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TREE NEWS reports: A single group on Robinhood Chain has been linked to at least 53 token launch projects over the past two months, cashing out roughly $18.43 million through rug pulls, on-chain analyst Wazz found. The actual scale may be larger, and the DEED token cash-out that triggered the investigation does not rank among the group’s top ten.

TREE NEWS reports: On-chain analyst Wazz identified a persistent rug-pull operation on Robinhood Chain that launched at least 53 tokens over the past two months, cashing out roughly $18.43 million in total. The actual figure may be larger, and the DEED token that prompted the investigation did not even rank among the group’s top ten cash-outs.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin traded at $84,899 as of 8 a.m. on September 27, up 0.9% in 24 hours and back near $85,000 after pulling back from $87,374. Daily technical indicators show 14 moving averages giving positive signals, with one neutral and none negative, and BTC sitting above all listed EMAs and SMAs. Upside reference levels are $85,000, $85,945 and $87,374, with $84,000 and $83,300 as key support; volume during the rebound stayed below levels seen September 21-23.

TREE NEWS reports: Address 0x9c6a opened a 20x leveraged long on 550,087 SOL roughly a month ago, a position with a notional value of about $67.88 million and unrealized gains now above $23 million. The trader has placed a take-profit sell order near $200. If SOL reaches $200, the leveraged trade’s cumulative profit could exceed $65 million.

TREE NEWS update: Monochrome Exchange, founded by Binance Australia co-founder and former CEO Jeff Yew, has launched an initial exchange offering for its MCR token, raising more than $5.5 million USDT so far, on-chain data monitored by Lookonchain shows. The IEO is ongoing as of Sept. 27.

TREE NEWS update: New SEC staff guidance says announcing a token buyback on a functional network is not a promise that turns the token into a security. One attorney said the position makes securities laws look “opt-in.” The guidance addresses when buyback announcements could be read as an investment contract.

TREE NEWS update: DYORSWAP said it has finished reviewing addresses affected by a scam tied to a fake GIWA mainnet and will reimburse those who bridged in less than 5 ETH at a 40% rate. Addresses that bridged more than 5 ETH, some of which appear to involve phishing or fraudulent bridge activity, will be reviewed separately. Payouts go to 0xdf25f88aa6cde9937fdcfcf10fa349528c79dbf9, and DYORSWAP stressed it will never ask users to transfer funds or pay fees.

TREE NEWS update: NIO chairman Li Bin said on September 27 at Power UP 2026 that the company now operates 4,125 battery swap stations, together capable of forming an 8GWh energy storage network serving vehicle owners and the wider grid. The 4,125th station opened at Sayram Lake, completing a 3,605-kilometer swap corridor from Xi’an in Shaanxi to Khorgos in Xinjiang with 33 stations, open to both NIO and Onvo drivers.

TREE NEWS update: Vitalik Buterin said Ethereum is no longer just a blockchain but a hybrid architecture combining blockchain with modern cryptography, enabling more powerful features. In a post on X, he outlined plans from the fork after Hegota, including FOCIL, EIP-8288, lean consensus, state management, formal verification, mempool improvements with privacy features, and long-term obfuscation techniques.

TREE NEWS update: Svetlana A., a Russian-born French citizen, has been placed under investigation and detained by a Paris investigating judge on suspicion of organized fraud, aggravated money laundering and participation in a criminal gang. France’s National Financial Prosecutor’s Office alleges she and her British partner Robert H. manipulated the price of the Verasity token. Funds are suspected of being used to buy over €50 million of Dubai property in 2022, including roughly 100 apartments and 3 luxury villas.

TREE NEWS reports: Crypto analyst Ali said on X that whales have accumulated more than 1.14 billion DOGE, worth roughly $112 million, over the past 96 hours. DOGE has now reached a key resistance zone around $0.098, where about 28 billion DOGE previously changed hands. Ali said the whale activity suggests positioning for a breakout above that level.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin broke above 85,000 USDT and was last quoted at 85,021.1 USDT, up 1.06% over the past 24 hours. The move puts BTC back above the 85,000 level on the exchange’s spot market.

TREE NEWS update: Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan said in Discord that the next network upgrade will lower the funding rate cap from 4% to 0.5% per hour, following user feedback. Yan noted the cap is rarely reached in practice. The change applies to the perpetuals trading venue’s funding mechanism.

TREE NEWS update: Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms has repaid its $200 million credit facility and released the collateral tied to it. The company said it continues to expand its data-center business. The repayment clears the balance associated with the facility.

TREE NEWS reports: The global number of crypto ATMs dropped to 27,358, back to levels last seen in 2021, with 587 machines removed since July 8 — 476 of them in the United States. The US still accounts for 71.4% of the global total, followed by Canada at 13.5%, Oceania at 7% and Europe at 5.6%; the US, Canada and Australia together hold about 91%. Since 2023, 35 US states have passed legislation covering crypto ATMs and self-service terminals, with Indiana, Tennessee and Minnesota banning the devices and Vermont extending a moratorium on new installations.

TREE NEWS reports: Trader mk4 holds the largest NEAR position on Hyperliquid, a 10x long of 5.838 million NEAR tokens worth $31.28 million, opened at an average price of $2.35 with the token now at $5.36 — an unrealized gain of $17.55 million. The position accounts for 7.68% of open interest in NEAR and is his only long. NEAR is up 187% this month; mk4 opened in early September.

TREE NEWS update: Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal said the POL community has burned 100 million POL, about 1% of total supply, accumulated from on-chain revenue, with roughly 25 million more POL still being accumulated for burning. He also said Polymarket has launched perpetual contracts on Polygon, and that upcoming upgrades could bring 1-millisecond block confirmation via block streaming. OMS is set to add about 1 million daily transactions of capacity to Polygon.

TREE NEWS reports: BP broke above 1.5 USDT on OKX, setting a fresh record high, with the token last quoted at 1.494 USDT. The move marks a 25.17% gain over the past 24 hours.

TREE NEWS update: DyorSwap said the network it had previously identified as the “GIWA mainnet” was in fact a fake chain set up by scammers, who used the correct GIWA chain ID 9134 to appear legitimate during initial verification. The fraudulent bridge caused significant losses. DyorSwap is hiring a security team for on-chain tracing, preserving evidence including chats, RPC details, bridge addresses and transactions, and preparing to compensate affected users from its treasury; eligibility and loss-verification rules will follow the investigation. Users were told not to use any unofficial GIWA mainnet RPC, bridge or contract.