Bitget has officially launched the 2026 King’s Cup Global Invitational, or KCGI, with 37,148 traders and 1,347 teams already signed up, according to the company. The competition spans crypto futures, TradFi perpetual products and spot stock trading through rToken, widening the event beyond crypto-only markets. Traders can compete for a total prize pool of 3 million USDT through Sept. 22, with the core UEX Arena segment alone offering 2 million USDT across five leaderboards. Those rankings cover team profit and loss, crypto futures volume, TradFi perpetual volume, rToken trading volume and individual profit and loss. Team captains can also compete for an additional 100,000 USDT, while a separate UEX Treasure Map campaign offers rewards of up to 600,000 USDT and access to an extra 20,000 USDT pool for eligible participants. Bitget said trading for KCGI 2026 runs from Sept. 9 at 00:00 to Sept. 22 at 23:59, UTC+8. Final results are scheduled for Sept. 23 to 24, and the award ceremony livestream is set for Sept. 25.

MetaMask said on Sept. 11 that it now supports connections to TRON decentralized applications, opening another route into a broader multi-chain environment. In its latest DApp Spotlight, the wallet featured several TRON ecosystem projects as early selections: B.AI, an AI Agent infrastructure project; SUN.io, a liquidity infrastructure platform; JustLend DAO, a DeFi lending platform; and BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer file-sharing protocol. The selected applications span three areas named in the announcement: artificial intelligence, decentralized finance, and file storage. MetaMask users can now access those dApps through the wallet and use on-chain services tied to AI, DeFi, and decentralized storage. According to the announcement cited by Odaily, the integration expands accessibility within the TRON ecosystem and gives global users a smoother way to interact across multiple chains.

Bitget has released its August 2026 transparency report, outlining new developments across tokenized stocks, traditional finance products, institutional trading infrastructure, Bitget Wallet, and reserve disclosures. The report cites third-party research from DeFiLlama, CryptoRank, and TokenInsight, which said Bitget ranked strongly in several liquidity metrics tied to tokenized equities and stock perpetuals. DeFiLlama said Bitget posted the lowest median bid-ask spread among five tokenized stock markets it assessed, at 0.83 basis points, while also showing the deepest liquidity at the best bid and ask levels. The company also said rToken trading remained active in August, with rNVDA recording $38.5 million in daily volume on Aug. 26, involving more than 4,200 users and 112,800 trades. Bitget added that it published its 45th Proof of Reserves report during the month, with an overall reserve ratio of 122%.

Odaily, working with blockchain security team Bitrace, published a long-form investigation into the crypto payment and laundering infrastructure tied to scam compounds in Southeast Asia. The report says USDT has become the core settlement rail across multiple parts of the underground economy, from human trafficking and illegal data brokerage to scam operations, fake investment apps and money laundering. It describes a highly industrialized chain in which specialized service providers handle recruitment, information gathering, software development, traffic acquisition, scripted engagement with victims and final fund conversion. The article also details how Telegram-based guarantee platforms connect these actors by offering escrow, reputation backing and transaction matching. According to the report, more than 3.4 billion USDT flowed into guarantee platform addresses in the first half of 2026, with over 90% of related revenue linked to Xinbi Guarantee. The piece further outlines two real cases investigated by Bitrace: a fake exchange mining-pool arbitrage scam that tricked users into sending ETH in exchange for counterfeit BNB, and a fake DApp site called orcaen that mimicked Orca Dex and led one victim to lose several thousand USDT. The report ends with five anti-fraud recommendations for ordinary users, focused on personal data protection, recognizing pig-butchering patterns and avoiding unofficial trading apps and suspicious crypto transfer requests.

