the on-chain records show that Linea has transferred approximately 2.615% of the total supply (specifically 1,883,060,741 tokens) of LINEA to a black hole address, which will reduce LINEA's total supply from 72 billion to approximately 70.12 billion tokens.

according to the official announcement, Binance Futures will launch the WLFIUSDC perpetual contract with up to 75x leverage on September 8, 2025 at 16:30 (UTC+8).

spot gold broke through $3600 during the early European session, hitting a new historical high, mainly due to the market's enhanced expectations of a rate cut by the Federal Reserve this month. Following last week's weaker-than-expected non-farm payrolls report, investment banks have increased their bets on the Fed cutting rates this year. Bank of America expects the Fed to cut rates twice this year, compared to their previous forecast of no rate cuts. Standard Chartered Bank expects a 50 basis point rate cut in September, up from their previous forecast of a 25 basis point cut. Macquarie has brought forward their rate cut forecast from December to October, while Barclays expects the Fed to cut rates continuously this year.

according to Alternative data, today's crypto fear and greed index fell to 51 (yesterday was 44), the market is still in a greedy mood. Note: The fear index threshold is 0-100, including indicators: volatility (25%) + market trading volume (25%) + social media popularity (15%) + market survey (15%) + Bitcoin's proportion in the entire market (10%) + Google hot word analysis (10%).

 European Union is considering imposing new sanctions on about six Russian banks and energy companies as part of the latest round of pressure on Russia to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The plan would be the 19th round of sanctions introduced by the EU since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in 2022. Sources said the EU may also target Russia's payment and credit card systems, cryptocurrency trading platforms, and further restrict the country's oil trade. Sources said the EU hopes to coordinate its latest measures with the United States. A delegation of EU officials will travel to Washington this week to meet with U.S. officials to discuss the possibility of taking joint action. 

 during the period from August 31 to September 6, a total of 13 cryptocurrency startups raised a total of $709.6 million, with AlloyX Limited's acquisition transaction ranking first. Infrastructure platforms and AI-driven startups (including Kite AI, Aria Protocol, and Everlyn) dominated the funding rounds, highlighting investors' growing interest in scalable blockchain solutions and AI applications.

according to DefiLlama data, the trading volume of Solana network DEX in the past 24 hours reached $26.02 billion, ranking first in the entire network. The trading volume of BNBChain network DEX in the past 24 hours reached $21.58 billion, ranking second in the entire network. The top three DEX protocols in Solana's ecosystem in terms of trading volume are Pump, Meteora, and Raydium.

Binance has released its September reserve report. Compared to the August reserve report, Binance once again reduced its Ethereum reserves in September, with the net holdings decreasing from 30,475 coins in August to 113 coins at the beginning of September. Based on the current price of $4300, this reduction is worth approximately $130.5 million in Ethereum. Previously, Binance's June reserve report showed a significant reduction in Ethereum reserves for that month.

On September 8th, according to the official announcement, Aster officially announced the token economic model of its native token $ASTER. The total supply of ASTER is 8 billion, issued on the Binance Smart Chain in BEP-20 format. The token distribution ratio is as follows: community airdrop 53.5% (approximately 4.28 billion tokens), with 8.8% (7.04 billion tokens) unlocking on the same day as the TGE on September 17, 2025;

 the 30-year Japanese government bond yield rose to 3.285%, hitting a record high.

Sonic Labs is launching a token economics adjustment to support its expansion in the United States and institutional adoption plan. The relevant details were released by Tokenomist on X platform on September 7th, after the governance proposal on August 31st, which was almost unanimously approved, outlining the new issuance and supply dynamics.

market news: The European Union is considering imposing new sanctions on Russia to target its banking sector and oil trade.

On September 8th, Venus Protocol, a decentralized lending protocol, tweeted that after conducting due diligence, the team has officially returned the $11.4 million position to the victim of the phishing incident, Kuan Sun (@KuanSun1990), at today's token price. Earlier reports indicated that Venus Protocol analyzed a phishing incident and stated that on September 2nd, user Kuan Sun suffered a phishing attack resulting in a loss of approximately $13 million. The Venus team was able to recover all funds within 13 hours by pausing the protocol, forcibly liquidating the attacker's wallet, and restoring normal protocol operation. A security audit confirmed that the protocol itself was not compromised.

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On September 8th, according to @Andrey_10gwei, a suspected ConsenSys affiliated address bought $1.2 million worth of Linea ecosystem DEX protocol Etherex token REX in the past two weeks.

 the custodial service provider Old Const has filed a lawsuit against the Bitcoin mining machine manufacturer Bitmain, accusing Bitmain of improperly terminating the contract between the two parties. Old Const had purchased Bitmain's "HASH supercomputing server" and agreed to provide custodial services, claiming that Bitmain "fabricated so-called default behavior" in order to immediately terminate the agreement.

according to Scam Sniffer monitoring, a user lost $180,390 after signing off on a phishing transaction.

in recent years, China's artificial intelligence industry has entered a period of rapid development. Currently, the number of artificial intelligence companies has exceeded 5,000. 11 national artificial intelligence innovation application pilot zones have been established, as well as 17 national intelligent connected vehicle testing demonstration zones, demonstrating strong innovation vitality and market potential. 

 according to Cryptoquant analyst Maartunn, long-term holders of Bitcoin have just sold 241,000 bitcoins, making it one of the largest sell-offs since early 2025.

 Standard Chartered Bank: It is expected that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by 50 basis points in September this year, higher than the previous forecast of 25 basis points.