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Breaking News
Robinhood Chain Fees Exploded 17X in One Week
Robinhood Chain posted a daily fee record of $6 million on September 4, capping a week in which the chain generated roughly $25 million in fees, up sharply from just $1.5 million the week prior.
Pons Launchpad Surpasses PumpFun in Weekly Fees
Pons, the independent token launchpad built on Robinhood Chain, has overtaken Pumpfun in weekly fee generation, recording $10.67 million against Pumpfun's recent totals.
Germany Drafts 25% Flat Tax on Crypto Gains
Germany's Federal Ministry of Finance has drafted legislation that would impose a 25% flat tax on cryptocurrency gains, targeting a fundamental shift away from one of Europe's most investor-friendly crypto tax regimes.
CLARITY Act Faces Growing Doubts Ahead of Key Senate Vote
A former federal prosecutor has declared the CLARITY Act effectively dead, and Republican senators have gone on record with downbeat assessments of the bill's chances ahead of the scheduled September 15 Senate floor vote.
What the Markets Think
Will CLARITY become law in 2026?: 14%.
Polymarket odds have collapsed from 82% in February to around 14% ahead of next week's September 15 Senate vote
, underscoring just how much trouble the bill faces after Republicans warned publicly that ethics provisions remain unresolved.
What price will Bitcoin hit in September?: 100% above $80,000.
Traders collectively believe there is roughly a 100% chance that Bitcoin will hit above $80,000
before month-end, suggesting the recent dormant wallet noise isn't shaking conviction.
Will Germany end the 1-year crypto tax exemption?: No active market found, but the draft legislation is already pricing in a behavioral shift across German HODLers.
The Big Story
Citi Brings Tokenized Cross-Border Payments to Japan
Citigroup is preparing to deploy a blockchain-based cross-border payment service for Japanese corporate clients before the end of 2026, making it the first foreign bank to offer tokenized deposit-based remittances in Japan.
Shamil Karik, the bank's global head of services, confirmed the plan
, framing the move as part of a broader push to modernize cross-border settlement infrastructure in one of Asia's largest economies. The service will allow corporate clients to move capital between accounts in minutes rather than days, removing much of the friction that has historically defined international payments.
Top Stories
Visa Opens a New Route for Onchain Lending Into Payments
Visa has announced a new approach to onchain credit designed to help stablecoin-linked card programs and fintechs access working capital using onchain lending infrastructure and Visa data.
Visa is combining issuer transaction data from VisaNet with decentralized liquidity pools to let card programs borrow against expected future revenue.
The model gives issuers a way to fund card programs without waiting for settlement cycles or turning to traditional credit lines.
Ethereum Sets 2029 Target for Quantum-Resistant L1
The Ethereum Foundation's Protocol Cluster has named quantum resistance its defining research priority, setting December 2029 as the deadline for making Ethereum's Layer 1 fully resistant to quantum attacks across all three core layers: execution, consensus, and data.
Fredrik Svantes, a researcher on the team, said the target reflects the urgency with which the Foundation views the quantum threat.
Monad's DEX Volume Hits Record $513M
Monad has cleared $513M in 24-hour spot DEX volume, a new record for the high-performance Layer 1 chain and a figure that places Monad just behind Solana, Robinhood Chain, BNB Chain, Ethereum, and Base.
The surge reflects growing attention to Monad's EVM-compatible architecture, which promises dramatically higher throughput than legacy Layer 1 networks.
Deep Dive of the Week
Why Is LayerZero Labs Building a Separate Layer 1 Blockchain Called "Zero"?
LayerZero Labs is building Zero, a new Layer-1 blockchain designed to offer the throughput, privacy, and control that large financial institutions need but cannot get from its existing interoperability protocol. The move reflects a strategic recognition that bridging assets across chains is not the same as building infrastructure for institutions that demand sub-second settlement, regulatory compliance, and capital efficiency at scale. Zero is LayerZero's answer to that gap.
By the Numbers
$25 million:
Weekly fees generated by Robinhood Chain over seven days
, up from $1.5 million the prior week.
25%:
Proposed flat tax rate on cryptocurrency gains in Germany
, replacing the current one-year holding exemption.
14%:
Polymarket odds for the CLARITY Act becoming law in 2026
, down from 82% in February.
200 million:
Total users reached by PancakeSwap
, solidifying its position as the dominant DEX by user count.
$513 million:
24-hour spot DEX volume on Monad
, a new record for the chain.
2029:
Target year for Ethereum to become fully quantum-resistant
across execution, consensus, and data layers.
On Our Radar
Hunter Biden memecoin:
Hunter Biden is officially entering the digital asset market with the launch of a memecoin called LAPTOP, set to debut on September 9.
XRP staking on XRPL:
Native lending on the XRP Ledger is closer than ever, with two protocol amendments needing to secure backing from more than 80% of the network's trusted validators.
Solana transaction size upgrade:
Solana is set to triple the maximum size of a single on-chain transaction when Transaction V1 activates on mainnet on September 9, expanding the limit from 1,232 bytes to 4,096 bytes.
Kaspa approaches $1 billion market cap:
Kaspa's native token KAS was trading at around $0.036 with a 24-hour gain of roughly 17.80%, pushing the token's market cap close to the $1 billion milestone.
Until Friday.