Bitcoin
Bitcoin mining difficulty increased by 4.89% to 136.04 T, setting a new historical high
According to CloverPool data, the mining difficulty of Bitcoin underwent an adjustment at block height 913,248, with the mining difficulty increased by 4.89% to 136.04 T, setting a new historical high.
Data: 79,000 Bitcoins have been withdrawn from exchanges in the past month, worth 8.87 billion dollars.
According to on-chain analyst @ali_charts, in the past month, 79,000 Bitcoins were withdrawn from exchanges, worth $8.87 billion.
Strategy: Nasdaq's new requirements for listed companies to purchase Bitcoin will not affect Strategy.
Michael Saylor's Strategy team stated that Nasdaq's new requirements for listed companies to purchase Bitcoin will not affect them, and they will continue to buy Bitcoin in large quantities.
Citigroup: By 2030, Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies will account for 10% of the global market
According to market news released by The Bitcoin Historian, banking giant Citigroup, which manages $17 trillion in assets, stated that by 2030, Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies will account for 10% of the global market.
Skybridge Capital Founder: It took eight years to make the first Bitcoin investment, and 90% of those who research will tend to prefer Bitcoin
Anthony Scaramucci, the founder and CEO of SkyBridge Capital, shared his journey from a cryptocurrency skeptic to an advocate during a social media Q&A session. He stated that although he had the opportunity to get involved with Bitcoin as early as 2012, it took him eight years to make his first Bitcoin investment. The reason was that he initially did not understand Bitcoin and was very skeptical about it. However, after truly understanding blockchain and Bitcoin, he realized it was a great technological breakthrough. Anthony Scaramucci added that as long as people “do their homework,” 90% of them will lean towards Bitcoin.
Ethereum
The buyer's active trading volume of Ethereum reached 1.5 billion USD
According to a chart released by Cryptoquant analyst Maartunn, the buyer's active transaction volume for Ethereum has reached $1.5 billion.
Vitalik: It is expected that ideas related to Ethereum scalability will be implemented while achieving key milestones in the short-term expansion roadmap.
Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, stated on the X platform that the Ethereum team has performed exceptionally well this year, contributing in various ways to ensure the long-term scalability, decentralization, and resilience of Ethereum. All these ideas are expected to be ready for implementation while achieving key milestones in the short-term scaling roadmap. According to a retweet by Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum developers have proposed a minimal zkVM called “leanVM” suitable for streamlining Ethereum, optimized for XMSS aggregation and recursion. Compared to Cairo, leanVM minimizes commitment costs with its four-instruction ISA, multi-linear STARK, and logup* lookup.
Ark Invest increased its holdings by 388,045 shares of the Ethereum treasury company BMNR yesterday
According to information shared by Tom Lee, the chairman of BitMine (BMNR) board, on the X platform, Cathie Wood's Ark Invest has increased its holdings of 388,045 shares of BMNR stock through its exchange-traded fund on September 5. Additionally, data disclosed by Ark Invest Tracker shows that Ark Invest's three ETFs hold BMNR stock valued at $267 million, specifically: ARKK with a value of $178.6 million, ARKF with a value of $31 million, and ARKW with a value of $57.7 million.
SharpLink: Fully compliant with NASDAQ regulations, executes ATM plan to purchase Ethereum without obtaining shareholder approval
According to the official announcement, SharpLink stated that it fully complies with Nasdaq regulations, and if it chooses to execute the ATM plan to provide funding for purchasing Ethereum, no further shareholder approval is required.
SharpLink is always committed to compliance and transparency, ensuring that all transactions are conducted in accordance with Nasdaq regulations and industry best practices.
Ethereum Foundation completes partial sale, retrieving 3.387 million DAI from CEX
According to @EmberCN's monitoring, the Ethereum Foundation transferred 10,000 ETH to Kraken for sale the day before yesterday, and 20 minutes ago, it withdrew 3.387 million DAI from Kraken. This means that a portion of the 10,000 ETH has now been sold.
Other Projects
Tether CEO discloses that the P2P encrypted communication app Keet may support Bitcoin, USDT, and XAUT payments
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino posted on the X platform that QVAC AI combined with the P2P encrypted communication app Keet could make it a messaging application supporting all conversational AI features, 100% local device and ensuring privacy, supporting translation, transcription, and summarization of any (audio) information, chatbot assistants, as well as payments in Bitcoin, Lightning Network, USDT, XAUT, and more.
Anthropic goes offline, Zhipu responds with the launch of “Claude API User Special Relocation Plan”
The American large model company Anthropic announced that it will stop selling Claude services to groups majority-owned by Chinese capital, covering enterprises in mainland China and those indirectly using it through overseas registrations or cloud services.
Zhipu has responded by launching a special migration plan for Claude API users, which is fully compatible with the Claude protocol. Users only need to replace the API URL to seamlessly switch from Claude to GLM model API. Additionally, the official offers a monthly subscription package and other benefits. (Yicai)
Stuttgart Stock Exchange Launches Pan-European Tokenized Asset Platform
The sixth largest exchange operator in Europe, Stuttgart Stock Exchange Group, has launched a blockchain-based settlement platform called Seturion, which can handle cross-border tokenized asset transactions across Europe. It supports both public and private chains and can settle using central bank currencies or stablecoins, targeting institutions such as banks and brokers.
The platform has completed testing in collaboration with the European Central Bank, and the Swiss compliant DLT trading platform BX Digital under the Stuttgart Stock Exchange has been activated. Currently, several institutions in Europe are accelerating their tokenization attempts, and there are also related developments in the United States, such as BlackRock launching a tokenized money market fund, making tokenization a global trend.
Anchorage Digital launches institutional Starknet staking service
The only federally chartered cryptocurrency bank in the United States, Anchorage Digital, has launched custody and staking services for its native token STRK. This move makes Anchorage the first qualified custodian to provide institutional-level staking services for Starknet, this Layer2 network.
According to an announcement on September 3rd, this new service allows institutions to securely stake STRK through Anchorage Digital Bank in the United States, Anchorage Digital Singapore, or the platform's self-custody wallet, Porto.
Participants can contribute to network security while earning returns. Currently, the annual percentage rate (APR) offered by this staking project is estimated to be 7.28%.
Ondo Finance announces the launch of Ondo Global Markets
Ondo Finance and Ondo Foundation jointly announced the launch of Ondo Global Markets. The platform enables non-U.S. investors to seamlessly access over 100 tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs on Ethereum, with plans to expand to hundreds or even thousands of assets within the year.
The platform is currently live on the Ethereum mainnet and will soon expand to BNB Chain, Solana, and Ondo Chain. Retail and institutional users outside the United States can instantly mint and redeem tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs during the 5 trading days of the week, 24 hours a day (subject to jurisdiction and other restrictions). These tokenized assets provide exposure to the entire economic benefits of the underlying U.S. stocks and ETFs, fully backed and secured on a 1:1 basis by real stocks and ETFs held at one or more U.S.-registered brokerages, along with cash in transit.
