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Interesting Ethereum news: ETH trades around $2500, up a modest 0.05% on the day, as the network absorbs news that another layer-1 chain is folding into its ecosystem. Harmony, the seven-year-old Ethereum-compatible blockchain behind the ONE token, has proposed shutting down its independent chain entirely and migrating ONE to Ethereum as an ERC-20 asset.

The plan involves a final network snapshot, an airdrop to matching wallet addresses, and a hard deadline. One that leaves certain holders exposed if they miss it.

Under the proposal, Harmony would record all ONE balances at a final block and issue equivalent ERC-20 tokens on Ethereum, covering wallets, staking delegations, validator rewards, smart contracts, and exchange balances, with no manual claims required.

Multisig safes, liquidity pools, and on-chain applications cannot be migrated, and Harmony is urging users to exit all smart contracts before September 10, 2026. The move follows an August 12 exploit in which an attacker allegedly minted nearly 4 billion unauthorized ONE tokens (about 26% of total supply) pushing Harmony from damage control toward what looks like an exit strategy.

Harmony vừa đề xuất đóng Layer 1, chuyển ONE sang Ethereum và dồn nguồn lực sang AI video chỉ vài tuần sau vụ hack hơn 3 nghìn tỷ ONE. Theo kế hoạch, blockchain sẽ chốt số dư rồi đổi ONE thành token ERC-20, còn validator có thể chuyển sang vai trò AI operator.… https://t.co/EVacOo1Nlj pic.twitter.com/7il78YetTN

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Ethereum’s post-Merge infrastructure has increasingly become the default landing spot for smaller chains seeking security they can’t build alone, a pattern explored in earlier coverage of Ethereum’s network evolution. Harmony’s citation of “state-sponsored attackers and AI agents” as a rationale for sunsetting also echoes broader concerns about protocol-level security that Ethereum itself has had to address across its validator and smart contract layers.

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Ethereum News: Can ETH Price Hold Its Higher-High Structure This Week? ETH is currently priced at 2508, with intraday range between $2,492.26 and $2,534.08. Coingecko shows 24-hour volume near $11B: volume that suggests active but not frenzied trading. Analysts noted ETH entered September at $2,452 after printing its first higher high of the current cycle, a technical detail that keeps the medium-term structure tilted bullish.

Support sits in the low-$2,400s near that recent higher low; resistance clusters around the mid-$2,500s before the psychological $2,700–$3,000 band comes into play.

Bull case: a clean break above $2,534 confirms continuation toward $2,700. Base case: consolidation between $2,450 and $2,534 while the market digests Harmony migration flows. Bear case: a slide below $2,400 invalidates the higher-low structure.

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Despite this Ethereum news, ETH’s chart isn’t built for the kind of explosive growth that can multiply a small investment many times over. Not at a market cap north of $300 billion. That’s the trade-off with established assets: stability over breakout potential. For traders looking further out on the risk curve, early-stage infrastructure plays are where the numbers start to look different.

LiquidChain ($LIQUID) is a Layer 3 (L3) infrastructure project positioning itself as the connective tissue between Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana liquidity — a single execution environment rather than three siloed ones. The presale is priced at $0.014953 with over $961K raised so far. Its core pitch rests on a Unified Liquidity Layer and Single-Step Execution, paired with a Deploy-Once Architecture that lets developers build once and reach all three ecosystems. As always, DYOR.Research LiquidChain before Ethereum’s next resistance test plays out.

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Rocket Lab launches IMM Apex with 31.5% efficiency for space power systems. IMM Apex cuts solar cell mass by 40% while reducing reliance on germanium use. Rocket Lab targets higher satellite demand with scaled solar cell production. More than 1,100 satellites already use Rocket Lab solar power technologies. RKLB closed 2.51% higher as Rocket Lab expanded its space systems portfolio. Rocket Lab expanded its space power business by releasing the new IMM Apex solar cell for production. The product combines higher efficiency, lower weight, and less dependence on germanium for spacecraft systems. RKLB closed at $65.87, up 2.51%, before falling 0.18% after hours to $65.75.

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IMM Apex Raises Space Power Efficiency Rocket Lab designed IMM Apex with 31.5% beginning-of-life solar conversion efficiency for space missions. The company also cut cell mass by 40%, increasing specific power for satellites and exploration spacecraft. Higher specific power lets spacecraft builders generate more electricity without adding similar system weight.

The new design removes germanium substrates used in conventional multi-junction solar cells across the industry. Rocket Lab reduces exposure to rising material costs and supply constraints affecting germanium. The change also gives production teams more flexibility when planning larger manufacturing volumes.

Rocket Lab made IMM Apex compatible with mechanical and electrical systems built for germanium-based cells. As a result, customers can integrate the product without major redesigns or costly manufacturing changes. This approach simplifies adoption across established spacecraft platforms while preserving existing engineering processes.

Rocket Lab Expands Solar Cell Production Rocket Lab improved manufacturing methods and invested in equipment to support demand for space power hardware. The company can produce IMM technology at volumes reaching several hundred kilowatts for customer programs. That capacity supports larger satellite fleets and exploration missions requiring reliable solar power systems.

Rocket Lab has developed and tested its IMM technology through more than a decade of space operations. Earlier IMM cells powered NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter during its historic mission on Mars. The technology has also supported satellites operating in orbit for more than ten years.

The company continues advancing IMM products for civil, commercial, security, and scientific space applications. Rocket Lab has completed extensive testing and qualification work across demanding mission environments. IMM Apex now enters production as the company expands solar manufacturing and customer reach.

RKLB Stock Reflects Broader Space Systems Push Rocket Lab’s solar operations extend its business beyond launch services and strengthen its space systems portfolio. Its products have supported the James Webb Space Telescope and NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration program. The company has also supplied power technology for national security and interplanetary science missions.

More than 1,100 satellites currently use Rocket Lab solar products across commercial and government programs. IMM Apex adds a lighter option while addressing supply risks facing traditional solar cell production. Its germanium-free structure also supports more predictable sourcing, manufacturing schedules, and production costs.

RKLB stock finished higher as Rocket Lab added another product to its expanding space systems lineup. IMM Apex gives the company a new offering tied directly to satellite and exploration power demand. Future sales will depend on customer adoption, production scale, and growth across global spacecraft programs.

Compound Foundation launched a permissioned lending market on September 8 that only institutional borrowers can access, effectively carving the protocol’s liquidity pool into two distinct layers. Whitelisted participants get their own collateral sets, custom loan-to-value ratios, and tailored risk parameters, all separate from the retail-facing side of the protocol.

The move comes three weeks after Compound relaunched itself around institutional credit, and roughly a month after a DAO vote approved a $52 million development program, the largest funding initiative in the protocol’s history.

A protocol reinventing itself In August, Compound’s DAO greenlit the two-year, $52 million budget with $14 million released upfront and the rest gated behind milestones. The program is focused on onboarding regulated financial players: banks, asset managers, exchanges, and fintechs.

Leading the charge is a new executive team with deep roots in traditional finance. Aaron Schnarch, formerly CEO of Coinbase Custody, now serves as Executive Director. Christopher Donovan holds the COO role, Steven Liu is CPO, and Leo Eikelman fills the CTO seat.

The foundation says it has more than 10 confirmed partners, with discussions underway with over 20 additional potential collaborators.

Under the hood, the development program is building out compliance tooling including KYC and AML infrastructure, permissioned vaults, and integration kits designed to plug Compound’s lending rails directly into institutional workflows.

Why institutions, why now Compound’s total value locked currently sits at roughly $1.2B, down from a peak of $12B in September 2021. Since its 2018 launch, Compound has processed approximately $480B in total deposits and borrowing volume, and has recorded zero bad debt across its entire operational history.

The permissioned market structure directly addresses the single biggest objection institutions have had to DeFi participation: regulatory risk. By creating a walled-off environment where only whitelisted, KYC-verified entities can borrow, Compound sidesteps the compliance concerns that have kept most regulated capital on the sidelines.

The competitive landscape shifts The development program explicitly targets RWA support, which positions Compound to facilitate lending against tokenized treasuries, bonds, and other traditional financial instruments.

