JUP rose 20.03% in 24 hours as USD 200.65 million turnover and Raydium LaunchLab attention lifted Solana DEX interest.

LINK rose 5.60% in 24 hours as a payment-network partnership stayed in focus; USD 717.66 million turnover meets stretched daily momentum.

RAY rose 28.89% in 24 hours as a StonkFun LaunchLab integration focused attention on Raydium, while turnover reached 0.95x market cap.

Indian stocks opened lower on Monday as escalating tensions in West Asia pushed Brent crude toward $97 a barrel. Direct U.S. strikes on Iranian oil tankers heightened concerns about potential supply disruptions. Weak Wall Street cues and expectations of higher U.S. interest rates also weighed on sentiment.

Blockstream-developed Bitcoin sidechain Liquid Network has halted operations after a vulnerability labeled “4,000” was exploited. The exploit led to the withdrawal of about 4,000 bitcoin, with losses estimated at roughly $320 million at current market prices. Liquid is designed to offer exchanges and institutions faster, more confidential Bitcoin transfers, and the outage has raised concerns about its security architecture. The team is working on the issue, but has not provided a timeline for a fix or updates on fund recovery.

The Reserve Bank of India has approved Life Insurance Corporation of India to increase its holding in ICICI Bank to as much as 9.99% within one year. LIC already owns a little over 4% of the private lender. The approval takes effect from a September 4 letter and will lapse automatically if the stake is not acquired within the period.

India’s sugar recovery rate has continued to decline, tightening supply and lifting prices. Wholesale sugar prices rose to Rs 5,747 per quintal in September, up more than 30% from June. Sugar companies’ procurement costs remain elevated, prompting Bikaji Foods to begin rolling out a roughly 2% price increase. Analysts warn prices for festive-season staples such as biscuits and sweets could rise another 2–5%.

Brent crude rose about 8% last week, hovering near $95 a barrel as escalating U.S.-Iran tensions fueled worries about potential supply disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz. India’s foreign-exchange reserves climbed to a record $740.8 billion as of August 28, giving the central bank a larger buffer to manage currency swings. In the U.S., August nonfarm payrolls increased by 1,62,000, keeping uncertainty around the Federal Reserve’s policy outlook in focus.