It’s the final countdown to jobs Friday with both the US and Canadian numbers due up at the bottom of the hour.  USD/JPY remains in

Prior was -23K Two-month net revision +55K June was +57K Unemployment rate 4.1% vs 4.1% expected Prior unemployment rate 4.1% Unrounded unemployment 4.1413% vs 4.0900%

Prior month employment change: 75.1K Details for the month of August:  Employment change:-41.7K vs +15.0K expected; prior +75.1K Unemployment rate:6.4% vs 6.4% expected; prior 6.4%

South Korea’s financial regulator introduced a three-phase roadmap for the issuance of tokenized assets, as the country prepares to adopt its first tokenized securities framework

Rate hikes by year-end ECB: 46 bps (99% probability of rate hike at the next meeting) 2027: 73 bps  BoJ: 42 bps (75% probability of rate hike at the next meeting)

Trezor said an additional 67,000 US users were affected by its shipping provider’s data breach, opening the path to potential phishing attacks and social engineering

How have interest rate expectations changed after this week’s events? Eurozone retail sales fall in July as consumer spending softens Stop making this mistake when

Full report here Retail sales in the Eurozone declined in July, pointing to softer consumer demand. The volume of retail trade fell by 0.6% m/m in

AMC’s CEO criticized Robinhood’s tokenized stock offerings for being unregulated in the US and said he will request an investigation from an external securities counsel.

US Bitcoin ETFs drew $730.9 million on Thursday as Bitcoin reclaimed $80,000, though CryptoQuant flagged weak fresh demand and a key $83,000 test.

The ranges of estimates are important in terms of market reaction because when the actual data deviates from the expectations, it creates a surprise effect.

The IMF attributed Bitcoin added since June 2025 to private donations, addressing questions raised after El Salvador reported a $100 million acquisition.

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, we don’t have much on the agenda other than a couple of low-tier releases like the German factory orders

RBNZ signals December, not October, for its next rate hike Diesel crunch, hot ISM data point to entrenched inflation risk: gold, equity risks JPMorgan flags

The agreement includes parallel investigations and information sharing, with US and UK authorities planning a private-sector disruption operation in London in October.

Thai businessmen sue Tether over $42M frozen USDT tied to pig butchering scam, Aussie crypto firms face big fines unless they meet licensing deadline.

Japanese Household Spending July: -3.6% y/y, biggest drop since January 2024 expected -1.6% ,prior -3.3% — September BOJ hike is near-fully priced (~87%), driven mainly

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin-Gold Correlation Hits Six-Year High as Debasement Fears Mount Bitcoin’s correlation with gold is at its highest in six years as investors increasingly

Deutsche Bank: The dollar is now leveraged to the AI race Vance: We’re not talking to Iran unless they stop shooting at ships Preview: August

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Bear Market May Not Yet Be Over, Says Fidelity  Bitcoin may be rallying but that doesn’t mean the bear market is over.

Bitcoin Magazine French Hill Eyes Bipartisan Path for Clarity Act Ahead of September Vote U.S. congressman French Hill expressed the importance of bipartisan support to

Data due from South Korea, Japan and Singapore. These are not marked as priority items and unless something is way off expectations are unlikely to move

The CFTC’s lawyers called the lawsuit “much ado about nothing,“ claiming that the CME Group lacked standing to file and argued against its claims over

Kalshi previously said it had been placed in an “impossible position” after federal authorities directed the company to ignore a Michigan restraining order issued in

Mantle has added Paxos-issued USDG as a natively minted stablecoin while joining the network’s reward-sharing structure.

Bitcoin rallied 5% to reclaim $80,000 as the US dollar weakened amid a suspected Bank of Japan currency intervention, though analysts remain split on the

Bitcoin Magazine Kraken and SoFi Link Crypto Trading To Banking Rails Payward, the parent company of crypto exchange Kraken, and fintech company SoFi Technologies on

The UK political party and its leader, Nigel Farage, have accepted contributions from figures tied to the crypto industry, raising questions about potential influence on

The integration lets Bybit users spend digital assets directly from their exchange balances across Mesh-powered platforms.

What’s expected: Consensus estimate +56K (range -25K to +121K) July -23K June +63K Private consensus estimate +45K Unemployment rate consensus estimate: 4.1% vs 4.1% prior

The deal will bring SoFiUSD to Kraken, connect Payward to SoFi’s 24/7 dollar settlement network and give SoFi access to digital asset liquidity through Kraken

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Rallies Over $82,000 — And Brings BTC-Related Stocks With It Bitcoin surged on Thursday — but industry-related stocks rose even quicker as

Bitcoin Magazine Standard Chartered Debuts Bitcoin Trading In the United Arab Emirates  Multinational bank Standard Chartered announced Thursday that it had debuted bitcoin spot trading

Nonmanufacturing PMI prior month 54.1 Nonmanufacturing PMI for August 55.4 versus 54.2 estimate nonmanufacturing business activity 61.7 versus 59.1 last month Employment index 47.8 versus 47.4

The US trade deficit widened significantly in July, with a sharp increase in imports and a decline in exports that could weigh on economic growth

Nvidia agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, gaining a platform used by more than 18 million developers to share and deploy AI models.

VARA and Securitize signed an MoU to foster more tokenization innovation in Dubai and explore how tokenized financial innovation should be regulated in the region.

