🚨 BINANCE EXPANDS INTO TRADFI Binance launches physically settled options on 1,000+ U.S. stocks & ETFs. Meanwhile, TradFi perpetual futures volume hit $433B in August — about 15x January’s level. Big shift. 👀
🚨 BANKS ARE MOVING INTO STABLECOINS Goldman Sachs, BofA, Citi, Wells Fargo and 17 other major banks reportedly plan to launch a joint USD stablecoin by H1 2027. A euro version could follow. Traditional finance is getting serious about digital dollars.
🚨 BOND YIELDS ARE BREAKING HIGHER Global yields jumped Tuesday: 🇯🇵 Japan 10Y: above 3% — highest since 1996 🇬🇧 UK Gilts: highest since 2008 🇺🇸 US 10Y: 20-month high Higher yields could keep pressure on risk assets, including crypto.
LATEST: 📊 Grayscale Research’s Zach Pandl says the AI boom is creating a new wave of financial privacy concerns. He believes Zcash could play a role in addressing them through its zero-knowledge cryptography.
🚨 BREAKING: 🇺🇸 S&P 500 JUST HIT A RECORD MONTHLY CLOSE The index posted its highest monthly close ever. A strong signal for risk assets, including crypto. 📈
LATEST: 📊 Glassnode says Bitcoin’s market is “in transition.” Institutional inflows are still coming in, but rising leverage and early signs of short-term selling are adding pressure.
🔥 $LUNC SUPPLY IS STILL MASSIVE Over 2B $LUNC burned in August, bringing total burns to 455B. But with 5.5T still circulating, the supply reduction remains a long-term process. Most of that supply was created in just one week four years ago. Here’s the full breakdown 👇 #LUNC
🚨 $SHIB GIVEAWAY COMING TO JAPAN Rakuten Wallet is hosting a SHIB-focused event in Fukuoka on Sept. 12. SHIB holders can qualify for a physical souvenir coin by showing their Rakuten Wallet holdings. Worth noting: the metal coin has no connection to the SHIB blockchain.
🚨 JAPANESE STOCKS TAKE A HIT 🇯🇵 Nikkei drops 2%, wiping out over ¥23.6T ($150B) in market value. The selloff comes as renewed U.S.-Iran strikes shake global markets. Risk-off mood is back. 👀
🚨 $DEXE AT A KEY LEVEL August ends in 11 hours, and $DEXE just dropped from $2.40 to $2. $2 is now the level bulls need to defend. Where does $DEXE close August? #DEXEPriceAnalysis
🚨 THE HARDEST TRADING LESSON Got into $CAKE early, watched it run, and never took profit. Paper gains turned into $0. Now, when a position hits +30%, I take some off. Greed can turn a great trade into nothing. #CAKE
🚨 $6.44B IN BTC OPTIONS EXPIRED Max pain was around $68K, but Bitcoin held near $79K and never got close. Reminder: max pain doesn’t magically pull $BTC toward a price. #BTC
🚨 CZ ADMITS HE GOT IT WRONG @CZ _binance says he underestimated how big the RWA sector would become. He also misjudged memecoins. Even legends get calls wrong. The key is knowing when to admit it.
🚨 BITCOIN GAVE IT ALL BACK $BTC hit $81,142 Thursday after opening near $80,252, then reversed to around $77,800 by Friday. That wiped out the week’s gains, leaving BTC down 0.56% over 7 days. Still, August has been a strong run from $60K. #BTC