Odaily News: The French National Gendarmerie has cracked a violent cryptocurrency-related kidnapping and extortion case that occurred in March 2026, arresting 5 suspects in their 20s in Paris, Isère, and Brittany. According to the case details, two masked men armed with knives broke into the home of a 48-year-old woman in Taninges, Haute-Savoie, in March, binding and beating the victim for several hours and attempting to seize valuables and crypto assets. The suspects then attempted to abduct and transport the victim using her own vehicle, but she managed to escape and seek help from neighbors. Following detention and investigation, 4 suspects were formally charged with unlawful imprisonment and attempted extortion, with 3 of them placed in pre-trial detention. (Le Dauphiné Libéré)

Odaily: According to CryptoRank, in the ranking of perpetual contract trading volume across public chains and ecosystems over the past 30 days, Hyperliquid leads with $240 billion in trading volume, firmly holding its dominant market position. Arbitrum ranks second with $47.2 billion, performing best among general-purpose public chains; Solana ranks third with $46 billion. Following closely are Lighter ($45.6 billion), Ethereum mainnet ($44.9 billion), and edgeX ($42.3 billion).

Odaily reports: Bitcoin News posted on X that Republican Senator Josh Hawley said he voted against it because he worried that high-yield alternatives could siphon funds away from small-town banks, weakening their ability to issue loans to Missouri farmers. When Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono was asked about the reason for opposing advancing CLARITY, she said she was not prepared to comment at this time. The Senate cloture vote fell short of the required 60 votes, and CLARITY failed to advance.

Odaily reports that the platform supports splitting tokenized shares and using them to acquire real public companies.

Odaily News — Column, the bank founded by William Hockey, co-founder of U.S. fintech infrastructure giant Plaid, has officially launched bank-native stablecoin infrastructure. The solution integrates USDC and USDT directly into the bank's core system, placing stablecoin addresses and bank accounts on the same ledger, supporting 24/7 instant conversion between stablecoins and U.S. dollars, and connecting to payment networks including ACH, Fedwire, FedNow, RTP, and SWIFT.

Public information shows that Plaid is a major U.S. provider of bank account connectivity and financial data APIs, offering bank account connection services to thousands of financial applications.

Odaily reports that AI compute infrastructure startup Crusoe has completed a $3.9 billion Series F funding round, with a post-investment valuation of approximately $30.9 billion. The round was co-led by Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners, and Mubadala Investment Company, with participation from Founders Fund, TPG, and the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), among others.

Founded in 2018, Crusoe initially provided services to cryptocurrency miners before pivoting to AI compute infrastructure. The company previously spent two years building a large-scale AI data center in Abilene, Texas, to provide compute power for OpenAI and Microsoft. The company is now shifting toward producing a compact data center called "Spark," which involves loading prefabricated facilities onto trucks and deploying them to locations with idle power capacity to more quickly meet AI inference compute demand. (WSJ)

Odaily reports: Bitcoin News posted on X that Bitdeer has signed a 10-year, 65.1 MW AI computing power agreement at its Johor Bahru campus, bringing its locked-in AI cloud service power to approximately 206.5 MW, with an AI project pipeline exceeding $7 billion.

Bitdeer CFO Michael Potter said that liquid-cooled rack demand for 2027 already exceeds supply. The company still mined 990 bitcoins in June and is deploying 1.93 EH/s of computing power into a 28 MW wind power joint mining project in Texas.

1. Analyst: ETH's recent rebound targets $2,570, with potential upside to $2,700–$3,000;

2. Morgan Stanley increased its holdings by approximately 123 BTC, with total holdings surpassing 8,000 BTC for the first time;

3. Analyst: Bitcoin has entered a cost-game zone, with support at $71,300 and resistance at $79,800;

4. CZ responds to rumors of surpassing Zhang Yiming in net worth: health, family, and friendship matter more than wealth rankings;

5. Nikita Bier comments on Solana ecosystem project UsePaid: creative use of X Money, but suggests adding an exit option;

6. Bitdeer produced 1,310 Bitcoin in August, up 249% year-over-year;

7. U.S. and Brent crude oil prices declined, with WTI crude falling below $96 per barrel;

8. Over $1.5 billion in ETH accumulated purchases over the past 20 days, with BlackRock's ETHA and ETHB combined buying;

9. FLOP Labs testnet tokens will support real fund transactions via the HTLC protocol;

10. El Salvador's Bitcoin holdings increased to 7,777 BTC, with unrealized gains of approximately $162 million.

Odaily reports, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale opened a long position of 3,380 ZEC on Hyperliquid with 10x leverage, worth approximately $4.56 million, with a liquidation price of $1,275.

Odaily News: According to market sources, Coreweave plans to issue $3 billion in convertible senior notes.

Odaily News: According to Gate data, Brent crude oil (XBRUSD) fell to $104/barrel, currently at $103.86/barrel, with a 24-hour decline of 3.8%.

Odaily reports that according to Lookonchain monitoring, Unipcs (Bonk Guy) continued to hold through the market pullback, and their portfolio rose by more than $2.1 million over the past 24 hours, returning to the top of FOMO.

Odaily reports that the Zilliqa network's second exchange migration hard fork is expected to trigger on September 22 at 7:21 UTC at block height 36,383,378. ZIL from participating exchanges will be migrated from legacy wallets to verified Zilliqa EVM addresses, involving multiple exchanges; Bithumb is expected to complete its migration in the third hard fork.

After the migration is complete, each exchange will gradually resume ZIL deposits and withdrawals on Zilliqa EVM, with specific timing subject to each platform's announcement.

Odaily News: Following the Federal Reserve's rate hike, a wave of liquidations swept through the cryptocurrency market, with traders facing a cumulative $345 million in liquidations. Zcash subsequently rose 17%. (CoinDesk)

Odaily reports: The European Union plans to introduce the "AI Kids Act," which would prohibit chatbots such as ChatGPT, Character.ai, and Snapchat My AI from simulating emotions or personal relationships when interacting with users under 18, in order to prevent minors from developing emotional dependence on AI. The act would strictly restrict chatbot features aimed at minors, targeting the core experience design that currently makes users "addicted." (WIRED)

Odaily News: The U.S. House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday advanced the American Reserve Modernization Act (H.R. 8957) by a vote of 28 to 21. All 28 votes in favor came from Republicans, while all 21 votes against came from Democrats.

The bill requires the Treasury Department to establish a Bitcoin strategic reserve and a digital asset reserve within 180 days, and mandates that federal agencies declare their asset holdings within 60 days. Bitcoin included in the reserve may not be sold, exchanged, auctioned, or pledged as collateral for 20 years.

The revised text removes provisions to purchase additional Bitcoin using Federal Reserve funds, gold certificate revaluation, and tariff revenues, and changes the frequency of proof-of-reserve reports from quarterly to annual. The bill does not authorize the purchase of Bitcoin; it only requires the Treasury Department and the Commerce Department to study acquisition plans that impose no cost on taxpayers. (Decrypt)