The SEC will hold a roundtable on September 17 to discuss preparations for moving U.S. equity markets toward 24-hour trading. The discussion will cover overnight surveillance, liquidity, clearing and settlement, exchange and broker readiness, and investor protection.
The SEC is also exploring updates to securities transfer-agent rules that could allow blockchain-based recordkeeping to play a larger role in tracking and transferring securities.
The move highlights a broader shift toward round-the-clock, blockchain-compatible financial markets, bringing traditional equities closer to the always-on trading model already common in crypto.
Moving down from the yearly timeframe, the quarterly chart gives us a clearer view of how Ethereum is currently reacting to its major levels.
ETH pushed into the $3,340-$3,404 area before facing strong rejection, which led to the pullback toward the $2,280-$2,105 region. That zone has held so far, and ETH is now attempting to recover around $2,500. The key resistance levels above are around $2,568, $2,625, $2,885 and $2,970, with the bigger $3,340-$3,404 zone still acting as major resistance.
For the quarterly structure, I’d still consider this a recovery attempt rather than a confirmed reversal. If #ETH can reclaim the resistance levels above and hold them as support, the structure could gradually turn more bullish. But losing the $2,280-$2,105 area would weaken the recovery and bring the lower quarterly levels back into focus.
Yearly: Bearish Quarterly: Recovery attempt
Next, we move down to the Monthly timeframe to see how this quarterly structure is developing. #Macro Insights# #Altcoin Season#
$ZEC is showing strong bullish momentum on the 1H chart after a sharp breakout from the $850-$870 area. Price is now holding around $955 and consolidating near the highs.
A pullback into the $860-$866 demand zone could provide the next area of interest. If this zone holds, the structure remains favorable for another move higher.
The next major target sits around $1,040-$1,050, where price could face some resistance. A clean break above that area would strengthen the bullish continuation.
If the $860-$866 zone fails, the deeper $800-$825 support becomes the next area to watch. #ZEC #Privacy #Altcoin Season#
Pentagon Says Anthropic Risk Designation Still Stands Despite Lutnick’s Claims.
The Pentagon says Anthropic remains designated as a “Supply Chain Risk” for the U.S. defense industrial base, contradicting Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s recent comments that the AI company had resolved its dispute with the Trump administration.
Emil Michael, the Pentagon’s under secretary for research and engineering, reaffirmed the designation on Thursday, just a day after Lutnick said the government now “trusts Anthropic” and that the company was “back on the right side.”
The dispute follows Anthropic’s clash with the Pentagon over restrictions on how its Claude AI models could be used, particularly for autonomous weapons and mass surveillance. A federal judge ruled last month that the Pentagon’s actions against Anthropic were illegal, but a separate legal case remains ongoing.
The conflicting statements highlight continued disagreement within the U.S. government over Anthropic and the military use of advanced AI. $BTC $ETH #Macro Insights# #BTC
Sam Altman Says ChatGPT’s Water Use Is Overstated as California Demands More Data
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is pushing back against concerns over AI’s environmental impact, claiming that 38,000 ChatGPT queries use roughly the same amount of water as producing a single almond in California. He has previously estimated that an average ChatGPT query consumes about 0.32 milliliters of water.
The claim is facing scrutiny because AI companies and data center operators disclose limited information about their actual water usage. Consumption can vary significantly depending on a facility’s location, climate, cooling system, computing workload and the complexity of each AI task.
The debate comes as California considers new disclosure requirements for data centers. Proposed legislation would require operators to provide more information about historical and expected water consumption when seeking permits or expanding facilities. Researchers have estimated that U.S. data centers directly consumed around 17 billion gallons of water in 2023, up from 5.6 billion gallons in 2014.
For now, the disagreement comes down to transparency. Altman argues that AI water consumption is being exaggerated, while researchers say there isn't enough public operational data to independently verify his figures. If California's disclosure rules take effect, they could provide much clearer data for testing claims about AI's true environmental footprint.
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Diameter Pay Raises $10M to Expand Stablecoin Payments Infrastructure.
Stablecoin payments infrastructure startup Diameter Pay has raised $10 million in a Series A round co-led by CMT Digital and Lightspeed Faction. The company had been bootstrapped since its 2023 founding, making this its first external funding round.
Diameter Pay provides banks, fintechs and digital asset exchanges with U.S. dollar virtual accounts, domestic and international payment rails, stablecoin on/off-ramps and compliance tools through U.S. banking partners. The startup says it has already processed more than $10 billion in payment volume this year and has over 10,000 end users on its platform.
