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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.

According to PR Newswire, Ripple and SettleMint announced on September 1 a strategic partnership to provide Asia Pacific financial institutions with integrated custody, issuance, and tokenized asset management capabilities. The collaboration combines Ripple Custody with SettleMint's Digital Asset Lifecycle Platform, enabling regulated institutions to hold and manage digital assets through a single compliant system spanning the full asset lifecycle. The announcement came one day after Coincheck G

On Tuesday, September 1, ICE UK Natural Gas Futures surged 9.21% in late European trading, while TTF benchmark Dutch natural gas futures rose 4.99%. ICE EU carbon emission allowances increased 0.33%.

According to Odaily Meme Tracking, UBIK's market capitalization surpassed $3.44 million on Robinhood.

According to Odaily Meme speed dispatch, UBIK on Robinhood reached a market cap of $1.54 million as of September 1.

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