Odaily News: Reports indicate that scammers have leveraged the hype around GTA 6 to set up phishing websites, claiming to sell a leaked version of the game for $50 or 1 SOL, tricking visitors into connecting their wallets and signing malicious transactions. The site contains approximately 2.4MB of malicious scripts capable of identifying wallet assets across seven chains—Ethereum, Polygon, BNB Chain, Avalanche, Arbitrum, Base, and Fantom—and either immediately transferring assets based on the permissions signed by victims, or obtaining permissions for subsequent transfers of tokens and NFTs. Before triggering, the scripts check the visitor's IP address to avoid 10 countries, including Armenia and Russia.
Odaily News According to data from prediction market platform Polymarket, the CLARITY Act has a 15% probability of completing legislation and receiving the President's signature by 2026, with related contract trading volume reaching approximately $11.62 million. Kalshi data shows that the probability of this bill or other qualifying crypto market structure bills becoming law before July 1, 2027, is 30%, and 50% before January 1, 2028.
In remarks during a hearing on September 2, House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill highlighted the House's passage of the CLARITY Act as a committee achievement, stating that Republican committee members are pushing to codify related reforms into law to make financial rules durable and predictable over the long term.
According to the U.S. Senate schedule, the motion to invoke cloture on H.R. 3633 could move to a vote as early as September 15 at 2:15 p.m., typically requiring 60 votes. The Senate Banking Committee advanced the bill on May 14 with 15 votes in favor and 9 against. The subsequent amended text addresses the regulatory authority of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), consumer protections, illicit finance, DeFi, intermediary oversight, and disclosure requirements. (Bitcoin.com News)
According to Odaily Meme Flash monitoring, HOTDOG's market cap on Robinhood has surpassed $2.31 million.
One source indicates that the core meme behind HOTDOG stems from Costco's legendary $1.50 hot dog: the price has remained unchanged for years, and HOTDOG has been assigned the corresponding relationship that "1 HOTDOG equals 1 Costco hot dog." Another source notes that the hot dog avatar can serve as a template, allowing users to replace the dog head with their own profile picture, fostering a unified community meme culture centered around Costco, hot dogs, and dog avatars.
「Meme Flash」is curated by Odaily's proprietary AI model, which screens trending community-backed potential assets. The content is compiled based on public information and does not constitute investment advice. Please exercise your own judgment and be aware of the high volatility risks associated with meme coins.
Odaily News: According to on-chain data, Robinhood Chain generated $3.75 million in on-chain fees over the past 24 hours, exceeding the combined fees of Solana, Ethereum, and Base during the same period.
Odaily News: According to on-chain analyst Ember's monitoring, a whale/institution accumulated and staked 2.886 million HYPE at an average price of approximately $19.8 early last year, and completed its full liquidation over the past month at around $64.9, realizing a profit of $132 million—a return rate of 228%. 20 minutes ago, the address transferred its final 969,000 HYPE, worth approximately $79.18 million, to Coinbase Prime and FalconX.
Odaily News The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a motion to dismiss CME's motion regarding the perpetual contract lawsuit. The motion argues that CME lacks standing in this lawsuit, citing reasons including that CME itself is equally capable of launching perpetual contracts, and therefore any alleged harm is essentially self-inflicted. Previously, CME planned to sue the CFTC over the agency's decision to greenlight bitcoin perpetual contracts for Kalshi.
Odaily News: Brian Armstrong posted on the X platform, stating that the charting features in the Coinbase app have been upgraded and are now available for users to experience.
Odaily News: The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is reviewing rules to address potential conflicts of interest between prediction market exchanges and their affiliated trading companies.
Odaily News: According to sources familiar with the matter, Payward completed an $800 million fundraising round at a $2 billion valuation in November 2025 and confidentially submitted its S-1 registration statement, before shelving its listing plans due to unfavorable market conditions. The company completed the acquisition of derivatives platform Bitnomial in May, and the acquisition of stablecoin payments platform Reap in July, followed by an agreement to acquire Magic Labs' wallet infrastructure business, aiming to transform Kraken from a crypto exchange into a broader financial services platform.
