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Michael Saylor Publishes Long Article "Prescriptions for Prosperity in the Digital Economy": BTC Should Be Integrated into the Banking and Insurance System
Odaily Report: Michael Saylor published a long article titled "Prescriptions for Prosperity in the Digital Economy," stating that artificial intelligence will greatly enhance the productive capacity of individuals and enterprises, thus requiring greater freedom to create, finance, own, and trade assets. He proposed establishing a "Digital Bill of Rights" for digital assets, the core of which is to grant individuals and enterprises the rights to Create, Issue, Custody, Transfer, and Use digital assets, and to provide foundational protections in financial privacy, asset ownership, and market access.Saylor believes that digital intelligence will drive the birth of a large number of new enterprises, and that the cost, complexity, and time required for financing should be reduced, while capital formation efficiency should be improved through means such as digital tokens. He proposed aiming to enable 10 million new businesses to access financing, while establishing clear issuance rules and risk-matched information disclosure requirements.Regarding the digital dollar, Saylor advocates allowing banks, fintech companies, and technology platforms to compete more fully in digital dollar products, and permitting issuers to compete on yield. He believes that the United States can further expand the global reach of the dollar by allowing enterprises to develop more competitive digital dollar products.As for Bitcoin, Saylor defines it as "Digital Capital," advocating that banks be allowed to custody Bitcoin under clear rules and provide credit using it as collateral, while establishing a viable path for insurance companies to include digital capital in their balance sheets and product design. He specifically mentioned that the Basel Accord applies a 1250% risk weight to certain crypto asset exposures, and believes that regulators should reassess relevant capital requirements based on the actual risks of digital assets and specific business activities.
Paradigm Co-founder: Zcash Developer Fund Is Crucial, Pure Coin-Holder Voting May Undermine Long-Term Trust
Paradigm co-founder Matt Huang posted on the X platform outlining some views on Zcash. He stated that blockchain ecosystems generally face the challenge of long-term funding sources, especially for public goods financing, and that funding developer funds through an inflation mechanism is a viable approach. He believes that amid the backdrop of AI-enhanced cyberattack capabilities and the rapid development of quantum technology, the Zcash developer fund remains highly significant.Matt Huang also stated that as Zcash gains greater acceptance and adoption as a privacy supplement to Bitcoin, governance relying purely on coin-holder voting may introduce unpredictability and affect its ability to build long-term trust as a monetary asset. Therefore, Zcash is better suited to combining coin-holder voting with other governance approaches. Matt Huang also disclosed that Paradigm is an investor in ZEC and ZODL.In the early hours of today, ZEC briefly broke above $1,385, setting a new all-time high.
Rockawayx Acquires Relayer Capital, Adding Long/Short Strategy with ~70% Returns Since 2026
Odaily News: Digital asset investment platform Rockawayx has acquired digital asset hedge fund Relayer Capital, incorporating its directional long/short strategy into its approximately $2 billion investment platform. Relayer Capital founder Austin Barack will continue to oversee the strategy and assume the role of Chief Investment Officer of the newly renamed Rockawayx Liquid Opportunities Fund.Rockawayx CEO Viktor Fischer stated that the fund will invest in highly liquid crypto tokens and digital asset-related equities, with a focus on identifying assets that are mispriced relative to their business fundamentals, market position, or growth prospects. The fund is currently open to new external investors.Rockawayx disclosed that the strategy's estimated net return from the start of 2026 through August 21 stands at approximately 70%, outperforming a weighted portfolio of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana by 86 percentage points. Major contributing positions include Venice AI, Hyperliquid, Grass Network, Pump.fun, and Zcash, with investment themes centered on AI and tokenized real-world asset markets.The acquisition adds a directional liquid strategy to Rockawayx's venture capital and market-neutral businesses. Rockawayx also operates infrastructure and onchain liquidity divisions, noting that these capabilities support its team in identifying blockchain market opportunities across stages—from early-stage funding and token issuance to public market trading. (Bitcoin.com News)
Druckenmiller Criticizes U.S. Treasury's Expansion of Long-Term Treasury Repo Operations: Could Evolve Into 'De Facto QE'
According to Bitcoin News, which cited an opinion piece from The Wall Street Journal, legendary investor Stanley Druckenmiller criticized U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's proposal to increase the size of a single long-term Treasury bond repurchase transaction from $2 billion to at least $4 billion, arguing that the measure could overstep its bounds in liquidity management and cross into intervention aimed at suppressing long-term yields. Druckenmiller pointed out that with inflation still running above target, the U.S. fiscal deficit accounting for roughly 6% of GDP, and federal debt exceeding $40 trillion, rising yields may accurately reflect the bond market's rational pricing of deteriorating U.S. fiscal conditions. He warned that if markets believe the Treasury is defending a specific yield level, traders could repeatedly test the limits of government intervention, forcing the repurchase volume to keep expanding. He also maintained that the Treasury's strategy of buying back long-term Treasuries while simultaneously issuing short-term T-bills effectively strips duration risk from the market, closely resembling a small-scale quantitative easing program executed directly by the Treasury. His advice is to allow the bond market to determine the government's financing costs, and to resolve fundamental fiscal imbalances through deficit reduction, entitlement reform, and enhanced debt management.
