U.S. looks to influence Japan's monetary policy. It couldn't do that with bitcoin

Your day-ahead look for Sept. 1, 2026
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Your day-ahead look for Sept. 1, 2026
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Ethena has introduced Ethena Pay, a product aimed at bringing stablecoins into everyday financial use. The offering includes a dollar-denominated savings account yielding 6% annually, significantly above traditional bank rates. Users also receive 5% cashback on card spending, making it competitive with mainstream fintech products. Ethena uses the Avalanche blockchain for transaction settlement. The move signals growing ambition among crypto-native firms to challenge conventional retail banking services.

The UK's National Crime Agency has frozen a Premier League bank account holding approximately $13.5 million as part of a cryptocurrency crime investigation. The funds in question are linked to a $140 million sponsorship agreement between the Premier League and fantasy sports crypto platform Sorare. Authorities clarified that the Premier League itself is not suspected of any wrongdoing in the matter. The freeze appears to target the origin or movement of the funds rather than any alleged misconduct by the league.

Bitcoin miner Hut 8 has found itself at the center of a major AI infrastructure deal, with its Texas power campus included in Anthropic's $35 billion agreement. The site carries two long-term leases valued at $19.6 billion, a figure that dwarfs Hut 8's latest quarterly revenue by more than 260 times. The deal underscores the intensifying race among AI companies to lock in reliable power sources and data-center capacity. Anthropic's massive commitment reflects growing demand for energy-intensive computing infrastructure to support large-scale AI development.

Singapore's financial regulator has put forward new rules requiring stablecoin issuers to hold 100% reserves against their issued tokens. The proposed framework also prohibits issuers from offering yields to holders. Authorities say the rules are designed to align with regulatory approaches already adopted in the United States and the European Union. The proposal additionally creates a pathway for foreign-issued stablecoins to receive official recognition in Singapore.

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