Odaily reports: On September 23, according to SoSoValue data, the crypto market rose for three consecutive days, with the NFT sector standing out with a 24-hour gain of 8.85%. Among them, Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) rose 13.68%, and SuperVerse (SUPER) rose 10.14%. Bitcoin (BTC) rose 0.76%, and Ethereum (ETH) rose 0.21%, holding above $86,000 and $2,700 respectively.In other sectors, the PayFi sector rose 5.47% in 24 hours, with Zcash (ZEC) up 8.45%; the Layer2 sector rose 4.17%, with Celestia (TIA) up 15.23%; the DeFi sector rose 3.53%, with Uniswap (UNI) up 14.79%; the Meme sector rose 1.35%, with MarsCoin (MARSCOIN) up 32.27%; the Layer1 sector rose 1.12%, with Hedera (HBAR) up 8.78%; the CeFi sector rose 0.12%, with NEXO up 2.30%.In addition, the AI sector fell 0.44%, with Akedo (AKE), which had previously surged, dropping 18.20%.Crypto sector indices reflecting the historical performance of these sectors show that the ssiNFT, ssiPayFi, and ssiLayer2 indices rose 9.59%, 5.38%, and 4.22% respectively.

Odaily reports: Digital artist Jack Butcher, previously known for the well-known NFT project VV Checks (Checks), has launched an open edition campaign on X platform called "8 an open edition on x money": users need to transfer $8 to him via X Money and fill in their ETH address in the memo; the transaction ID will serve as the random seed for the artwork's generation, and the campaign runs until 8 PM Eastern Time the following day.Notably, in response to a community member's question about whether they could have an American friend help participate, Jack Butcher stated: "As long as your address is written in the memo, it will be sent to that address."

Odaily reports that according to GMGN market data, Solana ecosystem token STAMP's market cap briefly surpassed $14 million, currently at approximately $12 million, with an intraday gain of over 160x.According to the project team, since Zcash has not yet completed the network upgrade to support asset issuance, STAMP attempts to achieve cross-chain asset mapping through NFTs and SPL tokens: users burn SPL tokens to obtain NFTs, and use these NFTs to redeem corresponding assets on Zcash.Odaily reminds users that this token is subject to significant price volatility and is easily affected by market sentiment and trending events. Please be aware of trading risks.

Odaily reports: According to official website data, the floor price of ZEC ecosystem NFT project zkSNARKs has fallen to 0.95 ZEC, approximately $1,400, down about 38% from the previous auction clearing price of 1.5 ZEC.Previously, on-chain detective ZachXBT questioned the project's lack of practical utility and ecosystem development after raising over $17 million. The zkSNARKs auction received a total of 16,971 bids, with all 8,000 NFTs fully allocated, and total trading volume reached 25,305 ZEC.Recommended Reading: Ultra-Early Stage, Which Projects in the Zcash Ecosystem Are Worth Watching?

1. Trump launches AI renaming vote, proposes names like "Superintelligence";2. Standard Chartered predicts ARB will reach $10 by 2030, with Arbitrum's monthly revenue potentially hitting $5 million;3. Michael Saylor: The best protection for digital asset innovation is mass adoption, aiming to attract 50 million U.S. users;4. PlanB: Bitcoin has reclaimed the 50-week moving average, confirming the end of the bear market and targeting $89,000;5. Fee revenue drops 97%, Robinhood Chain's daily fees fall to approximately $230,000;6. Over $500,000 in assets stolen, attackers forged Uniswap-related ENS names to execute arbitrage bot scam;7. Cumulative HYPE burn reaches $4.5 billion in value, Hyperliquid burns another 26,300 tokens in 24 hours;8. Arc launches agent payments, providing a custodial onboarding path for x402;9. Genius.fun creates over 13,000 tokens within 24 hours of launch, pays nearly $530,000 in fee splits to creators;10. Permissionless blockchains can operate compliantly, Jito Labs executive says banks don't need to rely on permissioned networks;11. ZachXBT questions zkSNARKs NFT project: raised over $17 million, with little to no ecosystem development seen.

Odaily reports that a joint alert from multiple international agencies, including the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Japan's National Police Agency, shows that the DPRK-linked hacking group WaterPlum, also known as Contagious Interview, posed as companies in the AI, cryptocurrency, or NFT sectors offering fake positions from December 2025 to July 2026, launching attacks against IT developers worldwide. The attackers approached job seekers through social media and recruitment platforms, luring them into downloading malicious files under the pretext of technical interviews or coding tests. They have infected more than 30,000 devices across over 100 countries and regions and stolen data from more than 7,000 crypto wallets; at least $10.71 million in funds flowed into wallets controlled by the attackers.

Odaily News: On-chain detective ZachXBT retweeted the zkSNARKs NFT auction results and questioned the project, calling it an ordinary 10,000-piece PFP NFT collection that lacks real utility and ecosystem development after raising eight-figure funding, while also questioning its team's fund allocation and royalty mechanism.According to zkSNARKs disclosures, the auction received a total of 16,971 bids, all 8,000 NFTs were fully allocated, the clearing price was 1.5 ZEC, and total trading volume reached 25,305 ZEC, approximately $36.94 million based on the price at the time of disclosure, with an expected refund of 13,309 ZEC.

Odaily: ZEC ecosystem NFT project zkSNARKs has announced that the auction received 16,971 bids, and the allocation of 8,000 NFTs has been completed. The auction adopted a uniform-price sealed-bid mechanism, with the top 8,000 bidders determined by ranking bids from highest to lowest. Unsuccessful bidders will receive full refunds. The secondary market will open tomorrow, and refunds will be completed within 24 hours.Bitcoin inscription builder @LeonidasNFT publicly accused the zkSNARKs team today of having repeatedly started ventures in the Ordinals space, with multiple projects being scams.

Odaily News: The named platforms include Weex, Blofin, Rezorex, Bitunix, DigiFinex, Toobit, XT.com, Latoken, WOO X, Pionex, ChangeNow, SimpleSwap, Fixedfloat, WhiteBIT, and Guardarian. FIU-IND also warned the public that crypto products and NFTs are unregulated and carry extremely high risks.

Odaily News, Tom Lee stated that during historical crypto bull market cycles, the ETH/BTC ratio typically rises as Ethereum's usage increases relative to Bitcoin. The ICOs of 2017-2018, the NFTs of 2020-2021, and stablecoins in 2025 have all served as significant catalysts driving Ethereum adoption growth.Lee believes that in the next cycle, Wall Street's tokenization of assets and deployment on blockchains, as well as Agentic AI's use of blockchain technology, could further push the ETH/BTC ratio higher.Lee noted that heading into the final months of 2026, the crypto market is facing several positive catalysts, including the anticipated CLARITY Act vote in mid-September, South Korean investors re-entering the crypto market and rotating from AI stocks, and the "four-year cycle" which he believes will bottom out in the coming weeks. These factors could pave the way for a significant influx of institutional capital in the last months of 2026.Lee also pointed out that since Q3 2026, ETH has been the best-performing macro asset, outperforming the S&P 500 by 5,430 basis points as of last Friday. The three best-performing assets since June 30 are ETH, BTC, and SOL. He believes that crypto assets' significant outperformance relative to other macro assets so far this quarter is likely to further attract institutions to increase their crypto allocations. (PRNewswire)