Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood said most investors overlook the role LayerZero (ZRO) plays in cross-chain messaging, praising the team behind the interoperability protocol in a post on X.Her post amplified an argument published two days earlier by Lorenzo Valente, ARK’s director of research for digital

Bitcoin’s latest recovery is encountering increased profit-taking activity as short-term holders have transferred approximately 467,000 BTC, worth about $35.4 billion, to exchanges since August 17.The shift comes as Bitcoin recently tested the $82,000 level while institutional demand through spot ET

Bitcoin is struggling to hold $80,000 after one of its strongest institutional buying days of the year, as investors weigh a revived “debasement trade” against renewed Federal Reserve rate-hike risk.BTC traded around $79,000–$80,000 Friday after reaching roughly $81,400 a day earlier. The reversal f

CoinDesk reports:Tom Lee’s Fundstrat Granny Shots U.S. Large Cap ETF (GRNY) significantly increased its allocation to MicroStrategy (MSTR) in the Q2 2026 rebalance. According to historical holdings data cited by Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, MSTR’s weighting in the fund rose to 3.02%, surpas

SoundHound AI has officially closed its acquisition of LivePerson, snapping up the digital messaging platform for $43 million. The deal closed on September 4, 2026, two days after shareholders gave it the green light. Factor in debt restructuring, and the total enterprise value lands closer to $250

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Bitcoin News posted on X that El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele accused El País of publishing “fake news.” Previously, the publication reported that El Salvador had transferred “majority ownership and control” of its more than 7,763 bitcoins to private operators.

ME AI News: Over the coming week, the Federal Reserve will enter its pre-September policy meeting blackout period, shifting investor focus to the PPI and CPI reports. Additionally, the European Central Bank will announce its interest rate decision. Below are the key market events to watch this week

Chainlink’s price structure shows a stronger setup as institutional adoption, network utility and bullish price action converge. The token has recovered from the $7–$8 region and broken above a multi-month downtrend, while Chainlink’s latest expansion into institutional payments adds a fresh fundame

Huoxing Finance reports: On September 5, over the coming week, the Federal Reserve will enter its pre-September policy meeting blackout period, shifting investor focus to the PPI and CPI reports. Additionally, the European Central Bank will announce its interest rate decision. Below are the key mark

CoinDesk reports:Ripple announced that Raghuram Rajan, former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, will appear at the opening of Swell 2026 on the first day of the event. The conference will take place in New York at the end of October and is open to participants from both traditional finance and

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko has criticized Robinhood Chain fees, arguing that the brokerage profits from network congestion rather than charging users openly within its own app.Robinhood Chain transaction fees now average roughly $0.40. Yakovenko says Solana handles the same work for a fract

Kai-Fu Lee, one of the most prominent figures in artificial intelligence, laid out a provocative thesis in an interview with Bloomberg: Chinese AI companies don’t need to build the best models to win. They just need to build ones that are good enough, cheap enough, and open enough to dominate everyw

Poland’s lawmakers have again fallen short of the supermajority required to overturn President Karol Nawrocki’s veto of a bill intended to tighten crypto oversight. On Friday, the Sejm voted 241-198 to override the veto, but with three abstentions the measure missed the 266 votes needed by 25—markin

G2 Esports, the organization that has practically trademarked winning in European League of Legends, stands on the doorstep of the 2026 World Championship. One victory over Team Vitality in the LEC Summer Playoffs upper bracket on September 5 would secure their spot at Worlds 2026.For an org that ha

Odaily Planet Daily report: On September 4, the B.AI platform announced that OpenAI’s latest flagship model, GPT-6 Astra, has been officially integrated into its API. As OpenAI’s newest flagship intelligent model, Astra achieves state-of-the-art (SOTA) performance in areas including computer operati