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According to Ledger Insights, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) recently published the "Trends, Risks, and Vulnerabilities Report for the First Half of 2026," in which digital assets and prediction markets occupy three chapters. Regarding crypto assets, the report warns that the increasing ties between cryptocurrencies and the traditional financial sector pose risks. Concerning tokenization, the report points out that issuing different tokenized versions of the same stock may lead to fragmented liquidity.As for prediction markets, the report believes that prediction markets have not yet seen significant development in Europe. This is because major platforms do not yet hold EU licenses, and in most cases, they need to obtain licenses. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) outlines some potential advantages of tokenization, including increased efficiency, expanded investor access, programmability, and atomic settlement. On the other hand, ESMA also questions how much these advantages are actually realized within these encapsulated structures.Since the ownership of the underlying stocks is off-chain, there is no single data source on-chain, and self-custody can only be achieved indirectly through these structures. Tokenization structures also introduce additional layers of intermediaries, leading to complexity and risk. The settlement advantages are also difficult to realize. Even if token transfers occur on-chain, the cash portion of the transaction is usually settled separately, whether through bank payments or other channels. This means that for certain transactions, the promised atomic settlement (i.e., simultaneous delivery of securities and cash) has not yet been achieved.

Former U.S. President Biden's son Hunter Biden stated that the LAPTOP Foundation's X account has currently been suspended, and the team is attempting to restore the account. During this period, information will be published through Medium, and the foundation will not withdraw from the LAPTOP project. The accompanying statement mentioned that after establishing an initial liquidity pool of 0.05 USD per token, LAPTOP encountered significant demand and front-running bots, resulting in insufficient initial liquidity from market makers, which caused the token price to fluctuate violently before liquidity was replenished.To improve market liquidity, the team began injecting 4 million LAPTOP tokens into the Aerodrome liquidity pool as incentives starting from 0:00 UTC on September 10, accounting for 0.4% of the total supply. Additionally, two predicted events will settle with "YES," and 10 million LAPTOP tokens will be burned within the first week of launch, accounting for 1% of the total supply. The team stated that there was no presale of LAPTOP, nor were tokens allocated to investors, influencers, or KOLs; 30% of the tokens held by the founders are locked for 6 months and will be unlocked over two years, held in custody by Coinbase Custody, while another 30% allocated for the prediction mechanism is locked for 12 months.80 million LAPTOP tokens can be claimed by users who subscribed to Hunter Biden's Substack before September 6, with a claiming period of 30 days, and any unclaimed portion will be burned. Previously, Hunter Biden expressed that he did not gain any profits from LAPTOP amid the violent fluctuations after the token launch.

Bitget released its transparency report for August 2026, disclosing its latest progress in the construction of a multi-asset trading ecosystem. In terms of U.S. stock tokens, taking rNVDA as an example, its daily trading volume reached $38.5 million, with over 4,200 users completing approximately 112,800 transactions, of which about 36% of the trading volume occurred outside regular U.S. trading hours, reflecting that rToken is becoming a core tool for investors to break through traditional trading time constraints and achieve 24/7 global asset allocation.On the institutional business front, Bitget launched an institutional-level CFD liquidity solution aimed at quantitative teams, proprietary trading firms, funds, brokers, and high-net-worth professional traders, supporting high-frequency quantitative trading, arbitrage between futures and spot, and automated trading scenarios such as EA.At the same time, the platform launched FCN (Fixed Coupon Notes), bringing traditional financial structured products into the tokenized U.S. stock market, becoming the first cryptocurrency exchange to combine the FCN structure with USDT settlement and U.S. stock rToken delivery. As related products and trading infrastructure continue to improve, Bitget is further strengthening its capabilities in institutional-level services, multi-asset coverage, and liquidity.In addition, third-party data shows that Bitget performs outstandingly in terms of liquidity and execution efficiency for tokenized stocks and stock perpetual contracts. In a liquidity benchmark test targeting the five stock spot markets of MSTR, SPY, QQQ, CRCL, and NVDA, DeFiLlama recorded Bitget with the lowest median bid-ask spread of 0.83 basis points and the deepest order book liquidity among all sample markets. In execution benchmark tests covering 36 stock perpetual contracts and 8 types of metal and commodity perpetual contracts, Bitget maintained a significant lead in approximately 90% of trading pairs.

