Cari has raised $32.5 million in the first tranche of its initial funding round, entirely from banks. Glacier Bank joined the six original design-partner banks: First Horizon, Huntington, KeyBank, M&T Bank, Old National and SouthState.

Cari runs a permissioned Layer 2 governed by its member banks, letting chartered institutions issue tokenized versions of their own commercial bank deposits, liabilities that stay on the bank's balance sheet rather than moving to an outside stablecoin issuer. The network already counts more than 30 committed banks representing over $10 trillion in combined assets, with roughly 40 more in talks. Cari reached a minimum viable product in March and delivered its full product suite in July, though it remains in pre-production.

The all-bank cap table is unusual for a crypto-adjacent startup and underlines Cari's pitch: give regional and community banks a way to move money on-chain, in real time and around the clock, without ceding control to third-party stablecoins. Full production is targeted for the end of 2026.

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Uniswap Labs has purchased PONS, the token of the memecoin launchpad on Robinhood Chain, citing “long-term alignment” with the project.

The deal sent PONS up more than 40% to a new all-time high of $0.75, extending its two-week gain above 1,769% and monthly rally beyond 2,713%.

Neither Uniswap Labs nor Pons disclosed the size, price, or structure of the purchase, while it remains unclear whether the tokens were bought on the open market or received through an allocation.

ℹ️ Pons has also seen significant activity growth:

• $5.95M in fees generated over the past 24 hours

• $28.83M in fees over the past 7 days

• 63%+ of Robinhood Chain launchpad volume

• 29.34% of total PONS supply reportedly burned

• ~80% of protocol fees used for PONS buybacks and burns

Robinhood Chain now accounts for 56.3% of Uniswap's total trading volume across all supported networks, with $901.5M in 24-hour volume.

The development comes as Uniswap operates its own launchpad, Pools trade, on the same chain, creating an interesting overlap between the two ecosystems.

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The Wall Street Journal reports that Hunter Biden plans to launch LAPTOP, a memecoin named after the 2020 laptop episode, on Coinbase's Base network on September 9, with a total supply of one billion tokens.

The token's structure is pointed. Founders including Biden will receive 30% of supply, barred from selling for six months and released in installments over two years. Another 20% is set aside in part for holders of President Trump's Official Trump (TRUMP) token, a move widely read as a jab at Trump as he and his family expand their own crypto ventures. Biden has framed decentralized digital assets as an inevitable future.

It is the latest sign that political branding has become its own memecoin category, following TRUMP and a wave of imitators. Whether LAPTOP finds durable demand or fades like most celebrity coins should be clear within days of the September 9 launch.

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FOMO sells itself as social trading that levels the playing field. On-chain data says the opposite.

Dune analysis by MidCurveMortal tracked all 292,531 wallets that traded FOMO on Solana over 90 days. Only 6.16% ended in profit — the other 93.84% lost money or broke even. As a group, traders are down $1.26 billion. The median trader is down $120.

And the "winners" barely won: 88% of profitable wallets made under $100. Just 25 wallets cleared $10,000.

Meanwhile top 20 wallets took home $82.38M combined, one trader (Unipcs) alone banked $14.26M on a single 108x PONS position. The house always wins; everyone else funds the pot.

For perspective: sportsbooks let ~37% of users come out ahead. FOMO gave you roughly 6x worse odds than a casino.

Binance has opened early access to Binance AI, its new in-app AI assistant, inviting a limited number of users to test the beta before a wider rollout. Spots are capped, and interested users sign up through Binance's announcement for a chance to try it first.

The beta is built around three pillars. A personalized experience reshapes the interface around each user, surfacing the information most relevant to them. Intelligent market insights layer AI-powered context onto price moves across both crypto and traditional assets. And a cut-through-the-noise feed delivers concise, timely updates, so users can focus on the signals that matter most.

It is Binance's broadest consumer AI push yet, following the March debut of its AI Pro trading agent, and points to a wider race among major exchanges to fold AI copilots directly into the trading experience.

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Hundreds of "early" plays flood your feed every week. We kept only the ones with real backers. Six live right now:

— Jupiter Vaults: DeFi Yield · Solana

— bStocks: Tokenized Stocks / RWA · BNB Chain

— Alphea Network: AI L1 / DePIN · $5M raised

— Bullbit: Perp DEX L1

— Polaris: DeFi Stablecoins · Ethereum

— Base: Creator Grant

Full step-by-step breakdown for each 👇

cryptodiffer.com/feed/other/we-filtered-the-noise-6-crypto-activities-worth-your-time

Harmony has proposed shutting down its Layer 1 network and airdropping new ONE tokens to holders on Ethereum, ending one of the earlier sharded proof-of-stake chains. Balance will be snapshotted at the final block, with new ONE issued 1:1 on Ethereum and no claim required.

