📢 The US now has a record ~90 data centers exceeding 100MW, with that number projected to triple to ~280 by 2030 as tech companies commit roughly $7T to the AI buildout.

📢 Bitcoin OGs are moving more BTC, with the 90-day average rising to 1,500 BTC, according to CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost.

📢 Privacy coins are the only crypto sector trading above October 2025 levels, up 213%, according to Glassnode.

📢 Hong Kong’s Russian gold imports have surged from almost zero in 2019 to around $14.5B in just seven months of 2026, according to the FT.

📢 Bitcoin short-term whale profits have hit a record $9.07B, increasing the risk of a potential sell-off, according to CryptoQuant.

📢 Spot CEX trading volume climbed 15% in August to $811B, recovering from July’s two-year low, with Coinbase and KuCoin recording the biggest gains.

📢 US data center construction spending surged 57% YoY in July to a record $75B annualized pace, up 717% since 2021 as the AI infrastructure buildout accelerates.

📢 The top 7 token unlocks this week total $703.73M, with $RAIN accounting for the largest share at $586.44M.

📢 A sharp decline in average PISA scores across 23 OECD countries since 2018 has pushed reading performance to roughly two years of schooling below its 2012 level.

📢 Bitcoin ETFs saw $643M in inflows last Thursday, their biggest single-day haul since January, after posting their strongest month of 2026.

📢 Onchain spot RWA trading volume reached a record $7.82B in August, according to CryptoRank.

📢 China’s central bank has now bought gold for 22 straight months, adding 80 tonnes in 2026 to bring its reserves to a record 2,387 tonnes.

📢 ISM Services Prices Paid is rising again, pointing to renewed upside pressure on U.S. inflation.

📢 $IBIT has pulled in $3.7B this quarter, on track for its strongest quarterly inflow since Q3 2025. With $459.8M added in September after a record $3B in August, IBIT’s AUM has surged 46% to $62.6B since July.

📢 The U.S. Treasury plans to buy back up to $6B in long-dated bonds on September 10.

📢 Anthropic projects U.S. GDP could hit $44.4T by 2030 under extreme AI adoption, but with significantly higher unemployment among knowledge workers.

📢 USDT and USDC control 94% of the leading stablecoin supply, leaving just 6% for new competitors.

📢 Europe accounts for 72.9% of Solana leader slots, with Germany at 36.1% and Frankfurt alone leading all cities with 35.3%.

📢 Markets now price a 60.2% chance of a Fed rate hike on September 16, up from 44.4% a month ago.

📢 CryptoQuant identifies $72K–$73K as a critical Bitcoin level. Holding above it could point to institutional reaccumulation, while losing it would weaken the trend.