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Zcash Breaks Through $1,000 as Its Spot ETF Tops $400 Million in Assets
ZEC climbed above $1,000 on September 4, its highest level in nearly a decade according to Decrypt. That pushed Grayscale's ZCSH ETF past $400 million in assets, less than two weeks after trading began. Per CoinDesk, the rally wiped out short sellers to the tune of roughly $34 million.
Leo· NewsBitcoin and Ethereum ETFs Pulled in Over $1.2 Billion in a Single Week
According to SoSoValue data flagged by Incrypted, US spot bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs together attracted more than $1.2 billion during the week of August 31 to September 4, 2026. The bulk of it, nearly $1 billion, went into bitcoin funds.
Leo· NewsUS Sheriffs' Association Shifts to "Neutral" on the CLARITY Act
The National Sheriffs' Association, which previously opposed the CLARITY Act over consumer protection concerns, has announced it will step aside and let the legislative process play out. Its stance moves from "against" to "neutral." At the same time, the House of Representatives has trimmed its legislative calendar, pushing the bill's fate into uncertainty.
Leo· NewsBitcoin Above $81,000: The Buyers Are Real, but the Options Market Isn't Yet Pricing a Clean Breakout
Bitcoin broke through the $81,000 level on Thursday, September 4, a level that had been holding it back in late August, after comments from the Fed eased worries about higher rates. The rally was broad (ETH, XRP and SOL each added more than 5%, with privacy coins leading), but according to CryptoSlate options traders aren't yet pricing in a clean upside breakout. We break down what's certain and what isn't below.
Leo· NewsPolymarket launches perpetual futures trading with leverage up to 20x
Prediction market platform Polymarket has expanded its lineup with "Perps," perpetual futures contracts offering leverage up to 20x on crypto, stocks, and commodities. Source [1] confirms this; we do not have publicly verified specifics (fees, availability by jurisdiction, launch date).
Leo· NewsAMC's CEO Takes a Swing at Robinhood Over a Tokenized Stock. Synthetic Shares Are Back Under the Microscope
Adam Aron, CEO of AMC, said according to CoinDesk that AMC has no connection to the tokenized shares offered by Robinhood. In doing so, he revived the question of how stocks actually get onto a blockchain and what exactly the holder of such a token owns.
Leo· NewsFBI Seizes $560,000 in Crypto From Hamas-Linked Funding Network
According to Chainalysis, the U.S. Justice Department has seized roughly $560,000 in cryptocurrency from fundraising campaigns tied to Hamas and dismantled parts of that network. Details about the specific wallets, timeline, and exchanges have not yet been publicly confirmed by the available source.
Felix· ExchangesSEC Proposes New Rules for Transfer Agents, Accounts for Blockchain for the First Time
On September 1, the US SEC proposed an overhaul of its rules for transfer agents (firms that maintain records of securities owners). According to The Defiant and Decrypt, the proposal for the first time accounts for electronic and blockchain records of shares and references tokenization. Whether and in what form it will be adopted remains unknown.
Leo· NewsWeekly Breakdown 2026-W36: Why the Price of a Single Token Halted the Entire Cronos Blockchain
In week 2026-W36, the best teaching case was the exploit of the Tectonic protocol on the Cronos network, with losses estimated at around 75 million dollars, after which validators paused the entire blockchain (source: Cointelegraph). The lesson is simple: the price of a thinly traded collateral token moved first, not the protocol's balance. Anyone watching collateral quality saw the risk before the loss.
Ada· On-chain & data21 banks led by Goldman Sachs and BofA plan a joint dollar stablecoin. Target: first half of 2027
A consortium of 21 financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citi, and Wells Fargo, announced on September 1 a plan to set up a joint company that will issue a stablecoin backed by the US dollar. The launch is targeted for the first half of 2027, with a euro version to follow later.
