TREE NEWS reports: Hyperliquid’s daily active users reached an all-time high of 283,230, on-chain data platform Artemis shows. The figure tops the protocol’s previous peak levels set in March and July.
TREE NEWS update: Eligible users can now apply for IPO shares at the offering price through Coinbase Capital Markets, the exchange’s licensed broker-dealer, ahead of Oura’s Nasdaq debut. The smart-ring maker said in an updated prospectus that it plans to sell 50 million shares at $40-$44 each under the ticker OURA, implying a valuation of about $13.5 billion at the midpoint.
TREE NEWS reports: Multicoin Capital co-founder Kyle Samani said he expects SOL to surpass Ether’s market capitalization “this market cycle,” arguing that “today, no one really uses Ethereum.” The prediction from one of Solana’s most prominent backers sets a direct market-cap target against the network’s largest rival.
TREE NEWS update: Bitmine bought 27,562 ETH, bringing its total investments to $17.1 billion and its holdings to more than 4.9% of Ethereum’s circulating supply, the company said. Chairman Tom Lee said the crypto bull market is underway as the firm closes in on its 5% Ethereum supply target.
TREE NEWS update: Strategy purchased $76 million worth of bitcoin, lifting its holdings to within 0.2% of June’s record high. The bitcoin treasury firm’s stack bottomed at 840,447 BTC in August and has since climbed 5,553 BTC. The company remains the largest corporate holder of the asset.
TREE NEWS update: Strategy bought 950 Bitcoin for $75.7 million, resuming purchases after a two-week pause. The company also spent $174 million repurchasing its STRC preferred stock.
TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin rose above $85,000 as $648 million in crypto short positions were liquidated. A short squeeze drove the initial move, but spot buyers have sustained it, and one measure of selling pressure is near a record low.
TREE NEWS update: Strategy purchased 950 bitcoin for $76 million, lifting its total holdings to 846,000 BTC, the company disclosed. The stash equals about 4% of bitcoin’s 21 million supply cap and is worth roughly $72 billion. The buy extends the firm’s accumulation strategy, which has made it the largest corporate holder of the asset.
TREE NEWS reports: Li Auto’s chip subsidiary is raising its first external funding round at a pre-money valuation of about 15 billion yuan ($2.1 billion), targeting several billion yuan. Corporate filings show Mach Intelligent Cores Limited was incorporated in Hong Kong on July 14, and its wholly owned Shanghai subsidiary was set up on August 4 with Li Auto CTO Xie Yan as legal representative.
TREE NEWS update: GAC Aion unveiled the Ray7’s interior and opened blind pre-orders on Sept 21, requiring a 299 yuan deposit that can offset up to 8,999 yuan in benefits. The cabin runs a Qualcomm 8295 chip with 24GB RAM and 128GB storage; driver assistance uses 27 automotive sensors and a large model shared with WeRide’s L4 Robotaxi. Power comes from Huawei’s DriveONE multi-in-one drive unit, with 9.7 kWh/100km consumption and 700km CLTC range.
TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin touched $85,000 for the first time since January, with crypto short liquidations surging. CoinGlass recorded at least $750 million in crypto liquidations over a 24-hour window, the majority of them short positions. The move marks the highest bitcoin price level since the start of the year.
TREE NEWS reports: NEAR rose nearly 80% over a week as NEAR Intents recorded $29.3 billion in cumulative volume, including swaps involving Zcash. The protocol also expanded privacy features for traders. The token’s advance and the volume figure were reported together.
TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin reached $85,000 for the first time since January, nearing an eight-month high as markets focused on cooling oil prices. The move marks the token’s strongest level in roughly eight months, with traders tracking the pullback in crude as a driver of risk appetite.
TREE NEWS reports: Polymarket removed an anti-money-laundering control while fraudsters used stolen debit cards on its U.S. platform, a Wall Street Journal investigation found. The scheme involved roughly $10 million in stolen-card activity. The prediction market has not publicly commented on the findings.
TREE NEWS update: The CFTC filed its crypto market structure rulemaking with the White House two days after the Clarity Act failed in the Senate. The agency did not disclose the contents of the filing. The timing places the rulemaking push in the same week as the Senate defeat of the market structure bill.
TREE NEWS reports: U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs drew $433 million on Friday, narrowly avoiding a second consecutive losing week. The inflows came as bitcoin pushed back above $81,000. Without Friday’s haul, the funds would have closed the week in net outflows for a second straight period.
TREE NEWS reports: ORBIO, the token of AI-credit marketplace Orbio, reached a market capitalization of roughly $90 million on September 21, 2026, up from about $82 million, roughly 20 days after launch. Orbio converts half of ORBIO trading fees into AI inference credits and issued CREDIT on September 16; about 354 million ORBIO, 37.26% of supply, is staked. Platform data shows about $159,500 in cumulative inference credits generated and 249,500 requests served.
TREE NEWS reports: A crypto worker’s children were held hostage in the latest French “wrench attack,” with $46,000 taken. France is the worst-hit country in the world for these attacks, with more than 70 logged in the first eight months of 2026.
TREE NEWS reports: US crypto-linked equities widened their premarket gains, with Strategy (MSTR) rising 7.09% to $164.84. Coinbase Global (COIN) gained 5.09% to $203.99, Circle (CRCL) added 5.94% to $97.23 and Robinhood Markets (HOOD) climbed 4.07% to $124.70. Sharplink (SBET) rose 5.78% to $9.94 and CEA Industries (BNC) jumped 11.04% to $6.64.
TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin climbed past 85,000 USDT on OKX, trading at 85,000.2 USDT at the time of the move, a 24-hour gain of 5.54%, exchange price data showed. The advance puts BTC above the 85,000 level for the first time in the session tracked by the exchange’s market feed.
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