Morgan Stanley: US Treasury Doubles Long-Term Treasury Buyback Volume; Signaling Value Outweighs Substantive Impact
According to TechFlow research, Morgan Stanley's August 20 report noted that the U.S. Treasury will increase the size of its liquidity-supporting repo operations for the 10-to-20-year and 20-to-30-year tenors from $2 billion per transaction to at least $4 billion, effective September 9. This marks the first adjustment to the repurchase volume outside of the quarterly refinancing window since the repo program launched in May 2024. The two tenors combined add $1.6 billion in notional amount, corresponding to approximately $19.3 million in DV01 (price change per one-basis-point move in rates), with a risk impact roughly double that of the November 2023 "supply surprise." Morgan Stanley stated that the Treasury's decision to expand repurchases ahead of schedule outside the quarterly refinancing window aims to signal close monitoring of long-end interest rate dynamics to the market, thereby buying time for the November refinancing window. The recent rise in the 10-year Treasury yield and curve steepening primarily reflect the market's repricing of energy prices and central bank policy trajectories, rather than concerns over deficits or supply. Morgan Stanley maintains its recommendation for a 7-year versus 30-year Treasury curve steepening trade, targeting a spread of 100 basis points (currently around 71 basis points). On the FX front, coordinated volatility in gold and the Swiss franc hit an annual peak on August 19; should the U.S. dollar policy narrative reassert itself, EUR/USD is likely to approach 1.2150.
Serenity: The AI Supply Chain Boom Is Far From Over, With Storage, Packaging, and Power Sectors Poised for Long-Term Demand Surge
Odaily News "White-Haired Stock God" Serenity shared insights on the AI industry chain on the X platform, noting that AI infrastructure demand is driving multiple sectors—including storage, advanced packaging, computing power financing, optical communications, power supply, and electronic components—into a long-term expansion cycle. The AI supply chain remains in a phase of rapid growth.In the storage sector, Serenity cited UBS forecasts indicating that traditional DRAM manufacturers (such as Micron) could see gross margins reach an unprecedented 95% by 2027, potentially even surpassing the gross margin levels of HBM products. Additionally, SanDisk's long-term agreements already cover approximately two-thirds of its 2028 production capacity, with minimum contracted revenue reaching $93 billion. Given its current market cap of around $239 billion, this suggests its future revenue targets could persist for years, making it difficult to simply classify the company as a traditional cyclical stock.On the cloud computing infrastructure front, CoreWeave has signed agreements to use Nvidia A100 GPUs through 2029. This is a positive development for emerging cloud computing companies such as Nebius and Iren, and it also weakens some investors' bearish thesis centered on the rapid depreciation of older GPUs.AI model companies are also continuing to grow at a pace that exceeds expectations. Frontier AI labs are still maintaining extremely rapid growth rates, and a slowdown in growth would actually be a cause for concern. The market projects that Anthropic's 2028 revenue could reach $190 billion to $200 billion.However, advanced packaging and semiconductor infrastructure remain core bottlenecks. The head of advanced packaging at TSMC has stated that in the coming years, the industry may face not only memory shortages but also tight supply of ABF substrates.Serenity concluded that the AI infrastructure supply chain is continuously expanding. From GPUs, storage, and advanced packaging to power, optical communications, and electronic components, every segment is showing a long-term demand growth trend. The AI supply chain is still in a high-speed development stage.
