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According to reports from TrendForce and Nomura Securities, TSMC is expected to raise wafer prices 10-15% across all process nodes following Samsung Electronics' recent price increases. The reports indicate TSMC completed new pricing discussions with customers mid-2026, with advanced N3 process costs potentially rising as much as 15% for tight supply periods in the second half of 2026. Market expectations further suggest TSMC could raise N2, N3, and N5 process prices another 5-10% by early 2027.

According to GlobeNewsWire, DeFi Development Corp. (Nasdaq: DFDV) announced today (September 1) plans to issue up to $20 million in Series C perpetual preferred stock. The company intends to use net proceeds for working capital, increasing Solana (SOL) holdings, and investing in other digital assets.

According to Yonhapinfomax, OK Savings Bank reported a loan-to-deposit ratio of 101.41% as of end-Q2 2026, surpassing the 100% regulatory limit for the first time since loan-to-deposit ratio restrictions normalized last year. The metric, which measures the proportion of deposits deployed as loans, indicates OK Savings Bank has loaned out more capital than it holds in deposits. The breach exposes the institution to potential regulatory oversight and sanctions from South Korean financial authoriti

According to Lookonchain, Pump.fun sold 132,935 SOL ($13.75 million) nine hours ago on September 1. To date, Pump.fun has offloaded a cumulative 5.11 million SOL ($83.43 million) at an average price of $163.2 per SOL.

According to Crypto In America, on September 1, former bipartisan SEC and CFTC officials, including ex-CFTC Chair Chris Giancarlo, warned that misaligned regulatory boundaries could continue pushing markets offshore. They advocate that similar risks should receive comparable regulatory treatment. The offshore perpetual futures market exceeded $90 trillion in trading volume in 2025, according to Kalshi's estimates. Giancarlo stated: "The $90 trillion market is not a puzzle to solve, but a market

According to Onchain Lens, a wallet linked to Bitmine received and accumulated 20,000 ETH from FalconX on September 1, worth approximately $49.42 million. The transfer was detected through on-chain monitoring.

According to energy intelligence firm Rystad Energy, Venezuela's oil production will require decades to recover to its peak level of over 3 million barrels per day, despite recent production growth following U.S. negotiations. Rystad projects new crude output initially from existing wells will grow from approximately 157,000 barrels per day in 2027 to 680,000 barrels per day by 2030, reaching 740,000 barrels per day in the early-to-mid 2030s. Combined with new projects, Venezuela's daily output

According to Wall Street Journal, on September 1, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) strengthened its examination of special purpose vehicles (SPVs) used to invest in private companies. SEC examiners have been requesting registered investment advisers to provide evidence that their SPVs actually own or hold the private company shares they claim to possess. The heightened scrutiny follows increased investor complaints and marketing efforts by such funds ahead of high-profile offeri

According to Bitget data, South Korea's KOSPI index declined 49.75 points at market open today (September 1), down 0.73%, closing at 6770.27.

According to Christine D. Kim, founder of Protocol Watch, Bitcoin Core v32 completed its feature freeze on August 20. The official release is expected in October, with the development team currently focused on bug fixes and minor optimizations. The update's main improvements include parallel CPU core processing that boosts block validation speed up to 3 times faster, a global transaction queue with rate limiting to enhance node stability during traffic spikes, and a Mempool-based fee estimation

According to BlockBeats, on September 1, BONER token on Robinhood chain briefly surged to a peak market cap of $89 million, marking an all-time high according to GMGN data. The token has since pulled back to $74 million, with a 24-hour gain of 708%.

According to Goldman Sachs research, long-term inflation expectations among U.S. consumers and businesses remain largely stable despite inflation running above the Federal Reserve's target for over five years, with no significant signs of runaway or sustained increases. The bank identified three key factors: over a decade of low inflation provides a buffer effect, some elevated survey results reflect generational differences and methodology variations rather than fundamental shifts, and inflatio

According to the Ministry of Natural Resources, a major copper-gold ore deposit has been discovered in the Chating area of Xuancheng, Anhui Province, marking a significant breakthrough in China's new round of mineral prospecting initiative. The main ore body measures approximately 1.2 kilometers long and 1.1 kilometers wide. Preliminary estimates indicate copper resources exceeding several large-scale deposits of 500,000 tons or more each, and gold resources exceeding a dozen large-scale deposit

According to CrowdStrike, on August 28 the company signed a memorandum of understanding with PT Telkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, Indonesia's state-backed telecommunications provider, to deliver AI-powered cybersecurity and managed security services. The partnership combines CrowdStrike's Falcon platform with Telkom's infrastructure and customer reach. The two firms plan to form a joint team focused on securing AI agents, models, and systems, while Telkom will standardize its cyber defenses on the

According to iM Securities, SK On, a subsidiary of SK Innovation, signed a 9-gigawatt-hour (GWh) lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cell supply contract with U.S. ESS company Neobolt Power on September 1. The contract is valued at approximately 1.5 trillion Korean won and will run for five years from 2027 to 2031, with production at SK On's Georgia facility. The deal fulfills 45% of SK On's annual 20GWh procurement guidance for 2026, with additional 9GWh supply agreements planned later this ye

According to Han Kyung Economic Daily, South Korean battery and energy storage stocks surged in August 2026 as capital rotated from semiconductors. L&F jumped 100.14% in August, closing at 146,700 won on September 1, while Samsung SDI and LG Energy Solution gained 45.34% and 15.24% respectively during the month. The rally was driven by increased demand for energy storage systems (ESS) as AI data center investments expand power requirements. The U.S. also designated ESS equipment as critical powe

According to ChainCatcher, Anza, the Solana core client development team, activated SIMD-0391 on Mainnet Beta at epoch 1026, replacing floating-point operations with fixed-point arithmetic in Stake Program and validator client warm-up and cool-down logic. SIMD-0607, already under review, targets the runtime layer to remove floating-point operations from inflation reward and rent calculation paths. Anza stated that floating-point arithmetic can produce different rounding results across hardware,

According to Baidu's announcement, the company's transition from secondary listing to dual primary listing status on Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing took effect today (September 1). The change reflects Baidu's enhanced standing on the exchange.

According to ChainCatcher, on September 1, addresses linked to the OFAC-sanctioned North Korean hacker group Lazarus Group transferred over $30 million through Hyperliquid, according to on-chain analyst Emmett Gallic. Bitcoin was converted to ETH and SOL on Hyperliquid, then bridged to Tron, Solana, and Ethereum, with funds deposited into KuCoin, Lbank, Kraken, and other unmarked Tron-based services.

South Korea's August trade balance came in at $34.75 billion, exceeding the forecast of $30.74 billion. The prior month's figure was also revised upward to $30.39 billion from the initial $30.32 billion.