For existing COMP token holders, the strategic pivot carries both promise and risk. If institutional capital flows materialize, the protocol’s revenue and TVL could recover meaningfully from current levels. The milestone-gated budget structure provides some protection against the $52M being spent without results, but $14M is already out the door.

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Aave Labs just made it a lot easier for AI agents to talk to its lending protocols. The team launched a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives AI applications a single, standardized endpoint to pull live data from both Aave V3 and V4, replacing the patchwork of static datasets and third-party wrappers that developers previously had to cobble together.

The server, accessible at mcp.aave.com, connects to Aave V3 deployments across 21 different blockchains and to Aave V4 on Ethereum and Avalanche. Think of it as a universal translator between AI models and Aave’s on-chain infrastructure.

What the MCP server actually does Model Context Protocol, or MCP, is a standardized way for AI applications to access external data and tools in real time. Aave’s implementation offers approximately 40 tools that cover everything from market data retrieval to transaction preparation.

Users and AI agents can check wallet positions, examine health factors (the metric that determines how close a position is to liquidation), simulate potential actions before committing capital, and prepare unsigned transactions. That last part matters: the server is non-custodial by design, meaning it can assemble a transaction for you but never holds your keys or signs anything on your behalf.

For a concrete example: an AI portfolio manager could now query a user’s Aave positions across multiple chains, identify that a health factor on one position is trending dangerously low, simulate a partial repayment to see how it would improve the ratio, and prepare the exact transaction needed to execute it. All in one flow, all from one data source.

Why this matters for DeFi’s AI race Aave’s approach is notable for its scope. Supporting V3 across 21 chains means the MCP server covers the vast majority of Aave’s deployed capital. Adding V4 on Ethereum and Avalanche signals that the team views this integration layer as forward-looking, not just a convenience feature bolted onto legacy infrastructure.

The non-custodial architecture is a deliberate design choice that addresses one of the thorniest questions in the AI-agent space: who controls the keys? By limiting the server to unsigned transactions, Aave sidesteps the trust problem entirely. An AI agent can do everything up to the point of execution, but a human (or a separate, purpose-built signing module) still has to approve the final step.

The roughly 40 tools available at launch suggest Aave is thinking about this comprehensively rather than offering a minimal viable product. Market data, position management, risk simulation, and transaction preparation cover the core workflows that any AI-powered DeFi application would need.

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Polkadot rose 16.7% on the day and 42.5% on the week, with Cosmos Hub, Decred and Ethereum Classic all up more than 8%, while bitcoin ended the first U.S. session since Labor Day down 0.83% at $78,539. Polymarket traders raised the odds of a quarter-point Federal Reserve increase next week to 54.5%, a third consecutive session of widening. Brent crude settled at $99.31, its highest close since July 23.

A group of layer-1 tokens that launched before 2018 carried Tuesday's crypto tape while bitcoin and ether finished lower, and traders extended their bet that the Federal Reserve raises rates next week.

Only one of those tokens has a dated event behind it. Polkadot holders are voting on a proposal to give the network its own stablecoin, submitted to OpenGov on Monday and running 97.5% in favor. Cosmos Hub, Decred and Ethereum Classic produced no filing, release or governance action in the window, and the four moved together on a week when bitcoin gained 1.6%.

Bitcoin last changed hands at $78,539, down 0.83% over 24 hours and up 1.6% over seven days, after trading between $77,666 and $79,432, CoinGecko data shows. Ether was at $2,484.83, down 0.29% on the day and up 2.8% on the week. XRP rose 1.53% to $1.42; Solana fell 0.59% to $103.24; BNB gained 1.66% to $751.92 and holds a 10.5% weekly advance. Total crypto market value stood at $2.70 trillion on $91.54 billion of volume, with bitcoin dominance at 58.36%. Fifty-seven of the 125 largest non-stablecoin tokens rose and 66 fell.

A Round TripBitcoin peaked at $79,432 shortly after 10 p.m. ET Monday, during Tokyo's morning, and sold off through the European session. The 24-hour low of $77,666 came in the 10 a.m. ET hour. It recovered to $78,833 by midday and gave that back through the afternoon, ending the U.S. session near where it opened.

The token is 37.7% below the $126,080 record it set in October 2025.

The Crypto Fear & Greed Index read 69 on Tuesday, down from 71 on Monday and 74 on Sept. 4, according to Alternative.me. It has read above 60 every day since Aug. 29.

Polkadot Wants A StablecoinPolkadot rose 16.7% to $1.25 and 42.5% over seven days, a second consecutive double-digit day after Monday's 13.85% gain, on $420 million of volume against a $2.13 billion market value. It is the largest weekly gain among the 50 biggest tokens.

The proposal driving it went on-chain at 11:49 a.m. ET Monday. OpenGov Referendum 1944, "dotUSD: A Native Stablecoin for Polkadot," sits on the Root track and is in its deciding period. "This proposal signals the intent of the DAO to introduce dotUSD, Polkadot's native stablecoin, as the protocol's primary stable-value instrument," the text reads.

The referendum lists seven actions, among them creating the dotUSD asset "owned by the protocol," opening a DOT-dotUSD liquidity pool on Asset Hub, designating dotUSD a sufficient asset and setting peg stability module parameters. It commits treasury funds: "$2.5M in USDT will be used to mint dotUSD and $2.5M in DOT will be allocated initially to the pool."

The Polkadot Community Foundation submitted it and disclaims operational control. "dotUSD is a decentralized, protocol-native stablecoin project," the text reads. "It would have no issuer and would instead operate autonomously via on-chain logic."

Voting stands at 2,343,074 DOT in favor against 59,896 opposed, with 558,519 DOT of support against an electorate of 1.67 billion DOT. A second referendum, 1942, upgrading system chains to runtime 2.5, went on-chain Sept. 5 and is also deciding.

No U.S. product filing accompanies the move. EDGAR full-text search returns one document mentioning Polkadot between Sept. 1 and Sept. 8, a Canary Staked TRX ETF prospectus that uses the word in passing. Polkadot's own account has posted nothing about dotUSD.

The Old Guard MovesTokenPrice24h7dPolkadot (DOT)$1.25+16.7%+42.5%Cosmos Hub (ATOM)$1.83+10.8%+23.3%Decred (DCR)$17.30+9.4%+19.4%Ethereum Classic (ETC)$8.60+9.3%+18.3%Cosmos Hub, Decred and Ethereum Classic rose alongside Polkadot without a dated catalyst.

The Cosmos Hub's most recent governance proposals, 1052 and 1053, were submitted Aug. 25 and finished voting Sept. 1. Decred's last substantive release is the v2.1.6 consensus security patch from late August; its account's most recent post, dated Sept. 7, is a marketing message. Ethereum Classic's core-geth has not shipped a release since Hermes v1.12.22 on March 28, and the project's repositories show no September activity. None of the three appears in Binance's listing announcements for Sept. 4 through Sept. 8.

VeChain added 10.6% to $0.008006 and 19.5% over seven days. Its Aug. 6 post on the Interstellar upgrade and its Aug. 24 statement that the VIP-255 vote passed give no mainnet activation date.

Hike Odds Reach 54.5%Traders widened their bet on tightening for a third session. Polymarket put a quarter-point increase at 54.5% and no change at 45.5% on $104.6 million of volume. The same contracts read 52.5% and 45.5% at midday Tuesday, 50.5% and 49.5% on Monday, and 30.5% and 67.5% on Aug. 24. A quarter-point cut trades at 0.45%. The Federal Open Market Committee meets Sept. 15-16, one of the four meetings a year that carries a Summary of Economic Projections.

Friday's labor data set the direction. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that "total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 162,000 in August, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent", with June and July revised up by a combined 55,000. August producer prices publish Sept. 10 and consumer prices Sept. 11, both at 8:30 a.m. ET, the last two federal releases before the committee meets.

Brent Closes Near $100Brent crude settled at $99.31 a barrel, up 3.15% from Friday and its highest close since July 23, when it ended at $100.69. West Texas Intermediate rose 3.03% to $94.25. The yen traded at 153.97 per dollar, its firmest since Feb. 18, and the dollar index fell 0.31% to 98.85.

