According to RTHK, HKET and Yonhap, Asian equities closed mostly lower on Tuesday as a fresh climb in U.S. bond yields and a selloff in chip and memory names pressured the region. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 finished virtually unchanged at 63,484.10, down 8.89 points or 0.01%, after a choppy session that spanned a range of more than 1,030 points. Chip-related names lagged, with Advantest down 2.96% and Tokyo Electron off 0.55%, while Sony fell 1.66%. Seoul's KOSPI ended down 0.85% at 6,627.26, its fourth straight losing session, as the won weakened against the dollar amid rising bond yields. Bank of Korea minutes pointed to a possible policy rift over back-to-back rate hikes. Samsung Electronics eased 0.20% and SK Hynix slipped 0.41%. Hong Kong stocks retreated, with the Hang Seng Index closing down 1.00% at 24,667.24 and the Hang Seng Tech Index off about 0.6% at 4,291; turnover reached HK$187.2 billion. Tencent bucked the trend to rise about 1.9% and Alibaba added more than 1%, while Lenovo fell nearly 3%, Zhipu dropped about 5% and MINIMAX declined 7%. Taiwan's TAIEX closed down 351.03 points or 0.77% at 45,511.49 on thin turnover of NT$603.5 billion, as memory and chip stocks bore selling pressure. TSMC rose NT$5 or 0.21% to NT$2,385, while MediaTek fell 2.85% and Hon Hai eased 0.80%. In mainland China, the Shanghai Composite closed down 0.54% at 3,864.28, its fourth straight decline, and the ChiNext Index fell 1.15% to 3,247.92, with A-share turnover holding near a year-to-date low.

Finloop Finance Technology has completed an A+ funding round of more than $10 million, with HSBC and People's Capital among the investors. According to Foresight News, Finloop also launched a one-stop enterprise wealth management service called Finterprise to provide digital solutions for corporate clients' cash and liquidity management needs. Finloop describes itself as a Hong Kong-based AI-driven global Web5 (Web2+Web3) wealth technology platform. It says it provides wealth management products and technology solutions for financial institutions across cash management, mutual funds, alternative investments, structured products, bonds, insurance and virtual assets.

MediaTek unveiled its next-generation flagship chip, the Dimensity 9600 Pro, at its 2026 Dimensity flagship product launch on September 15. According to ChainCatcher, the chip uses TSMC's 2nm process and contains more than 33 billion transistors. The company said the chip adopts a fused computing architecture that integrates CPU, GPU, NPU, and ISP cores around AI. It features an all-big-core design with two C2-Ultra cores at 4.55GHz, three C2-Pro cores at 4.35GHz, and three C2-Pro cores at 3.1GHz, along with 34.5MB of L2+L3+ system cache. It also supports LPDDR6 memory and UFS 5.0 storage. MediaTek said the Dimensity 9600 Pro's big-core power consumption is down 37% and multi-core power consumption is down 61% versus the Dimensity 9500. In GeekBench V6.4, it scored 4,276 in single-core and 12,650 in multi-core tests, up about 17% and 15%, respectively, from the Dimensity 9500. The NPU uses a dual-NPU architecture with the APU 1090, and peak performance is said to be up 51%. MediaTek also said it has ranked first in global smartphone SoC market share for six consecutive years.

According to Wallstreetcn, the Gates Foundation plans to invest at least $1 billion over the next two years to improve access to artificial intelligence, and co-founder Bill Gates warned that the way AI is spread could widen the global wealth gap further. In a report, Gates wrote that if AI is properly guided, it will give more people solutions, opportunities, and knowledge that have long been out of reach, and that decisions over the next 12 to 18 months on how AI is built, funded, and deployed will determine whether the technology mainly benefits those with the most resources or reaches those with the least. The Gates Foundation plans to donate a cumulative $200 billion before it closes in 2045.

