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The Block's investigation shows that on the social trading app Fomo and Robinhood's self-custody wallet Robinhood Wallet, users can directly purchase Memecoin using credit cards via Apple Pay or Google Pay without completing a separate KYC identity verification. Transactions can also accumulate points or cash back rewards as normal credit card rewards. The media tested the purchase of WIF, and transactions on the Visa and Mastercard networks were classified under merchant category code MCC 5815 (digital goods media), rather than the cryptocurrency asset categories MCC 6012 or 6051 as stipulated by card organization rules, which typically come with crypto tags and do not earn rewards.These transactions are supported by the Token Checkout product from the crypto infrastructure company Crossmint. Crossmint insists that this classification is appropriate, citing the joint guidance released by the SEC and CFTC in March of this year, which views certain Memecoins like WIF as "digital collectibles." However, Chase stated that the Visa transaction was not marked as a cryptocurrency purchase and that the classification was incorrect, and they have initiated a case review with Visa; the New York Attorney General's office also stated that it is reviewing the matter. Vanderbilt University law professor Yesha Yadav and other payment experts believe that the SEC's position and card organization rules represent "two completely different systems."

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "LoL: Unicorns Of Love Sexy Edition vs Kaufland Hangry Knights," the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Both sides kill the Baron" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in win rate, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 90% (a fluctuation of 40%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "US Open ATP: Dane Sweeney vs. Corentin Moutet," the "Over" option in the sub-market "US Open ATP: Dane Sweeney vs. Corentin Moutet First Set O/U 8.5" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 67% an hour ago to the current 50% (a fluctuation of 17%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the event of "Bitcoin breaking through on September 2" in the prediction market Polymarket, the winning probability of the sub-market "78,000" for the "Yes" option has experienced severe fluctuations, plummeting from 36.5% an hour ago to the current 16.5% (a fluctuation of 20%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the prediction market Polymarket for the event "US Open ATP: Francisco Comesana vs Flavio Cobolli," the option "Francisco Comesana" in the sub-market "US Open ATP: Francisco Comesana vs Flavio Cobolli" has experienced a drastic fluctuation in winning probability, plummeting from 75.5% an hour ago to the current 46.5% (a fluctuation of 29%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Multicoin Capital (0x57C...174B) transferred 97,180 HYPE to Coinbase again, worth approximately 8.18 million USD, possibly for selling.

Predict.fun posted on platform X that it has launched the Predict Developer Dashboard, a self-service portal for creating applications, generating keys, and managing usage and rate limits. Through this interface, users can manually request higher usage-based tiers and import existing keys.Predict.fun has also implemented "trade burst" limits to restrict the number of calls for creating and canceling orders per second. New applications have this limit enabled by default, while existing applications will have this limit applied the next time the user requests rate limits.

According to Cointelegraph, cybersecurity company Morphisec has revealed that a counterfeit desktop application disguised as "Claude Opus 5 Free Desktop" from Anthropic is being used to spread the Windows malware RevStealer. This software can steal data from over 50 types of cryptocurrency wallets, while also collecting sensitive information such as browser passwords, cookies, VPN configurations, message logs, and screenshots.RevStealer has anti-detection mechanisms that perform environmental checks on the target device before execution; if it detects characteristics of a debugging or virtual environment, it will stop running. In addition, Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky has also disclosed another new malware framework targeting cryptocurrency investors called OkoBot, which can harvest wallet files, inject malicious extensions, and capture wallet application windows to steal assets.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the event "Number of Musk Tweets from August 25 to September 1, 2026" on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Yes" option in the sub-market "140-159" experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 5.95% an hour ago to the current 31.6% (a fluctuation of 25.65%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to CoinDesk, the DeFi protection protocol Firelight Protocol announced the completion of $8 million in financing, led by Gumi Cryptos Capital, with participation from Maven 11, Metalayer, Joint Effects, and Tribe Capital.Firelight is incubated by the DeFi infrastructure provider Sentora (managing assets totaling $2.4 billion) and plans to officially launch in September this year.

According to The Defiant, the tokenized credit fund HINC launched by Securitize in collaboration with Neuberger is now live on the Solana lending protocol Loopscale as collateral, allowing qualified investors to borrow USDG stablecoins without redeeming their holdings. HINC was launched on August 18 on Avalanche, Ethereum, Solana, and Sui, primarily holding assets such as high-yield corporate bonds, CLO tranches, and bank loans, with a minimum subscription of $100,000 and a fee rate of 0.6%, available only to qualified investors and qualified purchasers.Mary Gooneratne, co-founder of Loopscale, stated that HINC brings a fundamentally different type of collateral to the Solana credit market, supporting actively managed high-yield strategies that indicate on-chain lending can surpass crypto-native assets and short-duration instruments. RedStone uses its Trusted Single Source Oracle standard to price HINC, publishing the manager's daily NAV in a signed, timestamped, on-chain format for protocol verification and triggering liquidation events. Loopscale currently has a TVL of approximately $91.3 million and active loans of $55.9 million, ranking 27th on DefiLlama.HINC is the third Securitize product to go live on the protocol, following Apollo's tokenized credit fund ACRED and Securitize's own publicly listed stock SECZ on the NYSE as collateral.

