The stronger Reuters Tankan reading adds to the case for continued Bank of Japan policy normalisation, with manufacturer sentiment now at its best level since

Former Franklin Templeton digital asset executive Christopher Jensen will lead StablecoinX, the largest corporate holder of Ethena’s ENA token.

One of the first towns in the US to ban Bitcoin mining for 18 months is considering another temporary moratorium extending to data centers and

Bitcoin Magazine CoinCorner Launches Lloyd’s-Insured Multisig Bitcoin Vault with AnchorWatch British bitcoin exchange CoinCorner has debuted a multisig BTC custody service that splits control of

Intel shares are soaring by 10% in trading today. Several explosions heard on Kharg Island – report Oil gives back gains as the breakout fails

A rebound in headline CPI toward consensus would ease immediate deflation concerns without altering the broader policy picture, given the move is expected to be

Bitcoin Magazine Lummis Blasts Democrats Ahead of Clarity Act Vote — But Adds Bill Can Get Passed Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis has again slammed Democrats

There were reports that flights have been suspended at Jeddah Airport in Saudi Arabia . There is other reports of explosions in Jazan region of Saudi

The 1st coupon auction of the week was met with average demand. The US treasury sold $58 billion of 3 or notes at a high

Bybit added USDT-settled perpetuals tracking EUR/USD, GBP/USD and USD/JPY, with 24/7 trading and leverage of up to 100x.

There is a Mehr News report that says:  According to Mehr correspondent based on Kharg Island, the sound of several explosions was heard in parts

Bitcoin Magazine Capital B Buys 376 Bitcoins in Its Biggest Purchase of 2026 European bitcoin treasury Capital B has announced a BTC buy, snapping up

Robinhood will route event contracts through OG.com’s CFTC-regulated infrastructure as it expands its prediction markets business.

Bitcoin Magazine Strategy Halted Its Bitcoin Buys Again Last Week  Bitcoin treasury Strategy has halted stacking sats — again.  Just one week after resuming its

Bitcoin Magazine Castle Opens Its Bitcoin Savings Stack to Individuals Castle, the company behind an automated bitcoin financial stack for businesses, has said it is

Bitcoin fell with US stocks on the opening of Tuesday’s Wall Street trading session as analysis warns that BTC price support at $78,300 must hold.

Visa is combining VisaNet settlement data with blockchain lending as stablecoin payment volume on its network jumps nearly 200% year over year.

The latest monthly survey from the NY Fed: One-year inflation expectations unchanged at 3.6% Three year inflation expectations to 3.2% vs 3.3% prior Five year

It’s no surprise this is higher after non-farm payrolls. Note that this is a composite index that grabs from various sources that are already public.

Bitcoin believers see it as an almost certain long-term investment, but retirement demands a different approach. How much crypto exposure is too much for your

While Bitmine’s completed 97% of its goal to acquire 5% of Ether’s supply, Tom Lee’s team faces a $5.1 billion unrealized loss on its main

Headlines: Bitcoin swings wildly as volatility in Fed expectations increases ahead of US CPI and FOMC decision Today’s trade idea for oil traders Bitcoin has

Bitcoin Magazine How One Executive Recruitment Firm Is Using M&A to Turn Earnings Into Bitcoin Connecting Excellence Group (XCE) has signed binding Heads of Terms

Two suspects face a Wednesday hearing over four killings allegedly linked to a crypto wallet believed to hold millions of dollars in Bitcoin.

Strategy repurchased $176 million worth of its STRC preferred stock and doubled the size of its digital securities repurchase program to $2 billion, while pausing

Tazapay processes $25 billion in annualized volume and offers payout rails across 100-plus markets, extending Circle’s USDC payments reach.

Ledger and Trezor said researchers have a responsibility to publish their findings if vendors fail to fix bugs within an agreed disclosure window.

Humo Digital will test HUMO payments with more than 20 merchants under a sandbox jointly overseen by NAPP and Uzbekistan’s central bank.

Unrealized gains by whale speculators hit their highest levels on record last week, per data going back to 2016.

Growing demand for tokenized stock trading may drive the Robinhood chain’s annual fees to $160 million by 2028, predicted analysts from Bernstein.

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis launched a series of attacks against targets in southern Saudi Arabia, including energy facilities, military sites and other strategic locations, in a

Cronos’s post-mortem put the Tectonic exploit’s affected borrowing at $120.4 million, with 7.6% transferred off-network before validators intervened.

