BTC traded at $85,847, down 0.04% over 24 hours, while ETH stood at $2,735.60, down 0.19%. Gold was at $4,354.30 and silver at $65.765; the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 rose 0.00% and 0.82%, respectively, while WTI and Brent fell 0.96% and 0.12%.
1. Tesla's 11,509 BTC approaches $1B in value
Per Arkham data, Tesla currently holds 11,509 BTC worth about $995 million, just about $5.1 million shy of the $1 billion mark. Its holdings added about $123 million this week as bitcoin rose 14%; Tesla's bitcoin position has been unchanged for four years.
Assets to watch: BTC, TSLA
2. Bitcoin spot ETFs log 4th straight day of inflows
Bitcoin spot ETFs logged $715 million in net inflows yesterday (Sept 22 US Eastern time), a fourth straight day of inflows, per SoSoValue data. BlackRock's IBIT led with a $350 million daily inflow and a cumulative total of $64.856 billion, while Fidelity's FBTC took in $257 million.
Assets to watch: BTC, IBIT
3. Ex-Anthropic startup Mirendil seeks $5B valuation
Per Bloomberg, AI startup Mirendil, founded by former Anthropic researchers, is in talks to raise a new round at a $5 billion post-money valuation. Kleiner Perkins is in talks to anchor the round, potentially bringing up to $1 billion in new capital, with Andreessen Horowitz also in talks to participate; three months ago Mirendil completed a $200 million seed round at a $1 billion valuation.
Assets to watch: ANTHROPIC
4. Nvidia-backed Starcloud to mine bitcoin in space
Starcloud, a startup backed by Nvidia, plans to build a bitcoin mining facility in space before the end of this year, activating crypto-mining ASICs once its second spacecraft reaches orbit. CEO Philip Johnston said the company would become the first to mine bitcoin in space; founded in 2024, Starcloud aims to move data centers into orbit.
Assets to watch: BTC, NVDA
5. Robinhood stock tokens log $10.4B DEX volume
Per Token Terminal data, stock tokens issued by Robinhood and Coinbase logged a combined $11.4 billion in spot DEX volume over the last 30 days, with Robinhood Chain contributing $10.4 billion. Uniswap holds more than 99% of the chain's stock-token DeFi deposits, up 532.8% over 30 days, while Nvidia stock-token cumulative volume reached $2.1 billion.
Assets to watch: UNI, NVDA
6. Aave v4 deposits top $1B
Aave v4 deposits have surpassed $1 billion, doubling over the past month, with active loans around $300 million, per Token Terminal data.
Assets to watch: AAVE
7. Vitalik: Ethereum to fully adopt STARK in 2 years
In a recent keynote, Vitalik Buterin said zero-knowledge proofs are the biggest technological change in blockchain over the past decade, and that Ethereum's upcoming hard forks over the next two years will fully adopt STARK. Ethereum currently produces blocks in 12 seconds with finality around 16 minutes, which could shorten to 4-8 second blocks and 8-32 second finality.
Assets to watch: ETH
8. UNI tops $10 for a yearly high
As UNI broke above $10 to hit a yearly high, a newly created address withdrew 1 million UNI from Coinbase about two hours ago, worth roughly $10.07 million at a withdrawal price of $10.07.
Assets to watch: UNI
9. Address accumulates ~$400M in HYPE over a month
Per Lookonchain monitoring, address 0x6436 bought another 373,730 HYPE today, worth about $36 million. Over the past month, the address has accumulated roughly 4.7 million HYPE with a notional value of about $400 million.
Assets to watch: HYPE
Market snapshot
BTC: $85,847 (24h -0.04%) | ETH: $2,735.60 (24h -0.19%)
Gold: $4,354.30 (-0.50%) | Silver: $65.765 (-1.15%)
WTI: $89.65 (-0.96%) | Brent: $99.13 (-0.12%)
S&P 500: 7,764.64 (+0.00%) | Nasdaq 100: 30,732.40 (+0.82%)
1. Tesla's 11,509 BTC approaches $1B in value
Per Arkham data, Tesla currently holds 11,509 BTC worth about $995 million, just about $5.1 million shy of the $1 billion mark. Its holdings added about $123 million this week as bitcoin rose 14%; Tesla's bitcoin position has been unchanged for four years.
Assets to watch: BTC, TSLA
2. Bitcoin spot ETFs log 4th straight day of inflows
Bitcoin spot ETFs logged $715 million in net inflows yesterday (Sept 22 US Eastern time), a fourth straight day of inflows, per SoSoValue data. BlackRock's IBIT led with a $350 million daily inflow and a cumulative total of $64.856 billion, while Fidelity's FBTC took in $257 million.
Assets to watch: BTC, IBIT
3. Ex-Anthropic startup Mirendil seeks $5B valuation
Per Bloomberg, AI startup Mirendil, founded by former Anthropic researchers, is in talks to raise a new round at a $5 billion post-money valuation. Kleiner Perkins is in talks to anchor the round, potentially bringing up to $1 billion in new capital, with Andreessen Horowitz also in talks to participate; three months ago Mirendil completed a $200 million seed round at a $1 billion valuation.
Assets to watch: ANTHROPIC
4. Nvidia-backed Starcloud to mine bitcoin in space
Starcloud, a startup backed by Nvidia, plans to build a bitcoin mining facility in space before the end of this year, activating crypto-mining ASICs once its second spacecraft reaches orbit. CEO Philip Johnston said the company would become the first to mine bitcoin in space; founded in 2024, Starcloud aims to move data centers into orbit.
Assets to watch: BTC, NVDA
5. Robinhood stock tokens log $10.4B DEX volume
Per Token Terminal data, stock tokens issued by Robinhood and Coinbase logged a combined $11.4 billion in spot DEX volume over the last 30 days, with Robinhood Chain contributing $10.4 billion. Uniswap holds more than 99% of the chain's stock-token DeFi deposits, up 532.8% over 30 days, while Nvidia stock-token cumulative volume reached $2.1 billion.
Assets to watch: UNI, NVDA
6. Aave v4 deposits top $1B
Aave v4 deposits have surpassed $1 billion, doubling over the past month, with active loans around $300 million, per Token Terminal data.
Assets to watch: AAVE
7. Vitalik: Ethereum to fully adopt STARK in 2 years
In a recent keynote, Vitalik Buterin said zero-knowledge proofs are the biggest technological change in blockchain over the past decade, and that Ethereum's upcoming hard forks over the next two years will fully adopt STARK. Ethereum currently produces blocks in 12 seconds with finality around 16 minutes, which could shorten to 4-8 second blocks and 8-32 second finality.
Assets to watch: ETH
8. UNI tops $10 for a yearly high
As UNI broke above $10 to hit a yearly high, a newly created address withdrew 1 million UNI from Coinbase about two hours ago, worth roughly $10.07 million at a withdrawal price of $10.07.
Assets to watch: UNI
9. Address accumulates ~$400M in HYPE over a month
Per Lookonchain monitoring, address 0x6436 bought another 373,730 HYPE today, worth about $36 million. Over the past month, the address has accumulated roughly 4.7 million HYPE with a notional value of about $400 million.
Assets to watch: HYPE
Market snapshot
BTC: $85,847 (24h -0.04%) | ETH: $2,735.60 (24h -0.19%)
Gold: $4,354.30 (-0.50%) | Silver: $65.765 (-1.15%)
WTI: $89.65 (-0.96%) | Brent: $99.13 (-0.12%)
S&P 500: 7,764.64 (+0.00%) | Nasdaq 100: 30,732.40 (+0.82%)