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Ethereum is the first decentralized, open-source blockchain with smart contract functionality. It was initially described in a white paper by Vitalik Buterin in late 2013 and launched in 2015. This network serves as the foundation for an ecosystem of interoperable, decentralized applications (dApps) powered by token economies and automated smart contracts. Assets and applications designed on Ethereum are built with self-executing smart contracts that eliminate the need for a central authority or intermediary. u2028The network is powered by its native cryptocurrency ether (ETH), which is used to pay transaction fees. Ethereum has the characteristics of being open-source, programmable, private, and censorship-resistant, forming the backbone of a decentralized internet.
Gate Ventures: Oil Breaks $100 as Inflation Exceeds Expectations, Risk Assets Under Broad Pressure
Odaily News: According to Gate Ventures' latest weekly report, last week's escalation of geopolitical conflicts in the Middle East combined with U.S. core inflation exceeding expectations significantly heightened global market volatility. Brent crude and WTI crude surged 8.33% and 9.36% respectively, returning above $100 per barrel; U.S. August core CPI rose 0.29% month-over-month, higher than expected, pushing the 10-year Treasury yield to 4.97%, with market-implied probability of a September rate hike rising to approximately 86%; spot gold fell 1.82% to $4,349.42 per ounce. U.S. stock indices — the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow Jones — declined 0.80%, 0.66%, and 1.57% respectively; the crypto market weakened in tandem, with BTC and ETH dropping 4.4% and 1.5% respectively. Spot BTC ETFs saw net outflows of $462.7 million, while ETH ETFs recorded net inflows of $197.1 million. The fear index dropped from 71 to 57, indicating a cooling of market sentiment.On the industry front, India launched a $107 million tokenized corporate bond pilot program, further advancing institutional-grade RWA tokenization; Gemini obtained a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, further expanding its regulatory footprint in the Asia-Pacific region; and the Philippine central bank plans to suspend new payment system operator registrations for 12 months, tightening oversight of VASP-related payment activities.On the funding side, a total of 9 financing deals were completed last week, with disclosed total funding reaching $158.4 million, down 88% quarter-over-quarter. Overall, energy prices and inflation expectations remain the core variables driving short-term market trends, while interest in tokenized assets and institutional-grade crypto infrastructure development remains undiminished.
Perpetual contract platform RWAperp completes $2 million in financing
perpetual contract platform RWAperp has announced the completion of $2 million in financing, with a post-investment valuation of $50 million. Participants in the round include Lime co-founder Brad Bao, Cresta AI co-founder Tim Shi, Tesla Autopilot team member Phil Duan, Crux members William Freiberg and Charles Ferguson, as well as members of the a16z and Sequoia Scout networks.RWAperp is a decentralized perpetual contract protocol for traditional financial assets. It is currently live on OKX X Layer and has opened 19 markets, covering BTC, ETH, SOL, Korean and U.S. stocks, the S&P 500 Index, the DRAM Index, gold, silver, and WTI crude oil. Users can settle in USDC, USDT, or USDG and gain leveraged long and short exposure to stocks, indices, commodities, and crypto assets without needing to hold, custody, or tokenize the underlying assets.RWAperp primarily designs its trading, pricing, liquidity, and risk management systems around the trading characteristics of the stock market, and handles situations such as market closure periods, overnight gaps, trading halts, and corporate actions. The platform uses a multi-issuer composite oracle and provides a professional order book trading terminal.RWAperp is also developing Agent Mode. This AI feature is designed to understand natural language trading instructions, analyze market conditions, and gradually support trading execution operations such as opening positions, position management, and closing positions. (The Block)
Polaris completes $1 million angel round, with participation from the Ethereum Foundation and 30+ founders and contributors
Polaris has announced the completion of a $1 million angel round, with participation from institutions including the Ethereum Foundation, Fusion (under IPOR), Altitude, Liquity, LI.FI, as well as more than 30 founders and contributors such as Daily Gwei founder Anthony Sassano. The project is a permissionless on-chain yield protocol whose core product is the interest-bearing reserve asset pETH, alongside USDp and GOLDp, designed to provide native yield for any on-chain asset.
