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According to Coinglass data, if ETH falls below $2,365, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $990 million. Conversely, if ETH breaks above $2,604, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $849 million.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC breaks through $82,092, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.66 billion. Conversely, if BTC falls below $74,712, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.503 billion.

Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini announced that its subsidiary Gemini Digital Payments Singapore, Pte. Ltd. (GDPSPL) has obtained a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), allowing it to provide digital payment token and cross-border remittance services.

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit announced the launch of USDT-settled forex perpetual contracts, covering three major currency pairs: Euro/USD, Pound/USD, and Dollar/Yen, supporting up to 100x leverage, and offering 24/7 trading. This product belongs to Bybit's TradFi perpetual contract series, which has included over 200 assets since its launch in April this year, covering stocks, commodities, ETFs, and pre-IPO companies. According to data from the Bank for International Settlements, the global forex market's average daily over-the-counter trading volume reached $9.6 trillion in April 2025, making it the largest and most liquid financial market in the world. Bybit is not the first cryptocurrency exchange to venture into forex perpetual contracts; Kraken launched five forex perpetual contracts with up to 50x leverage in April 2025, while BitMEX launched six similar products with up to 100x leverage in April 2026.

The Compound Foundation announced the launch of the Institutional Market, a lending market exclusively for whitelisted institutions, supporting borrowing of ETH, wstETH, WBTC, and cbBTC with USDC, with a maximum loan-to-value ratio of 87%. On its first day of launch, the market was oversubscribed, with participation from institutions such as DeFi Saver, K3/Nexo, KPK, and Yearn. The entry threshold is a deposit of 100,000 USDC, and Compound has reserved 200,000 USDC as supplier incentives, which will be proportionally distributed to whitelisted participants within three months, with a supply cap of 20 million USD.This market is the first product to be launched from the 52 million USD plan approved by the Compound DAO in August, described by the foundation as the Institutional Comet built on v3.5, independent of the DAO-funded V4 roadmap. Compound stated that v3 has been running for four years without any incidents. Currently, Compound's total locked value is 1.53 billion USD, with 1.42 billion USD on the Ethereum chain, ranking sixth among lending protocols on DefiLlama, with a 23% growth over the past 30 days.The Compound Foundation was relaunched on August 17 with a budget of 52 million USD, with a team from Coinbase, Anchorage, NEAR, and Maple.

According to Coinglass data, if ETH breaks through $2,582, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.132 billion. Conversely, if ETH falls below $2,347, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $631 million.

According to Coinglass data, if Bitcoin falls below $76,000, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on major CEXs will reach $1.017 billion. Conversely, if Bitcoin breaks above $80,000, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on major CEXs will reach $1.224 billion.The liquidation chart does not display the exact number of contracts pending liquidation or the exact value of contracts being liquidated. The bars on the liquidation chart represent the significance of each liquidation cluster relative to nearby liquidation clusters, that is, the intensity. Therefore, the liquidation chart shows the extent to which the underlying price reaching a certain position will be affected. Higher liquidation bars indicate that once the price reaches that point, there will be a stronger reaction due to liquidity waves.

UBS announced that it has launched the Swiss Franc stablecoin Sandbox testing phase in collaboration with 8 other institutions: PostFinance, Sygnum, Raiffeisen, Zurich Cantonal Bank, BCV, SIX, TWINT, and Swiss Stablecoin AG, to explore the integration of blockchain applications with the Swiss Franc stablecoin.This test is based on the Swiss Franc stablecoin CHFD, which has been technically launched in the Sandbox environment since the end of June and is pegged to the Swiss Franc at a 1:1 ratio. The testing will focus on exploring application scenarios such as automated inter-institutional transactions, digital asset tokenization settlement, and programmable payments, including reducing online market fraud risks, improving fair access to event tickets, and increasing the efficiency of public fund distribution. The test is expected to continue until the end of 2026. UBS stated that the Sandbox aims to accumulate technical, operational, and regulatory experience and does not represent a decision to officially launch the Swiss Franc stablecoin.

Australia's financial intelligence agency AUSTRAC has canceled, suspended, or refused to renew the registrations of 45 cryptocurrency and remittance service providers in the past year to strengthen the scrutiny of high-risk payment businesses. The involved institutions faced issues such as inactivity, insolvency, or lack of operational capability, as well as failure to report significant changes, incorrect registration information, and significant money laundering or terrorism financing risks. AUSTRAC CEO Brendan Thomas stated that businesses whose registrations have been canceled are not allowed to continue operations, and some related individuals have been referred to domestic and international law enforcement or regulatory agencies. AUSTRAC specifically mentioned BA Digital Ventures operating under the name GetCoins, whose virtual asset registration was canceled in June due to customer complaints, allegedly because the platform was exploited by organized cryptocurrency investment scams, with related actions conducted in cooperation with the national anti-fraud center. The public VASP registration list also included recent disposals of institutions such as Cryptolink, Self Custody, Jam Xchange, and Coinsec Australia. Additionally, AUSTRAC has launched an investigation into Western Union and suspended the cryptocurrency ATM network of Cryptolink.

