South Korea’s FSC published a three-stage tokenized-securities roadmap ahead of the Feb 4, 2027 law go-live. Phase 1 starts with institutional private MMFs and bonds, KSD-linked DLT, and no new licenses for existing brokers. Phase 3 stablecoin DvP stays blocked until the Digital Asset Basic Act.
Kalshi added BNB, ADA, AAVE, WLD, and VVV to its CFTC-regulated American Perpetuals book. Bitcoin plus 17 altcoins. USD settle, no expiry. Max leverage examples on the page: 4.5x BNB and 1.9x VVV.
The IMF said El Salvador documented that bitcoin accumulated since its first EFF review on 27 June 2025 came from private donations, not public funds. No further accumulation beyond those donations is expected. About $140 million in EFF funding is tied to board approval.
Hargreaves Lansdown will open crypto ETN trading to its approximately 2 million investors from 3 September. Nine bitcoin and ether ETNs from major issuers. Fees 0% to 0.35%. First trades need an appropriateness check and a 24-hour cool-off.
Ken Griffin’s Citadel Advisors increased XRP ETF exposure in Q2, adding direct holdings and larger call positions across several U.S.-listed XRP funds. Put hedges rose too.
Coinbase shares jumped 10.14% to $192.70 after the exchange filed SEC notice registrations for its derivatives exchange and brokerage. The filings are an initial step toward U.S. single-stock perpetuals. They are not final approval.
US spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $101 million in net inflows on 2 September, led by BlackRock’s IBIT with $115 million. Spot ether ETFs posted $48.08 million in net outflows the same session.
Hyperliquid said a future upgrade will add optional permissioned market functionality (HIP-3*) to HIP-3. Deployers can manage on-chain whitelists. Existing markets are unaffected. The initial version is live on testnet.
Bitcoin broke above $80,000 again at 14:49 UTC on 3 September, trading at $80,548 with a 24-hour gain of 4.14%. That is Wu citing Binance. CoinGlass on that page printed $375 million in liquidations, $288 million from shorts.
MANTRA halted its chain Friday as a precaution while it investigates an unidentified incident. All endpoints and transactions are frozen. Deposits and withdrawals are down. This is a halt. It is not a confirmed hack.
NYT via Wu and Reuters/CNA: two Binance staff detained in the UAE in recent weeks. Binance told Reuters they were not targets and were cleared and released after third-party fund-flow questions. Not a hack. Not staff still held. No official UAE readout.
Wu citing community users: 1,010 ETH drained in 12 hours after an old bookmark hit expired tornado.cash. Not a protocol hack. June 2026 filings already flagged the domain. Nearly 4,000 ETH alleged over 12 months is Wu only.