Crypto recovery specialists reveal how lost wallets, passwords and seed phrases can sometimes be recovered — but that’s of no help if the money was

Headlines: USD/JPY extends fall today in drop back below 158, what’s next? Bond yields pull back from the highs as focus turns to US jobs

Pencil Finance said that its first-of-a-kind loan offered financing to 6,600 students in Southeast Asia who were underserved by traditional lenders.

Kalshi reportedly plans to file for approval of a WTI crude oil perpetual futures contract that would trade around the clock five days a week

The third-wave Coldcard exploiter moved about 10% of stolen funds through THORChain as researchers traced the assets to a new Ethereum address.

Standard Chartered said it is the first major global bank to offer institutional access to spot Bitcoin and Ether trading in the UAE region.

A quick catch-up of the PMI prints that we got for today: Spain August services PMI: 57.8 (previously 58.3) Spain August composite PMI: 55.8 (previously

Ether ETFs posted $48 million in outflows after attracting $1.62 billion over 12 trading days, while XRP funds ended an 11-session inflow run.

ASIC has recorded more than 45 digital asset-related license applications as its temporary enforcement relief approaches Sept. 30 expiration.

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, we get the final PMIs for the major Eurozone economies and the UK, as well as the Eurozone PPI

Switzerland August CPI +0.4% vs 0.0% m/m expected (Prior -0.1%) Switzerland August CPI +0.8% vs +0.5% y/y expected (Prior +0.4%) Switzerland August core CPI +0.4%

Hyperscale Data’s Bitcoin holdings have fallen about 79% since late July to 215 BTC as it redirects capital toward its Michigan AI data center.

As we get into the second half of the week, the bond market continues to be a key spot to watch. The big story this

Yen extends gains below 157.80 as BOJ hawks and less hawkish Fed voices collide WSJ reports Trump privately weighs declaring Iran war over (50,000 troops

Today’s RatingDog services beat completes the week’s China data set and reinforces the pattern already seen in the manufacturing PMIs, private and export oriented surveys

The combination of stronger growth and near record cost pass through is the key signal here for BOJ policy watchers, and Fiddes explicitly linked the

Coinbase is offering eligible Canadian traders perpetual and dated futures with up to 10x leverage as major US trading platforms expand their crypto presence in

Federal authorities and private-sector partners were part of an operation to disrupt malware that redirected about $150,000 in crypto over the last eight years.

Bitcoin Magazine ‘Crypto Capital of the World’: SEC Chair Expects Clarity Act to Pass This Month Wall Street’s top regulator has said that he expects

The data release of note due today, Thursday, September 3, 2026, from the Asian timezone is the private sector services PMI survey from Rating Dog

US stocks rise as small caps lead the gains EURUSD Technicals: Traders have done their ABCs in trading the EURUSD today. What do I mean?

New Jersey’s Attorney General and gaming authorities filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to the US Supreme Court over Kalshi offering sporting event

Bitcoin Magazine When the Banks Don’t Work, Bitcoin Does: Cornell University’s Adoption Index A lot of people have heard of Bitcoin but even among those

Bitcoin Magazine Mexican Billionaire Ricardo Salinas Tells People To Escape Fiat Inflation With Bitcoin Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas is at it again.  This time, the

There is a slew of headlines coming out of Washington as the Trump administration fights fires on multiple fronts. From beef prices to Chinese subsidies,

Bitcoin Magazine Capital B Raises €7.6M From Adam Back to Fund Another Bitcoin Buy Top bitcoiner Adam Back has invested €7.6 million ($8.8 million) in

Wyoming is using Chainlink to bring near-real-time reserve verification onchain for FRNT as the oracle provider expands its footprint across tokenized financial markets.

Just a little satire….; ) Trump on Truth Social is now posting: Now that we have it under U.S.A. control, should we change the name

One of Bitcoin’s onchain demand indicators turns negative again after a brief August rebound, as BTC price slipped below $77,000 amid a broader bond and

Ondo says existing US securities laws can accommodate perpetual futures tied to individual stocks as regulators look to bring more derivatives activity onshore.

Bitcoin Magazine The Quantum Issue: Letter From The Editor Quantum this, quantum that…who put a stupid cat on-chain!? Ahem.  Alright, let’s be serious. The threat

Officials in the G20, under the US’ presidency, recognized that digital assets could support “broad-based economic growth” and called for improvements in cross-border transactions.

Bitcoin Magazine Strategy CEO Defends Bitcoin Sale as the ‘Right Trade’  The CEO of bitcoin treasury Strategy brushed off concerns investors may have about the

Hashkey joined the DTCC’s working group on tokenization innovation as the first Asian crypto service provider to join with over 100 financial institutions, including Goldman

Arthur Hayes says Bitcoin is going to grind higher from here, but Ethereum is his number one pick due to its potential to increase “3x

Full Sail is shutting down after an attacker removed about $91,000 from three vaults during a security incident linked to oracle provider Switchboard.

Prior month -0.2% revised from -0.3% Factory orders 0.9% versus 0.6% estimate. Durable goods for July 1 .1% versus 1.1% preliminary. Last month 0.5% Durable

Headlines: The tectonic shift that is taking place in the bond market Gold futures are down more than 8%: Is the next dip-buying opportunity approaching?