FBI seizes approximately $560,000 in cryptocurrency and takes control of Hamas fundraising website
Odaily News: The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized approximately $560,000 in cryptocurrency and taken control of the domain and servers of a fundraising website linked to Hamas. The U.S. Department of Justice stated that these funds were allegedly intended for use by Hamas's military wing, Al Qassam Brigades.Investigators tracked and confiscated the relevant crypto assets based on three seizure warrants issued on March 25, June 25, and October 10, 2025. Court documents show that the assets involved include Bitcoin, Ethereum, Wrapped Ethereum, Tether (USDT), and TRON (TRX), distributed across 18 addresses controlled by Tether and 3 Binance accounts.According to court documents, encrypted chat groups had directed supporters to visit AlQassam.ps and solicited donations via rotating wallet addresses. After the FBI took over the relevant domain and servers, it obtained information on thousands of individuals who had contacted Hamas to inquire about making donations. (Decrypt)
Rockawayx Acquires Relayer Capital, Adding Long/Short Strategy with ~70% Returns Since 2026
Odaily News: Digital asset investment platform Rockawayx has acquired digital asset hedge fund Relayer Capital, incorporating its directional long/short strategy into its approximately $2 billion investment platform. Relayer Capital founder Austin Barack will continue to oversee the strategy and assume the role of Chief Investment Officer of the newly renamed Rockawayx Liquid Opportunities Fund.Rockawayx CEO Viktor Fischer stated that the fund will invest in highly liquid crypto tokens and digital asset-related equities, with a focus on identifying assets that are mispriced relative to their business fundamentals, market position, or growth prospects. The fund is currently open to new external investors.Rockawayx disclosed that the strategy's estimated net return from the start of 2026 through August 21 stands at approximately 70%, outperforming a weighted portfolio of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana by 86 percentage points. Major contributing positions include Venice AI, Hyperliquid, Grass Network, Pump.fun, and Zcash, with investment themes centered on AI and tokenized real-world asset markets.The acquisition adds a directional liquid strategy to Rockawayx's venture capital and market-neutral businesses. Rockawayx also operates infrastructure and onchain liquidity divisions, noting that these capabilities support its team in identifying blockchain market opportunities across stages—from early-stage funding and token issuance to public market trading. (Bitcoin.com News)
RockawayX Plans to Raise $150M for Crypto Hedge Fund, Betting on Undervalued Tokens and Crypto Stocks
Odaily News: RockawayX, which manages approximately $2 billion in assets, is seeking to raise $150 million for a new liquidity opportunity fund. RockawayX has previously acquired the crypto hedge fund Relayer Capital. Austin Barack, founder of Relayer Capital and former Partner at CoinFund, will continue to work at RockawayX and manage this fund. The fund will focus on investing in undervalued tokens and crypto-related stocks. Recently, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana have all risen more than 20% over the past week. Meanwhile, crypto venture capital firms such as Paradigm and Framework Ventures are incorporating fields like AI and robotics into their investment strategies.
Deutsche Bank Launches Institutional Crypto Asset Custody Services
According to Bloomberg, Deutsche Bank has announced the launch of digital asset custody services, enabling institutional and corporate clients to securely hold and transfer Bitcoin, Ethereum, and selected stablecoins. The service is expected to officially go live later this year, pending regulatory approval. This marks Deutsche Bank's first large-scale entry into the digital asset sector, with future plans to further expand the range of supported assets, which could include tokenized financial instruments.
