TREE NEWS update: LINK rose to an eight-month high after Bottomline, a top-three SWIFT services provider moving $16 trillion annually, selected Chainlink to connect over 600 banks to blockchain settlement. The integration marks a significant step for institutional adoption of blockchain-based payments.
TREE NEWS reports: Crypto projects have spent about $640 million on token buybacks so far in 2026, up roughly 17% year-over-year, with Hyperliquid and Pump.fun accounting for nearly 90% of spending. Buybacks and burns create demand and reduce supply, but critics argue they don’t necessarily improve underlying businesses or sustain unsustainable protocols.
TREE NEWS reports: Prediction markets are shifting from user-facing destinations to backend infrastructure. Exchanges like Binance, Coinbase, IBKR, and Robinhood now integrate Polymarket, Kalshi, and others via APIs and unified interfaces, making prediction assets tradable across platforms. New players like Fortune aim to aggregate liquidity and build execution layers, with AI agents automating trading. This evolution mirrors DeFi’s path from AMMs to aggregators and derivatives.
TREE NEWS reports: Fomo generated $1.76 million in daily revenue on Friday, surpassing Pump.fun’s $1.1 million. Despite the single-day lead, the memecoin launchpad Pump.fun remains ahead over the trailing 30-day period.
TREE NEWS update: L1 blockchain Rocket reported a Sept. 5 on-chain attack causing a loss of approximately $287,000. The attacker exploited a dormant perpetual market, using one-time accounts to post inflated price orders and self-trade, generating fake profits and bankrupting the accounts, then withdrew funds from the Bridge. All deposits, withdrawals, and trading are paused. The team is cooperating with security firms and law enforcement to trace and freeze stolen funds, and is prioritizing refunds for small accounts.
TREE NEWS update: AJC, a researcher at Blockworks Research, revealed in an interview that he turned a $25,000 bet into nearly $5 million by trading PONS on Robinhood Chain. He attributed his success to the chain’s strong momentum and the launchpad’s revenue-sharing model. AJC also discussed the rise of stock-meme pair trading and the potential of Robinhood Chain to tokenize real-world assets.
TREE NEWS update: SlowMist alerted on September 7 that two attackers are replicating the recent Notional Finance exploit on the BSC chain. They have completed preparatory steps, creating malicious fCash positions using the same vulnerability pattern. The attack is not fully executed yet, as the positions await maturity. Once matured, the attackers could settle and drain assets from protocols. SlowMist urges affected projects to take mitigation measures before positions expire.
TREE NEWS reports: In the past 24 hours, Fomo has surpassed Pump.fun to become the highest-revenue protocol on Solana. The shift marks a notable change in the competitive landscape among Solana-based platforms, with Fomo now leading in revenue generation.
TREE NEWS reports: Robinhood Chain saw a weekly net outflow of about $306 million, ranking last among major chains, while Arbitrum led with a net inflow of about $184 million. BSC followed with $142 million inflow, and Plasma with $120 million. HyperLiquid and Polygon saw outflows of $179 million and $145 million.
TREE NEWS update: In a recent interview, Cobo co-founder Shenyu revealed his core asset framework, currently holding only Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tesla, with SpaceX under observation. He argues Bitcoin is ‘better gold’ due to its trustless nature and personal sovereignty. Shenyu also noted AI Agents now serve as his cognitive ‘external brain,’ and he applies a ‘fewer but deeper’ investment philosophy, dismissing diversification in extreme scenarios.
TREE NEWS update: Liquid Network, a Bitcoin sidechain, was drained of $320 million in a white-hat hack and has suspended operations. Harmony announced plans to close its mainnet and migrate ONE tokens to Ethereum, pivoting to AI video editing. Additionally, APT, LINEA, CHEEL, and PEAQ tokens face major unlocks.
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 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 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 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: Pencil Finance, the team behind the project, has funded 1,000 student loans entirely on-chain, supporting thousands of Southeast Asian students. The financing was announced without disclosing borrower costs, defaults, or investor returns.
TREE NEWS reports: Robinhood Chain recorded $2.9 million in chain fees over the past 24 hours, the highest among all chains, with revenue of $2.61 million. The chain’s DeFi TVL reached $909 million, up 29.62% in the past week and 109% in the past month. DEX trading volume over seven days hit $10.424 billion, a 95.26% increase from the previous period.
TREE NEWS reports: Pons and Fomo each brought in about $1.85M and $1.77M in protocol revenue over the past 24 hours, surpassing Hyperliquid’s ~$866.5K. The three ranked 4th, 5th, and 7th respectively. Over the past week, Pons and Fomo earned $7.16M and $7.06M, while Hyperliquid led with $13.06M.
TREE NEWS reports: A trader paid 5.5 BNB in gas fees to buy 9.9 million Hachimi tokens with 264.7 BNB after Binance announced its perpetual contract listing. Selling 8.39 million tokens for $459K and holding 1.5 million worth $93.3K, the wallet realized a $350K profit on this trade. The address has earned $1.78 million total from trading news.
TREE NEWS update: Hyperliquid bought back and burned 9,730 HYPE tokens at an average price of $85.27 over the past 24 hours, totaling approximately $829,500. Cumulative burns now stand at 48.42 million HYPE, worth about $4.14 billion at current prices, representing 4.84% of the maximum supply.