According to Bitcoin News on X platform, the CFTC has requested the Washington D.C. court to dismiss CME's lawsuit against Kalshi Bitcoin perpetual futures. The cash settled BTCPERP by Kalshi was approved on May 29th, with no expiration date and using funding rates to track spot prices. CME believes that contracts without delivery dates and continuous payments belong to swaps rather than futures; The CFTC called the matter a "mountain out of a molehill" and pointed out that CME can also list similar products, and the trading volume of CME Bitcoin futures in June and August was higher than that in May. CME needs to submit a response before October 2nd.

The Layer-1 blockchain project Harmony plans to terminate the Harmony network, and users need to exit the smart contract before September 10, 2026. Harmony plans to migrate ONE to Ethereum and airdrop alternative tokens to Ethereum addresses based on the final block balance. Harmony plans to pay funds to eligible validators and principals in four quarters from a pool of $1.372 million, and the release of ONE tokens will be used for The Remix Economy for AI Video program. （Decrypt）

According to GMGN market data, the market value of the Meme coin LAPTOP on the BSC chain briefly exceeded $13 million, with a cumulative trading volume of over $15 million within about 90 minutes of its launch, and then fell back to $6 million within 3 minutes.

According to GMGN market data, after Hunter Biden officially announced its cryptocurrency, various chains have seen the emergence of LAPTOP named Meme coins. Most projects have surged but then fallen back: the market value of BSC network LAPTOP has dropped from $8 million to $6 million; The market value of Robinhood Network LAPTOP has dropped from $1.8 million to $1 million; The market value of Base Network LAPTOP has dropped from $462000 to $4000; The market value of Solana Network LAPTOP has dropped from $390000 to $210000. Hunter Biden has confirmed on official Twitter that Meme coin will be released and the contract address will be announced on September 9th.

The next major upgrade of Ethereum will allow users to pay transaction fees using stablecoins instead of just ETH. （Cointelegraph）