Wintermute: BTC ETF Records First Net Outflow Since June as Market Awaits Fed Rate Decision
In a write-up by Wintermute OTC trader @Jjay_dm, BTC ETFs recorded a net outflow of $463 million for the week ending September 14, marking the first negative reading since June's lows. ARK and Grayscale alone accounted for combined outflows of $371 million, while BlackRock remained flat. As a result, BTC fell 4.4% for the week to close at $76,838, making it the worst-performing asset, while Ethereum dipped 1.5% and altcoins collectively gained 1.0%. On the macro front, the US August CPI came in at 0.4% month-on-month (core 0.3%), exceeding the expected 0.2%, while the PPI annual rate hit 5.4%, prompting Goldman Sachs to upgrade its September rate outlook from "hold steady" to "increase." The market has now priced in an 87% probability of a 25-basis-point hike on Wednesday. Meanwhile, ongoing escalation in Middle East tensions pushed Brent crude past $105/barrel, and the 10-year US Treasury yield reached a 20-year high. Wintermute stated that following the shift to negative ETF flows, it favors a neutral over a bullish market stance. Two key catalysts this week: ① On Tuesday, the US Senate will hold a procedural vote on the CLARITY Act (Crypto Market Structure Act), which requires 60 votes to pass; ② On Wednesday, the Fed will announce its interest rate decision. While the rate hike itself is already fully priced in, subsequent hawkish commentary (particularly any signals pointing to continued tightening into Q1 2027) could exert downward pressure on the crypto market.
Gate Ventures: Oil Breaks $100 as Inflation Exceeds Expectations, Risk Assets Under Broad Pressure
Odaily News: According to Gate Ventures' latest weekly report, last week's escalation of geopolitical conflicts in the Middle East combined with U.S. core inflation exceeding expectations significantly heightened global market volatility. Brent crude and WTI crude surged 8.33% and 9.36% respectively, returning above $100 per barrel; U.S. August core CPI rose 0.29% month-over-month, higher than expected, pushing the 10-year Treasury yield to 4.97%, with market-implied probability of a September rate hike rising to approximately 86%; spot gold fell 1.82% to $4,349.42 per ounce. U.S. stock indices — the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow Jones — declined 0.80%, 0.66%, and 1.57% respectively; the crypto market weakened in tandem, with BTC and ETH dropping 4.4% and 1.5% respectively. Spot BTC ETFs saw net outflows of $462.7 million, while ETH ETFs recorded net inflows of $197.1 million. The fear index dropped from 71 to 57, indicating a cooling of market sentiment.On the industry front, India launched a $107 million tokenized corporate bond pilot program, further advancing institutional-grade RWA tokenization; Gemini obtained a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, further expanding its regulatory footprint in the Asia-Pacific region; and the Philippine central bank plans to suspend new payment system operator registrations for 12 months, tightening oversight of VASP-related payment activities.On the funding side, a total of 9 financing deals were completed last week, with disclosed total funding reaching $158.4 million, down 88% quarter-over-quarter. Overall, energy prices and inflation expectations remain the core variables driving short-term market trends, while interest in tokenized assets and institutional-grade crypto infrastructure development remains undiminished.
Collaboration breaks down: Ethereum and Base to advance EIP-8130 and EIP-8141 separately
Ethlabs researcher Derek Chiang stated that the account abstraction collaboration between Base and Ethereum around EIP-8130 and EIP-8141 Frames broke down last week, and the two sides will advance different account abstraction standards separately.He stated that both sides share the same views on core use cases such as gasless transactions and passkey wallets, but there are clear disagreements on compliance requirements.
Tom Lee: Ethereum May See Multiple Bullish Catalysts, ETH/BTC Ratio Hits Highest Since Late January
Odaily reports: Tom Lee, Chairman of Ethereum treasury company Bitmine, stated that ETH has multiple bullish catalysts in the coming months, laying the foundation for an expected surge in institutional buying of cryptocurrencies in the final months of 2026. These include the scheduled CLARITY Act vote in mid-September, South Korean investors re-entering crypto assets and rotating from AI stocks into the crypto market, and the "four-year cycle" pattern.Tom Lee further noted that the ETH/BTC ratio has risen to its highest level since January 30 of this year, breaking above the trendline formed since the pandemic-era peak and establishing a new uptrend. This reflects Ethereum's strengthening position as settlement infrastructure for Wall Street asset tokenization, while the market is increasingly recognizing that Ethereum may play a key role in the Agentic AI space. (PRNewswire)
QCP: Market Has Priced In a 25 Basis Point Fed Rate Hike, Focus Shifts to Policy Guidance
QCP released a report on September 14 stating that the market has largely priced in expectations of a 25 basis point rate hike by the Federal Reserve this week, with attention shifting to the language of the rate hike announcement and signals regarding the future rate path. U.S. August CPI rose 0.4% month-over-month and 3.4% year-over-year, while core CPI rose 0.3% month-over-month, with the year-over-year growth rate of core CPI declining from 2.5% to 2.4%.Bitcoin briefly fell to $76,700 following the release of the CPI data, before recovering to around $77,600; Ethereum remained near $2,500. Spot Bitcoin ETFs saw net outflows of $463 million last week, with net outflows slowing to $13.2 million on Friday; spot Ethereum ETFs saw net inflows of $197 million, with single-day net inflows of $216 million on Friday.
