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ARK Investment Management has submitted a waiver application to the U.S. SEC, seeking to issue tokenized share classes for its venture capital fund, ARK Venture Fund. The SEC issued a related notice on August 24 and set September 18 as the deadline for hearing requests. The fund is a continuously offered closed-end interval fund, with total assets of $562 million as of January 31.The application proposes to establish two categories: the exchange category will be listed on national securities exchanges, while the tokenized category will record ownership through distributed ledger technology, allowing for peer-to-peer transfers between registered alternative trading systems or whitelisted wallets. Tokenized shares will be issued at net asset value, exempt from sales fees, distributed by registered brokers or fund transfer agents, and will bear the costs of trading fees and other expenses. ARK seeks relief under Sections 6(c), 18, and 17(d) of the Investment Company Act and Rules 23c-3 and 17d-1, with Dechert serving as legal counsel.The application does not specify a tokenization service provider or blockchain, only listing the categories of "tokenization agent" and "fund transfer agent" fees. Currently, BNY Mellon serves as the fund transfer agent, manager, and custodian. The ARK Venture Fund holds equity in Securitize and $10 million in convertible notes; Securitize is the transfer agent for the BlackRock BUIDL Fund. The SEC has not yet formally approved the industry's anticipated tokenization "innovation waiver" framework, and relevant rules are still being advanced.

U.S. Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis has once again criticized the Democrats for delaying the much-anticipated Clarity Act. Lummis stated in response to a Semafor report on the X platform that if the bill fails, the responsibility lies with the Democrats for failing to join Republicans in supporting this bipartisan legislation. She pointed out that the Democrats' continued demands for amendments could lead future regulatory agencies to "stifle the crypto industry." Lummis added that if the differences can be bridged, she believes the Clarity Act could pass, but this requires further compromise from the Democrats, rather than concessions from the White House. Lummis had previously stated that if the bill fails, it will be due to the Democrats. The U.S. Senate is set to hold a procedural vote on the bill next week, and Lummis warned that if it does not pass next week, there will be no realistic opportunity within this decade. The Clarity Act aims to formally delineate the responsibilities of regulatory agencies and distinguish whether digital assets are classified as securities, commodities, or stablecoins. The bill was passed by the House of Representatives last July but was shelved due to conflicts between banking lobbyists and crypto companies over customer stablecoin yield issues. A new draft circulating in July prohibits government officials from promoting or profiting from crypto, with Democrats criticizing the Trump family for venturing into this area, yet still deeming the bill insufficient and calling for amendments.

U.S. President Trump stated that Canada restricts U.S. agricultural products and businesses from entering its market while enjoying opportunities in the U.S. government procurement market. Trump has instructed the U.S. General Services Administration and the Office of the Trade Representative to take measures to remove Canada from a $50 billion procurement plan if it does not restore fair treatment for the U.S.

According to Bitcoin News monitoring, Liquid Federation released an incident report stating that attackers exploited a cache vulnerability in the Elements range proof verification to mint approximately 4,000 unbacked L-BTC, which were then exchanged for real BTC through the authorized exit anchoring path via SideSwap. The Liquid authority considered the related transactions valid and released approximately 4,000 BTC from the federal reserve.Before the incident, Liquid held about 4,205 BTC, and the minimum reserve dropped to 197 BTC before operations were suspended. The self-identified white-hat attackers have since returned 3,400 BTC, with about 598.5 BTC still unreturned. No private keys were leaked, and the exit anchoring mechanism itself operated as designed. Liquid is currently still offline, and Blockstream is preparing to release an emergency version of Elements v23.3.4 and is working to restore the network with 1:1 Bitcoin reserve support.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the event "Champions League 2027 Champion" is currently the most traded on the prediction market Polymarket, with a cumulative pool size reaching 277 million dollars. The option with the highest market consensus is "Other," corresponding to a winning probability of about 50%.

Trader Bonk Guy posted that PONS's daily revenue over the past week has mostly been above 1.3 million to 2 million dollars, with no day in the last 7 days falling below 1.1 million dollars.Meanwhile, the PONS buyback wallet has currently accumulated nearly 3 million dollars in funds for the continuous buyback of PONS through the TWAP method, and the rate of supplementing fee income is currently faster than the rate of consumption of buyback funds.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, the whale address 0xfc27 spent 280.5 ETH (approximately 696,000 USD) one week ago to buy 2 million PONS at an average price of 0.347 USD, currently with an unrealized profit of about 830,000 USD.In addition, this whale spent 575.2 BNB (approximately 431,000 USD) 3 hours ago to buy 12.12 million 4Stock at an average price of 0.0356 USD, currently with an unrealized profit of about 81,000 USD.

According to MistTrack monitoring, Tether froze approximately 39.27 million USDT across 10 addresses on the Tron network a few hours ago, which are related to Xinbi Guarantee.Previously, Tether had frozen funds related to Huiwang Guarantee, and this action seems to be another blow against illegal hosting platforms on Telegram.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a certain Ethereum OG whale sold 11,000 ETH through Wintermute one hour ago, worth 27.23 million USD.

