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WTI October crude futures rose $0.79, or 0.87%, to settle at $91.01 per barrel today. Abu Dhabi Murban crude gained 0.10% to $106.26 per barrel. NYMEX October natural gas futures closed at $2.9560 per million British thermal units, while October gasoline futures settled at $3.1038 per gallon and October heating oil at $4.6822 per gallon.

Shanghai Futures Exchange crude oil futures contract 2610 closed up 2.57% at 694.70 yuan per barrel in the night session on September 2. Shanghai gold futures rose 0.86%, while Shanghai silver futures gained 1.06%.

According to Bitcoin News, Hyperscale Data has removed all Bitcoin miners from its Michigan facility to make room for a 10-year artificial intelligence hosting agreement. Following the announcement, the company's stock price reached a historic low.

According to Jin10, on Wednesday, President Trump stated Iran's regime is collapsing and said the U.S. is preparing another strike against Iran. Trump also noted that the U.S. controls the Strait of Hormuz and hopes to lower domestic retail gasoline prices.

President Trump stated that the U.S. maintains complete control over the Strait of Hormuz and exports millions of barrels of oil through the strategic waterway daily, according to his public remarks on September 2.

Google DeepMind released Gemini 3.8 Flash on September 2, outperforming Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 on several critical benchmarks including multi-step reasoning and coding tasks, despite costing roughly one-seventh the price. Gemini 3.8 Flash is priced at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens, compared to Claude Opus 5's $5 and $25 respectively. Gemini 3.8 Flash scored 54.9% on HLE-Verified, a multi-step reasoning evaluation spanning STEM and humanities, and outperfor

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency report distributed on September 1, 2026, the agency officially confirmed that Bashar al-Assad's regime operated a covert nuclear reactor and fuel fabrication plant while hiding the program from international inspectors for nearly two decades. IAEA verification teams conducted on-the-ground inspections in August 2026 at the Al-Kibar site in Syria's Deir ez-Zor region, after Syria's post-Assad government granted full access. Approximately 73 tonn

According to Pyth Network's Twitter announcement today (September 2), the protocol launched 24/7 indices covering Amazon, Meta, Palantir, Oracle, and Samsung. The new indices will provide continuous real-time pricing for these major publicly traded companies, enhancing market efficiency and delivering precise pricing data critical for institutional investors.

According to Jin10, Chinese President Xi Jinping completed his state visit to Egypt on September 2 evening. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and his wife saw Xi off at Cairo airport.

The U.S. Department of Treasury released multiple general licenses for Venezuela on September 2. The Trump administration's permits cover activities related to Venezuelan coal, gold, and mining operations.

According to an SEC announcement on Tuesday (September 17), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will host a public roundtable to discuss the risks and benefits of 24/7 stock trading. The event will bring together 27 traditional finance firms, including BlackRock, Nasdaq, Citadel Securities, Charles Schwab, and Interactive Brokers. Of the participants, 18 firms are directly associated with cryptocurrency, digital assets, or blockchain. SEC Chair Paul Atkins will deliver opening remarks an

According to the Federal Reserve Beige Book, economic activity has expanded at a moderate pace since early July.

The Federal Reserve's latest Beige Book reports that the overall outlook for the coming months is positive, though sentiment varies significantly across industries. Respondents cited greater uncertainty regarding the impact of rising energy prices on economic activity, according to the report.

Centrifuge, Janus Henderson, and SmartMedia Technologies announced a partnership in August 2026 to bring onchain reserve management to loyalty programs through institutional tokenized vaults. Janus Henderson's JTRSY and JAAA products, which manage $1.5 billion in assets under management, will route reserve assets into tokenized strategies on Centrifuge's infrastructure. This enables real-time visibility into reserve balances, automated compliance, and programmatic links between reserve movements

Bitwise Asset Management launched the Bitwise Premium RWA Vault, ticker PAPY, on September 2 on the Morpho lending protocol over Ethereum. The vault accepts deposits in Agora's AUSD stablecoin, which is fully reserved in US Treasuries and custodied by State Street, and lends the deposits against over-collateralized tokenized real-world assets. The vault has an approximate capacity of $1 billion and charges a 0.39% management fee with no performance fee or lock-up period required. The target annu

On September 2, U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that the Hormuz Strait should be renamed 'Trump Strait' now that it is under American control. Trump added that the location would become 'hotter than ever before,' comparable to the United States itself.

According to CCTV, on September 2, the United States and Venezuelan governments formally signed a major oil cooperation agreement with Chevron and other companies, securing majority control over 65 billion barrels of Venezuela's proven reserves. The 25-year partnership aims to increase crude oil production to 1.5 million barrels per day. Venezuelan interim president Desi Rodriguez stated the deal will help maintain Venezuela's sovereignty over its natural resources.

Melius Research raised its Dell price target to $735, a Street-high, while Bank of America and Mizuho lifted their targets to $600, and Raymond James moved to $617. At the current stock price of $461.50, the $735 target implies roughly 59% additional upside. Dell reported record quarterly revenue of $47 billion, up 58% year over year, with adjusted earnings jumping 203% to $7.04 per share. The company exited July with a record $95 billion AI server backlog and raised its fiscal 2027 AI server re

The Federal Reserve will release its Beige Book at 02:00 Beijing time today (September 2). The Beige Book is a summary of economic conditions across the Federal Reserve's 12 districts, released ahead of the central bank's policy meetings.