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CME has become the largest venue for XRP futures open interest, surpassing Binance, CoinGape reported, citing CoinGlass data. CME’s XRP futures open interest stood at about $530 million, above Binance’s $510 million, marking its highest level in the past three months. CME open interest has risen rapidly since mid-August and reached a record $569 million on Aug. 28, according to the report.

Strategy’s Bitcoin purchases could support the market in the short term, but they are not enough to change the long-term trend, Greeks.live analyst Adam said on X. He reproduced the English phrase "BTC" and said that, given the current size of the BTC market, it is difficult for any single player to dictate direction and the path ahead is also hard to predict. Adam added that Strategy’s buying capacity could increase if it secures additional gains from its BTC holdings. Over the longer term, however, he said continued net outflows from ETFs make it difficult for BTC to hold steadily above $80,000. He also pointed to macroeconomic pressures, saying hawkish remarks from the Federal Reserve and escalating U.S.-Iran tensions are adding strain to already weakened investor sentiment. With short-term volatility falling quickly, Adam said it is hard to conclude that one strong rally alone marks a shift into a bull market.

South Korean exchange Upbit announced it has placed Injective (INJ) on a delisting watchlist after confirming an unresolved security incident, including hacking, involving a virtual asset wallet or the distributed ledger where the asset is issued, transferred, or stored.

South Korean exchange Bithumb announced the addition of CORE and INJ to its delisting watchlist after confirming a security incident, including an unresolved or unexplained hack, involving a virtual asset wallet or the distributed ledger where the assets are issued, transferred, or stored.

Blackboard said it launched its alpha service today. The company describes Blackboard as a non-custodial trading terminal that lets users trade markets fragmented across multiple protocols and chains in one place, with support for perpetual futures, prediction markets and trading cards. The initial rollout will be opened gradually to users on the waitlist, and Blackboard plans to expand the range of supported markets during the alpha period based on user feedback.

Tron founder Justin Sun, asked about the size of his personal fortune, emphasized that what matters in the crypto industry is not individual wealth but data that can be directly verified on-chain. Using the English phrase "one-to-one," Sun added that a core difference between crypto and traditional finance is that blockchain lets users verify transaction records directly instead of trusting a specific individual. Sun said he would speak only about what can be verified and that the figures were current as of today. Sun added that HTX’s proof of reserves has been maintained for years, is disclosed regularly, and can be verified by third parties. User assets are always fully backed on a "one-to-one" basis, and all transactions take place on-chain, Sun said. He also said more than $94 billion in USDT is in circulation on the Tron network and that his principle since entering the industry has been to build on the internet so users can deposit and withdraw instantly.

The Cronos network, which had been temporarily halted after the hack of Tectonic, a lending protocol in the Cronos (CRO) ecosystem, has resumed operations, Cointelegraph reported. The network is now producing blocks again, and Cronos plans to soon release a post-incident analysis detailing the cause of the disruption and its response. Earlier, about $75 million in cryptocurrency was illicitly borrowed from Tectonic on Aug. 31, with around $6 million of that moved into Ethereum (ETH), according to the report.

A Tiger Research analysis found that the market for perpetual futures tied to South Korean stocks is expanding rapidly on overseas crypto exchanges. According to Tiger Research, cumulative trading volume in the sector reached about 307 trillion won from February through August this year. August alone saw 166 trillion won in trading, about four times the 42 trillion won recorded by South Korea’s five largest crypto exchanges. The firm added that as the offshore derivatives market grows, hedging by market makers could also affect domestic spot stock prices. To respond, South Korea’s financial industry needs to establish measures including access to corporate accounts, a legal framework for derivatives, and won-based payment and settlement infrastructure, Tiger Research said.

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) plans to work with Payward, Kraken’s parent company, to support trading in tokenized major UK stocks, the Financial Times reported. The product is targeted for a 2027 launch, subject to regulatory approval. LSEG also plans to expand its existing digital markets infrastructure to support tokenized equities.

South Korean exchange Bithumb announced the designation of RSS3 as a delisting watchlist asset.

The following are the 24-hour long/short ratios for BTC perpetual futures on the world’s three largest crypto futures exchanges by open interest: Overall: 50.03% long, 49.97% short - Binance: 49.91% long, 50.09% short - OKX: 50.14% long, 49.86% short - Bybit: 50.13% long, 49.87% short

Vietnam is pursuing a pilot program that would allow domestic companies to tokenize real-world assets to attract funding from overseas investors, Bitcoin News reported. Under a government resolution prepared in September last year, cryptocurrencies issued in Vietnam must be backed by real assets. Securities and fiat currencies are excluded, while initial investment will be limited to foreign investors. The core of the program is to let Vietnamese companies tokenize assets they hold and raise capital from global investors.

