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TREE NEWS reports: On Sept 7, crypto sectors showed mixed performance, with AI gaining 2.10% in 24 hours, led by Bittensor (TAO) up 10.03% and Pieverse up 5.18%. Bitcoin dipped 0.11% to below $80,000, while Ethereum fell 0.11% to around $2,500. GameFi dropped over 4%.

TREE NEWS update: NBA star LeBron James announced on X that he visited Polymarket’s headquarters and will partner with the prediction market platform, posting ‘Coming Soon’. A video shows him selecting ‘Sports’ among options, hinting at a sports-focused collaboration.

TREE NEWS update: Purported white hat hackers have removed 4000 Bitcoin from the Liquid sidechain in a major security breach. Meanwhile, Bitcoin ETFs are experiencing their best three weeks of inflows in 2026.

TREE NEWS update: Blockstream paused Liquid Network’s bridge nodes on Sunday after nearly all bitcoin backing L-BTC moved to a single address. The withdrawal of 3,998 BTC from the federation wallet prompted the halt. The address owner inscribed ‘we are whitehats’ in a bitcoin transaction.

TREE NEWS update: The Liquid Network, a Bitcoin sidechain, has been paused after purported ‘white-hat’ hackers withdrew $320 million in bitcoin. Exchanges have suspended LBTC deposits and withdrawals as Blockstream works to contact those responsible.

TREE NEWS reports: Solana-based stock-paired launchpad StonkFun’s token STONK surged 250%, pushing its market cap to $140 million. The platform integrated with Raydium’s LaunchLab on Saturday, driving volume to Raydium and Jupiter. RAY also gained over 40%.

TREE NEWS reports: Meme coin BONER on Robinhood Chain saw its market cap briefly surpass $70 million, now at $59.37 million, a 59% intraday gain. Attention from Hims & Hers CEO on BONER-related developments may be fueling interest. Meme coins remain highly volatile.

TREE NEWS reports: A Bitcoin wallet created in 2016 transferred 1,260.77 BTC (worth over $100 million) to an unknown P2WPKH address at block height 965770. The wallet, opened on July 9, 2016, held about $819,500 at the time. Separately, nearly 75 Casascius physical bitcoins were redeemed in the first six days of September, including 40 on September 5.

TREE NEWS reports: BREW, a token on the BNB Smart Chain, briefly surpassed a $30 million market cap, now at $29.71 million, with a 24-hour gain of over 4100x. The surge follows the launch of the Brew token issuance platform on BSC, enabling token creation and pairing with Meme coins, currencies, or stocks. Users are cautioned about extreme volatility.

TREE NEWS update: Blockstream has responded on-chain to the ‘white hat’ who requested contact after 4000 BTC was taken from Liquid Network, directing them to security@blockstream.com. The response was detected by Bitcoin News monitoring. The funds were reportedly moved in a security incident, and Blockstream is engaging with the individual claiming to be a white hat.

TREE NEWS reports: MEME, a meme coin on Robinhood Chain, saw its market cap briefly surpass $140 million, now at $125 million, a 440% daily gain. The surge followed Robinhood co-founder Vlad Tenev following the official MEME X account, sparking community interest. Odaily warns of high volatility.

TREE NEWS reports: Approximately 4,000 of the 4,200 BTC linked to a Liquid Network peg-out transaction moved on-chain. A subsequent transaction included an OP_RETURN message stating: “We are white hats, please contact us on-chain.” The nature of the transfer remains unclear, and it is unknown whether the funds were moved via an exploit.

TREE NEWS reports: Ether rose above $2,500, trading at $2,500.09 on OKX, a 0.9% increase over the past 24 hours. The move reflects continued bullish momentum in the cryptocurrency market.

TREE NEWS update: Router Protocol, backed by Coinbase, announced it will shut down and burn 303 million ROUTE tokens. The decision follows failed attempts to commercialize, license, or sell its technology, which did not yield a sustainable business.

TREE NEWS update: Bitcoin fork asset BTCB2 reached an all-time high of $1,799 on September 5, with prices fluctuating between $750 and $1,000 USDC over the past four hours. The asset originated from a chain split at block height 961,632 on August 8, 2026, which switched to the Blake2 proof-of-work algorithm. It is now listed on Neoxa Exchange and Nonkyc.io with limited liquidity. At $1,000, its fully diluted valuation is approximately $20.9 billion.

TREE NEWS update: HIP-4 @Outcomexyz will launch a 15-minute cycle Bitcoin-native up/down market, as announced by HyperliquidNews on X. The market, which goes live immediately, offers traders a fast-paced binary option on Bitcoin’s price direction. This marks the first such short-term market on Hyperliquid.

TREE NEWS update: Ripple has signed a multi-year partnership with Florida Athletics, placing the XRP logo on the field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium starting this season. The deal extends Ripple’s push into college athletics, following similar sponsorships.

TREE NEWS reports: A whale trader has lost $20.17 million over 20 days. The trader deposited an additional $4.5 million USDC into Hyperliquid from Crypto.com and Binance, following a $10.2 million deposit two days earlier. Currently holding a $106.6 million short position with an unrealized loss of $19.62 million, losses include $14.19 million on ZEC and $5.32 million on HYPE shorts.

TREE NEWS update: Cryptocurrency exchange WOO X has issued a statement regarding recent user feedback on withdrawal delays, saying its team is reviewing cases and system status, with some requests still in review or on-chain processing. Users experiencing delays must submit UID, withdrawal order number, request time, asset, network, and status screenshots via official customer service. The platform warns against unofficial messages and retains legal rights against misinformation.

TREE NEWS reports: A report highlights that enterprise stablecoin payments, at ~$390B annualized, represent only ~0.02% of the $208T global cross-border market. The bottleneck is reliance on regulated banks for fiat on/off-ramps and local clearing. The author warns that single-bank dependency is a key underestimated operational risk, citing Silvergate and Signature failures.