Kirby Crypto

September 21, 2026

📰 Headlines
• CoinGecko ranks Hyperliquid first among crypto projects with $429M in revenue this year.
• Kalshi crypto trading volumes face wash-trading allegations from former quant trader.
• ZetaChain community votes to migrate ZETA to Solana with 99.4% approval.
• French crypto worker's family kidnapped at home by four suspects who fled.
• Goldman Sachs says SEC innovation exemption could benefit Coinbase, Robinhood and Circle.
• Strategy acquires 950 more BTC and repurchases $174M worth of preferred stock.
• Apple and Google hire for stablecoin-related roles as they explore financial businesses.
• Uniswap founder says SBF once bought Uniswap.com domain for seven figures.


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Happy HYPE ATH to those who celebrate!

damn…

https://x.com/beniduboss/status/2101459048247808010?s=46&t=QXCQRRs0aHHJcOqvWAzHrQ

wow hype really going for it

Happy HYPE ATH to those who celebrate!

What a great bday present 🤣

September 17, 2026

📰 Headlines
• HPL staking has paid out over $100,000 in rebates through Stake & Save as HyperLend builds the credit layer for every asset on Hyperliquid.
• Bitcoin Core software update aims for speed and security patches.
• Singapore ranks first on the Henley Crypto Adoption Index
• Circle launched the Arc mainnet

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Singapore restaurant/bar recommendations
$$$
⁃ 1887 by André - André Chiang's new one, went straight to 2 Michelin stars (new)
⁃ Meta
⁃ Les Amis
⁃ Jaan
⁃ Cloudstreet
⁃ Seroja (just bumped to 2 Michelin stars)
⁃ CUT (Steak)
⁃ Nikuya Tanaka (omakase steak, first outlet outside Ginza) (new)
⁃ Sushi Masaaki (omakase)
⁃ Tenshin (tempura)
⁃ Imperial Treasure (Chinese food)
⁃ Crystal Jade Golden Palace
⁃ Jin Ting Wan (Chinese, new Michelin star) (new)
⁃ Burnt Ends
⁃ Ma Cuisine

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⁃ Fat Cow (Japanese)
⁃ Pasta Bar
⁃ Scarpetta (handmade pasta, Amoy Street) (new)
⁃ Casa Cicheti (from the Bar Cicheti team) (new)
⁃ Bar Cicheti (pasta)
⁃ PUNCH (good brunch spot)
⁃ Belimbing (new-gen Singaporean) (new)
⁃ Station by Kotuwa (Sri Lankan) (new)
⁃ Magpie (Tiong Bahru) (new)
⁃ Wang Dae Bak (Korean)
⁃ Kinki (Japanese Fusion)
⁃ Lolla (great small plates - ideal for sharing)
⁃ The Dragon Chamber
⁃ Luke's Oyster Bar & Chop House
⁃ GAIG
⁃ Meatsmith
⁃ California Republic

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⁃ Famous Eunos Bak Chor Mee
⁃ Zion Road Fish Soup
⁃ Jalan Sultan Prawn Mee
⁃ Outram Park Ya Hua Rou Gu Cha
⁃ Westlake (tze char)
⁃ Udon Shin (Tokyo udon, expect a queue) (new)

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All you need for TOKEN2049 SG 2026 (7th - 8th Oct) 🇸🇬
Official Site - https://www.token2049.com/singapore

Main event is at Marina Bay Sands (all five floors this year), side events run all week, mostly around the CBD / Marina Bay / Tanjong Pagar.

Side Events Lists
Luma (Gamma Prime) - https://luma.com/singaporesideevents
Luma (Media Grill) - https://luma.com/cryptosideevents
Mira - https://miragather.com/e/TOKEN2049Singapore2026

Hyperliquid Related Events
HL Community Event
HL Forum
Reconnect Hypio
Event.hl
HypurrCo Gathers

Special mention
HypurrCo Gathers (8 Oct): https://luma.com/mmrfj0pz

Group Chats
Official Chat: https://t.me/token2049official

HEADS UP
F1 is right after (9-11 Oct, and it's Singapore's first ever Sprint weekend). Hotels around Marina Bay get expensive and roads near the circuit start closing in the days before. If you're staying through the weekend, book now.

October = afternoon thunderstorms. Carry a small umbrella, and expect Grab surge pricing the moment it pours.