"Higher oil prices on the back of continued geopolitical escalations between the US and Iran and a rally in the Japanese yen to a 7-month high have taken the spotlight in the past 24 hours," Thahbib Rahman, research analyst at Block Scholes, wrote in a note emailed to reporters on Tuesday. "Both events weighed on risk assets across US equity markets and crypto markets alike."

Rahman said options positioning has not followed spot lower. "While not near the highs of mid-August and early September, after the US Treasury's bond interventions and Fed Governor Waller's dovish speech, short-dated BTC put-call skew remains tilted towards call options," he wrote. "This means investors are leaning more bullish than bearish and is an indication that traders are willing to pay more for upside exposure to spot price than downside protection."

U.S. equities closed lower. The S&P 500 fell 0.58% to 7,673.52 and the Nasdaq Composite 0.32% to 26,421.41. The 10-year Treasury yield rose to 4.81% and the 30-year to 5.26%. Gold futures fell 0.67% to $4,400 an ounce.

Zcash Gets OptionsZcash rose 0.82% to $1,166.37 and 39.2% over seven days after touching $1,210.35, holding tenth place at a $19.73 billion market value, above Hyperliquid at $18.79 billion and Dogecoin at $14.01 billion. It remains 63.4% below the $3,191.93 record set on Oct. 28, 2016.

Grayscale said on Tuesday that "$ZCSH, the world's first Zcash fund, is now available for options trading on @NYSE." The post links to the fund's prospectus and does not name the options venue; the shares list on NYSE Arca, and NYSE American Options and NYSE Arca Options are separate venues. No exchange listing notice or SEC rule filing corroborating the options listing was retrievable, and the most recent document under the trust's EDGAR record is the Aug. 25 prospectus.

The fund completed its uplisting from OTCQX to NYSE Arca on Aug. 25 under the ticker ZCSH, registering the shares through a Form 8-A12B filed Aug. 24 and changing its name to The Zcash ETF the same day. Grayscale's fund account said on Sept. 4 that ZCSH "just crossed $400,000,000 in AUM." The Defiant covered the original conversion filing in November 2025.

Monero fell 4.3% to $497.42 after trading as high as $525.33, and is down 0.7% over seven days against Zcash's 39.2%. Monero's official blog has published nothing since the July 21 GUI release, and no Monero item appeared on the announcement pages of Binance, Kraken, OKX or Bithumb on Monday or Tuesday. The token has no U.S. listed vehicle.

Injective Lists TwiceInjective rose 5.25% to $6.45 and 33.8% over seven days after trading 12.7% higher at midday, on $190 million of volume against a $650 million market value.

Three dated announcements sit behind it. Injective said on Tuesday that "native USDC on Injective is now live on @krakenfx," allowing deposits and withdrawals of the stablecoin directly between the exchange and the chain. On Monday it said that "$INJ is now live on @RobinhoodCrypto"; Robinhood's own asset page lists the token as tradable without stating a date. Also on Monday, the project said that "over 58.8 Million INJ tokens are now staked onchain," which it called a record. Injective's public node reported 58,461,008 INJ bonded against a total supply of 122,781,894, or 47.6%, slightly below the figure the project gave. INJ trades 87.7% below the $52.62 record it set in March 2024.

The chain's most recent blog post, dated Sept. 4, says Pineapple Financial has moved more than $1 billion in residential mortgage records onto Injective.

Korea Bids UselessUseless Coin gained 24% to $0.2791 on $174 million of volume, against a $279 million market value, after two Korean exchanges opened trading in it on Tuesday.

Bithumb's market list carries a KRW-USELESS pair whose hourly candles begin at 1 a.m. ET. Upbit's market list carries BTC and USDT pairs whose candles begin at 8 a.m. ET, with the USDT pair flagged for price volatility and cross-venue price gaps; Upbit did not open a won pair. The listings account for Tuesday's move. The 138.5% seven-day gain predates both, and no project statement covering that period is available.

Venice Token led the day at 30.2%, reaching a record $25.49 before easing to $24.18 and a $1.15 billion market value on $177 million of volume. The most recent post on the Venice blog is dated July 17, carrying an Aug. 5 update that cuts VVV emissions to 2.5 million a year on Sept. 1 and to 2 million on Oct. 1, and raises the DIEM supply target to 40,000 on Sept. 14. Those dates were set five weeks ago. The project's changelog has not been updated since July 30.

Falcon Finance rose 25.6% to $0.1495 and 51.9% over seven days. Its most recent blog post is dated Aug. 31 and its account's Sept. 8 posts respond to the price rather than explain it. Pons added 17.7% to $0.8265 and 93.8% over seven days; Uniswap Labs bought PONS tokens on Sept. 3.

ETFs Skip A SessionU.S. spot bitcoin and ether ETF flows for Tuesday had not published as of 5 p.m. ET. The last completed session is Friday, when bitcoin funds took in $174.6 million and ether funds $25.9 million, according to Farside Investors. BlackRock's IBIT accounted for $117.4 million of the bitcoin total and Fidelity's FBTC $57.2 million; among ether funds, BlackRock's two products drew $74.2 million while Fidelity's FETH lost $48.3 million. No row exists for Monday, when U.S. markets were closed for Labor Day, which means Monday's altcoin advance ran with the ETF and equity markets shut.

DeFi total value locked stood at $87.94 billion, down 0.7% over 24 hours and up 1.57% over seven days, DefiLlama data shows. Stablecoin supply was $311.71 billion, down 0.1% on the day, up 0.49% over seven days and 1.35% over 30 days.

Hyperliquid fell 0.79% to $84.50 and trades 5.7% below the $89.60 record it set on Sept. 6. Its account has posted nothing since Aug. 31. WhiteBIT Coin rose 6.16% to $81.35 and 14.3% over seven days after touching a record $81.98 at 12:40 p.m. ET; its blog has published nothing since July 28.

Venice Takes The DayTokenPrice24h7dVenice Token (VVV)$24.18+30.2%+48.9%Falcon Finance (FF)$0.1495+25.6%+51.9%Useless Coin (USELESS)$0.2791+24.0%+138.5%Pons (PONS)$0.8265+17.7%+93.8%Polkadot (DOT)$1.25+16.7%+42.5%Cosmos Hub (ATOM)$1.83+10.8%+23.3%VeChain (VET)$0.008006+10.6%+19.5%Decred (DCR)$17.30+9.4%+19.4%Ethereum Classic (ETC)$8.60+9.3%+18.3%Akedo Gives It BackTokenPrice24h7dRibbita by Virtuals (TIBBIR)$0.2055-10.8%-14.8%Akedo (AKE)$0.01575-8.6%+76.7%Unibase (UB)$0.1207-7.9%+2.4%Monad (MON)$0.02582-5.9%-0.4%Pudgy Penguins (PENGU)$0.008108-5.1%-4.5%Kite (KITE)$0.1135-4.8%-8.1%Arweave (AR)$2.84-4.8%+24.5%Hedera (HBAR)$0.07895-4.6%+6.8%Akedo traded 21% higher at midday before ending 8.6% lower. It holds a 76.7% weekly gain.

Hedera was the largest token among the decliners at a $3.46 billion market value, and is still up 6.8% over seven days. Its most recent blog post, dated Sept. 4, covers new council partners, and its Tuesday statements concern an insurance consortium building on the network. Monero's 4.3% decline falls just outside the table.

Prices and market data as of 5:11 p.m. ET on Sept. 8, 2026.

Polkadot’s governance system is in the process of deciding whether the network should mint its own US dollar-pegged stablecoin, and the vote isn’t exactly close. Referendum #1944, which proposes creating a decentralized stablecoin called dotUSD, has attracted 97.5% support from voters so far, with roughly 2.31 million DOT cast in favor against just 59,900 opposing votes.

The proposal calls for $5 million in initial liquidity, split evenly between $2.5 million in USDT for minting the stablecoin and $2.5 million in DOT allocated to a liquidity pool. If approved, dotUSD would become the default stable-value instrument across Polkadot’s ecosystem, a move designed to cut the network’s dependence on third-party stablecoins like USDT and USDC.

