GMGN, a meme coin trading platform, has rolled out a public beta version of its perpetual futures product, according to a post on X by co-founder Haze cited by Techub News. The beta currently supports BTC/USDC, ETH/USDC, SNDK/USDC, SOL/USDC, and ZEC/USDC trading pairs. GMGN said liquidity for the product is being provided by third-party market makers. The platform lists taker and maker fees at 0.045% and 0.015%, respectively. It also offers a 3.5% annualized yield mechanism on account funds. In addition, GMGN said it plans to introduce promotional trading points for its perpetual futures offering. The update was attributed to Haze’s statement on X, as referenced by Techub News and @WuBlockchain.

The European Central Bank on Sept. 21 launched Pontes, a blockchain settlement service designed to link existing payment rails with blockchain-based financial markets and let banks and investors settle tokenized transactions in euro central bank money rather than private money such as stablecoins. Deutsche Bank, Santander and securities settlement firm Clearstream are among the first participants already connected to the system, which will initially operate on weekdays from 08:00 to 16:00 Central European Time. The ECB also said it plans to allocate a very small portion of its own funds to high-rated, euro-denominated tokenized debt securities issued by public institutions. Elsewhere, Strategy said it bought 950 BTC last week, bringing total holdings to 846,000 BTC, while Bitmine added 27,562 ETH and now holds 5,983,940 ETH, or 4.9% of Ethereum’s total supply. Circle Mint rolled out a BTC-backed borrowing feature for eligible institutions, GMGN opened beta testing for perpetual futures trading, and Coinbase began offering IPO share subscriptions to U.S. retail users, starting with Oura’s listing this week.

GMGN has opened a public beta for its perpetual futures trading feature, according to a post on X by co-founder Haze. In the post, Haze said the function is now officially available for testing on the GMGN platform and invited users to try it out and share feedback. The update was reported by ChainCatcher under the market analysis category. No further rollout details, product specifications, or timeline beyond the public beta announcement were disclosed in the source item.

GMGN co-founder Haze announced on X that the platform has introduced a Fomo Top marker for its K-line charts. Once enabled, users can directly see the movements of the top 500 Fomo traders on the chart.

GMGN data cited by BlockBeats showed that the BSC meme coin "Niu Lai" had a market capitalization of about $99 million and roughly 53,500 holders as of Sept. 1. After excluding net inflow addresses, the three wallet addresses with the highest unrealized profits were 0x0121, 0xf1be, and 0x696d, with estimated total profits of about $1.7857 million, $1.7165 million, and $1.2666 million, respectively. Their current floating gains were listed at about $1.1835 million, $1.18 million, and $1.052 million. GMGN also noted that the buy column for all three addresses showed zero, even though they had holdings or sell records, indicating the tokens were mainly transferred in from other addresses. Because the actual acquisition cost before those transfers cannot be traced from the current addresses, the platform said the figures should be treated only as address-level estimated returns under GMGN’s cost methodology, not the holders’ full profit since initial entry. Among tagged KOLs, GMGN co-founder Haze ranked first by current floating profit at about $140,000, followed by 0x Yangyang and Cedric.

Federal Reserve Chair Christopher Waller’s first appearance at the Jackson Hole symposium was widely read on Wall Street as a hawkish reset of the Fed’s July messaging. Waller reiterated that the 2% inflation target is non-negotiable, said overall financial conditions are hard to describe as restrictive, and argued that better-than-expected summer PCE and CPI readings do not yet prove a meaningful improvement in the underlying inflation trend. He added that the Fed still has work to do if it cannot be confident inflation is falling at a clear and sufficiently fast pace. The speech quickly shifted market focus back toward the September Federal Open Market Committee meeting. JPMorgan Asset Management’s Priya Misra called it a hawkish speech and a clean-up act for what she saw as poor communication after the July press conference. Aberdeen’s Matthew Amis warned that if the Fed does not raise rates in September, its credibility could take another hit. CME data showed the implied probability of a September hike rose from about 35% before the speech to roughly 50% afterward, with some market gauges briefly pointing closer to 60%. Barclays and Societe Generale both revised their forecasts and now expect 25 basis-point hikes in September and December. SocGen also sees another move in March, while noting that call carries significant uncertainty. Other investors said Waller left enough room for near-term tightening, but still stopped short of giving markets a clear policy path.

Two crypto exchanges announced shutdown plans within days of each other, adding fresh pressure to a market already dealing with a wider wave of closures. BitMEX said on July 23 that it had stopped taking new user registrations and will shut down on Sept. 23, 2026. BitMart followed on July 26 with a staged wind-down that suspends new signups, deposits and new orders, ends all trading on Aug. 26, 2026, and terminates platform operations on Jan. 31, 2027, while saying withdrawals will remain available. The developments come after AscendEX, formerly BitMax, also said in early July that it would cease operations, citing MiCA regulation, market conditions and financial operating pressure. Reactions to BitMEX’s closure split into two main camps. Binance founder CZ pointed to the Biden-era “War on Crypto,” while Flashbots strategy lead Hasu argued BitMEX’s insurance fund design may have been a deeper structural problem. In BitMart’s case, community debate has centered on withdrawal handling, possible funding strain and allegations of poor internal management. The closures have also triggered a scramble by other platforms to attract displaced users. Huobi, Websea, MSX.COM and Blockfinex all moved to publicly court BitMart customers shortly after the announcement.

The Ethereum Foundation issued a mission statement outlining CROPS principles (Censorship Resistance, Open Source, Privacy, Security) and a walkaway test goal. The idealistic document has drawn polarized reactions, with Vitalik stepping in to clarify.