Remixpoint sold $5.5 million in ETH, SOL, XRP and DOGE, booking a $736,000 net gain as it narrowed its crypto strategy to focus on Bitcoin.

The plaintiffs didn’t dispute their involvement in the pig butchering scam, but claimed that Tether did not have the authority to freeze the $42 million

Thailand adopted a crypto Travel Rule requiring digital asset operators to verify control of self-custodial wallets and retain transaction data for five years.

Grayscale, a16z, and the CCI asked the SEC to preserve existing classification rules and avoid treating novel exchange-traded products as a single category, while proposing

US spot Bitcoin ETFs reduced their year-to-date net outflows by 66% as Bitcoin gained about 25% in August, while Ether ETFs turned positive YTD at

Another day, another story about vessels being struck down in the Strait of Hormuz. That as Iran continues to send a message that if the

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, we don’t have much on the agenda other than a couple of low-tier releases like Spain’s unemployment change and

What is happening in the bond market in the past week is something that every trader and investor should stand up and take notice. While

The Nasdaq-listed company previously raised $647 million through the facility and accumulated about 29.3 million HYPE tokens.

RBNZ chief says rate settings still accommodative despite hikes Asian stocks slide as Iran conflict fuels oil and bond yield worries Australia Q2 GDP beats

Core says the incident is contained and its planned forward upgrade will not roll back the network or reverse previously confirmed transactions.

The stronger than expected GDP print has pushed market pricing for a September RBA hike to 57 percent, up from 48 percent beforehand, while a

Oil: Private survey of inventory shows a headline crude oil draw greater than expected Nasdaq indices close sharply lower as Iran war heats up All

Australian Q2 GDP 0.4% q/q for a beat expected 0.3%, prior 0.3% 2.1% y/y, beat expected 1.8%, prior 2.5% Just the numbers this post. I’ll

The launch gives eligible non-US users access to physically settled options on more than 1,000 US stocks and ETFs through a single Binance account.

The $189,000 in media spending to support Representative Jake Auchincloss marked Fairshake’s latest attempt to influence the 2026 elections with funds from the crypto industry.

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Slides as US-Iran Tensions Escalate  Bitcoin slid on Tuesday after investors went into “risk-off” mode following escalating attacks between the U.S. and

UK authorities froze $13.5 million in cash following a January 2025 order from the Westminster Magistrates’ Court as part of an investigation into Sorare.

Australian GDP data is due, for the months of April, May and June.  But, the focus today is on the RBNZ decision. A rate hike

President Trump – on a call with Fox News – said that if Iran retaliates against the most US retaliation from Irans retailiation, that they

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Defies Seasonal Slump With Third-Best August Ever Bitcoin is known for its summer slumps. But August was different.  In fact, the leading

In his TruthSocial post Pres. Trump confirms the striking of Iranian targets saying: The United States is, as we speak, striking Iranian Targets near the

The prediction platform permanently banned George Santos and issued a three-year suspension for Laurie Buckhout after investigations into using insider information on event contracts.

The proposal would modernize rules largely unchanged since the 1980s, addressing blockchain-based recordkeeping, tokenized securities and increasingly automated market infrastructure.

The self-custodial app brings USDe into everyday payments, savings and cross-border transfers, with annualized rewards of up to 6%.

The price of crude oil is moving higher and stocks are moving lower on reports of an American attack on Iran. There are sounds of explosions heard

Bitcoin Magazine BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust Is Beating Top S&P 500 ETF  BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust exchange-traded fund has delivered better returns since its 2024

The planned venture will initially focus on a US dollar stablecoin before expanding to other G7 currencies, with a euro-denominated offering next.

From the G20, US Treas Sec. Bessent is saying: I think that Japan is taking right steps for economy. G20 ministers one more growth. Unclear whether

Bitcoin Magazine South Korea’s Bitcoin ‘Kimchi Premium’ Returns Bitcoin is up this month but there’s one place where it’s more significantly more expensive: South Korea. 

Global bond yields hit multi-decade highs today as Japan’s 10-year JGB yield reached a 30-year peak, keeping Bitcoin steady near $78,000.

RevStealer targets more than 50 crypto wallets alongside browser passwords, cookies, messaging data and selected documents.

Prior month 7.182 million JOLTs job openings for July 7.271M vs 7.300M estimate.  Details from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Job openings: Little changed at 7.3

Prior month  55.6 ISM manufacturing PMI for August 54.6 versus 55.2 estimate. Employment index 51.2 versus 53.0 estimate. Last month 52.8 New orders 53.7 versus

Prior month 0.0% revised from -0.1% Construction spending for July -0.5% versus 0.0% expected Details from the US Census: Total construction spending fell -0.5% in

Canada’s Carney is standing his ground. Says: Asked about US officials insulting Canada, says “It’s beneath their office” We can start having trade discussions with

Kast aims to onboard between 1,000 and 5,000 active businesses to its new platform by the end of 2026.

Bitcoin Magazine BlackRock Re-Underwrites Bitcoin, and the Portfolio Math Still Holds Bitcoin’s roughly 50% decline from its October 2025 high has created a useful test

Ripple was among the latest blockchain companies to sign a strategic partnership to build more custody and tokenized asset management solutions for Asian institutional participants.

