed pic.twitter.com/SsqxWR2wRt

— Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens) September 6, 2026

This mechanism links activity on Hyperliquid with recurring market purchases. Trading fees support assistance-fund buying, while each burn reduces the number of issued tokens. Higher platform activity can therefore increase the pace of purchases without creating a fixed schedule.

The latest daily burn is small beside the token’s circulating supply. Still, repeated removals can matter over longer market periods, particularly when ETF demand absorbs additional coins. Friday’s BHYP purchase was almost 13 times larger than the reported 24-hour burn in dollar terms.

The current setup shows two verifiable flows operating together. BHYP provides regulated accumulation, while Hyperliquid’s fee mechanism removes token supply permanently.

The latest burn alone does not automatically raise market valuation because demand, liquidity and broader risk appetite also shape trading. BHYP shares also differ from direct token ownership and carry product-specific fees and risks.

HYPE price now sits between nearby support and its recent record. A break above $88.06 would confirm that buyers have cleared the latest supply area. Holding above $83.70 would preserve the short-term rebound structure established after Friday’s intraday decline.

Hyperliquid [HYPE] is heading into a major supply event, with core contributors set to receive another large chunk of HYPE tokens.

According to the Tokenomist data, on the 6th of September, contributors released just 0.19%, worth $36.56 million, far below the intended 2.32% scheduled allocation.

This gap matters because Hyperliquid faces another 9.92 million HYPE release on the 6th of October, valued near $860 million, representing nearly 3.9–4.5% of the circulating supply.

Needless to say, this creates a substantial risk of dilution if contributors claim and sell heavily.

Source: Tokenomist Moreover, the price of these new tokens is significantly larger than the average daily spot volume. Essentially, this means heavy distributions could cause a tremendous decrease in market liquidity, ultimately putting downward pressure on the price.

However, the September scheduled supply may not reach markets immediately. Therefore, contributor wallet activity will help determine if the 6th of October token distribution causes true selling pressure or another small token distribution.

Bitwise adds $10.5M in HYPE demand While October introduces a potential supply increase, institutional demand is already building another side of HYPE’s liquidity equation. After four days without purchases, Bitwise’s BHYP clients bought $10.5 million in HYPE on on the 4th of September.

With each purchase averaging approximately $85 per token, this totals approximately 123,500 HYPE. Cumulative purchases by the BHYP investor base total $166.3 million.

As such, however, the $10.5 million spent on HYPE by BHYP investors on Friday equates to less than one percent of the 9.92 million tokens set to be unlocked as part of Hype’s October schedule.

Source: Arkham The difference here illustrates how BHYP cannot handle the headline unlock by itself should heavy contributions from participants occur. However, continued institutional demand will likely create softer incremental selling rather than eliminating it.

Furthermore, BHYP inflows would strengthen that buffer, while stalled purchases would leave market liquidity carrying more of the burden.

HYPE burns add another layer of demand The demand supporting HYPE extends beyond outside buyers. This is because Hyperliquid’s trading activity also creates continuous token purchases.

In the last 24 hours, $859,500 in fees generated $823,800 in HYPE-directed revenue as of writing. In turn, this funded purchases of 9,730 tokens.

Those tokens, worth $829,500, were bought near $85.27 before being permanently burned. This mechanism matters because every burn removes purchased HYPE rather than simply shifting tokens between holders.

Source: OnChain Lens According to OnChain Lens, lifetime removals of HYPE have reached 48.42 million HYPE. This accounts for only 4.84% of the 1 billion max HYPE token limit. Although current burns cannot match major unlocks anytime soon, they do continually lower the available pool of HYPE tokens over time.

Thus, increasing trade volume could provide a faster way for HYPE to continue growing internal demand by institutions.

Final Summary Hyperliquid [HYPE] faces a 9.92 million-token October unlock, with actual contributor claims determining the scale of supply pressure. Bitwise demand and Hyperliquid burns provide absorption but remain too small to offset heavy contributor distribution alone.

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A major bundled fix amendment is scheduled to activate on the XRP Ledger mainnet in the next five days if validator support remains above the required threshold. According to XRPscan data, fixCleanup3_3_0 is scheduled for September 11 mainnet activation if it holds 80% support for a 14-day window.

XRP Ledger's amendment system uses a consensus process to approve changes that affect transaction processing. Fully functional transaction processing changes are introduced as amendments; validators then vote on these changes. If an amendment receives more than 80% support for two weeks, it passes, and the change applies permanently to all subsequent ledger versions.

