Futures Rise Ahead Of Critical Nvidia Earnings

A semi-official Iranian outlet reported that Tehran is demanding that Washington agree to release $24 billion in frozen funds as part of an agreement to end the war.  According to an official speaking with Tasnim, Iran is requesting that half of the funds, $12 billion, be released as soon as an agreement to end the […]

Strategy Buys $370M Of Bitcoin In First Purchase Since June Via Decrypt.co, Strategy has started buying Bitcoin again after a summer spent selling it. The Bitcoin treasury company picked up 4,603 BTC for $369.7 million in the week to August 30, at an average of $80,318 apiece, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That takes its stack to 845,050 BTC, bought for $63.73 billion at an average of $75,412. It paid for the purchase by issuing stock. Strategy sold 4,531,421 MSTR shares through its at-the-market programme over the same week, raising $602.8 million net of commissions. Bitcoin...

The Plumbing For Vast Defense Spending Needs To Be Set Up By Michael Every of Rabobank In response to Iranian strikes on ships using the Omani route in Hormuz, the US has struck Iranian air defense, missile, and drone sites in the Strait and suspended its oil sanctions waiver. These are clear breaches of the MoU, and we will now see if Iran escalates --it says it will take “decisive” action-- with the risk of war if the US is also prepared to go that route. We suspect the US will...