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According to Odaily, Bybit launched Pons (PONSUSDT) perpetual contracts today, supporting up to 20x leverage.

According to JPMorgan strategist Zhang Xiaoning, the bank raised its end-of-2026 target for the Hang Seng 300 index to 5,200 points, with a bear case of 4,000 points. JPMorgan also set its MSCI China index year-end target at 100 points against a bear case of 80 points. The bank continues to

According to BitcoinTreasuries.NET, on August 31, Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich exercised stock purchase rights for the Series 10 offering, acquiring 64 million shares. His total holdings now stand at 79.58 million shares, representing a 5.9% stake in the

According to Jin10 data, U.S. President Trump focused on Canada-U.S. trade relations over the past 24 hours on August 31. Trump claimed the U.S. loses over $60 billion annually in trade with Canada and called for Canadian companies with U.S. business to relocate immediately, promising zero tariffs u

According to Coinglass data, on August 31 at 17:51 UTC, $48.99 million USDT was transferred out of Binance to an unknown wallet.

According to Hengsyin Futures research report on August 31, U.S.-Iran geopolitical tensions escalated as American military strikes targeted Iranian military facilities on Larak Island, prompting Iranian missile retaliation and disrupting Hormuz Strait transit, which pushed oil risk premium higher. S

According to PANews, Justin Sun posted a photo of Victoria Harbour and Hong Kong's International Finance Centre (IFC) on X platform on August 31, holding a paper showing a TRON block hash. In his caption, Sun wrote: "IFC records the height of capital, TRON hash records the height of time. One

German 30-year government bond yields rose to 3.7924% today, marking the highest level since June 2011, up 3 basis points intraday.

According to OKX, the exchange released its 46th consecutive Proof of Reserves recently, confirming $22.96 billion in primary assets with customer assets backed above 1:1 across all market conditions. The announcement, shared on social media, underscores OKX's commitment to transparency and user sec

DFI surged 59.29% in 30 minutes to $0.000753 over the past 24 hours, with a 24-hour price change of 42.84%. The token's market cap reached $436,179 as trading activity accelerated, with 24-hour trading volume at $16.05. The price fluctuated between a 24-hour low of $0.000472 and high of $0.000753.

According to The Information, OpenAI has recently launched a new pricing model for select major customers, charging based on task completion rather than token usage or seat licenses. The outcome-based approach is currently applied to customer service, allowing enterprises to pay only for tasks

According to RootData data via ChainCatcher, the crypto primary market disclosed 49 financing rounds in August with total funding of approximately $596 million, down 74.2% month-on-month from $2.312 billion in July, and down 35.5% year-over-year from $924 million in August 2025.
By sector, DeFi

According to H.C. Wainwright, Iren stock fell 12.5% on Friday after the company's fourth-quarter results missed Wall Street expectations. However, the analyst sees the selloff as a potential buying opportunity, reiterating a 'Buy' rating with a $90 price target.
Iren reported Q4 revenue of $137.2 m

According to BlockBeats and TradingBeats, on August 31 at 14:22 UTC, a newly activated address placed 30 BTC limit buy orders totaling 1,046.7831 BTC ($79.032 million) at prices between $75,000-$76,000. The orders are currently 3.42% to 4.69% below the spot price of $78,689.4.
Each of the 30 orders

French 10-year government bond yields reached 4.1503% today, marking the highest level since November 2008, rising 2.5 basis points during intraday trading on August 31.

According to onchain researcher Weilin Li and security firm PeckShield, the Cronos blockchain halted on Sunday after a $75 million exploit at Tectonic, its largest lending protocol. The attacker used price manipulation of Tectonic's TONIC governance token to borrow against inflated collateral.

Sweden's Prime Minister announced that the country will soon sign a defense cooperation framework agreement with France and purchase four frigates from Naval Group. The agreements aim to strengthen bilateral defense cooperation between the two

France's 2-year government bond yield rose to 3.1012% today, reaching its highest level since July 2024, up 1.5 basis points intraday.

On August 30, Robinhood Chain generated $2.66 million in application revenue over 24 hours, surpassing Ethereum's $1.27 million and Hyperliquid L1's $1.7 million the same day. Gmgn, a onchain trading terminal, led with $1.11 million in revenue, followed by Pons, a token-launch platform, at $930,587,

According to Bain Capital, on 27 August 2026, RQD Clearing secured a $74 million minority growth investment led by Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, with ABN AMRO Clearing Bank and Nyca Partners participating. The company did not disclose its valuation or the investors' ownership percentages. RQD, a