Crypto is showing signs of life again, but its biggest wins look different from what early believers imagined. After a decade of building, has it

Prior month 53.9 Preliminary estimate for manufacturing PMI 53.2 S&P global manufacturing PMI final 53.9 Details from S&P Global on the survey report: S&P Global US

Crypto wallets linked to the OFAC-sanctioned Lazarus Group moved $30 million in digital assets through Hyperliquid, weeks after regulators said they were working on a

The London bourse operator is seeking to offer 24/5 exposure to UK-based tokenized equities, as more TradFi institutions explore tokenized equities offerings.

S&P 500 analysis (with video) shows bears are back but where is the next bounce? Bitcoin at crossroads after hawkish Warsh: traders waiting for 77K-80K

Singapore is considering allowing jointly issued cross-border stablecoins into its regulatory regime, revisiting its earlier decision to restrict the framework to domestic issuance.

Five equity-backed notes issued through Luxembourg’s ORO II fund will trade against dollars, USDT and Bitcoin for eligible non-US investors.

Prior 51.9 Key findings: Output and new order growth slow Job creation at two-year high Comment: Rob Dobson, Director at S&P Global Market Intelligence said:

UK July mortgage approvals 56.05k vs 59.50k expected Prior 58.20k; revised to 58.21k UK July net consumer credit £2.0 billion vs £1.8 billion expected Prior

Eurozone August preliminary CPI +3.3% vs +3.3% y/y expected Prior +2.9% Eurozone August preliminary core CPI +2.4% vs +2.5% y/y expected Prior +2.5% No surprises

Prior +2.9% HICP +3.2% vs +3.4% y/y expected Prior +2.9% Italy’s inflation rate accelerated in August 2026, driven primarily by a sharp increase in energy

Prior 51.3 Key findings: Renewed decline in output amid faltering demand conditions Steepest drop in new orders in almost a year-anda-half First fall in production

Donald Trump Jr.-linked 1789 Capital will reportedly lead a $1 billion investment round into Polymarket, which would value the platform at $21 billion, just below

France August final manufacturing PMI 51.1 vs 51.5 prelim Prior 49.8 This reaffirms a mild rebound in French manufacturing activity in August, bolstered by better

Prior was 52.2 Key findings: Production posts strongest growth since January 2022, supported by jump in orders Supply chain pressures intensify further, contributing to steep

Eurozone August final manufacturing PMI 52.7 vs 52.8 prelim Prior 51.9 The final estimate reaffirms a solid showing in euro area industrial activity in August,

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, we have the final PMIs for the major Eurozone economies and the UK, as well as the Eurozone Flash

Spain August manufacturing PMI vs 50.3 expected Prior 50.2 More to come.. This article was written by Justin Low at investinglive.com.

Germany July retail sales -3.4% vs +0.4% m/m expected Prior -0.7% More to come.. This article was written by Justin Low at investinglive.com.

UK August Nationwide house prices +0.2% vs +0.1% m/m expected Prior +0.1%; revised to -0.1% UK August Nationwide house prices +1.6% vs +2.0% y/y expected

Bessent is in North Carolina for the G20 finance leaders’ gathering but he has met BOJ governor Ueda and Japan finance minister Suzuki on the

Ether ETFs extended their inflow streak to 11 trading sessions, while XRP and Solana funds each logged a 10th consecutive positive session.

Let’s get right into it. Headline annual inflation is expected to move up to 3.3% (previously 2.9%) while core annual inflation is expected at 2.5%

Preview: Westpac sees RBNZ hiking OCR to 2.75% tomorrow, data dependent from there MOF official: Katayama, Bessent talks covered FX intervention, fiscal policy Japan finmin

Thailand’s SEC seeks comments on rules requiring retail-accessible overseas crypto derivatives to trade on qualifying, centrally cleared exchanges.

This print beats the roughly 51.0 consensus flagged ahead of the release and lands the day after the NBS official PMI also improved, giving AUD

RatingDog Manufacturing PMI Just the data this post.  I’ll have more to come on this separately, details and implications.  Background: China Caixin PMI preview: private

Key Takeaways for Traders Today Oil and rates: Brent settled above $90, while the US 10-year yield reached 4.768%. This strengthens the higher-inflation, higher-rate market

The strength of this reading, particularly the sharpest new orders growth in over eight and a half years, reinforces the case that Japan’s export-oriented, semiconductor

The acceleration adds a modestly hawkish data point for the Bank of England, coming alongside the Office for National Statistics’ own CPI measure, which already

Personnel turnover at the Pentagon is not typically a market moving event on its own, but this one is worth flagging given the pattern it

Ireland’s planned investment accounts will offer tax benefits for stocks, bonds and ETFs, while excluding crypto and derivatives as higher-risk products.

A print at or above the 51.0 consensus would reinforce the narrative building since yesterday’s NBS beat, that China’s export-facing manufacturers are stabilising even as

Bitcoin Magazine Strategy Opposes MSCI Proposal, Says Bitcoin Treasury Firms Are Being Targeted a Second Time Bitcoin treasury Strategy has blasted Morgan Stanley Capital International’s

US broader indices close lower on the day. Nasdaq 100 closes marginally higher Trump to announce new drug pricing agreement. Strategic Petroleum Reserves fell by

President Trump is set to announce another round of voluntary drug-pricing agreements today involving Bayer, Takeda, CSL and several midsized biotechnology companies. Under the agreements,

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Unfazed by Trump’s Iran Threats Bitcoin on Monday shrugged off tensions in the Middle East, barely moving despite U.S. President Donald Trump

Yesterday we had the official PMIs from China: China factory activity beats forecasts but stays in contraction in August China official August Manufacturing PMI 49.8

Bitcoin Magazine Strive Becomes Fifth-Largest Bitcoin Treasury, Stock Jumps on Latest Buy Strive’s stock soared on Monday after the company announced a $143 million bitcoin

The brokerage is adding digital assets alongside stocks, ETFs and options as Canadian crypto ownership rises and regulators move toward clearer industry rules.

