The Nikkei 225 closed up 2.1% at 66,399.84, with semiconductor stocks leading the advance. According to Sina Finance, Japan's Ministry of Finance said on September 7 that foreign reserves stood at about $1.2075 trillion at the end of August, down $79.575 billion from the previous month and falling for a fourth straight month. Goldman Sachs said tactical long yen positions have become more attractive after the yen's recent strength, citing expectations that the Bank of Japan will tighten policy, possible changes in Japanese capital flows, and the risk of further intervention. According to Sina Finance, the bank said Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda had essentially confirmed market expectations for a September rate hike, while speculation that the Government Pension Investment Fund may shift asset allocation toward domestic assets has increased the outlook for reduced capital outflows.

China's August exports and imports are expected to accelerate when the data are released tomorrow, with dollar-denominated exports forecast to rise 25% year on year and imports 30%, according to ETNet. The Reuters poll of more than 30 institutions also showed the monthly trade surplus likely widening to $119.05 billion from $112.5 billion in July. The gains are expected despite typhoon-related disruptions, supported by resilient external demand, strong demand from the AI supply chain and price effects. Citi said China's export momentum may remain strong despite the weather impact, while AI-related semiconductor demand is still robust. Huachuang Securities chief economist Zhang Yu said August exports may benefit from external demand resilience driven by AI-related equipment and precautionary restocking, with prices likely outperforming volumes. Goldman Sachs said the AI capital expenditure boom should continue to support technology-related nominal imports.

A trader bought ZCAT and STONK at the same time and made a profit of $3.78 million, according to Lookonchain monitoring on September 7. According to PANews, the trader made $2.17 million from ZCAT, with a 1,626-fold return, and $1.61 million from STONK, with an 82-fold return. The trader spent $1,300 to buy 24.52 million ZCAT, sold 8.96 million ZCAT for $55,000, and still holds 15.57 million ZCAT.

According to Jin10, Jefferies global economist Mohit Kumar said in a report that Jefferies has been avoiding long-dated bonds since July because it sees no easy path to resolve the U.S.-Iran war. He added that market positioning is already at extreme levels, making positioning the only factor currently supporting rates, and said weaker-than-expected U.S. CPI data could trigger a round of reflexive short covering before the Federal Reserve meeting. U.S. August CPI data will be released on Friday, and a Wall Street Journal survey showed analysts expect headline CPI to rise 3.4% year on year, unchanged from July.

According to Jin10, Citi initiated coverage of Zhongji Innolight (03308.HK) H-shares with a Buy rating and a target price of HK$1,524, based on 16.2 times forecast 2027 earnings.

South Africa’s telecommunications regulator plans to investigate prices charged by digital media and communications service providers including Netflix Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp, according to Bloomberg reported by Business Day.

Foresight News posted on X (formerly Twitter). Futu is working to shorten the conversion path between on-chain assets and securities accounts. A year ago, Foresight News described Futu's entry into the crypto market as the first move in the transformation of Hong Kong brokerages toward crypto. At the time, a key sign of progress was whether a brokerage app could offer direct crypto trading. A year later, seeing stocks and crypto on the same page is no longer unusual, and the question has shifted to whether the two asset classes can share the purchasing power in an account. At Futu's session at Bitcoin Asia 2026, Futu Group's global head of digital assets, Sherry Zhu, described the change as the difference between account management and asset management. Zhu said users' stocks, ETFs, crypto and fiat currency are still spread across brokerages, exchanges, wallets and banks. Transfers, currency exchange, deposits and withdrawals take time and make wealth management look like account management rather than true asset management. As of June 30, 2026, Futu had 31.25 million users, 3.84 million funded accounts and HK$1.4 trillion in client assets. The large stock of securities assets gives the idea of linking purchasing power practical significance. Futu presented three product directions at the event: crypto deposits for stock purchases, securities-backed trading for crypto, and in-kind subscription and redemption for crypto ETFs.

Approximately 4,000 BTC worth around $320 million was withdrawn from Liquid's federation wallet on September 6 — representing roughly 95% of the network's bitcoin reserves

Anthropic has signed a series of computing power agreements in the past 11 months, totaling $517 billion and securing at least 14.8 gigawatts of capacity. Although its annualized revenue has exceeded $65 billion, its computing power reserves still lag behind OpenAI's planned target of 30 gigawatts.

From at least 75 investor pitches and 800,000 people queuing up, to GameStop, SBF, and Robinhood Chain.

OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence, AI Agent, LLM, GPT-6. Just three days after Astra's release, OpenAI's chief scientist called for "brakes," according to Jinse Finance, urging a halt to rapid iteration.

Poland’s attempt to establish a domestic framework for regulating its crypto industry has hit another roadblock, with lawmakers failing to overturn President Karol Nawrocki’s veto of legislation designed to bring the country’s market fully into line with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA).

If prices continue to reach new highs in the coming months, while stablecoin size, on-chain transactions, and protocol revenue do not show significant improvement, then this rally is more of a repricing of the financial market than an industry recovery.

Berlin’s state government refused to pay a €2 million ($2.3 million) ransom after Rhysida hackers stole sensitive data from two departments. The group later published around 5.8 terabytes of data on the dark web, with authorities now investigating what information was exposed.

"A Meme Coin" quickly raised $100 million, Robinhood's new way of pairing meme coins with US stocks, and the industry war it sparked.

Meme, Robinhood Chain, Hyperliquid, DEX, and FOMO are all the rage, but I advise you to avoid FOMO. According to Jinse Finance, most people lose money; only the platforms and big players make steady profits.

OpenAI's chief scientist published a lengthy article titled "An Alien Mind." The article argues that AI is nurtured, not created. Even those who create it don't fully understand it.