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According to Bitcoin News, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has requested a Washington D.C. court to dismiss the lawsuit filed by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) against Kalshi regarding Bitcoin perpetual futures contracts.Kalshi's cash-settled BTCPERP contract was approved on May 29, which has no expiration date, employs a funding rate mechanism, and tracks the spot price of Bitcoin. CME argues that contracts without a delivery date that continuously generate funding payments should be classified as swaps, not futures. In response, the CFTC stated that CME's lawsuit is "making a fuss over nothing" and pointed out that CME could also list similar products. Furthermore, the CFTC noted that CME's Bitcoin futures trading volume in June and August was higher than in May, indicating that related business has not been significantly affected. CME must submit a response by October 2.

According to CoinDesk, the Polish prosecutor's office has charged Roman Ż., a former business partner of the missing BitBay/Zondacrypto founder Sylwester Suszek, with two counts, including fraud.Roman Ż. was arrested last Saturday in the Silesia region of Poland, and his lawyer stated that he had assisted in managing the exchange before BitBay was renamed Zonda. Roman Ż. denies the charges and has provided a detailed statement to investigators, with police seizing valuable watches and documents related to Zondacrypto during the search.The prosecutor's office stated that the arrest was ordered due to concerns that Roman Ż. would flee upon learning of plans to travel to China, with his lawyer describing the trip as a business trip and stating that he held a return ticket for September 13. The court will decide whether to continue detaining Roman Ż. during the investigation.Previously, BitBay was renamed Zondacrypto in 2021, and the exchange ceased trading in April, following customer withdrawal freezes, with estimated losses of at least 35 million zlotys (approximately 9.4 million USD). The Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit partially suspended the license of the brand entity BB Trade Estonia OÜ. The Polish prosecutor's office has launched an investigation into suspected large-scale fraud and money laundering, receiving over 3,600 complaints as of June.The case is also related to Suszek's disappearance in March 2022, with the prosecutor's office merging the Zondacrypto investigation with the Suszek missing person case in August.

Cashmere Labs announced the launch of Goat Street's first practical features and products. Goat Street NFTs on the Robinhood Chain can now earn native ETH and on-chain stock yields, with the weight depending on the duration of NFT holding and level.

According to Apnews, a young cryptocurrency scam gang stole over 4,100 BTC in August 2024 through "social engineering" attacks, which was worth over $240 million at the time.After the theft, gang members quickly began extravagant spending, including purchasing sports cars, renting luxury homes, flying on private jets, and hiring security personnel. Among them, the alleged mastermind, a 22-year-old Singaporean named Malone Lam, reportedly spent over $569,000 in one night at a nightclub in Los Angeles.Investigations revealed that the suspects impersonated employees from Google and the cryptocurrency trading platform Gemini to trick victims into giving up their Google Drive access and security codes, allowing them to transfer the victims' bitcoins. They then moved the funds through multiple trading platforms and money laundering intermediaries. Their lavish lifestyle eventually drew the attention of law enforcement.One suspect was exposed when their IP address was revealed while hiding nearly $30 million in stolen cryptocurrency assets, leading police to trace it back to the luxury home they rented in California. Another suspect was found with $37 million worth of stolen cryptocurrency assets. Lam was accused of using the stolen funds to purchase a $2 million watch and over 30 vehicles including Porsches, Lamborghinis, and Ferraris.Currently, 18 defendants have been charged, and Lam is expected to attend a plea agreement hearing this Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Justice has already issued rulings against several accomplices, and related cases are still ongoing.

During the weekend market closure of traditional markets, perpetual contract types of stocks may have already priced in the stock market trends. According to RootData, most popular stocks are above the last after-hours levels:Semiconductor Triple Long ETF (SOXL) is currently at $125.65, up 7.59% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $116.79;SanDisk (SNDK) is currently at $1,785.09, up 3.07% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $1,731.88;Micron Technology (MU) is currently at $1,043.54, up 2.84% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $1,014.74;iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) is currently at $532.09, up 2.62% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $518.48;Intel (INTC) is currently at $98.16, up 2.46% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $95.80;SK Hynix (SKHY) is currently at $179.44, up 2.08% from the last trading day's closing reference price of $175.78;VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) is currently at $578.73, up 2.06% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $567.05;SpaceX (SPCX) is currently at $150.54, up 1.87% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $147.78;IREN (IREN) is currently at $43.96, down 1.59% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $44.67;AMD (AMD) is currently at $483.59, up 1.58% from the last trading day's after-hours reference price of $476.08;

Bitget launched the "Autumn Trading Gift" themed contract event, which runs from September 7, 11:00 to September 14, 11:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users who accumulate a specified trading volume in contracts can receive tiered USDT rewards, with a maximum of 170 USDT for individual users.Users can also unlock coffee-themed physical rewards, including Brewista pour-over coffee gift boxes, Hermès coffee cup and saucer, and De'Longhi coffee machines. For more details, please refer to the official Bitget platform.