Michael Saylor Publishes Long Article "Prescriptions for Prosperity in the Digital Economy": BTC Should Be Integrated into the Banking and Insurance System
Odaily Report: Michael Saylor published a long article titled "Prescriptions for Prosperity in the Digital Economy," stating that artificial intelligence will greatly enhance the productive capacity of individuals and enterprises, thus requiring greater freedom to create, finance, own, and trade assets. He proposed establishing a "Digital Bill of Rights" for digital assets, the core of which is to grant individuals and enterprises the rights to Create, Issue, Custody, Transfer, and Use digital assets, and to provide foundational protections in financial privacy, asset ownership, and market access.Saylor believes that digital intelligence will drive the birth of a large number of new enterprises, and that the cost, complexity, and time required for financing should be reduced, while capital formation efficiency should be improved through means such as digital tokens. He proposed aiming to enable 10 million new businesses to access financing, while establishing clear issuance rules and risk-matched information disclosure requirements.Regarding the digital dollar, Saylor advocates allowing banks, fintech companies, and technology platforms to compete more fully in digital dollar products, and permitting issuers to compete on yield. He believes that the United States can further expand the global reach of the dollar by allowing enterprises to develop more competitive digital dollar products.As for Bitcoin, Saylor defines it as "Digital Capital," advocating that banks be allowed to custody Bitcoin under clear rules and provide credit using it as collateral, while establishing a viable path for insurance companies to include digital capital in their balance sheets and product design. He specifically mentioned that the Basel Accord applies a 1250% risk weight to certain crypto asset exposures, and believes that regulators should reassess relevant capital requirements based on the actual risks of digital assets and specific business activities.
Policy Volatility Coupled with Rate Hike Expectations: HTX Goes Live Focusing on the $75,000 Long-Short Battle for BTC
According to official social media announcements, HTX will host a live stream at 8 PM today titled “The Clarity Act Stalls, Fed Rate Hikes Weigh Heavily: Is the $75K $BTC Defense Line a Bear Factor Clearance or the Eve of a Breakdown?” Crypto KOLs including Chan Ge, Damo Ge, 0x31ad, FoodieNotAfraidOfFat, and Zizi will join the broadcast to discuss developments surrounding the Clarity Act, expected Federal Reserve monetary policy shifts, and their impact on cryptocurrency market liquidity. Building on BTC’s recent price action, the session will closely examine the long-versus-short dynamics around the critical $75,000 support level and outline the key variables that could shape market conditions going forward.
Galaxy Digital Founder: If the CLARITY Act Fails to Advance, U.S. Crypto Regulation May Stagnate Long-Term
TechFlow: Galaxy Digital founder Mike Novogratz stated that if the CLARITY Act fails to advance tomorrow, the United States may struggle to establish a crypto regulatory framework for an extended period. This would be detrimental to the U.S. and could force more crypto industry companies to relocate overseas. He believes the digital asset and blockchain revolution will continue, but long-term regulatory uncertainty hinders industry development, and he called on U.S. senators from both parties to consider the bigger picture.
Germany Plans to Abolish Tax Exemption on New Bitcoin and Other Crypto Assets Purchased After 2027 for Long-Term Holdings
Odaily News: Bitcoin News posted on X platform, stating that according to WELT, the German Ministry of Finance is drafting a tax reform plan to impose taxes on gains from Bitcoin and other crypto assets purchased after December 31, 2026, which will no longer be eligible for the holding period exemption. Existing holdings will remain subject to current rules, meaning they can be sold tax-free after being held for more than one year. The relevant law is scheduled to take effect in 2027, with the first tax withholding possibly beginning in 2028. The draft is still in its early stages and may be subject to adjustments later.