The US Department of War put the cost of Operation Epic Fury, its campaign against Iran, at $33.4 billion for the first four months, while Brown University’s tracker said higher fuel prices have cost US households about $106.4 billion. According to BeInCrypto, the Pentagon’s estimate covers a fixed window through June 29 and excludes broader economic damage, including the oil shock. Munitions account for $22.3 billion of the total, with cumulative obligations at $7.4 billion and damaged equipment at $3.7 billion. The White House has asked for $87.6 billion in supplemental funding, including $21 billion for munitions.

According to the announcement from Binance, the exchange will introduce Binance Points, a long-term rewards program designed to recognize users’ everyday trading activity. Starting from 2026-09-15 00:00 (UTC), eligible users will be able to earn rewards with every trade through the program. Binance said the rollout will be progressive, and some users may experience a brief delay before the feature appears in their accounts. The program is intended to be accessed through the Binance App User Center or the Rewards Hub, where users can view available tasks and claim points after completing them. The announcement said the program officially launches on 2026-09-15 00:00 (UTC), and eligible users may need to refresh the app and allow time for the feature to become available. The company also said thresholds, tiers, and reward options will vary by region, and some tasks will be limited to selected regions and eligible users. How Binance Points Work Users will earn Binance Points by completing tasks listed in Rewards Hub. Available tasks include Spot, Futures, Convert, P2P / Fiat deposit, bStocks, and Square post. Additional tasks, including Pay, Dual Investment, and Academy, will be added soon. Binance said users can unlock a 5-Day Weekly Bonus by completing qualifying daily tasks on 5 or more days in a week, which provides extra Binance Points on top of regular rewards. Points must be claimed within 14 days of issue, and any unclaimed points will expire. Task reset schedules will vary by type and may reset daily, weekly, or monthly. Binance also said users can redeem points in Rewards Hub for Trading Fee Rebate, Futures Free Position, Earn Trial Fund, VIP Upgrade, Swag, and Merchandise, with more regional rewards expected in the future.

Goldman Sachs and Citi have revised their UK rate forecasts and now expect the Bank of England to resume rate hikes in 2026. According to Sina Finance, Goldman Sachs expects a 25-basis-point hike in November to 4%, while Citi expects one hike later this year and another in early 2027. Goldman Sachs said it expects the Bank of England to keep its benchmark rate at 3.75% by a 6-3 vote at the September 17 meeting, then raise rates by 25 basis points to 4% in November. The bank also lifted its forecast for the peak in UK headline inflation to 3.9% in the first quarter of 2027. Citi expects the Bank of England to raise rates once later this year and again in early 2027, with the moves likely in November and February next year. It also expects the policy signal from the Bank of England's September meeting to lean more toward inflation control. UK consumer prices rose 2.9% year on year in July, up from 2.6% in June and further above the Bank of England's 2% target. The August inflation data will be released the day before the September rate meeting and may affect the vote split on the Monetary Policy Committee.

Solana raised its maximum transaction size from 1,232 bytes to 4,096 bytes. According to NS3.AI, the upgrade activated on mainnet on Tuesday at the start of epoch 1,035 around 1:00 am UTC. The change gives developers more room for zero-knowledge proofs, multiple-signature transactions and new onchain signature schemes.

MetaMask is rolling out a new generation of wallet protections designed to do more than warn users about crypto scams. The wallet provider is adding safeguards that can flag suspicious recipients and transactions — and automatically revert transactions when what happens onchain does not match what users were shown before signing.

Attackers used a legitimate government email account to send fraudulent data requests.

Dogecoin co-founder Billy Markus mocked Donald Trump’s proposed $5,000 payments to US adults by joking that the government should instead buy $1.2 trillion of Dogecoin and distribute it.

Federal Reserve, Warsh, Interest Rate Hike, Inflation, Federal Reserve to Hold Interest Rate Meeting Today; Warsh May Be the Key Voter. Golden Finance, Beijing time 2:00 AM Thursday, the suspense surrounding the Federal Reserve will be revealed.

President Donald Trump has backed tougher crypto ethics rules that could force him to divest significant digital-asset interests or place them in a qualified blind trust, giving Senate Republicans a potentially crucial path toward advancing the Clarity Act.

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