Bitcoin Magazine Russia’s Sberbank Estimates $46.4B Trading Volume in First Year of Crypto Buildout Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, has said it expects trading volume with

Telegram has rolled out its self-custodial Gram wallet as the default in user settings, while Wallet in Telegram is rebranding as Walt.

Bitcoin price action saw sharp moves within its local range as US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent addressed US bond yields.

Regulated cryptocurrency exchanges may see more than $46 billion in crypto trading volume during the first year after legalization, according to estimates from the country’s

Strive’s latest Bitcoin purchase lifted its holdings to 23,156 BTC, making it the fifth-largest publicly traded corporate holder as crypto markets rebound.

Bitcoin Magazine Strategy Resumes Bitcoin Buying After 10-Week Hiatus  Bitcoin treasury Strategy resumed its bitcoin buys last week, snapping up nearly $370 million in the

Bitmine has bought Ether for 65 consecutive weeks, maintaining its accumulation strategy through a prolonged crypto downturn and $5.1 billion in paper losses.

Bitcoin Magazine What Is Worth Preserving: Rupture on Remains, Decay, and the Collector’s Dilemma In 1915, Kazimir Malevich hung a black square on a gallery

Treas Sec Bessent on CNBC: Oil prices will come down. Pres. has been saying Iran is not ready to make a deal. Operation outcast will

Strategy added to its BTC treasury for the first time in two months, while continuing to bolster its cash reserves and buy back its perpetual

Bessent at the G20: Iran is taking sanctions seriously Iran is lashing out kinetically because they are losing economically We will continue to exert pressure

The Japanese Bitcoin treasury company has transferred 10,270 BTC to Coinbase Prime this week, an amount equal to more than 29% of its reported holdings.

Japan’s FSA requested to exempt trust-type stablecoins from mandatory tax filings starting in fiscal year 2027, arguing that it would improve their use as transaction

The million dollar question is what prompted a Bitcoin OG to send 20 BTC to a custodian, retrieve it back, and then deliberately burn it?

Headlines: Oil prices jump as US and Iran exchange strikes; prolonged stalemate keeps the downside limited Iran says US must bear full responsibility for consequences

Prior +2.8% HICP +2.9% vs +3.1% y/y expected Prior +2.8% Core CPI Y/Y +2.4% vs +2.4% prior Full report here Germany’s inflation rate is expected

Pres. Trump is ranting to start the week. On Truth Social he posts: Iran is officially a Failed Nation. IT IS DEAD! They have no

Bitcoin approached the August monthly close below key resistance with markets once again pricing in a Federal Reserve interest-rate hike in September.

Crypto projects spent a record $638 million on token buybacks so far in 2026, as more protocols are turning their revenue into buybacks to return

Blockaid said an attacker used an Ankr liquid staking token and E-mode to overborrow from More Markets and drain about $9.3 million in WFLOW from

The state readings released around the same time: Bavaria August CPI +2.9% vs +2.8% y/y prior Saxony August CPI +2.9% vs +2.7% y/y prior North

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, the only highlight is the German CPI, which is expected to show a yearly increase to 3.0% vs 2.8%

Asia shares slide as Iran clash lifts oil, yields stay elevated Gold extends slide as hawkish Warsh hangover weighs on session A pop for yen

It’s getting to the tail end of the summer in Europe but price pressures are staying hot. We got a dose of that with the

Iran will respond decisively to any further military aggression from “the enemy” US and those supporting its military actions bear full responsibility for consequences of

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is out claiming that a rogue supertanker has been stopped in its tracks and caught fire in the Strait of

Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek said the company’s app and exchange were unaffected by the Tectonic breach and continued operating normally.

The inventory figure is the most consequential data point here for GDP-watchers, since a 0.3 percentage point drag from private non-farm inventories is a meaningful

The better-than-expected manufacturing PMI print offers some relief after July’s steep fall, and the beat against consensus should support a modest improvement in risk sentiment

Earlier: Reserve Bank of New Zealand Shadow Board split, most back 25bp rate hike this week Preview: Inflation and growth strength point to further RBNZ

China official August Manufacturing PMI 49.8 expected 49.7, prior 49.2 Non-manufacturing PMI 49.0 expected 49.5, prior49.0 Composiute PMI is 49.5 prior 49.3 Preview of this

Bitcoin moves toward a post quantum future, Solana validators agree to curb rampant inflation and the bull case from Bernstein is for Bitcoin to peak

The scale of the beat on industrial output, a small monthly gain against a Reuters poll pointing to a 0.7 percent contraction, removes some of

Bessent framing China’s trade surplus as unacceptable at a G20 gathering he is personally trying to reshape signals Washington intends to use the forum to

It’s a packed data agenda ahead with the priority item Chinese PMI data.  Setting the stage for the session ahead is this renewed hostility: U.S.

