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Blockchains
Ethereum Foundation Sets 2029 Quantum Target and Narrows Hegotá Scope
FOCIL and Frame Transactions are the two must-ship proposals. A tapered issuance burn and a mandatory burn of execution rewards were declined because the cluster said issuance and reward policy belong in a broader ecosystem process.

Blockchains
Harmony Proposes Sunsetting Network and Moving ONE to Ethereum for AI Video Pivot
The plan would snapshot ONE at the final block and redirect emissions to an AI video business, but Harmony urged users to exit smart contracts before Sept. 10 because onchain apps and liquidity pools will not migrate.
TradFi & Fintech
BitMine Adds 28,086 ETH as Treasury Nears 5% of Supply
The company valued its 5.93 million ETH at about $14.79 billion, while aggregate reported holdings rose to $15.7 billion from $15.6 billion a week earlier.
DeFi
Morpho Expands Fixed-Rate Midnight Markets to Ethereum
USDC markets backed by WBTC and cbBTC are live, while roughly $5 billion held in Morpho Vaults remains unable to enter Midnight pending DAO action.
TradFi & Fintech
Robinhood Takes Stakes In Crypto.com And OG.com, Routes Football Contracts To Their Exchange
Robinhood began sending a selection of football event contracts to Crypto.com's CFTC-regulated exchange on Tuesday and will hold stakes in both Crypto.com and OG.com, the prediction-market venue being spun out of it at a $5 billion valuation.
Infrastructure
Merck KGaA Pilots Cocoa Traceability On Hedera
The Hashgraph Group, Merck KGaA and PwC Germany said they are testing a system that records Merck's physical authentication scans on Hedera to document cocoa origin, timed to an EU deforestation law that applies to large operators on Dec. 30. The announcement names no cocoa farmer, processor or chocolate brand, discloses no volumes and sets no deployment date.

CeFi
Orionx Halts Withdrawals and Winds Down After Alleged $7M Asset Transfers
Chile’s financial regulator says it does not oversee the exchange’s closure or have the power to order customer repayments.
Security
Liquid Attacker Broadcasts Return Of 3,400 BTC, Keeps 598
The transaction pays 3,400 BTC back to the Liquid federation wallet and 598.50 BTC to the attacker’s own address. It is unconfirmed and flagged replaceable, and neither side has published anything about the split.
Tokens
Hunter Biden Confirms LAPTOP Memecoin Launch On Sept. 9
The token deploys on Coinbase's Base network, with a fifth of a 1 billion supply set aside for airdrops that include wallets that lost money on TRUMP, according to The Wall Street Journal. At least 14 copycat LAPTOP tokens appeared on four other networks within an hour of the report, trading $6.9 million between them.

Markets
Arkham Links Wintermute to $2.4 Million PONS Position
Arkham said Wintermute appeared to be buying PONS gradually; its dashboard separately listed 3.43 million tokens worth $2.4 million.



