Bitcoin and Ethereum Options Are Expiring
According to Deribit’s announcement, a total of $4.55 billion worth of option contracts will expire on September 5 at 4:00 PM (Beijing time). The total value of Bitcoin options is $3.28 billion, with open interest concentrated in the $105,000–$110,000 range. On the Ethereum side, the majority of the $1.27 billion in options are concentrated in call options above $4,500. The market is focused on whether this expiration will stabilize prices or trigger a new breakout.
The UK-based public company The Smarter Web Company announced that it will issue 21 million common shares. The company is raising new capital under terms similar to the agreement it previously announced on June 19, 2025. In a statement made at the end of August, it was noted that the vast majority of the shares issued under the previous agreement had been allocated.
Ukrainian Parliament Passes Crypto Law on First Reading
According to a report by Cointelegraph, the Ukrainian parliament passed a bill legalizing and taxing cryptocurrencies on its first reading. The bill proposes an 18% income tax and a 5% military tax on income earned from digital assets.
In the first year, a reduced tax rate of 5% will apply to the conversion of crypto assets into fiat currency. The bill may undergo changes in the second reading; it is still unclear whether the regulatory body will be the Central Bank or the Securities Commission.
CryptoQuant: Monthly Support Level for BTC is $107,600
CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr. stated that Bitcoin’s current price is $110,700 and that it remains above the short-term holder realized price (STH Realized Price) of $107,600. This level is seen as an important support point for the monthly bullish trend. The NUPL indicator being at 0.53 shows that profit-taking is increasing but has not reached the extreme levels seen in previous cycles. According to the analyst, although the market is in a correction phase, the long-term outlook remains bullish.
Institutional Investor Accumulates Over 190,000 AAVE in 3 Weeks
According to data from on-chain analyst Yu Jin, approximately 191,000 AAVE ($61.03 million) has been acquired over the past three weeks. In the last four days alone, 128,905 AAVE ($40.83 million) was withdrawn from exchanges such as Binance and OKX. The last transaction took place 30 minutes ago. This movement is seen as a sign of strong institutional accumulation.
Outage in Gmail and Google Drive Services
As reported by Cailianshe, the Google Workspace Status Center reported that some users were unable to access Gmail and Google Drive. The issue is particularly affecting users in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Google’s engineering team is still investigating the cause of the outage.
Tether Froze 6.45 Million USDT
According to MistTrack data, Tether has frozen a total of 6.45 million USDT across 11 addresses. These steps are seen as part of efforts to prevent money laundering and illegal activities in the stablecoin ecosystem.
Ripple Expands RLUSD Stablecoin to Corporate Users in Africa
Ripple is making the RLUSD stablecoin available to corporate users in Africa through partnerships with Chipper Cash, VALR, and Yellow Card. Additionally, RLUSD is being tested in an insurance program run by Mercy Corps Ventures in Kenya. In this program, payments are automatically triggered when conditions such as drought or excessive rainfall are verified using satellite data.