How dotUSD would actually work dotUSD would be an over-collateralized stablecoin primarily backed by DOT, Polkadot’s native token. The liquidity pool would pair USDT with DOT on Asset Hub, giving dotUSD holders a pathway to swap in and out of the stablecoin. Over-collateralization means more DOT is locked up than the dollar value of dotUSD minted, providing a buffer against price drops in the underlying asset.

This is a protocol-level decision, not a private company launching a product. The proposal is moving through Polkadot’s OpenGov system on the Root track, which handles the network’s most consequential governance decisions. Contributions backing the initiative come from builders within the Polkadot ecosystem itself.

Polkadot’s second stablecoin attempt This isn’t actually Polkadot’s first crack at a native stablecoin. A previous proposal for a DOT-backed stablecoin called pUSD secured over 75% support earlier in 2025, with more than $5.6 million in DOT committed to the effort.

The referendum is currently in its deciding phase, meaning the vote has passed the initial support threshold and is now running through the full decision period required by OpenGov’s rules.

Why this matters for Polkadot’s DeFi ambitions Polkadot’s DeFi sector has historically been smaller than its peers, partly because the network’s architecture, built around specialized parachains, fragments liquidity across multiple chains. A protocol-owned stablecoin could serve as connective tissue, giving traders and developers a single stable asset that works natively across the ecosystem without relying on Circle or Tether to maintain bridge infrastructure.

External stablecoins carry counterparty risk. If Tether or Circle ever restricted access to their tokens on Polkadot, the ecosystem would have no fallback. dotUSD, backed by DOT sitting in Polkadot’s own smart contracts, removes that single point of failure.

An over-collateralized stablecoin backed primarily by DOT means the stablecoin’s health is tethered to DOT’s price performance. A severe and prolonged decline in DOT could strain the collateral ratio, potentially requiring liquidations or additional capital injections to maintain the peg.

The $5 million initial liquidity figure is modest by industry standards. For comparison, DAI’s total supply sits in the billions, and even smaller ecosystem stablecoins typically launch with larger war chests.

If dotUSD gains traction, it creates persistent demand for DOT as collateral. Every dollar of dotUSD minted requires more than a dollar’s worth of DOT locked up, effectively removing supply from circulation.

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Polkadot’s community has opened a governance vote on a native decentralized stablecoin called dotUSD, with a proposal to make the dollar-pegged asset the network’s primary stable-value instrument and eventually back it mainly with DOT.

Summary

Polkadot OpenGov is voting on a proposal to create dotUSD as the network’s native decentralized stablecoin. The plan calls for $5 million in initial DOT and USDT liquidity for a DOT and dotUSD pool. dotUSD would initially be minted against USDT before a second phase introduces DOT backed vaults, liquidations and redemptions. The full system would let users lock DOT to mint dotUSD while using on chain mechanisms to maintain its dollar peg. According to OpenGov Referendum 1944, the proposed stablecoin would be owned by the protocol and operate autonomously through on-chain logic, without a centralized issuer. The proposal was drafted with contributions from builders, developers and other participants in the Polkadot ecosystem.

The proposal remains in the decision stage at the time of writing. Its implementation would create dotUSD as a new asset, recognize it as the Polkadot stablecoin and establish a DOT/dotUSD liquidity pool on Polkadot Asset Hub.

An archived Polkassembly snapshot showed 2.4 million DOT voting in favor and 59,900 DOT against, equivalent to 97.5% Aye and 2.5% Nay at that point in the vote. The archive cautioned that the figures were frozen while the referendum was still in progress and may not represent the eventual on-chain result.

Polkadot proposes phased launch for dotUSD Under the plan, dotUSD would initially operate differently from the full DOT-backed system envisioned by its developers.

The first phase has already been built on-chain and would allow users to mint dotUSD one-for-one against USDT, subject to a supply cap. Since USDT would provide the reserve backing at this stage, the system would not require an oracle, collateral vaults or liquidation infrastructure.

The proposal seeks to use Polkadot Treasury assets to seed a DOT/dotUSD pool on the Hub decentralized exchange. The version submitted with the referendum allocated $2.5 million in USDT to mint dotUSD and another $2.5 million worth of DOT to the pool, giving it $5 million in initial liquidity.

A more recent version displayed on Subsquare lists $1.5 million in USDT and $1.5 million in DOT for the initial pool, reducing the proposed allocation to $3 million.

dotUSD would be designated a “sufficient asset,” allowing an account to hold the stablecoin without having to maintain a DOT balance. Governance would set parameters for the peg stability module, including the maximum amount of dotUSD that could initially be minted.

Phase two would move dotUSD toward its intended design by introducing DOT-backed collateral vaults, an oracle, a stability pool, liquidations and a redemption mechanism. The proposal describes dotUSD as an overcollateralized stablecoin whose architecture draws heavily from Liquity v2’s BOLD system.

Plans for a DOT-backed stablecoin have been under consideration for more than a year. As crypto.news previously reported in July 2025, Polkadot co-founder Gavin Wood disclosed work on a fully decentralized stablecoin during the Web3 Summit and said a treasury proposal was being prepared to bootstrap its liquidity.

How would the DOT-backed dotUSD system work? Once the second phase is implemented, users would deposit DOT into vaults and borrow dotUSD worth less than the collateral they provided.

The proposal gives an example of 300 DOT priced at $5 each, producing $1,500 in collateral. A user could mint up to $1,000 of dotUSD against the position, corresponding to a collateralization ratio of 150%. If the value of the DOT falls far enough to breach the required collateral ratio, the vault would become eligible for liquidation.

Borrowers would set the interest rates they pay on their own positions. Lower rates would place a vault earlier in the redemption queue, while borrowers willing to pay higher rates could reduce the chance that their collateral is selected for redemption.

Two arbitrage routes are intended to keep dotUSD close to $1. When the stablecoin trades above its peg, users could lock DOT, mint dotUSD and sell it at the higher market price, increasing supply. If dotUSD falls below $1, traders could buy it at a discount and redeem it through the protocol for $1 worth of DOT.

A capped stablecoin buffer is planned alongside the DOT redemption system. Existing stablecoins would back this portion of dotUSD and remain redeemable at $1, providing another route for maintaining the peg without selling the DOT used as collateral.

Liquidations would first be absorbed by a stability pool funded with dotUSD deposited by participants. In return for providing capital, stability pool participants would receive liquidated DOT at a discount while the corresponding dotUSD is burned to cancel the outstanding debt. If the pool runs out of funds, collateral and debt would be redistributed proportionally across the remaining vaults.

dotUSD ties into Polkadot’s new economic model The stablecoin proposal comes after Polkadot changed the economics of DOT, including the introduction of a fixed maximum supply.

The DAO approved a 2.1 billion DOT cap in September 2025, replacing the network’s previous model of uncapped issuance. A subsequent tokenomics upgrade introduced the Dynamic Allocation Pool, or DAP, which receives newly issued DOT and other network income for allocation through governance.

When the new tokenomics framework entered its implementation phase in March, DOT emissions were set to fall 53.6%, while newly minted tokens, transaction fees and slashes were directed into the DAP. Governance can allocate those funds toward staking rewards, treasury spending and other network budgets.

Referendum 1944 proposes using dotUSD within the next stage of that system. Under phase two of the DAP, validators and nominators are expected to receive remuneration in stable assets, while the Treasury would receive a combination of stablecoins and DOT. The proposal says dotUSD would allow those obligations to be denominated in dollars and settled through an asset native to Polkadot.

Polkadot already supports externally issued dollar tokens. USDC became available on Polkadot Asset Hub in September 2023, allowing the stablecoin to move to parachains through the network’s cross-consensus messaging system.

The dotUSD proposal argues that relying on externally issued stablecoins leaves Polkadot applications and treasury operations dependent on outside issuers and their governance. Its proposed full version would instead use DOT as the primary collateral while remaining governed through Polkadot.

The Polkadot Community Foundation said its role is administrative and that it would not issue, control or take custody of dotUSD, DOT or USDT under the proposal. It would not operate the stablecoin or provide liquidity, with dotUSD intended to function through on-chain logic without an issuer.

