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Geoff Kendrick, the Global Head of Digital Asset Research at Standard Chartered, stated in a research report that SKY could reach $0.325 by the end of 2028, which is five times the benchmark price of $0.065 set in the report. The bank expects that the price increase of SKY will roughly synchronize with ETH and outperform Bitcoin before the end of 2028.Sky is a decentralized finance platform that will adopt its current name in 2024 and launch USDS and the governance token SKY. Since September 2024, Sky's agency has borrowed $5.9 billion USDS; the supply of USDS reached $10.04 billion in June, a year-on-year increase of 96.9%, down from $11.14 billion in May. Standard Chartered stated that further growth in USDS supply will drive protocol revenue and increase distributions to token holders, while staking rewards and a token buyback mechanism will be used to distribute value to SKY holders. The bank expects that the value distributed to holders will at least double in the next 12 months and noted that the slower-than-expected growth of yield-bearing stablecoins is a major risk to SKY's outlook.

Anchorage Digital, a federally chartered crypto bank in the United States, has partnered with the stablecoin protocol Frgmnt to provide institutional clients access to fUSD and sfUSD tokens through its custody platform. Institutional clients can hold, mint, redeem, stake, and unstake fUSD without setting up separate custody arrangements.Frgmnt is a stablecoin protocol built on the Base network, issuing fUSD collateralized by USDC, with collateral assets deployed in on-chain lending markets. Users can stake fUSD for sfUSD to earn yields generated by the underlying strategies of the protocol. According to DeFiLlama data, the protocol has approximately $100,000 locked and is currently in a capped invitation-only testing phase, with plans to open public access and increase deposit limits on September 15. As of September 4, the annualized yield for sfUSD is approximately 13.32%.Anchorage Digital Bank is regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and its parent company, Anchorage Digital, reached a valuation of $4.2 billion after receiving a $100 million investment from Tether in February. Previously, Tether had commissioned Anchorage to issue the stablecoin USAt for the U.S. market in January, and Anchorage has also collaborated with Grupo Salinas, Marinade Finance, and others to expand stablecoin payment and staking services.

According to official news, the Gate Launchpool Phase 375 MarsCat (MCAT) event is currently underway and will last until September 24 at 20:00 (UTC+8). Users can stake USDT, GT, or MCAT to share 2,000,000 MCAT tokens for free, with the current prize pool exceeding one million dollars. Among them, the total amount of USDT staked has reached 83,708,714.6 USDT, with an estimated annualized return rate of 13.69%; the estimated annualized return rate for the GT staking pool is 174.53%; and the estimated annualized return rate for the MCAT staking pool is 7522.57%.In addition, the Gate Launchpool CP and ALIGN events are simultaneously ongoing, with three major Launchpool activities running in parallel, providing users with diverse staking options. In the Gate Launchpool CP event, the total amount of ETH staked has reached 15,974.39 ETH, with an estimated annualized return rate of 3.15%; the estimated annualized return rate for the BTC staking pool is 1.41%; and the estimated annualized return rate for the CP staking pool is 61.65%. In the Gate Launchpool ALIGN event, the total amount of USDT staked has reached 137,165,777.41 USDT, with an estimated annualized return rate of 4.76%; the estimated annualized return rate for the GT staking pool is 0.96%; and the estimated annualized return rate for the ALIGN staking pool is 116.85%.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a suspected address related to @HypeStrat (0x6436...0103) has accumulated and staked 365,000 HYPE in the last 24 hours, worth $29.65 million.In the past half month, this address has gradually accumulated and staked 3.029 million HYPE, worth $252 million, with an average price of about $83.4. According to the data released yesterday, it currently holds 31.8 million HYPE, worth $2.513 billion.

According to the Ark Invest Tracker, ARK Invest made the following portfolio adjustments on September 10, 2026, for several of its ETFs:Buying direction: ARKK and ARKG simultaneously bought Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA), totaling 89,284 shares, accounting for 0.0149% and 0.0041% of each fund's total position, respectively; ARKW and ARKF simultaneously bought 3IQ Solana Staking ETF (SOLQ.U), totaling 4,021 shares, accounting for 0.001% and 0.0019% of each fund's total position, respectively.Selling direction: ARKK, ARKW, and ARKF simultaneously reduced their holdings in Brera Holdings PLC (SLMT), selling a total of 4,156 shares, with each accounting for no more than 0.0003%.