Michael Saylor’s “We’re Back” post hints Strategy may resume Bitcoin buying after a two-month pause to strengthen its balance sheet.

Russia’s largest bank, Sber, plans to accept USDT and Ether alongside Bitcoin as loan collateral as the country introduces regulated crypto trading under a new

Trump-linked Real Trump Coins said it never authorized GOLD or any digital token as questions persisted over its X account, associated domains and the concentrated

The vulnerabilities posed denial-of-service and validator resource risks but were patched before Polygon publicly disclosed them.

Stellar’s real-world asset market has expanded rapidly this year as institutional adoption and tokenization activity grow across the network.

Tokenized equities saw a sharp rise in onchain activity as active addresses and holders more than doubled over the past month.

Real Trump Coins promoted GOLD before deleting related X posts, while team-linked wallets sold 224.5 million tokens as its market value fell about 99%.

BIS chief Pablo Hernández de Cos said stablecoins lack credibility for payments at scale, while a new FSI study highlights sharp differences in issuer rules.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $201.8 million in net outflows Friday, led by ARK 21Shares, as total fund assets slipped back below $100 billion.

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Cools Off After $3 Billion ETF-Driven Surge  Bitcoin slid Friday afternoon, cooling down after a phenomenal run following huge investment from U.S.

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin’s Moment Has Come for the Far East, Says Metaplanet CEO Bitcoin’s time has come in Asia — especially with a changing regulatory

Fed’s Warsh: Numbers on price stability are ‘more concerning’ Univ of Michigan final sentiment index for August 51.7 vs 51.0 estimate Fed’s Hammack: It’s time

Bitcoin Magazine Debasement Trade Is Here Thanks to Government Debt — And Bitcoin Will Benefit: Grayscale The debasement trade is back — and will benefit

The approved proposal doubles Solana’s annual disinflation rate from 15% to 30%, reducing future SOL issuance while leaving its long-term inflation target unchanged.

Last year at this time there was some serious hand-wringing about a non-farm payrolls benchmark revision that saw 911K jobs cut from payrolls. For the

According to Circle, the USDC stablecoin name will appear on the front of club jerseys for Chelsea’s upcoming football season.

Bitcoin Magazine Capital B Raises €21M From Adam Back and TOBAM To Buy More BTC Capital B, the Euronext Growth-listed company that bills itself as

The institutional crypto exchange is providing $100 million in stablecoin liquidity to support loans backed by AI computing infrastructure.

Bitcoin failed to make a decisive break above $80,000 as traders digested Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole keynote speech, which remained wary of US

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Drops Before Shrugging Off Fed Chair’s Inflation Comments  Bitcoin dropped, then popped after Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh gave his first major

Preliminary estimate 51.0 Consumer sentiment 51.7 vs 51.0 estimate. Prior 55.2 Current conditions 51.9 versus 51.8 estimate. Preliminary 51.8. Prior 54.8. Expectations 51.5 versus 50.6 preliminary. Prior

Bitcoin’s $80,000 rebound lifts crypto stocks as Circle, Strategy and Solana show how capital markets, stablecoins and onchain growth are driving crypto’s recovery.

Polish Olympic Committee president Radosław Piesiewicz faces charges as prosecutors investigate his ties to collapsed cryptocurrency exchange Zondacrypto.

If your personal AI agent goes rogue and causes harm or financial damage in the real world, can you be held liable?

Headlines: No guidance from Jackson Hole? USD/JPY extends gains as focus turns to Fed Chair Warsh’s speech Gold stays locked in ahead of Warsh’s Jackson

The bill seeks to prohibit the listing of memecoins issued by federal public officials to California residents, citing conflicts of interest and “pay-to-play arrangements.”

Prior Q1 +0.3% Canada GDP Q2 annualized 3.3% vs 3.4% estimate Implicit price QoQ 2.5% vs 1.2% last quarter GDP MoM for June 0.3% vs

Rate hikes by year-end RBNZ: 55 bps (99% probability of rate hike at the next meeting) ECB: 41 bps (98% probability of rate hike at the next meeting) BoJ: 37 bps (67%

Bitcoin profitability data produced a bear-market reversal signal that was also present at the start of 2023.

The French Bitcoin treasury firm’s private placement drew support from Adam Back and TOBAM, with warrant exercises potentially unlocking another $158 million.

The Ethena Foundation proposed buying the token supply held by major early investors and revealed a fee switch to turn 95% of net protocol revenue

August final consumer confidence -15.5 vs -15.5 prelim Prior -15.9 August economic confidence 98.4 vs 97.5 expected Prior 96.9; revised to 97.1 August industrial confidence

BitGo completed its acquisition of NYDIG’s institutional trading business, adding about 30 employees and expanding its derivatives and financing capabilities.

Bitcoin Magazine Pakistan Built Its Crypto Regulatory Regime Using Just 8% of Its Budget, Minister Bilal Bin Saqib Reveals at Bitcoin Asia Pakistan has launched

Visa and Dunamu will explore stablecoin payments and remittances, with Open Standard’s proposed OUSD among several projects under review.

