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BitMine increased its holdings by 27,562 ETH last week, bringing the total holdings to approximately 5.984 million

According to PR Newswire, BitMine increased its holdings by 27,562 Ethereum last week. As of September 20, 2026, its total Ethereum holdings reached 5,983,940, accounting for approximately 4.9% of the total Ethereum supply.Currently, the total value of the cryptocurrencies, cash, and other investment assets held by BitMine is approximately $17.1 billion, which includes $714 million in cash and securities, 212 Bitcoin, $180 million in equity assets from Beast Industries, and a $105 million investment in Eightco Holdings (ORBS). Additionally, the amount of Ethereum it has staked remains at 5,067,309 (85% of total holdings), valued at approximately $13.6 billion, with a current annualized staking yield of about $357 million.Furthermore, BitMine Chairman Tom Lee stated in the company's weekly report that the crypto bull market began in late June 2026, driven by factors including the rotation of funds from AI stocks to crypto assets, the continued strengthening of crypto fundamentals centered around tokenization and AI, and the four-year cycle hitting bottom. So far in the third quarter, ETH has outperformed the S&P 500 by over 6,519 basis points, making it the best macro asset globally.Lee believes that ETH's significant outperformance in the third quarter is a prelude to a stronger upward trend in the fourth quarter; due to institutions being underweight in crypto assets influenced by the performance of AI stocks in the first half of 2026, a significant increase in allocation is expected in the fourth quarter, which may bring additional upside to the gains since June 30. Additionally, Lee will deliver a keynote speech at the Korea Blockchain Week (KBW) on September 30.

first_img Bitcoin VIX perpetual contracts launched on Hyperliquid, supporting direct long or short volatility

According to CoinDesk, the Bitcoin Volatility Index BVIV's perpetual contract was launched on Hyperliquid on Monday, allowing traders to bet on the magnitude of Bitcoin price fluctuations rather than the direction directly on the on-chain exchange. The BVIV index is often referred to as the "Bitcoin VIX," which tracks the expected implied volatility of the cryptocurrency over the next 30 days in real-time, similar to the Chicago Board Options Exchange VIX index that tracks the implied volatility of the S&P 500 index.The newly launched perpetual market allows traders to directly go long or short on the volatility index without needing to express their volatility views indirectly through costly options tools that require derivative expertise. The perpetual contract uses USDC as collateral and pricing asset, initially supporting up to 5x leverage. The Seda oracle infrastructure is responsible for connecting the Volmex index to the Markets exchange on-chain.Cole Kennelly, founder and CEO of Volmex Labs, stated that the launch of the BVIV index perpetual contract on Hyperliquid provides crypto traders with a convenient tool for volatility hedging and speculation. This launch is led by the on-chain perpetual contract platform Markets by Kinetiq based on Hyperliquid, in collaboration with Volmex and Perps.inc, marking the first joint deployment of the three parties and the first time the Volmex Bitcoin Volatility Index has gained access to an on-chain perpetual contract market. Hyperliquid is the world's largest decentralized perpetual contract exchange, with an average daily trading volume of several billion dollars and a fully diluted valuation of over $90 billion.

X-Agent releases the latest white paper: Let AI move from "generating content" to "execution and trading"

AI Agent Onchain Operating System (AI Agent Onchain OS) X-Agent has released its latest white paper, which introduces its product architecture, MCP ecosystem, business model, and application scenarios of $XAGT.The white paper points out that the next stage of the AI industry is not just about generating text, images, or code, but about enabling Agents to understand user intentions, invoke tools, execute tasks, and complete transactions. Centered around the concept of "Speak to Build, Share to Connect," X-Agent allows users to create AI Agents with context, memory, skills, API, and wallet connection capabilities through natural language, without the need to write code.In terms of business model, X-Agent aims to establish a complete link for Agent creation, MCP capability access, distribution, payment, and monetization. Developers can package APIs, data, and professional services as MCP capabilities and earn income through per-call, subscription, or transaction commission.The $XAGT token is planned to be used for computing fees in secure operating environments, LLM and API calls, Agent transaction settlements, MCP service payments, Premium Agent template purchases, and developer deployments. In the future, it will also expand to scenarios such as service staking, multi-Agent settlements, and ecological governance.According to the project team, X-Agent currently has over 1 million registered users, has completed more than 1.1 million autonomous tasks, and the consumption of LLM Tokens has exceeded 84 billion. In the future, the project will also promote Super-Agent, enterprise sandbox, decentralized Agent Store, and multi-Agent collaboration systems.Through this white paper, X-Agent hopes to further clarify its long-term direction: to enable anyone to create Agents through language, allowing Agents to truly possess the capabilities for execution, distribution, payment, and continuous commercialization.

first_img French cryptocurrency practitioners' entire family was kidnapped, approximately $46,000 worth of cryptocurrency was transferred away

A family in the northern French town of Vendin-le-Vieil was invaded and taken hostage by four masked men early Sunday morning. According to BFMTV, the suspects entered the house around 4 AM, binding the couple and their two children with tape, and held them for over three hours. The 40-year-old father, an IT expert in the local cryptocurrency industry, was taken to another room, beaten, and forced to give up access codes, resulting in approximately 40,000 euros (about 46,000 dollars) worth of cryptocurrency being transferred away.According to the Béthune prosecutor's office, the four suspects fled the scene by car and are still at large. The 12-year-old daughter was struck in the face with a car key during the incident, and the victims are in a state of shock; they have been sent for forensic examination and are receiving support from the victims' assistance association. The case has been filed under organized gang kidnapping and extortion and is being jointly investigated by the regional judicial police and the French Cybercrime Office.France is the country most severely affected by such "ransom attacks" globally. Records from the national prosecutor's office for organized crime show that over 70 kidnapping and illegal detention incidents related to cryptocurrency have occurred in the first eight months of 2026, with 88 people already prosecuted in earlier crackdowns this year. Previous similar cases often targeted wealthy individuals, including the father of a cryptocurrency millionaire, the wife of a co-founder of The Sandbox, and the CEO of Binance France, while the victim in this case is merely an ordinary IT professional. Chainalysis reported that global ransom attacks in 2026 resulted in approximately 30 million dollars in losses, while CertiK stated that losses over six months reached 124 million dollars, a 12-fold increase.
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