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Vitalik Buterin and Etherealize co-founder and CEO Vivek Raman, supported by the Ethereum Foundation, warned that Wall Street's renewed enthusiasm for private, permissioned "consortium chains" is recreating a fragmented system, undermining the interoperability and liquidity that blockchain should bring, akin to "race to the bottom." He pointed out the rise of gated networks such as Digital Asset's Canton Network, Circle's ARC, and Stripe's Tempo, reminiscent of the R3 and Hyperledger consortium chains 2.0 from years past, where institutions will ultimately find themselves in a situation of competing consortium chains, needing permission or membership to participate.Raman emphasized that the Ethereum mainnet should serve as a globally open, permissionless foundation layer similar to HTTP, where institutions can overlay permission and privacy features at the application layer or L2 to achieve maximum interoperability and liquidity. Etherealize is committed to attracting TradFi to embrace Ethereum, which has already hosted billions of dollars in tokenized assets and supported a large amount of DeFi settlements. The company received seed funding from Buterin and the foundation in January 2025 and completed a $40 million Series A financing in the same year.He cited examples such as BlackRock's new fund based on Ethereum, stating that once regulations are clear, institutional funds are more inclined towards open network tracks that are not proprietary; choosing consortium chains would require paying the consortium and being bound by its rules, with incentives for non-early members quickly fading. Christian Catalini, founder of the MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab, also pointed out that if permissioned networks driven by enterprise sales become mainstream, some competitive benefits of blockchain may not be realized.

According to monitoring by The Data Nerd, a newly created wallet withdrew 33,810 HYPE from Coinbase, worth 1.88 million dollars.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a new wallet withdrew 33,810 HYPE (approximately 1.88 million USD) from Coinbase.

Cosmos ecosystem wallet Cosmostation announced that it will officially cease wallet services. Starting from September 1, 2026, the iOS, Android, and Chrome extension versions will only retain the "Export Mnemonic" and "Export Private Key" functions, while other features will gradually be taken offline.Since this wallet is a non-custodial wallet, user assets are still stored on their respective blockchains. Holding the mnemonic or private key allows users to import the wallet into other compatible wallets for continued use. The official strongly recommends that users complete a secure backup of their private keys or mnemonics before September 1.

According to Decrypt, the Irish government has released its first national anti-money laundering (AML) strategy, which plans to strengthen the review of digital asset transfers involving self-hosted wallets and increase due diligence requirements for crypto companies when cooperating with overseas institutions.According to the announcement from the Irish Department of Finance, this strategy implements the remaining requirements of the EU's Transfer of Funds Regulation, which will require crypto asset service providers (CASP) to perform "enhanced checks" on transfers involving private wallets, while implementing stricter customer due diligence when conducting business with overseas crypto companies.The related measures are based on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Travel Rule, which requires the inclusion of sender and receiver information in digital asset transactions to enhance the transparency of fund flows. Ireland stated that the new regulations will be advanced in parallel with the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA).MiCA establishes a unified regulatory framework for crypto asset service providers, while Ireland previously granted a 12-month transition period for its domestic crypto companies, which is shorter than the maximum 18 months allowed by the EU. The transition period is set to end at the end of December 2025, so the new requirements will directly apply to companies that have obtained formal authorization.

According to Talking Biz News citing Courthouse News Service, The Wall Street Journal requested a federal judge on Wednesday afternoon to dismiss the defamation lawsuit filed by Binance. The lawsuit targets the newspaper's reports regarding Binance covering up internal investigations, obstructing compliance, and allowing sanctioned entities to trade.In the motion to dismiss, The Wall Street Journal stated that Binance's complaint from March 2026 failed to prove actual malice at the time the relevant reports were published. Binance claimed that the reports were false because it had issued a denial statement to the newspaper, but the newspaper argued that merely repeating a self-defensive denial is insufficient to constitute a defamation claim. During the hearing, The Wall Street Journal's lawyer pointed out that Binance did not deny the core content of the three reports.

