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According to Coinglass, Hyperliquid whales currently hold $7.95 billion in positions, with long holdings at $3.786 billion (47.62%) and short positions at $4.164 billion (52.38%), resulting in a long-to-short ratio of 0.91. Long positions are up $452 million in unrealized gains, while shorts are down $518 million. Notable whale address 0x5b5d..60 maintains a 5x leveraged ETH short at an entry price of $2,262.95, with an unrealized loss of $23.02 million.

According to Yi Daily, South Korea's KOSPI index recovered above the 7,000 level today (September 8), reaching 7,091.02 and up 1.37% from the previous close. Director Cha Young-joo of Wise Economy Research Institute attributed the rally to continued foreign and institutional buying, noting that foreign investors purchased over 3 trillion won during last weekend alone, signaling sustained inflows. Cha recommended entering positions, citing semiconductor leaders Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix as

According to Odaily Meme Monitor, CME token on Robinhood has surpassed a $1.13 million market cap. CME is the platform token for a commodity exchange on Robinhood Chain, enabling on-chain trading of real-world assets including corn, oil, and gold. The token uses a Keeper mechanism to provide spot pricing for 29 commodities, with 50% of trading fees directed to CME buybacks and 50% allocated to liquidity provision.

According to Odaily, Uniswap founder Hayden disclosed on X that based on the past 7 days of UNI token burns, the annualized burn rate has surged to approximately $263 million, exceeding the previous $250 million milestone.

According to Vitol Group's chief executive officer, the Strait of Hormuz affects approximately 2 to 3 million barrels per day of Saudi Arabia's oil exports.

Hong Kong-listed precious metals stocks surged at market open today, with Tongguan Gold (00340.HK) leading gains at over 6%, followed by China Gold International (02099.HK) up nearly 4%, and Lingbao Gold (03330.HK) up over 3%. Zijin Mining (02899.HK), Zijin Gold International (02259.HK), and Zhaojin Mining (01818.HK) each rose over 2.5%.

Shanghai silver futures main contract rose 2.00% intraday on September 8, trading at 16,346 yuan per kilogram.

According to BlockBeats and Fomo platform data, crypto KOL Bonk Guy's (@theunipcs) investment portfolio declined over $6 million from its peak on Sept 8, with a current valuation of $21.08 million. His largest holding consists of 10.9 million PONS tokens worth approximately $8.21 million, delivering a return of 12,023.33%. Additional significant positions include 24.9 million MARSCOIN valued at $3.82 million with a 289.56% return, and 15.8 million USELESS tokens worth $3.59 million with a 314.14

According to Bizwatch, on September 8, Truststone Asset Management refuted allegations from Taekwang Industry, denying it made unlawful stock price support demands or obstructed business restructuring. Truststone holds 1.3% of Taekwang through its fund, and combined with affiliate OK Capital's 3.18% stake, ranks as the second-largest shareholder. Truststone defended its proposed 2-million-won-per-share public buyback as a fair valuation method, explaining the price represented a price-to-book ra

According to Bloomberg, Anthropic has terminated its planned acquisition of AI startup Decart AI, valued at approximately $6 billion, on September 8. The company had previously conducted due diligence on the deal but ultimately decided to abandon it. Both parties may explore alternative collaboration opportunities in the future. Decart developed hardware-software co-optimization technology designed to improve chip efficiency and reduce AI training and inference costs.

Japan's Finance Minister Kakasuzu Katayama stated recently that the government will refrain from commenting on specific yen levels and maintain its stance on forex policy since joint intervention measures were implemented. The finance ministry will work to ensure orderly forex market operations and remain in close communication with the U.S. Treasury Department.

According to Trump's Truth Social statement made yesterday (September 7), the U.S. president predicted that oil prices would plummet to $2-3 per gallon, ultimately falling below $2, if the United States wins a war against Iran. He added that everything would proceed swiftly and Iran would never obtain nuclear weapons. The prediction comes as international crude oil prices surged to a 6-week high amid escalating U.S.-Iran tensions. West Texas Intermediate crude for October delivery broke through

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, an Ethereum trading address secured $1.157 million in cumulative profits from five winning trades since July. The address bought 1,650 ETH at $2,417 on September 3 and sold the entire position at $2,474 approximately nine hours later, netting $108,000 on the latest trade. Each trade involved approximately $4 million in capital.

According to the World Gold Council, international gold prices surged approximately 10% in August, rebounding to above $4,600 per troy ounce from June lows near $4,000. Gold had hit a record high of $5,500 per troy ounce in January before declining significantly. Central banks continue supporting prices, with global central bank net gold purchases reaching 288.9 tonnes in the second quarter of 2026, up 62% year-over-year. China's central bank extended its 22-month consecutive purchase streak, ad

According to Yonhapinfomax, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declared on September 7 that OpenAI's latest AI model GPT-6 Astra represents the arrival of artificial general intelligence (AGI). The model achieved a 99.9% score on the ARC-AGI-3 benchmark, which evaluates an AI system's ability to learn independently in unfamiliar environments. Unlike earlier models requiring repeated trial and error, Astra observes phenomena, infers rules, and executes tasks in human-like fashion across multiple domains inc

According to Lookonchain, Abraxas Capital purchased 13,000 ETH spot for $32.39 million to hedge its 141,180 ETH short position worth $353 million on Hyperliquid.

According to ChainCatcher, Trade.XYZ launched its prediction market on September 5, covering 26 trades across three categories: finance, sports, and others. The platform deployed its HIP-4 DEX on Hyperliquid on September 5 at 21:15 Beijing time, enabling outcome/prediction market contracts with binary or multi-result settlements.

According to ChainCatcher citing Coinglass data, crypto markets saw $178 million in liquidations over the past 24 hours, with long positions accounting for $122 million and short positions $55.79 million. Bitcoin long liquidations totaled $35.52 million while short liquidations reached $5.84 million; Ethereum long liquidations hit $17.03 million against $13.31 million in shorts. A total of 65,365 traders were liquidated, with the largest single position worth $2.84 million on Hyperliquid's BTC-U

According to ChainCatcher, memory module manufacturer Jiangbo Longxin (301308.SZ) listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange's main board today under stock code 09976.HK at HK$236 per share. The company offered 26.078 million H shares globally, with net proceeds of approximately HK$6.02 billion based on the maximum offering price of HK$240.60.

Japan's Finance Ministry will auction 700 billion yen of 20-year government bonds on September 15.