Crypto Industry News & Market Trends

Kalshi joins Coinbase with own filing for US stock perpetual futures

Kalshi has filed to offer perpetual futures tied to individual US stocks, joining Coinbase in the competition to bring crypto-style derivatives to traditional equity markets.　　The prediction market filed the proposed rule change with the Securities and Exchange Commission and submitted it to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for approval on Friday. The CFTC has yet to approve the proposal.　　The proposed contracts would have no preset expiration date and would use periodic funding payments between long and short positions to keep their prices aligned with the underlying stocks. Kalshi said the contracts would be treated as security futures products and cleared through its CFTC-registered clearinghouse, Kalshi Klear.　　The filing comes the same day Coinbase submitted its own proposal to offer perpetual futures tied to individual US stocks, as both companies look to bring a derivatives product popular in crypto markets to traditional equities.　　Kalshi already offers perpetual futures tied to cryptocurrencies in the US, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Solana (SOL) and XRP (XRP), after receiving CFTC approval for its Bitcoin perpetual contract in May.　　US stock perpetual futures race expands　　Kalshi and Coinbase are joining whats becoming a crowded field of operators seeking to bring single-stock perpetual futures to the US market.　　Payward, the

09-20Industry

Robinhood Chain fees hit $4.5M as Ethereum gets $398

Robinhood Chain has collected roughly $4.5 million in transaction fees on Sept. 3 while spending an estimated $398 to post data and proofs to Ethereum, illustrating how little Layer 1 settlement cost can accompany heavy activity on an Ethereum Layer 2.　　SummaryRobinhood Chain collected $4.5 million in fees on September 3 while paying Ethereum just $398.Bitquery counted 597 million transactions through September 3 and roughly $23 million in cumulative fees.Ethereum blobs provide Robinhood Chain data availability while ETH remains the networks native gas token.L2Beat says only two whitelisted actors can challenge Robinhood Chain state updates on Ethereum today.Arbitrum receives 10% of Robinhood Chain net protocol revenue under its Expansion Program license terms.　　Bitquery reported that Robinhood Chain charged users $4,503,705 that day, while approximately $396 went toward Ethereum data posting and another $2 toward proving results. Its calculation produced a fee-to-settlement-cost ratio of roughly 11,400 to one.　　The figures support part of an analysis published Sept. 20 by South Korea‘s Digital Asset, which argued that rapid Layer 2 growth does not necessarily create proportional economic value on Ethereum mainnet. The publication’s conclusion is an analysis, however, while the underlying fee, architecture and settlement figures can be checked separately.　　Former Robinhood engineers charged over $50K

09-20Industry

Why Bitcoin‘s 63% HODL wave isn’t the mega bull signal everyone thinks it is

Bitcoin‘s share of supply last moved at least one year ago reached 63.3% on Sept. 18, up 0.98 percentage points from 62.32% on Aug. 18, according to Maketo’s HODL-wave data.　　Related Asset Bitcoin #1 BTC · $80,447.74 24-hour change: down 0.58% Loading price history… 24H Down 0.58% 7D Up 4.12% 30D Up 6.72%　　HODL waves group Bitcoins unspent transaction outputs into age bands based on their last on-chain movement. The rising one-year share therefore shows that more supply now sits in older bands. Current-month buying and deliberate withdrawal from the market require separate evidence.　　The underlying bands point to a specific mechanism. Coins that last moved roughly a year ago can enter the one-to-two-year bracket simply by remaining still long enough to cross the boundary.　　What Bitcoin HODL waves measure　　The one-to-two-year band increased to 14.57% of supply from 13.52% between Aug. 18 and Sept. 18, a gain of 1.05 percentage points. That was the largest positive change among the cohorts already older than one year.　　Over the same period, the six-to-twelve-month band fell to 17.53% from 19.10%. Glassnodes Sept. 18 snapshot showed the same latest values for both bands.　　The paired moves are consistent with coins crossing the one-year boundary. Each band is a net share