Yesterday, US Ethereum spot ETFs recorded a net outflow of $142.3 million, marking an eight-month high.
According to data from Trader T, U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded a total net outflow of $142.3 million on September 15, marking the highest single-day net outflow in nearly eight months. BlackRock's ETHA posted a net outflow of $98 million, Bitwise's ETHW saw a net outflow of $34.4 million, Grayscale's ETHE recorded a net outflow of $17.5 million, and Fidelity's FETH had a net outflow of $7.2 million.
A whale sold 866.1 BTC and bought 26,924 ETH
According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin, 12 hours ago, a whale sold 866.1 BTC worth $65.42 million and bought 26,924 ETH at an average price of $2,430.
Unrealized loss of $4.295 million: A whale has been 8x long on 45,000 ETH worth $107 million since August 31
Odaily reports: According to on-chain analyst Aunt Ai, a whale has been 8x leveraged long on 45,000 ETH since August 31. The position is currently at an unrealized loss of $4.295 million, after having peaked at an unrealized profit of $5.054 million. This $107 million ETH long position is the third-largest single-asset position on Hyperliquid, with an entry price of $2,486.37 and a liquidation price of $2,181.79. Over $540,000 in funding fees have been paid. This is the address's first-ever position opening.
Profited $1.2 Million, a Hyperliquid Whale Closed BTC and ETH Short Positions After 4 Days, Win Rate 79.5%
According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a Hyperliquid whale closed BTC and ETH short positions held for 4 days two hours ago. The BTC short position profited $443,200, and the ETH short position profited $752,900, totaling $1.2 million in profit. This whale has accumulated $4.5 million in realized profits across 39 closed trades, with a win rate of 79.5%.
“Maji Dage” has begun cutting losses, with cumulative losses exceeding $5 million over the past week.
According to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), prominent crypto whale Machi (@machibigbrother) has begun stop-lossing amid the ongoing market downturn, accumulating over $5 million in losses over the past week. Its remaining long position stands at 20,000 ETH (approximately $47.98 million), with a liquidation price of $2,380.57, now quite close to the current price, posing a significant liquidation risk.
A whale's aggressive long on BTC hits a pullback, resulting in a $1.42 million unrealized loss on a $52.35 million position.
According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), address 0x970…62a93 opened a $52.35 million long position around 02:45 today amidst an uptrend, encompassing 650 BTC, 500 ETH, and 900 ZEC. However, following the trade initiation, the overall market continued to decline. The address closed out its ETH and ZEC longs this afternoon and sold 50 BTC, exiting with a $150,000 realized loss. It currently holds 600 BTC (approximately $45.82 million), carrying an unrealized loss of $1.42 million at an average entry price of $78,663.8.
Gnosis Safe Wallet Hacked, $7.8M Worth of rsETH Stolen
According to CoinDesk, a Gnosis Safe wallet on Ethereum was attacked, with approximately 2,900 rsETH (valued at around $7.8 million) transferred. Security firms BlockSec, Blockaid, and SlowMist pointed out that the root cause of the attack lies in an authorization check flaw within the wallet-approved Multicall contract—the contract is intended to verify caller permissions, but the vulnerability allows anyone to bypass validation simply by targeting the contract itself. The attacker subsequently moved the rsETH into a liquidity pool based on the valueless token "Permissionless Attacker Token." An automated bot named "yoink" paid approximately $47,000 to frontrun the transaction, transferring 2,882 rsETH to a separate address. rsETH issuer Kelp DAO stated that its smart contracts are secure and rsETH is fully collateralized, and has implemented a 24-hour pause measure on the relevant addresses.
