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DeFi lending protocol Aave has launched an official MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that lets AI tools including ChatGPT and Claude access Aave’s real-time data and prepare information needed for trades, The Block reported. The AI tools can pull protocol information from Aave V3 and V4 and structure transaction details, but users must still provide the final signature to approve any trade.

The spot CVD chart is an order-book analysis chart for the BTC/USDT spot trading pair. The upper panel shows the Volume Heatmap, while the lower panel shows cumulative volume delta, or CVD. - The upper volume heatmap tracks trading volume at each price level. The background becomes brighter when the price stays in a specific range for an extended period or makes a large move. Brighter zones may act as support or resistance. - The lower cumulative volume delta indicator reflects buy and sell orders by order size. As buy orders increase, the corresponding colored line rises. The yellow line is based on orders between $100 and $1,000, while the brown line is based on large orders between $1 million and $10 million.

Web3 project PinGo said it recently suffered another cyberattack, with some of the stolen tokens confirmed to have been sold on the market by the attacker. PinGo said it responded immediately after the attack and completed the consolidation and secure isolation of its on-chain assets to prevent further damage. The team is now carrying out internal response procedures to resolve the incident, and said more details on the scale of the losses and subsequent developments will be disclosed soon.

The Bank of Italy said crypto-asset service providers must verify whether both senders and recipients are subject to sanctions for all crypto transfers, regardless of amount. It also directed firms not to set minimum-value thresholds in internal systems that would allow small transfers to bypass automated screening procedures. The measure does not create a new compliance obligation, but clarifies how European Banking Authority guidelines that took effect in Italy on Dec. 30 last year should be applied to crypto transfers, according to DgWatch. As a result, local crypto firms need to review related systems and alert procedures to ensure sanctions-list screening is applied to every transfer.

Mexican federal prosecutors, the navy and Puebla state police seized 300 cryptocurrency mining machines from a mining site that allegedly drew electricity illegally from a federal hydroelectric facility, Decrypt reported. Transformers, medium-voltage power equipment and a satellite internet antenna were also seized. Local media identified the confiscated equipment as GPUs, which suggests the operation may have mined cryptocurrencies other than BTC that are typically mined with graphics cards. While cryptocurrency mining itself is legal in Mexico, prosecutors are preparing to pursue electricity theft charges, and authorities are also investigating whether assets produced at the site were used to launder criminal proceeds.

Bitcoin’s correlation with the S&P 500 has fallen to its lowest level since 2015 under one metric, although the two assets still showed synchronization in short-term daily returns, according to a Bitwise report. Based on 260-day log-level prices, the correlation between Bitcoin and the S&P 500 dropped to -0.62. By contrast, the 260-day correlation based on daily returns stood at +0.40, indicating their medium- to long-term price paths diverged while their day-to-day gains and losses still moved in the same direction. The report also showed mixed results depending on the time frame. With a 5% Bitcoin allocation in a portfolio, annualized volatility rose from 12.68% to 13.01% and maximum drawdown widened from 9.10% to 9.98% over 260 days, while both measures declined over a longer 500-day period. The analysis suggests it is difficult to conclude from correlation metrics alone whether Bitcoin can serve as a full risk hedge during sharp daily stock-market declines.

Germany is pushing a plan to impose a 25% flat tax on investment gains from cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum starting in 2028, Golem reported, citing Der Spiegel. According to a German Finance Ministry draft bill obtained by Der Spiegel, authorities plan to tax crypto gains at the same 25% rate applied to stock and other financial investment gains, replacing the current exemption for crypto held longer than one year. The measure would apply to cryptocurrencies acquired on or after Jan. 1, 2027, while whether the existing tax exemption will remain in place for assets acquired earlier is set to be decided during the legislative process. The current personal tax-free allowance of €1,000 ($1,170) is expected to remain in place, and the draft also includes a provision allowing crypto investment gains and losses to be offset against gains and losses from other securities such as stocks. The Finance Ministry expects the measure to generate about €350 million ($409 million) in additional tax revenue, and the draft is currently under review after being circulated to other ministries.