Coinbase Builds AI "Digital Teammate" CEEcil: Long-Term Memory, Proactive Follow-Ups, and Autonomous Judgment
Odaily News - Coinbase has disclosed the architecture and application of its internal AI system "CEEcil." This system is not a simple chatbot but is designed as an AI agent that functions like a "team member." It can be mentioned in Slack, and possesses long-term memory, proactive follow-up, and judgment capabilities.CEEcil retains team context through a three-tier memory mechanism: in the background, it continuously extracts information such as decisions, blocked items, and owners from authorized channels; each night, it consolidates short-term observations into long-term summaries; and when answering questions, it retrieves historical memories, recent conversations, and real-time data on demand. The system also adopts a tiered model architecture, where simple queries are prioritized for processing via APIs or knowledge bases, and only complex, multi-step tasks are delegated to more powerful AI models, thereby reducing cost and latency.In practical applications, CEEcil can proactively join relevant Slack discussions, send emoji reactions, and automatically follow up when issues go unaddressed. Coinbase states that the system also once refused to submit operational documents containing customer identity information to Git, suggesting the use of redacted versions or compliant storage methods instead—demonstrating a certain level of security judgment.Architecturally, CEEcil consists of a Go service and an AI agent runtime, and connects to tools such as memory retrieval, knowledge bases, real-time queries, and Slack via MCP. Coinbase also has set up a real-time "kill switch," call limits and spending caps, audit mechanisms, and requires human review and merging of the code it generates.Coinbase says CEEcil is now able to help teams handle production incidents and answer expert knowledge that previously would have required waiting hours to obtain. In the future, the company hopes to expand this model into multiple AI agents tailored to specific teams, enabling AI not only to "answer questions" but also to continuously remember, proactively participate, and complete actual work.
Morgan Stanley: US Treasury Doubles Long-Term Treasury Buyback Volume; Signaling Value Outweighs Substantive Impact
According to TechFlow research, Morgan Stanley's August 20 report noted that the U.S. Treasury will increase the size of its liquidity-supporting repo operations for the 10-to-20-year and 20-to-30-year tenors from $2 billion per transaction to at least $4 billion, effective September 9. This marks the first adjustment to the repurchase volume outside of the quarterly refinancing window since the repo program launched in May 2024. The two tenors combined add $1.6 billion in notional amount, corresponding to approximately $19.3 million in DV01 (price change per one-basis-point move in rates), with a risk impact roughly double that of the November 2023 "supply surprise." Morgan Stanley stated that the Treasury's decision to expand repurchases ahead of schedule outside the quarterly refinancing window aims to signal close monitoring of long-end interest rate dynamics to the market, thereby buying time for the November refinancing window. The recent rise in the 10-year Treasury yield and curve steepening primarily reflect the market's repricing of energy prices and central bank policy trajectories, rather than concerns over deficits or supply. Morgan Stanley maintains its recommendation for a 7-year versus 30-year Treasury curve steepening trade, targeting a spread of 100 basis points (currently around 71 basis points). On the FX front, coordinated volatility in gold and the Swiss franc hit an annual peak on August 19; should the U.S. dollar policy narrative reassert itself, EUR/USD is likely to approach 1.2150.
Analysis: BTC long-term holder MVRV ratio recovers, re-entering the profitable range.
According to on-chain data platform CryptoQuant (@cryptoquant_com), Bitcoin's adjusted LTH (Long-Term Holders) MVRV metric has exited the mild pressure zone, with the 6-month to 10-year holding cohort collectively returning to profitability. Analyst @_Crypto_glass noted that this is not a phase of deep or sustained losses, but rather a constructive recovery for this holder group, sending a positive signal for the current market cycle.
Unrealized Profit of $14.06 Million: A Certain Whale Adds BTC Short Position After Going Long on ETH
According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a certain whale opened a long position of 20,000 ETH at $1,936 when this market cycle began, and currently has an unrealized profit of $14.06 million. This morning, the whale increased its BTC short position by opening a short of 650 BTC at $84,057, worth $53.68 million, with a current unrealized profit of $950,000.
Unrealized Profit of $17.55 Million, mk4 Holds the Largest 10x Long Position on Hyperliquid NEAR
Odaily News — According to monitoring by Ai Yi, trader mk4 (@mk4_lul, 0x773...bf66) holds the largest NEAR position on Hyperliquid, accounting for 7.68% of open interest. The trader holds a 10x long position of 5.838 million NEAR, valued at $31.28 million, with an average entry price of $2.35 and a current price of $5.36, resulting in an unrealized profit of $17.55 million. This position is currently their only long position; NEAR has risen 187% this month, and mk4 opened the position in early September, with gains of nearly 128% so far.