A user's Safe wallet on Ethereum was attacked, resulting in the loss of approximately $7.73 million worth of rsETH.
Blockaid stated that its vulnerability detection system identified that a Safe wallet belonging to an unidentified user on Ethereum was compromised, resulting in confirmed losses of approximately $7.73 million in rsETH. The attacker leveraged a public keeper's multi-call to route the custom Uni V4 LP Safe module to a hook-enabled liquidity pool they created, causing the associated hook to unwrap aEthrsETH into rsETH. The exploit was extracted via MEV within the block.
Lazarus Group hacker sold 911 ETH worth $2.28 million within 2 hours
according to Lookonchain monitoring, the Lazarus Group hacker (0x0EBA...C22C) sold at an average price of $2,499 over the past 2 hours.
Hacker Exploits Symbiosis Bitcoin Bridge Vulnerability to Mint ~$46.1 Billion in Face Value syBTC, Cashes Out Only $336,000
Odaily News: On-chain security platform Blockaid has discovered a vulnerability in the Bitcoin bridge of cross-chain protocol Symbiosis. The attacker minted approximately 2^62 syBTC to a newly created externally owned account, with a face value of roughly $46.1 billion calculated at 8 decimal places, and sold approximately 4.39 WBTC on Uniswap V4 on Ethereum, realizing a cash-out of about $336,000.Symbiosis stated that the attack occurred at around 4:28 AM on September 11. The team has paused the BTC route, while other routes remain operational and unaffected. The team has recovered approximately 15 BTC and deposited them into a multisig wallet controlled by the team. They have also offered the attacker a 20% white-hat bounty, with a deadline of September 13.In recent weeks, Liquid Network, Nomic, and Symbiosis have all experienced security incidents involving the inflation of supply through the minting of tokens without real asset backing. As of September 13, Symbiosis has not yet publicly released a BridgeV2 technical post-mortem, the final loss amount, or confirmation of whether the attacker has accepted the bounty. (Bitcoin.com News)
SlowMist: ether.fi Attacked, Losing Approximately 15.45 ETH
SlowMist issued a security alert stating that it had previously privately contacted the ether.fi team to disclose the relevant issues. This incident resulted in a loss of approximately 15.45 ETH. The root cause was that AtomicQueue.solve() lacked access control for the solver provided by the caller, failing to verify solver == msg.sender, and did not perform signature, registration, or consent verification.
AI Lowers Quantum Attack Costs, Bitcoin's Post-Quantum Migration Window Narrows
According to Cryptopolitan, over 100 researchers used AI coding agents to reduce the quantum attack resource score for Bitcoin's secp256k1 elliptic curve point addition subroutine by 86.1% (from 10.75 billion to 1.496 billion). This optimization only targeted a single step within Shor's algorithm and did not crack any private keys or transfer funds; a full-scale attack still requires fault-tolerant quantum hardware that does not yet exist. However, each efficiency gain is compressing the time window for blockchains to complete their post-quantum migration. According to Glassnode data, approximately 6.04 million BTC (30.2% of the circulating supply) currently faces potential quantum risk due to publicly exposed on-chain public keys. Ethereum plans to achieve full quantum resistance before December 2029, while the Bitcoin community faces greater governance challenges, including how to handle approximately 1.7 million dormant coins held in P2PK addresses suspected to belong to Satoshi, which remains unresolved.
Bitget Wallet First to Integrate Arc Mainnet, Expanding On-Chain Financial Infrastructure for Stablecoins
Bitget Wallet announced its completion of network integration on the very first day of Arc's launch, delivering stablecoin-native on-chain financial infrastructure to 100 million users. Bitget Wallet users can now add the Arc mainnet directly within the wallet, swap for Arc native tokens, and bridge assets from mainstream chains like Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, and Base to the Arc network. As one of the first aggregators integrated with Arc, the enterprise-grade API platform Bitget Wallet X has launched multi-chain liquidity aggregation, cross-chain transfer, and market data APIs, enabling developers to build Arc-native applications directly without needing to construct their own liquidity routing. Bitget Wallet plans to further deepen its integration with Arc. Arc is a Layer 1 network purpose-built for global payments, foreign exchange, and capital markets. It natively uses USDC to pay gas fees and delivers sub-second transaction finality. To date, its public testnet has processed over 500 million transactions, supporting nearly 3 million wallets. This integration will further expand Bitget Wallet's stablecoin payment infrastructure, accelerating the adoption of stablecoins in everyday cross-border payments and consumer use cases.
