during the period from August 31 to September 6, a total of 13 cryptocurrency startups raised a total of $709.6 million, with AlloyX Limited's acquisition transaction ranking first. Infrastructure platforms and AI-driven startups (including Kite AI, Aria Protocol, and Everlyn) dominated the funding rounds, highlighting investors' growing interest in scalable blockchain solutions and AI applications.

according to DefiLlama data, the trading volume of Solana network DEX in the past 24 hours reached $26.02 billion, ranking first in the entire network. The trading volume of BNBChain network DEX in the past 24 hours reached $21.58 billion, ranking second in the entire network. The top three DEX protocols in Solana's ecosystem in terms of trading volume are Pump, Meteora, and Raydium.

Binance has released its September reserve report. Compared to the August reserve report, Binance once again reduced its Ethereum reserves in September, with the net holdings decreasing from 30,475 coins in August to 113 coins at the beginning of September. Based on the current price of $4300, this reduction is worth approximately $130.5 million in Ethereum. Previously, Binance's June reserve report showed a significant reduction in Ethereum reserves for that month.

On September 8th, according to the official announcement, Aster officially announced the token economic model of its native token $ASTER. The total supply of ASTER is 8 billion, issued on the Binance Smart Chain in BEP-20 format. The token distribution ratio is as follows: community airdrop 53.5% (approximately 4.28 billion tokens), with 8.8% (7.04 billion tokens) unlocking on the same day as the TGE on September 17, 2025;

 the 30-year Japanese government bond yield rose to 3.285%, hitting a record high.

Sonic Labs is launching a token economics adjustment to support its expansion in the United States and institutional adoption plan. The relevant details were released by Tokenomist on X platform on September 7th, after the governance proposal on August 31st, which was almost unanimously approved, outlining the new issuance and supply dynamics.

market news: The European Union is considering imposing new sanctions on Russia to target its banking sector and oil trade.

On September 8th, Venus Protocol, a decentralized lending protocol, tweeted that after conducting due diligence, the team has officially returned the $11.4 million position to the victim of the phishing incident, Kuan Sun (@KuanSun1990), at today's token price. Earlier reports indicated that Venus Protocol analyzed a phishing incident and stated that on September 2nd, user Kuan Sun suffered a phishing attack resulting in a loss of approximately $13 million. The Venus team was able to recover all funds within 13 hours by pausing the protocol, forcibly liquidating the attacker's wallet, and restoring normal protocol operation. A security audit confirmed that the protocol itself was not compromised.

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On September 8th, according to @Andrey_10gwei, a suspected ConsenSys affiliated address bought $1.2 million worth of Linea ecosystem DEX protocol Etherex token REX in the past two weeks.

 the custodial service provider Old Const has filed a lawsuit against the Bitcoin mining machine manufacturer Bitmain, accusing Bitmain of improperly terminating the contract between the two parties. Old Const had purchased Bitmain's "HASH supercomputing server" and agreed to provide custodial services, claiming that Bitmain "fabricated so-called default behavior" in order to immediately terminate the agreement.

according to Scam Sniffer monitoring, a user lost $180,390 after signing off on a phishing transaction.

in recent years, China's artificial intelligence industry has entered a period of rapid development. Currently, the number of artificial intelligence companies has exceeded 5,000. 11 national artificial intelligence innovation application pilot zones have been established, as well as 17 national intelligent connected vehicle testing demonstration zones, demonstrating strong innovation vitality and market potential. 

 according to Cryptoquant analyst Maartunn, long-term holders of Bitcoin have just sold 241,000 bitcoins, making it one of the largest sell-offs since early 2025.

 Standard Chartered Bank: It is expected that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by 50 basis points in September this year, higher than the previous forecast of 25 basis points. 

 according to official sources, Metaplanet announced an increase in holdings of 136 bitcoins, with total holdings rising to 20,136 bitcoins.

Jia Yueting, the founder and co-CEO of Faraday Future, released a business update weekly report, revealing the upcoming announcement of three major growth engines for C10 & C (Crypto) Company, including: C10 Treasury, capital value realization roadmap, and FF EAI Vehicle Chain product deployment strategy, intending to use the Web2+Web3 dual-engine growth system to create value for shareholders. In addition, the weekly report also disclosed that C10 Treasury has added $2 million in cryptocurrency allocation, including increasing the LINK position and making BNB the largest allocation in the core strategic assets, while also officially launching cryptocurrency staking services.

less than ten days before the September Federal Reserve interest rate meeting, current market traders are betting on a high probability of a rate cut in September and a simultaneous increase in the probability of a rate cut in October.

the $2.3 million contract renewal between the Compound Finance and Gauntlet lending platform is facing opposition, including reasons such as "poor economic performance" and "conflicts of interest". Before Gauntlet proposed the contract renewal, AlphaGrowth founder and CEO Bryan Colligan posted on Compound's governance forum advising that Compound "should not rehire Gauntlet in the existing model".

according to Lookonchain monitoring, smart money "qianbaidu.eth" once again deposited 6.06 million USDC into its own account today to purchase more HYPE tokens. In the past week, the address has bought a total of 276,834 HYPE tokens, worth $13 million.