Implementation of the referendum’s preimage depends on Polkadot system chains being upgraded to version 2.5 under a separate governance proposal, Referendum 1942.

Polkadot [DOT] climbed 11.35% over 24 hours as its dotUSD proposal gained 97.5% governance approval, adding a major catalyst to the recent price recovery. 

Specifically, the proposal highlights a native decentralized stablecoin, which is designed to serve as the Polkadot protocol’s key stable-value instrument.

The initiative also proposes $5 million in initial liquidity for a DOT-dotUSD pool on the Polkadot Asset Hub. Additionally, the treasury funds are expected to provide $2.5 million in USDT for minting and allocate another $2.5 million in DOT.

Therefore, the structure will expand DOT’s utility while also improving stablecoin liquidity across the protocol.

Futures sellers challenge renewed DOT demand After the earlier stronger market demand, DOT’s 90-day Futures Taker CVD printed seller dominance at the time of press. This implied aggressive Futures sellers started opposing buyers as DOT advanced toward the $1.282 zone.

Initially, the demand absorbed the supply-side pressure pushing DOT above its previous consolidation structure. 

However, the momentum changed when the $1.282 price level rejected further expansion, and eventually the price started retracing.

The taker selling activity, therefore, contrasted with the governance catalyst supporting the broader price recovery. 

The derivatives’ pressure, on the other hand, intensified further as the leveraged bullish positions unwound following the rejection at $1.282.

Source: CryptoQuant Long liquidations amplify selling pressure Notably, DOT’s price rejection aligned with approximately $305.57K in long liquidations against only $42.38K in shorts. 

According to CoinGlass, Binance accounted for roughly $246.29K of the long liquidations, reflecting the exchange with the most losses across tracked exchanges.

The long liquidations imply that the leveraged buyers absorbed substantially heavier losses as the token retreated away from the $1.282 supply zone. Additionally, forced long closures also strengthened the ongoing seller dominance across the futures markets.

Combined, the liquidation imbalance and Futures Taker CVD, therefore, reinforced the derivatives-driven selling narrative behind DOT’s retracement. 

Notably, this leverage pressure also coincided closely with the emerging exhaustion indicator across the technical price structure.

Source: CoinGlass Is DOT’s $1.282 rejection signaling exhaustion? Polkadot broke above the $0.946 and $1.044 resistance levels before rallying towards the  $1.282 resistance zone, where buyers failed to sustain further advance. 

The rejection provided a sharp red candle towards the $1.192  level, signaling possible profit-taking after the sharp price breakout.

Notably, the price and RSI earlier formed an upward convergence, confirming stronger buying pressure as the rally unfolded. However, the RSI also retreated from 85.26 to 75.95 following the price rejection at the $1.282 zone.

However, despite the correction, the MACD indicator remained bullish, with its line holding above its signal line.

Additionally, the positive histogram has expanded, showing that the broader bullish  technical structure retained some strength despite the immediate selling pressure. 

Therefore, the $1.044 price level would become the key support if the retracement deepens further. Holding above this support level could revive another attempt of the $1.282 resistance, but a break below could expose the $0.946 support zone.

Source: TradingView Final Summary DOT’s dotUSD catalyst supported demand, but $1.282 triggered clear short-term exhaustion. Futures selling and long liquidations increased pressure as DOT retraced from resistance.

The Hashgraph Group, Merck KGaA and PwC Germany said they are testing a system that records Merck's physical authentication scans on Hedera to document cocoa origin, timed to an EU deforestation law that applies to large operators on Dec. 30. The announcement names no cocoa farmer, processor or chocolate brand, discloses no volumes and sets no deployment date.

The Hashgraph Group, Merck KGaA and PwC Germany said Tuesday they are piloting a cocoa traceability system that links physical authentication scans to records written on the Hedera network, less than four months before the European Union's deforestation regulation starts applying to large and medium operators.

No cocoa company appears in the announcement. The three partners disclose no tonnage, no farm count, no cost and no date for moving past a pilot, and the release carries quotes only from the three technology vendors selling the system. It is the third announcement about the passport platform since February with no named customer, and the second involving Merck KGaA, the Darmstadt-based science and technology company that operates as EMD in the United States and Canada and is unrelated to Merck & Co.

Large and medium operators must comply with Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 from Dec. 30, 2026, with micro and small operators following on June 30, 2027, according to the European Commission. Cocoa is one of seven commodities in scope, alongside cattle, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya and wood.

The Polygon ProblemWhat the regulation demands is coordinates. Article 9 requires operators to collect and keep for five years "the geolocation of all plots of land" where the commodity was produced, plus the date or time range of production. The regulation defines geolocation as latitude and longitude to at least six decimal places, and for plots above four hectares as a polygon tracing the perimeter. Any deforestation on a listed plot disqualifies everything grown on it.

Merck's M-Trust technology addresses a different question. It embeds security markers in products or packaging and confirms, when scanned, that the item is the one the record describes. The Hashgraph Group's TrackTrace platform writes that scan to Hedera with a timestamp. Neither step produces the farm polygon, which still has to be surveyed at the first mile and entered by whoever buys the beans.

"M-Trust verifies that the product being scanned is genuine, while TrackTrace records that authentication event as part of the product's digital history," said Thomas Endress, Executive Director and Head of M-Trust at Merck, in the release.

Husen Kapasi, Enterprise Blockchain Lead at PwC Germany, located the value in recalls, saying the system maintains "a verifiable trail not only of the finished product, but also of its raw materials, including their quality and compliance history." He said that becomes useful "in the event of a food recall or a compliance investigation."

Four Percent Is The FloorArticle 25 of the regulation requires member states to set fines whose maximum is "at least 4 % of the operator's or trader's total annual Union-wide turnover in the financial year preceding the fining decision," and to raise that figure "where necessary, to exceed the potential economic benefit gained." The 4% is the minimum ceiling member states have to set, calculated on EU-wide revenue.

Non-compliant operators also face confiscation of the products and of any revenue from them, exclusion from public procurement for up to twelve months, and a ban on placing the goods on the market for serious or repeated breaches.

Food Is ExemptThe release also positions the pilot for "the broader shift toward Digital Product Passports under ESPR." The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, which created the digital product passport and entered into force on July 18, 2024, does not apply to cocoa. Article 1(2)(a) excludes food as defined in Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, alongside feed, medicines, live plants and animals.

The Hashgraph Group's own TrackTrace launch in February listed textiles, construction materials, batteries and electronics as the product groups the passport regime will cover. Food was not among them.

Five Million FarmersThe traceability problem the partners describe is documented. Cocoa is grown by an estimated five million to six million farmers, most of them smallholders, and West Africa produced 77.3% of the world crop in the 2020/21 season, according to the International Cocoa Organization. Côte d'Ivoire alone accounted for 43.3% and Ghana for 20.2%. Beans from thousands of plots move through village buyers and intermediaries before reaching a processor, which is what makes plot-level geolocation expensive to produce.

Built On June's DealThe cocoa pilot extends an integration the same two companies announced on June 9, when The Hashgraph Group said it would connect M-Trust scanning to TrackTrace passports and said a first working supply-chain pilot would be announced soon. PwC Germany is the addition, credited in the release with mapping business processes, defining workflows and running the training for enterprise deployment.

The Hashgraph Group is a Swiss venture-building company that builds on Hedera. Hedera has been the venue for enterprise and tokenization pilots for years; the network launched an asset tokenization studio in September 2024, and The Hashgraph Association, the Swiss non-profit alongside the group, set up a $250 million venture studio with Saudi Arabia's investment ministry in February 2024.

Stefan Deiss, CEO and co-founder of The Hashgraph Group, framed the cocoa work as a template. "By integrating TrackTrace with Merck's M-Trust technology and PwC's process expertise, we can link any physical product, not limited to cocoa, to a trusted digital record," he said.

HBAR Near Eight CentsHBAR traded at $0.077, down 2.5% over 24 hours and is up 5.9% over seven days, for a market value of $3.5 billion, according to CoinGecko. The token is 86% below its September 2021 high of $0.5692.