Deutsche Bank Launches Institutional Crypto Asset Custody Services
According to Bloomberg, Deutsche Bank has announced the launch of digital asset custody services, enabling institutional and corporate clients to securely hold and transfer Bitcoin, Ethereum, and selected stablecoins. The service is expected to officially go live later this year, pending regulatory approval. This marks Deutsche Bank's first large-scale entry into the digital asset sector, with future plans to further expand the range of supported assets, which could include tokenized financial instruments.
Huobi Earn Launches ETH SVIP Flexible Deposit with Up to 3% APY
According to the official announcement from HTX, HTX Earn has officially launched the ETH SVIP Flexible product. Users at Prime Level 5 and above are eligible to subscribe, with higher Prime levels unlocking greater APY rates and quotas, reaching a maximum APY of 3%. The HTX Earn SVIP Flexible product is a high-yield flexible savings solution tailored exclusively for high-tier clients at Prime Level 5 and above, offering advantages such as exclusive customization, high yields, and high flexibility. In addition to ETH, the SVIP Flexible lineup also supports USDT and BTC flexible products, with the USDT SVIP Flexible reaching a maximum APY of 9%, and the BTC SVIP Flexible reaching a maximum APY of 1%. Users can log into the HTX App, navigate to the "Earn" section on the homepage, enter the aforementioned cryptocurrencies in the search bar, and select "VIP Flexible" to participate.
Tokenized RWAs Surpass $38 Billion, Market Focus Shifts from Listing to Utility
According to Cryptopolitan, the on-chain market size of tokenized real-world assets (RWA) has surpassed $38.6 billion, with over 4.24 million holding addresses. Among these, US Treasuries account for the largest share at over $15.9 billion; commodities $4.9 billion, active strategies $3.6 billion, asset-backed credit $2.56 billion, and tokenized stocks $2.52 billion. In terms of on-chain distribution, Ethereum leads with $17.3 billion, followed by BNB Chain at $5.6 billion, while Solana ranks third with $4.3 billion.
Joe Lubin Confirmed to Attend, Ethereum Ecosystem's Core Forces to Gather at the Ethereum Ecosystem Summit
Odaily News — The Ethereum Ecosystem Summit, jointly initiated by Sharplink, BlockUnion, and ETH HK Hub, and co-organized by Lido Institutional, will be held on October 8, 2026, in Singapore. The summit is aimed at Ethereum ecosystem builders, financial institutions, investors, and on-chain infrastructure teams, and will focus on discussions around Ethereum's long-term value, institutional adoption, and the development direction of agentic finance.Ethereum co-founder and Consensys founder Joe Lubin has confirmed his attendance and will hold a fireside chat with Sharplink CEO Joseph Chalom, reflecting on Ethereum's development over the past decade under the theme "Ethereum's Ten Years: From an Idea to the Future of Open Finance," and discussing the next phase of open finance.As one of the high-profile events focused on the Ethereum ecosystem during TOKEN2049, the summit will center on three core topics, including Ethereum's long-term value, infrastructure, and credible neutrality; institutional treasuries, asset tokenization, and on-chain infrastructure; and the agentic finance technology stack composed of stablecoins, tokenized assets, instant settlement, and autonomous commerce.The conference is also supported by ecosystem partners including SNZ, EthSystems, EthLabs, Ethereum Institutional, HashKey Capital, and Ethereum Singapore, and will invite representatives from fields such as Ethereum infrastructure, liquid staking, digital asset custody, payments, and on-chain finance to participate in discussions. More guests and the full agenda will be announced soon.
