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Iran Missile Strike on U.S. Bases in Jordan Sends Oil Prices Higher
Iran's missile attack on U.S. military bases in Jordan triggered an immediate rally in crude futures markets. The incident deepened Middle East supply concerns and added to a pattern of escalating Iranian strikes on regional facilities.
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Iran tensions push European natural gas, heating oil to multi-year highs
Geopolitical tensions involving Iran are driving European energy prices sharply higher, with natural gas reaching levels unseen since early 2023 and heating oil climbing to $4.68 per gallon, signaling sustained cost pressures across energy markets.
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Gundlach calls for 50 basis point Fed rate hike as US yields climb
Jeffrey Gundlach, a prominent bond investor, has called for a 50 basis point increase in the federal funds rate, citing expectations for continued upward pressure on US Treasury yields and tighter monetary policy.
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Strategy's $250 Bitcoin Air Jordans sell out in four days
Strategy, the Saylor-led company holding 4% of Bitcoin's supply, sold out its limited-edition Air Jordans within four days of launch, expanding its bet on Bitcoin-themed consumer merchandise.
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CleanSpark mined 593 Bitcoin in August, treasury at 13,703 BTC
Bitcoin miner CleanSpark produced 593 BTC in August and held 13,703 BTC in treasury as of month-end, while diversifying into AI and HPC data center leasing with a $6.6 billion contracted deal.
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Bitcoin options traders bet on upside as spot selling eases
Glassnode's latest analysis shows Bitcoin call options becoming relatively more expensive than puts, signaling bullish sentiment, while US spot ETF inflows accelerated to $681.2 million. Yet aggressive selling on centralized exchanges persists, leaving the market fragmented.
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Foreign buyers absorb $9.9B in US 2-year Treasury notes at auction
Foreign investors purchased $9.923 billion of 2-year Treasury notes at the latest auction, representing nearly a third of the short-dated offering and pushing yields lower through increased demand competition.
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Mbappé wins second Champions League golden boot with record 15 goals
Kylian Mbappé received the UEFA Champions League top scorer trophy from Luis Figo after netting 15 goals in 11 appearances, setting a new league phase record. Despite individual accolades, the Champions League title has eluded him since joining Real Madrid.
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Bitcoin Holds $78.5K as Markets Await Friday's Inflation Report
Bitcoin traded near $78,500 while stocks ground sideways Tuesday as oil prices surged toward $100 on U.S.-Iran tensions, lifting Fed rate-hike odds to 57% ahead of September's policy decision.
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Strive Adds $109M Bitcoin; SATA Preferred Stock Nears $1B
Strive, the Vivek Ramaswamy-founded asset manager, purchased 1,375 BTC last week for $109 million, lifting its total holdings to 24,531 BTC ($1.9 billion). Seventy percent of the capital came from SATA preferred shares, which now total $999 million in notional value.
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ElevenLabs reaches $11B valuation, targets 2028 IPO after $500M Series D
ElevenLabs closed a $500 million Series D round led by Sequoia Capital, valuing the AI voice company at $11 billion. CEO Mati Staniszewski signaled plans for a public offering around 2028, with revenue projected to exceed $500 million by mid-2026.
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Robinhood Chain generates $42M in 70 days, driven by memecoin trading
Robinhood's Layer-2 blockchain pulled in $42.58 million in fees during its first 70 days of operation, averaging $608,000 daily. The revenue came primarily from memecoin activity rather than the tokenized stocks and real-world assets the company originally promised.
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Qatar posts widest quarterly budget deficit in nearly a decade as LNG exports collapse
Qatar's second-quarter budget deficit reached $5.8 billion after a US-Iran conflict disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, cutting LNG exports by over 90 percent and pushing first-half deficits past the full-year budget projection.
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Visa merges VisaNet settlement data with blockchain lending for stablecoin cards
Visa announced Tuesday that it's combining VisaNet settlement records with onchain lending infrastructure to finance stablecoin card programs, as payment volume on its network surges 200% year over year.
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TD Synnex shares surge 50% on AI infrastructure pivot
TD Synnex posted $19.6 billion in fiscal Q2 2026 revenue on June 25, up 31% year-over-year, with shares jumping over 50% as investors repriced the distributor's shift toward high-margin AI and hyperscale data center infrastructure.
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US Treasury Pushes G7 Coordination on China's $1.2T Trade Surplus
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is pushing G7 allies to coordinate a response to China's $1.2 trillion goods trade surplus, signaling that bilateral tariffs alone won't reshape global trade dynamics.
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Sality botnet disrupted, but EggJagger clipboard malware persists on infected devices
A Justice Department operation on Aug. 31 cut off the Sality botnet's ability to deploy fresh malware to 33,000+ infected machines, but CrowdStrike warns that already-installed address-swapping software continues to redirect cryptocurrency payments to attacker-controlled wallets.
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Bitcoin ETFs pull $31M inflow as Ethereum products bleed $48M
Bitcoin ETFs recorded a $31 million inflow on September 2 while Ethereum products suffered a $48 million outflow, snapping a 12-session winning streak and signaling a potential shift in institutional appetite for risk.
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MicroStrategy halts Bitcoin buying, deploys $176M to stock buybacks
Strategy halted Bitcoin purchases in the week to September 7 and spent $176.3 million repurchasing its own preferred stock instead, while doubling the authorization for its buyback program to $2 billion.
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Rigetti Computing secures $100M CHIPS Act award for quantum R&D
Rigetti Computing has secured up to $100 million in federal funding from the US Department of Commerce under the CHIPS Act to advance superconducting quantum systems, with the government receiving equity as part of the deal.
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Strategy pauses Bitcoin buys, repurchases $176M STRC shares
Strategy, the largest corporate Bitcoin holder, skipped its weekly Bitcoin purchase to repurchase $176 million of its STRC preferred stock and doubled its digital securities repurchase program to $2 billion.
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Ethereum defers staking rewards decision to broader ecosystem process
The Ethereum Foundation's Protocol cluster declined to include a proposal to cut validator rewards in the Hegotá upgrade, instead calling for broader ecosystem input on issuance policy. The decision leaves unchanged a tension between high staking yields and dilution for unstaked holders.
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Google warns of lower quality in revamped Europe search results
Google rolled out sweeping search changes across Europe on September 8, 2026, in response to the EU's Digital Markets Act, with executives warning the overhaul represents the largest reduction in search quality in the company's nearly three-decade history.
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UK sanctions Israeli West Bank settlements, prepares trade ban
The UK designated six entities and one individual for asset freezes in June 2026, then began preparing an outright trade ban on West Bank settlement goods by September under Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, framing the measures as pro-peace rather than anti-Israel.