Hedera's DeFi footprint is small next to the enterprise pipeline. Total value locked on the network stood at $27.3 million, and $1.4 million of 24-hour DEX volume, according to DefiLlama. The chain processed about 593,500 transactions and counted 3,831 active addresses over 24 hours.

A new patent linked to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) has sparked discussion about Hedera’s potential role in nationwide road-user charging systems. Ayman Mufleh, a popular market analyst, highlighted that the patent specifically mentions Hashgraph settlement and consensus functions as potential components for a digital-currency-based method of collecting per-mile tolls from drivers.

Patent details mention distributed ledger technologyThe patent, described as outlining “methods and systems for facilitating collection of road user charges using a digital currency based on a distributed ledger technology,” references several consensus frameworks. According to Mufleh, the main focus is on blockchains, directed acyclic graphs, and technologies similar to Hedera’s Hashgraph. These systems are noted for their scalability and ability to enhance auditability, which could allow for a road charging system that does not rely on centralized tolling infrastructure.

Supporting technical detail, the filing presents a transaction flow diagram: a vehicle or user digitally signs a smart contract, followed by multi-layered validation, and final settlement via a Hashgraph ledger. Both the Hedera Hashgraph Settlement System and the Hedera Consensus Service are explicitly named in the patent’s technical language.

However, observers stress that mention within a patent does not equate to a production decision. The patent’s language, while detailed, should not be mistaken for a confirmed integration or live government use of HBAR—the native Hedera token—as an official payment option for road usage.

Mufleh draws a clear distinction between technical references in a patent and an actual DOT rollout, noting that no live contracts, procurement decisions, or implementation timelines have been revealed.

He points out that claims about current DOT use of Hedera HBAR extend beyond the evidence provided in the patent documentation. The department’s patent outlines possible frameworks but stops short of establishing that HBAR is being utilized today.

Automated vehicles and future infrastructure possibilitiesMufleh links the patent’s potential impact to a recently introduced DOT automated-vehicle strategy known as “America Leads.” In this scenario, the proliferation of electric and autonomous vehicles between 2026 and 2030 could drive demand for programmable digital systems capable of handling widespread tolls, road charges, and related transportation fees.

While the technology could eventually affect up to 300 million vehicles in the United States, there are currently no specifics in terms of deployment dates, contract values, or details of participating states. The analysis emphasizes that Hedera’s appearance in the patent is an early indicator, not a guarantee of near-term adoption.

Recent trading activity showed that HBAR rose modestly in the days surrounding the news, but the token did not register significant gains. Mufleh, offering a market outlook, suggested that HBAR could eventually retest its previous peak near $0.60, and even reach $1 or $2 over the longer term. He adds that such scenarios depend on wider trends around tokenization, stablecoins, regulatory shifts, and institutional adoption, all of which remain speculative for now.

For investors, the explicit reference to Hashgraph technology in DOT’s patent provides evidence of Hedera’s suitability for mobility payments, but technical mention alone should not be viewed as confirmation of government adoption or current HBAR usage.

In parallel with this move toward on-chain infrastructure and transparent payment platforms, a broader market transition is underway. While traditional financial models depend on complex intermediaries, platforms such as 1stepSwap are enabling investors to hold tokenized shares of major US companies, as well as gold and silver, directly within their crypto wallets. These solutions leverage real-world asset (RWA) tokenization and automated price discovery, removing conventional middlemen and unlocking new efficiencies for both traders and large institutions.

Investor perspective and market cautionFor holders of Hedera, the mention within a major government patent is a notable event, but analysts encourage investors to remain cautious and distinguish between potential and actual implementation. Any bullish targets for HBAR remain tied to future growth in digital infrastructure, but no formal DOT issuance or procurement has taken place to date.

At this stage, the presence of Hedera’s framework in an official document signals interest at an institutional level, yet proof of active government use has not been established.

Yellow tentacles decorated with rhythmic patterns of dots swirl around a room, the patterns echoed on the floor and the walls. Reflections bounce off mirrors, blurring the boundaries of the space at Amsterdam 's Stedelijk Museum.

The installation — specially created for an exhibition of the work of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who died Aug. 14 at age 97 — is titled “Infinity Mirrored Room — The Hope Of The Polka Dots Buried In Infinity Will Eternally Cover The Universe.”

The room is at the heart of the exhibition at the Stedelijk that opens this week, just two weeks after her death. What was to have been a retrospective has turned into a posthumous celebration of one of the globe's best known contemporary artists, who depicted her world splashed with polka dots and other repetitive motifs.

“We heard about her passing,” exhibition curator Leontine Coelewij told The Associated Press. “We decided to make it really a tribute. A tribute to her life. Tribute to her work, so that everybody can see what she is ... to us. So many wonderful works.”

Kusama's signature dots greet visitors before they even get into the museum in Amsterdam — they are plastered across its facade and even on red fabric wrapped around trees on the adjacent Museum Square.

Coelewij said that painting the dots was a way for the artist to process hallucinations she had from a young age. Among the works on display is a huge pumpkin made of fiber-reinforced plastic and polyurethane paint, its yellow skin covered in lines of black dots of varying sizes.

“So a lot of her work comes from these mental issues that she had,” Coelewij said. “And I think she made something beautiful out of it for her. It was also a way to explore ideas about infinity, for instance, like, how do we relate to the universe, to the cosmos, to the world around us?”

Kusama had long-standing links to the Netherlands and the Stedelijk. She was active in Amsterdam and other Dutch cities in the freewheeling 1960s, and her work was closely aligned to the ZERO movement established in the late 1950s by German artists, Heinz Mack and Otto Piene.

She was part of a landmark exhibition by the movement, also at the Stedelijk, in 1965. A photo from that Amsterdam exhibition shows Kusama, wearing a white kimono, standing among artists from the movement — mostly men in suits and ties.

In a famous “happening” in 1967, Kusama covered the naked body of Dutch artist Jan Schoonhoven with painted dots in the chapel of the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam near Rotterdam.

“She really liked the whole atmosphere in the Netherlands, which was rather open and tolerant, liberal,” Coelewij said. “She was also part of the counterculture of that moment, the hippie culture. You know, Amsterdam was the magical center, and she felt very much at home here.”

The new exhibition spans through several rooms before going up an escalator lined with mirrors to reach the infinity room installation one floor up.

It's Coelewij's favorite part of the show, created for the exhibition that was previously staged at Museum Ludwig in the German city of Cologne.

“There’s a lot of mirrors, there’s tentacles, there’s a lot of color, and it’s a ... you can say hallucinating world. You really step into her mind,” Coelewij said.

It's a fitting tribute to the artist who said 10 years ago that she felt her life was nearing its end but she was “still fighting to the death for my art.”

“I am giving all I have so that many people will continue to be interested in my art, even after I am dead,” Kusama had said.

The exhibition at Amsterdam’s Stedelijk opens on Friday and runs through Jan. 17.

WAPO: Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum opens a major Yayoi Kusama exhibition after her death last month

Uniswap Labs is rolling out a suite of developer resources designed to make building on Uniswap v4 hooks considerably less painful. The package includes dedicated API access, a public hook registry, security review partnerships, and direct integration into the Uniswap interface, collectively representing the most comprehensive support infrastructure the protocol has offered to third-party builders.

Think of hooks as modular plug-ins for Uniswap’s liquidity pools. They’re external smart contracts that can inject custom logic before or after key pool actions like swaps or liquidity additions. Want dynamic fees that adjust based on volatility? A custom pricing curve? Hooks make that possible without touching the core protocol code.

What’s in the toolkit The centerpiece for discovery is a public hooklist repository, essentially a registry of deployed v4 hooks complete with metadata and audit links. Developers can submit their hooks via GitHub issues, giving the ecosystem a centralized place to find, evaluate, and integrate third-party hook implementations.

On the security front, Uniswap launched an AI-assisted plugin called uniswap-hooks on July 14, 2026. The tool provides security guidance and threat modeling specifically tailored to developers working with v4 hooks.

