FOMC in 30 min, consensus: no change in rates.

FED: no changes in rates.

Hong Kong virtual bank ZA bets on city's blockchain goals — link

Mt. Gox pushes back deadline to 2024 but some payments might still come this year — link

ETH & BTC saw an uptick in the 7-day moving average of active addresses over the past week. ETH spiked from 372k to 508k, the highest the average has been in 2023 while BTC rose from 906k to 1.11M hitting levels not seen since 2021 — link

Binance warns of multiple stablecoin delisting as lawyers puzzle over EU's MiCA — link | 4. - CZ

Tether makes strategic investment in Northern Data Group — link

Bitcoin hashrate continues to rise, hits an all-time-high.

FTX sues former employees of Hong Kong affiliate, seeks $157 million — link

Binance’s seven-day average Bitcoin spot volume has fallen by 57% since September 1, with volume down 48% across exchanges overall — link

Mixin Network suspends services after hack involving $200 million in funds — link

Hong Kong to disclose crypto license applicants in wake of JPEX probes — link

Digital asset investment products saw outflows for the 6th consecutive week totalling US$9m last week — link

MicroStrategy has acquired an additional 5,445 BTC for ~$147.3 million at an average price of $27,053 per Bitcoin — link

Huobi has suffered a loss of 5,000 ETH ($8m) due to a hacker attack — link

ETH options volume on the CME surged in August, rising 77.0% and setting a new all-time high of $365m.

Celsius creditors vote in favor of reorganization plan — link

Orix Bank, Binance eye stablecoin offerings in Japan — link

Crypto exchange Binance reopens exchange services in Belgium — link

In August, the aggregated spot and derivatives trading volume on centralised exchanges declined by 11.5%, totaling $2.09tn.

This is the lowest combined monthly trading volume observed this year and the second-lowest combined volume on centralised exchanges since October 2020.