09-20Industry

Why Was Bitcoin Rejected at $82K？ 3 Reasons Behind the Sunday Pullback

The tension in the Middle East is on the rise once again on several fronts.　　Despite the overall macro calamity experienced last week, bitcoins price surged from $75,000 to almost $82,000 within days, hitting its highest level since the start of the month.　　However, the breakout attempt was halted at $82,000 due to more worrisome news from the Middle East. Theres also a technical aspect that helped prevent another leg up.　　New Escalation　　Numerous reports online suggested on Sunday that the United States had warned that hostilities between Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Houthis have escalated, with some even suggesting that the latter‘s capital was under drone and ballistic missile attacks. BBC added that even some energy sites on the country’s Red Sea coast were targeted.　　Saudi authorities reported that they intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired at Riyadh on Saturday evening, claiming that there were no casualties and no new attacks.　　“Iranian-supported Houthis have engaged in hostilities against Saudi Arabia, including civilian airports. This military conflict has the potential to escalate rapidly,” said the US State Department. The statement also warned Americans to “seriously reconsider travel to and through the region.”　　Meanwhile, Daily Iran News, an X account with over 500,000 followers, claimed that Iran had

09-20Industry

AI Is Rereading Cryptos Old Code, and Finding What Humans Missed

Key TakeawaysZcash had a 4-year-old flaw hiding in its code until Claude Opus 4.8 helped a researcher finally uncover it.Coldcards 2021 firmware flaw preceded more than $100 million in estimated bitcoin thefts across thousands of addresses.Chainalysis says malicious onchain dead-drop activity jumped 440%, showing how quickly AI-assisted threats are picking up steam.　　Things are certainly changing fast. An encrypted German Army transmission from July 1941 survived 85 years before an AI-assisted effort finally cracked it this month. The message was almost comically ordinary, essentially someone in Rosenow asking which way to march, but AI agents helped search archives, write code, simulate Enigma, and test possibilities until the old problem gave way. Crypto has spent 2026 discovering what happens when that ability to look again gets pointed at software containing actual money.　　AI Goes Hunting Through Old Code　　Zcash provided one of the cleanest examples in May. Researcher Taylor Hornby, working for Shielded Labs, used Claude Opus 4.8 in a custom audit agent and uncovered a flaw in the Orchard shielded-pool circuit dating to 2022. In testing, the vulnerability could create unlimited counterfeit ZEC without detection. No theft was established, and developers patched it within days, but a potentially catastrophic bug had survived roughly

09-20Industry

VanEck flags Metaplanet as 'Bad' - Calls its executive pay a 'shareholder trap'

VanEck, a global investment management firm, examined executive compensation across the 10 largest Digital Asset Treasury companies (DATs) and marked Metaplanet as “Bad” on executive compensation practices.　　According to VanEck‘s report, Metaplanet’s executive compensation adds to shareholder dilution. Hence, its 14.7% option pool represents potential dilution on a fully diluted basis. This happens along with the firms officer exposure reaching 8.2% and its largest individual officer position sitting at 3.8%.　　By comparison, Strategy, BitMine, Hyperliquid Strategies, Sharplink, Tron, and Bit Digital were given the “Good” band. This was because of fixed pools, shareholder approval required for increases, and officer exposure of 1% or less.　　For context, Strategy has a fixed 8.35 million-share pool, which is about 2% of fully diluted shares, with executive exposure of 0.5%. On the other hand, BitMines pool is 3.2%, with officer exposure around 1%.　　Whereas Twenty One Capital, Strive, and Forward Industries were placed in the “Acceptable” category due to weaker safeguards.　　Why did Metaplanet lose the DAT game？　　Speaking of Metaplanet, aka Japans MicroStrategy, its structure originated when Metaplanet was a struggling hotel operator and was designed to protect executive compensation from dilution.　　After its shift to a Bitcoin [BTC] treasury strategy, the mechanism remained, allowing the executive option pool to

09-20Industry

A Factory-Sealed NES Set From 1986 Just Sold for $120,000. Here's Why Old Games Are the New Gold

Key TakeawaysNintendos sealed 1986 NES Deluxe Set fetched a record $120,000 at Heritage Auctions.Heritages $1.8M auction showed sealed gaming collectibles can command six-figure prices.Athlon Sports sees the retro gaming market hitting $4.18B in 2026, with 10% growth ahead.　　The plastic wrap on a never-opened 1986 Nintendo Entertainment System Deluxe Set proved more valuable than the console inside when it sold for $120,000 at Heritage Auctions on November 3-4, 2023. Graded VGA 85 NM+ and packed with two controllers, R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy), the Zapper light gun, and boxed copies of Gyromite and Duck Hunt, it set the auction record for a commercially released video game console. Heritages Valarie Spiegel called the sale “This event was a walk through video game history,” and the numbers since have made clear why collectors showed up ready to pay like investors. Athlon Sports now pegs the global retro gaming collectibles market at $4.18 billion in 2026, with millennials and a growing wave of Gen Z buyers chasing sealed, graded rarity.　　Three years can feel like a lifetime in tech, but in collectibles it can turn a single sale into a benchmark. One such benchmark came out of Dallas, and it keeps getting cited as the retro

