According to Bitcoin.com News, TRM Labs recorded 32 price manipulation attacks in 2026, in which attackers used low liquidity tokens to manipulate collateral prices, resulting in bad debts in lending agreements. According to DeFiLlama data, the total locked up amount of encrypted asset collateral lending agreements is close to $50 billion, and the active loan scale is close to $29 billion. Tropical suffered losses exceeding $70 million due to manipulation of TONIC prices, and attackers gained approximately $6 million after Cronos rolled back the chain; Moonwell suffered a loss of approximately $8.7 million due to price manipulation of MAMO oracle.

According to CCTV International News, in the early morning of September 2nd, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced the launch of heavy ballistic missiles at a US Marine Corps camp along the coast of the Gulf of Aqaba in Jordan, destroying several facilities and causing a large number of US military casualties. The US military and Jordan have not responded yet.

Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase are cautious about the future of the US stock market, mainly concerned about the sustainability of the AI investment boom and the uncertainty brought by the midterm elections. The Ohsung Kwon team, Chief Equity Strategist at Wells Fargo, expects the AI capital expenditure cycle to enter its later stages in 2027, with growth rates peaking in the next quarter. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Walsh made hawkish remarks, pushing the market to increase its bets on raising interest rates this year. Analysts from Wells Fargo predict that the trend of suspending data center projects will heat up, and the approaching midterm elections will lead to more project suspensions in the future.

The US SEC has scheduled a roundtable meeting on September 17, 2026 to discuss preparations for 24-hour trading and announce the list of attendees. （Cointelegraph）

[Protect Progress Invests $189,000 to Support Jake Auchincloss's Re-election, Involves AI Campaigning] According to Cointelegraph, data from the Federal Election Commission shows that Protect Progress, under Fairshake, spent $189,000 on advertisements to support Jake Auchincloss's re-election in the primary for Massachusetts's 4th Congressional District. Candidate Jason Poulos pointed out that part of the funds were used to create AI-generated campaign materials and called on Jake Auchincloss to publicly condemn this practice. Jason Poulos disclosed that Jake Auchincloss has received $77,500 in donations from the crypto industry since 2020. The congressman had previously voted in favor of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act in July 2025.