According to Cointelegraph, the stablecoin payment company Kast has launched the KAST Business platform, integrating features such as corporate accounts, payment cards, cross-border transfers, and stablecoin yield balances. The platform provides services through stablecoin infrastructure.Kast stated that businesses can receive payments through fiat virtual accounts provided by regulated partners, deposit supported stablecoins and crypto assets, issue virtual cards, and make local payments in over 20 currencies.The platform's services cover more than 170 countries and regions, but specific availability varies by jurisdiction. Idle balances earn an annual yield of up to 8%, and there is also a cashback of up to 3% on spending.Kast is a fintech company rather than a bank, and regulated services are provided by licensed partner institutions. Kast completed a $80 million financing in March at a valuation of $600 million, which will be used for product development, licensing acquisition, and expanding into North America, Latin America, and the Middle East markets. The company claims to currently have over 1 million users and plans to attract 1,000 to 5,000 active businesses by the end of 2026.

According to The Block, Ethena Labs announced the launch of the beta version of its self-custody payment application Ethena Pay on Avalanche, covering 48 countries.The application integrates Ethena's synthetic dollar USDe, allowing users to earn rewards on their account balance, including up to 6% annual yield and up to 10% cash back when using designated merchants.The founder of Ethena stated that this is the first bank-like application to integrate the issuer's own stablecoin products with banking applications. Users can hold USDe, receive fiat currency through international bank accounts or directly deposit in cryptocurrency, and can also send funds to others and settle in the recipient's local currency.The application supports "instant" global transfers, with free transfers for USD, EUR, and other currencies, while other bank transfers incur certain fees. The application offers three membership tiers: standard users can enjoy a 5% annual yield, and by depositing 2000 USD in USDe or inviting 10 users, they can upgrade to VIP status, enjoying a 6% yield; depositing 10,000 USD or inviting 50 people allows for further upgrades. Cash back is paid in AVAX.The beta version of Ethena Pay is now available on iOS and Android, initially covering countries such as Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, the Philippines, Singapore, the UAE, and Australia, with the US, EU, Canada, and South Korea to follow. Currently, the circulating supply of USDe is approximately 4 billion USD.

According to data from DefiLlama, Gate has seen a net capital inflow of $300.43 million in the past 7 days, ranking among the top three globally.In addition, Gate's net capital inflow in the past 24 hours reached $48.54 million, also ranking among the top three globally.

According to a research report published by RootData Research, the total trading volume of mainstream cryptocurrency exchanges in the TradFi sector surpassed $1.3 trillion in the first half of 2026, nearly a tenfold increase compared to the entire year of 2025, with TradFi derivatives accounting for over 98%, becoming the core engine driving the explosive growth of the sector.The exchange landscape is shifting from "unipolar concentration" to multipolar competition. Binance, while maintaining a leading position in the TradFi sector with a cumulative share of 68.3%, saw its monthly trading volume share decline from 78.8% at the beginning of the year to 58.2% in August. Meanwhile, second-tier exchanges such as OKX, Gate, and Hyperliquid are rapidly expanding, with market shares of 18.2%, 10.7%, and 9.9% respectively in August.In the core submarket of stock derivatives, entering August, Binance still dominated with an average daily trading volume of $14.927 billion; OKX established an advantage in trading costs with the industry's lowest spread of 0.0091%, achieving a comprehensive score tied for second with Gate. Gate has recently shown independent growth, recording four consecutive months of triple-digit month-on-month growth from May to August, and in mid-August, its ±2% weighted depth ranked first in the industry for 11 consecutive trading days. The competitive logic of the TradFi sector may be shifting from a battle for traffic to a competition across comprehensive dimensions such as position size, market depth, trading costs, and variety coverage.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the event of "the next Mythos level vehicle release party" on the prediction market Polymarket, the "is" option in the sub-market "September 3" experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 52.5% an hour ago to the current 68% (a fluctuation of 15.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

The research institution Sigmaintell has released a storage price indicator showing that in the third quarter of 2026, the overall supply and demand in the global storage market remains tight. Prices for all categories of DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) and NAND Flash (flash memory) continue to rise month-on-month, but the rate of increase has significantly slowed compared to the second quarter, with the month-on-month increase for some storage chips narrowing to within 10%.