The supply of euro-pegged stablecoins reached $848.1 million, up 22.6% since the start of the year, according to a Sept. 7 data analysis by Token Terminal. While the market remains just one-350th the size of the U.S. dollar stablecoin market, the pace of on-chain inflows into euro-based assets has been rising sharply. EURC and EURCV, the latter issued by a Societe Generale subsidiary with a MiCA license, account for 82% of the market. By chain, Ethereum absorbed 69.4% of new inflows and Solana took 14.7%. The analysis indicated, however, that current supply growth is being led more by issuers than by underlying user demand, leaving limited euro liquidity in DeFi and a supply-demand gap as key challenges ahead.

U.S. asset manager Gratus Reserve V, LLC has filed a registration statement with the U.S. SEC to launch a $75 million cryptocurrency corporate treasury fund open to retail investors. The fund plans to allocate capital primarily to financial network cryptocurrencies compatible with the ISO 20022 standard, including XRP, Stellar, Cardano, Hedera and Quant, while also adding Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana to support portfolio stability. Gratus Reserve V also presented an analysis indicating that buying $5,000 worth of XRP through an institutional over-the-counter desk costs about one-tenth as much as in the retail investor market.

Europe accounts for 72.9% of Solana (SOL) block production, according to Glassnode. Germany held the largest country share at 36.1%, followed by the Netherlands at 19.6% and the U.S. at 15.2%. By city, Frankfurt in Germany and Amsterdam in the Netherlands accounted for 35.3% and 19.4%, respectively, meaning the two cities produced more than half of the total. Solana validators located in those two cities also totaled 310 out of 675, or 46%, while they accounted for 53% of staked assets. Ark Invest and Glassnode had previously analyzed Solana’s network infrastructure as relatively concentrated in Europe.

A survey of 500 college students in South Korea found 68.0% are currently making financial investments, with 15.3% holding virtual assets as part of their portfolios. According to a survey conducted by Vinu Labs Insight through Everytime, domestic stocks ranked highest among holdings at 77.6%, followed by overseas stocks at 63.2%. Virtual assets came next after bonds, funds and ISAs at 21.8%, with a holding rate of 15.3%. More than half of respondents, or 50.4%, said they invested 3 million won or less, while 25.6% said they managed at least 10.01 million won. The most-used securities platform was Toss Securities at 50.5%, followed by Kiwoom Securities at 10.7%, and Samsung Securities and KakaoPay Securities at 6.7% each.

Canaccord Genuity, a Canadian investment firm, raised its price target on Strategy to $179 from $175 and maintained a buy rating.

Crypto exchange BitMart said it has appointed Alvarez & Marsal, or A&M, as an external financial adviser to review options including an orderly resumption of customer withdrawals after limiting access to client assets following its decision to shut down operations. A&M will assess BitMart’s assets, financial condition, and stakeholder-related matters, while reviewing multiple paths including an orderly restart of withdrawals and the company’s future operating direction. BitMart plans to disclose progress updates and short-term action plans in stages over the next three weeks. The exchange also said it plans to launch a dedicated webpage within five business days to gather user feedback and appoint an independent third party in the near term to oversee company operations and asset custody. Earlier, BitMart customers formed an ad hoc creditor committee to recover frozen assets, and the exchange had said it was considering a restructuring plan that would gradually restore some services.

A whale that had used borrowed funds to hold 149,800 ETH worth $377 million at roughly two times leverage sold part of the position to repay debt, on-chain analyst EmberCN reported. About four hours ago, the whale sold 6,000 ETH at an average price of $2,496 and swapped the proceeds into 14.97 million USDe, which was then used to repay an Aave loan. The whale now holds 143,800 ETH worth $362 million and still has $181 million in debt on the lending platform, according to EmberCN.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, four addresses believed to belong to the same whale broke six months of inactivity to make large purchases of ETH and ZEC. The addresses bought a combined 13,290.6 ETH via Cowswap at an average price of $2,511, then used 2,500 ETH through cross-chain intent protocol Near Intents to buy an additional 6,601.37 ZEC. The whale paid 16.75 ETH in fees, worth about $42,000, and the buying was still underway.

According to DeFiLlama data, HTX, formerly Huobi, recorded about $447 million in net inflows over the past 24 hours as of 4:30 a.m. UTC on Sept. 9, the largest among centralized exchanges tracked by DeFiLlama. At the same time, HTX held about $4.232 billion in total assets and about $4.218 billion in clean assets, while 24-hour spot trading volume reached $1.036 billion and open interest in futures and other derivatives stood at about $3.948 billion. As of 12:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 9, HTX had also ranked first among CEXs with about $437 million in net inflows over the previous 24 hours.

