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2026/09/07
ZEC, XMR, UNI: Top Altcoins Gaining Attention Amid Price Breakouts
Zcash targets $1,099 after breaking above $750, with $903 serving as key resistance.Monero targets $600 after a 26.5% weekly gain, but rising open interest increases reversal risk.Uniswap targets $5.66 after record burn funding, while CLARITY Act uncertainty threatens momentum.Three altcoins are dra
Strive CEO Announces Purchase of 1,100 BTC, Total Holdings to Exceed 24,000
Strive Inc. is buying another 1,100 Bitcoin. CEO Matt Cole made the announcement ahead of a scheduled purchase on September 8, making it the latest in an aggressive accumulation campaign that has transformed the Nasdaq-listed firm into one of the biggest corporate Bitcoin holders on the planet.The p
Blockstream's Liquid Sidechain Reports a 4,000 BTC Anomaly Worth $320M
CoinDesk reports:Blockstream’s Bitcoin sidechain, Liquid, has been suspended since Sunday. Approximately 4,000 BTC, estimated at $320 million based on the price cited in the article, have been withdrawn from the federation wallet backing the circulating L-BTC. Following the incident, the bridge node
Bitcoin Holds Near $80,000 Amid 60% Odds of September Fed Rate Hike
Bitcoin traded around $79,500 on Monday. The price remained near $80,000 despite renewed expectations for a Federal Reserve rate hike. Bitcoin had climbed above $82,000 at one point last week. The U.S. economy added 162,000 jobs in August against expectations of 55,000. The unemployment rate was unc
OpenBMB's MiniCPM5-2B Tops Open Models Under 4B Parameters on Artificial Analysis Index v4.2
A model with just 2 billion parameters has claimed the top spot among open models under 4 billion parameters on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.2, scoring 15 points. OpenBMB’s MiniCPM5-2B, built in collaboration with Tsinghua University’s NLP lab and ModelBest, is designed to run on ph
KuCoin Launches KCUSD with Up to 4% Base APR for Stablecoin Holders
KuCoin launches KCUSD with a base APR of up to 4%.KCUSD offers daily returns on eligible stablecoin balances.KuCoin plans to expand KCUSD into collateral and trading utility.KuCoin has launched KCUSD, a new Earn product designed to help stablecoin holders generate returns on otherwise idle balances.
BTC and ETH ETFs see over $10 billion in weekly inflows for the third consecutive week.
According to ME News, on September 7 (UTC+8), DWF Labs reported that last week, combined net inflows into BTC and ETH ETFs reached approximately $1.2 billion, marking the third consecutive week exceeding $1 billion—the first such occurrence since July 2025. Of this, BTC ETFs saw net inflows of about
Trader Achieves 590% Return on 50x Leveraged ASTER Position
Huo Xing Finance reports that on September 7, according to Lookonchain monitoring, a trader went long on BNB and ASTER on the Aster DEX with 50x leverage, achieving multi-fold returns. Data shows the trader went long on 230 BNB, with a position value of approximately $171,600, yielding a profit of a
XRP Ledger Stablecoin Market Cap Surpasses $1 Billion
The XRP Ledger (XRPL), which uses XRP as its native token, has recorded a double-digit percentage increase over the past 30 days in its stablecoin market capitalization to over $1 billion on Monday.The XRP Ledger’s stablecoin market cap was at $1.09 billion on September 7, according to metrics from
Vitalik Buterin Says 90% of His Net Worth Bets Against 50% Bitcoin Crash
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is pushing back against one of the more dramatic AI-driven Bitcoin forecasts—and says his own wealth already functions as the wager.AI-risk commentator Liron Shapira assigned a 50% probability that Bitcoin falls more than 50% within two years, arguing artificial i
Japan to Invest $60B in AI Data Centers by 2033
Japan is betting big on becoming one of the world’s premier destinations for AI compute. A Nikkei survey of 26 major Japanese data center operators found that 22 of them plan to increase AI-focused data center capacity more than fourfold by 2033, compared to end-2025 levels. The price tag: roughly 1
Ethereum Simulations Show 11–18× CPU Work Reduction for Blob Recovery
An Ethereum prototype that divides blob-recovery duties among nodes reported an 11–18× reduction in estimated reconstruction computing work across 1,000-node simulations. The results suggest operators could reduce duplicated work through a smaller change than the full RowDAS networking proposal.Rese
BTC and ETH ETFs See Over $10 Billion in Net Inflows for the Third Consecutive Week
Odaily Planet Daily reports: DWF Labs stated that last week, the combined net inflow into BTC and ETH ETFs reached approximately $1.2 billion, marking the third consecutive week exceeding $1 billion—the first such occurrence since July 2025. Of this, BTC ETFs saw a net inflow of about $987 million,
Trader Achieves 590% Return Using 50x Leverage on BNB and ASTER on Aster DEX
ChainCatcher report, according to Lookonchain monitoring, a trader went long on BNB and ASTER on Aster DEX with 50x leverage, achieving multi-fold returns.
Data shows the trader went long on 230 BNB, with a position value of approximately $171,600, currently realizing a profit of about $13,000, y
SOCK Market Cap Surpasses $13M Amid BONK GUY's Influence
Odaily Planet Daily reports that, according to GMGN data, influenced by BONK GUY’s call to buy, the meme coin SOCK has surpassed a market cap of $13 million, hitting a new all-time high at $12.33 million, with a 260.4% increase in the past hour.BONK GUY currently holds approximately 31.7 million SOC
