Crypto markets opened Sept. 4 with a clear macro catalyst: traders sharply cut expectations for a Federal Reserve rate hike this month. CME pricing showed the odds of a 25-basis-point increase at roughly 50%, down from 70% a day earlier, after comments from Fed Governor Christopher Waller and New York Fed President John Williams signaled that a hike is not a settled outcome. Bitcoin briefly moved above $82,000 in early trading, while most major tokens in centralized exchange volume rankings posted gains, including BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, BNB, DOGE, UNI, and ZEC. The day’s policy picture was mixed. A Galaxy research executive said House Republican leadership had canceled voting weeks in late September, leaving the CLARITY Act with very low odds of passing before the midterm elections. At the same time, SEC Chair Paul Atkins told Fox Business he expects the bill to be voted on in the Senate on Sept. 15 and ultimately sent to the president for signature. Separately, G20 finance ministers and central bank governors backed a clearer regulatory path for digital assets and called for stronger anti-money-laundering enforcement in large virtual-asset jurisdictions. Elsewhere, Coinbase said it is working to launch single-stock perpetual futures in the U.S., Polymarket rolled out perpetual contracts more broadly, Robinhood Chain DEX volume hit a record $1.89 billion in 24 hours, and Nvidia agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9303 billion.

CoinGecko has migrated the cybersecurity component of its centralized exchange Trust Score from CER.live to Hacken's CORE3 platform, covering 166 exchanges. CORE3 data shows roughly 48% of 193 assessed exchanges provided no evidence of reserve proofs, penetration tests, or bug bounty programs, while only about 5.2% met all three. Users can view updated scores on CoinGecko and access multidimensional risk breakdowns on CORE3.

Core DAO has initiated an emergency hard fork after some validators received CORE rewards exceeding the protocol's intended issuance. The incident is under control, and the malicious validators can no longer claim excess rewards. Multiple exchanges, including Coinbase, Bithumb, Coinone, Bitget, and LBank, have suspended CORE deposits and withdrawals. Core has not disclosed the total amount or duration of the excess rewards. The team promised a technical post-mortem report. Cointelegraph received no response from Core by press time.

As reported by Techub News, Shyft Finance is preparing to launch its first two Ethereum yield vaults, shCORE and shYIELD, together with GAP3 Partners FZCO, a Dubai-licensed virtual asset service provider. GAP3 will act as co-curator, contributing strategy research and analysis for the vaults. The vault contracts have been deployed on Ethereum mainnet and are set to enter a pre-deposit phase shortly. shYIELD is designed to combine Radiant Prime's market-neutral trading, Maple's syrupUSDC on-chain credit, and Gauntlet USD Alpha's stablecoin strategy, focusing on market-neutral and credit strategies. shCORE integrates Radiant Prime, Ondo USDY tokenized Treasury yields, and Sky's sUSDS savings yield, providing exposure to tokenized Treasuries and savings products. Both vaults follow the ERC-4626 standard and leverage Ember infrastructure for permission and security controls. Shyft said it will disclose the final configuration and pre-deposit terms through official channels. The news was originally reported by Bitcoinist. Both vaults are part of Shyft Finance's initial product lineup on Ethereum.

Binance's April 15 Word of the Day answers have been compiled under the Binance AI Pro Beta theme, including 3- to 8-letter words, gameplay steps, extra chances, and prize pool details.

Binance Word of the Day answers for April 13, 2026, feature the AI Pro Beta theme. The list includes 20 words from 3 to 8 letters, with a prize pool of 500,000 BNB for top scorers.

Mining Grid has launched COREs Evolution to mark the first anniversary of Mining COREs, adding auto-buy tools, bundle purchases, and revised reward mechanics. The company says more than 450,000 COREs have participated so far.

CORE Chain Network says it will go live on June 11, with deposits already open in Core Wallet. QOR has a fixed supply of 250 million tokens, and the project expects exchange names to be disclosed within one to two days.