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Garrett Jin closes $58.5M ZEC Hyperliquid short with ~$35.44M loss

Lookonchain says Garrett Jin closes his entire 38000 ZEC Hyperliquid short worth 58.5 million taking a 35.44 million realized loss.

Swing whale that booked $3.7M selling ETH in August buys back 7,567 ETH

Swing whale that booked 3.7 million selling Ether in August buys back 7567 ETH worth 20 million via Binance today.

Whale sells $86.76M Bitcoin on Hyperliquid then stakes all 34,422 ETH bought

PANews reports a whale sold 1107 Bitcoin for 86.76 million on Hyperliquid then bought and staked all 34422 Ether coins.

Bitcoin ETFs finish week barely positive as Fidelity FBTC takes $310.7M Friday

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs finish the week about 6 million net positive after Fidelity FBTC takes 310.7 million on Friday.



Rug & Recovery Room

Upbit puts MultiversX EGLD on trading caution through late October after VM exploit

Upbit puts MultiversX EGLD on trading caution with October review window after VM atomicity incident and exchange transfer freezes spread

Bitquery: 70% of AGIX now counterfeit after ASI key mints as $2.25M cash-out sticks

Bitquery says about 70 percent of AGIX is now counterfeit after ASI key mints, with only $2.25M realized cashed out.

SingularityNET bridge attack widens with 260M AGIX and 53.8M WMTx as cluster hits $16.77M

PeckShield values the SingularityNET bridge attack cluster near $16.77M after unauthorized 260 million AGIX and 53.8 million WMTx Ethereum mints.

MultiversX suspends mainnet after VM atomicity exploit attempt hits EGLD rails

MultiversX pauses mainnet after attackers exploit a VM atomicity issue causing invalid state changes to EGLD and ESDT rails today.



On-Chain Culture

PENGU jumps 4.75% as Pudgy Penguins token logs $170M volume without a hard catalyst

PENGU climbs 4.75 percent as Pudgy Penguins Solana token sees over 170 million in reported volume without single hard catalyst

Whale sells $86.76M Bitcoin on Hyperliquid then stakes all 34,422 ETH bought

PANews reports a whale sold 1107 Bitcoin for 86.76 million on Hyperliquid then bought and staked all 34422 Ether coins.

Mintropolis Genesis sells out 4,444 OpenSea mint as secondary volume stays thin

Mintropolis Genesis sold out its 4,444-piece OpenSea mint as unique owners held near half the minted supply on OpenSea today.

Alchemix V3 Transmuter 219 sells for 297 WETH as DeFi position NFTs top CryptoSlam tickets

Alchemix V3 Transmuter token 219 changes hands for 297 WETH near 771000 dollars on the CryptoSlam high-ticket NFT tape today.



Real-World Utility

Binance Research: onchain RWAs hit $34.18B, up 85.2% YTD as DeFi use lags

Wu Blockchain cites Binance Research putting onchain RWAs at $34.18 billion as of September 15, up 85.2% year to date.

Pendle opens NGI+ yield market on Partners Group infrastructure fund via Asseto

Pendle opens an NGI+ yield market backed one-to-one by Partners Group Next Generation infrastructure fund equity via Asseto Finance today.

WisdomTree and MoonPay open U.S. access to tokenized Treasury fund WTGXX

WisdomTree and MoonPay partner so eligible U.S. investors can access the tokenized Treasury money market fund WTGXX through MoonPay rails.

Filecoin unveils IPFS RWA deed architecture with live Avalanche Summit testnet demo

Filecoin unveils an IPFS based RWA architecture at Avalanche Summit with a live testnet demo for deeds and appraisals storage.


Ape Index

Bitcoin breaks $85,000 as $648M short liquidations force a buying surge

Bitcoin breaks above 85000 as CoinGlass shows 648 million in short liquidations and Binance sees a 618 million taker surge.

Ethereum spot ETFs post $140M weekly outflows after four-week inflow streak ends

U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs post about 140 million dollars in weekly net outflows after four consecutive inflow weeks finally end.

Glassnode and Bybit: Bitcoin up 28% in two years as median mid-cap altcoins sink 74%

Glassnode and Bybit say Bitcoin gained 28 percent over two years while median mid cap altcoins lost 74 percent today.

US spot Solana ETFs log 12th straight inflow week at $1.4B as Bitcoin ETF tape goes quiet

US spot Solana ETFs post a twelfth straight inflow week above 1.4 billion dollars as Bitcoin ETF tape quiets today.



Plain English Policy

Bitcoin ETFs finish week barely positive as Fidelity FBTC takes $310.7M Friday

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs finish the week about 6 million net positive after Fidelity FBTC takes 310.7 million on Friday.

WSJ puts Brian Armstrong at center of Clarity Act collapse over stablecoin rewards

The WSJ puts Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong at the center of Clarity Act collapse blame over U.S. stablecoin rewards fights.



Stablecoin Settlement Desk

Eugene and BEATOZ test stablecoin settlement for tokenized securities subscription payments

Eugene Investment and BEATOZ sign an MOU to test stablecoin settlement for tokenized securities subscription payments in South Korea markets

Solana’s $750M stablecoin injection claim fails onchain Circle and Tether checks

Onchain checks show Solana's viral 750 million stablecoin injection claim fails hard against Circle inventory and Tether evidence this morning.

Supercoin launches ZARsc FSCA-licensed rand stablecoin on Solana with Absa reserves

Supercoin launches ZARsc as South Africa's first FSCA-licensed rand stablecoin on Solana with Absa reserves and a Fireblocks custody stack.

Bybit launches USDT-settled Perp Options on SpaceX and Nvidia TradFi perpetuals

Bybit opens USDT settled Perp Options on SpaceX and Nvidia for round the clock TradFi crypto trading access this week.


Marketplace Watch

Magic Eden takes 87% of tracked Solana NFT volume as Tensor trails at 10%

Magic Eden captures 87 percent of tracked Solana NFT volume in Chadbot seven-day snapshot over Tensor OpenSea and Orbis rivals

Swing whale that booked $3.7M selling ETH in August buys back 7,567 ETH

Swing whale that booked 3.7 million selling Ether in August buys back 7567 ETH worth 20 million via Binance today.

ZetaChain Proposal 68 passes 99.4% to migrate ZETA 1:1 onto Solana SPL

ZetaChain Proposal 68 passes with 99.4 percent support and 58 percent turnout, authorizing a one-to-one ZETA migration onto Solana SPL.

PEPE hits $40M first-day Solana volume as Sunrise lists canonical SPL via Wormhole NTT

PEPE clears 40 million dollars of first-day Solana trading volume as Sunrise lists a Wormhole NTT canonical SPL mint today.


Phygital & Vaulted

Auriea Harvey Ready To Die at Heft pairs Amulets with Ethereum Gaussian-splat portraits

Auriea Harvey Ready To Die at Heft pairs physical Amulets with Ethereum Gaussian-splat portraits through October ninth marble ceremony ahead

FACEPRINTS by Cem Hasimi mints 169 on SuperRare with four Plan X physical canvases

FACEPRINTS by Cem Hasimi mints all 169 SuperRare editions as four pieces pair with hand-painted Plan X Gallery canvases today.

Panini America sports NFTs climb to $893K weekly as CryptoSlam buyers thin to 762

Panini America sports NFTs hit $893K in weekly sales, up 19 percent, as CryptoSlam unique buyers fall to 762 wallets.

Courtyard Press Start Pokémon 30 keeps vaulted pack bounties live through September 22

Courtyard keeps Press Start Pokémon 30 vaulted pack bounties live through September 22 with an $8,610 PSA 10 Pikachu EX.