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.
The Reserve Bank of India is likely selling dollars for rupees to support the currency. USD/INR is little changed so far on Friday. The range is mid to high 95. There is no live pair number on this page.
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.
Silver trades around $68.70 in Friday's Asian session after extending toward $69.00.
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.
The dollar index trades around 98.80–98.75, near a three-month low. Headline 99.75–99.70 is a separate stamp.
GBP/USD gathers strength near 1.3645 in Friday's early Asian session, trading near 1.3650, ahead of UK July retail sales.