According to Wallstreetcn, Luckin Coffee announced that its board approved expanding the share repurchase program, increasing the authorization from $300 million to $500 million and extending the validity period to the end of the original buyback term.

According to CNBC, chipmakers fell at the start of the new month of trading as Treasury yields rose, with the VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) down more than 1% and Nvidia, AMD and Micron each falling more than 1%. Energy stocks rose broadly alongside oil prices as tensions in the Middle East persisted, with the State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) up more than 1% and EOG Resources, Diamondback Energy and Targa Resources each advancing more than 1%. Robinhood Markets gained more than 2% after Morgan Stanley upgraded the online brokerage to overweight from equal weight, saying HOOD's expanding platform is turning product velocity into stronger customer economics. Novartis rose 4% after positive trial data for its multiple sclerosis drug, with the company saying remibrutinib significantly reduced relapse rates in MS patients relative to another treatments. Duolingo climbed 6% after Evercore ISI upgraded the language education app to outperform from in line, citing strong survey data for the company.

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.

Salesforce Inc. is investing in human resources software company HiBob as part of a $160 million funding round that values the startup at more than $3.2 billion, according to Bloomberg. People familiar with the matter said the round includes Salesforce's backing of the startup.

SUNeVision Holdings (1686) reported full-year profit attributable to shareholders of HK$1.146 billion for the year ended June 30, its first annual profit above HK$1 billion since listing in 2000, according to Ming Pao. The company said the result was helped by contributions from newly launched facilities and continued organic growth from its established asset portfolio. Profit rose 17% from a year earlier. SUNeVision declared a final dividend of HK$0.14 per share, up 16.7% year on year, marking a second straight annual increase in its dividend.

Simon Essah walked through his cocoa farm in southwest Ghana and pointed to trees scarred by black pod disease, according to Bloomberg. The disease is the latest in a series of threats affecting his crop this year.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in about $217 million on Monday, resuming inflows after roughly $202 million left the funds on Friday, according to SoSoValue. That outflow ended a nine-day buying run stretching back to August 19 — matching the longest inflow streak of the year.Ether ETFs never broke stride. Monday's $88 million marked an 11th consecutive day of net buying worth $1.6 billion, the longest run for the products since a 20-day streak that ended in July 2025.The One-Day Break Reads as an Adjustment, Not a ReversalFriday's single red day came after Warsh's Jackson Hole remarks pushed rate-hike expectations higher. Monday's rebound suggests allocators treated it as a one-session adjustment rather than the start of a reversal.That distinction is the week's open question. The May-to-July outflow period — which left the funds net negative for 2026 by roughly $2.5 billion — began the same way, with isolated red days before the pattern set. This week's prints settle which reading holds.Bitcoin ETF net assets closed August just under $100 billion, having crossed above that line on August 27 before Friday's selling pulled them back. Cumulative net inflows since the funds launched in January 2024 now sit near $55 billion.August finished as the strongest month of 2026 for Bitcoin ETFs by a wide margin — more than double April's total.Bitcoin Falls to $77,900 as Oil Extends and Bond Yields SurgeRisk assets are under pressure as the oil rally gathers pace and the global bond rout deepens.Bitcoin declined to $77,900 from an Asian session high above $79,000, trading nearly 1% lower since midnight UTC. Nasdaq futures fell 0.9%. NYMEX WTI crude traded 2.5% higher at $87.90, the highest since July 24.Bond yields are rising across the advanced world, posing a threat to fiscal and financial market stability.Japan's 10-Year Yield Hits 3% for the First Time Since 1996The selloff in Japanese government bonds pushed the 10-year JGB yield to 3% on Tuesday — a level last seen in 1996.The latest upswing followed comments from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that he expects action from Tokyo and the Bank of Japan to support the falling yen.This is the more consequential development for crypto than the oil move. The yen has long funded positions in US stocks and Treasuries through the carry trade, and JGB yields at three-decade highs compress the spread that trade depends on. Bessent warned last week that a disorderly yen market could feed through to higher US interest rates.The yen breached 160 per dollar Monday with strategists placing intervention triggers at 161 and then 162-163. More than half the gains from the July 31 coordinated US-Japan operation — the first joint yen buying since 1998 — have already unwound.DeFi Development Seeks $20 Million for SOL Purchases at 13%DeFi Development Corp., which holds the second-largest Solana treasury, is preparing to raise about $20 million through an offering of perpetual preferred stock.Proceeds are earmarked for additional SOL purchases, other crypto investments and general corporate purposes. The firm currently holds 2.23 million SOL worth over $226 million.The offering covers 2.2 million "CHAD" shares at $9 apiece with a stated value of $10. The stock would initially pay cumulative dividends at an annual rate of 13% on stated value, payable each business day when declared, with the board able to adjust the rate at least monthly.The structure mirrors what is working in the sector. Strive's SATA pays 13% annualized with daily distributions and has held its $100 par value for over a week, allowing the company to issue through its at-the-market program and fund Bitcoin purchases. Strategy's STRC pays 12% semi-monthly and trades at $97.34 despite $635.2 million in repurchases.The daily-payment, 13% template is being adopted because it works — par-priced preferred stock is a funding mechanism, while below-par preferred consumes capital to support the price.What This Week DecidesBitcoin at $77,900 sits inside the zone Bitfinex identified as where "a squeeze has run into a defined population of sellers," with spot demand absorbing overhead supply between $77,100 and $80,000.Glassnode data shows nearly 8% of Bitcoin's supply was acquired between $80,000 and $82,000 — the largest concentration at any comparable range — with the US spot ETF cohort's average cost basis in the same band and the 50-week moving average at $81,081.Friday's August payrolls report is the variable. July printed −23,000 with May and June revised down by a combined 103,000, and September hike odds sit at 58%. Bloomberg Chief Economist Anna Wong has argued there is no modern precedent for the Fed hiking after two consecutive negative readings.

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.

According to Jin10, Iranian President Pezeshkian said U.S. pressure and threats have weakened diplomatic efforts.

South Korea’s Kospi closed at 6,835.8 points on Tuesday, up 0.23%, as buyback-driven gains in Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix offset net selling by foreign, institutional and retail investors. According to BeInCrypto, the index recovered after opening lower on fresh U.S.-Iran airstrikes and a hawkish Fed speech from Chair Kevin Warsh, while Korea’s August exports stayed solid on strong chip demand.

It's not a crypto-native fund, but it's becoming one of the most prominent funds behind Polymarket's funding round.

Walsh's stance appears hawkish, but it's more like a sophisticated version of a dovish strategy: using the toughest rhetoric to build credibility in exchange for room to not raise interest rates, thus suppressing the continued rise in long-term yields.

Ireland is opening the door to more tax-efficient retail investing — but crypto won’t be getting an invitation.

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MAS has proposed new stablecoin rules covering reserve backing, redemption, capital, disclosure and a ban on interest payments, while also considering stress tests and recovery plans for issuers.

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Bitcoin is only 3% away from it. Here's what happened on this line the last three times.