According to on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain, the whale address 0x8e48 purchased 116,427 $HYPE (approximately 9.91 million USD) again 6 hours ago.In the past 8 months, this whale has cumulatively purchased 1.89 million $HYPE (approximately 159 million USD) through Galaxy Digital and has staked all holdings.

The first staking exchange-traded fund linked to Tron will debut in the U.S. market on Wednesday. The Canary Staked TRX ETF launched by Canary Capital will be traded under the ticker TRXS, providing investors with a new way to access TRX tokens through traditional markets. This ETF also has the potential to earn more TRX through the network's proof-of-stake mechanism, with staking rewards reflected in the fund's net asset value.Tron founder Justin Sun stated that the launch of this fund indicates the growing recognition of the Tron network as a key infrastructure for the global digital economy. Canary Capital CEO Steven McClurg noted that as the adoption of stablecoins continues to grow globally, Tron has become a critical infrastructure supporting digital asset payments and settlements. Over the past year, Canary Capital has launched multiple crypto ETFs, including products tracking HBAR, Litecoin, and XRP. According to The Block price data, TRX has a market capitalization of approximately $32.1 billion, ranking as the eighth largest cryptocurrency.

According to CryptoBriefing, the Bitcoin wallet Xverse has launched a joint Bitcoin staking service, allowing users to pair sBTC with STX tokens to participate in the Stacks PoX-5 locking period. During the staking period, Bitcoin remains on the Bitcoin mainnet and is controlled by the users, without the need for cross-chain or wrapping. This feature requires an upgrade to the Xverse v2.9 version wallet.Registration will close on September 9 or when the quota is used up. Staking rewards are expected to be distributed starting September 10 (Bitcoin block 966350, corresponding to Stacks' 143rd period). Institutions such as UTXO (a subsidiary of Nakamoto Inc.), HashKey Cloud, and 21shares have joined as anchor participants. Previously, Xverse managed approximately 152 million STX in non-custodial staking.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, the suspected largest HYPE holding institution of a16z continued to buy HYPE today. This institution previously spent 66.4 million USDC to purchase 816,000 HYPE at an average price of 81.3 dollars a week ago; 8 hours ago, it transferred 13.05 million USDC to Hyperliquid and purchased HYPE through a TWAP method.Currently, this institution has bought and staked 5.201 million HYPE, worth approximately 445 million dollars, with an average purchase price of about 67.2 dollars, and the current floating profit is approximately 95.18 million dollars.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, at the end of July, a whale or institution that redeemed 2.886 million HYPE from staking has completed liquidation, transferring the last 969,000 HYPE ($79.18 million) to Coinbase Prime and FalconX 20 minutes ago.They accumulated and staked it at around $19.8 at the beginning of last year, and liquidated it at around $64.9 in the past month, making a profit of $132 million (+228%).

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale execution wallet has accumulated the purchase of 155,980 HYPE, worth approximately 12.91 million USD, at an average price of about 82.77 USD, without selling any HYPE.The accumulated HYPE has been transferred to another wallet and staked, while the execution wallet still has about 4.34 million USD in USDC available and continues to buy.

The cryptocurrency retirement investment platform BitcoinIRA has announced the launch of Freedom Accounts, which are individual taxable cryptocurrency investment accounts now available to eligible clients. These accounts can be managed alongside Crypto IRAs on the same platform and dashboard for both retirement and non-retirement cryptocurrency investments.These accounts are not subject to IRA contribution limits, required minimum distributions, or age withdrawal restrictions. Clients can fund them with cash or transfer supported cryptocurrencies in-kind from external platforms like Coinbase, Kraken, and Robinhood without having to sell first. BitcoinIRA does not charge fees for eligible in-kind transfers (network or sending platform fees may apply). Accounts can buy and sell over 100 cryptocurrencies 24/7, offer staking rewards on eligible assets (not guaranteed), and support automatic rebalancing of Crypto Bundles or custom portfolios.Custody is provided by Nevada-licensed trust company Digital Trust and BitGo multi-signature wallets. Freedom Accounts complement rather than replace Crypto IRAs, and eligible BitcoinIRA accounts automatically include this feature. BitcoinIRA was founded in 2016 and has processed billions of dollars in transactions for over 200,000 Americans. Co-founder Chris Kline stated that clients' financial lives extend beyond IRAs, and Freedom Accounts are the next step in expanding the platform, allowing clients to manage retirement and non-retirement cryptocurrency investments more flexibly in one place.