Odaily News U.S. crypto exchange Kraken's parent company, Payward, has postponed its IPO plans to as early as Q2 2027. Payward had previously filed its S-1 registration statement confidentially but subsequently shelved the listing plans due to unfavorable market conditions.
Meanwhile, Payward is expanding its business footprint through acquisitions, having completed deals this year for derivatives platform Bitnomial and stablecoin payment platform Reap, as well as agreeing to acquire Magic Labs' wallet infrastructure business, driving Kraken's transformation from a crypto exchange into a broader financial services platform. (CoinDesk)
According to Odaily Meme Flash monitoring, the market cap of KIRKLAND on Robinhood has surpassed $1.08 million.
The Kirkland concept originates from Kirkland Signature, the private label brand under Costco, which is named after the town of Kirkland in Washington State and has gained widespread cultural recognition for its affordable, high-quality consumer goods. The community has extended this image onto the blockchain, championing the concept of "transparent, inclusive digital assets," and uses Costco stock (COST) as the underlying pool asset, forming a "Kirkland × Costco × tokenized US stocks" narrative.
"Meme Flash" is curated by Odaily's proprietary AI model, which screens for community trending potential targets. This content is compiled based on public information and does not constitute investment advice. Please exercise your own judgment and be aware of the high volatility risks associated with Meme coins.
Odaily News - World (formerly Worldcoin) announced the open-sourcing of its zero-knowledge identity proof toolkit, ProveKit. Previously available through early access within World ID, this toolkit allows users to generate cryptographic proofs directly on their phones or browsers without revealing personal data, with verifiers only receiving confirmation of specific claims. World stated that ProveKit employs local proof generation rather than delegated proving, meaning sensitive personal information never needs to be sent to external servers. ProveKit has been in development for approximately two years, supports the Noir language, and can run on standard consumer-grade hardware such as smartphones and browsers. It aims to achieve 128-bit post-quantum security and requires no trusted setup.
Odaily News: According to monitoring by Galaxy's Head of Research, the COLDCARD Wave 3 attacker has moved stolen funds for the first time, exchanging them for ETH via the THORChain cross-chain DEX. This marks the first on-chain transfer of funds from the original hacker address across Waves 1, 2, or 3.
Odaily News: Digital asset manager Grayscale stated that as of the end of 2025, direct and indirect holdings of corporate stocks in U.S. household financial assets reached 46.71%, up from 43.99% a year earlier. Grayscale Head of Research Zach Pandl noted that the rising concentration in stock holdings and elevated valuations have increased the opportunity for crypto assets to be used for portfolio diversification.
Grayscale stated that consensus expectations for long-term earnings growth of the S&P 500 index rose above 25% on August 28, significantly higher than the historical range typically concentrated between 10% and 15%. The firm believes that after the market correction in crypto assets, valuations, leverage levels, and investor long positioning have all declined.
Data released by Grayscale shows that Bitcoin's 90-day correlation with the Nasdaq 100 index has fallen from above 60% to approximately 33%, while its correlation with gold has risen from near zero to over 50%. Grayscale also noted that Bitcoin's historical volatility is higher than broad equity indexes, and it does not always act as a safe-haven asset. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: XCE, a UK executive recruitment firm, has increased its Bitcoin holdings by 10 BTC. The funds for the additional purchase came from strategic investor Adam Back's common stock subscription, bringing its total holdings to 72.94 BTC.
Odaily News: The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized approximately $560,000 in cryptocurrency and taken control of the domain and servers of a fundraising website linked to Hamas. The U.S. Department of Justice stated that these funds were allegedly intended for use by Hamas's military wing, Al Qassam Brigades.
Investigators tracked and confiscated the relevant crypto assets based on three seizure warrants issued on March 25, June 25, and October 10, 2025. Court documents show that the assets involved include Bitcoin, Ethereum, Wrapped Ethereum, Tether (USDT), and TRON (TRX), distributed across 18 addresses controlled by Tether and 3 Binance accounts.
According to court documents, encrypted chat groups had directed supporters to visit AlQassam.ps and solicited donations via rotating wallet addresses. After the FBI took over the relevant domain and servers, it obtained information on thousands of individuals who had contacted Hamas to inquire about making donations. (Decrypt)