U.S. macroeconomist Lyn Alden said on the YouTube channel What Bitcoin Did that, looking back three years from now, the current period is likely to appear to have been a good time to buy BTC, while the long-term outlook remains positive. Alden said market sentiment and on-chain indicators are nearing bear-market bottom levels, short-term speculative capital has been flowing into markets other than BTC, and large-scale short liquidations recently occurred even though BTC price volatility was limited. Alden said this suggests bearish positioning in the market had become excessive. Alden added Alden does not expect prices to rise continuously right away, and while a bottom may already be in place, prices could still move lower.

India’s Financial Intelligence Unit has sent non-compliance notices to 15 overseas cryptocurrency exchanges for violating anti-money laundering rules, CoinDesk reported. The exchanges included WEEX, BloFin, Bitunix and WOO X, which were cited for providing services to users without local registration. India has required offshore operators to register with the Financial Intelligence Unit since 2023 if they offer services to local users.

According to CoinGlass data, a break below $77,674 in BTC would trigger the liquidation of about $661.42 million in long positions across major centralized exchanges. A move above $80,081 would liquidate about $330.89 million in short positions.

Arthur Hayes, CEO of AI agent blockchain project Flop Labs, said on X he plans to introduce a KOL, or influencer, referral program based on FLOP usage activity. Each KOL will receive a unique referral link, and FLOP usage volume and network activity generated through those links will be tracked on a leaderboard. Users who create wallets through the referral links will be included in regularly held FLOP drawings. Detailed operating plans will be disclosed later. Hayes previously released FLOP’s yellow paper.

Bitcoin Lightning wallet Alby said a critical vulnerability was found in Alby Hub versions v1.7.0 through v1.18.5 that could allow unauthorized fund transfers. If users ran those versions with external internet access enabled, attackers could access the admin API and transfer funds without authorization. Alby said it has identified one affected user so far. Alby urged users on those versions to block external access to the admin interface and immediately update to the latest version, v1.24.0. Users who operated vulnerable versions with external access should also change their unlock password after updating. Versions v1.19.0 and later, released on Aug. 29, 2025, are not affected by the vulnerability.

Coinbase’s XRP holdings were tallied as up 5.569 billion XRP on Sept. 8, but the increase reflects the identification of an existing Coinbase-linked account rather than new inflows, The Crypto Basic reported, citing XRPScan. According to XRPScan, the newly classified Coinbase address held about 5.5 billion XRP, lifting Coinbase’s recorded balance to 5.683 billion XRP and making it the third-largest XRP holder after Ripple and South Korean exchange Upbit. XRPScan said the tokens are more likely customer holdings than Coinbase’s own assets, and the outlet added the increase should not be viewed as investor deposits of XRP onto the exchange.

Periods when even medium- to long-term BTC investors sell at a loss have generally been good buying opportunities, according to a CryptoQuant analysis by contributor Crypto Dan. Crypto Dan said those periods have often coincided with the spent output profit ratio, or SOPR, falling below one and market interest hitting a low. Such opportunities tend to appear only once every few years, Crypto Dan added, and while the current phase is passing, BTC remains undervalued.

The altcoins Bankless co-founder David Hoffman bought after selling all of his ETH on May 21 have far outpaced ETH’s gains, BlockBeats reported. Hoffman bought VVV, NEAR, ZEC, HYPE and LIT at the time. The current returns are 288% for LIT, 121% for ZEC, 55% for HYPE, 55% for VVV and 33% for NEAR, versus about 17% for ETH over the same period.

Kaia announced the tally and reward claim results for "CR Mission 1 Epoch 1," a new contributor reward system that replaces the previous proposal reward, or PR, model. Of the monthly budget of 2.5 million KAIA, only 36,421 KAIA was paid out as rewards, and the remaining 2,463,579 KAIA is set to be burned. The burned tokens will not be included in circulating supply, with the first burn scheduled for November. Claims opened after on-chain settlement was completed on Sept. 7, and rewards are being distributed through a six-month linear unlock. Kaia said rewards are being provided to wallets that completed both KAIA staking and USDT deposits.