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Nestle has agreed to sell its mainstream vitamin and mineral supplement business to Yellow Wood Partners for $1 billion. The transaction includes seven brands and Nestle's U.S. branded dietary supplement operations. The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2027.

According to CoinMarketCap, the Altcoin Season Index rose 2 points to 28 compared to yesterday, signaling limited improvement in altcoins' performance relative to Bitcoin. The index, which tracks how many of the top 100 cryptocurrencies outperform Bitcoin over 90 days, remains far from the 75% threshold required to signal an altcoin season. At its current level of 28, the index indicates altcoins have not established broad dominance.

According to Onchain Lens, BlackRock's IBIT (iShares Bitcoin Trust) wallet received 1,404.5 bitcoins valued at approximately $109.35 million from Coinbase Prime. Coinbase Prime provides custody and trading services to institutional clients.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expressed support for Germany in response to Russian hybrid attacks on Leipzig, emphasizing that "the security of our allies is our common security." Meloni stated Italy will coordinate a unified response to the incident alongside its European partners.

According to U.S. Central Command, the U.S. military conducted strikes against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets in Iran on September 1 at 12 p.m. Eastern Time (7:30 p.m. Iran time, September 2 at midnight Beijing time). The strikes were carried out in response to recent attempts by the Revolutionary Guard Corps to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and U.S. forces in the region, according to the military's statement.

JPMorgan's trading desk, led by Andrew Tyler, adopted a tactically cautious stance on US equities on August 31, 2026, citing hawkish commentary from Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh as a catalyst for higher interest rate hike expectations. Wells Fargo equity strategist Ohsung Kwon joined the cautious view, noting since June that the AI-driven market rally has exhausted its positive catalysts. Both banks framed their caution as a short-term tactical positioning call rather than a fundamental

According to the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), job openings in July totaled 7.27 million, up 89,000 from June's revised 7.18 million but falling short of market expectations of 7.3 million. The job openings rate increased 0.1 percentage points to 4.4% in July. Total separations declined to 5.07 million from 5.33 million in June, while voluntary quits fell to 3.06 million from 3.21 million.

US Treasury yields reached new highs this week, with the 30-year yield climbing to 5.23%-5.34%, the highest level since 2007, while the 10-year yield pushed to around 4.79%-4.80%. Persistent inflation between 3.4% and 4.1%—well above the Federal Reserve's 2% target—continues to drive bond investors to demand higher yields as compensation. Renewed Middle East tensions have also pushed oil prices higher, feeding into inflation expectations. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh has held the policy rat

According to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the US will announce sanctions targeting an Iran-linked bank this week, with a second round expected the following week. The move is part of "Operation Economic Outcast," launched on August 24, 2026, a coordinated campaign with the EU, UK, UAE, and Bahrain to restrict Iran's access to the global financial system. Bessent made the remarks during a G20 finance leaders gathering in Asheville, North Carolina. The campaign targets entities with ties to t

According to U.S. officials, Energy Secretary Wright will travel to Venezuela tonight and participate in signing related agreements tomorrow (September 2).

On September 1, Linea's Security Council increased the Yield Boost allocation to 60% of bridged ETH for staking on Ethereum's beacon chain, up from 10%. ETH deposits have entered Ethereum's validator activation queue, moving from testing to live deployment. The remaining 40% is held in reserve for user withdrawals, with a minimum 35% threshold maintained for liquidity.

According to official announcement, Israeli startup AIR Security raised $50M in funding on September 1, led by Sequoia Capital and Greenoaks, with backing from Swish Ventures and Netz. The company launched a real-time firewall designed to monitor and secure autonomous AI agents, vetting their skills, plugins, and external integrations. AIR's research identified over 17,800 public AI add-ons linked to untrusted sources with 6.7M total installations. The startup also discovered cases of brand impe

According to @SolanaFloor, Solana's trading volume reached $46.8 billion in August, surpassing Bybit and Coinbase to rank second only to Binance. The blockchain processed 5.2 billion non-vote transactions during the month, driven by ecosystem expansion and rising real-world asset tokenization, which pushed Solana's on-chain asset base towards $4 billion.

U.S. officials said on September 1 that the next phase of talks regarding Venezuela's transition arrangement will resume mid-September.

According to Bloomberg data and Eric Balchunas, senior ETF analyst at BlackRock, on September 1, iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) has delivered 71% cumulative returns since launching in January 2024, outperforming Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) by 5 percentage points over the same period. IBIT now manages 61.4 billion dollars in assets, making it the largest bitcoin ETF by scale, while Fidelity's Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund ranks second with approximately 11 billion dollars under management. Inflows accele

According to Iranian sources and CCTV, explosions were reported in eastern Abbas Port, Qeshm Island, and southeastern regions of Iran including Konarak and Chabahar on September 1. A senior official from Hormuzgan Province stated that no attacks or similar incidents had been officially reported in the province as of the latest update.

According to Bloomberg, the Bloomberg Dollar Index rose 0.2% today, hitting a new daily high.

According to Guru Club, Shanghai crude oil futures rose 6% on September 2, trading at 675.70 yuan per barrel.

According to Electric Capital's 2025 Developer Report, Ethereum became the first blockchain to reach one million lifetime developers on June 15, 2026, recording 31,869 active contributors over the reporting period. The ecosystem added 16,181 new developers in the first nine months of 2025, with Layer 2 networks including Base, Arbitrum, and Optimism contributing significantly to the total. Solana recorded 17,708 active developers, representing 83% year-over-year growth, and attracted 11,534 new

On September 1, X users received a surge of unrequested password reset emails, login alerts, and account lockouts, according to posts and X engineer Mridul Singhai. The company said it found no evidence of a new breach but acknowledged attackers are attempting to gain control of accounts, possibly to access X Money features. Researchers traced the activity to a 2021-2022 API vulnerability, a 2025 dataset of 201 million X user records, an active botnet that tested 4.8 million credentials with 85.