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2026/09/03
SpaceX, Nvidia, Microsoft, Tesla each add over $100B in market cap in a single day
Four tech titans, SpaceX, Nvidia, Microsoft, and Tesla, each added more than $100 billion in market capitalization in a single trading session. When companies this large move in lockstep like that, it tells you something about the mood in the room. And the mood, apparently, was very good.A synchroni
Fed Rate Hike Uncertainty Grows Ahead of September Meeting
Recent reports have surfaced casting uncertainty on whether the Federal Reserve will increase interest rates in its upcoming September meeting. With the Fed’s target range currently set at 3.50%–3.75%, the possibility of a pause in rate hikes is gaining attention. The Federal Open Market Committee (
Scaramucci Uses G20 Debt Comments to Reinforce Bitcoin Narrative
CoinDesk reports:Foreign media reported that after U.S. Treasury Secretary Bentsen discussed global debt issues at the G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors, Anthony Scaramucci, founder of SkyBridge Capital, seized the opportunity to claim that the remarks amounted to Bitcoin’s
Charles Hoskinson Suggests Nation-State Involvement in AI Outage Affecting ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok
ChatGPT outage reports jumped from 5,000 to more than 22,000 in 10 minutes on Thursday morning. Claude, Grok and coding tool Cursor were already broken.Three rival labs failed inside roughly 90 minutes, and no cloud provider declared a fault. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson says it looked like a n
Berkshire Hathaway's Greg Abel Spends $39.4B on Stocks in 6 Months
Warren Buffett spent his final years as Berkshire Hathaway CEO sitting on a mountain of cash so large it made the GDP of most countries look modest. Greg Abel, his successor, apparently looked at that mountain and decided it was time to start spending.In the first six months of 2026, Abel deployed a
Dutch Central Bank Relocates €10-12 Billion in Gold to London Amid Geopolitical Tensions
When a central bank quietly moves billions in gold across continents, it is worth paying attention. De Nederlandsche Bank announced on September 2, 2026, that it had relocated 86 tonnes of gold from storage facilities in New York and Ottawa to the Bank of England in London, a move completed over the
Fed Governor Waller Leaves September Rate Hike Open, Citing August Inflation
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller signaled Thursday that he is willing to give disinflation more time, but another rate hike at the September FOMC meeting remains possible if August inflation comes in stronger than expected.In his remarks at a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker interview, Waller said
Curve DAO Approves yRisk as Risk Provider for crvUSD and Llamalend
ChainCatcher report: On September 2, Curve DAO passed Proposal 1492, approving yRisk as the risk provider for crvUSD and Llamalend, concluding a selection process that began in July. The proposal passed with 621 million veCRV votes in favor and only 5.33 votes against, and was executed 87 minutes af
OpenAI Claims It Has Overtaken Anthropic in Frontier AI Race
OpenAI says it has leapfrogged Anthropic in the frontier AI race, a claim built largely on the back of its newest model, Astra, and the benchmarking results of its GPT-5.6 family.Astra launched on September 2, 2026, with OpenAI billing it as the first model to reach the “Critical” cybersecurity capa
Curve DAO Selects yRisk as New Risk Provider for crvUSD and Llamalend
Curve DAO approved a proposal to fund yRisk as risk provider for crvUSD and Llamalend on Sept. 2, ending a selection process that ran since July and replacing LlamaRisk, which left the job 10 months into a one-year renewal.yRisk is two people, and by their own account in the proposal Curve voted on,
FIFA Accuses UEFA of Smear Campaign Amid Legal and Political Tensions
FIFA has formally accused UEFA of orchestrating a coordinated campaign to undermine the organization and its president, Gianni Infantino. The accusation follows a report from the Daily Telegraph alleging that UEFA made a six-figure severance payment, plus £45,000 in MBA fees, to a former staff membe
OpenAI Launches Astra, Solves Decades-Old Math Problems and Advances AGI
OpenAI’s newest model family, known as Astra, is doing things that would have sounded like science fiction two years ago. It cracked ten longstanding open problems in mathematics and theoretical computer science, producing verified proofs at a compute cost of roughly $2,000. For context, some of tho
Smarter Web Company Adds 35 BTC, Holdings Reach 2,747
Smarter Web Company adds 35 BTC at an average £82,562 per Bitcoin, bringing total holdings to 2,747 BTC.Smarter Web Company reports £235.5 million in gross Bitcoin purchases and £8.7 million in gross sales since April 2025.The company has drawn £20.5 million from Coinbase’s credit facility, secured
Aave V4 plans to launch with the Arc mainnet: four assets, two spokes, but the vote has not yet been confirmed.
CoinDesk reports:On September 2, Aave Labs advanced the ARFC proposal titled "Deploy Aave V4 on Arc" to the Snapshot stage, stating that voting will begin within 24 hours. The proposal plans to deploy a Core Liquidity Hub and two Spokes around the launch of Circle’s Arc mainnet, with initial assets
Frontline Deployment Engineer roles in Silicon Valley surge over 1,000% in 2026
CoinDesk reports:Companies are accelerating the integration of AI models into real business operations, driving rapid growth in a hands-on technical role closer to the customer environment. These positions, known as "Frontline Deployment Engineers," are primarily responsible for integrating AI tools