According to the latest Merkle Tree Proof of Reserves (PoR) data from Huobi HTX, as of September 1, 2026 (UTC+8), the reserve ratios of various mainstream assets on the platform remain above 100%, continuously ensuring the safety of user assets with sufficient reserves and committing to 100% redemption, ensuring that users can trade and withdraw at any time. As one of the earlier platforms in the industry to continuously disclose Merkle Tree Proof of Reserves, Huobi HTX has publicly disclosed PoR data for 47 consecutive months, enhancing platform transparency in a long-term and verifiable manner.The specific updated reserve ratios are as follows: BTC (104%), ETH (102%), TRX (109%), USDs (102%), HTX (103%), XRP (104%), DOGE (101%), SOL (103%). Users can visit the "Assets - Proof of Reserves Report" page on the Huobi HTX official website to view.It is worth mentioning that starting from April this year, to further enhance the visual representation of US dollar asset reserve data, Huobi HTX has unified and aggregated USDT, USDC, and other US dollar stablecoins as "USDs" for display. The asset data of each currency remains independently recorded and verified to ensure that the reserve information is authentic, clear, and traceable.In the future, Huobi HTX will continue to adhere to the 1:1 reserve principle, using verifiable data, traceable on-chain assets, and a regular information disclosure mechanism to continuously enhance asset transparency, allowing users to see reserves, verify assets, and use them with greater peace of mind.

According to a report by the Korean News Agency, Matthew Dawson, co-founder of Ethereum Institutional, visited South Korea for the first time and held meetings with local major banks, securities companies, asset management firms, and exchanges to establish cooperative relationships. Dawson stated that South Korea has strong financial institutions and a developer community capable of fully utilizing blockchain infrastructure, and pointed out that the recent policy direction on token securities released by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) provides a good opportunity for cooperation.He anticipates that South Korean institutions, which currently start with private chains, will eventually upgrade to public blockchains, and emphasized that Ethereum, with its security, liquidity, and neutrality, is the ideal infrastructure for carrying core institutional assets. In terms of organizational expansion, Ethereum Institutional plans to introduce a head of Asia within 6 to 7 weeks and recruit technical, business, and consulting talent in Hong Kong, South Korea, and Japan.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC breaks through 82,874 USD, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach 1.356 billion USD. Conversely, if BTC falls below 75,576 USD, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach 1.132 billion USD.

According to Coinglass data, if ETH breaks through $2,611, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $989 million. Conversely, if ETH falls below $2,368, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $715 million.

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.

According to Coinglass data, if ETH falls below $2,372, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $829 million. Conversely, if ETH breaks above $2,621, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $606 million.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC falls below $76,211, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on major CEXs will reach $1.037 billion. Conversely, if BTC breaks above $83,521, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on major CEXs will reach $1.003 billion.

According to on-chain data from DeFiLlama, there was a significant divergence in the capital flow of mainstream public chains over the weekend. BNB Chain saw a net inflow of approximately 28.22 million USD in the last 24 hours, indicating that funds are still continuously gathering in the BSC ecosystem; in contrast, Robinhood Chain experienced a net outflow of about 18.04 million USD in the last 24 hours. Earlier data from September 5 showed that Robinhood Chain had a net outflow of approximately 21.07 million USD in a single day, making it the network with the largest capital outflow among major public chains that day.In terms of capital activity, although Robinhood Chain experienced a net outflow, on-chain trading activity remained relatively high. DeFiLlama data shows that its DEX trading volume in the past 7 days was approximately 10.424 billion USD, an increase of 95.26% compared to the previous week, with a DEX trading volume of about 1.368 billion USD in the last 24 hours; BNB Chain's DEX trading volume in the past 7 days was approximately 8.254 billion USD, a weekly increase of 20.99%, with a net inflow of about 28.22 million USD in the last 24 hours.Meanwhile, data from September 6 indicated that Solana's DEX trading volume in the past 24 hours was approximately 1.96 billion USD, surpassing BNB Chain's 1.64 billion USD and Robinhood Chain's 1.61 billion USD, reclaiming the top spot in DEX trading volume among mainstream public chains. Overall, the past weekend showed characteristics of "high trading activity maintained, with a rebalancing of capital flow" among mainstream public chains: BNB Chain continued to absorb funds against a backdrop of high trading volume, while Robinhood Chain, despite rapid growth in DEX trading volume, experienced continuous net outflows, suggesting that some funds may be leaving the network after high-frequency trading.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), a whale address holding approximately 4.5 million dollars (0x2Ae...a78Ae) has recently adjusted its positions: it cleared 156,452 UNI (worth 1.077 million dollars), realizing a profit of 86,000 dollars; it increased its position by 402,000 PONS (worth 342,000 dollars), raising the total holdings to 3.63 million (approximately 2.99 million dollars); and it established a new position of 355,175 FORM, worth 94,000 dollars.Currently, the holdings of $AAVE and $CASHCAT remain unchanged, with the total holdings of the four major tokens reaching 4.46 million dollars.

According to Coinglass data, if ETH falls below $2,370, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $897 million. Conversely, if ETH breaks above $2,615, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $669 million.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC breaks through $83,367, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $830 million. Conversely, if BTC falls below $76,479, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $830 million.