According to Hyperbot data, Huang Licheng closed all of his approximately 610 BTC long positions one hour ago, incurring a loss of about $327,000. His overall position value has dropped to approximately $112 million, with an unrealized loss of about $867,000, resulting in a return on investment of -16.23%.Current position situation: 1. 25x leverage Ethereum long position holding 37,500 ETH, position value $92.163 million, unrealized profit $167,000;10x leverage HYPE long position holding 240,000 HYPE, position value $19.82 million, unrealized loss $1.034 million.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a trader on Hyperliquid had a total position of 1.15 million dollars in BTC and SOL that was liquidated a few minutes ago, resulting in a loss of approximately 42,000 dollars.This wallet has historically experienced a total of 7 liquidations, but its perpetual contract trading is still profitable by about 632,000 dollars.

According to CoinDesk, Alexander Blume, founder and CEO of the cryptocurrency asset management company Two Prime, stated that Bitcoin's recent rebound still has room to grow, mainly because institutional investors who have sold volatility are facing position pressure. If the price continues to rise, short sellers being forced to cover their positions will further fuel the upward trend. He pointed out that the current market structure is healthy, with funding rates not showing signs of overheating. The rebound is not driven by speculation, and the continuous inflow of spot ETFs and corporate buying provides substantial support.Although implied volatility has risen from 23%-24% to over 40, it remains low by historical standards. If call option sellers are forced to close their positions, it could accelerate the upward movement. Blume believes that if the macro environment stabilizes, BTC has already formed a bottom around $60,000, with the biggest risk coming from a complete collapse of risk assets. The generally pessimistic market sentiment means that even moderate positive news could have an outsized impact.On the mining front, MARA recently chose to collateralize its BTC holdings to obtain a $600 million loan from Coinbase and Two Prime, rather than selling directly, in order to retain upside potential. Mining companies are diversifying their AI transformation strategies, with Cipher Mining and TeraWulf actively shifting towards AI infrastructure, while CleanSpark and MARA explore AI and power sectors while maintaining their original businesses. Blume expects the Trump administration to push for interest rate cuts, and adjustments to the PCE index may lower inflation readings, which could improve interest rate prospects.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, last week Strategy did not increase or decrease its holdings of BTC, currently holding 845,050 BTC, valued at approximately 6.6125 billion USD, with an average cost of 75,412 USD, resulting in an unrealized profit of approximately 2.398 billion USD.The Ethereum treasury company Bitmine continued to increase its holdings by 28,086 ETH last week, valued at approximately 6.885 million USD, with an average purchase price of about 2,451 USD. Currently, Bitmine holds a total of 5,929,198 ETH, valued at approximately 14.651 billion USD, with an average cost of 3,347 USD, resulting in an unrealized loss of approximately 5.194 billion USD.

According to PR Newswire, Bitmine increased its holdings by 28,086 Ethereum last week, marking 66 consecutive weeks of weekly increases.As of September 7, 2026, its total Ethereum holdings reached 5,929,198 coins.

Castle Labs posted on platform X that in the past 44 days, the Robinhood chain contributed approximately 8.7 million dollars to the UNI buyback and burn, surpassing the total contributions of all other chains during the same period.

On September 8, B.AI, the intelligent global settlement layer connecting models, Agents, and value flow, announced that GLM-5.3-Flash will continue to provide free calling support for global developers after the official limited-time 50% discount ends at 24:00 on September 9. Developers will not need to change their usage habits due to upstream price adjustments.GLM-5.3-Flash is the leading model in terms of call volume on the current B.AI platform, with a total of 320 billion parameters and 18 billion active parameters, supporting 1 million ultra-long contexts, balancing rapid response and reasoning capabilities, and is used for code assistance, data processing, and text generation.

Uzbekistan has launched a pilot project to test government securities-backed som-pegged stablecoin payments. The National Project Agency (NAPP) announced on Monday that it has registered Humo Digital as a special mechanism participant under joint regulation with the central bank. This pilot will test the issuance, circulation, and redemption of HUMO tokens, with each token pegged to 1 Uzbek som. According to NAPP, over 20 merchants are already prepared to accept HUMO payments, and the project will also integrate payment processing and blockchain infrastructure from participating banks, with licensed cryptocurrency exchange Asterium as a project partner. The Central Bank of Uzbekistan stated that the initial trial will last for 12 months, with a total project duration capped at 3 years. Regulators will assess the adequacy and security of the token collateral, cybersecurity, consumer protection, anti-money laundering controls, and financial and price stability risks. This pilot follows the framework approved in November 2025, when Uzbekistan indicated plans to allow stablecoin payment experiments under a sandbox mechanism while providing relevant terms for tokenized stocks and bonds.

Visa stated in an official blog post that stablecoin-linked cards are one of the fastest-growing segments of the network. In the second fiscal quarter, over 160 stablecoin-linked card projects launched globally, with payment volumes increasing nearly 200% year-over-year, and an annualized settlement rate exceeding $20 billion, growing more than 15 times year-over-year.Visa pointed out that its collaboration with Credit Coop to launch a stablecoin-based revolving credit tool provides daily settlement funds for early stablecoin card projects, and the borrowing costs for some participating projects have decreased by more than 30%.

According to CoinGecko data, in the past 24 hours, Upbit's trading volume was approximately $298 million, an increase of 95.64% compared to the previous 24 hours.The top five trading pairs by trading volume are: XRP/KRW (trading volume share 7.84%, transaction amount approximately $84.47 million); SOPH/KRW (trading volume share 7.12%, transaction amount approximately $76.72 million); BTC/KRW (trading volume share 5.94%, transaction amount approximately $63.98 million); USDT/KRW (trading volume share 5.33%, transaction amount approximately $57.46 million); WLD/KRW (trading volume share 4.79%, transaction amount approximately $51.64 million).