2026.09.23 Chanlun Community Web3 Afternoon News Flash 💥

1. Bitcoin’s weekly high breaks 87,000 USD; Q3 surge up 44%—outperforms gold and U.S. stocks
Commentary: Bitwise Chief Investment Officer says the crypto “crypto winter” is over

2. Total crypto market cap returns to 3 trillion USD; the rally spreads to altcoins
Commentary: A signal that overall risk appetite has fully rebounded

3. Short liquidations exceed 1 billion USD; 90,000 USD is the next battleground
Commentary: But to push for and hold above 90,000 USD still requires fresh capital to carry the momentum

4. Spot Bitcoin ETFs see nearly 1 billion USD in net inflows in a single day, setting a new intra-year high
Commentary: Inflows hit a record in one day, but whether it can reverse the intra-year net outflow trend remains the key variable

5. Spot Ethereum ETFs record net inflows of 162 million USD in a single day
Commentary: ETH ETF capital-raising momentum is moving in sync with BTC

6. Strategy adds another 950 BTC after a three-week pause
Commentary: Last week Strategy added 950 BTC, with an unrealized gain of about 8.05 billion USD

7. Fear & Greed Index drops to 71, falling from “extreme greed”
Commentary: Today’s index slid from yesterday’s 78 “extreme greed” to 71 “greed”

8. After the CLARITY Act stalls, the SEC and CFTC move in quickly to fill the gap
Commentary: Regulatory certainty is being used to replace the path and speed up implementation

9. A “whale” accumulates 470 million USD worth of HYPE over one month
Commentary: The whale remains heavily positioned in the Hyperliquid ecosystem

10. FTX/Alameda liquidation team transfers 27,400 ETH to Wintermute
Commentary: The FTX liquidation process continues; potential ETH sell-pressure needs monitoring

11. Coldcard vulnerability: the white-hat operation returns 52.37 BTC
Commentary: The white-hat return offers victims some hope of recouping part of their losses

12. BitMEX trading operations officially end—11 years come to a close
Commentary: The curtain falls on the inventor of perpetual contracts

13. Hong Kong will submit draft regulations for four types of virtual-asset service providers this year
Commentary: Hong Kong is leading globally in legislative and infrastructure progress for RWA and stablecoin infrastructure

14. Hong Kong SFC lists Vebit as a suspected virtual-asset trading platform
Commentary: Hong Kong regulators pursue both “open the right door and block the wrong one”

15. Global oil prices tumble by more than 1%; New York crude drops below 90 USD
Commentary: The pullback in oil prices eases inflation pressure

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