UPDATE: 🔥 $ZEC is standing out among altcoins since Bitcoin’s latest all-time high.

@Zcash has reportedly outperformed $BTC by roughly 14x over the period, with only 9 assets among the top 50 managing to outperform Bitcoin.

That puts ZEC among the strongest performers in the altcoin market during this stretch, making its relative strength hard to overlook.

🚨 JUST IN: Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest has launched a tokenized version of its ARK Venture Fund on Ethereum through Securitize, bringing a $1.3 billion venture portfolio onchain.

The fund provides eligible investors with blockchain-based exposure to companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe and Databricks, while the tokenized structure enables continuous onchain access.

The launch marks another major step in the tokenization of traditional investment products, as asset managers increasingly use blockchain infrastructure to expand access to private-market exposure.

UPDATE: 🔥 The @ponsdotfamily launchpad has generated roughly $172 million in user fees since launching in July 2026, just over two months ago.

Its strongest day came on September 5, when $PONS generated $11.42 million in fees within 24 hours, highlighting the scale of activity around the platform.

The surge comes as a growing number of token launchpads compete for market share, with @Pumpfun also among the platforms generating substantial revenue from token launches.

UPDATE: Stellar has emerged as the third-largest blockchain for tokenized RWAs, with @StellarOrg reportedly hosting around $2.75B in real world assets, trailing only @Ethereum and @BNBChain, while its stablecoin supply has climbed to roughly $940M.

News: Bitcoin’s $BTC quantum safety preparation costs have reportedly dropped to around $66 per transaction, down 79% from the previous $320 estimate, following 62 accepted improvements from StarkWare’s Quantum Safe Bitcoin challenge though the figure remains a benchmark rather than a confirmed production cost.

🚨 NEWS: OpenZeppelin is bringing its smart contract security suite to TRON, expanding access to established blockchain development and auditing tools.

The integration incorporates OpenZeppelin’s Contracts library, which has supported more than $37 trillion in transferred value and over 900 security engagements. The move is designed to provide TRON developers with additional infrastructure for building and securing smart contracts. It marks another expansion of OpenZeppelin’s security ecosystem across major blockchain networks.

🚨NEWS: Strive CEO Matt Cole told Bloomberg that he believes there may be no Bitcoin price that is “too high” as long as the U.S. debt crisis remains unresolved. Cole argued that Bitcoin could potentially rise dramatically when measured against the dollar, even saying it could “go to infinity versus the dollar.” His comments reflect a view that ongoing fiscal pressures could strengthen the long-term case for Bitcoin. The remarks add another bullish perspective from a corporate executive focused on digital assets.