Odaily has published a broad tool roundup for Robinhood Chain users, organizing the ecosystem by workflow rather than by product category alone. The list starts with wallets and funding access, then moves through trading terminals, token launchpads, copy-trading tools, risk controls, market dashboards, macro data boards and perpetual trading venues. On the wallet side, the article highlights Robinhood Wallet and Binance Wallet, noting that Robinhood Wallet’s gas subsidy minimum for RH chain swaps has been lowered from $5 to $0.50 through Sept. 29, while Binance Wallet users can access an 80% fee rate for RH chain trading services for one month. The trading section includes FOMO, GMGN, Axiom, Uniswap, BasedBot and Maestro, each framed around different user habits such as social trading, fast execution or Telegram-based workflows. Odaily also points readers to launchpads including PONS, Long and pools.trade, alongside on-chain and risk tools such as Blockscout, Ruginhood and HoodScan. For broader tracking, the guide names Dexscreener, Fomo Helper, DefiLlama and Dune, then closes with RH-focused derivatives access through Lighter and Arcus.

Bitget appeared at FutureMode 2026 in Taipei as a gold sponsor, using the Sept. 4-6 event to showcase both product and brand strategy across digital finance. The company said it took part in three industry panels covering stablecoins in Asia, global virtual-asset regulation, VASP policy developments, real-world asset tokenization and AI-native crypto products. Bitget Wallet APAC lead Will Wu joined a session on stablecoin adoption in payments, remittances and digital dollar use cases, while Bitget CEO Gracy Chen held a fireside chat with Blocktrend founder Hsu Ming-En on regulation and RWA trends. Marketing manager Yoaka joined a separate panel focused on AI-native crypto products. On the exhibition floor, Bitget centered its on-site experience around rToken, its tokenized U.S. equities product. Activities included a decibel challenge, a U.S. stock-themed vending machine, blind cards and prize draws tied to rToken linked to names such as NVDA, MU and TSM. The company also set up two off-site "liquidity supply stations" offering 300 egg cakes and 500 drinks. Outside the expo, Bitget hosted a Taipei VIP and Institutional Private Dinner with Gracy for clients, institutions and partners. The company also restated platform figures, including more than 125 million users for Bitget and more than 100 million users for Bitget Wallet.

A Foresight market analysis argues that gas is not disappearing, but its role as the single abstraction for blockchain resources is weakening. The article points to four separate tracks that all lead in the same direction: Hyperliquid hides infrastructure costs inside trading fees, Solana is trying to price transaction inclusion separately from actual resource use, Internet Computer prices compute, storage, bandwidth and messaging through cycles tied to XDR, and Ethereum itself is revisiting gas accounting through the Platåberget testnet and proposed changes tied to the Glamsterdam upgrade. In that view, gas is shifting from a core user-facing abstraction to a lower-level settlement layer for resource markets. The piece also argues that the bigger issue may not be gas alone, but the way virtual machines bundle execution, state, resource usage and proving into one model. It contrasts EVM with FuelVM, Sealevel, Move, RISC-V and zkVM, then traces how older chains such as EOS, TRON and Hive had already explored multi-resource accounting. Its broader conclusion is that blockchain design is moving toward explicit resource accounting, pricing, allocation and markets, with the end state looking less like a single chain and more like a protocol-managed, market-priced, cryptographically verified cloud of global compute resources.

Bitget said its 2026 Crypto Experience Month has concluded after running four in-person events in August alongside a global online campaign, with total participation topping 500 people. The program centered on the theme "Step into the Real World" and focused on real-world assets, financial literacy, and the growing overlap between traditional finance and Web3. According to the company, the initiative expands its Blockchain4Youth program beyond introductory blockchain education into broader financial market topics tied to digital assets. Participants were introduced to stocks, gold, commodities, and other real-world assets, with sessions explaining how tokenization can connect those assets to blockchain networks. The program also included career-focused exchanges with industry professionals, interactive simulations, quizzes, and Learning Hub activities. Bitget also ran an online campaign, #MatchTheRealWorld, where users matched familiar real-world assets such as consumer brands and gold with corresponding rToken tickers on the Bitget platform. In parallel, the company said the second semester of the Blockchain4Youth Learning Hub included a TradFi 101 course covering stocks, commodities, and ETFs. The article also included company background on Bitget and Bitget Wallet, including user figures, product scope, and partnership disclosures.