The fixCleanup3_3_0 amendment was introduced in the XRPL software version release 3.3.0, launched in August, and is designed to strengthen several features across the network.

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XRP Ledger overhaul continuesThe fixCleanup3_3_0 amendment is a collection of fixes for Single Asset Vaults, the Lending Protocol, Automated Market Makers, the permissioned DEX, Checks, and pseudo-accounts, with 11 changes outlined.

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These include a fix to hybrid offers being removed from the open order book when the account that placed them loses access to the permissioned domain, and Automated Market Maker liquidity being included in quality estimates for permissioned DEX order books. The upgrade will also add further precision and rounding fixes for Single Asset Vaults and the Lending Protocol, which are currently in voting.

fixCleanup3_3_0 follows previous fix upgrades fixCleanup3_1_3 and fixCleanup3_2_0, which were activated on the XRPL mainnet in May and July, respectively. The fixCleanup3_1_3 amendment marked a collection of fixes for NFTs, Permissioned Domains, Vaults, and the Lending Protocol, while fixCleanup3_2_0 included fixes for Single Asset Vaults, the Lending Protocol, the permissioned DEX, Multi-Purpose Tokens, and permissioned domains.

The fixCleanup3_3_0 amendment gained 82.86% support, with 29 Yes votes out of 35, and is currently holding this threshold, with the potential for its activation in days.

XRP price traded near $1.42 on Sunday, gaining 0.71% as cryptocurrency markets steadied after a volatile week.

Bitcoin price hovered at around $79,973, and Ethereum was at $2,499 as the market awaits the FOMC meeting on September 15-16th.

Nevertheless, XRP remained vulnerable to Washington politics with another Senate postponement of the CLARITY Act.

The legislation could define regulatory roles for the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

CLARITY Act Delay Extends Regulatory Uncertainty Senators postponed action before recess after lawmakers failed to settle several political and policy disagreements.

The Senate returns September 14, leaving lawmakers a narrow window before election campaigning further limits available floor time.

Any procedural cloture vote would require 60 senators, making bipartisan support essential for the bill to advance.

🇺🇸 CLARITY Act Could Be Delayed AGAIN

The U.S. House just canceled its final two September voting weeks, leaving lawmakers with only 4 days to get work done before the midterms.

That puts the CLARITY Act in a much tighter spot.
If the Senate changes the bill, the House may need… pic.twitter.com/Z2jWsKylR4

— Crypto Patel (@CryptoPatel) September 5, 2026

Disputes include ethics restrictions, stablecoin rewards, decentralized finance protections, and the balance between financial regulators.

The postponement does not formally defeat the measure, but it reduces time for negotiations and possible House reconciliation.

XRP held above $1.40 despite the setback, suggesting buyers still defend the token’s immediate support area.

Bitcoin’s ability to remain near $80,000 and Ethereum’s hold around $2,500 could also influence XRP’s next direction.

Traders will watch Senate scheduling updates closely, because further delays may keep regulatory uncertainty attached to XRP.

XRP ETFs Hold $1.48 Billion in Assets Despite Zero Daily Inflows On September 4, XRP spot exchange-traded funds had no daily net inflows, but cumulative inflows stood at $1.68 billion. Total net assets amounted to 1.69% of the overall market capitalization of XRP, totaling $1.48 billion. 

Source: Sosovalue data Trading activity totaled $36.21 million as every listed fund closed lower during the session. Franklin’s XRPZ posted the steepest decline at 4.94%, narrowly exceeding Bitwise’s XRP fund’s 4.86% loss. Bitwise continued to dominate the market in general, with a net asset of $507.47 million and reported cumulative inflows of 599.31 million.

Will XRP Price Hold $1.40 Support Before Its Next Rally? The XRP price traded at $1.41 after holding above the important $1.40 support level on the four-hour chart. 

The XRP price kept consolidating above $1.40, which indicates that buyers are still active within the immediate support of the market. The RSI was 54.92, with a balanced momentum and a slight bullish inclination.  

Source: TradingView The MACD line fell a little below its signal line, which indicated a lower short-term momentum. A four-hour close above $1.50 would prove the resurgence of demand and create an avenue to $1.60. The inability to hold $1.40 may lead to increased selling pressure and the lower support target of $1.30.