Analysts: Bitcoin Rebounds Near $84,000, Long-Term Holders Realize Nearly $500 Million in Losses
On-chain analyst Darkfost stated that as Bitcoin advances toward $84,000, some investors holding coins for 9 to 18 months who purchased between $63,000 and $125,000 are choosing to cut their losses and exit. Data shows that the group holding for over 9 months realized losses of $246 million, while the group holding for over 1 year realized losses of $233 million, totaling nearly $500 million.
"Set 10 Big Goals First" BTC Long Position Shows Over $12.26 Million in Unrealized Profit, Return Rate Approximately 26.19%
Odaily News: According to on-chain analyst Aunt AI's monitoring, the whale "Set 10 Big Goals First" currently has an unrealized profit of over $12.26 million on their BTC long position, with a return rate of approximately 26.19%.They had previously stated multiple times that a market reversal trend has arrived and would maintain a long strategy. On August 28, they publicly mentioned adding to their BTC position in the $78,000 to $79,800 price range. Based on current data, the actual position is 2,206.71 BTC, worth approximately $187 million, with an average entry price of about $79,470.92.
Garrett Jin Whale Entity Closes $112 Million Bitcoin Long Position for $8.38 Million Profit, Then Opens 500 BTC Short
According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin, the Garrett Jin whale entity closed a Bitcoin long position worth $112 million at a price of $84,455 yesterday, realizing a profit of $8.38 million. In the early hours of today, it flipped to a short position, opening a 500 BTC short at a price of $85,994, worth $43.31 million.
Paradigm Co-founder: Zcash Developer Fund Is Crucial, Pure Coin-Holder Voting May Undermine Long-Term Trust
Paradigm co-founder Matt Huang posted on the X platform outlining some views on Zcash. He stated that blockchain ecosystems generally face the challenge of long-term funding sources, especially for public goods financing, and that funding developer funds through an inflation mechanism is a viable approach. He believes that amid the backdrop of AI-enhanced cyberattack capabilities and the rapid development of quantum technology, the Zcash developer fund remains highly significant.Matt Huang also stated that as Zcash gains greater acceptance and adoption as a privacy supplement to Bitcoin, governance relying purely on coin-holder voting may introduce unpredictability and affect its ability to build long-term trust as a monetary asset. Therefore, Zcash is better suited to combining coin-holder voting with other governance approaches. Matt Huang also disclosed that Paradigm is an investor in ZEC and ZODL.In the early hours of today, ZEC briefly broke above $1,385, setting a new all-time high.
U.S. Department of Justice Prosecutes Group in $240 Million Bitcoin Theft Case, Ringleader Expected to Plead Guilty
According to the Associated Press, the U.S. Department of Justice has charged Ma Long Ram and 17 other defendants in connection with a Bitcoin theft scheme valued at over $240 million. Prosecutors allege that the group carried out a social engineering attack on a Washington resident by impersonating employees of Google and cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, thereby gaining control of their accounts and security codes to steal more than 4,100 Bitcoin. The suspects subsequently laundered the proceeds through multiple trading platforms and spent the money on sports cars, mansions, luxury watches, private jet services, and nightclub expenses.
Loss of approximately $750,000 in BTC: Long-term Bitcoin holder's Google account compromised
Odaily News: Bitcoin News posted on X platform that a long-term Bitcoin holder had all assets withdrawn from their account within less than 12 hours of transferring BTC to a major Australian exchange. According to a friend of the holder, hackers had compromised their Google account for approximately 3 months, obtaining their email and Google Authenticator credentials backed up to the cloud, and then waited for them to deposit BTC into the exchange. The exchange identified the hacker as the account owner and approved the withdrawal, with the holder receiving a withdrawal approval notification at 3 AM. The post recommends disabling cloud backup for Google Authenticator and using hardware security keys such as YubiKey; setting up two keys can serve as a backup in case one is lost.
Zhipu AI Releases GLM-5.3: Coding and Long-Horizon Task Capabilities Significantly Improved, Model Weights to Be Released in Two Weeks
Z.ai releases GLM-5.3, based on the same foundation model as GLM-5.2, achieving capability improvements through expanded post-training. According to the official announcement, GLM-5.3 improves by 50% over GLM-5.2 on the internal Z.ai Code Bench coding benchmark, and reaches a leading level among open models in public benchmarks such as Terminal Bench 3.0 and Agents' Last Exam. In terms of cybersecurity, GLM-5.3 achieved a score of 84.5% in the CyberGym vulnerability discovery test, and significantly improved compared to the previous generation in exploit chain-related tests such as ExploitBench and ExploitGym.