09-20Industry

The New Altcoin Set To Outperform Shiba Inu And Dogecoin

Shiba Inu and Dogecoin are back on watchlists this month. SHIB just passed 1.8 million addresses across Ethereum and Shibarium (U.Today, September 12), and DOGE still holds a $15 billion market cap after a rough week.　　The investors who made money on those two the first time know the math, though. Shiba Inu carries a $3.08 billion market cap and Dogecoin $13.12 billion, so a 10x from here needs tens of billions in fresh buying. The bigger returns now belong to whatever is sitting where SHIB sat in early 2021.　　That is why Pepeto keeps coming up. Its presale has raised more than $11 million, and unlike most meme coins at this stage, its exchange, bridge and scanner are already live.　　Shiba Inu (SHIB): whales reposition　　Shiba Inu trades at $0.000005235 as of September 14, 2026, down 0.92% over 24 hours, market cap $3.08 billion (CoinMarketCap). SHIB fell four straight days last week before bouncing off $0.000005 on Friday as the wider market recovered.　　On September 11, 125 billion SHIB left BitGo and 361 billion SHIB landed in a single $23.5 million whale wallet, and by September 13 the wallet count on Etherscan was closing in on 1.7 million (CoinGabbar).　　The history is the point. SHIB

09-20Industry

Polygon Foundation CEO Touts $24.5M Revenue as 100M POL Burn Nears

Key Insights:Polygon Foundation CEO outlines a 100M POL burn, pending final council signatures.Nailwal cites $24.5M in Polygon revenue, but the figures lack independent verification.Polygon plans community-triggered quarterly burns while retaining 2% annual emissions.　　Polygon Foundation CEO Sandeep Nailwal said Polygon plans to permanently burn 100 million POL through a permissionless contract.　　The announcement paired the proposed supply reduction with his claim of $24.5 million in 2026 revenue. However, the contracts remain on testnet, with mainnet deployment awaiting final Polygon Security Council signatures.　　Once deployment clears, any community member can trigger the initial burn, according to Nailwal. The proposed mechanism would allow community members to initiate additional base-fee burns once per quarter.　　His announcement thus outlined both an initial token destruction event and a recurring process for later burns.　　The planned burn would draw tokens from a base-fee collector contract holding approximately 121 million POL, the Polygon Foundation CEO said.　　Each network base fee adds POL to that collector, linking the accumulated balance to transaction activity. Of that balance, the first burn would permanently remove 100 million tokens.　　That amount equals 1% of POLs initial supply of 10 billion tokens. However, the initial supply serves as a historical reference rather than a permanent ceiling. POL retains an ongoing

09-20Industry

Altcoin market cap clears $1.07T as Bitcoin dominance weakens – Is altseason forming？

The Crypto Market Fear and Greed Index rose above 60 on the 20th of August and hasnt dropped below this mark since. Greed values signal bullish market strength.　　The latest Bitcoin [BTC] rally from $76k back above $80k has led to another surge in bullish sentiment. The altcoin market cap growth, as a collective, has kept pace with Bitcoin, too.　　Altcoin market cap clears key resistance level, but it is not yet altseason　　In doing so, the altcoin market cap (including Ethereum) crossed the $1.07 trillion level. It marked the mid-level of a long-term range. Clearing it was an important development and could be the start of another attempt to climb to and clear the range high at $1.71 trillion.　　The altcoin season index was only at 54. Usually, market extremes are reached when the index scores reach above 80, which previously happened in September 2025, just weeks before Bitcoin made its all-time high.　　It is not yet altseason. Rising altcoin market cap and falling Bitcoin dominance trends, if they come true in the coming weeks, will serve as confirmation of hefty capital flow into the altcoin market.　　Altcoin strength set to continue　　As a share of Bitcoins Open Interest, the altcoin OI has not reached risk

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