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The London Stock Exchange (LSEG) and Payward, the parent company of the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, announced a partnership to bring stocks of the largest listed companies in the UK onto the blockchain. In the coming weeks, the stocks of the top 100 companies listed on the LSE will be available on Payward's xStocks tokenized stock framework. These xStocks are tokens that correspond one-to-one with the underlying stocks, allowing for 24/7 trading on centralized exchanges, self-custody wallets, and on-chain applications.This initiative continues the rapidly expanding framework of Payward. Over the past year, the cumulative trading volume of xStocks has exceeded $40 billion, with nearly $20 billion settled on-chain, and more than 200,000 product holders. Through the blockchain channel, UK-listed stocks will be able to reach investor groups in over 110 countries, although xStocks are currently not available to domestic UK investors.Subject to regulatory approval, the LSE plans to list and support xStocks trading on its newly launched 24-hour trading platform, LSE 24, and will gradually cover tokenized stocks and more asset classes in the US, EU, UK, and Hong Kong. Both parties also stated that they will explore stock tokens issued natively by the LSE, allowing LSE members to issue and service stocks directly on-chain, with the same full interchangeability and rights as traditional stocks. Payward Co-CEO Arjun Sethi stated that for years, people have assumed that crypto and traditional finance must collide and one side would lose, but that has never been the real story;

X-Agent announced that the X-Agent AI MCP Hackathon 2026 will officially launch on September 2, calling for global developers and teams to submit practical, verifiable Agent and MCP applications. This event is an online global competition supported by OlaXBT.The hackathon features two tracks: the Open Innovation Track encourages participants to develop any practical API-driven Agent or MCP capabilities around AI, crypto assets, data, automation, and Agent infrastructure; the OlaXBT × X-Agent Trading Challenge allows participating teams to access the OlaXBT Nexus MCP, supporting their use of strategy development, backtesting, performance analysis, and market data capabilities to validate trading strategies and build related Agent or MCP applications.The total rewards for this event include USDT and X-Points. The first-place team in each track will receive a reward of 500 USDT; the top five teams in each track will collectively earn X-Points. X-Points can be used to participate in the X-Agent airdrop token $XAGT exchange. Award-winning and selected projects will also have the opportunity to receive support for MCP standardization, ecological exposure, market integration, and paid call commercialization. The registration and development period for the event is from September 2 to September 19, with technical reviews and evaluations taking place from September 20 to October 1, and the winners' list is expected to be announced between October 2 and 4. Participating projects must be submitted through the official GitHub repository.

The payment system X Money tweeted that its services are now available to all Premium and Premium+ subscribers with a U.S. account.

Bitget has launched the 9th phase of the VIP "Ten Million Club" event, with snapshot rules based on the cumulative monthly standards and end-of-month status confirmation. The platform will distribute different tiers of gift boxes based on account data as of September 30, according to users' CFD trading volume and contract trading volume (including US stock contracts) from September 1 to September 30. The gift boxes include a Dupont Slim7 lighter, a Bitget customized cigar set, and Rémy Martin Louis XIII.Previously, Bitget announced an upgrade to its contract VIP service system and launched the Ten Million Club program, where eligible users can receive customized high-end physical gift boxes from the platform on a monthly basis. Previous gifts have included Moutai, Hermès, Apple gift boxes, and Luk Fook jewelry, with specific benefits announced each month.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, James Wynn has switched from shorting to going long on BTC. He closed a short position of 1.33 BTC (approximately $103,000) with a loss of about $1,500, and then opened a long position of 1.86 BTC (approximately $147,000) with 30x leverage, with a liquidation price of $77,243.53.

OKX will launch CP/USDT (Cluster Protocol) spot trading on September 2 at 22:30. Users can start depositing CP on September 1 at 13:00, and withdrawals will open on September 3 at 00:30.

According to GMGN market data, the Robinhood ecosystem token PONS has a market capitalization exceeding $470 million, currently reported at $465 million, with a 24-hour increase of 47%, setting a new historical high.

According to Coinglass data, the cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Index is currently at 70, up 9 points from yesterday. The average over the past 7 days is 67, and the average over the past 30 days is 47.