The proposal follows an August exploit in which an attacker minted trillions of unauthorized ONE, months after the roughly $100M Horizon bridge hack in 2022. Harmony framed the decision bluntly, saying the threats posed by state actors and AI agents are too great to keep operating a standalone chain. Validators can begin ceasing node operations on September 10, and those who sunset on time, keep their stake and serve as governors will share a one-time $1.372M compensation pool paid in four quarterly instalments.

Emissions that once secured the chain will instead fund a new AI video remix project, where a small group of creators publish prompts and assets that fans can fork while AI agents turn each branch into more clips.

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Every day brings a hundred "don't miss this" airdrops, and most aren't worth the gas. We cut through the noise and picked six that are actually live right now, with real backing, clear mechanics, or a hard deadline. Here's what each one is and exactly how to join.

1. Jupiter Vaults · DeFi Yield

Curated onchain yield vaults run by professional DeFi managers, early whitelist access before they open to the public.

By: Jupiter (Solana's leading DEX aggregator)

How to join:

1. Go to jup.ag/earn/join.

2. Connect your Solana wallet.

3. Join the whitelist to lock in early access before the public launch.

2. bStocks · Tokenized Stocks / RWA

BNB Chain's "BNB Stonks Szn", a multi-week campaign where meme tokens paired with bStocks compete on a leaderboard. Week 1 splits a $400K pool, scored by the Diamond Hand (HODLer) Index.

By: BNB Chain · $4M total campaign

How to join (Sep 4-12; Week-1 results Sep 11):

1. Hold at least $100 in an eligible bStocks-paired meme token on BNB Chain.

2. Keep holding, the Diamond Hand Index scores by size and duration (tracked from Jul 27; selling midstream cuts your score).

3. Top holder communities unlock the airdrop, paid in BNB directly to your wallet. Details.

3. Alphea Network · AI L1 / DePIN

An AI-native Layer 1 with DePIN compute, built for autonomous AI agents to run, store data, and settle value.

Backers: MH Ventures, IBC Ventures, Titan Ventures, Becker Ventures · $5M

How to join (redemption open Sep 5-10):

1. Go to hub.alphea.ai.

2. Log in with Google.

3. Connect your EVM wallet.

4. Check your points and redeem your rewards before the window closes. Free. Guide.

4. Bullbit · Perp DEX

A perpetual DEX pairing CEX-grade speed with onchain security. Currently on Base, migrating to its own Layer 1 (BullChain). Fast to try, airdrop potential.

By: Bullbit · Docs

How to join:

1. Open the app at app.bullbit.ai.

2. Connect your wallet.

3. Place a few perp trades to register activity (~10 min).

4. Airdrop is potential, not confirmed.

5. Polaris · DeFi Stablecoins

An onchain "Stablecoin OS" on Ethereum: an ETH-backed dollar (USDp) plus a forkable CDP for gold/FX stablecoins (GOLDp).

By: Polaris Finance · Docs

How to join (public testnet, Sepolia):

1. Open the testnet at polarisfinance.io and connect your wallet with Sepolia ETH.

2. Swap on the testnet.

3. Mint USDp and GOLDp stablecoins.

4. Take a loan via the Loan feature.

5. Provide liquidity for vePOLAR, farming toward a potential $POLAR airdrop.

6. Base · Creator Grant

Base is backing independent creators with grants of up to $4,000 for content about Base, its ecosystem, and its builders, plus weekly "Creator of the Week" bounties up to $500.

By: Base (Coinbase's L2)

How to join (applications open since Sep 2):

1. Read the program details on Base's announcement.

2. Prepare a content pitch, what you'd make about Base and its ecosystem.

3. Apply for a grant of up to $4,000.

Not financial advice. Always DYOR and verify links before connecting a wallet.

A full list of Major Upcoming Events, to be updated

Robinhood Chain is gradually recovering after an outage halted block production for more than 14 minutes, leaving transactions stalled.

The latest block was still being produced several minutes behind real time, suggesting the network has not fully returned to normal. Robinhood has not disclosed the cause of the disruption or provided a recovery timeline.

The chain normally produces a block every 0.1 seconds, meaning the 14-minute halt represents roughly 8,400 missed blocks. Before the outage, Robinhood Chain processed 14.14M transactions over 24 hours, with $2.46B in assets on-chain.

The incident also highlights decentralization concerns, as Robinhood Chain relies on a single sequencer and allows instant contract upgrades. L2BEAT currently ranks the network below Stage 0.

Despite the disruption, the chain recently recorded a $1.06B daily DEX volume record, driven largely by meme-coin activity.

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