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Pendle has officially launched its new financial products, USDx and sUSDx, designed for fixed income markets. This announcement, made on September 4 via Twitter, marks a significant expansion of Pendle’s offerings aimed at institutional traders. The introduction of these products could reshape how institutions engage with the decentralized finance sector, as outlined in their official tweet. The Story So Far The broader crypto market is showing mixed signals, yet Pendle’s latest announcement stands out. The introduction of USDx and sUSDx indicates a strategic move to enhance market depth and attract larger trading volumes. By targeting institutional players, Pendle aims to…

Ethereum price prediction for September 5 stays bullish above $2,455.94, with $2,560 the level $ETH needs to clear to extend Thursday’s 5% rally toward $2,600. Ethereum Price Analysis: Does the Squeeze Have More Room? Ethereum Price Analysis (Source: TradingView) $ETH trades near $2,508.68, up 0.15% on the 4-hour candle after Thursday’s approx 5% jump to $2,501 pulled price into the upper half of a range that’s held since late August, roughly $2,400 to $2,560. Price sits above all four EMAs, with the 20-period at $2,455.94, the 50-period at $2,438.36, the 100-period at $2,363.41, and the 200-period at $2,222.64, a clean…

Deel said on Aug. 17 that its DLUSD stablecoin wallet is live in more than 80 countries, 11 weeks after a launch limited to Argentina. The expansion routes a payroll platform that processes $22 billion a year into distributing dollar balances to contractors in markets where local banks make dollar accounts hard to get, and into lending those balances out through Morpho markets on Tempo. Deel is the reference customer for Tempo Earn, the yield product the Stripe- and Paradigm-incubated chain launched on Aug. 12. “Get paid, then hold, earn, and spend, in DLUSD, a dollar-backed currency,” Deel wrote, crediting…

Hyperliquid’s token, $HYPE, jumped 11% after U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Mike Selig is working on a way to bring Hyperliquid ($HYPE) into the U.S. “I understand that [CFTC Chairman] Mike [Selig] is also working to bring hyperliquid into the United States in a fully compliant and legal fashion, working very hard on that,” Trump said. Trump made the remarks during a White House event with crypto and technology executives, including Coinbase (COIN) CEO Brian Armstrong, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev. Leaders from Nasdaq and Intercontinental Exchange also…

Robinhood Chain has set a daily fee record of $6.04 million, lifting its seven-day annualized revenue rate to approximately $1.1 billion as memecoin trading and token launches drive network activity. Robinhood Chain daily fees reach $6.04 million DefiLlama data showed Robinhood Chain collecting $6.04 million in transaction fees over the latest 24-hour period, exceeding the previous level of about $4.6 million and setting a record for the network. After deducting Ethereum settlement expenses and Robinhood Chain’s fee-sharing obligations to the Arbitrum ecosystem, the network retained approximately $5.44 million as chain revenue. Fees refer to the total amount users paid, while…

Bitcoin surged above $65,000 after military clashes between the US and Iran eased for a second consecutive day. This also had a positive impact on altcoins, with Ethereum rising over 4% in the last 24 hours to above $1,960, while major altcoins like Solana and XRP gained between 1% and 2%. In contrast, international oil prices fell by approximately 5%. This will be a critical week for $BTC and altcoins, as the Fed will announce its July interest rate decision on Wednesday. At this point, whether the uptrend for $BTC will continue depends on future developments, while one analyst noted…

RWA, DeFi, and DePIN remain crypto’s strongest growth narratives in 2026, but they are winning on different scoreboards. Real-world assets lead institutional adoption, DeFi leads usable liquidity and recurring on-chain revenue, and DePIN leads sector-token performance. AI is expanding selectively, while ReFi is still contracting by most investable-market measures. Adoption and token returns have split. Tokenized assets are entering mainstream financial infrastructure even as the RWA token index stays roughly flat. DeFi processes the most capital and fees despite slightly negative sector returns. DePIN’s smaller market has delivered the best 2026 price performance. Crypto-AI shows real transaction growth but little…

$Ethereum is holding the $2,500 handle, but it is not moving with anything like the conviction $Bitcoin showed yesterday. $ETH trades at $2,517.8, up marginally against a previous close of $2,507.6, after tagging $2,546.2 intraday and immediately giving the move back. The current 3 hour candle is actually down 0.35%. $ETH/USD chart That failed spike is the whole story, and it is the fourth time it has happened in two weeks. Why Is the Ethereum Price Holding Above $2,500? Ether is riding the same wave Bitcoin caught on Thursday. Fed Governor Christopher Waller’s remarks pushed traders to price in a…

An anonymous cryptocurrency whale has liquidated their entire position in $PUMP tokens after holding for roughly 10 months, incurring a realized loss of approximately $580,000. The transaction, which took place about an hour ago, was flagged by on-chain analyst EmberCN, who shared the details on social media. Details of the Whale Transaction According to EmberCN, the whale originally acquired 518 million $PUMP tokens in October last year, spending 2 million $USDC. The average entry price was $0.00386 per token. Today, the whale exited the entire position at an average price of $0.00274, receiving approximately 1.42 million SOL (worth about $1.42…

Interlace has opened an office in Brazil and assembled a local team as the stablecoin infrastructure company expands its payment and digital asset operations across Latin America. Interlace said the Brazil operation will connect local financial institutions, cross-border trade platforms, digital asset companies and Web3 projects with its global payment and digital asset infrastructure. Going global. Building local.Interlace is expanding to Brazil 🇧🇷Our new office marks another step toward making stablecoin-powered payments and digital financial infrastructure more accessible worldwide.The future of payments is being built — and we’re just getting started.… pic.twitter.com/nDNVcN5PUi — interlace.money (@InterlaceMoney) August 18, 2026 Interlace Brazil…