Today's Crypto and Bitcoin News

ME News reports that, on September 2 (UTC+8), according to GMGN data, the Robinhood Chain ecosystem token JINQIAN briefly reached a market cap of $16 million before retreating to $8.45 million, rising over 210% on the day. Market interest may be linked to trader Rune’s recently disclosed plan for

Banks already control trillions of dollars in deposits and some of the world’s largest payment networks. So why would they need stablecoins?Stablecoins give financial institutions a way to move bank-like money across blockchain networks, settle transactions around the clock and participate directly

CoinGecko, one of the largest cryptocurrency data platforms, has rolled out tracking for more than 200 exchange-traded funds on its platform. The expansion includes both traditional crypto-focused ETFs and, more notably, tokenized versions of conventional financial products that live on-chain.CoinGe

Huo Xing Finance reports that on September 2, the prediction market platform Kalshi is preparing to apply to U.S. regulators for the launch of a WTI crude oil perpetual futures contract, potentially seeking approval as early as next week. The proposed contract would trade five days a week, 24 hours

ME News reports that on September 2 (UTC+8), according to the Circle blog, Heath Tarbert, President of Circle Internet Group and former Chairman of the CFTC, will testify before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. His testimony, titled “Dollar Diplomacy in the Internet Financial System,”

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a broad update to registered transfer-agent rules on September 1, explicitly accounting for blockchain technology in securities offerings and share transfers. In its official announcement, the SEC said the proposal would revise rules and forms gov

ME News reports that, as of September 2 (UTC+8), prediction market data shows that the "League of Legends: Hanwha Life Esports vs T1 (BO5) - LCK Playoffs" match generated $1.8M in trading volume over the past 24 hours, with significantly increased market participation.

Hyperliquid Strategies has dramatically expanded the financing machine behind one of crypto’s largest token treasury bets.The Nasdaq-listed company amended its committed equity facility with Chardan Capital Markets, increasing the maximum purchase amount from $1 billion to $2.5 billion, according to

The August 19 monetary pivot from the US Treasury Department led to some major changes in the cryptocurrency markets, including how investors view and operate with the spot ETFs tracking BTC and the largest altcoins.However, another investor shift came on Friday after the hawkish speech by Fed Chair

[PRESS RELEASE – HONG KONG, HONG KONG, September 2nd, 2026]New suite of standalone products gives institutions principal OTC dealing and LP connectivity alongside Liminal’s existing wallet and key-management infrastructure Today, Liminal, a provider of institutional digital asset wallet and key-mana

The Japanese yen surged against the US dollar, with intraday moves reaching as high as 3% on July 30, marking one of its largest single-day swings in years. The move sent a clear signal to currency traders: someone very large was buying yen, and that someone almost certainly had a government email a

A compromised oracle just killed a DeFi protocol. Full Sail, a capital-efficient yield protocol on the Sui blockchain, is shutting down permanently after an attacker exploited faulty price feeds from oracle provider Switchboard to drain roughly $91,000 from three of its vaults.The incident, which su

Aave’s August surge suggested that DeFi borrowers were returning at scale, rather than rotating between smaller lenders.Its active loans rose from about $11.1 billion to $12.5 billion. This surge added more than $1.5 billion in the last 30 days.Of this surge, the sharpest expansion occurred after th

Hyperliquid’s HYPE token is joining the ranks of Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and Solana inside a regulated ETF wrapper. Hashdex’s Nasdaq CME Crypto Index ETF, which trades under the ticker NCIQ, will add HYPE as its ninth holding effective September 1, 2026, giving the token a 3.36% portfolio weight.Tha

As Bitcoin (BTC) added more than $280 billion to its market capitalization over the past 30 days, reaching $1.54 trillion on September 2, 2026, the Bitcoin Cycle Momentum has signaled the onset of a macro bull run.This momentum metric, which measures the difference between CryptoQuant’s PnL (Profit