WEEKLY BRIEF Sep 6–Sep 13, 2026

Headlines
• Hunter Biden to launch $LAPTOP memecoin on Base with airdrops for $TRUMP losers
• Robinhood partners with Crypto.com to launch event contracts and prediction markets
• Consensys to split into two companies with Joe Lubin leading the standalone MetaMask unit
• Tether aims to launch a $3B USDT private credit fund
• Pumpfun adds stock pairs to its on-chain trading platform
• Trump pledges a $5,000 dividend to every U.S. adult if Republicans win the House and Senate
• Trezor email provider breach leads to circulation of phishing emails
• Nasdaq investing $100M in Kraken parent Payward at a $21B valuation
• Bybit launches European super-app for stocks and derivatives
• Revolut discloses data breach leaking passports, statements, and Bitcoin records

Weekly ETF Flows
• BTC: -$462.7M net outflows
• ETH: +$196.9M net inflows
• SOL: +$9.7M net inflows
• HYP: -$26.5M net outflows

Exchange Listings
• Binance: $PONS, $哈基米 (futures), $牛来 (spot)
• Bithumb: $USELESS (spot), $CP (spot), $DEBIT (spot)
• Upbit: $CP (KRW), $HEMI (spot), $USELESS (spot), $REZ (spot), $BFC (KRW)
• Coinbase: $CT (roadmap)
• Robinhood: $JUGGERNAUT (assets), $FRONG (assets), $INDEX (assets)
• Hyperliquid: $SNXX (HIP-3)

Regulatory
• Kalshi launches gold and silver perpetual futures following CFTC approval
• Polymarket odds for U.S. AI safety bill enactment this year double to 30%
• U.S. House prepares pre-election vote to curb data center power bills

Market Flows
• U.S. CPI and Core CPI both meet expectations at 3.4% and 2.4% year-over-year respectively
• MicroStrategy USD reserves and cash down $176M to $6.5B
• Arctern preparing to raise a new $400 million fund
• USDE stablecoin goes live on the Tron blockchain
• Coinbase app rank drops to 231 as Fomo app position takes over
• Variational launches swap markets for Brent Crude, GoPro, and KLA Corporation