PA Daily’s latest roundup spans crypto markets, regulation, AI, funding, and whale activity. OpenAI formally introduced GPT-6 Astra and said the model may sit close to the point where artificial general intelligence becomes recognizable in hindsight. Nvidia, meanwhile, agreed to acquire AI platform Hugging Face for about $13 billion, a deal that would put its three French co-founders into the billionaire ranks while preserving Hugging Face’s open-platform model, according to the report. In crypto, spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $731 million in net inflows on Sept. 3 U.S. time, led by BlackRock’s IBIT at $454 million. Spot Ether ETFs added another $141 million. Polymarket launched perpetual contracts across crypto, equities, and commodities, while Ethena said its fee switch proposal passed unanimously, clearing the way for programmatic ENA buybacks. The report also tracks a sharp response from AMC CEO Adam Aron, who said Robinhood’s tokenized stock plan involving AMC and more than 190 companies was unauthorized and unregistered under U.S. securities law. Elsewhere, a Guangzhou court ruled that a virtual-currency lending contract was invalid and said losses should be calculated using acquisition cost. Binance Alpha listings, funding for Diameter Pay, Oura’s U.S. IPO filing, and a series of high-return meme-token trades also featured in the day’s developments.

Binance Alpha will remove 14 tokens from its platform on September 4, 2026 at 08:30 UTC, according to an official announcement. After delisting, users can still withdraw or sell these tokens through BinanceAlpha or BinanceWallet.

Binance Alpha announced the removal of 14 tokens, including MTP, BDXN, TALE, and others. Users can still withdraw and sell the tokens after removal.

CATE, one of the more closely watched meme coins on Solana, surged from a market cap of just over $2,000 to more than $80 million in a little over a week before dropping 65% in a single minute early yesterday. MarsBit said the selloff was widely tied to two events: the sudden suspension of the token’s X account and an outage at fomo that left users unable to trade during the most volatile stretch. The report argues that CATE’s traction was closely linked to Poorgoat, a high-profile trader on fomo whose public backing gave the token outsized visibility. That made the outage more damaging in market perception, especially after Poorgoat had defended the token as “organic.” MarsBit noted that despite having more than 60,000 holder addresses, the token fell more than 60% on less than $1.5 million in volume within a minute. The episode has also reignited questions around fomo’s rankings, KOL-driven token promotion, address concentration, private-key export procedures, and platform reliability. MarsBit said more than 38,400 CATE holder addresses shown on fomo account for over 60% of the token’s total holder base, amplifying debate over whether the platform merely concentrated retail participation or played a larger role in the token’s market structure.

MEXC reported a 65% rise in January spot volume for newly listed tokens, with active traders up 19%, and said capital was concentrated in AI agents, zero-knowledge networks, and DePIN plays.

The crypto market cap rose to $2.43 trillion on February 17, up 0.7% in 24 hours. Bitcoin traded at $68,830.2, Ethereum at $2,001.54, while the Fear and Greed Index stayed at 10, showing extreme fear.

Powered by a viral White House-linked X post, Solana-based $PENGUIN memecoin surged to a $65-69M market cap within a week, recording over $244M in trading volume with minimal manipulation.

A White House AI image showing Trump walking a penguin toward Greenland sparked a surge in Solana meme coin PENGUIN, whose market cap briefly hit $60 million. At the same time, Denmark reaffirmed that Greenland's sovereignty is not negotiable and kept its Arctic military drill on track through year-end.