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According to CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost, Binance Bitcoin perpetual futures open interest surged past $10 billion in the past 24 hours, up roughly 8% and marking a 6-month high. The surge came as BTC recovered to around $82,000. Open interest measured in BTC also climbed to 125,830.

According to Jin10 Data, France completed the full repatriation of its official gold reserves to domestic territory earlier this year, clearing all holdings previously held in U.S. custody. The move achieved standardization of reserve gold quality and specifications. Paris School of Economics professor Eric Monnet noted the operation eased financial pressures amid inflation from the Russia-Ukraine conflict while highlighting concerns over national sovereignty and asset security amid shifting geo

According to ChainCatcher, the U.S. dollar index (DXY) climbed 34 points to 99.36 following the release of non-farm payroll data. Market participants have increased their bets on a Federal Reserve rate hike in September.

According to ChainCatcher, U.S. non-farm payrolls rose 162,000 in August, significantly exceeding economist forecasts of 56,000. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%, matching expectations.

According to Cointelegraph and Coinglass data, Ethereum gained 56.51% in Q3 2026, marking the third-best quarterly performance in history.

According to hypeflows data, Hyperliquid's perpetual futures market share reached 10.2% of global open interest on September 5, slightly below the 10.4% peak set in late July. HYPE was trading at $85.09, down 2.4% in 24 hours.

According to SoSoValue, U.S.-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $3.8 billion in net inflows over the past three weeks ending Friday, September 5, marking the strongest three-week inflow streak of 2026. The funds attracted $986.9 million during the most recent week as Bitcoin stabilized near $79,716, up approximately 2.6% over the seven-day period. Total net assets across the ETFs reached $101.3 billion on Friday.

According to Odaily, B.AI announced on September 4 that OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra model officially integrated into its API platform. As OpenAI's latest flagship model, Astra achieves state-of-the-art performance across computer operation, web browsing, software engineering, cybersecurity, scientific research, and professional tasks. The model supports a 1.05 million token context window with native multimodal input capabilities, optimized for complex reasoning and long-term agent workflows.

According to Binance's official statement, the cryptocurrency exchange has recently signed three strategic memorandums of understanding with Kazakhstan's Ministry of AI and Digital Development, National Bank, and Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC). The agreements focus on enhancing digital assets, payments, and investment opportunities in the country, marking a significant step in developing Kazakhstan's digital finance ecosystem.

According to BlockBeats, Hyperliquid's HyperCore mainnet launched manual lending functionality on September 5, according to co-founder Jeff Yan. HyperEVM smart contracts can invoke HyperCore's lending and borrowing functions through CoreWriter and read related data via precompiled contracts.

According to ChainCatcher, Machi (Huang Liduo) withdrew his acquisition proposal for Friend.tech today, speculating that Paradigm blocked the deal. He stated that if project founder Racer relaunches Friend.tech on Robinhood Chain, he will provide support.

According to Cryptonomist, Shytoshi Kusama, lead ambassador of Shiba Inu, recently updated his X profile location to "close" and changed his bio to "Polish," replacing previous details about development work and beta testing. The cryptic changes sparked immediate speculation within the Shiba Inu community, with figures Kuro and Mazrael flagging the shift publicly, though Kusama has offered no explanation. His prior bio mentioned "Final bug pass" on an AI-powered relationship platform unveiled in

According to PANews on September 5, Microsoft released MAI-Image-2.6-Flash, a lightweight image generation model available for public preview via Microsoft Foundry. The model shares core capabilities with the flagship MAI-Image-2.6, including text-to-image, image-to-image, and editing features such as object removal and local repainting. Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, stated the model generates images twice as fast as GPT-Image-2-Medium and improves GPU efficiency by 72 percent. Pricing

According to CoinDesk, a British investor who purchased Bitcoin for under $4 per coin in 2011 through UK exchange Britcoin (later Intersango) and invested approximately $2,000 has successfully recovered his holdings after losing access to the wallet in 2012. Law firm CEL Solicitors, using its sister company's crypto tracking software, identified a wallet belonging to a former Intersango user and helped the investor regain access to approximately $45,000 worth of Bitcoin, which is now valued at a

According to Axios, OpenAI has hired three people to oversee policy matters across U.S. states.

According to CNBC, General Motors and Ford are expanding into U.S. military contracting and energy storage systems this year, marking a strategic shift beyond their core automotive business. GM was recently awarded a U.S. Army contract potentially exceeding $1 billion to produce infantry squad vehicles (ISVs) and expects its 2026 defense revenue to grow to nearly $700 million. Ford announced in December plans to invest $2 billion in an energy business, converting a Kentucky battery factory to pr

According to Bitcoin News, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw net inflows of $731 million, marking the highest single-day inflow since January 14.

Robinhood Chain hit a historic high for daily transaction fees at $6.12 million overnight (September 5), with the seven-day annualized fee run rate reaching $1.1 billion. According to available data, primary trading volume stems from terminal interfaces including GMGN and OKX, while native Robinhood Wallet transactions account for less than 1% of confirmed activity.

According to Odaily, crypto KOL XXAntiWar posted on X for the first time in nearly a year, expressing confidence in an upcoming bull market. "If you believe the bull market is coming, it will come; if you believe you will get rich, money will flow to you," the KOL wrote, adding messages of gratitude and positivity toward wealth.

According to Russian presidential spokesperson Peskov, President Putin issued an order starting from midnight today to halt strikes on Kyiv for three days, as reported by CCTV International.