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.

Binance said it will adjust the leverage and margin tiers for 11 USDⓈ-M perpetual contracts at 14:30 UTC+8 on Aug. 28, 2026, according to an official notice cited by Odaily. The contracts affected are FILUSDT, ROBOUSDT, LPTUSDT, ZRXUSDT, SPORTFUNUSDT, NOMUSDT, SAGAUSDT, QNTXUSDT, SHAZUSDT, STRCUSDT, and BSPUSDT. Binance said the update is expected to be completed within one hour. Existing positions will be affected, and the exchange advised users to make adjustments in advance. The notice did not include additional details in the brief.

Binance has announced it will delist seven spot trading pairs effective Aug. 14 at 03:00 UTC, when trading in each pair will stop. The affected pairs are APT/BTC, AR/BTC, A/USDC, BTTC/TRY, CYBER/USDC, LPT/BTC and WAL/FDUSD, covering tokens such as APT, AR, A, BTTC, CYBER, LPT and WAL against BTC, USDC, TRY or FDUSD as quote assets. The exchange said it regularly reviews all spot pairs listed on its platform and may remove those that fail to meet its standards, citing poor liquidity and low trading volume as possible reasons. The decision is aimed at protecting users and maintaining a high-quality trading market, according to Binance. The removal of these pairs does not impact other spot pairs for the same tokens, and users can still trade the underlying base and quote assets through other pairs. The announcement was first reported by U.Today. Binance said the delisting is part of its regular review of listed spot trading pairs.

PANews’ daily roundup on Aug. 11 centered on two balance-sheet stories with direct relevance to crypto markets. Strategy said it sold 1,690 BTC last week and lifted its U.S. dollar reserve to about $4.65 billion, while also raising roughly $653 million through its at-the-market equity program. CEO Phong Le said the company had adjusted its approach because bitcoin alone could not meet investor demand, adding that institutional investors place greater value on cash and that Strategy now holds $4.75 billion in cash, enough to cover roughly 2.7 years of preferred dividends. Trump Media, by contrast, reported a first-half loss of $360.6 million tied to the decline in crypto asset prices. As of June 30, the company held 9,477.16 BTC with a fair value of $557.1 million, down by 65 BTC from the end of March, while its Cronos holdings stayed unchanged at about 756.1 million tokens but fell in fair value from $68 million at the end of 2025 to $40.6 million. The report also noted that most of its bitcoin had been pledged as collateral. Elsewhere, South Korea approved tougher crypto rules that tighten scrutiny of exchange major shareholders and remove the 1 million won threshold for the Travel Rule, extending it to all transfers. U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded a net outflow of $145 million on Aug. 10, with BlackRock’s IBIT seeing the largest single-day net outflow at $53.56 million.

Binance will remove seven spot trading pairs on Aug 14 at 11:00: APT/BTC, AR/BTC, A/USDC, BTTC/TRY, CYBER/USDC, LPT/BTC and WAL/FDUSD. Users can continue trading the relevant assets via other pairs on the exchange, according to ChainCatcher.

Binance will stop trading and remove seven spot trading pairs at 03:00 UTC on Aug. 14, 2026, according to an official announcement cited by BlockBeats on Aug. 11. The pairs set to be delisted are APT/BTC, AR/BTC, A/USDC, BTTC/TRY, CYBER/USDC, LPT/BTC, and WAL/FDUSD. No additional details were included in the brief notice provided in the source. The update concerns spot market pairs on the exchange and specifies both the effective time and the full list of affected markets.

Five XRPL fix amendments tied to v3.0.0 are approaching mainnet activation, targeting escrow accounting, AMM rounding, payment metadata, and oracle ordering. Nodes that do not upgrade may become amendment blocked.

PANews’ July 21 daily roundup tracked a broad set of crypto and market developments, led by Donald Trump agreeing to an ethics provision tied to the Clarity Act and Ant International closing an approximately $1.2 billion Series A round. The ethics language is designed to limit the ability of senior U.S. officials, including the president, vice president, and members of Congress, to profit from digital assets while in office. Debate around the clause has centered on Trump’s meme coin and World Liberty Financial, with the bill text expected in the coming days and a Senate vote required before the first week of August. The digest also covered fresh product and platform updates from Binance, Robinhood, Base, Solv Protocol, and others, along with several security incidents. Among them were the reported theft of about 515 million NIGHT tokens from Wanchain’s Cardano bridge treasury and ZachXBT’s claim that TeleSwap may have suffered an exploit worth more than $735,000 that had still not been publicly disclosed five days later. On the market side, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $227 million in net inflows on July 20, extending the streak to five straight days. Strategy did not add to its Bitcoin holdings last week but added $225 million to its dollar reserves, while one company executive said the firm’s Bitcoin treasury could support dividend payments for 31 years.