Fomo co-founder Se Yong posted on platform X stating "nfts are back" and included two images of NFTs. Meanwhile, he commented, "Some people like to buy watches with profits, but personally, I prefer digital products."

DeFi researcher Ignas posted on X that Bankless founder David Hoffman sold his ETH and reallocated to several coins with the largest gains, such as LIT and ZEC, with NEAR also performing well, while only VVV underperformed the market. Although the market was filled with panic at that time, and it was very close to the bottom of ETH, the goal of aggressive crypto investors has always been to outperform BTC and ETH.Previously, it was reported that Bankless co-founder David Hoffman announced in June this year that he had liquidated his ETH and bought VVV, NEAR, ZEC, HYPE, and LIT.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, Arthur Hayes (0x6cd...47e21) received 39,000 UNI from FalconX in the past hour, worth $282,000, increasing his UNI holdings to 284,100, with a total value of $2,007,000 and an average withdrawal price of $7.06.Arthur Hayes has made a large transaction of UNI again after about 9 months, and UNI has now become his third largest on-chain asset.

According to GMGN market data, the market capitalization of the BSC ecosystem token BREW has now rebounded to 12.5 million USD. This morning, the market capitalization of BREW briefly rose to about 28 million USD, and then quickly fell by about 80%, reaching a low of 2.2 million USD.On the news front, Flap is testing a new token pairing mechanism and has launched a new liquidity pool with BEN as the test token, which has attracted market attention to the narrative and capital flow related to BREW, possibly one of the reasons for its previous significant volatility. Please be aware of trading risks, as the prices of related tokens are highly volatile.

The Ukrainian police and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) recently dismantled a scam network that used a fake investment platform to steal cryptocurrency. This network disguised itself as an investment platform website, luring users to connect their main cryptocurrency wallets and approve a small test transaction when withdrawing funds. Subsequently, it used a "wallet stealer" hidden within the website to automatically transfer user funds to wallets controlled by the operators, kicking victims off the platform. Investigators have currently confirmed 62 victims, with over 46 Ukrainian citizens involved, and the network could steal up to $1 million per month.The police stated that the false profits displayed on the platform are part of the scam, with operators manually creating transactions and adjusting user account balances to create the illusion of investment growth. In addition to cryptocurrency, the platform also collected victims' passport information, phone numbers, email addresses, login credentials, and photos during the registration and identity verification process. The main organizer of the network is a 25-year-old IT expert who recruited over 46 Ukrainian citizens and operated multiple offices in Kyiv and surrounding areas, with members responsible for building and maintaining fake websites, contacting potential victims, and providing security.Victims come from multiple countries, including Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Israel. The police traced the gang's server equipment located in the Netherlands and obtained a database stored there, which included a list of victims, cryptocurrency wallet addresses, suspected stolen amounts, internal communications, and platform operation information. The Ukrainian police and SBU subsequently executed 34 searches in Kyiv and surrounding areas, seizing over 100 computers, more than 100 mobile phones, 79 SIM cards, documents, cash, and 15 vehicles.

Harmony has released two proposals to comprehensively shut down the mainnet launched in 2019, migrate the native token ONE to Ethereum, and shift towards an AI video "mashup economy" business. The team stated that the threats posed by national-level attackers and AI entities are the reasons for proposing the network shutdown plan.The migration plan proposes to take a snapshot of user wallets, staking delegations, validator rewards, smart contracts, and tokens within centralized exchanges at the last block of the network, airdropping new ONE to the same wallet addresses on Ethereum, with holders not needing to actively claim; delegated stakes and unclaimed rewards will be airdropped to their respective governance vaults. The total supply of ONE and the issuance rate will remain unchanged, with newly issued tokens intended for the new business and feedback from governors being considered.Multi-signature wallets, liquidity pools, and on-chain applications cannot be migrated. The team urges users to exit all smart contracts by September 10, 2026, and plans to publicly disclose token contracts, snapshot calculations, and airdrop scripts for auditing. Validators can stop running nodes starting from September 10 at 22:00 Beijing time. The team plans to compensate for the difference in issuance rewards between node shutdown and the final block of the network, establishing a one-time compensation pool of $1.372 million, to be paid in four quarters to validators and their delegators who timely shut down, sign agreements, retain stakes, and serve as governors of the new project.The new business will open up prompts and materials for users to create secondary content, with AI entities expanding video stories, and will recruit operators responsible for video generation, distribution, and content review. Harmony plans to subsidize GPU hardware in the first year and promote demand for video generation, with operators required to stake tokens to earn rewards based on service online time. The team plans to help operators generate up to $1 million in total revenue in the first year, provided they meet staking and online rate requirements; promoters can initially earn a 30% ongoing commission from each $10 monthly subscription they recommend. Both proposals are non-binding and the plans may still be adjusted.

