Iran and the US carried out what appeared to be their largest tit-for-tat tanker strikes yet over the weekend, pushing oil prices higher as both nations continue to escalate a six-month war that has disrupted shipping and stoked global inflation, according to Bloomberg. Iran said it hit three US-linked ships taking an unauthorized route through the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for American attacks on Iranian tankers, while the US military earlier said it struck three Iranian crude tankers, one of which was destroyed, in response to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeting two US Navy warships with ballistic missiles. Brent crude climbed 0.4% after the strikes. The US began attacking Iranian tankers last week under a new policy from President Donald Trump aimed at deterring Tehran from attacking commercial shipping, Axios reported, citing unnamed US officials. The latest strikes suggest both sides are digging in for a long fight despite growing signs of economic distress in Iran, depleted munitions stockpiles and waning public support in the US. Energy Secretary Chris Wright signaled no letup in the American naval presence, which includes a sea blockade of Iranian oil exports, telling CNN that until Iran changes its position or its government, "we will have to deal with them," without naming any countries that might join the operation. Iran's parliament speaker and former ceasefire negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned on Sunday that the era of "proportionate responses" was over, saying any aggression against Iran's interests would receive a faster, heavier and more painful response. Top security official Mohsen Rezaee said a new restricted zone would be declared outside the Strait of Hormuz in the coming days, extending from the US Navy's blockade line into parts of the Persian Gulf, Press TV reported. There was no immediate independent corroboration of further attacks around the waterway, and observable traffic remained sparse, with only one commodity vessel crossing Saturday, according to Kpler data. Trump has said he wants to "strangle" Iran's economy as he has struggled to end the war, which has killed 18 US service members; he called the conflict "small potatoes" on Friday, while Vice President JD Vance said he "wouldn't call it a war" at all. US Central Command said one of the tankers it struck, the Suezmax-sized Kylo, sank in the Gulf of Oman after its crew was told to abandon it, while the Stark I was disabled in the Gulf of Oman and the very large crude carrier Downy near Iran's Kharg Island export hub. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tehran has about 30 million barrels of crude left for potential Chinese buyers.

Figure co-founder and Executive Chairman Mike Cagney said DeFi is better suited to asset-backed finance, arguing that it can avoid repeated staking, improve collateralization, support self-custody or autonomous venues, and enable liquidity staking. He said Figure has already brought asset-backed finance onchain, but the market remains early and about $6 trillion has not yet migrated at scale. According to Foresight News, Cagney also listed five reasons traditional finance has been slow to move onchain. He said poor user interfaces have helped apps such as Robinhood and SoFi win retail users, while qualified custody and recoverable self-custody have long been difficult to combine. He added that hedge funds need multiple wallets, multiple users, tiered permissions, full audits, and exports for fund administration and accounting. He said regulation is becoming clearer, with precedents for onchain-native securities already established and hopes pinned on the CLARITY Act and related guidance. He also said KYC is easier to solve than many believe because onchain systems can perform programmatic screening and wallet-level permissions.

China’s recent overhaul of how homes are sold will worsen already stretched local government finances and drive a 30% drop in land sale revenues, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. economists said, according to Bloomberg.

According to the announcement from Binance, the platform has launched a new Word of the Day game centered on the theme “Binance Agent OS Trading.” The activity period runs from 2026-09-07 00:00 (UTC) to 2026-09-13 23:59 (UTC), and eligible users can participate by reading selected articles and completing the word-guessing game. Binance said users may play up to two WOTD games per day during the activity period. Those who achieve at least five correct answers will be eligible to share a 7,000 USDC reward pool, with rewards distributed according to each user’s proportion of correct answers among all eligible users. The maximum reward cap is 5 USDC per user. In addition, users who achieve at least five correct answers and participate on five or more separate days during the activity period will be eligible to share an additional 3,000 USDC reward pool equally. All rewards are scheduled to be distributed by 2026-09-27 23:59 (UTC) directly to the user’s Rewards Hub. Eligible users must claim their vouchers before expiration, and no replacement reward will be provided. Binance also outlined how users can unlock the second WOTD game after completing the first game by clicking the “Get A New WOTD” button and sharing the featured link on social media. The second game becomes available once the shared link is clicked by a logged-in user. The announcement further said new users who register for a Binance account using the “WOTD” referral code or the referral link during the activity period will receive 10% off Spot trading fees. These users may also qualify for additional welcome rewards by completing tasks in the Rewards Hub within 14 days after registration. Binance described WOTD as an educational word-guessing game designed to help users expand crypto vocabulary and follow market developments.

The South Korean won climbed to its strongest level in nearly two years on Monday, helped by a rally in semiconductor stocks and continued foreign inflows into the country’s benchmark equity index, according to Bloomberg.

DeFi researcher Ignas said on X that Bankless co-founder David Hoffman sold his ETH and rotated into some of the strongest-performing tokens, including LIT and ZEC, while NEAR also performed well and VVV lagged the broader market. According to Odaily, Ignas said active crypto investors aim to outperform BTC and ETH, even as the market was filled with fear, uncertainty and doubt and ETH was near its bottom. Earlier, Bankless co-founder David Hoffman said in June that he had sold all of his ETH and bought VVV, NEAR, ZEC, HYPE and LIT.

According to Jin10, Hong Kong PCB concept stocks strengthened again intraday, with Guanghe Technology (01989.HK) rising more than 10%, Xinqi Micro-Assembly (09630.HK) rising nearly 10%, Han's CNC (03200.HK) and Victory Giant Technology (02476.HK) both rising more than 6%, Kingboard Laminates Holdings (01888.HK) rising more than 5.5%, and Dingtai High-Tech (01377.HK) among the gainers.

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The US and Iran clashed again over the Strait of Hormuz, with oil tankers and drones being attacked in succession. Iran threatened to establish a new restricted zone and warned that retaliation would be "faster, heavier, and more painful," while also facing disruptions to oil exports and economic difficulties.

Jinse Finance launches its cryptocurrency and blockchain industry daily news bulletin, "Jinse 8 AM," issue 3174, providing you with the latest and fastest news on the digital currency and blockchain industry.

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