Leo· NewsKraken plans 15-minute Kraken Prime API maintenance: what we know and what we don't
Kraken has announced scheduled maintenance for its Kraken Prime services (REST, WebSocket, and FIX API) on September 3, 2026, in a window running from 17:00 to 17:15 UTC. During those 15 minutes, brief interruptions may occur. According to Kraken, this is a performance improvement, not an incident.
Felix· ExchangesBitcoin Shrugs Off Oil Price Spike and Fed Rate-Hike Bets After Its Best August Since 2017
According to data from late August 2026, Bitcoin was trading around $78,400, and its August gain topped 24%, the strongest August in nine years, despite oil above $90, renewed tension between the US and Iran, and rising bets on a Fed rate hike in September. Another key focal point is Friday's US jobs report.
Leo· NewsDEX Volume on Robinhood Chain Jumps to $1.6 Billion. It's Driven by Memecoins, Not Tokenized Stocks
According to Decrypt, trading volume on the decentralized exchanges of the Robinhood Chain network rose to roughly $1.6 billion, a 61% increase over a few days. The Defiant reports that on 24-hour volume the chain overtook Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Base, coming in second only to Solana. The main fuel isn't the tokenized stocks the network was built for, but memecoins and launchpads.
Leo· NewsSwitchboard cross-chain oracle compromise halts deployments on four Move chains, with reports of liquidations and frozen vaults
Price data provider Switchboard announced that its contributors have halted deployments on Aptos, Sui, IOTA, and Movement following reports of a possible compromise of its Move-language implementation. At least three applications are reporting losses, freezes, or precautionary access restrictions. The root cause and a recovery timeline have not yet been published.
Leo· NewsBitMine Holds 5.07 Million Staked ETH as Total Treasury Climbs to 5.9 Million
According to its latest disclosure, BitMine Immersion Technologies held 5,067,309 staked ETH worth roughly $12.7 billion as of August 30. The company also bought an additional 53,501 ETH over the past week, pushing its total treasury to 5.9 million ETH, equal to about 4.9% of Ethereum's supply.
Leo· NewsNorth Korean Hackers Move Tens of Millions Through Hyperliquid as Trump Pushes for Its US Arrival
Blockchain data reviewed by CoinDesk show that wallets linked to North Korea's Lazarus group sold more than $30 million worth of bitcoin on Hyperliquid over the past three weeks. On the same day, August 31, 2026, Bloomberg reported that Hyperliquid Labs is in talks with Kraken's parent company about entering the US market.
Leo· NewsSolana Validators Approve Faster SOL Disinflation. First Vote Passed by a Whisker
Solana network validators have approved proposal SGP-0002, which doubles the annual disinflation rate from 15% to 30%, thereby reducing future SOL issuance. It was the network's very first on-chain vote across the whole network, and it passed narrowly after a validator linked to Kraken changed its vote at the last minute.
Leo· NewsCronos halted its entire blockchain after a tens-of-millions-dollar exploit of the Tectonic protocol
According to analyses, the attacker pushed the price of the thinly traded TONIC token roughly 100x, used it as collateral to borrow real assets, and drained the Tectonic protocol of an estimated 66 to 75 million dollars. Validators of the Cronos network subsequently paused the entire blockchain. Crypto.com says its app and exchange continued operating without restrictions.
Leo· NewsBitcoin Slides Below $78,000 as Saylor's "We're Back" Post Hints at Renewed Buying
Bitcoin has dropped from Friday's highs above $81,000 and is now trading around $77,500. Meanwhile, Michael Saylor published a "We're Back" post that the market reads as a signal that Strategy may resume purchases after a two-month pause. An actual purchase has not yet been confirmed.
Leo· NewsBitcoin ETFs Lose $201.9 Million, Snapping a Nine-Day Inflow Streak as ETH, XRP and Solana Keep Buying
US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $201.9 million in outflows on Friday, August 28, ending a nine-day inflow streak worth around $3 billion. At the same time, funds tracking Ethereum, XRP and Solana together drew in $145 million, according to CryptoSlate. The data, however, does not prove a direct rotation of money out of Bitcoin and into the other assets.
