U.S. forces struck three more Iranian oil carriers on Sept. 5, extending tanker attacks that began near Khasab on Aug. 31. Brent neared $108, adding inflation and rate pressure for Bitcoin.
Attackers exploited Limit Break’s Payment Processor through lingering approvals, including those used on Magic Eden. 0xQuit rescued about $6 million in NFTs, and OpenSea has blocked trading in more than 3,000 affected items; roughly $1.7 million in WETH was lost.
ARK Invest and Securitize tokenized the $1.3 billion ARK Venture Fund on Ethereum as ARKVX. Eligible investors can get onchain exposure to its holdings, including OpenAI, Anthropic and Stripe.
SEC staff says buybacks of non-security tokens on functioning networks generally do not count as essential managerial efforts under securities law. Promising holder returns through buybacks before a network works could still raise investment-contract risk.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs drew $2.84 billion over six straight sessions of net inflows. Investors kept adding on days when Bitcoin fell.
The Senate voted 49-50 against advancing the CLARITY Act, short of the 60 votes needed. Senators split over ethics, yield rules and procedure, leaving little time to revive the bill this session.
Bitcoin's weekly close will test whether its move above the May high holds. A close back below it would suggest a failed breakout and weaken the bull case.
Researchers propose hiding Bitcoin senders, recipients and amounts on mainnet without changing its consensus rules. The PIPES cryptography behind the design remains experimental, and moving BTC into or out of the shielded system still raises trust and privacy questions.
Solana moved its Alpenglow consensus rewrite onto testnet. The upgrade targets transaction finality near 150 milliseconds; mainnet deployment has not happened yet.
Aave V4 on Base now accepts eligible Coinbase tokenized stocks as collateral for USDC loans. Access is limited to eligible users outside the United States.
Bitcoin closed the week above its 50-week moving average but has since pulled back into the low $80,000s. Traders now watch the average near $78,000–$79,000 as deeper support if the pullback continues.
Variational moved VAR’s token launch to Q4 2026 and reserved 32% of supply for a fully unlocked, points-based airdrop. Its points program will run until launch, and revenue sent to the treasury will fund VAR buybacks and burns.
Pump.fun paid more than $200,000 in callout rewards to 2,226 small accounts in one day. A possible $1 million daily payout, plus token buybacks, would use all its daily revenue.
Plasma’s team XPL unlock was expected around September 25 or 26, but it is unclear whether the tokens have been released. Traders are waiting to see how XPL reacts.
Ondo launched three onchain portfolio tokens based on strategies BlackRock developed for it. Eligible non-U.S. investors can get exposure to a basket whose holdings, weights and rebalances are visible onchain.
New SEC FAQs distinguish a crypto asset from an investment contract used to sell it and address staking tokens and receipts. A qualifying receipt represents ownership of its underlying asset without allowing the custodian to lend or pledge it.
Talis launched markets on Robinhood Chain where tokenized-stock holders can sell part of their future upside for a premium. The protocol says its revenue funds TALIS buybacks.
Litecoin rose about 20% to an eight-month high near $75 after clearing $60. Futures traders led the rally, and daily volume reached its highest level since October 2025.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs took in about $715 million on September 22, pushing their 2026 net flows back above zero. Ether ETFs took in about $162 million that day.
Ethereum touched $2,600 after failing to clear $2,800. Traders see a possible sweep toward $2,550 before another attempt higher.
Bitget says attackers took $387.5 million and that no new unauthorized transfers have occurred. Withdrawals remain paused, and Bitget is offering a 5% bounty for eligible recoveries.
A Radioactive Argonaut NFT sold to @osseneth for 40 ETH, about $107,600.
Tokenized equity supply on Solana reached a record $684 million after rising 47% in three weeks. Launchpads that pair new tokens with stocks are adding to the supply.
SEC officials say firms could file to operate tokenized US stock trading venues as early as next quarter under the Innovation Exemption. The filings would come before any venue approval or launch.
SOL climbed past $120 for the first time since January and reached $122. About $11 million in SOL shorts were liquidated in an hour.