According to market news, the new address "0x9807...19c9D" withdrew approximately 44.19 million ENA from Coinbase about 4 hours ago, worth approximately 6.82 million dollars, and staked all the tokens to the Ethereum-based stablecoin protocol Ethena contract about 3 hours ago.

The revenue from fees priced in SOL on Solana reached a seven-day average of nearly 9,200 SOL on August 27, an increase of over 80% compared to three months ago; the non-voting transaction volume also set a new seven-day high of 191 million transactions, compared to only 88 million transactions a year ago. Jito validator tips averaged 2,073 SOL daily over the past week, a 26% increase week-on-week, directly reflecting the increase in on-chain activity.Meanwhile, the SGP-0002 "Dual Deflation" proposal passed last Friday with just over 67% support (the threshold was 66.67%), with a voting participation rate of 60.7%, covering 1,326 validators, setting a historical high for governance participation on the Solana chain. This proposal will double the annual deflation rate from 15% to 30%, expected to reduce the planned issuance by approximately 18.9 million SOL over six years.This means that the new SOL supply entering the market each year will decrease, and the rewards for validators completing the same amount of work will also decline. Staking rewards will drop from about 5.25% to 2.25% in the third year, which will squeeze validators that rely on inflation revenue rather than transaction fees, and many validators may face losses within three years. However, this impact will mainly affect small independent operators, and ordinary users are not expected to experience significant changes in the speed and costs of using the Solana network.

Bitcoin mining company BitMine Immersion Technologies stated in its latest staking disclosure that as of August 30, it has staked 5,067,309 ETH, valued at approximately $12.7 billion based on a price of $2,511. The company's disclosed staking balance remained unchanged from August 9 to 30, while it added 53,501 ETH in the latest week, bringing its total holdings to 5,901,112 ETH.BitMine indicated that its Ethereum vault accounts for about 4.9% of the total Ethereum supply of 120.7 million coins, and the company had previously set a target to acquire 5% of the total Ethereum supply. The company has set the annualized yield for its staking operations over the past seven days at 2.63%, stating that the annualized staking income corresponding to the current holdings is approximately $335 million; if the entire ETH balance is staked through its self-built network and staking partners at the same yield, the annualized staking rewards could reach $390 million.BitMine officially launched its self-built "Made in America Validator Network" (MAVAN) in April this year. In its April disclosure, the company mentioned that some staked ETH had already been deployed on MAVAN, but did not specify the exact amount. BitMine's staking holdings were 4,879,157 ETH at the beginning of July, surpassed 5 million on August 9, and have remained stable in the subsequent four weekly disclosures. The company's chairman, Tom Lee, has stated that BitMine's staked ETH amount exceeds that of any other entity.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a certain institution has successively transferred 52,739 ETH (approximately 129 million USD) to six CEXs including Binance and OKX from yesterday until now. Currently, there are still 101,561 ETH (approximately 249 million USD) in the address.The ETH originated from withdrawals from Coinbase at an average price of about 1,700 USD between 2021 and 2022, was deposited into Ethereum staking in 2023, and was redeemed from staking last January. In the past two days, it has been aggregated into two wallets and then successively transferred to multiple CEXs.

According to PR Newswire, Ethereum treasury company BitMine increased its holdings by 53,501 Ethereum last week, marking 65 consecutive weeks of weekly increases. As of August 30, 2026, its total Ethereum holdings reached 5,901,112 coins, accounting for approximately 4.9% of the total Ethereum supply.Currently, the total value of the cryptocurrencies, cash, and other investment assets held by BitMine is approximately $15.6 billion, which includes $541 million in cash and securities, 211 Bitcoin, $180 million in equity assets from Beast Industries, and a $81 million investment in Eightco Holdings (ORBS).In addition, the amount of Ethereum it has staked remains at 5,067,309 coins (86% of total holdings), valued at approximately $12.7 billion, with a current annualized staking yield of about $335 million.

According to Crowdfund Insider, the Ethena Foundation has announced a series of adjustments to reduce the selling pressure caused by early investors unlocking their tokens. The foundation has repurchased some of the remaining locked ENA from large seed round investors through over-the-counter transactions and has agreed with major investors to end the remaining vesting arrangements early.Starting from October 5, there will be no investor tokens under lock-up, while team tokens will maintain the original lock-up and vesting terms.