According to Digital Asset, Park Soo-young, a member of the Korean National Power Party, criticized the government's plan to tax virtual asset gains, stating that it is "a threat of a tax bomb if one does not invest in the domestic stock market," and demanded an immediate withdrawal.Member Park Soo-young stated on her YouTube channel: "I hope this punitive tax plan that puts 13 million digital asset users in danger can be withdrawn immediately." She added, "This does not mean that people will invest in domestic stocks; on the contrary, it will only accelerate the outflow of national wealth." She cited that approximately 124 trillion won flowed into overseas digital asset exchanges from January to September last year.

According to Cryptopolitan, cybersecurity company Malwarebytes discovered that a user on a cybercrime forum is selling a "scam toolkit" for $500, which can set up a fake $TSLA token presale website with almost no technical background required.The scam process is as follows: after visitors enter an X username, the page displays their real avatar to create the illusion of a "targeted invitation," combined with a countdown and price increase warnings to create a sense of urgency. If victims choose the "15% reward link wallet" option, they will be asked to enter a 12-word recovery phrase, resulting in their wallet being emptied; if they choose to "invest" directly, they must send cryptocurrency assets to an address controlled by the scammers, and then see a fabricated balance on a fake dashboard. The toolkit's control panel allows operators to track victims in real-time, collect recovery phrases, and check wallet balances in advance to decide whether to strike. Malwarebytes discovered this toolkit on May 16, and recently IRS and Ledger users have also encountered similar phishing attacks.

According to Cointelegraph, Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich stated that the company transferred 5,014 bitcoins between custody addresses, which is a routine operation.He emphasized that no bitcoins were sold, and the company's holdings remain at 43,000 bitcoins.

According to The Data Nerd monitoring, the Lighter team wallet transferred 1.87 million LIT to a new address, worth approximately 4.57 million USD.

According to Arkham monitoring, Alameda Research associated addresses transferred a total of 8.25 million USD in SOL to BitGo custody wallets through 24 transactions, presumably for distribution of compensation to FTX creditors.Arkham data shows that Alameda currently still holds over 200 million USD in SOL.

According to OnchainLens monitoring, this morning Alameda Research / FTX's bankruptcy wallet address unstaked 201,740 SOL, approximately 15.2 million USD.The funds have been transferred to multiple BitGo custody wallets and may be used for payments to creditors.

Stablecoin card issuance and payment platform Rain announced the acquisition of the branded stored value and closed-loop payment platform Ansa. The Ansa team will join Rain, and its founder and CEO Sophia Goldberg will serve as the head of payments at Rain.Ansa provides merchants with branded prepaid wallets and incentive tools, supporting the use of stored value balances through Mastercard rails at existing POS terminals. Rain plans to combine its own Visa and Mastercard issuance capabilities to expand stored value balances to more merchant scenarios and integrate with wallets, rewards, and stablecoin functionalities. Ansa previously raised approximately $19.4 million.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, in recent days, 4 wallets have collectively shorted approximately 340 million dollars' worth of Bitcoin around 64,000 dollars, specifically as follows:One address shorted 1,792 Bitcoins, valued at 114 million dollars, with an opening price of 63,999 dollars;One address shorted 1,576 Bitcoins, valued at 100 million dollars, with an opening price of 64,038 dollars;One address shorted 1,200 Bitcoins, valued at 76,450,000 dollars, with an opening price of 64,418 dollars;One address shorted 806 Bitcoins, valued at 51,350,000 dollars, with an opening price of 64,398 dollars.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Abraxas Capital (0x73f...32E) has transferred 10,100 XAUT (worth approximately $43.92 million) to another wallet.In the past 3 days, this entity has transferred 25,400 XAUT (worth approximately $110 million) between wallets, most of which was previously accumulated from Bitfinex. The associated wallet cluster holds 137,920 XAUT, worth approximately $600 million.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, an Ethereum genesis wallet holding 2,680 ETH, currently valued at approximately 5.05 million USD, has become active for the first time after being dormant for over 11 years.This position was worth about 830 USD in 2015, currently yielding a profit of 608,000%.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Bitwise purchased 28,085.8 HYPE from Nonco for its ETF clients, valued at approximately 1.52 million USD, and transferred the tokens to its BHYP wallet (0x22B9...90b5).