According to on-chain monitoring data from Galaxy Research, from August 29 to September 4, four long-dormant Bitcoin wallets were activated, transferring a total of 202.84 BTC, worth approximately 15.73 million USD.Among them, the largest wallet held 146.06 BTC (approximately 11.31 million USD), which had not been touched since November 2013, holding for nearly 12.8 years, with an unrealized profit of about 12,902% based on a cost price of approximately 595 USD. A wallet that has been dormant since November 2011, holding 40 BTC, is valued at approximately 3.09 million USD, with an average cost of about 3 USD, resulting in an unrealized profit of up to 2,571,899%, allowing the holder to earn over 3 million USD from an initial investment of about 120 USD over nearly 15 years. Additionally, two other wallets transferred 10 BTC (approximately 777,000 USD) and 6.78 BTC (approximately 551,000 USD), respectively.Galaxy marked the transfer of 6.78 BTC as being received by Coinbase, a signal that typically indicates the holder intends to sell rather than simply transfer assets. Some of the activated wallets were tagged with the sender label "Noah Doe," related to New York State's lawsuit declaring thousands of dormant addresses as unclaimed property. Since a judge suspended the proceedings in June, the relevant wallets have shown multiple movements. This wave of awakenings continues the trend observed since this summer, with six wallets previously transferring approximately 40 million USD within ten days in August.

According to TechCrunch, citing multiple informed sources, less than three months after emerging from stealth mode, the startup XDOF, which specializes in collecting real-world remote control data for training general-purpose robots, is in the late stages of negotiations for a Series B funding round, with an expected valuation of around $1.2 billion. This round of financing is led by 8VC.XDOF was co-founded in 2024 by researchers Philipp Wu (CEO) and Fred Shentu (CTO) from the University of California, Berkeley. The company previously completed a $70 million Series A funding round, with investors including Thrive Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Lux, and Spark Capital. XDOF did not originally plan to raise funds again so quickly after completing this round, but informed sources say the company's business is growing rapidly, with annual revenue nearing $50 million, thus attracting several venture capital firms to proactively reach out and push for a new funding round.TechCrunch was unable to ascertain the specific amount of this funding round and could not confirm whether the aforementioned $1.2 billion valuation includes the new financing. Informed sources indicated that the transaction terms have not yet been finalized and may still change.

Cryptocurrency KOL XXAntiWar posted on platform X again after nearly a year, stating: "Believe that the bull will come, and the bull will come; believe that you will get rich, and money will come into your pocket."Subsequently, XXAntiWar wrote "Come Wealth" continuously and added the text "With gratitude, I receive. Money loves me and I believe."

Layer1 Public Chain Linera has raised approximately $150,000 since launching its community round public fundraising on September 1, with 172 addresses participating, leaving a gap of 95.2% from the target of $3.2 million.It is reported that the token valuation for this round of financing is $160 million, lasting for a total of 7 days. Previously, in 2022 and 2023, Linera raised a total of $12 million, with investors including a16z, GSR, Tribe Capital, Flow Traders, Laser Digital, and others.

Coinbase, the cryptocurrency exchange, submitted Form 1-N and Form BD-N to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on September 1 through Coinbase Derivatives and Coinbase Financial Markets, respectively, intending to launch single-stock perpetual contracts in the U.S. Coinbase's Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad stated that the next step for the related products still requires approval from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).The two documents pertain to registration as a securities futures exchange and a limited-purpose securities futures broker. Since March 20, Coinbase has been offering 10x perpetual contracts for stocks such as Apple, Nvidia, and Tesla to non-U.S. users, settled in USDC and supporting 24/7 trading. U.S. users were previously explicitly excluded from this product.

Bitcoin News posted on platform X that the Japanese energy and technology company Remixpoint sold all of its holdings in ETH, SOL, XRP, and DOGE on September 1, 2026, with a transaction amount of approximately 5.6 million USD, resulting in a total profit of about 757,000 USD.Remixpoint currently holds approximately 1,506 BTC and has shifted its digital asset reserve strategy to only hold Bitcoin. The company also earned about 14.92 BTC in revenue through Bitcoin lending, and the proceeds from selling altcoins may be used to expand its energy business.