Germany August unemployment change 4k vs 5k expected Prior 6k Germany August unemployment rate 6.4% vs 6.4% expected Prior 6.4% German unemployment rises slightly less

OneKey said it reproduced an exploit against an older version of the Ledger app in its lab environment, which Ledger fixed in its Ethereum app

Germany July import prices +0.2% m/m Prior -0.7% Germany July import prices +6.8% y/y Prior +6.1% Import prices in Germany continue to pick up, with

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, we get the preliminary inflation reports for France and Spain. They are both expected to rise given the increase

Prior +2.1% HICP +2.7% vs +2.6% y/y expected Prior +2.4% French inflation picked up in August with stronger energy prices offsetting softer pressures from the

Prior -0.2% GDP Y/Y +0.5% vs +0.7 expected Prior +0.9% France’s economy stagnated in the second quarter of 2026, with real GDP unchanged from the

Prior +3.6% HICP +4.5% vs +4.6% y/y expected Prior +3.9% Core CPI Y/Y +2.9% vs +3.0% prior Spain’s annual inflation rate accelerated sharply in August,

That figure is down from 17 vessels on Wednesday and falls below the 10-day average of around 15 vessels. According to initial data from Kpler, the

Eligible holders on Base and BNB Chain will receive Ethereum-based SAND from the project’s treasury, with claims expected to open within two weeks.

Germany July import prices +0.2% m/m Prior -0.7% Germany July import prices +6.8% y/y Prior +6.1% More to come.. This article was written by Justin

Sheikh Tahnoon’s group reportedly backs a 49% stake in the holding company behind World Liberty’s conditionally approved US trust bank.

90% of economists expect RBNZ hike on September 2, poll shows Yen weakness back in focus as Katayama, Ueda head to G20 meeting Jackson Hole

The infrastructure push signals a more coordinated push to translate policy support into actual project starts, with the focus on compute, power grid and telecom

The framing of continued dollar-system access as contingent on Iran sanctions compliance raises the stakes for any G20 member with residual Iranian trade ties, adding

The improvement adds to a broader run of data pointing to a firming UK growth backdrop, with businesses citing stronger customer demand and greater confidence

The stronger than expected reading reinforces the case for a BOJ rate hike as soon as its September 17-18 meeting, with the core-core gauge the

Japan Tokyo CPI August 2026, y/y: Headline CPI 1.9% expected 1.9%, prior 2% Core CPI (excludes fresh food) 1.8% expected 1.7%, prior 1.9% CPI Ex

Tokyo area inflation the focus today. Meanwhile, expectations of a Bank of Japan September rate hike are firming up: BOJ’s Himino signals more hikes, flags

The transaction used the Marshall Islands-issued USDM1 bond as collateral and completed the full repo cycle on the Canton Network in under 10 minutes.

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Again Flirts With $81,000 Ahead of Fed’s Jackson Hole Meeting  Bitcoin again closed in on the $81,000 mark on Thursday before dropping

Bitcoin Magazine Japanese Bitcoin Industry Unveils ‘Aurora’ to Let Global Anime Fans Support $2 Trillion Yen Space Japan Bitcoin Industry Co., Ltd. has debuted a

Fed’s Collins: Absent new tariff and oil shocks, there is reason to believe inflation will ease Trump signs executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake

Bitcoin Magazine Genius Group Sets $2B Dual Treasury Target Months After Liquidating Bitcoin Holdings Genius Group has announced a new plan to buy bitcoin —

Bitcoin Magazine No Fork Required: Bitcoin’s First Quantum-Safe Transaction Just Happened Should fund managers dealing in Bitcoin be worried about the threat of quantum computing? 

ZEC has climbed roughly 19-fold in a year, yet Grayscale says its sub-1% share of Bitcoin’s market cap leaves room for further upside.

The South Korean financial group plans to build a $109 billion digital asset business spanning crypto, stablecoins and tokenized assets, according to The Korea Times.

The U.S. Treasury sold $44 billion of 7 year note set a high yield of WI level at the time of the auction 4.512%. Tail

Bitcoin and crypto joined US stock markets in fresh gains after Nvidia Q2 earnings beat expectations by around $4 billion.

Trump says the order is effective immediately. Trump also just said that he’s considering changing the name of the Atlantic or Pacific ocean. In a

About 17,600 people in the UK reported a combined $1.9 billion in gains tied to crypto in the 2024 to 2025 tax year, with 240

Canaan, American Bitcoin and Cango jumped as much as 67% as renewed crypto demand showed BTC exposure can still drive mining equities despite the industry’s

The financial services giant plans to expand Schwab Crypto beyond Bitcoin and Ether just months after rolling out direct crypto trading to retail clients.

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Asia: Binance’s CZ Says $1M Bitcoin Is Coming — and Gold Won’t Keep Up Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has said that

As London and European traders head for the exits, European shares are closing mostly lower, with selling seen across most of the major markets. France’s

Institutional clients can access total return swaps across linked to US-listed equities, indexes and digital assets and cross-margin exposures.

The UK plans to expand the Bank of England’s remit to support digital payments innovation, including stablecoins, while keeping financial stability first.

Headlines: Gold bulls on edge ahead of Fed Chair Warsh speech at Jackson Hole US futures hold higher, bolstered by Nvidia earnings Policymakers concluded that

Priorw as -7.18B (revised to -8.31B) Goods trade balance +$12.2B vs -$6.4B in Q1 — largest since 2008 Services surplus $26.3m vs $472.1m prior Investment

Prior week Initial claim 206K revised to 207K Initial jobless claims 203K vs 206K estimate 4 week moving average of initial claims 205.5K-vs 204K last

Prior was -101.5 billion This is a modest drag for GDP and the worst number in a year. This article was written by Adam Button

Prior month wholesale inventories 0.3% Whole inventories advanced for July 1.3% versus 0.2% expected. Retail inventories advanced for July 0.7% versus -0.5% Looking at the

Bitcoin price analysis reveals convergence of multiple trend lines and liquidity structures around spot price, keeping upside in check.

