Cameron Dawson, chief investment officer at NewEdge Wealth, said investors should wait for volatility to create better equity buying opportunities, according to Bloomberg. She said second-quarter earnings growth is likely to mark the peak.

Bitcoin analyst Willy Woo said gold’s current market value is about $32 trillion, but if it still served as a global monetary anchor, its fair value would be about $103 trillion. According to ChainCatcher, he made the remarks while responding to investor Gary Cardone’s criticism and said the view of gold as a financial asset is a misconception shaped by the U.S. government and Wall Street. Woo said gold has functioned as money for thousands of years and argued that Bitcoin is competing to become a similar global hard currency. Based on that logic, he said Bitcoin would correspond to a price of about $5 million per coin. He also said the global fiat currency system has operated for only about 55 years, describing it as more of an experiment than a long-standing monetary system.

According to Jin10, documents show that the Russian government raised its 2026 crude oil export forecast by 7.5 million tons to 244.7 million tons.

Geothermal energy company Fervo Energy has reached an agreement to supply nearly 400 megawatts of electricity from its Cape Station project in southwestern Utah to Google, according to Jiemian News. Fervo plans to begin delivering power in 2028, and Google has the option to expand the deal by about 600 megawatts, with the option exercisable until June 2030. Fervo shares rose as much as 15% in premarket trading.

Almost two months of attacks by Russia and Ukraine on each other’s commercial ships and ports in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov have reduced grain exports from both countries, according to Bloomberg. Wheat futures have climbed to their highest level in three years, and global food supplies are threatened.

Texas energy company SB Energy filed preliminary IPO documents on September 1, saying it plans to list on Nasdaq Global Select Market and Nasdaq Texas under the ticker SBE. The company has not yet set the number of shares to be sold or the price range, according to Jiemian News. The prospectus said SoftBank Group, through affiliated entities, is expected to retain a stake after the offering and keep control of SB Energy, making it a controlled company under Nasdaq rules. Nvidia has also committed to buy $1.5 billion of SB Energy's newly issued non-voting equity securities at the IPO price, with the purchase to close alongside the offering, according to Jiemian News.

Japan's 10-year JGB yield crossed 3% — its highest since 1996 — compressing the carry trade spread that funds US stock and Treasury positions and raising the same yen unwind risk that crashed Bitcoin from $65,000 to $50,000 in a week in 2024. Oil extended above $92 as the US struck Iran again. Bitcoin held near $78,000, outperforming Nasdaq futures down 0.9% and gold down 1.78%. ETFs resumed Monday with $217M after Friday's one-day break, and Ethereum funds extended to 11 consecutive days. Binance captured $15.7B in August inflows — 75% of all centralized exchange flows. Friday's payrolls are the week's defining variable.Bitcoin Consolidates Near $78,000 as Arbitrum Surges 30% on Robinhood Chain RevenueBitcoin held around $78,000, consolidating after last week's $63,000-to-$81,400 move. ETF inflows resumed Monday at $217M after Friday's $202M one-day outflow ended the nine-session streak. The Altcoin Season index fell to 26/100 — a 90-day low — with capital concentrating in specific narratives rather than rotating broadly. The standout is Arbitrum, up 30% as Robinhood Chain — running as a dedicated Arbitrum chain — sent 10% of net protocol revenue to the ecosystem; ARK's Lorenzo Valente calculated daily gross revenue grew nearly 20-fold in eight days to $1.08M. DeFi held up: Uniswap +8%, Curve +14%, Aave +2%. The broader altcoin market didn't follow — narrow participation, not an altcoin season.Binance Records $15.7 Billion in August Inflows as Bitcoin Clears $80,000Binance received $15.7B in inflows during August — roughly 8.4 times the second-largest venue — capturing 75% of all centralized exchange flows as Bitcoin cleared $80,000. The concentration ratio is more informative than the absolute figure: capital returning to crypto is routing to depth, not distributing across venues. Smaller exchanges saw mixed and fragmented flows. Binance also maintained positive inflows through July while several venues wound down — August's dominance built on a July foundation. Bitcoin finished August up 23%, with $3B in ETF inflows the strongest month of 2026, powered by Bessent's bond buyback expansion and a $3B short squeeze that cleared a six-week range.Bitcoin ETFs Take $217 Million as Ether ETF Streak Reaches 11 Days and Japan's 10-Year Hits 3%Bitcoin ETFs snapped back with $217M Monday after Friday's one-day $202M outflow — the question is whether that was an adjustment or the start of a reversal, the same pattern that began May-to-July's extended outflow period. Ether ETFs hit an 11th consecutive day at $88M — $1.6B total, the longest streak since a 20-day run ending July 2025. Bitcoin ETF net assets closed August just under $100B. The more consequential development: Japan's 10-year JGB yield hit 3% — its highest since 1996 — after Bessent signaled he expects BOJ action to support the yen. JGB yields at three-decade highs compress the carry trade spread, and the yen has already given back more than half its gains from the July 31 coordinated US-Japan intervention.CME XRP Futures Share Jumps to 17% as XRP Rallies 40% in Two WeeksTotal XRP open interest fell 21% across offshore exchanges while price rose 40% — the short-covering signature QCP Capital flagged in Bitcoin. But CME's XRP open interest grew 36% to 387M tokens, lifting its market share from 10% to 17%. Institutional money consolidating onto the regulated venue during a rally — while retail leverage drains out — is the behavioral pattern that precedes sustained rather than speculative moves. CFTC data shows leveraged funds net short 116M XRP while dealers and asset managers added net long exposure — dealers providing hedges, not making directional bets. The CLARITY Act Senate procedural vote in mid-September is the next specific XRP catalyst; institutional positioning building on CME ahead of it is a coherent sequence.Oil Prices Rise As Gold And Silver FallWTI crude rose 2.5% to $87.90 — its highest since July 24 — while Brent climbed 2.12% to $92.41 as the US strike on Iranian positions in Hormuz extended the oil rally into a second session. Gold fell 1.78% to $4,373, silver declined 2.80% to $64.73. The simultaneous oil-up, gold-down configuration is unusual — typically geopolitical escalation lifts both. The divergence suggests the oil move is being read as an inflation shock rather than a pure safe-haven event, with gold selling as rising yields increase its opportunity cost. Bitcoin holding near $78,000 while gold falls and oil surges is the debasement-hedge behavioral signal that has been building throughout August.  

Pakistan’s inflation rose faster than expected last month, keeping policymakers cautious as the Middle East conflict threatens to add to cost pressures and complicate the economic outlook, according to Bloomberg.

Polymarket is reportedly raising $1 billion at a $21 billion valuation, with an investment firm linked to Donald Trump Jr. expected to emerge as one of the prediction market’s biggest backers.

Strategy has resumed Bitcoin purchases after more than two months, buying 4,603 BTC for about $370 million at an average price of $80,318 per coin. The company now holds 845,050 BTC and has $6.71 billion in cash assets, while also repurchasing $152 million in STRC preferred shares.

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