That plugin arrived roughly six weeks after the Uniswap Foundation published its Self-Directed Security Framework around June 1, 2026. The framework outlines four core principles centered on developer ownership and risk management, bundled with risk-scoring worksheets designed to help builders evaluate their own code before shipping it to mainnet.

Uniswap has also lined up audit subsidies through partnerships with OpenZeppelin and Trail of Bits, two of the most respected smart contract auditing firms in the industry.

Perhaps the most practically significant change: hooks are now integrated directly into the Uniswap interface. That means hook-compatible pools show up in liquidity provision flows and automatic swap routing. Developers don’t have to build their own frontend or convince users to visit a separate site. If a hook-enabled pool offers a better rate, Uniswap’s router can find it.

Why hooks matter for v4 Uniswap v4 was architected around the idea that the protocol should be a platform, not just a product. Hooks are the mechanism that makes that vision tangible. Instead of Uniswap Labs building every possible feature into the core contract, they built the infrastructure for anyone to extend pool functionality.

The approach enables things like limit orders, time-weighted average price execution, MEV redistribution, and oracle integrations, all without protocol upgrades.

The public hooklist repository with its audit links serves a curation function. The AI plugin and security framework serve a prevention function. And the audit subsidies serve an accessibility function.

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Iranian officials announced that Iran will escalate its crackdown operations in response to U.S. attacks.

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Altcoinlerin son dönemde Bitcoin’den daha iyi performans gösterdiği yönündeki yorumlar kripto piyasasında yeniden gündemde. Ancak bir analistin yaptığı basit karşılaştırma, bu görüşün tüm piyasa için geçerli olmayabileceğini ortaya koyuyor.

VirtualBacon adıyla bilinen trader Denis Liu, Bitcoin’in 22 Ağustos ve 9 Eylül’de neredeyse aynı seviyede olduğu iki günü karşılaştırdı. BTC bu iki tarihte sırasıyla 78.313 ve 78.440 dolar seviyesindeydi.

Peki Bitcoin yaklaşık aynı yerdeyken altcoinler ne yaptı?

Bitcoin Aynı Yerdeyken Altcoinler Ne Kazandı? Liu’nun karşılaştırmasına göre büyük altcoinlerin çoğu Bitcoin’deki hareketsizliğe rağmen güçlü bir ayrışma göstermedi.

Ethereum %1, XRP %2, Dogecoin %2, Tron %1 ve Cardano %3 gerilerken, büyük altcoinler arasındaki istisnalardan biri Avalanche oldu ve %2 yükseldi.

Liu’ya göre dokuz büyük altcoinin altısı, 22 Ağustos’taki seviyelerine yalnızca birkaç puan uzaklıkta kaldı. Bu da Bitcoin yükseldiğinde altcoinlerin de hareket ettiğini, ancak BTC yatay kaldığında bu kazançların önemli bölümünün geri verildiğini gösteriyor.

Buradaki temel soru ise şu: Altcoinler gerçekten Bitcoin‘i geride mi bırakıyor, yoksa yalnızca Bitcoin’in hareketlerini daha sert mi takip ediyor?

Hangi Altcoinler Bitcoin’den Daha İyi Performans Gösterdi? Karşılaştırmada tamamen ayrışan coinler de vardı.

Solana iki tarih arasındaki dönemde %10, BNB %9 ve Chainlink %5 yükseldi.

Ancak Liu, bu hareketlerin başka bir sorunu beraberinde getirdiğini düşünüyor. Bir coin yükselmeye başladıktan sonra hikâyesinin piyasada yaygın şekilde konuşulmasını beklemek, yatırımcının hareketin önemli bölümünü kaçırmasına neden olabilir.

Bu nedenle trader, daha güçlü performans gösteren altcoinleri takip etmek yerine Bitcoin’i elinde tutmayı tercih ettiğini söyledi.

Liu’nun yaklaşımı, altcoin rallisinin tamamını reddetmiyor. Asıl itirazı, birkaç güçlü performansın bütün piyasaya mal edilmesine.

Bitcoin’den sadece daha sert hareket eden bir coin, yine de Bitcoin’i takip ediyor.”

— VirtualBacon

“Altcoinler Bitcoin’i Geçiyor” Görüşü Neye Dayanıyor? Piyasada bunun tam tersini savunan analistler de bulunuyor.

Matthew Hyland, 100’den fazla büyük altcoinin farklı zaman dilimlerinde Bitcoin’den daha iyi performans gösterdiğini öne sürüyor.

Hyland, temmuz ayında yayımladığı değerlendirmesinde makro risk göstergelerinin 2016-2017 ve 2020-2021 dönemlerine benzer şekilde olumlu bir yapıya dönüştüğünü savunmuştu.

Analist ayrıca Total 2, Total 3 ve OTHERS gibi altcoin piyasasının genel performansını izleyen göstergelerin uzun vadeli düşüş trendlerini kırdığını belirtiyor.

Altcoin Sezonu Gerçekten Başladı mı? Hyland’in görüşünü destekleyen bir başka gelişme de vadeli işlem piyasasında yaşandı. Altcoin sürekli vadeli işlem sözleşmelerindeki açık pozisyon miktarı, Aralık 2024’ten bu yana ilk kez Bitcoin’in üzerindeki seviyeye çıktı.

Hyland bu gelişmeleri, şimdiye kadarki en büyük altcoin yükselişlerinden birinin hazırlığı olarak yorumluyor.

Ancak VirtualBacon’ın yaptığı fiyat karşılaştırması başka bir şey söylüyor: Bitcoin yaklaşık iki buçuk hafta boyunca aynı seviyelerde kalırken piyasanın en büyük altcoinlerinin çoğu belirgin bir şekilde ilerlemedi.

Dolayısıyla iki görüş aslında tamamen aynı soruya cevap vermiyor. Hyland gelecekte oluşabilecek daha geniş bir altcoin hareketine dikkat çekerken, Liu mevcut fiyat performansına bakarak bunun henüz piyasaya genellenemeyeceğini savunuyor.

Altcoinlerde Asıl Hareket Nerede? Veriler, “altcoinler Bitcoin’i geçiyor” ifadesinin şu aşamada bütün piyasayı kapsayan tek bir hikâye olmadığını gösteriyor.

Solana, BNB ve Chainlink gibi bazı altcoinler belirgin şekilde yükselirken büyük bölümün Bitcoin’e kıyasla sınırlı hareket ettiği görülüyor.

Bu nedenle önümüzdeki dönemde asıl izlenecek konu, birkaç altcoinin yükselmeye devam etmesi değil, bu performansın piyasanın geneline yayılıp yayılmayacağı olacak.

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

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As top crypto assets continue to show mixed price actions, it appears that institutional investors across the broad crypto market are gradually withdrawing their interest, causing momentum in the ETF market to fade.

While the broader crypto ETF market is seeing less participation from investors, the latest data from SosoValue shows that XRP has emerged as the only major cryptocurrency among Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana to attract fresh capital during the latest daily trading session.

XRP sees sustained demand After a day of zero participation in the XRP ETF ecosystem, it appears that investor demand for the XRP investment product has returned.

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Per the data, XRP ETFs recorded a modest $1.55 million in net inflows on September 8, while Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana ETFs all posted net outflows on the same day.

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With XRP being the only asset that attracted fresh capital on that day, Bitcoin ETFs collectively recorded about $46.65 million in net outflows, while Ethereum and Solana ETFs saw $24.29 million and $667,720 in withdrawals on the same day.

Although XRP only saw a very modest capital flow into its funds, it has taken dominance over the ETF market, as it shows that investors are more interested in gaining exposure to XRP through regulated ETF products rather than other assets.

XRP reclaims $1.43While XRP is back on a bullish trajectory, showing a modest price gain of around 3% over the last day, the sustained demand for its ETF product could further drive price appreciation for the asset.

As such, traders are increasingly becoming optimistic about a $2 breakout for XRP as momentum continues to build despite market instability.

A Unified Account for Fiat and Stablecoins@Altitude has embedded @MoonPay Enterprise virtual accounts directly into its global operating account, giving treasury teams a single interface that spans traditional banking and on-chain settlement on @Solana. The move addresses a persistent pain point for corporate treasurers: the need to maintain separate providers for fiat collection, stablecoin conversion, and cross-border payouts.

