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According to Ukraine's Energy Ministry, Russia conducted overnight strikes on energy infrastructure in the Odesa region.

According to Xinhua News Agency, President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the 8th China-Russia Energy Business Forum on September 4.

On September 4, Singapore-based AI startup Estha launched Estha on Mac, delivering prebuilt AI agents and no-code tools designed for Apple Silicon Macs. The platform supports meeting transcription and summarization, document analysis, presentation creation, and spreadsheet analysis. Workflows run offline after installation and model download, reducing sensitive file transfers to external services and avoiding cloud inference charges. Estha also introduced Quick Bot and Advanced Studio for buildi

According to Nomura Securities, the Bank of Japan may raise rates three times consecutively through December if yen weakness persists. Nomura's head of Japan FX strategy, Yujiro Goto, stated that a September hike of 25 basis points "appears reasonable," and if the yen weakens toward 160 per dollar, October and December hikes are also possible. The yen rallied to 155.30 on Thursday, up over 2% this week. OIS markets show traders have nearly priced in a September rate hike and expect at least one

According to Polymarket, the platform officially launched perpetual futures trading on September 3, expanding beyond prediction markets into leveraged derivatives. Polymarket Perps offers traders long or short positions with up to 20x leverage and no contract expiration, covering cryptocurrencies, stocks, indices and commodities. The launch includes 67 live perpetual markets: 24 cryptocurrency contracts (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, Dogecoin), 36 equity-linked markets (Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, A

According to Odaily Meme速递, CONCERN reached a $1 million market cap on Robinhood today. The meme token gained traction following CEO Vlad Tenev's response in an AMC-related controversy, with X users linking it to the phrase "What's the concern?"

According to its official announcement on September 4, Pendle launched USDx and sUSDx fixed income markets targeting institutional investors. The new products are designed to provide higher multipliers for Axis points, marking the platform's strategic expansion to enhance market depth and attract larger institutional trading volumes in the decentralized finance sector.

According to a Goldman Sachs report cited by CNBC on September 3, the investment-grade corporate bond issuance forecast in U.S. dollars for 2026 was raised from $2.1 trillion to $2.3 trillion, driven by surging capital needs from AI-related companies. The bank also increased its net issuance projection to $1 trillion from $850 billion. AI-related firms accounted for approximately 24% of total U.S. dollar investment-grade bond issuance year-to-date, helping push overall issuance to record levels

According to ASIC, on September 2, Australian digital-asset businesses relying on the regulator's temporary no-action relief were given until September 30 to apply for or vary an Australian Financial Services licence, or face breaching financial services law from October 1. Firms that miss the deadline could face civil and criminal penalties, including fines of up to 10% of annual turnover. ASIC said it has recorded more than 45 licence applications from digital-asset businesses since it updated

According to Filecoin's official announcement, the blockchain's vesting program will conclude on October 15, 2026, reducing gross issuance by approximately 75%. This marks the largest supply change since the network's mainnet launch.

According to MSX.COM data, AMC Entertainment rose 20.87% in premarket trading on September 4, reaching $3.07 per share.

According to Gate data, USD/CNH (US Dollar against Chinese Yuan) fell to 6.70920 today, down 0.1% over the past 24 hours.

According to Financial Times reporting on September 4, Trump administration officials, campaign donors, and recently departed government staffers are competing for opportunities to profit from Venezuela's troubled energy sector. Sources reveal that companies with close ties to the Trump administration are actively pursuing deals, with Houston-based Sable Offshore in deep negotiations with Venezuela's government for an oil field development contract. Energy company Primavera Energy signed a simil

According to ChainCatcher, AI economic settlement protocol AEON introduced Agentic Checkout on September 4, enabling AI agents to complete product searches, purchases, checkout, and payments through natural language conversation within Shopify's merchant ecosystem. Payments are powered by AEON AI Card, a virtual card allowing preset spending limits and authorization scopes, enabling AI agents to transact without accessing users' primary wallets or cards. The feature covers over 3 million active

According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's presidential office stated on September 4 that the country is still reviewing a proposal to dispatch troops to the Strait of Hormuz but has not made any decision. The office added that Seoul could potentially contribute to the situation in the strategic waterway without compromising its current military readiness.

According to Jiji Press, Bank of Japan Governor Ueda Kazuo will deliver a speech at the National Securities Conference on October 6.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice announcement on September 1, federal authorities seized over $560,000 in cryptocurrency intended for Hamas and took control of domains and servers used by the organization's Al-Qassam Brigades for fundraising. The DOJ unsealed five court affidavits covering enforcement actions conducted between March 2025 and August 2026. Three cryptocurrency seizure warrants, dated March 25, June 25 and October 10, 2025, accounted for the digital assets, while two add

Bitcoin surged back above the $80,000 mark on September 4, trading at $80,821, marking a 4% gain over the past 24 hours. The rally pushed the total crypto market cap to $2.72 trillion, its highest level since early 2026. According to Coinglass data, over 96,000 traders were liquidated in the past day, with total liquidations reaching $544.68 million. Bitcoin short liquidations accounted for $251.03 million, while Ethereum short liquidations totaled $82.04 million. Meanwhile, Fed Governor Christo

According to @tokenterminal, USDT0 deposits have surged to $872.7 million across six decentralized finance chains recently. Plasma dominates the inflow with 77.8% of total deposits, followed by Arbitrum One at 14.7% and Polygon at 5.4%, reflecting growing liquidity activity in the DeFi ecosystem.

Gate News message, CUMBUCKET.ETH has generated approximately $2.4M in profits from an initial investment of $5,650 in PONS tokens. The whale initially purchased 4.73M ethereum:0x07f5b6823751c2e2cd4560f28af75ff887102241 for 3.17 $ETH (~$5,650). The whale has sold 3.73M ethereum:0x07f5b6823751c2e2cd4560f28af75ff887102241 for approximately $1.74M and currently holds 1M tokens.