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TREE NEWS update: El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has refuted a Spanish newspaper report claiming the country transferred control of its Bitcoin reserves, calling it ‘fake news.’ The report alleged over 7,763 BTC were moved to private operators. Bukele said the claim is ‘completely false,’ noting an IMF statement referred to a stake transfer in Chivo wallet, not the strategic reserve. He accused the media of lying to readers.

TREE NEWS reports: Trader Loracle increased his short position in PONS by 8 million tokens on Sept 5, bringing total short to 17.4 million PONS ($15.6 million). He is currently facing an unrealized loss of $6.3 million and continues to add to the position. His CASHCAT position remains unchanged.

TREE NEWS reports: A whale withdrew 97,670 HYPE tokens (about $8.25 million) from four exchanges within the past hour. The withdrawals included 46,000 HYPE ($3.88M) from OKX, 29,000 HYPE ($2.45M) from Bybit, 13,000 HYPE ($1.1M) from Kraken, and 9,670 HYPE ($816,000) from Gate. The tokens are expected to be moved to a new wallet, following a pattern seen previously.

TREE NEWS reports: Binance’s open interest jumped nearly 8% in 24 hours to surpass $10 billion, a six-month high. The surge, driven by speculative activity, comes as BTC retests its May high near $82,000. In BTC terms, open interest stands at 125,830 BTC, with Binance’s market share exceeding 37%. The analyst noted such moves are often short-lived without spot investor participation.

TREE NEWS reports: Ether rose 56.51% in the third quarter of this year, its third-best quarterly performance ever. Only two previous third quarters have posted larger gains.

TREE NEWS reports: A UK investor who bought Bitcoin in 2011 for about $2,000 has recovered his lost wallet, now worth roughly $4.5 million. The exchange Britcoin (later Intersango) shut down in 2014, and he lost access. Law firm CEL Solicitors used tracking software to identify a wallet with over 5,500 BTC ($421M), recovering about $45,000 for him.

TREE NEWS reports: A whale who held ZEC for over two years transferred 22,840 ZEC ($23.11 million) to Binance on September 5, realizing a profit of $21.96 million (20x). The whale, who accumulated ZEC at an average price of $48.44 between 2021 and 2024, moved the tokens to a privacy address before sending them to the exchange. The move came after ZEC broke above $1,000.

TREE NEWS update: Gate exchange has launched perpetual contract trading for FATCOIN, SHROOM, and STONKS on its Robinhood and Meme zones, settled in USDT with up to 10x leverage. The platform also added trading bots and copy trading for these tokens.

TREE NEWS reports: ARK Invest’s digital asset research director, Lorenzo Valente, said on X that messaging and interoperability protocols have become critical infrastructure as L1s, app-specific chains, and rollup-centric roadmaps multiply. He expects LayerZero’s interoperability business alone could soon grow to nine-figure annual recurring revenue, with more developments from the team to come.

TREE NEWS reports: A whale spent about $4.5 million in the past 24 hours buying PONS, CASHCAT, AAVE, and UNI. The purchases included 3.23 million PONS (913 ETH, ~$2.26M), 1.69 million CASHCAT (160 ETH, ~$392K), 7,270 AAVE ($1M USDC), and 156,450 UNI ($850K USDC).

TREE NEWS update: A mudslide hit Gaoping Town, Suichuan County, Jiangxi, on Sept 5, prompting a rescue operation with 41 vehicles and 224 personnel. Three people have been rescued (two in good health, one dead), and identities of 11 missing residents are basically confirmed. Thirty-nine trapped villagers were safely evacuated.

TREE NEWS update: The barrier lake above the core area of Gyirong Port has been drained, with river flow restored, and the danger basically lifted. Radar showed the dam averaged 60m high, about 1,100m long and 300m wide, with a lake area of 0.1 sq km and capacity of 2.2 million cubic meters. The catchment area 3.2km from the source has been largely emptied.

TREE NEWS reports: Token launchpad Pons on Robinhood Chain generated $1.84 million in revenue over the past 24 hours, surpassing Pump.fun’s $1.18 million. The figure marks Pons as a leading platform in the current meme coin launch race.

TREE NEWS update: Polish lawmakers failed to overturn a presidential veto of crypto legislation, keeping the bill blocked. The decision came as the Zondacrypto investigation expands and its Estonian operator enters bankruptcy, deepening the scandal.

TREE NEWS update: On September 5, authorities in Yuzhong County, Lanzhou, Gansu, announced they filed cases against 6 companies for illegally using fruit-green food additive when dyeing lettuce during purchase. The inspection covered 53 vegetable purchasing and storage operators. Other operators received collective warning talks, and a countywide probe into vegetable growing, purchase, transport and sales is underway.

TREE NEWS reports: US spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted nearly $1 billion in the latest week, contributing to a three-week total of $3.8 billion, the strongest such period of 2026. Friday inflows stayed positive despite Bitcoin briefly falling below $79,000.

TREE NEWS reports: NEST, a token gaining traction on Robinhood, is the subject of heated community discussion, with GMGN data showing a current market cap of $5.24 million. Some sources speculate NEST could mirror PONS’s price trajectory, noting developers’ consistent community updates. The token’s high volatility warrants caution.

TREE NEWS reports: Nest, a meme coin on Robinhood Chain, saw its market cap briefly exceed $6 million, a 24-hour surge of over 990x. It now stands at $5.6 million. Nest is a multi-stock basket token launchpad built on Pons V2, funneling creator fees into Nest Vault to buy stock tokens.

TREE NEWS update: Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour said the CFTC will issue new rules under Rule 40.11 within weeks or months, as New Jersey asks the Supreme Court to decide whether states can regulate sports betting on CFTC-registered exchanges. The Third and Ninth Circuits have split on the issue. Kalshi has 30 days to respond to New Jersey’s September 2 petition, after which the state may reply within 10 days.

TREE NEWS reports: Polymarket-style prediction tool monitoring shows a new account (0x1225ca13a36b93e0b4c8d58ffef00576c2dae7a0) purchased $66,000 worth of shares on TES defeating IG in the LPL playoff event, at an average price of 56.6 cents, buying 117,857.2 shares. The match is the lower bracket first round of the LPL third stage playoffs, a BO5 single elimination. The match started at 14:00 on September 5, with IG currently leading 1-0.