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TREE NEWS update: Nigel Farage, leader of Britain’s Reform UK party, said he believes a general election will be held in spring 2027. His comments come amid speculation about the timing of the next UK vote.

TREE NEWS reports: Zcash surged to its highest price in nearly a decade, crushing short bets amid a Fed-driven crypto rally. However, the rally reversed hours later after a stronger-than-expected jobs report pushed Bitcoin back below $80,000.

TREE NEWS update: US President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order related to beef on September 4. The order’s specific provisions were not disclosed in the initial report.

TREE NEWS reports: On-chain data shows Mach Big Brother (Huang Licheng) opened a new 10x leveraged long on HYPE on Sept 5. His total position is now $147M, with unrealized gains of $302K and a ROI of 5.78%. This includes a $100M 25x ETH long (up $274K), a $45.89M 40x BTC long (up $29K), and a $761K HYPE long (down $1,301).

TREE NEWS reports: UK 2-year government bond yield rose 1.2 basis points on Friday, closing at 4.531%, after jumping from around 4.513% to 4.575% on US nonfarm payrolls release. The yield accumulated a weekly gain of 17.3 basis points. Meanwhile, 10-year gilt yield fell slightly to 5.133%, but spiked to 5.184% on the data, ending the week up 10.3 bps.

TREE NEWS reports: Garrett Jin, agent for the ‘1011 insider whale,’ said on X that Bitcoin has held $76,600, broken $79,000, and made higher highs, but now faces resistance around $82,500. Jin noted that most traders missed this rebound, suggesting waiting for $75,000 during the dip to $76,000, and now advising taking profits at $85,000, sarcastically doubting if they are really trading.

TREE NEWS update: Volkswagen’s CEO said the company will invest hundreds of billions of euros over the coming years to make its iconic brands more attractive, stronger, and more competitive. The supervisory board’s approval of the 2030 future plan signals a strong commitment to the group’s development.

TREE NEWS reports: Tom Lee, chairman of Bitmine, said on X that about 20% of the top-performing stocks in the Russell 1000 index this quarter are crypto-related. BMNR is up 99% since Q3, ranking 4th; MSTR up 67% (12th); CRCL up 65% (14th); BLSH up 55% (21st). Lee noted with a month left, these strong performers may attract investor attention.

TREE NEWS update: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that a special envoy of US President Donald Trump will arrive in Ukraine on Sunday. The visit comes amid ongoing diplomatic efforts to address the conflict. No further details were provided.

TREE NEWS update: iPronics, a maker of rack-scale optical switching for AI data centers, announced a $125 million Series B round on Sept. 5, co-led by Maverick Silicon and Light Street Capital, with participation from Nvidia, Triatomic Capital, Bosch Ventures, Catalight Capital, and the European Innovation Council Fund. Total funding now stands at $177 million. Proceeds will scale operations and accelerate commercial deployment.

TREE NEWS update: The World Meteorological Organization confirmed on September 3 that an El Nino event has emerged and is expected to strengthen into a super El Nino within months. The UN agency said there is a near 100% chance the event will peak by end of 2024 and persist until February 2027. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the world has entered a ‘danger zone’ for extreme weather, as climate experts note heightened risks due to global warming.

TREE NEWS reports: Robinhood’s meme coin MEME plunged over 60% in six hours, with market cap falling to $45.31 million after peaking at $151 million. The drop follows Robinhood’s launch of tokenized stocks, which drew criticism from AMC CEO Adam Aron over legal threats.

TREE NEWS update: Binance founder Changpeng Zhao met with Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Development, Zhaslan Madiyev, on September 4, praising the country’s rapidly growing cryptocurrency industry. Madiyev, a former general manager of Binance Kazakhstan (2022-2024), has held his current ministerial role since May 2024 and was promoted to deputy PM in 2025-2026.

TREE NEWS reports: European natural gas futures posted strong weekly gains on Friday. ICE UK gas futures settled 1.03% higher at 179.830 pence/therm, up 6.73% for the week. The TTF benchmark Dutch gas futures rose 1.29% to 72.418 euros/MWh, gaining 9.24% on the week after hitting a high of 75.339 euros earlier. EU carbon permits settled 0.47% higher at 83.40 euros/tonne, up 1.45% for the week.

TREE NEWS update: BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo made two further donations totaling £4 million to the UK Reform party, on April 17 and April 30. The donations accounted for 75% of the party’s £5.33 million quarterly haul. Delo’s total donations this year reach £8 million, second only to Tether investor Christopher Harborne. All payments were in cash, not cryptocurrency.

TREE NEWS reports: MSCI Nordic Countries Index was roughly flat at 402.61 points. Among ten sectors, Nordic telecom was the biggest decliner. Biotech firm Novonesis Novozymes B fell 3.1%, the worst performer among Nordic stocks.

TREE NEWS update: Ripple has partnered with the University of Florida to feature the XRP logo on the field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium and across Florida Athletics’ digital properties and events. This marks the latest step in Ripple’s broader college sports sponsorship strategy, following similar deals with other universities.

TREE NEWS reports: Anthropic is weighing whether to build more of its own billing, fraud detection and other financial infrastructure rather than rely on external providers. The AI firm has not finalized decisions on payments, billing and tax processing—whether to develop more tools internally or continue procuring vendor solutions. One senior billing engineer role would help guide build-versus-buy choices.

TREE NEWS reports: Robinhood Chain’s total value locked surged about 90% in 30 days to $757 million, ranking 12th network-wide, but Robinhood’s own users contribute only 1-2% of transaction volume. The chain’s daily DEX volume exceeded $1 billion, latest at $1.69 billion, about 17% of global DEX volume. Weekly volume reached $8.2 billion, trailing only Solana and Ethereum. Uniswap intermediates 77% of the chain’s volume, accounting for over 50% of Uniswap’s total volume.

TREE NEWS reports: Germany’s DAX 30 index provisionally closed up 0.16% at 26,044.42 points on Friday, capping a weekly decline of about 1.9%. France’s CAC fell 0.08% provisionally, Italy’s FTSE MIB dropped 0.28% with banks down 0.68%, while the UK’s FTSE edged up 0.02%.