Singapore plans to invest 173 million U.S. dollars over the next three years to support fintech and innovation.

Key pre-market news for US stocks on Monday: 1. Strategy added 4,603 BTC last week, its first purchase in two months, at an average price of $80,318; Bitmine added 53,501 Ethereum last week, marking its 65th consecutive week of accumulation. 2. US Central Command confirmed that US forces struck two Iranian rocket launchers in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday (early morning Beijing time, August 31). This is the first time the US has publicly admitted to an attack on Iran since late July. 3. Jensen Huang said AI is bringing manufacturing back to the US and helping America lead the next industrial revolution. AI is creating demand, driving investment in the US’s aging power grids and sustainable energy, driven by market forces rather than subsidies. 4. Last week, the US signed a broad energy cooperation agreement with Venezuelan interim president Rodriguez. Trump said Sunday that the US will fill its strategic petroleum reserve with Venezuelan oil. 5. Barclays expects the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by 25 basis points in both September and December this year. 6. Tom Lee believes that asset tokenization and AI agent finance will be the core narratives of the crypto market over the next five years, with Ethereum poised to become the underlying settlement layer of the global financial system, and ETH remains significantly undervalued relative to BTC at present.

OpenAI said ChatGPT's annualized ad revenue has reached $1 billion.

The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note has risen to 4.75%, the highest level since January 2025.

Strategy disclosed that it spent $369.7 million to add 4,603 BTC to its holdings during last week (August 24–August 30). The purchase comes over two months after its last Bitcoin acquisition, when it bought 520 BTC in the week of June 15–June 21.

BofA Securities noted in a report that following remarks by Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh on Friday, the market’s implied probability of a September interest rate hike climbed to nearly 60%, though the Fed’s future tightening policy will still hinge on upcoming August economic data. Analysts stated: “We cannot yet confirm a rate hike is a done deal, as very weak August data could still shift the situation. However, barring any major unexpected downturn, the onus for a September rate hike falls on Warsh.” The August employment report is due this Friday. The July employment print came in notably below analysts’ forecasts, prompting some economists to question the underlying growth momentum of the U.S. economy.

Etherscan has officially launched a new AI-focused tool suite that enables developers and agents to directly access the same reliable on-chain data available on the Etherscan platform. Covering more than 60 EVM-compatible chains, the suite delivers structured, certified real-time data access for AI agents through three channels: MCP, CLI, and Skills. Specifically, Etherscan MCP supports mainstream programming agents such as Claude and Codex to query on-chain information using natural language; the CLI tool outputs clean JSON, table, or CSV results in the terminal and features an interactive interface; the Skills module integrates specialized capabilities including Orchestrator, contract review, transaction debugging, and process orchestration, helping agents efficiently tackle complex tasks. Etherscan noted that these tools are designed to lower the barrier for AI to interact with blockchain data, with developers able to get started quickly by referencing the official documentation, and the platform also welcomes user feedback on usage experiences or sharing innovative applications built with these tools.