Getting around
Our equivalent of Uber is Grab - https://www.grab.com/sg/ (Gojek and TADA work too, sometimes cheaper)
MRT: no need for an ez-link card anymore, just tap your contactless credit card or phone at the gantry.
SIM cards at the airport convenience stores, or just use an eSIM.

Hotels around MBS
Marina Bay Sands
Mandarin Oriental
Pan Pacific
Parkroyal Collection Marina Bay (the old Marina Mandarin)
Swissôtel The Stamford
Ritz-Carlton Millenia
The Fullerton Hotel / Fullerton Bay Hotel

FOOD & DRINKS
Still not sharing top local spots since those should be gatekept 😂 (cleaned out the ones that closed since last year, which was a lot)

Hawkers around the area (cheap food)
Lau Pa Sat (aka Telok Ayer Market)
Maxwell Food Centre
Amoy Street Food Centre (good)
Market Street Hawker Centre at CapitaSpring (the old Golden Shoe, mostly weekdays only)
Hong Lim Food Centre
Makansutra Gluttons Bay (overrated, freshly renovated but pricier)

Dining in MBS
CÉ LA VI
LAVO (revamped into coastal Italian)
Spago by Wolfgang Puck
CUT by Wolfgang Puck
Waku Ghin
Wakuda
db Bistro & Oyster Bar
Bread Street Kitchen - Gordon Ramsay's
Koma
Mott 32
MBS Food Court

Rooftops
CÉ LA VI - MBS
LAVO - MBS
Spago - MBS, outside rooftop
Altro Zafferano (used to be Zafferano) - beautiful rooftop
Artemis - CapitaGreen
Level 33 - MBFC
Lantern - Fullerton Bay
Mr Stork - Andaz rooftop
Kinki - Customs House
NOVA - L63 One Raffles Place, where 1-Altitude used to be (new)
SKAI Bar - L70 Swissôtel (new)
VUE - OUE Bayfront rooftop (new)
Baia - Esplanade rooftop, bay views (new)
El Chido - Pullman Hill Street, rooftop infinity pool (new)
Southbridge - Boat Quay, river views (new)

Cocktail bars
Jigger & Pony - still SG's best bar, #9 in Asia's 50 Best 2026
Nutmeg & Clove
Offtrack
Origin Bar - Shangri-La
BOP - Korean cocktail bar from the Jigger & Pony team (new)
Bar Bon Funk - New Bahru (new)
Side Door
The Elephant Room
Native
Cat Bite Club
Stay Gold Flamingo
Employees Only
Atlas - great bar
Anti:Dote - Fairmont
Sago House
28 HKS
Barbary Coast
The Spiffy Dapper
Manhattan Bar
Live Twice (cool Japanese inspired bar, cosy, good cocktails)
Neon Pigeon
Emerald Hill (lots of great bars on this street)

Restaurants
Lagnaa - Indian
Birds of a Feather - Sichuan
Putien - Chinese
Monti - Italian, right on the bay
Otto - Italian (now at Maxwell Chambers)
Da Valentino - Italian
Gattopardo Ristorante Di Mare
Baka Laki - Greek
BluKuzina - Greek
Shabestan - Persian
Oxo - Italian
Zenso
Cherry Garden by Chef Fei - Mandarin Oriental, new Michelin star (new)

Brunch
Wild Honey - Scotts Square
Tanjong Beach Club
Publico
Common Man

September 16, 2026

📰 Headlines
• Payward, Kraken’s parent company, plans to offer onchain perpetual futures to U.S. clients, starting with Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 markets, subject to regulatory approval.
• Circle launches Arc mainnet with BlackRock and Visa among validators, mints 10 billion ARC tokens.
• U.S. Senate Fails to Advance CLARITY Act as Cloture Vote Falls Short of 60-Vote Threshold.
• Two Robinhood Engineers Charged With Trading on Confidential Crypto Listing Information.
• X Introduces Trading Option to Cashtags
• Germany's Largest Bank to Launch Crypto Custody Services.

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September 15, 2026

📰 Headlines
• BlackRock leads $160 million Bitcoin ETF inflow as Ether funds add $121 million.
• UAE moves digital identity vault serving 12.5M users to Avalanche.
• 18 state attorneys general push back on CLARITY Act ahead of key Senate vote.
• Balancer proposes winding down protocol and distributing treasury to BAL holders.
• Zama expands confidential Morpho lineup after first vault hits $40 million, launches private swaps on Ethereum.
• CoinEx to shut down
• Revolut gave hackers data on 680 customers after fake government requests.

