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TREE NEWS update: Xiaomi founder, chairman and CEO Lei Jun visited Unitree Robotics on Thursday, touring the company and watching a humanoid robot demonstration alongside Unitree founder Wang Xingxing. Earlier in the day Lei Jun appeared at Bilibili’s headquarters, where the company greeted him with a banner reading “Welcome Bilibili UP host Lei Jun” and chairman and CEO Chen Rui received him. In the afternoon he traveled to Hangzhou to hand over cars to more than 30 Xiaomi Pengcheng owners.

TREE NEWS update: President Trump has endorsed Republicans’ “last, best and final offer” on the Clarity Act, which strengthens ethics rules and concedes ground on DeFi and stablecoin sticking points. It remains unclear whether enough Democrats will cross over to pass the bill in Tuesday’s vote.

TREE NEWS update: Republicans have made a “last, best and final offer” on the Clarity Act that wins President Trump’s backing for stronger ethics rules and concedes on DeFi and stablecoin sticking points. It remains unclear whether enough Democrats will cross over to pass the bill in a vote expected Tuesday.

TREE NEWS update: Republicans have put forward a “last, best and final offer” on the Clarity Act that wins President Trump’s backing for stronger ethics rules while conceding on DeFi and stablecoin sticking points. It remains unclear whether enough Democrats will cross over when the bill comes up Tuesday. The crypto industry believes the revised package can pass.

TREE NEWS update: Strive has reached a 25,000 BTC milestone after buying Bitcoin for $36.6 million, a slowdown from the prior week when it purchased 1,375 BTC for about $109 million. The latest purchase lifts the company’s total holdings to the 25,000 BTC mark.

TREE NEWS update: Pump.fun is dropping its Cashback program for new token launches and replacing it with a holder-rewards system that pays trading fees several times an hour to wallets holding more than $20 of an eligible token. Existing Cashback coins must apply to switch over to the new rewards model.

TREE NEWS update: Pump.fun has dropped its Cashback feature for new token launches and replaced it with a holder reward program. Wallets holding more than $20 of an eligible token receive payouts of trading fees several times an hour. Existing Cashback coins must apply to switch to the new rewards system.

TREE NEWS update: Pump.fun has dropped its Cashback program for new token launches and introduced holder rewards instead. Under the new system, wallets holding more than $20 of an eligible token receive trading-fee payouts several times an hour. Existing Cashback coins must apply to switch over to the rewards scheme.

TREE NEWS update: New York Attorney General Letitia James led 17 bipartisan state attorneys general in a letter to Congress urging opposition to the Clarity Act ahead of a key Senate procedural vote on Tuesday. The letter says the bill would muddy the waters, making it harder for state prosecutors to pursue fraud and hold lawbreaking companies accountable, and would let the SEC preempt state registration authority. Signatories include the attorneys general of California, Illinois, Arizona, Kansas, Ohio and Wisconsin.

TREE NEWS update: New York Attorney General Letitia James led a bipartisan group of 17 state attorneys general in urging lawmakers to vote against the Clarity Act ahead of its initial Senate vote. The coalition called on senators to reject the crypto legislation. No further details on the attorneys general’s specific arguments were provided.

TREE NEWS update: Satsuma, a UK-listed Bitcoin treasury company, sold its remaining 669 BTC between July 24 and July 31 for about £31.91 million and delists on September 14, becoming the first DAT to complete a full liquidation-and-capital-return exit. Shareholders backed the plan with over 90% approval; the High Court approved cancellation of 11,235,874,700 B shares and a £30.72 million return, or £0.002734 per B share, with payouts due September 28.

TREE NEWS update: UK-listed Satsuma sold its remaining 669 BTC for about £31.91 million between July 24 and 31, after shareholders approved returning most of its capital and cancelling its FCA listing on July 20. The High Court approved the return of roughly £30.72 million on September 8, at £0.002734 per B Share, with delisting set for September 14 and payouts expected by September 28. The firm is the first Bitcoin treasury company to complete a full liquidation-to-delisting process.

TREE NEWS update: UK-listed Satsuma is set to delist from the FCA Official List on Sept 14 after selling its remaining 669 BTC for about £31.91 million between July 24 and July 31. Shareholders approved the capital return and cancellation of listing by over 90% on July 20, and the High Court approved the return of roughly £30.72 million on Sept 8, or £0.002734 per B share.

TREE NEWS update: Satsuma, a UK-listed Bitcoin treasury company, will delist on September 14 after shareholders approved a capital return and cancellation of its FCA listing by over 90%. The company sold its remaining 669 BTC for about £31.91 million between July 24 and July 31, and the High Court approved a £30.72 million return of 0.002734 pence per B share. Eligible shareholders are expected to receive payment on September 28.

TREE NEWS update: Consensus will return to Hong Kong in early February 2027, marking its third consecutive year in the city. The event, which drew more than 10,000 attendees in both 2025 and 2026, will focus on institutional adoption of digital assets and artificial intelligence, with AI expected to carry greater weight than in previous years. Hong Kong’s regulatory framework and status as a global financial hub have made it a leading hub for digital asset adoption in Asia.

TREE NEWS update: DeFi Development Corp has expanded its Solana treasury to 2.39 million SOL and established a $300 million at-the-market offering for its CHAD perpetual preferred stock. The ATM gives the Solana treasury company a new channel to raise capital tied to its preferred equity. No pricing or timing for sales under the program was disclosed.

TREE NEWS update: The Clarity Act’s odds of passing have risen sharply after President Trump agreed to ethics provisions, reviving a bill that had been written off, ahead of a key vote on Tuesday. The vote will be followed by a pivotal FOMC decision on Wednesday, making it a consequential week for crypto policy and markets.

TREE NEWS reports: The Bank for International Settlements warned that central banks and investors must address growing vulnerabilities as rising leverage across multiple markets threatens to amplify ordinary market swings, pointing to the near-collapse of the Situational Awareness fund in July as a cautionary case. BIS financial stability policy head Gaston Gelos said hedge funds now sit “at the core of core markets,” creating fragility dependent on high leverage and liquidity that can vanish quickly. BIS economics head Frank Smets said market stress has not yet materialized but the risk should not be dismissed.

TREE NEWS update: Swiss Bitcoin Pay has temporarily taken its servers offline after a malicious user likely gained access to its internal systems. The bitcoin payment provider said customer email addresses, bitcoin addresses and IBANs, transaction histories and hashed passwords may have been exposed, though it is unclear whether other data was accessed. User funds are safe and all payouts owed to users will be returned in full; no reopening date has been set.