It’s a new week but once again we are starting to see bond yields push higher again. And if this keeps up, it will be

France July trade balance -€6.67 billion Prior -€5.85 billion; revised to -€5.75 billion The breakdownThe French trade widened in July as exports grew a little to €54.68 billion

Financial market operator SIX and payment app TWINT have joined numerous banks in the sandbox seeking to develop a Swiss franc-based stablecoin.

Germany July trade balance €21.3 billion vs €15.9 billion expected Prior €15.4 billion Germany July exports -0.8% vs +0.1% m/m expected Prior +0.9% Germany July imports

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 trade balance

AUSTRAC said its yearlong sweep included canceled, suspended and unrenewed registrations, while its action against GetCoins helped disrupt organized investment scams.

The actors returned 85% of the Bitcoin withdrawn from Liquid’s federation wallet following the security incident.

RBA’s Hunter flags deliberate cooling in housing and broader growth China exports match forecast in August, imports fall short as domestic demand stays soft Kospi

The story itself isn’t new, Reuters first reported the directive on August 6, but its relevance sharpens now that September has arrived, the month CMRG

China August: Trade balance $+119.09 bln (Reuters poll +$119.05Bn, prior +112.5bn) Dollar-denominated exports +25% y/y (Reuters poll +25.0% y/y, prior +23.9%) Dollar-denominated imports +28.2% y/y (Reuters poll +30.0% y/y, prior +27.5%) Background: Preview: China trade data due today, a beat could firm up AUD as a

The headline numbers land close to consensus but the details matter more than the surface read. Exports hitting the forecast exactly, while accelerating from July,

The retail slowdown adds another soft data point to the pile the Bank of England will weigh into its next policy assessment, with the loss

Just the data on this post. July 2026.  Average Cash Earnings YY 4.7% expected 3.9%, prior 4.0% Real wages + 2.4% y/y biggest increase since May

Just the data points this post. I’ll have more to come on this separately, details and implications, etc.  revised Q2 GDP: +1.4% y/y (preliminary 1.1%)

The news headline for the data is here ICYMI: Japan wages data, July 2026: Headline earnings +4.7% y/y (expected +3.9%, prior +4%) Since then we’ve

Bitcoin Magazine Liquid Gets 3,400 BTC Back After On-Chain Talks; White Hats Keep 598.5 BTC The “White hat” party that withdrew nearly 4,000 bitcoin from

GDP data from Japan and the trade data from China due today. I’ll have more to come on both of these separately, previews, posted soon.  The

A stronger-than-forecast export print would extend China’s reliance on external demand to offset a sluggish domestic economy, a dynamic that has held even as it

Ethereum’s Hegotá upgrade will center on FOCIL and Frame Transactions as developers weigh dozens of other proposed changes for inclusion.

Companies offering binary options for retail investors have been barred from selling, marketing and distributing products in the UK since 2019 following a directive from

Hunter Biden will reportedly distribute 200 million of the LAPTOP token to his substack subscribers, members of a mailing list and investors in President Donald

Crude oil technicals: Buyers test key resistance near $93.50 European major indices close mixed on the day Copper reaches a new record high on the

Polish prosecutors charged Romana Ż. with organized crime and misappropriation offenses involving $2.1 million in Zondacrypto user funds.

Capital B’s latest Bitcoin purchase was its largest in nearly a year, pushing the French company ahead of H100 Group among publicly traded BTC holders.

Bitcoin’s struggle to break $80,000 comes as markets price in a growing chance of a September rate hike, putting monetary conditions back in focus.

Bitcoin price fell 2% in low-liquidity conditions as the US Labor Day holiday saw $80,000 once again slip from bulls’ grasp.

Headlines: Reminder: US markets are closed for Labor Day – what traders need to know USD/JPY tumbles lower, breaks below 155 for the first time

This week’s CPI and PPI prints, along with the Fed’s Sept. 16 rate decision, could determine whether Bitcoin can secure $80,000 as a support level.

ZEC gained 45% over the past week, extending its rally since Grayscale converted its Zcash Trust into an ETF that began trading Aug. 25.

Saudi Aramco’s oil facilities in Jizan were targeted on Monday in new wave of strikes, raising concerns over risks to Saudi oil supplies, according to

A central bank proposal would pause new payment operator registrations while requiring enhanced monitoring and transaction limits for arrangements involving virtual asset firms.

Citi and DBS completed their first tokenized cross-border transfer over the weekend, using Swift’s blockchain-based ledger to circumvent the constraints of traditional banking hours.

Eurozone Q2 final GDP +0.6% vs +0.4% q/q second estimate Prior (Q1) 0.0% The breakdownThe positive revision is definitely a welcome boost for euro area

Galaxy said 82% of Bitcoin stolen across all Coldcard attacks remains in the original addresses, with 18% moved in apparent laundering.