South Korean retail appetite for risk assets is reviving as the crypto market recovers, Bloomberg reported, and the so-called kimchi premium in Bitcoin has also reappeared. Bloomberg said BTC on South Korea’s largest exchange, Upbit, was trading at about a 1% premium in won terms to Binance’s dollar-denominated price. Domestic BTC prices have maintained a premium over offshore markets for the past week, the longest such stretch since early May, according to the report. Bloomberg explained the kimchi premium measures the gap between Bitcoin prices in South Korea and global markets and is used as one indicator of retail investor sentiment in Asia. BTC Markets analyst Rachael Lucas added that South Korean retail investors tend to buy aggressively when risk appetite strengthens. Lucas said past shifts in South Korea from BTC trading at a discount to offshore exchanges to a premium were followed by stronger returns in the following weeks.

UNI has risen by 4.37% in the past five minutes on the COINNESS market. Currently, UNI is trading at $5.89.

Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court halted presidential candidate Renan Santos’ online campaign and suspended about $600,000 in campaign funding after Santos’ camp failed to disclose 16 social media accounts within the required registration period, local media reported. The court did not revoke Santos’ candidacy, and Santos’ camp plans to appeal the decision. Santos recently backed the adoption of a national strategic BTC reserve in Brazil.

Stablecoin payment card spending reached a record $1.076 billion in August, according to PaymentScan data cited by Cryptopolitan. Monthly payment volume topped $1 billion for a second straight month following July. Transaction count also hit a record at about 10.67 million, while active addresses rose to a record 283,653. By provider, RedotPay handled about $390.1 million, accounting for 36% of total payment volume and ranking first.

Solana-based automated market maker Aquifer was hit by a hack worth about $2.5 million after a wallet address was compromised, BlockBeats reported. The hacker appears to have operated addresses across multiple blockchains, including Ethereum and Solana. The report added the hacker may have gained access to multiple addresses linked to the protocol, raising the possibility that a private key or administrator privileges were compromised. It has not yet been confirmed whether the stolen funds can be recovered or whether wallet access rights were in fact compromised.

AI social engine infrastructure provider X-Agent announced it will hold the X-Agent AI MCP Hackathon 2026 for developers worldwide on Sept. 2. Backed by OLA XBT, the event targets agents and MCP applications with real-world usability and verifiability. The hackathon will run in two tracks: Open Innovation and the OLA XBT x X-Agent Trading Challenge. The Open Innovation track allows participants to freely build API-based agents and MCP applications using AI, crypto, data, automation and agent infrastructure. Teams joining the trading challenge will receive OLA XBT Nexus MCP. The winning team in each track will receive 500 USDT, while the top five teams in each track will receive X Points. X Points can be used to exchange for X-Agent’s airdrop token XAGT. Registration and development will remain open through Sept. 19. Technical review and evaluation will run from Sept. 20 through Oct. 1, and the list of winners is scheduled to be announced between Oct. 2 and 4.

Hyperliquid trader James Wynn closed a 1.33 BTC short position worth $103,000 at a $1,500 loss and then opened a 1.86 BTC long position worth $147,000 with 30x leverage.

The 60-day cumulative net buying by wallets holding 100-1,000 BTC reached 73,300 BTC as of Aug. 31, on-chain analyst Amar Taha said, marking the highest level since April 21. Taha added that large-scale whales holding more than 10,000 BTC also held 43,300 BTC. Taha said this differs from April and May, when 100-1,000 BTC holders' net buying rose to 91,920 BTC but whales holding more than 10,000 BTC moved in the opposite direction and sold about 40,000 BTC in mid-May. Bitcoin later fell about 25%, he said, adding that the market structure now appears different from the earlier period.

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission received failing-level marks in a government performance review for its digital asset policy, Edaily reported. According to National Assembly member Park Min-kyu of the Democratic Party, citing a National Assembly audit document titled the "2025 self-evaluation result report" on major policy areas submitted by the FSC, the agency’s tasks of preparing a second-phase virtual asset law and establishing a regulatory framework for stablecoins were rated "somewhat insufficient" and "insufficient," respectively. Park said the poor marks stemmed from delays in legislating the Framework Act on Digital Assets. Concerns are rising as taxation is being pushed ahead at speed even though the underlying basic law has yet to be put in place.

A Robinhood-based decentralized exchange saw its daily trading volume top $900 million for the first time on record. A memecoin launchpad also set a record high, with daily trading volume reaching $438 million.

South Korean exchange Upbit announced it will temporarily suspend MINA deposits and withdrawals at 2:00 p.m. UTC on Sept. 2 due to a network upgrade on the MINA network.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore is publicly seeking feedback on proposed amendments to the 2019 Payment Services Act to establish a regulatory framework for stablecoins in Singapore, ChainCatcher reported. It is also collecting comments on proposed additional regulatory requirements reflecting developments in the stablecoin industry since 2023.

Thailand’s SEC has proposed allowing brokers to support retail investors investing in certain offshore cryptocurrency derivatives, according to Cointelegraph. The eligible products must be similar to crypto derivatives traded in Thailand in terms of underlying assets, maturity, leverage and settlement methods.