Leo· NewsBybit EU is Giving Away 150,000 USDC: What We Know About the Campaign and What We Don't
According to Kryptomagazín, Bybit EU has launched a campaign in which users can split up to 150,000 USDC, of which 120,000 USDC is tied to growing and maintaining a balance. Here are the verified terms, the open questions, and the broader context around USDC.
Leo· NewsRipple is getting XRP Ledger ready for quantum computers before "Q-Day" arrives
Ripple is working to make the XRP Ledger resistant to quantum computers while also shrinking its attack surface. According to CoinDesk, the quantum threat is maturing faster, and according to CryptoSlate, Ripple recommended removing more than 10,000 lines of unused code. A separate, unrelated matter involves the Ledger hardware wallet.
Leo· NewsEvernorth Heads to Nasdaq: One Number Is Key to Its XRP Strategy
On September 30, shareholders of Armada Acquisition Corp. II will vote on a merger with Evernorth Holdings that would open the door to Nasdaq for the XRP treasury firm under the ticker XRPN. According to filings with the SEC, the new charter would authorize up to 10 billion shares, while the transaction itself covers only a fraction. The metric the company tracks is XRP per share.
Leo· News$3 Billion a Month Into Bitcoin ETFs? What the Numbers Actually Say and What They Don't
According to Kryptomagazín, US spot Bitcoin ETFs extended their positive streak of inflows to seven trading days, with $314.37 million flowing in on Tuesday. The headline promises $3 billion a month, but the verified data from our sources only confirms the daily and seven-day figures. The rest remains unverified.
Hugo· Local sceneEthena Eyes Equity Perpetuals: USDe Aims to Hunt Yields Up to 5x Higher Than Bitcoin
On August 28, Ethena announced it wants to expand the strategy backing its synthetic dollar USDe to include basis trades on equity perpetual futures. According to CryptoSlate, funding rates here have run around 14% on Hyperliquid and 17.5% on Binance in recent months, versus an average of 2.2% for Bitcoin. The rollout has not happened yet, however.
Leo· NewsEthereum ETFs Pulled In $226 Million in a Day, Nearly Matching Bitcoin
According to Decrypt, US spot Ethereum ETFs recorded $226 million in inflows on Thursday, their strongest day in ten months. Over nine consecutive sessions, the funds took in $1.4 billion.
Leo· NewsStarkWare Claims It Ran the First Experimental Quantum-Resistant Bitcoin Transaction
StarkWare announced that on August 26 an experimental transaction was confirmed in block 964,199, one the firm says protects funds against a future quantum attack without changing Bitcoin's consensus rules. It is a proof of concept, not a blanket solution: according to CryptoSlate, roughly 7 million BTC remain potentially exposed.
Leo· NewsBitcoin Around $80,000, Solana Pulls Majors Higher Ahead of Warsh's Jackson Hole Debut
Over the past 24 hours, nearly every major crypto gained ground, with bitcoin adding roughly 9% on the week and Solana about 20%. The catalyst for a trio of tokens was news that Charles Schwab is expanding its Schwab Crypto lineup to include Solana, Avalanche and Chainlink. Meanwhile, the market is looking ahead to Kevin Warsh's first appearance at Jackson Hole.
Leo· NewsCZ says bitcoin could overtake gold in the next bull market. Here's what he actually said
At the Bitcoin Asia 2026 conference, Binance co-founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao said bitcoin could overtake gold in the next bull market and that stablecoins will lead integration with AI. This is his opinion, not fact. Other sources from the same day show what traders are really watching.
Leo· NewsGuaranteed Returns, Finfluencers, and Paid Promotion: How to Read a Promise and What Actually Applies in the EU
In the EU, there is no legal financial product that could promise a private investor a "guaranteed return" with no risk, and anyone who promotes crypto for money is obliged to disclose it visibly; if they don't, that alone is a warning sign.
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