Bithumb reportedly won first-instance rulings in two suits seeking proceeds from users who sold Bitcoin credited in its $40 billion error.

The report says that the Trump administration is weighing up a new round of “sweeping tariffs on semiconductors”. Adding that up for consideration is an

Bitfinex Securities completed a record $50 million raise for Alkemya, whose token represents interests in a partnership that holds nickel assets.

Core Lightning advised operators to use offline mode if they do not install the forthcoming update, keeping their nodes active but disconnected.

September GfK consumer sentiment -26.6 vs -29.6 expected Prior -29.6; revised to -29.4 German consumer sentiment looks set to improve further going into September, with

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, we don’t have much on the agenda other than a couple of low-tier releases like the French PPI and

Dallas Fed economists said faster, programmable deposits could make bank funding less stable, potentially pushing lenders toward more expensive funding.

US spot Bitcoin ETF inflows slowed to $232.1 million as an eight-day streak reached $2.8 billion, while XRP funds posted their biggest inflow since Jan.

StarkWare said the experimental transaction demonstrated quantum-resistant Bitcoin spending without a fork, but it cost up to $200 and required direct miner submission.

ING says Canadian dollar has further to fall on tariff chaos Recap: BOJ’s Himino calls for ‘timely’ rate hikes to curb inflation China industrial profit

US stock markets close near flat ahead of Nvidia earnings Bill Gates undermines everything the AI leaders have been saying Crude oil futures settle little

The slowdown to an 11.2% annual pace, well below the 18.7% clip logged in the first half, will raise questions over whether the AI-driven turnaround

A new Bitcoin Improvement Proposal for the SHRINCS signature scheme has just been published to upgrade Bitcoin to quantum secure. Here’s everything you need to

I popped up a preview of the BoK earlier this week: Bank of Korea rate call a coin toss as economists split on August hike

Bitcoin Magazine Coinkite’s Coldcard Bug Exposed Single-Sig Risk. Multi-Vendor Multisig Is the New Bitcoin Custody Baseline In the wake of Coldcard’s catastrophic entropy bug, self-custody

Better and Coinbase have launched a crypto-backed mortgage product that lets US homebuyers pledge Bitcoin as collateral for a down payment without having to sell

Bitcoin Magazine Billions Pour Into Bitcoin ETFs as Rally Rolls On Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have continued their winning streak, attracting billions of dollars in new

High yield 4.393% WI level at the time of the auction 4.391%. Tail +0.2 basis points Bid to cover 2.37X versus 2.32X Directs 28.4% vs average

Bitcoin Magazine Forget the Trump Bump — Bitcoin Would Be Fine Under Democrats, Says VanEck  President Donald Trump may be the most crypto-friendly leader the

The Dallas Fed trimmed mean PCE came in at 2.2% versus 1.5% last month. That compares favorably to the July core PCE your and your

The blockchain analytics firm said just 14% of the onchain activity it identified is covered by the OECD’s international crypto tax-reporting framework.

Bitcoin Magazine Coinbase and Better Mortgage Announce General Availability of Bitcoin-Backed Mortgages  Coinbase and Nasdaq-listed Better Mortgage have announced the availability of Bitcoin-backed mortgages for

The CIA visit to Moscow yesterday led to some optimism about a thawing or potential deal. Instead, we’re getting a further cycle of escalation that

Bitcoin stayed away from challenging $80,000 after July US PCE inflation data came in slightly higher than anticipated, pressuring gold and risk assets.

A new survey finds broad skepticism toward crypto in workplace retirement plans as US policymakers move to expand access to alternative assets.

The securities regulator’s crypto custody overhaul could clarify how investment advisers and funds hold digital assets for clients as the proposal moves through review.

CTDG Dev Hub participant’s protocol upgrade decouples consensus from execution, allowing network nodes to reach agreement on blocks before transaction execution completes.

Bitcoin Magazine SEC Sends Proposal to White House To Modernize Crypto Custody The Securities and Exchange Commission has sent a proposal to the White House

The SEC’s ‘regulation crypto assets’ proposals could create early-round FOMO. But some tokens may still fall into the no-man’s land between security and non-security.

GDP 1st estimate 1.6% (they were expecting 2.1% before the 1st release). GDP 2nd revision 1.5% vs 1.5% estimate Consumer Spending 3.4% vs 3.2% preliminary estimate

Bernstein expects Bitcoin to reclaim $125,000 by late 2026 before reaching $300,000 in 2029 under its base case, with a bull case of $500,000.

Prior was +0.5% Ex transport +0.4% vs +0.8% exp Ex defense +1.3% vs +0.3% prior Non-defense capital goods ex air +0.2% vs +0.9% exp This

A separate review found only about 28% of accredited US business schools offered blockchain courses, despite strong demand in the OKX poll.

Meta is truly a vilanous company. Just this month, CEO Mark Zuckerberg was writing about all the jobs AI would create. Meanwhile, we learned in