Eurozone September Sentix investor confidence index 5.1 vs 2.0 expected Prior 0.9 The breakdownThat’s a solid beat on estimates as the index has now risen for

Fomo generated $1.76 million on Friday, beating Pump.fun’s $1.1 million, though the memecoin launchpad remains ahead over 30 days.

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, we have the Swiss unemployment rate and the final Eurozone Q2 GDP report. The data won’t change anything for

Germany July industrial production -1.1% vs +0.1% m/m expected Prior +0.2%; revised to 0.0% The breakdownThat’s a big miss on estimates as the weak July print

The actors told Blockstream they would return most of the 4,000 BTC after the Elements vulnerability is patched across the network.

It’ll be a quieter session up ahead in the US today as we will see key market closures in observance of the Labor Day weekend.

Harmony proposed sunsetting its layer-1 blockchain and migrating ONE to Ethereum, weeks after an exploit led to plans to discard 109,000 transactions.

Dutch and French gold moves fuel debate over Trump-era confiscation risk Stocks – Chip rally lifts Nikkei and Kospi, but Japan’s rally story looks shaky

Purported white hat hackers have taken 4000 Bitcoin from the Liquid sidechain in a major security breach. The Bitcoin ETFs see the best three weeks

Bitcoin Magazine Alleged White-Hat Hackers Withdraw 4,000 bitcoin from Blockstream’s Liquid Network Federation Reserves The Liquid Network said Sunday that purported white-hat hackers withdrew about

Iran warns of tougher response: Oil, gold and stocks to watch over the holiday weekend Iran’s latest warning puts oil supplies and shipping through the

Whale Alert identified 12 mining block rewards totaling 600 BTC that moved after 16 years of dormancy, finding no connection to Satoshi Nakamoto.

Tether-backed Orionx is permanently closing after an audit found more than $7 million in customer assets had moved to wallets outside its custody.

Polish lawmakers failed to overturn a presidential veto of crypto legislation as the Zondacrypto investigation expands and its Estonian operator enters bankruptcy.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs drew nearly $1 billion in the latest week as Friday inflows stayed positive despite Bitcoin briefly falling below $79,000.

Bitcoin Magazine Trezor Breach Worse Than Reported: Another 67,000 US Customers Exposed Hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor has said that a data breach first announced last

The US economy added far more jobs than expected in August, pressuring Bitcoin lower as traders repriced the odds of a Federal Reserve rate cut

Trump: Witkoff and Kushner will bring proposal to Putin to end the war Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack is sounding decidedly hawkish on monetary policy

Bitcoin Magazine Hargreaves Lansdown Reverses Course, Rolls Out Bitcoin Trading  British financial services firm Hargreaves Lansdown is letting retail investors buy bitcoin — nearly one

The agency reported that “transnational criminal organizations” based in compounds in Southeast Asia were largely behind digital asset scams targeting US residents.

Bitcoin Magazine El Salvador Isn’t Buying Bitcoin With Public Money, Says IMF  El Salvador has not used public funds to accumulate bitcoin since the International

President Trump is trying to solve a difficult economic problem in the beef market and in the process is creating another problem (nothing new honestly). 

The mortgage lender plans to bring more than $10 billion in historical loans onchain, turning thousands of mortgage files into blockchain-based records.

Trump confirms that Kushner and Witkoff are headed to Moscow and Kyiv this weekend with a new proposal to end the war. We will have

Despite earlier opposition to the CLARITY Act over consumer protection, the National Sheriffs’ Association says it will now “step back and allow the legislative process

QuFi’s new platform uses post-quantum cryptography to verify digital asset transactions without requiring changes to existing blockchain settlement networks.

Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Dips Below $80,000 on Strong US Jobs Report Bitcoin slid Friday after a better-than-expected labor report showed that the U.S. job market

Corporate crypto bets are getting bigger as rising markets reward direct exposure, putting balance-sheet strategies and institutional adoption back in focus.

Bitcoin Magazine National Sheriffs’ Association Drops Opposition to Clarity Act The National Sheriffs’ Association this week dropped its opposition to the crypto Clarity Act, after

Crypto projects are spending hundreds of millions buying their own tokens. But are buybacks creating lasting value — or just making tokens look more valuable

Revolut and OpenReserve received preliminary OCC approval to form US national banks, with both planning cryptocurrency and stablecoin-related services.

Here is the latest rant from the President following today’s jobs report: Great jobs number just announced, breaking all estimates (except mine!) by double and

Kalshi’s US web traffic climbed more than 1,500% in less than a year, while trading volume grew even faster and legal scrutiny of its sports

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