Fitch Ratings said Japanese corporate credit fundamentals remained broadly resilient in the 12 months through June 2025, with domestic demand among companies in the TOPIX 100 it tracks staying firm. According to Sina Finance, Fitch said credit pressure was concentrated in the auto and auto parts sector and the general trading companies sector, while technology turned net cash and consumer, food retail, and natural resources also improved. Fitch said 9 of 12 sectors posted EBITDA growth faster than revenue growth, and 57% of issuers deleveraged during fiscal 2023-2025. It said the weakest performers in fiscal 2025 were auto and auto parts and general trading companies, with both sectors seeing revenue growth but lower EBITDA and higher leverage. Fitch said the credit environment is expected to improve in fiscal 2026, but unevenly. According to Sina Finance, analysts broadly expect overall earnings to strengthen, led by technology, while auto and auto parts and general trading companies are expected to recover only modestly from a low base.

The three major U.S. stock indexes closed lower on Friday after August nonfarm payrolls came in far stronger than expected, reviving market expectations that the Federal Reserve could raise rates this month. Rising U.S. Treasury yields also made investors more cautious, according to ETNet. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 271.86 points, or 0.51%, to 53,414.25. The S&P 500 lost 29.11 points, or 0.38%, to 7,718.6, while the Nasdaq Composite declined 77.07 points, or 0.29%, to 26,506.99. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index closed at 25,413, down 237 points, or 0.9%, on turnover of HK$209.7 billion. ETNet also noted that the eurozone will release second-quarter GDP at 5:00 PM Hong Kong time today, with seasonally adjusted quarter-on-quarter growth expected to rise to 0.4% from flat and year-on-year growth seen widening to 1% from 0.5%. Tomorrow, China is due to report August exports, imports and trade balance. Exports are forecast to rise 26% year on year from 23.9%, imports are expected to increase 31.9% from 27.6%, and the trade surplus is projected to widen to $119.55 billion from $112.34 billion.

Silver Gene Medicine-B (02591) said its board has been notified that founder, Chairman, Executive Director and General Manager Wang Qinghua, along with Executive Directors Jiang Fan, Xu Wenjie and Huang Bing, have each voluntarily undertaken not to sell any shares or interests they directly or indirectly hold in the company for six months starting from Aug. 15, 2026, according to ETNet. The company said the pledge reflects their confidence in its future prospects and long-term development. Aug. 15, 2026 is the date when the lock-up period for the controlling shareholder under the company’s global offering on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange expires.

BitcoinTreasuries.NET said on X that Strive shares have risen above $27.10 and that the company’s market value has exceeded Trump Media’s. According to Odaily, Strive holds 1.92 times as much Bitcoin as DJT.

Global oil markets are showing fresh signs of tension after months of war-related strain. According to Sina Finance, traders, anxious buyers, and pressured executives are gathering in Singapore for Asia-Pacific's most important industry event. Brent crude faces the risk of moving back above $100 a barrel more than six months after the outbreak of the U.S.-Iran conflict, while recent attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz threaten the recovery in crude transport. Diesel supply is also under extreme strain in the refined-fuels market. According to Sina Finance, the issues will be a key focus at the S&P Global Energy Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference, or APPEC, which opens on Tuesday and runs through the week. The article said the discussion will center on insufficient inventory buffers, a "no-solution" diesel market, transport issues in the Strait of Hormuz, and the Middle East and Russia-Ukraine conflicts. Energy Aspects Ltd. founder and director Amrita Sen said the discussion will undoubtedly revolve around those topics. She is also among the senior energy analysts attending APPEC this year. Singapore is a natural venue for the event because it is a major Asian crude trading center and a hub for refining, financing, and logistics. This year's keynote speakers include Russell Hardy, chief executive of Vitol, as well as representatives from Middle Eastern oil-producing countries and financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs Group.

Applications for the latest Silver Bond issue closed at 2:00 PM on September 4, with about 478,000 subscribers and initial subscription demand of about HK$119.77 billion, according to preliminary data collected from placing agents, Ming Pao reported. The government said both the number of subscribers and the subscription amount were record highs, rising 28.6% and 21.9% from a year earlier, respectively. A government spokesman said the bonds were popular with older residents and expected the final issue size to be raised from HK$50 billion to the HK$55 billion cap. Allocation results are scheduled to be announced on September 11, Friday.

Futu Securities International (Hong Kong) said demand for the latest batch of Silver Bonds was strong, with the number of subscribers through Futu rising more than 60% from a year earlier and the subscription amount increasing more than 50%, both hitting record highs, according to Ming Pao. The company also said more than 20% of applicants were subscribing to Silver Bonds through Futu for the first time.

According to Jin10, Goldman Sachs said several companies it recently turned bullish on each face their own negative factors, but the market has already fully priced in those risks, while earnings recovery, business growth, and competitive advantages have not yet been fully reflected in share prices.

A housing association chief has called for a long-term plan and extra funding to create more construction placements for young people, as demand for training schemes rises, BBC reported. Iwan Trefor Jones, chief executive at Adra, said organisations needed to work together to ensure opportunities were available, while Adra said one recent academy opening drew 108 applicants for six places. The Federation of Master Builders has said the construction sector faces a labour shortfall and needs an additional 2,200 workers a year to meet demand. The Welsh government said work was already under way to boost construction skills, with new apprenticeships due to launch later in the year. Adra’s Academi scheme, launched in 2021, has supported 230 participants so far, and local college Grŵp Llandrillo Menai said construction enrolment had risen 28% since 2025-26 to a record 461 learners this year.

The IMF confirmed that Bitcoin added to El Salvador’s reserve after June 2025 came from private donations, with no public funds used. The country also agreed to limit further Bitcoin accumulation as part of its $1.4 billion IMF programme, while restructuring its Chivo wallet separately from its sovereign Bitcoin reserve.

BTC, the person who lost their Bitcoin says Bitcoin has no backing. Golden Finance, long-term thinkers simply hold on and believe that time will give the final verdict.

On July 1, 2026, Robinhood officially launched its own public blockchain, Robinhood Chain—a Layer 2 network built on the Arbitrum Orbit framework and settled on Ethereum.

TikTok parent company ByteDance has secured a $29.6 billion loan from nearly 30 Chinese and international banks as it pours money into artificial intelligence, according to Reuters, citing people with direct knowledge of the transaction.

Router Protocol will shut down all operations by 30 September 2026 after failing to find a sustainable business model amid lower fees, weaker Web3 activity and rising costs. The project will also delist ROUTE from exchanges and burn 303,333,198 tokens from its treasury, with holders urged to check individual exchange deadlines.

A surge of unsolicited password-reset emails has flooded X users' inboxes.

Robinhood Chain, RWA, TradFi, Meme, Public Chain, Behind Robinhood's Meme Frenzy: The Next Generation of Global Financial Markets is Quietly Going On-Chain. Golden Finance: The future is here, but the financial world is only just beginning to adapt to it.

LeBron James appears to be teasing a partnership with prediction market platform Polymarket, while the details of the partnership remain unclear.

Ukrainian authorities shut down a Kyiv-based network of fake crypto investment platforms that allegedly used wallet-draining code to steal funds, with 62 victims identified across more than 20 countries and turnover reaching up to $1 million a month.

Approximately 4,000 bitcoins, worth about $320 million, were transferred from Liquid Network's Federation wallet. This batch of bitcoins represents 95% of Liquid's publicly disclosed reserves. Before the incident, Liquid held approximately 4,200 BTC, and after the transfer, only about 200 remained.