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According to CBS News, dozens of Republican candidates in tight races are expected to skip the Republican National Committee (RNC) convention scheduled for September 9-10, where President Trump is holding what he calls an "unprecedented rally." While Trump pledged to give the stage to competitive GOP candidates, many are instead allocating their resources and time to their own districts and states, foregoing the convention.

According to Yonhap News, U.S. stock index futures declined overnight on September 9 as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East drove oil prices higher. E-mini S&P 500 futures fell 0.02% to 7,678.75, while E-mini Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 0.05% to 29,522.00. Brent crude futures traded above $99 per barrel after reports that Iran conducted a second attack on U.S. Navy vessels during the week, while WTI futures climbed above $94 per barrel. U.S. 10-year Treasury yields rose 7 basis points to 4.7

According to the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), the command destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on September 8 in response to two ballistic missile attacks by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) against U.S. Navy vessels over the preceding two days. CENTCOM stated that American naval vessels successfully evaded the Iranian attacks and sustained no personnel casualties. Operations in the regional waters continued.

According to SoSoValue, Franklin XRP ETF (XRPZ) received $1.548 million in net inflows yesterday (September 8), making it the sole contributor to XRP spot ETF inflows on the day. The fund's historical cumulative net inflows have reached $474 million, while total assets under management across all XRP spot ETFs stand at $1.509 billion with cumulative net inflows of $1.683 billion to date.

According to ChainCatcher citing SoSoValue data, Hyperliquid spot ETFs recorded net outflows of $12.96 million today. Bitwise Hyperliquid ETF (BHYP) led outflows with $8.06 million, while 21Shares Hyperliquid ETF (THYP) saw $4.89 million in net redemptions.

According to Shinhan Asset Management announced today, the SOL AI Semiconductor Parts & Materials ETF recorded a one-month return of 23.14% as of September 7. The ETF's net assets reached 1.0486 trillion won, making it South Korea's largest listed semiconductor parts & materials ETF by scale. The product has seen cumulative net purchases from individual investors totaling 230 billion won since the start of the year.

According to Yonhapinfomax, Japan's Nikkei 225 index rose 59.55 points to 65,328.88 on Sept 9 as of 9:15 a.m. JST, while the TOPIX gained 3.64 points to 4,053.97. The gains came despite weakness in U.S. stock markets, which fell as Middle East tensions escalated, pushing crude oil prices higher and increasing inflation concerns. WTI crude for October delivery reached the mid-$94s, marking a three-month high after Yemen's Houthi forces attacked Saudi Aramco energy facilities and the U.S. Central

According to an SEC 8-K filing released on September 8, Microstrategy did not buy or sell Bitcoin during the week of August 31 to September 7. The world's largest corporate Bitcoin holder currently holds 845,050 BTC with an average purchase price of $75,412 per coin and maintains $5.1 billion in cash reserves. Microstrategy announced it expanded its Digital Credit Securities Repurchase Program from $1 billion to $2 billion and repurchased approximately $176.3 million worth of its preferred share

According to people familiar with the matter, Firmus Technologies, an Australian data center computing provider, on September 8 announced plans to set up investor meetings next week ahead of a potential Australian Securities Exchange listing. The company is drafting a pathfinder prospectus and has no listing timeline yet. Firmus said OpenAI would be an anchor customer as it surpassed 900 megawatts of contracted capacity, with computing power to be provided from two Malaysian data center sites. I

According to Mexico's Finance Ministry budget proposal released recently, the average price for crude oil exports in 2027 is projected at $61.8 per barrel.

According to Jin10 Futures, as of 8:30 AM Beijing time on September 9, spot platinum rose 0.18% and spot palladium fell 0.33%.

According to CME Group, open interest in FX futures and options reached a record 4.41 million contracts on September 4, surpassing the previous high of 4.27 million recorded on June 11. The increase represents 140,545 contracts, or 3.3 percent higher than the prior record. Asset managers surpassed $200 billion in notional open interest in FX futures for the first time. CME also reported 1,446 large position holders in its FX futures contracts, according to the Commodity Futures Trading Commissio

According to Robinhood Crypto, tokenized stocks on Robinhood Chain have reached $150 million in total value locked as of September 9.

According to CNBC's Jim Cramer on Tuesday (September 8), Nvidia (NVDA-US) and Broadcom (AVGO-US) are positioned as the primary beneficiaries of OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra model launch. Cramer noted that Nvidia deserves recognition for enabling Astra's development, with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang disclosing that training Astra required 100,000 Blackwell GPUs, with an additional 400,000 GPUs being deployed for OpenAI's operations. Broadcom, which co-developed the custom Jalapeno chip with OpenAI for AI inf

According to GMGN data, BNC4, a stock token tracking U.S.-listed CEA Industries (BNC) launched by Four.meme on BSC, is trading at $5.75 versus $5.28 for the underlying equity, representing an 8.9% premium as of September 9. BNC4 is anchored 1:1 to the U.S. stock and follows CZ's statement yesterday on X that "IPOs will move on chain."

According to Liquid Network's official security report, a vulnerability in the Elements open-source software discovered on September 6 led to the creation of approximately 4,000 unsupported LBTC, which were subsequently swapped for roughly 4,000 BTC through SideSwap and standard Peg-out mechanisms. The exploiter, who claims to be a white-hat security researcher, returned 3,400 BTC on September 7. Blockstream is now negotiating with the exploiter to recover the remaining 598.5 BTC, approximately

According to Grayscale's statement posted on X, its Zcash fund (ZCSH) assets under management (AUM) have surpassed $500 million, holding over 550,000 ZEC tokens.

According to MSX, BNC surged 50.43% on market close on September 9, closing at $5.25. After-hours trading showed the asset at $5.34, up nearly 2% from the close.

According to ChainCatcher, Jump Trading has traded nearly $150 billion on Hyperliquid since its first deposit on December 12, 2025. The trading firm operates one main account and 16 sub-accounts, accounting for 7.8% of the exchange's perpetual contracts volume and 18.9% of the XYZ market. Jump Trading initially tested for one week, trading $153 million across BTC, SOL, and HYPE, before expanding with additional funding and sub-accounts across commodities, equities, and other assets. The firm has

According to Jin10, the U.S. Southern Command announced on September 8 that its Western Hemisphere Joint Task Force (JTF-WHEM) intercepted a floating fuel station in the eastern Pacific supporting illegal maritime drug trafficking operations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was linked to Ecuador's Los Choneros drug trafficking terrorist organization.