BTC traded at $79,314, down 0.79% over 24 hours, while ETH traded at $2,495.82, down 0.44%. Gold was at $4,429.94 and silver at $66.857; the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 fell 0.38% and rose 0.21% respectively, while WTI and Brent rose 1.13% and 0.16% respectively.
1. BTC wallets turn to net selling after rejection at $83,000 resistance
On Sept. 7, Glassnode data showed BTC fell back below $80,000 after being rejected at the $83,000 resistance, with wallet cohorts of all sizes turning to net selling collectively for the first time since early June, led by wallets holding more than 1,000 BTC.
Watch: BTC
2. WLD rises 20.39% in 24 hours on $488 million volume
On Sept. 8, WLD traded at $0.4978, up 20.39% over 24 hours, with 24-hour volume of about $488 million and a circulating market cap of about $1.83 billion.
Watch: WLD
3. INJ rises 16.79% in 24 hours, volume tops $200 million
On Sept. 8, INJ traded at $6.36, up 16.79% over 24 hours, with an intraday high of $6.38 and 24-hour volume of about $217 million.
Watch: INJ
4. AERO rises 16.90% as range spans $0.5347 to $0.6490
On Sept. 8, AERO traded at $0.6414, up 16.90% over 24 hours, with a 24-hour range of $0.5347 to $0.6490 and volume of about $127 million.
Watch: AERO
5. Solana to raise max transaction size to 4,096 bytes
On Sept. 7, Solana planned to activate the Transaction v1 upgrade, raising the maximum transaction size from 1,232 bytes to 4,096 bytes. The new format is already running on testnet and devnet, the existing format remains supported, and wallets and apps are not required to switch.
Watch: SOL
6. Circle mints 250 million USDC on Solana
On Sept. 8, on-chain data showed Circle, the USDC issuer, minted 250,000,000 USDC (about $250 million) on the Solana network. The increase in Solana's stablecoin supply lifts the dollar liquidity available for settlement and trading on the network.
Watch: CRCL SOL
7. Ethereum Foundation publishes Hegotá EIP priority list
On Sept. 7, the Ethereum Foundation's protocol team published its EIP priority list for the Hegotá upgrade, with FOCIL and Frame Transactions ranked S-tier core upgrades among 62 proposals. Frame Transactions will enable native account abstraction, letting users pay gas fees without holding ETH.
Watch: ETH
8. Chainlink tapped to connect 600+ banks for blockchain settlement
On Sept. 7, Bottomline selected Chainlink to connect more than 600 banks to blockchain settlement. Bottomline is a SWIFT service provider processing payment-related business of about $16 trillion a year.
Watch: LINK
9. Trader accumulates roughly $16.79 million in HYPE over 10 days
On Sept. 7, on-chain monitoring showed trader 0x3305 kept buying HYPE over the past 10 days, accumulating 194,210 HYPE worth about $16.79 million. HYPE traded at $85.03, with 24-hour volume of about $1.112 billion.
Watch: HYPE
10. Firmus and OpenAI strike multi-year AI compute deal
On Sept. 8, Australian AI infrastructure firm Firmus announced a multi-year strategic partnership with OpenAI, which will buy dedicated AI compute from Firmus's two AI plants in Malaysia. Firmus has signed total compute capacity of more than 900 megawatts, and the plants will deploy Nvidia Vera Rubin NVL72 systems.
Watch: OPENAI NVDA
Market snapshot
BTC: $79,314 (-0.79% 24h) | ETH: $2,495.82 (-0.44% 24h)
Gold: $4,429.94 (+0.00%) | Silver: $66.857 (+1.00%)
WTI: $92.51 (+1.13%) | Brent: $97.16 (+0.16%)
S&P 500: 7,718.60 (-0.38%) | Nasdaq 100: 29,544.155 (+0.21%)