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A wallet estimated to be linked to the Solana-based memecoin launchpad Pump.fun has transferred 72,252.69 $SOL—worth roughly $6.3 million—to the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken. The transaction occurred over a 15-minute window, according to on-chain analyst ai_9684xtpa, who shared the details on X. First Large Exchange Deposit in a Week The deposit marks the first significant movement of funds from this particular wallet to an exchange in the past seven days. On-chain observers suggest the transfer may be intended for routine selling, although no definitive intent has been confirmed. Large deposits to centralized exchanges are often interpreted as a precursor to selling,…

Centrifuge and LI.FI announced a partnership on August 31, 2026 aimed at making tokenized assets easier to discover, access, and use across different blockchain networks. Centrifuge is a tokenization and onchain asset management platform with more than $1.6 billion in assets under management, while LI.FI is a liquidity orchestration platform powering more than 1,000 integrations across the crypto industry. Why This Partnership Exists Tokenized assets already live onchain, but capital remains fragmented across different networks, wallets, and applications, which limits how easily investors can reach them, according to Centrifuge’s announcement of the partnership. The two companies are addressing that fragmentation…

Bitcoin $BTC$63,174.72 has come under pressure since the U.S. stock market closed Monday, with South Korea’s Kospi leading Asian equities lower and providing risk-off cues to the cryptocurrency market. $BTC has fallen to $63,200 from nearly $65,000, a 2.7% decline that has spilled over into the broader crypto market and dragged down the likes of ether (ETH), $XRP ($XRP), solana (SOL), and others. The drop ends the brief resilience the market showed earlier Monday as shares in NVDA tanked on Wall Street. The Senate has shelved the CLARITY Act to prioritize a Russia sanctions bill, making a vote on the…

Bitwise Research Head Ryan Rasmussen said the stablecoin market could grow many times larger than its current size in the coming years. In a recent interview, Rasmussen predicted that the stablecoin market, currently at around $300 billion, could reach between $3 trillion and $5 trillion. Rasmussen argued that investors, in particular, have not adequately priced in Circle’s growth potential. He stated that Circle, given its current market share and position, could significantly benefit from clearer stablecoin regulations in the US, and that the company would go beyond being merely an issuer of stablecoins. According to a Bitwise executive, payment infrastructure…

$XRP saw strong activity in Q2 2026, with institutional interest, stablecoin adoption, and RWA tokenization driving growth across the $XRP Ledger (XRPL) ecosystem. According to Blockworks’ State of $XRP: Q2 2026 report, $XRP ETPs attracted $253.6 million in net inflows during Q2, a 45.1% increase from the $174.8 million recorded in Q1. May and June were particularly strong, generating $141.9 million and $111.5 million in net inflows, respectively. Cumulative net inflows since the launch of the first U.S. spot $XRP ETF in November 2025 surpassed $1.90 billion. However, quarter-end ETP assets under management fell 17.1% to $1.99 billion, reflecting $XRP’s…

In brief A federal jury has convicted Japheth Dillman of wire fraud and conspiracy over the collapse of crypto fund Block Bits Capital. He told investors the fund’s automated trading software was complete and working when he knew it was not. He and a co-conspirator used the money to pay themselves and make speculative bets that lost heavily. A federal jury in San Francisco has convicted the founder of a cryptocurrency trading fund of wire fraud and conspiracy, after prosecutors showed he sold investors on trading software he knew did not work, the Justice Department said on Monday. Japheth Dillman,…

Hyperliquid ($HYPE) is trending again amid a historic mention. President Trump said on August 19 that the CFTC is working to bring Hyperliquid into the U.S. “in a fully compliant and legal fashion.” $HYPE, Hyperliquid’s token, jumped by over 25%. Meanwhile, the bigger story for traders may not be Hyperliquid at all. It’s what happens if the same regulatory door opens for every decentralized perpetual exchange (perp DEX), not just one. Why This Isn’t Just a Hyperliquid Story A perp DEX is a decentralized exchange that lets traders bet on crypto prices using leverage, without an expiration date on the…

If you hold Wrapped TON on Ethereum or on $BNB Smart Chain, you are facing a closed door today. The old TON bridge at bridge-v3.ton.org is being shut down permanently as of September 1, 2026. The wrapped token does not disappear from your wallet as a result, but the route by which it can be turned back into real Toncoin is no longer being operated. How much is affected had not been published anywhere. So we counted on the morning of the deadline: at 06:56 UTC, Ethereum and $BNB Smart Chain together held 11,344,908.81 Wrapped TON in wrapped form. Two…

Bitcoin may be trading above what some investors expected this year, but according to Charles Schwab’s Head of Crypto Research, Jim Ferraioli, its “fair value” could actually be closer to $95,000. Ferraioli said his valuation is based primarily on Bitcoin’s mining economics, rather than short-term market sentiment. Why $95,000? “If you were to say what’s the fair value for Bitcoin at these levels, I think it’s probably about $95,000.” He said. He explained that the most efficient Bitcoin miners currently produce BTC at a cost of around $60,000, while less efficient miners are closer to $95,000. Drawing a comparison with…

After failing to hold above $2500, the Ethereum price has been facing notable upward pressure that has dragged the price below $2400. The token is underperforming slightly, primarily driven by a macro shock that triggered a cascade of leveraged long liquidations. With this, the price has yet again landed in a decisive phase that raises questions: whether this is the start of Ethereum’s next major uptrend? Ethereum Needs to Hold $2,320 to Maintain Bullish Structure The Ethereum price chart is showing a notable change in the structure. After forming major lows around $880, $1,350, and $1,500, $ETH has gradually recovered…