Ripple to Share North Korean Threat Intelligence with Crypto Industry to Counter Long-Period Social Engineering Attacks
According to CoinDesk, Ripple announced on Monday that it will share its internal intelligence on North Korean hackers with Crypto ISAC, a threat intelligence-sharing organization for the cryptocurrency industry, to help businesses identify coordinated intrusion campaigns. This move comes amid a recent shift in attack patterns targeting the cryptocurrency sector. The April theft of $285 million from the Drift protocol was not a traditional smart-contract vulnerability exploit; instead, North Korean hackers spent months building relationships with Drift contributors and installing malware on their devices before stealing private keys. Ripple stated: “The strongest crypto security posture is a shared one. A threat actor rejected by one company after background screening may submit resumes to three other companies the same week. Without shared intelligence, each company starts from scratch.”
Senator Tillis Ends Months-Long Obstruction, Clearing the Way for Waller’s Fed Chairmanship
According to The Wall Street Journal, North Carolina Republican Senator Thom Tillis said Sunday local time that he would support the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve Chair, thereby clearing the final major hurdle for Trump’s chosen successor to Powell. Tillis had refused for months to vote in favor of Warsh, stating he would not advance any Fed nominee’s confirmation while the Justice Department’s criminal investigation into Powell remained ongoing—calling the probe an attack on the central bank’s independence. However, that investigation appears to have concluded last Friday. (Jin10)
Michael Saylor Publishes Long Article "Prescriptions for Prosperity in the Digital Economy": BTC Should Be Integrated into the Banking and Insurance System
Odaily Report: Michael Saylor published a long article titled "Prescriptions for Prosperity in the Digital Economy," stating that artificial intelligence will greatly enhance the productive capacity of individuals and enterprises, thus requiring greater freedom to create, finance, own, and trade assets. He proposed establishing a "Digital Bill of Rights" for digital assets, the core of which is to grant individuals and enterprises the rights to Create, Issue, Custody, Transfer, and Use digital assets, and to provide foundational protections in financial privacy, asset ownership, and market access.Saylor believes that digital intelligence will drive the birth of a large number of new enterprises, and that the cost, complexity, and time required for financing should be reduced, while capital formation efficiency should be improved through means such as digital tokens. He proposed aiming to enable 10 million new businesses to access financing, while establishing clear issuance rules and risk-matched information disclosure requirements.Regarding the digital dollar, Saylor advocates allowing banks, fintech companies, and technology platforms to compete more fully in digital dollar products, and permitting issuers to compete on yield. He believes that the United States can further expand the global reach of the dollar by allowing enterprises to develop more competitive digital dollar products.As for Bitcoin, Saylor defines it as "Digital Capital," advocating that banks be allowed to custody Bitcoin under clear rules and provide credit using it as collateral, while establishing a viable path for insurance companies to include digital capital in their balance sheets and product design. He specifically mentioned that the Basel Accord applies a 1250% risk weight to certain crypto asset exposures, and believes that regulators should reassess relevant capital requirements based on the actual risks of digital assets and specific business activities.
New stock pair trading fees: 5% injected into AI reserve, Long.xyz launches LONG 500 and allocates another 5% for buyback and burn of paired tokens
Long.xyz has announced the launch of LONG 500, aiming to build the financial layer for on-chain stock communities and establish it as the S&P 500 index of the tokenized stock sector. LONG currently supports over 70 tokenized stocks. Going forward, of the stock token fees generated by each new stock pair trading pool, 5% will be injected into the AI community treasury, and another 5% will be used for buyback and burn of paired tokens, with anyone able to trigger buybacks around the clock. The automatic reinvestment mechanism for liquidity pool earnings will continue to operate, and creator fees will remain unchanged; Long.xyz also plans to upgrade the community treasury for all previously launched trading pairs and add new features.
