Standard Chartered Bank: Bitcoin is expected to rise to $100,000 by the end of the year.

According to Lookonchain’s monitoring, whale address 0x6750 purchased 174,826 HYPE tokens approximately 8 hours ago, valued at around $15.01 million, and has staked all of them.

According to HTX market data, ARB leads the altcoin gainers, surging 48.8% in a single day to trade at $0.197. ARB’s rally is primarily driven by the boom in on-chain activity on Robinhood. Built on the Arbitrum tech stack, Robinhood Chain’s 24-hour DEX trading volume exceeded $1.89 billion last night, surpassing Solana and BNB Chain to top the public chain rankings for the first time. Per their partnership licensing agreement, Robinhood Chain is required to return 10% of the protocol’s net revenue to the Arbitrum ecosystem: 8% goes to the Arbitrum DAO treasury, and 2% to the Arbitrum Developer Guild. SUSHI rose over 40% in 24 hours, breaking through $0.267, with its rally also fueled by the booming on-chain activity on Robinhood. SushiSwap has integrated its DEX and launchpad onto Robinhood Chain. Sushi Launch launched at the end of July, allowing new tokens to pair with tokenized stocks and gain immediate access to Sushi V3 pools upon listing. Around September 4, SushiSwap Launch V2 went live, enabling the SUSHI token to act as the quote asset on the launchpad.

According to HTX market data, the crypto market saw a minor rebound on Sunday, pushing total crypto market capitalization to $2.781 trillion. Bitcoin broke above $80,000, while Ethereum crossed $2,500. Driven by robust trading activity in the BNB Chain ecosystem, BNB surged past $780 and is now trading at $764. SOL is priced at $104, HYPE at $85.8, and ZEC performed strongly, rising over 5% to hit $1,070. Leading altcoin gainers include ARB, which topped the list with a 48.8% single-day rally to trade at $0.197; SUSHI, up over 40% in 24 hours to break $0.267; and several BNB Chain ecosystem tokens such as MARSCOIN, 1000CAT, TUT, and CAKE, which also ranked among the top gainers amid the ecosystem’s hot trading activity.

According to TradingBeats’ monitoring, as PONS hits new highs approaching a $1 billion market capitalization, trader Loracle has been steadily adding to his short positions on PONS. Currently, he holds $23.11 million worth of short contracts on PONS, with an average entry price of $0.65, liquidation price of $1.82, and an unrealized loss of roughly $6.94 million. Loracle’s total unrealized loss across all short positions has climbed to around $28.7 million. His other major short positions include: $40.31 million short on HYPE, entry price of $53.97, unrealized loss of $15.02 million; $26.96 million short on SNDK, entry price of $1475.09, unrealized loss of $4.43 million; $19.64 million short on NVDA, entry price of $225.70, unrealized loss of $450,000; $10.65 million short on MU, entry price of $870.69, unrealized loss of $1.54 million; and $5.52 million short on CASHCAT, entry price of $0.23, unrealized loss of $310,000. On-chain perpetual contract and address analysis tool TradingBeats is now live, enabling real-time access to Hyperliquid data—from tracing whale operations to in-depth analysis, all at a glance.

Conflict persists across multiple Middle East regions, with the U.S. military and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claiming to have sunk each other’s oil tankers. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed it sank three IRGC oil tankers, while Iran said it struck three U.S.-linked vessels and three oil tankers. Shipping in the Strait of Hormuz has been disrupted. The UK’s Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported multiple merchant vessels in the Gulf were hit by “crippling fire”. An Iranian official added that vessels in the strait were “punished” daily last month. Conflict updates: CENTCOM says U.S. forces sank three IRGC oil tankers; the IRGC claims it struck three U.S.-linked vessels and three oil tankers. With the U.S.-Iran conflict entering its sixth month, U.S. intelligence agencies believe Iran has “gained confidence” and may seek to prolong the fighting at least until the November midterm elections. Iran’s military warned that if the U.S. continues its “destructive actions”, it will launch larger-scale strikes on U.S. forces. Iran denied that its Isfahan nuclear facility was attacked. Iranian media outlet Fars News reported explosions near Iran’s Kharg Island, with the specific cause unclear. Iran’s SNN news agency said an Iranian oil tanker near Kharg Island was hit by a missile, and no casualties have been reported so far. The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah personnel and facilities in southern Lebanon. Sources said the Iranian tanker that was attacked was empty, and its engine room was targeted. Iraq’s Oil Minister announced that Iraq has increased its oil export capacity to over 3 million barrels per day. Qatar’s Prime Minister held talks with Lebanon’s Prime Minister on de-escalating regional tensions and maritime security issues.

According to HTX market data, Ethereum has surged past $2,500, posting a 1.83% gain in the past 24 hours.