The company is targeting a major gap in global finance, where businesses in some markets struggle to access U.S. dollar accounts and cross-border payment infrastructure. By connecting traditional banking rails with stablecoin infrastructure, Diameter aims to make dollar-based payments more accessible while handling compliance requirements behind the scenes.
Diameter plans to use the new capital to expand its banking and payment capabilities, strengthen its stablecoin and FX infrastructure, and invest further in technology and compliance. The company currently has a 20-person team spread across the U.S., Argentina, Poland and Nigeria, and is also hiring for senior technology and commercial roles.
$PONS is showing strong momentum on the 1H chart, with price pushing to around $0.55 after a sustained move higher. The structure remains bullish as long as buyers keep control.
A pullback could bring price back toward the $0.38-$0.40 demand zone, which is the key area marked on the chart. This zone could attract buyers if the retracement remains controlled.
If that demand holds, the current trend could continue and price may push toward fresh highs. A clean reaction from the zone would strengthen the bullish setup.
However, losing the $0.38 area would weaken the structure and could lead to a deeper correction. For now, momentum remains clearly with the buyers. #PONS #Altcoin Season# #Meme Alpha#
$SUI is showing strong momentum on the 1H chart after reclaiming the $0.75 area. Price is now approaching the nearby resistance zone around $0.77-$0.79, so a short pullback could come before the next move higher.
If the pullback holds around $0.75-$0.76, buyers could push toward the next resistance zone at $0.82-$0.84. A clean break above that area would strengthen the bullish structure and open room for further upside.
However, if the current move gets rejected and $0.75 fails, price could retrace deeper toward the $0.71-$0.72 demand zone. That area would be the key level to watch for a potential continuation setup. #SuiPlay #sui #Macro Insights#
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$ARB has pushed strongly higher on the 1H chart, breaking out from the previous consolidation and reaching around $0.132. Price is now showing some rejection near the highs, so a short-term pullback looks likely before another move.
The key demand zone sits around $0.108-$0.110, which lines up with the previous consolidation area. A retracement into this zone could provide the next area for buyers to step in, especially if price shows a clear reaction there.
If the zone holds, the structure can remain bullish and price could attempt another push toward the recent high around $0.135-$0.140. Losing $0.108, however, would weaken the setup and could open the door to a deeper correction. #ARB #Crypto #Altcoin Season#
$AKE has seen a sharp volatility expansion, pushing from around $0.008 to above $0.040 before quickly reversing. Price is now around $0.0129, showing that most of the pump has already been retraced.
The 1H structure is currently bearish, with consecutive lower highs and lower candles forming after the rejection. Since there are no clear support or resistance zones drawn, avoid forcing levels onto the chart and instead watch how price reacts around previous 1H swing points.
A stronger recovery would require $AKE to stabilize and reclaim the recent breakdown area with clear bullish momentum. Until then, the safer approach is to wait for a fresh structure to form rather than chasing the move after such a sharp spike. #Macro Insights# #Altcoin Season#
Robinhood Chain flipping Ethereum mainnet in 24-hour application revenue ($2.66 million vs. $1.27 million) caught the entire market off guard.
While the network was designed to lead the tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) and 24/7 equities meta, the actual catalyst driving this fee surge isn't traditional finance, it is pure retail speculation.
What Is Driving the Volume?
¬ Pons and Launchpad Meta: A massive chunk of the fee spike came from Pons, an on-chain token launchpad that minted over 22,000 new tokens in a single 24-hour window.
¬ GMGN and Trading Terminal Fees: Automated trading tools like GMGN generated roughly $1.11 million in retained fees as retail traders chased micro-cap meme tokens and newly launched speculative assets across the ecosystem.
¬ Uniswap Pool Swaps: Uniswap on Robinhood Chain generated over $300,000 in swap fees, processing nearly $875 million in daily DEX volume across 5.5 million individual transactions. Together, Pons, GMGN, and Uniswap accounted for nearly 88% of all application revenue on the chain.
> The Technical Takeaway: Seamless retail distribution beats complex crypto-native UX every time. By stripping away seed phrase management, manual network switching, and gas token friction, Robinhood created a high-velocity speculative engine. While tokenized stocks remain a long-term play, short-term retail fee generation is being driven entirely by fast-moving DEX volume and launchpad speculation. $UNI $PONS #Macro Insights# #Altcoin Season# #Crypto
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$XAUt is currently trading around $4,366 after bouncing from the $4,285-$4,305 demand zone. The recent recovery looks strong, but price is still below the major resistance area around $4,435-$4,450.
A pullback toward the $4,285-$4,310 zone remains the cleaner setup if the current momentum fades. Holding that area could give buyers another opportunity to push higher.
