OFAC designated Türkiye’s Golden Global Bank and two Istanbul subsidiaries under Operation Economic Outcast and E.O. 13902 for facilitating IRGC-QF transactions.
On-chain monitor Specter flagged a suspected GoMining-linked drain of 600+ wallets totaling about $2.8 million, later consolidated into roughly 1,147 ETH. One tagged service wallet lost about $2.79 million. GoMining has not confirmed. Bitget paused GOMINING-ETH deposits and withdrawals citing wallet maintenance.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the European Union has officially joined Operation Economic Outcast. That is his X post dated 3 September 2026, 4:26pm.
West Texas Intermediate trades around $89.50 a barrel during Asian hours on Friday as US military escorts through Hormuz stay on the tape.
The US dollar index is losing ground for a third consecutive day, trading around 99.00 during Asian hours on Friday.
GBP/USD gathers strength to near 1.3530 during early Asian trading hours on Friday. The pound is firmer into the US labour stamp.
This is a preview only. August US jobs have not printed. The stamp is due 18:00 IST / 08:30 ET on Friday 4 September 2026.
Trump welcomed August’s +162K jobs print on Truth Social, then renewed his call for a much easier Fed and tied lower rates to trade policy.
EUR/CAD holds around 1.6040 in early European hours Friday after a bullish-gap open as Germany’s July factory orders beat forecasts. Macklem’s hawkish CAD color stays on the tape. NFP still prints later Friday.
USD/CAD consolidates below the 1.3800 mark during Friday’s Asian session, near a nearly two-week low.
USD/CAD jumps to around 1.3850 (+0.39%, ~+80 pips) after Canada shed 41.7K jobs and US NFP printed +162K.
Eurozone retail sales fall an unexpected 0.6% MoM on the July headline stamp, with the same page’s body labeling that print as June. EUR/USD trades near 1.1622 after slight selling. NFP is still preview only.