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2026/09/03
Figure Signs $3.5B Compute Deal with Nscale for AI Models
Figure AI just locked in one of the largest compute deals in the robotics industry, partnering with UK-based AI infrastructure provider Nscale in a collaboration initially valued at $3.5 billion. The goal: deploy up to 100,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs to supercharge Figure’s Helix AI models, which pow
Strive Becomes the Fifth-Largest Corporate Bitcoin Holder with $1.8 Billion in Holdings
Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to Bitcoin News monitoring, Strive purchased 1,800 bitcoins between August 24 and August 28 at an average price of $79,431 per coin, with a total transaction value of approximately $143 million, including fees and related expenses. This acquisition increased St
Unipcs holds 15.9 million $USELESS tokens, generating $1.68 million in unrealized profit.
PANews, September 3: According to Lookonchain monitoring, five months ago, when the market cap of $USELESS dropped to $30 million, Unipcs began adopting a dollar-cost averaging strategy to buy. Over the past month, Unipcs has continued to accumulate $USELESS and currently holds 15.9 million $USELESS
Taiwan FSC Drafts Nine Crypto Regulations for Q1 2027
Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission is drafting nine regulations under the Virtual Asset Service Act, with a targeted rollout in the first quarter of 2027, a move that would extend formal oversight across the island’s crypto exchanges, custodians and other virtual asset service providers.What
Apple Faces $270 Million Lawsuit Over App Tracking Transparency Policy
Huo Xing Finance reports that on September 3, Apple faced a class-action lawsuit in London seeking damages of up to £2 billion (approximately $2.7 billion). The lawsuit was filed today at the London Competition Appeal Tribunal, brought by app developers represented by former senior official of the U
Solana Leads August App Revenue with $143M, Capturing 38% Share
Solana pulled in $143.23 million in application revenue during August, according to DefiLlama data. That’s 38.1% of the $375.53 million tracked globally across all blockchains.The runner-up wasn’t even close. Hyperliquid L1 came in second at $55.6 million, followed by Ethereum at $47.1 million and B
Chainlink Partners with Bottomline to Enhance Cross-Border Payments
Chainlink has partnered with Bottomline, a B2B payments technology provider, to bring secure cross-chain payment capabilities to Bottomline’s banking customers. The collaboration pairs Chainlink’s blockchain interoperability infrastructure with a legacy payments firm that processes hundreds of billi
Fed's Waller Shifts to a Cautious Stance; September Rate Hike Depends on August Inflation
Wall Street Journal reporter Nick Timiraos said that Fed Governor Waller’s overall stance has not fundamentally changed since July, but his policy tilt has shifted: from concern and a preference for tightening monetary policy at the time, to cautious optimism and a preference for holding rates stead
Nscale Signs Over $6 Billion Strategic Deal with Potential Deployment of 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs
Odaily Planet Daily News: AI computing company Nscale has announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Figure, expanding the deal to over $6 billion. The transaction represents the potential deployment of up to 100,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin platform GPUs. (pressreleasehub)
Fed Governor Waller Shifts to Cautious Optimism, Prefers Holding Rates Steady
BlockBeats news, on September 3, Wall Street Journal reporter Nick Timiraos, known as the "voice of the Fed," stated that Fed Governor Waller’s overall stance has not fundamentally changed since July, but his policy orientation has shifted: from prior concerns and a tendency toward tightening moneta
Pencil Finance Completes $1M On-Chain Student Loan Cycle for 6,600 Borrowers
Student loan real-world asset (RWA) protocol Pencil Finance says it has completed its first “fully onchain” student lending cycle, deploying $1 million to fund education borrowers in Southeast Asia and then seeing repayments flow back to lenders.In a Thursday announcement shared with Cointelegraph,
Waller shifts stance to cautious optimism; September rate hike depends on August inflation.
ChainThink reports that on September 3, Wall Street Journal reporter Nick Timiraos stated that Fed Governor Waller has shifted his stance since July, moving from concerns about tightening to cautious optimism and favoring maintaining interest rates unchanged.Whether there will be a rate hike in Sept
NVIDIA to Acquire Hugging Face for $12.93 Billion, Google Repurposes DDR4, Micron Investigates NAND Flash for GPUs
ME AI Message: Key market news ahead of U.S. trading hours:
1. U.S. initial jobless claims rose slightly above expectations, reaching 206,000 for the week ending August 29—the highest level since the week ending August 15—compared to the market expectation of 205,000.
2. Federal Reserve Governor W
LoL: BNK FEARX vs Dplus KIA (BO5) - LCK Playoffs 24H Trading Volume Reaches $1.8M
ME News reports that, as of September 3 (UTC+8), prediction market data shows that the event "League of Legends: BNK FEARX vs. Dplus KIA (BO5) - LCK Playoffs" achieved a 24-hour trading volume of $1.8M, with significantly increased market participation.
Crypto Trader Turns $5,000 into $5.69M with PONS Token
As the Pons (PONS) token, the native utility and governance token for the Robinhood chain-based Pons Launchpad, rocketed by nearly 2,000% over the past 30 days, crypto trader Ogle, an advisor at World Liberty Financial (WLFI) and America.Fun, has made $5.69 million from $4,997.Ogle successfully purc