Long.xyz currently prioritizes asset distribution and scale growth over fee sharing or high-yield incentives
Odaily reports: Nate posted on X that LONG builds liquidity around tokenized stock trading pairs. The main problem in the current crypto market is not a lack of trading activity, but a lack of stability; deep liquidity raises the cost of market manipulation and concentrated supply, and helps the market absorb extreme volatility. Stock trading pairs can serve as a secondary market for tokenized stocks, enabling liquidity providers to participate in trading, arbitrage, and subsequent lending applications.Taking the AI/NVIDIA trading pair as an example, when NVIDIA stock rises 20%, the USD value of NVIDIA in the liquidity pool will simultaneously rise to approximately 1.2x. Selling the same amount of AI can yield a higher USD value, but the actual effect depends on liquidity depth. Arbitrage activity between AI/NVIDIA, AI/USDG, and NVIDIA/USDG is used to maintain on-chain implied price synchronization; the deeper the NVIDIA liquidity in the pool, the more stable the arbitrage process. Nate stated that at this stage, LONG places greater emphasis on asset distribution and scale growth, rather than immediately providing high yields to holders through fees or dividends. Once asset scale expands, value can be returned to holders through dividends, voting rights, or accumulating NVIDIA. The team previously provided approximately $200,000 worth of liquidity to the AI/NVIDIA pool and LongX-related assets respectively; if included in the community treasury, the value of NVIDIA held could increase by approximately double. Regarding high-tax-rate trading pools and token-holding dividend mechanisms, Nate stated that such models are easily replaced by low-fee pools and rely on highly concentrated and active liquidity management. Therefore, LONG will not support such mechanisms by default, but instead hopes to encourage users to hold for the long term through stock correlation, liquidity, and organic growth.
2x Leveraged Exposure Debuts: T-REX ASSX Lists on Cboe
Odaily reports: Bitcoin News posted on X that REX Shares and Tuttle Capital listed the T-REX 2X Long ASST Daily Target ETF on Cboe on Friday under the ticker ASSX. The fund aims to deliver 200% of the daily price movement of Strive's stock, resetting daily, and does not hold Bitcoin or track the price of Bitcoin. Strive holds 25,000 BTC, making it the fifth-largest Bitcoin holder among public companies, with its latest purchase of 469 BTC funded by SATA preferred shares; both issuers have previously launched 2x leveraged products tied to Strategy, BitMine, Cipher Mining, Circle, and SharpLink.
Bitget Adds Spot rTokens for 470 Stocks Including Manchester United and Kingsoft Cloud
According to official announcements, Bitget has listed 470 stock spot rTokens, including rMANU (Manchester United), rKC (Kingsoft Cloud), rVGLT (Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF), rFBND (Fidelity Total Bond ETF), and rRWM (ProShares Short Russell2000), covering multiple sectors such as sector ETFs, broad-based ETFs, and bond ETFs. As of now, the Bitget platform supports a total of 2,139 rTokens.
LONG Co-Founder: Firmly Adhering to Long-Termism, Focused on RWA Sector and Platform Development
LONG Co-founder Nate (@Natan_benish) tweeted that regardless of market fluctuations or personal circumstances, his long-term conviction in the development of the LONG platform remains unchanged. Nate explicitly stated that the RH chain will continue to advance, and the team will maintain its focus on RWA trading pairs, avoiding the chase for short-term trends with "no other narratives." He emphasized that the LONG ecosystem is still in its early stages, while the current crypto space remains trapped in a zero-sum game mindset. LONG's core logic is to bring in net new users and use cases, rather than competing for existing traffic. Additionally, Nate revealed that the team has completed significant upgrades to the app experience, including fixing wallet and token list bugs and adding a LONG PVE filter, which will launch soon. More progress will be announced next week.
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glassnode: $84K–$85K Is the Densest Cost Basis Zone for Long-Term Holders in BTC
glassnode posted on X that Bitcoin is currently hovering below major supply concentration zones, with the $84,000 to $85,000 range holding more long-term holder supply than any other price range. A rally can only continue if the price breaks above and holds this zone.
Analysis: BTC long-term holder MVRV ratio recovers, re-entering the profitable range.
According to on-chain data platform CryptoQuant (@cryptoquant_com), Bitcoin's adjusted LTH (Long-Term Holders) MVRV metric has exited the mild pressure zone, with the 6-month to 10-year holding cohort collectively returning to profitability. Analyst @_Crypto_glass noted that this is not a phase of deep or sustained losses, but rather a constructive recovery for this holder group, sending a positive signal for the current market cycle.