If demand holds, the next major target is the $4,435-$4,450 supply zone. A clean break above it would strengthen the bullish structure, while losing the demand zone could invalidate this upside path. #Gold #Macro Insights# #Altcoin Season#
500 Million XRP Leaves Binance as Exchange Supply Hits Multi-Year Low
Around 500 million XRP has reportedly left Binance, pushing the exchange’s average XRP reserves down from roughly 3.1 billion in November 2025 to 2.6 billion today, according to CryptoQuant data shared by analyst Darkfost. That puts Binance’s XRP reserves at their lowest level since February 2024.
The decline is notable because it has continued despite XRP falling sharply from its 2025 peak of $3.66 to around $1.32, a drop of more than 60%. Normally, lower prices can encourage selling, yet exchange reserves have continued trending lower. This could indicate that holders are moving XRP into private custody rather than keeping it readily available for sale.
Darkfost described the trend as relatively positive for XRP, while stressing that it may matter more for the long-term supply picture than immediate price action. Spot XRP ETFs could also be contributing to the reduction in exchange-held supply, with reported cumulative inflows now around $1.68 billion.
XRP is currently around $1.32, down about 6% over the past week. While shrinking exchange reserves can reduce potential selling pressure, it does not guarantee a price reversal. If the trend continues through September, however, it could become an increasingly important bullish supply signal for $XRP.
After finishing the XRP top-down analysis, we’re moving to the next coin from the community poll. Ethereum came in third, and it’s time to start from the highest timeframe.
Looking at the yearly chart, ETH is currently around $2.4K, but the bigger picture still shows a market that needs to reclaim some important levels before we can confidently call a major bullish continuation.
The first area I’m watching is $2.10K-$2.28K. ETH is currently trading above this zone, which is important because holding it keeps the door open for a move higher. Above that, we have $2.97K, followed by the $3.34K-$3.40K region. These are the first major resistance areas ETH would need to reclaim on the way up.
If ETH manages to break and hold above $3.40K, the next major levels come in around $4.10K and eventually $4.94K. On the downside, losing the $2.10K-$2.28K area could bring the $1.39K-$1.51K region back into focus.
So from the yearly perspective, I’m not chasing anything yet. I want to see how ETH reacts around these key levels first.
Yearly: Neutral/Bearish until key resistance is reclaimed.
Next, we zoom into the Quarterly timeframe and see what the bigger structure looks like from there.
Big picture first. Entries later. #ETH #Macro Insights# #Ethereum
Wyoming is taking another step toward making stablecoin reserves more transparent by expanding its partnership with Chainlink. The state is adopting Chainlink Proof of Reserve to provide near-real-time, onchain verification of the assets backing its Frontier Stable Token (FRNT), giving regulators and users more continuous visibility into whether the token remains fully backed.
The system will combine independent reserve examinations with automated onchain verification. Wyoming is also moving toward Chainlink’s Proof of Reserve Secure Mint, which would require verified reserves to cover FRNT’s entire supply before new tokens can be minted. That could help reduce the risk of unauthorized or unbacked token issuance.
FRNT launched in January as the first stable token issued by a U.S. state and is backed by U.S. dollars and short-term U.S. Treasuries. The move highlights how blockchain-based reserve verification is becoming increasingly important as governments and institutions enter the stablecoin market. For Chainlink, the partnership also strengthens its position as infrastructure for bringing traditional financial assets and public-sector digital currencies onchain. $LINK #Macro Insights# #Crypto #Chainlink
$ACE is showing a short-term pullback after failing to hold above the $0.22 area. On the 1H chart, price has started making lower highs, suggesting sellers are gaining control in the immediate structure.
The key demand zone sits around $0.158-$0.165, which could act as the next major reaction area if the decline continues. A move into this zone would give buyers an important level to defend.
If $0.16 holds, ACE could attempt another recovery toward $0.22-$0.23 resistance. Until then, the structure favors further downside, with the $0.16 zone being the main area to watch for a potential reversal. #Macro Insights# #Crypto #Altcoin Season#
$UAI is showing a strong 1H move, but the recent rejection around $0.58-$0.60 suggests a short-term pullback could be next. Price is currently around $0.54, with sellers starting to gain control after the sharp rally.
The main demand zone sits around $0.37-$0.39. A deeper retracement into this area would bring price back to a level where buyers previously stepped in, making it the key zone to watch if the correction continues.
If $0.37-$0.39 holds, UAI could rebuild momentum and attempt another push higher. For now, the structure favors waiting for the pullback rather than chasing the current move. #Macro Insights# #Crypto #Altcoin Season#