Gate Ventures: Oil Breaks $100 as Inflation Exceeds Expectations, Risk Assets Under Broad Pressure
Odaily News: According to Gate Ventures' latest weekly report, last week's escalation of geopolitical conflicts in the Middle East combined with U.S. core inflation exceeding expectations significantly heightened global market volatility. Brent crude and WTI crude surged 8.33% and 9.36% respectively, returning above $100 per barrel; U.S. August core CPI rose 0.29% month-over-month, higher than expected, pushing the 10-year Treasury yield to 4.97%, with market-implied probability of a September rate hike rising to approximately 86%; spot gold fell 1.82% to $4,349.42 per ounce. U.S. stock indices — the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow Jones — declined 0.80%, 0.66%, and 1.57% respectively; the crypto market weakened in tandem, with BTC and ETH dropping 4.4% and 1.5% respectively. Spot BTC ETFs saw net outflows of $462.7 million, while ETH ETFs recorded net inflows of $197.1 million. The fear index dropped from 71 to 57, indicating a cooling of market sentiment.On the industry front, India launched a $107 million tokenized corporate bond pilot program, further advancing institutional-grade RWA tokenization; Gemini obtained a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, further expanding its regulatory footprint in the Asia-Pacific region; and the Philippine central bank plans to suspend new payment system operator registrations for 12 months, tightening oversight of VASP-related payment activities.On the funding side, a total of 9 financing deals were completed last week, with disclosed total funding reaching $158.4 million, down 88% quarter-over-quarter. Overall, energy prices and inflation expectations remain the core variables driving short-term market trends, while interest in tokenized assets and institutional-grade crypto infrastructure development remains undiminished.
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Bitget Wallet First to Integrate Arc Mainnet, Expanding On-Chain Financial Infrastructure for Stablecoins
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Deutsche Bank Launches Institutional Crypto Asset Custody Services
According to Bloomberg, Deutsche Bank has announced the launch of digital asset custody services, enabling institutional and corporate clients to securely hold and transfer Bitcoin, Ethereum, and selected stablecoins. The service is expected to officially go live later this year, pending regulatory approval. This marks Deutsche Bank's first large-scale entry into the digital asset sector, with future plans to further expand the range of supported assets, which could include tokenized financial instruments.
Huobi Earn Launches ETH SVIP Flexible Deposit with Up to 3% APY
According to the official announcement from HTX, HTX Earn has officially launched the ETH SVIP Flexible product. Users at Prime Level 5 and above are eligible to subscribe, with higher Prime levels unlocking greater APY rates and quotas, reaching a maximum APY of 3%. The HTX Earn SVIP Flexible product is a high-yield flexible savings solution tailored exclusively for high-tier clients at Prime Level 5 and above, offering advantages such as exclusive customization, high yields, and high flexibility. In addition to ETH, the SVIP Flexible lineup also supports USDT and BTC flexible products, with the USDT SVIP Flexible reaching a maximum APY of 9%, and the BTC SVIP Flexible reaching a maximum APY of 1%. Users can log into the HTX App, navigate to the "Earn" section on the homepage, enter the aforementioned cryptocurrencies in the search bar, and select "VIP Flexible" to participate.
Yesterday, US Ethereum spot ETFs recorded a net outflow of $142.3 million, marking an eight-month high.
According to data from Trader T, U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded a total net outflow of $142.3 million on September 15, marking the highest single-day net outflow in nearly eight months. BlackRock's ETHA posted a net outflow of $98 million, Bitwise's ETHW saw a net outflow of $34.4 million, Grayscale's ETHE recorded a net outflow of $17.5 million, and Fidelity's FETH had a net outflow of $7.2 million.
A whale sold 866.1 BTC and bought 26,924 ETH
According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin, 12 hours ago, a whale sold 866.1 BTC worth $65.42 million and bought 26,924 ETH at an average price of $2,430.
Unrealized loss of $4.295 million: A whale has been 8x long on 45,000 ETH worth $107 million since August 31
Odaily reports: According to on-chain analyst Aunt Ai, a whale has been 8x leveraged long on 45,000 ETH since August 31. The position is currently at an unrealized loss of $4.295 million, after having peaked at an unrealized profit of $5.054 million. This $107 million ETH long position is the third-largest single-asset position on Hyperliquid, with an entry price of $2,486.37 and a liquidation price of $2,181.79. Over $540,000 in funding fees have been paid. This is the address's first-ever position opening.