The Block: Stablecoin Supply Near $290 Billion, Annual Transfers Over $900 Billion
ChainCatcher message: A report released by The Block Research on September 8 states that between October 2025 and August 2026, during a period when Bitcoin fell by more than 50% and the total crypto market capitalization decreased by more than 2 trillion USD, the total stablecoin supply remained around 290 billion USD, about 90% of which was issued by Tether and Circle. Over the past 365 days, stablecoin transfer volume exceeded 900 billion USD, more than double compared with 2025. The daily/weekly turnover ratio rose from 0.38x in August 2024 to 0.78x in August 2026. Ethereum holdings are about 147 billion USD (turnover 0.51x/day), Base holds 4.5 billion USD (16.7x/day), Solana is about 13 billion USD (1.08x/day), and Tron is over 90 billion USD (0.25x/day). According to the Bank for International Settlements, stablecoin transaction volume in 2025 was about 3.5 trillion USD, with payments-related activities accounting for 1.1%. Chainalysis data shows that in 2025, illicit addresses received at least 154 billion USD in stablecoins.
Allium: Solana’s RWA spot trading volume of $14.7 billion over the past year
ChainCatcher message: On September 8, 2026, the blockchain data analysis platform Allium released a research report on the Solana RWA (real-world assets) ecosystem. Measured by market cap, Solana accounts for about 12% of the total on-chain tokenized real-world asset value; measured by transactions, it ranks first. Over the past twelve months as of August 18, 2026, Solana completed on-chain RWA spot trade volume of $14.7 billion (around $46.0 billion across the entire chain) and 42.6 million transactions (around 91.0 million across the entire chain), both higher than other chains. The report covers all 37 issuers on-chain at the time. Among them, assets related to BlackRock had an estimated size of about $741 million but no trades occurred during the period; two private credit issuers together completed about $5.4 billion in transfers. Of the tokenized stock trading volume on Solana, about 63% took place during the off-hours when U.S. exchanges are closed.
ChainCatcher message, according to Gate market data, the Nikkei 225 index opened on September 10 (Thursday) down 387.07 points, a decrease of 0.59%, to 64,755.71 points.
ChainCatcher message: NVIDIA (NVDA.O) announces a partnership with Australia’s data center ecosystem to expand its artificial intelligence infrastructure capabilities.
ChainCatcher message: Succinct today released Lattice Jolt, the post-quantum version of Jolt zkVM. Built on lattices rather than elliptic curves. This version is faster than Jolt built on curves, and has the shortest proofs among all post-quantum zkVMs—proof size under 100 KB.
Jolt is a zero-knowledge virtual machine developed by Succinct. Succinct focuses on zero-knowledge proof technology, providing verifiable computation solutions for blockchain applications.
Visa’s Stablecoin Settlement Volume Breaks Through $20 Billion in Annualized Terms; Over 160 Related Card Projects
ChainCatcher message: the stablecoin settlement volume of Visa, a payments technology company, has exceeded an annualized level of $20 billion, up more than 15x year over year. More than 160 stablecoin-linked card projects are already live globally, and related payment volume has increased nearly 200% year over year. Stablecoin card projects need to complete daily settlement before the cardholder repays. For some projects, only a few million dollars in funds are needed each time, and settlement runs continuously 7 days a week. Visa said that some cryptocurrency-linked card businesses are constrained by working capital required to support settlement cycles, while on-chain credit can reduce financing costs by up to 30%.
According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the Polymarket event “effective ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran,” the win rate of the “Yes” option for the sub-market “September 4” has fluctuated sharply, jumping from 28.5% an hour ago to the current 48.5% (a fluctuation of up to 20%). Please note the impact of any sudden breaking news.
According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the Polymarket event “Washington Nationals vs. San Diego Padres,” the win rate of the “San Diego Padres” option for the sub-market “Spread -1.5” has swung dramatically, jumping from 12.5% an hour ago to 94.5% currently (an 82% swing). Please note the impact of related breaking news.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent Strongly Urges the Senate to Pass the Clarity Bill
ChainCatcher message: On the X platform, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent strongly urged the Senate to advance the legislative process for the crypto “Clarity” bill after it ends the August recess. He said the bill would prevent “bad actors” from exploiting key digital-asset technologies, and called on all parties to stay at the negotiating table, agree to enter procedural motions, and continue the legislative process. Bessent warned that failing to pass the bill would send an unsettling signal to both allies and adversaries—that the United States is unwilling to lead the future of digital assets and is prepared to abandon the national security tools used to curb abuse of digital assets. Earlier this July, Bessent said that if one wants to stand on the side of “American exceptionalism,” they must pass the Clarity bill, citing Satoshi Nakamoto’s remarks.
According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the win rate for the “Over” option in the sub-market “First set total games over 8.5” within the Polymarket market event “US Open ATP: Karen Khachanov vs. Alexander Bublik” has fluctuated sharply, dropping from 68% one hour ago to 52% at present (a fluctuation of 16%). Please note the impact of any relevant breaking news.
Zora Co-founder Dee Goens Appointed CEO, Jacob Horne Steps Down
ChainCatcher message: Dee Goens, co-founder of Zora, has been appointed CEO, replacing co-founder Jacob Horne, who served in the role for more than six years. In a post on Wednesday, Goens said Horne would leave the company to begin a new chapter, but “won’t go far from crypto.” Goens revealed that Zora has conducted layoffs this year, with the team size reduced to fewer than 10 people, and has shifted toward operating more dependently on AI agents. On the product side, Zora has shifted its focus away from the Creator Coins model launched on Base in June last year, toward supporting trading pairs on other networks. The Custom Pairs feature launched on August 20 allows users to create custom token trading pairs; it has already enabled the creation of over 4,000 pairs. Zora also went live on the Robinhood Chain and Solana in the summer, supporting cross-chain trading, and it has done away with charges for DMs and comments. According to DefiLlama data, the fees Zora deployed on Base recorded only $148,000 in August, down 99.4% from $2.51 million in the same period last year.
ChainCatcher message, Strive vice president Joe Burnett posted on the X platform saying that Trezor and BitBox’s email infrastructure appears to have been compromised, and the Bitcoin strengthening phase is still ongoing.
According to Catcher Predict monitoring, the win rate of the “Yes” option in the sub-market “Patriots win by 19–24 points” for the “Patriots vs. Seahawks” event on Polymarket has fluctuated dramatically, jumping from 3.05% an hour ago to the current 48.4% (a fluctuation of 45.35%). Please note the impact of any relevant breaking news.
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