PANews, September 6 – Harmony has released two proposals to fully shut down its mainnet, which has been online since 2019, migrate its native token ONE to Ethereum, and pivot to an AI video "mashup economy" business. The team stated that threats from state-level attackers and AI agents are the reasons behind the plan to shut down the network.

The migration plan proposes to take a snapshot of tokens in user wallets, staking delegations, validator rewards, smart contracts, and centralized exchange accounts at the final block of the network, and airdrop new ONE tokens to the same wallet addresses on Ethereum, with no active claim required by holders. Delegated staking and unclaimed rewards will be airdropped to respective governance treasuries. The total supply of ONE and its issuance rate will remain unchanged, with newly issued tokens intended for the new business, and will seek governance feedback. Multi-signature wallets, liquidity pools, and on-chain applications cannot be migrated; the team urges users to exit all smart contracts by September 10, 2026, and plans to make the token contract, snapshot calculations, and airdrop scripts public for audit.

Validators can stop running nodes starting from 22:00 Beijing time on September 10, 2026. The team plans to compensate validators for the difference in issuance rewards between node shutdown and the final block of the network, and will establish a one-time compensation pool of $1.372 million, paid out over four quarters to validators and their delegators who shut down on time, sign agreements, retain their stake, and serve as governors for the new project.

The new business will open prompts and materials for users to create derivative works, with AI agents expanding video stories, and will recruit operators responsible for video generation, distribution, and content moderation. Harmony plans to subsidize GPU hardware in the first year and drive video generation demand; operators must stake tokens and receive rewards based on service uptime. The team aims to help operators generate up to $1 million in total revenue in the first year, subject to staking and uptime requirements. Promoters can initially earn a 30% ongoing commission from the $10 monthly subscriptions they refer. Both proposals are non-binding, and the plans may still be adjusted.

AI video business proposal: https://x.com/harmonyprotocol/status/2096604013940838667

Orionx, a Chilean crypto exchange backed by USDt stablecoin issuer Tether, is shutting down after uncovering a multimillion-dollar issue linked to asset custody.

The exchange said it began a permanent closure process after a forensic audit found more than $7 million in custodial assets had moved to wallets it did not manage, according to a company announcement shared on X on Thursday.

“Our sole priority now is to return as much of our clients’ assets as possible,” Orionx said, adding that withdrawals are temporarily suspended.

The closure comes just 15 months after Tether led Orionx’s Series A as part of its push to expand digital asset adoption in Latin America.

Orionx leaves timing of $7 million transfers unclearOrionx’s post did not specify when the more than $7 million in transfers occurred or how the discrepancy was initially uncovered.

As part of its efforts to comply with Chile’s Fintech Law, Orionx conducted a review of its operations in 2025 and brought in financial professionals, according to the major Chilean newspaper La Tercera, citing the company’s criminal complaint.

On Aug. 27, chief operating officer Thomas Mac Millan detected a “significant mismatch” between balances recorded in Orionx’s systems and assets actually held in custody, according to the complaint.

An internal review followed, and Orionx later commissioned an external forensic audit that compared its records with data verifiable onchain. The audit found that balances recorded in Orionx’s systems exceeded the assets held at its custody addresses for Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), XRP and Polygon (POL).

The criminal complaint reportedly alleges that assets were transferred out of Orionx’s custody between 2018 and 2021, including to accounts on other crypto platforms.

Orionx accuses co-founders, who deny wrongdoingOrionx said it filed a criminal complaint on Wednesday against former executives Roberto Zibert and Joaquín Díaz, both co-founders who allegedly had access to the company’s crypto custody systems.

The complaint alleges that an account associated with Díaz received more than $1.5 million across 14 transfers, while another wallet allegedly received 187 Ether, more than 4.1 million USDt (USDT) and 200,000 USDC from Orionx, La Tercera reported.

Former executive and Orionx co-founder Roberto Zibert. Source: LinkedIn

Zibert and Díaz denied the allegations, saying they never acted against customers’ interests and that the cause of Orionx’s asset shortfall remains unclear.

Tether backed Orionx in 2025Founded in Chile in 2017, Orionx grew from a retail crypto exchange into a platform offering crypto payment and financial services in Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico.

Tether invested in Orionx in June 2025, exclusively leading the exchange’s Series A funding round, according to an archived version of Tether’s announcement. The announcement is no longer available on Tether’s website.

Cointelegraph contacted Tether and Orionx for comment but had not received a response by publication.

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