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The Bank of Korea has warned that concentrated and leveraged trades linked to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix could increase financial-market volatility if demand for artificial intelligence chips weakens. Summary Bank of Korea warned leveraged semiconductor trades could amplify volatility across domestic and overseas markets. Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix together represent nearly half of the benchmark Kospi’s market capitalization. Hong Kong-listed leveraged products tied to Korean chipmakers expanded more than twentyfold during 2026’s first-half. South Korea’s second-quarter real GDP grew 0.6%, while nominal output increased much faster year-over-year officially. The central bank raised its 2026 growth forecast to 2.6%…

TD Cowen has raised its price target for The Smarter Web Company to £0.73 ($0.99) from £0.64 ($0.87) while keeping its Buy rating after the Bitcoin treasury firm proposed a new perpetual preferred-share offering. Summary TD Cowen raised its Smarter Web price target to £0.73 from £0.64 and retained its Buy rating, implying roughly 90% upside from Monday’s share price. The analysts said the proposed MORE perpetual preferred shares could give the Bitcoin treasury company another source of long term capital. Smarter Web reported an approximately 11.5% Bitcoin Yield for the year through Sept. 2 despite selling nearly 178 BTC…

PayPay has added UnionPay QR payments across participating Japanese merchants while SMBC has begun deploying an OpenAI-powered interpreter to bank employees. Summary PayPay added UnionPay QR payments through HIVEX at participating merchants across Japan on September 3. UnionPay App users can register cards issued in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau directly. PayPay says its network now supports 36 overseas payment services spanning 17 markets for visitors. SMBC-Interpreter uses OpenAI’s GPT-Live-1 to return live voice translations alongside synchronized onscreen text for employees. SMBC says customer audio and translated output are neither stored nor used for model training. PayPay said in…

Senate Democrats have met to assess a final 635-page Republican CLARITY Act proposal before a Sept. 15 procedural vote requiring 60 senators to begin debate. Summary Politico reported Senate Democrats met before Tuesday’s cloture vote as Republicans sought seven opposition-party votes. Republicans released a 635-page CLARITY Act draft containing 126 changes requested by Democratic negotiators Sunday. Trump accepted revised ethics restrictions covering federal officials, judges, lawmakers and their spouses’ digital assets. Treasury would receive circuit-breaker authority if payment stablecoins trigger widespread deposit flight from community banks. Sixty votes are required to begin debate; Tuesday’s action will not determine final passage…

Ripple has identified corporate treasury clients handling roughly $13 trillion annually as a potential distribution channel for its $2.4 billion RLUSD stablecoin. Summary $13 trillion represents annual transactions handled by Ripple Treasury customers, not projected RLUSD transaction volume. RLUSD circulating supply reached $2.4 billion after growing more than 50% during one month. Around $1.4 billion of RLUSD circulates on Ethereum, while $1 billion remains on XRPL currently. Ripple plans a MiCA-compliant dual-issuance structure before offering its dollar stablecoin across European markets widely. Payments, settlement and collateral currently provide Ripple’s main institutional use cases for its RLUSD stablecoin. CoinDesk reported on…

BNB Chain has added $3.62 billion in real-world asset value during 2026, surpassing Solana’s $2.66 billion increase in CryptoRank’s latest blockchain ranking. Summary BNB Chain added $3.62 billion in RWA value during 2026, leading CryptoRank’s measured blockchain rankings. Solana ranked second with $2.66 billion in growth, followed closely by Stellar at $2.50 billion. Ethereum added $1.6 billion during 2026 but retained the largest total share of RWA value. Total onchain RWA value exceeded $39 billion, rising more than 50% during 2026, CryptoRank reported. CryptoRank’s public post did not provide starting balances or an asset-level breakdown for each network. CryptoRank reported…

Chainflip has lost 736,442.17 USDT through six unauthorized payouts after an attacker exploited its handling of TRON transaction memos. Summary Chainflip reported 736,442.17 USDT lost through six unauthorized payouts tied to its TRON integration exploit. Attackers repeated the same deposit eight times within approximately ninety minutes using altered transaction memos. One pending swap worth 115,654.41 USDT remains unpaid, while its funds stay inside Chainflip’s vault. Chainflip finalized a fix but said operations would remain paused until Monday at the earliest. The protocol promised compensation, although its final reimbursement method and technical report remain pending publicly. Chainflip said in a Sept.…

The pro-independence leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have scheduled a Cardiff summit for Sept. 14 to discuss cooperation on four policy areas, including self-determination. Summary Three pro-independence first ministers plan Monday talks covering self-determination, economic policy, energy, and European relations. The Telegraph reports leaders will sign an agreement, but officials have not published its text. Welsh First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth rejected claims that the summit seeks Britain’s immediate breakup. Scotland cannot hold an independence referendum unilaterally because constitutional matters remain reserved to Westminster authorities. Northern Ireland’s statutory referendum route depends on a judgment by Britain’s Northern Ireland…

Goldman Sachs has revised its Federal Reserve forecast and now expects a 25-basis-point rate increase when policymakers conclude their Sept. 15–16 meeting. Summary Goldman Sachs now expects a 25-basis-point Federal Reserve rate increase at Wednesday’s policy decision meeting. August consumer prices rose 0.4%, while annual headline inflation stayed unchanged at 3.4% across America. Core CPI increased 0.3% monthly but eased to a five-year-low 2.4% annual rate in August. Interest-rate futures assigned an 87% probability to a September hike after the inflation release Friday. The FOMC will publish its decision, projections, and policy statement on September 16 in Washington. CoinDesk reported…