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According to Iranian state television, Brent crude oil surged 4.0% intraday to $94.12 per barrel on September 1 following reports of an explosion in southern Iran. The incident's impact on regional oil supply remains under assessment.

According to reports, WTI crude oil surged to $88 per barrel intraday on September 1 with a 1-day gain of 3.04%. Brent crude rose to $92.8 per barrel, up 2.77% for the day. The moves followed reports of a U.S. strike inside Iranian territory.

According to Israeli media sources, the U.S. conducted strikes in Iran on September 2. Iranian media reported explosions heard in Chabahar and Abbas ports.

According to Israeli media, WTI crude oil rose 4.0% intraday to $89.19 per barrel on September 1, following reports that the U.S. conducted airstrikes in Iranian territory.

According to Ethena's announcement on Tuesday, the protocol launched Ethena Pay, a self-custodial app allowing users to hold USDe, earn up to 6% in annualized rewards, and spend through a payment card with fiat onramps. The beta rollout covers 48 countries across Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia, initially limited to 400 users, with access expanding weekly. Avalanche serves as the exclusive settlement layer. USDe has grown to a market capitalization of approximately $4.1 billion, m

On Tuesday (September 1), German 10-year government bond yields climbed 2.0 basis points to 3.344%, extending a five-day rally that accumulated 14.3 basis points of gains. The yield traded within a 3.325%-3.364% range throughout the session, approaching the 2011 second-quarter peak of 3.505%. Two-year German yields also extended their five-day winning streak, rising 2.6 basis points to 2.963% with a cumulative gain of 15.2 basis points over the period.

According to a trading notification, Ark Invest purchased $37.4 million in Block Inc. shares on Monday, allocating 456,059 shares across three ETFs: $15.7 million to its ARK Innovation ETF, $7.2 million to ARK Next Generation Internet ETF, and $14.5 million to ARK Fintech Innovation ETF. Ark also bought 35,192 shares of Circle Internet Group for $3.36 million through its fintech fund on the same day.

According to CNBC, the U.S. crypto industry entered September with its most significant legislative gamble in limbo. Senate Majority Leader John Thune scheduled a key procedural vote on the Clarity Act for Sept. 15, following the Senate's August recess, potentially paving the way for a full floor vote on the proposed crypto market structure bill. The Clarity Act would establish a regulatory framework for digital assets, dividing oversight between the Securities Exchange Commission and the Commod

According to Ibrahim Azizi, head of Iran's parliamentary National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, Iran's latest response yesterday represents a formal declaration rather than a routine warning, signaling an evolution in Tehran's deterrence theory. Azizi stated that Iran's armed forces possess capabilities that will make adversaries regret their actions, and claimed that hostile parties have already acknowledged this fact during secret emergency meetings.

According to FinanceFeeds, Strategy (MicroStrategy) formally opposed MSCI's proposal launched in August to screen companies with substantial non-operating digital assets, calling the methodology "discriminatory, arbitrary, and misguided." In a letter signed by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor and CEO Phong Le, Strategy argued the rule was a disguised attempt to exclude digital asset treasury firms from major equity indices. The proposal requires companies failing an initial operating asset test

According to Bloomberg data, on Tuesday, Sept 1, UK gilt yields surged sharply during European late trading. The 50-year gilt yield rose 6.9 basis points to 5.414%, breaking the previous record high of 5.414% set on Aug 18. The 2-year gilt yield climbed 20.3 basis points to 4.606%, approaching the March 23 peak of 4.713%, while the 10-year yield increased 15.9 basis points to 5.222%, nearing the 2007 highs. The 30-year yield rose 7.7 basis points to 5.858%.

According to Whale Alert, Ripple unlocked 1 billion XRP on Sept 1 across three separate transactions: 500 million, 400 million, and 100 million XRP from the company's escrow system. The move is part of Ripple's monthly escrow release schedule. At the time of writing, approximately 31.28 billion XRP remained locked in Ripple's on-chain escrow, representing 31.3 percent of the total 100 billion XRP supply, according to XRP Insights.

According to Reuters, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters on Tuesday that trade negotiations with the United States can resume only after Washington stops "doing memes," stops "throwing shade," and begins treating the dispute seriously. The blunt warning came one week before Canada is scheduled to impose retaliatory tariffs on C$27.6 billion of U.S. goods, with the measures set to take effect at 12:01 a.m. on September 8, 2026. The tariff dispute follows the collapse of negotiatio

According to Commissioner Hester Peirce, the SEC has announced a long-awaited transfer agent rule proposal that modernizes regulations to recognize blockchain as an acceptable primary record-keeping system for securities, recently released via the SEC's official channels. The proposal acknowledges decentralized ledger technologies as credible forms of securities record-keeping, potentially facilitating increased adoption of tokenization in the financial landscape.

SB Energy, a SoftBank-backed renewable energy company, has applied for an initial public offering with a signed contract backlog of $439 billion and 8.8GW of data center capacity. OpenAI is a major customer, having invested $500 million and holding warrants valued at approximately $5.5 billion, while Nvidia has committed to investing $1.5 billion and providing up to $105 billion in guarantees for a 4.25GW OpenAI facility in Ohio.

The Kremlin stated today it has no specific information regarding a reported visit to Russia by U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump senior adviser Jared Kushner.

According to Yonhapinfomax, Federal Reserve Board member Michael Barr said on September 1 (local time) at a banking forum in Washington that if inflation remains at current levels, he is prepared to support interest rate hikes. Barr expressed concern that broad-based price pressures are taking hold as inflation has remained above the Fed's 2% target for nearly 5.5 years. He stated that if data trends show inflation moderating toward the 2% path, the Fed can take more time to assess policy, but i

According to The Block, Cango (CANG) shares dropped 21% on Tuesday after the bitcoin miner reported an $81.6 million net loss in the second quarter of 2026. The NYSE-listed company recorded $50.8 million in total revenue in Q2, down roughly 50% from Q1, as it scaled back mining operations by phasing out older S19 rigs and transitioning to a hosted leasing model. The company's operating hashrate was 27.58 EH/s as of June 30, and it mined 656 bitcoin during the quarter while holding 1,065 BTC wort

According to PANews, on September 1, John Ternus, who just officially became Apple's CEO, joined Weibo and posted his first message: "Hello."

At the G20 Summit, Elon Musk predicted artificial intelligence could add between $20 and $30 trillion to the global economy annually, representing a 20 to 30 percent increase in global GDP. "AI will probably increase the global economy by 20 to 30%, meaning on the order of $20 to $30 trillion per year," Musk said. Musk also forecasted that AI will reach "Stockfish-level" capabilities within 12 to 18 months, becoming capable of handling virtually any digital task that does not require physical re