Bitcoin ETF Inflows and New Access to Crypto ETNs

Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), the largest UK investment platform with over two million customers, has enabled trading for Bitcoin and Ethereum Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) for retail investors. This move provides millions of new investors with regulated access to crypto assets, signaling broader institutional and retail adoption in the United Kingdom.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is confident the United States can become the global hub for cryptocurrency, following the White House administration's affirmation of this objective. However, uncertainty surrounding the CLARITY Act, scheduled for a Senate vote on September 15, highlights the challenges in implementing clear regulatory frameworks.

Genius Group intends to rebuild its Bitcoin reserve to a target of $827 million, adopting a preferred equity model similar to MicroStrategy. This plan follows the lifting of an injunction that had restricted the company's capital raising and Bitcoin purchases, signaling a renewed institutional commitment to Bitcoin as a treasury asset.

Blockchain Stories cites about $10 trillion in 2009 and nearly $60 trillion in 2026. Those years are 17 years apart and the ending stock is almost six times as large. The underlying time series has not been independently verified here.

The crypto meme project MEME on Robinhood Chain briefly surpassed a $130 million market capitalization, reaching a new all-time high, before pulling back to $115 million. The token surged over 1,000% in 24 hours with a trading volume of $77.8 million, highlighting continued speculative interest in meme coins with innovative concepts like "stock memes."

The Solana ecosystem meme token USELESS recorded $167 million in 24-hour spot trading volume and $1.87 billion in perpetual contract volume. These figures, including $32 million in open interest on Binance and 9,000 new holders in the past week, indicate a bullish market phase even before the broader market has fully embraced risk-on sentiment.

The crypto-stock meme project GME (Greatest Meme Ever) on Robinhood Chain saw its market cap exceed $3.6 million within one hour of launch. This project, paired with tokenized US stocks like GameStop (GME), highlights the growing interest in hybrid meme coins that combine traditional stock narratives with crypto volatility.