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September 14, 2026

📰 Headlines
• Satsuma sells its entire 669.4867 BTC treasury and plans to return £30.7 million to eligible shareholders.
• TD Cowen sees 90% upside for bitcoin treasury firm Smarter Web
• Bitcoin Suisse will cut up to half of its Swiss jobs as it shifts operations overseas.
• Kaiko expands its latest funding round to $110 million led by S&P Global as 24/7 markets move closer.
• Pixelmon shuts down game development and lays off its gaming team (not surprised lol)

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September 11, 2026

📰 Headlines
• Trade[dot]xyz announces events
• Coinbase Rebrands Base App Back to Coinbase Wallet
• Bitwise shuts down Dogecoin ETF less than a year after launch.
• India Launches Tokenized Bond Pilot for $620B Corporate Debt Market
• BYBIT LAUNCHES EUROPEAN SUPER‑APP FOR STOCKS AND DERIVATIVES.

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No updates till Thursday!

Will be offline till then, please be kind and don’t rekt the markets tyvm. If anyone DMs you as me it’s a scam - I never DM first.

Hope to come back to new hype aths

September 6, 2026

📰 Headlines
• Bitwise’s BHYP Emerges as Largest HYPE ETF With $166M in Tracked Holdings According to Arkham.
• 30 Known Institutions Hold $74.9 Million in Hyperliquid ETF Exposure, 13F Data Shows.
• UBS, Jane Street among firms with combined $75 million in Hyperliquid ETF holdings: Bloomberg.
• TradeXYZ just deployed its HIP‑4 DEX.
• Spot Bitcoin ETFs Take In $175M; Ethereum ETFs Record $26.46M Inflow.
• Chilean Crypto Exchange Orionx Shuts Down After $7M+ Asset Shortfall

📚 Reads
• Hyperliquid AQA v2 Implies About $193M in Annualized Revenue and $527K in Daily HYPE Buyback Pressure.

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Happy HYPE ATH to those who celebrate

September 05, 2026

📰 Headlines
• BMNR listed on Hyperliquid HIP‑3 via trade.
• Singapore Stablecoin Rules Have Issuers Deciding If License Is Worth It.
• Polymarket Launches Crypto Perpetual Futures With Up to 20x Leverage.
• AMC CEO Urges Robinhood to Halt AMC Stock Token Trading, Questions Legality.

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HO LEE S**T

Happy HYPE ATH to those who celebrate

All you need for KBW 2026 (29th Sep - 1st Oct) 🇰🇷
Official Site - https://koreablockchainweek.com/
Main venue is Grand Walkerhill Seoul (Gwangjin-gu).

Side Events Lists
Official: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qqVasA4KhTgdwHgfCjM3caTT4PiUw95Ua4uCTyvMJVw/edit?usp=sharing
Luma: https://luma.com/korea-blockchain-week
CryptoNomads: https://cryptonomads.org/KoreaBlockchainWeek2026

Resources
Survival Tips (source)
• Skip airport taxi, take AREX (T-money card), then taxi or uber from station.
• Stay in Gangnam, or near Cheongdam where most side events are happening.
• Use Naver Map or Kakao Map for navigation, restaurants, etc. Download in advance
• Book restaurants early. CatchTable is your best friend for reservations.
• Subway > car during rush hour.
• Skip big events, priortise dinners and mixers.
• Respect goes a long way.
• Bring a physical bank card.
• Grab eSIM before you land.

WHERE TO STAY
• Near the side events (Gangnam / Cheongdam / Apgujeong)
• Near the main venue (Gwangjin-gu)(Only worth it if you're speaking or working a booth.)
• Other areas worth considering
-Hannam / Itaewon: good bars and food, central-ish
-Jung-gu / Euljiro

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September 03, 2026

📰 Headlines
• Hyperliquid to add optional permissioned market functionality to HIP‑3.
• HYPE enters a U.S. crypto index ETF for the first time with a 3.4% weighting.
• Kraken parent Payward delays IPO to Q2 2027 at the earliest.
• Kalshi seeks CFTC nod for first U.S.‑regulated WTI perpetual futures.
• Robinhood Stock Tokens overtake Binance bStocks by holder count.
• Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $101 million in net inflows on Sept 2.
• Crypto hardware wallet giant Ledger faces class action in New York over alleged 2023 data breach.

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