Hyperliquid Labs is in talks with Payward, Kraken's parent company, to offer U.S. traders perpetual futures (contracts without an expiry date) linked to tokens in the Hyperliquid ecosystem through Bitnomial, subject to regulatory approval. The discussions come weeks after U.S. President Trump said his administration was working to bring Hyperliquid into the U.S. market. Strategy disclosed a purchase of 4,603 Bitcoin last week, lifting its holdings to 845,050, while Bitmine Immersion Technologies added 53,501 ETH and now holds 5,901,112 ETH, of which 5,067,309 ETH is staked (locked to earn blockchain rewards). Bitmine also owns 211 BTC, $81 million of Eightco Holdings stock and $180 million of Beast Industries shares. Tom Lee said the company was 100,000 ETH short of a target equivalent to 5% of circulating ETH. Crypto funds recorded $3.2 billion of inflows last week, the highest since October 2025, according to Bank of America data. Coinbase and Deribit are preparing a planned Sept. 9 merger that would combine spot, perpetual, options and futures trading, according to Greeks.live researcher Adam. Other developments included Fomo's rise into the top five U.S. financial apps, Kalshi's exclusive U.S. Open prediction-market partnership, Polymarket's expanded market-surveillance plans and Telegram's staged rollout of its Gram wallet. Security incidents, regulatory changes, corporate financing and artificial-intelligence infrastructure developments also featured in the roundup.