Gate Europe CEO Dr. Giovanni Cunti stated in a LinkedIn post that financial markets are becoming increasingly interconnected, with digital assets, stablecoins, and tokenized assets merging with traditional finance, reshaping the pathways for cross-border capital flow. The core of liquidity is no longer just depth and trading volume, but also the efficiency of capital circulation and the ability to access it instantly.He emphasized that future liquidity not only means more capital but also aims to make capital flow more easily and be accessed more efficiently, achieving better connections between different markets. Broad market access can break the fragmentation of liquidity and enhance the efficiency of capital operations. As stablecoins accelerate payment settlements and tokenization introduces new assets, the focus is on promoting seamless collaboration across all links.Relying on the compliance foundation of the MiCA and payment institution PI dual licensing system, Gate Europe has established highly regulated operational standards to enhance the confidence of institutions, enterprises, and investors with a clear regulatory framework. He pointed out that Europe is advancing digital asset innovation alongside regulatory compliance. Gate Europe stated that it will continue to empower this transformation and work with industry partners to shape the future together.

The People's Bank of China Open Market Operations Office announced that to maintain ample liquidity in the banking system, on September 7, 2026, the People's Bank of China will conduct a reverse repurchase operation of 500 billion yuan using a fixed amount, interest rate bidding, and multiple price level bidding method, with a term of 3 months (89 days), maturing on December 5, 2026 (postponed in case of holidays).

CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr. pointed out that the 30-day average net flow of stablecoins turned positive for the first time on September 1 (+$13.85 million), ending a continuous net outflow of 113 days since May 11. However, this reading subsequently dropped to $11.66 million and $6.85 million over the next two days, a decrease of about 51%, indicating that positive momentum is weakening.Meanwhile, the stablecoin supply ratio has retreated from its peak on August 26, and three oscillation indicators remain above zero, suggesting a recovery in relative purchasing power but still below recent norms. Analysts state that the current signals are better interpreted as the end of the net outflow state rather than confirming sustained inflows. The net flow of stablecoins is no longer clearly negative, and the SSR (stablecoin supply ratio) has retreated from recent highs, but neither indicator has confirmed a continued expansion of liquidity.A comprehensive liquidity reversal requires sustained positive net flows from exchanges and an expansion of those flows, while the SSR oscillation indicators continue to decline into neutral territory. Currently, only the first phase transition from outflow to a more balanced state has been completed, with the main risk being a return to negative net flows.

Stablecoin issuer Circle and cryptocurrency exchange OKX announced a partnership to jointly expand the liquidity and trading utility of USDC on the OKX platform.This collaboration supports broader access to USDC-denominated markets, covering spot, margin, and futures trading. Circle stated that as the digital asset market expands, trusted dollar stablecoin liquidity becomes a core trading infrastructure, providing eligible users with more ways to trade using USDC.

Venture capital firm Dragonfly managing partner Haseeb Qureshi posted on X that the IPOs of Anthropic and OpenAI will represent the largest liquidity transfer from global institutions to San Francisco futurists in history.He anticipates that the most concentrated beneficiaries of this funding will be San Francisco real estate and cryptocurrency. Employee lock-up periods typically expire 180 days after the IPO. Anthropic is expected to IPO in mid-October, so this process is anticipated to begin in April 2027 and continue with OpenAI's IPO the following year.

Axis announced the launch of Axis Prime, expanding its previously built fragmented market execution infrastructure for institutional allocators running market-neutral strategies to provide institutional liquidity and execution services for new banks, brokerages, remittance businesses, and digital asset platforms.Prime completes trade pricing, liquidity acquisition, execution and settlement management, as well as inventory and counterparty risk management through a single institutional relationship. This service supports over 15 currencies, stablecoins, and settlement channels, evaluating more than 25 million cross-asset pricing paths, with selected channels averaging a quoted spread of less than 10 basis points.Axis stated that Prime has completed its first OTC order for a large centralized cryptocurrency exchange. Capital entering Axis supports the balance sheet and trading infrastructure, while Prime utilizes this infrastructure to quote and execute external institutional capital flows, forming a dual-use model of capital formation and liquidity provision in parallel.

Balancer announced that a vulnerability was found in the old Balancer v1 contract, which could lead to LP funds being drained.The related liquidity pools have been deprecated and cannot be paused, and users are advised to withdraw their liquidity as soon as possible. Other Balancer products are not affected.