Under the arrangement, businesses using Altitude are issued dedicated virtual accounts that sit on familiar banking rails. On the Altitude platform, those settled assets land within a Solana-native treasury environment.

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The Altitude integration extends that consolidation to Solana-based treasury operations.

The integration routes funds through a compliance engine that connects legacy fiat systems directly to stablecoin rails, bypassing the correspondent banking chains that typically slow corporate money movement. For treasury operators on Altitude, that means the ability to receive fiat, hold stablecoins, and execute global payments from one compliant interface, without switching between platforms or managing multiple banking relationships.

The Altitude deal adds another layer to that enterprise push, this time targeting Solana-native businesses managing cross-border treasury flows.

Sources:
MoonPay: MoonPay Enterprise Launch Announcement
PR Newswire: MoonPay Launches Virtual Accounts in New York
The Paypers: MoonPay Enterprise Stablecoin Platform

Institutional participation in the cryptocurrency market appears to be waning, with data indicating a slowdown in overall momentum within crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Fluctuating price activity among leading digital assets has coincided with a reduction in ETF market engagement from key investors.

XRP remains resilient amid ETF outflowsDespite a general decline in investor activity across major crypto ETFs, fresh data from SosoValue shows that XRP stood out as the only major digital asset to record net inflows in the latest trading session. ETFs tracking Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana all saw net outflows, while XRP investment products bucked the trend.

On September 8, XRP ETFs registered net inflows of $1.55 million, recovering from a previous session of zero participation. In contrast, Bitcoin ETFs recorded a combined $46.65 million in net withdrawals, with Ethereum ETFs seeing $24.29 million flow out and Solana ETF products experiencing $667,720 in outflows, according to the same data set.

Although XRP’s net inflow figure is modest compared to the total assets under management for crypto ETFs, the movement highlights a growing interest in regulated exposure to XRP. This stands in sharp distinction to the broader trend of outflows among its competitors.

Market shift signals changing investor prioritiesThe shift in ETF flows suggests that, at least in recent sessions, institutional investors may be evaluating their crypto allocations and potentially favoring XRP exposure within regulated frameworks. Analysts noted that despite the relatively small amount, the inflow gives XRP an edge in the ETF market for that period.

This renewed demand has also coincided with a minor rebound in XRP’s market price, with the asset recording a gain of approximately 3% over the previous day. Trading optimism has grown, with some traders targeting a potential rally toward the $2 level should positive momentum continue.

XRP has emerged as the sole major asset to attract new capital into its ETF ecosystem, while Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana saw continued withdrawals, highlighting shifting investor preferences in the current market environment.

Technical analysts are monitoring key levels in XRP’s price movements and ETF market performance, noting that investment flows can influence future price direction. This trend may be especially important if momentum carries through subsequent sessions.

Broader financial trends: Wall Street and Web3Analysts also point to broader financial industry trends, where traditional markets, long reliant on brokers and intermediaries, are witnessing fundamental shifts toward Web3 platforms. Companies such as 1stepSwap now allow investors to directly hold tokenized shares of U.S. companies, gold, and silver in their crypto wallets, removing intermediaries and facilitating instant price discovery through tokenization of real-world assets.

As the ETF landscape evolves, market participants are urged to closely track both asset flows and technical developments, with special focus on new avenues for regulated digital asset exposure.

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Solana is poised to demonstrate that it is still the OG blockchain.

From an on-chain perspective, September got off to a good start. However, the majority of the early gains were driven by Robinhood Chain, which experienced a significant increase in DEX volume, transactions, and RWA adoption.

This naturally raised questions about whether Solana was losing some of its edge.

The most recent information, however, suggests that Solana is regaining its momentum. Following a brief loss of the number one position in terms of daily DEX volume to Robinhood Chain, Solana recovered in less than 72 hours.

It is now back above $2 billion per day in terms of DEX volume and is outpacing Robinhood Chain by a considerable margin.

Source: Artemis Notably, the address activity tells a similar story. According to the Token Terminal data, Solana boasts around 10x higher active addresses than Robinhood Chain, which speaks of the network’s activity difference.

In short, there is still no doubt about SOL’s demand. Even though Robinhood’s airdrop has attracted many new users, Solana’s fast adoption rate has not diminished any of the activity.

According to AMBCrypto, this is where the chart above begins to hold serious weight.

Like the chart shows, Solana is dominating x402 activity, outpacing Base and others for the second week in a row. Solana now comprises over 80% of total activity, suggesting growing adoption in the space of AI agents and stablecoin payments.

That gives Solana’s recent surge a more fundamental angle: its success is not only being driven by DEX activity but also by emerging agentic payments use cases.

In this regard, Solana [SOL] seems to be pulling ahead of Robinhood Chain, raising the question of whether the recent whale accumulation is being driven more by conviction than speculation.

Solana’s H2 rally is just getting started Solana is showing one of the most bullish technical setups in crypto at the moment.

From a technical perspective, SOL has closed its first green monthly candle in 10 months, with the monthly MACD nearing a bullish crossover. On the monthly chart, the RSI has broken above a two-year downtrend, suggesting that long-term momentum could be turning in favor of SOL. 

In this regard, the Lookonchain data recently showed that a whale accumulated 285,503 SOL during the past three weeks, which makes the movement look more like a strategic move than a random one.

However, despite the recent bullish signs, analyst Ansem argues the market is not yet bullish enough.

Source: X Now, this is where Solana’s fundamentals start to matter.

While the recent shift in network traffic towards Robinhood may have rattled some, Solana’s technical and fundamental conviction is proving far more resistant to pressure.

If anything, the network is already regaining momentum across both DEX and agentic activity, making Ansem’s bullish thesis look less far-fetched.

With technicals trending higher, on-chain activity picking up, and Solana dominating the agentic transaction landscape, the fundamentals are proving increasingly difficult to ignore.

This could help explain why recent whale accumulation may just be the start of a deeper accumulation phase ahead.

Final Summary Solana is gaining momentum, with stronger activity across DEXs and agentic transactions.

Whales may be buying for the long term, as Solana’s fundamentals continue to improve.

US-listed XRP ETFs saw $1.55 million in inflows on September 8, the largest among 12 spot crypto fund groups. Only Hedera (HBAR) products joined them, with $431,180.

Four groups lost money, and six recorded no flow at all. Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Solana (SOL) had not all fallen on the same day since July 9.

Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana Bled Together for the First Time Since JulyBTC funds lost $46.65 million, the heaviest loss in the group. Ethereum products followed with $24.29 million. Solana products shed a slimmer $667,719.

Those three had not fallen together in the previous 41 sessions. Hyperliquid (HYPE) funds lost $12.96 million, erasing the $10.52 million they collected on September 4.

Those four accounted for every dollar that left, $84.56 million in total, according to SoSoValue records. 

US Spot Crypto ETF Net Flows Across 12 Groups, September 8, 2026. Source: SoSoValue/BeInCryptoFollow us on X to get the latest news as it happens

For XRP, Franklin’s XRPZ fund absorbed the entire $1.55 million inflow. The Bitwise, Canary, 21Shares, and Grayscale products all printed zeros.

The Avalanche (AVAX), BNB (BNB), Dogecoin (DOGE), Polkadot (DOGE), Chainlink (LINK), and Litecoin (LINK) funds all printed zeros. Momentum had already drained from the altcoin groups the previous week.

Monthly figures read softer than the daily numbers. Bitcoin funds still hold a $723.5 million gain for September, while Ethereum products sit on $106.43 million.

XRP funds have added $14.86 million this month, ahead of Solana at $4.58 million. Dogecoin and Hyperliquid are the only groups underwater for September.

The two groups that drew money also led the field on price. Hedera has gained 7.4% over seven days, XRP 7%, and Bitcoin 2.2%.

XRP Price Performance. Source: BeInCrypto MarketsXRP changed hands near $1.44 on Tuesday, up 4.06% over 24 hours. Hyperliquid rose 3.3% to $86.77, while Solana added 2.03%.

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