Crypto markets on Aug. 31 were led by a cluster of stories around Robinhood Chain activity, tokenized stock trading, and U.S. crypto legislation. Robinhood Chain posted $945 million in single-day DEX volume on Aug. 29, setting a new all-time high and moving above its previous peak from mid-July. Token Terminal said the seven most actively traded tokenized stocks all sit on either BNB Chain or Robinhood Chain, generating a combined $4.3 billion in DEX volume over the past 30 days. Pons, a token launch platform active on Robinhood Chain, said it has paid $20.93 million to token creators over the past 47 days, while Dune data showed 23,080 tokens were deployed on Robinhood Chain on Aug. 29, with Pons V2 accounting for 15,957 of them, or about 69.1%. The broader news flow also included a planned Sept. 15 procedural vote in the U.S. Senate on the CLARITY Act, new governance and infrastructure updates from Hyperliquid, Solana and Deribit, multiple security incidents across Cosmos-linked and other networks, and a series of market comments from figures including Tom Lee, Ki Young Ju, Ansem and Bonk Guy. In spot trading, UNI was the only gainer among the listed top-10 CEX turnover tokens, up 11.2%, while ZORA led the OKX 24-hour gainers with a 33.52% rise.

PANews’ weekly roundup brought together a wide spread of crypto stories, from a major security failure in the Cosmos ecosystem to fresh early-stage funding and a legal dispute involving Sun Yuchen. The most consequential incident centered on the Cosmos EVM module, where a publicly disclosed high-risk patch was not communicated to downstream projects in advance. MANTRA, TAC and KiiChain were named among the affected chains, and the KII, TAC and NES tokens each fell more than 90% within hours after treasury funds were drained. The roundup also highlighted YZi Labs’ EASY Residency S4 batch, where 24 early-stage projects each received a $500,000 investment. The selected teams are focused on areas including stablecoin payments, on-chain foreign exchange and AI agents, pointing to continued attention on next-generation on-chain financial infrastructure. Elsewhere, the selection covered Bitcoin market structure, Upbit’s faster listing pace, Ethena’s token and ecosystem overhaul, Firefox wallet-themed malware, and a series of interviews with industry figures including CZ, Sun Yuchen, Shenyu and Tom Lee. In the news brief section, Sun Yuchen’s lawyer said a civil lawsuit over a property dispute had been filed against Jing and Jing’s parents, and that the case had been formally accepted.

ChainFeeds’ Aug. 26 research brief brought together five separate discussions shaping the current crypto conversation: Michael Saylor’s argument that Bitcoin’s institutionalization does not betray its core principles; a Foresight News review of the latest market rebound and the sharp return of spot ETF inflows; Biteye’s rundown of meme and infrastructure projects inside the warming HyperEVM ecosystem; Arthur Hayes’ view that U.S. policymakers revert to liquidity expansion whenever the 10-year Treasury yield approaches 5%; and a BlockBeats take on why on-chain momentum still lags the broader market even as meme assets regain attention. The brief also listed several headline items, including reported bids for crypto custodian Copper below the previously cited $500 million level, RockawayX’s plan to raise $150 million for a crypto hedge fund, Kalshi’s roughly $1.12 billion raised through equity financing, Arthur Hayes’ planned FLOP tokenomics infographic and AMA, and a Caixin report on Zhou Guren, identified there as the largest backer of Trump family crypto project WLFI. Across the five featured pieces, the publication framed the current moment as one where macro policy, regulated products, institutional structures, and meme-driven user acquisition are all moving into the same field of view.

On Aug. 24, Hyperliquid ecosystem tokens rose together after Donald Trump was mentioned and crypto policy tailwinds lifted HYPE to new highs. GMGN data showed PURR up more than 57% in 24 hours, KNTQ up 19%, while Hyper EVM meme tokens EGG and JOFF posted even larger moves. BlockBeats warned that these tokens are highly volatile and users should invest with caution.

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South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb has placed AZIT, CUDIS, FANC, TEMCO, EGG and STAT under a trading caution designation starting today. The exchange said the move was based on the tokens failing to meet its standards for combined market capitalization and trading volume across domestic and overseas exchanges. Bithumb will suspend deposits for the six tokens from 16:00 on July 16. A follow-up notice on whether the designation will be extended, lifted, or lead to trading termination is expected in the third week of October. The update was reported by Odaily.

Crypto markets opened the July 13 cycle with mixed performance across the most-traded tokens on centralized exchanges, while geopolitics and U.S. policy developments drove much of the broader headline flow. Among the top 10 CEX tokens by trading volume, BNB, BTC, ETH, SOL and XRP posted losses over the past 24 hours, while WLD, ZEC and TRX moved higher. LAT led OKX’s 24-hour gainers with a 58.58% jump, followed by AGLD and T. On-chain meme activity tracked by GMGN featured Harris, Boycoin, fubu, HYPNO and SUNNYS. Outside the market screens, Iran’s Strait management authority said the Strait of Hormuz is currently not passable and that permit reviews will resume after conditions stabilize, according to Xinhua. That statement came alongside comments from Iran’s top leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who said Iran would retaliate against the U.S. and Israel, while U.S. Central Command said shipping through the waterway remains open and that Iran does not control the strait. In crypto-specific developments, a U.S. housing bill containing a ban on a Federal Reserve central bank digital currency has taken effect after Donald Trump neither signed nor vetoed it within 10 days. Robinhood Chain reported more than $1 billion in DEX volume in its first week, and ZachXBT alleged market manipulation involving LAB-linked addresses.