TREE NEWS reports: On-chain data shows Unipcs invested $67,700 to buy 10.9 million $PONS tokens, now holding an unrealized profit of $10.15 million, a 150x return. The trade highlights the high-risk, high-reward nature of meme coin investments.
TREE NEWS update: Seven miner wallets that had been dormant for 16.5 years woke up and transferred 350 Bitcoin (BTC), worth about $28 million, about six hours ago. The miners had earned the 350 BTC through mining in March 2010.
TREE NEWS update: Base co-founder Jesse Pollak warned on Sept 6 that attackers used a third-party app linked to his account to publish a scam token. He deleted the posts and all app connections, fully regaining control, and urged users to stay safe. Screenshots showed the attackers promoted a token named BASEMEME.
TREE NEWS reports: A major HYPE holder, suspected to be associated with a16z, transferred 13.05 million USDC to Hyperliquid eight hours ago to buy HYPE via TWAP. This follows a purchase of 816,000 HYPE for 66.4 million USDC a week ago. The entity now holds and stakes 5.201 million HYPE (worth $445 million) at an average price of $67.2, with unrealized gains of $95.18 million.
TREE NEWS reports: UBS, Jane Street and other firms held a combined $75 million in Hyperliquid (HYPE) ETFs as of end of June. Brazil’s Wealth High Governance Asset Management was the top holder with about $24 million in 21Shares’ HYPE fund.
TREE NEWS update: TXYZ (tradexyz) has launched HIP-4, introducing 8 outcome markets covering stock prices, American football, and the US Open women’s singles champion. The announcement was made via HyperliquidNews on X, marking an expansion of its event-driven trading platform.
TREE NEWS update: Coldcard is replenishing dealer inventory in batches as new devices are produced, following an entropy vulnerability about a month ago that led to the theft of over $100 million in bitcoin. The company said multiple dealers have applied for additional stock, and sales continue.
TREE NEWS reports: Four long-dormant Bitcoin wallets, inactive for up to 12.8 years, transferred 202.84 BTC valued at about $15.73 million between Aug. 29 and Sept. 4. The largest wallet, holding 146.06 BTC, dated to Nov. 2013, saw gains of ~12,902% from a $595 cost basis. Another wallet from Nov. 2011 held 40 BTC, now worth ~$3.09M, up ~2,571,899%. Galaxy Research flagged one transfer to Coinbase, suggesting intent to sell.
TREE NEWS reports: At least four decade-old Bitcoin wallets moved a combined $15.7 million between Aug. 29 and Sept. 4, with one batch of coins sent to Coinbase in a likely sign of a sale. This follows a wallet that turned $120 into $3 million waking up, suggesting increased activity from early miners.
TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin surpassed $80,000 USDT on OKX, trading at $80,010.5 USDT, up 0.28% in 24 hours. The move marks a key psychological level for the leading cryptocurrency.
TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin surpassed $80,000 on September 6, trading at $80,010.50 on OKX, up 0.26% intraday. The move marks a key psychological level for the largest cryptocurrency.
TREE NEWS update: Predict.fun announced a new milestone for MARSCOIN, targeting a fully diluted valuation of up to $1 billion. The prediction market currently prices the probability of MARSCOIN reaching this valuation before October at 8%.
TREE NEWS update: Robinhood Chain is an Ethereum layer-2 network built with Arbitrum technology, designed to support tokenized stocks, meme coins, and other on-chain financial products. The L2 aims to enable crypto apps and tokenized asset trading within the Robinhood ecosystem. Details on launch date and tokenomics were not disclosed.
TREE NEWS update: Changpeng Zhao attended the third official meeting of Kyrgyzstan’s National Crypto Committee, chaired by President Sadyr Japarov. The meeting covered crypto regulation, compliance, anti-money laundering, stablecoins, and tokenization pilots. Zhao noted Kyrgyzstan has progressed from concepts a year ago to a regulatory framework, local bank crypto channels, and the circulating stablecoin KGST.
TREE NEWS reports: ASTER briefly broke above $0.85 USDT and is now trading at $0.81 USDT, up 11% in the last 24 hours.
TREE NEWS reports: Wintermute has purchased more than $3 million worth of PONS tokens using a TWAP strategy. The market maker’s current holdings exceed $3 million. Arkham speculates that Wintermute may soon provide on-chain market making for PONS.
TREE NEWS update: LeBron James has teased a potential partnership with prediction market platform Polymarket in a new social media video. The hint follows his free agency decision generating $273 million in prediction market volume across various platforms.
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.” In a video, James selected “Sports” among options like crypto, economy, and weather, hinting at a sports-focused collaboration.
TREE NEWS update: Huang Licheng announced on X that he has withdrawn his acquisition offer for Friend.tech, speculating that Paradigm blocked the bid. He expressed support for co-founder Racer if the platform restarts on Robinhood Chain.
TREE NEWS update: On-chain analyst Mlm onchain reports TradeXYZ has deployed its HIP-4 DEX on Hyperliquid. On-chain records show the deployment was completed at 21:15 Beijing time on September 5. The launch marks a new trading venue on the Hyperliquid ecosystem.
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