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1. Memecoin Pairs Generate 1.7 Times Direct Volume in Robinhood Tokenized Stocks

   On Sept. 2, pairs involving memecoins and Robinhood Chain stock tokens recorded $217 million in volume against $127 million in direct tokenized-stock trading.

2. Hyperliquid Strategies Reports $647 Million in Shares Sold Under Equity Program

   The Nasdaq-listed firm disclosed the executed sales as of June 30 alongside its September 1 filing that doubled the facility to $2.5 billion for the HYPE treasury strategy.

3. TD Cowen Lifts Strive Price Target After Raising 2026 Bitcoin Forecast to 27,156 BTC

   Analyst note positions the firm as fifth-largest public bitcoin treasury following 1,800-coin purchase; exact peer methodology remains unspecified

4. Strategy Diverts Part of Weekly Equity Raise to Preferred Stock and Cash

   The $602.8 million common-stock sale funded Bitcoin purchases, STRC repurchases, dividends, and USD Cash in a single week.

5. Strive Extends Bitcoin Purchases to Nine Days via SATA Preferred Stock

   Strive’s SATA preferred stock raised funds that supported nine straight days of Bitcoin buys, including a 104 BTC acquisition on Tuesday, as an update to its prior 8-K disclosure of 1,800 BTC.

6. Capital B Discloses 3,521 BTC Treasury Target After $8.8 Million from Adam Back

   The French firm ties the new capital to its plan for 376 additional bitcoin while stating a larger overall goal.

7. Payward Delays Kraken Parent IPO to Q2 2027 at Earliest

   The exchange operator cites market conditions for its second postponement in six months as crypto prices and recent listings show weakness.

8. XRP ETFs Add $170 Million Over 11-Day Inflow Streak

   U.S. spot products recorded consecutive daily inflows through September 2, with Tuesday's $14.38 million led by Franklin Templeton and Grayscale; separate Q2 data showed Goldman Sachs as top disclosed institutional holder.

9. Hyperliquid Strategies Expands Equity Facility to $2.5B Through SEC Amendment

   The Nasdaq-listed HYPE treasury vehicle amended its agreement with Chardan Capital Markets, lifting committed share-issuance capacity by $1.5 billion.

10. Félix Raises $200 Million in a16z-Led Round for WhatsApp Money App

    The fintech targets US Latino families with transfers already running on USDC stablecoin rails that stay invisible to users.

11. Strategy CEO Calls Prior Bitcoin Sales at $60,000 and Buys at $80,000 the Right Trade

    Phong Le cites corporate capital costs as the reason the moves were capital-efficient.

12. XRP ETFs Record $170 Million Inflows Over Eleven Days

    Goldman Sachs emerges as the largest institutional holder while daily flow details remain undisclosed.

13. DeFi Technologies Misses Nasdaq $1 Bid-Price Deadline for DEFT Shares

    The company closed below the threshold on Aug. 31 and now enters formal delisting review, with a possible second compliance window or share consolidation still undecided.

14. Strategy Executes $635 Million Buyback of STRC Perpetual Preferred Stock

    The repurchase targets shares trading below the $100 par value, reflecting active capital-structure management by the issuer.

15. London Stock Exchange Group Forms Partnership with Payward to Tokenise Top UK Equities

    LSEG will list xStocks on its 24-hour venue from 2027 while assessing its own Digital Securities Depository structure, both steps subject to regulatory approval.

16. ICE Invests in tZERO and Licenses Patents for Planned NYSE Tokenized Platform

    Intercontinental Exchange takes a stake and designates tZERO as design partner under a memorandum of understanding, with all operational steps still conditional.

17. Bitmine Buys 51,000 ETH for $126 Million

    Firm led by Tom Lee acquired the ether from FalconX and BitGo

18. Ondo Finance Adds Direct LBank Access for USDY and Intelligent Portfolios

    Existing exchange users gain reach to the yield-bearing Treasury token and tokenized stock baskets without new accounts.

19. USBC Registers 92.7% of Shares for Potential Resale by Controlling Holder

    Amended prospectus covers 359.8 million shares; Bitcoin treasury carries loan and options pledges with unreconciled overlap.

20. Evernorth Clears SEC Review for Nasdaq Merger with Armada II

    Shareholders vote September 30 on a deal that would authorize up to 10 billion shares and list the XRP treasury firm under ticker XRPN.

21. Bitcoin Options Worth $6.44 Billion Expire as Price Falls After Fed Remarks

    Deribit data shows large expiry settled near $79,700 while CME FedWatch tracked a jump in September rate-hike odds and Farside recorded continued ETF inflows.

22. Coinbase Launches Tokenized Apple, Nvidia, Meta and Alphabet Shares on Base

    The exchange issues four equity tokens on its Base blockchain, each backed one-to-one by shares held through an Abu Dhabi SPV and usable in DeFi protocols for eligible non-US investors.

23. Warsh says inflation still has work to do as $488 million in crypto positions unwind

    At Jackson Hole on Aug. 28, Fed Chair Kevin Warsh refused to treat recent price data as victory. Markets lifted September hike odds to about 60 percent, and Bitcoin traded as low as $76,909.

24. Mirae Asset Chairman Sets 150 Trillion Won Digital Asset Target

    Park Hyeon-joo named the goal at a Seoul staff event and tied it to the July acquisition of Digital X, formerly Korbit.

25. Bitcoin Spot ETFs Record $242.3 Million Net Inflow on August 27

    Farside Investors data shows product-level flows including IBIT, FBTC, and GBTC

26. Bitwise Solana Staking ETF Reaches $1.017 Billion in Net Assets

    The fund holds 9.33 million SOL tokens and is the first in its category to cross the $1 billion threshold.

27. MIAX Restores IBIT Monday/Wednesday Short-Term Expiries Under Tier 2

    MIAX Pearl rule change lowers thresholds to $25B AUM and 5M monthly sides, returning BlackRock IBIT to Aug 19, 24, 26 and 31 listings.

28. Grayscale Note Flags BTC-Gold Correlation Above 50% as Debt Tops $40T

    Zach Pandl highlights rolling 90-day shift from near-zero correlation at start of 2026 while Nasdaq link falls to 33%.

29. Bullish Commits $100M Stablecoin Financing to USD.AI

    Exchange funds GPU-backed loans and plans sUSDai token listing

30. 21Shares Switches U.S. Crypto ETF Benchmarks to FTSE Indices

    Named issuer confirms replacement of CME CF reference rates with FTSE digital-asset indices effective 27 August 2026.

31. Alpha Modus Files SEC Disclosure on Signed 3,170 BTC Equity Swap

    Agreement with 10 non-US investors values BTC at $71,000 each; shares fall 25% on dilution signal and Nasdaq compliance issues.