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River, a Bitcoin-centric financial services firm, reported that Bitcoin now accounts for approximately 1.7% of a combined global money basket totaling around $138 trillion. The firm calculated that BTC's market capitalization reached roughly $2.4 trillion at its peak, representing about 1.7% of

Energy Secretary Chris Wright confirmed on September 6 that US Navy forces are actively escorting commercial tankers through the Strait of Hormuz as ongoing tensions with Iran have made unescorted passage dangerous. The world's most important oil chokepoint is currently running at roughly half its n

WOO X, the crypto trading platform acquired by FusionX Digital in the fourth quarter of 2025, is facing user complaints over withdrawal delays. On-chain investigator ZachXBT flagged the issues on September 6, highlighting transactions stuck in pending or processing status for more than three days, w

The stablecoin market cap recently rebounded above $300 billion, with Ethereum hosting $163.5 billion, representing 54.4% of the total. This growth reflects a growing preference for stablecoins as digital assets gain traction in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. The total stablecoin market cap has

NEAR AI solved all 672 problems in the PutnamBench mathematical benchmark for $111, achieving a cost 250 times lower than the second-cheapest known submission. NEAR Protocol co-founder Alex Skidanov announced the result on September 6, 2026, highlighting the open-source Lean agent's efficiency in co

US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff arrived in Kyiv on September 6 for their first visit to the Ukrainian capital since Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022. The trip followed a meeting one day earlier in which the pair spent over three hours with Russian President Vladimir

The Bitcoin Policy Institute reports that the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has reached $350 billion in annual crypto transaction volumes, marking a significant increase from approximately $100 billion in 2022. This growth is attributed to favorable regulatory frameworks that have supported cr

Verasity (VRA) surged 11.87% within 60 minutes, reaching a price of $0.00001876 amid broader altcoin market activity. The price movement occurred as VRA rose from $0.00001677 to its current level, driven by strong buying pressure. This surge comes as the broader crypto market displays mixed

Apple disclosed a compensation structure for new CEO John Ternus that ties 75% of his fiscal 2027 equity award to the company's stock performance relative to the S&P 500. The $55 million target equity package includes $41.25 million in performance-based restricted stock units whose vesting depends o

Ripple struck a multi-year marketing deal with the University of Florida, announced Friday by Florida Athletics, to feature the XRP logo on the field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium starting this football season, alongside digital properties and event signage in Gainesville. The deal includes a

Jonathan Meléndez, a musician with Mexican rock band Camilo Séptimo, was murdered alongside his family on September 1 in their Atizapán apartment in an attack linked to his $1.5 million Bitcoin wallet. The victims included Meléndez's 4-month-pregnant wife, their 3-year-old daughter, and their

WOO X users reported withdrawal issues that have remained in pending status for days. Blockchain investigator ZachXBT highlighted these problems within the crypto community. The platform has not publicly addressed the complaints, raising questions about operational stability amid broader market

An office worker announced plans on the 6th to sell a 2 billion won home and invest 1.5 billion won in US stocks, posting the decision on workplace community Blind. The worker cited inefficiency in holding a 2 billion won property, planning to move to jeonse rental housing with a 500 million won

Uniswap processed $6.6 billion in tokenized stock trading volume over the past 90 days, according to data from @tokenterminal. The decentralized exchange led the market, with PancakeSwap recording $5.5 billion and Raydium contributing $2.0 billion during the same period. Total trading volume

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko publicly criticized Arbitrum's fee structure in response to claims made by Arbitrum and Robinhood regarding miner extractable value protection. Yakovenko stated that fees are currently higher on Arbitrum, contradicting the platform's positioning. The debate,

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated a 60% probability that cryptographic technologies including SNARKs and fully homomorphic encryption could achieve minimal computational overhead, specifically sub-10x levels. Buterin's prediction addresses potential advancements in technologies that could e

OPEC+ announced on local time September 6 that it will maintain October oil production at September levels. Seven member countries—Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman—held a virtual meeting and issued the statement. The decision ends a six-month consecutive production i

Google patched a high-severity Chrome vulnerability after confirming attackers were already exploiting it in the wild. The company published a security notice Thursday acknowledging that CVE-2026-85046, a type-confusion bug affecting the V8 engine used to run JavaScript and WebAssembly, is under

Stablecoin payment companies processed approximately $390 billion in annualized genuine payment volume as of late 2025, representing roughly 0.02% of the $208 trillion global cross-border payments market, according to data from McKinsey, Artemis, and FXC Intelligence. Major financial institutions in

Fetch.ai announced a new tool that enables users to create AI agents in 20 seconds. The announcement was shared by the official Fetch.ai account @Fetch_ai on the social platform X. The tool aims to simplify the AI deployment process for users on the Fetch.ai network, a decentralized platform that us