CoinDesk reports that XRP has risen about 40% in the past two weeks, from approximately $0.99 to $1.38, but during the same period, the total open interest in XRP futures has decreased by 16% to about 2.34 billion. CoinGlass data shows that all exchanges, except for CME, have reduced their XRP futures positions.CME's XRP futures open interest has increased against the trend by about 36% to 387 million, with its share of the total market open interest rising from about 10% to 17%. CFTC data shows that as of August 25, leveraged funds had a net short position equivalent to about 116 million XRP, more than doubling from the previous week's 57 million; dealers and asset management institutions increased their net long positions by approximately 60 million and 28 million, respectively.This shift in positions occurs ahead of the procedural vote in the Senate on the U.S. CLARITY Act (expected in mid-September). The bill had previously pushed XRP up about 5% when it passed the Senate Banking Committee in May.

According to DeFiLlama data, the top three centralized exchanges by net inflow of funds in the past 24 hours are Binance at $113 million, Bitget at $86.83 million, and Bybit at $67.52 million, with a total net inflow exceeding $267 million.

According to the token unlock data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, Stable (STABLE) will unlock approximately 8,888,900 tokens at 1 PM Beijing time on September 8, with a value of about 25.37 million USD.

According to Ai Yi's monitoring, the address 0x527...72012 purchased 78 WBTC on-chain at an average price of $76,824 on May 19, worth approximately $5.99 million.After building the position, the price of WBTC continued to decline, and the address experienced a peak unrealized loss of $1.423 million, with assets shrinking by about 24%. 9 hours ago, the address exited the position at a price of $78,463, ultimately making a profit of approximately $127,000.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, a certain whale received 167,855 ETH from multiple wallets, worth $408 million, and has begun depositing it into exchanges.In the past 2 days, this whale has deposited 70,739 ETH into multiple exchanges, worth $174 million, and currently still holds 97,115 ETH, worth $237 million.

According to GMGN market data, the Robinhood Chain ecosystem meme coin CASHCAT briefly surged by 10%, with a market capitalization exceeding 220 million USD.

According to Hong Kong 01, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng reflected on his journey from a rural area in Jiangsu to a net worth of hundreds of billions in an exclusive interview, sharing his "Four No" financial principles: do not buy stocks, do not speculate on real estate, do not trade cryptocurrencies, and do not hold excessive cash. He explained that real estate transactions are time-consuming and the returns are not worth it, and he never trades stocks or engages in short-term cryptocurrency trading, only holding long-term and selling some crypto assets when needed. "Holding fiat currency is the dumbest investment method; cash continues to depreciate."In 2013, Zhao Changpeng sold his house and invested all his money into Bitcoin, which at one point dropped two-thirds in value and remained stagnant for a year and a half. In 2017, he founded Binance, which became the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange in just five months. In 2023, he was sentenced to four months in prison for violating the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act, and was pardoned by Trump last year. His current net worth is approximately $114.6 billion. He admitted that success is a matter of luck, but the key lies in consistently making the right decisions and quickly correcting mistakes.

According to Coinglass data, if ETH falls below $2,353, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.077 billion. Conversely, if ETH breaks above $2,587, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $568 million.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC falls below $74,986, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.76 billion. Conversely, if BTC breaks above $82,366, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.274 billion.

According to TechCrunch, the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has expanded the size of its fifth growth fund from $6.75 billion established in January this year to $8.5 billion, adding $1.75 billion in new funds. The fund primarily invests in growth-stage startups that are expanding products, exploring new markets, and scaling businesses.This fundraising comes just days after a16z announced the completion of its $1.1 billion Machine Era Fund. This fund mainly focuses on the AI hardware sector, with investment areas including infrastructure startups in chips, storage, networking, and data storage. David George, head of a16z's growth investment team, stated that the relevant growth fund has invested in over 100 companies in the past seven years. As AI companies enter the growth stage more rapidly, their financing needs and valuations are also rising. a16z is currently focusing on areas such as enterprise and consumer AI, defense technology, robotics, software and hardware infrastructure, and medical technology.