Unrealized Profit of $14.06 Million: A Certain Whale Adds BTC Short Position After Going Long on ETH
According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a certain whale opened a long position of 20,000 ETH at $1,936 when this market cycle began, and currently has an unrealized profit of $14.06 million. This morning, the whale increased its BTC short position by opening a short of 650 BTC at $84,057, worth $53.68 million, with a current unrealized profit of $950,000.
Unrealized Profit of $17.55 Million, mk4 Holds the Largest 10x Long Position on Hyperliquid NEAR
Odaily News — According to monitoring by Ai Yi, trader mk4 (@mk4_lul, 0x773...bf66) holds the largest NEAR position on Hyperliquid, accounting for 7.68% of open interest. The trader holds a 10x long position of 5.838 million NEAR, valued at $31.28 million, with an average entry price of $2.35 and a current price of $5.36, resulting in an unrealized profit of $17.55 million. This position is currently their only long position; NEAR has risen 187% this month, and mk4 opened the position in early September, with gains of nearly 128% so far.
Long.xyz Founder: Aiming to Reduce Short-Term PVP Within the Ecosystem, Building an Asset System for Long-Term Holders
Long.xyz founder Nate posted on X stating that Long.xyz's design goal is not to revolve around any single Meme, AI, or market hotspot, but rather to continuously iterate in order to minimize the risk of asset failure caused by any single factor. He believes that one of the main problems in the current crypto market is the lack of trust and long-term holding expectations, with a large number of assets potentially going to zero in a short period of time, while in reality a considerable portion of users wish to hold assets for the long term, but the market lacks platforms capable of consistently providing such assets.Nate stated that Long.xyz therefore places greater emphasis on balancing different factors: on one hand, maintaining relatively deep liquidity while preserving room for assets to achieve high-multiple returns; assets need to have Meme attributes, but cannot be purely Meme; the development team can drive the project forward, but cannot be the sole support, and the community also needs to participate collectively. Additionally, Long.xyz plans to combine assets with directions such as RWA, US stock catalysts, and AI, to cushion the impact of major crypto asset crashes on the ecosystem, while not completely detaching from crypto market cycles.In terms of ecosystem mechanics, Long.xyz aims to reduce pure short-term PVP between assets, while still preserving competition between different assets and approaches. Nate said that Long.xyz's overall approach is to first ensure that assets can survive, then move quickly and continuously iterate, finding a balance between daily tactical adjustments and long-term goals.
Michael Saylor Publishes Long Article "Prescriptions for Prosperity in the Digital Economy": BTC Should Be Integrated into the Banking and Insurance System
Odaily Report: Michael Saylor published a long article titled "Prescriptions for Prosperity in the Digital Economy," stating that artificial intelligence will greatly enhance the productive capacity of individuals and enterprises, thus requiring greater freedom to create, finance, own, and trade assets. He proposed establishing a "Digital Bill of Rights" for digital assets, the core of which is to grant individuals and enterprises the rights to Create, Issue, Custody, Transfer, and Use digital assets, and to provide foundational protections in financial privacy, asset ownership, and market access.Saylor believes that digital intelligence will drive the birth of a large number of new enterprises, and that the cost, complexity, and time required for financing should be reduced, while capital formation efficiency should be improved through means such as digital tokens. He proposed aiming to enable 10 million new businesses to access financing, while establishing clear issuance rules and risk-matched information disclosure requirements.Regarding the digital dollar, Saylor advocates allowing banks, fintech companies, and technology platforms to compete more fully in digital dollar products, and permitting issuers to compete on yield. He believes that the United States can further expand the global reach of the dollar by allowing enterprises to develop more competitive digital dollar products.As for Bitcoin, Saylor defines it as "Digital Capital," advocating that banks be allowed to custody Bitcoin under clear rules and provide credit using it as collateral, while establishing a viable path for insurance companies to include digital capital in their balance sheets and product design. He specifically mentioned that the Basel Accord applies a 1250% risk weight to certain crypto asset exposures, and believes that regulators should reassess relevant capital requirements based on the actual risks of digital assets and specific business activities.