🔐 END-OF-DAY MARKET REPORT — SEPTEMBER 1, 2026 🌐 TOP STORIES Russia’s 282-FZ crypto law took effect, allowing licensed BTC, ETH and USDT trading/custody; retail transactions are capped at 300,000 rubles (~3,700 $), while domestic crypto payments remain banned Bitcoin Knots’ BLAKE2b hard fork goes live, replacing SHA-256d; existing BTC mining hardware is incompatible with the new chain U.S. strikes on Iranian rocket sites and further threats are lifting oil and rate-hike expectations, pressuring BTC and ETH ━━━ ₿ BITCOIN $BTC opened at 77,700–78,700 $, initially +1.1% before slipping to 77,650–77,950 $. It remains near 78,000 $, below 80,000 $ resistance. Rising Treasury yields pressure non-yielding assets. BTC remains above its 200-day MA; the bull flag targets 81,500 $, then 85,000 $. August gained ~24%, its strongest month of 2026. ━━━ 🔷 ETHEREUM & ALTCOINS $ETH trades at 2,440–2,463 $, XRP 1.37–1.38 $, SOL ~102 $, BNB ~688 $. INJ at 4.88 $ sits between EMA20/EMA50, with RSI 48.23. Fear & Greed is 69, while total market cap fell 2.72% to 2.63 trillion $. ━━━ 📋 KEY CRYPTO DEVELOPMENTS SEC comments continue on “Regulation Crypto Assets,” including a 5 million $ startup exemption and another allowing up to 75 million $ annual funding Zama raised 73 million $ in Series A for fully homomorphic encryption ━━━ 🔓 TOKEN UNLOCKS Sui (SUI) — September 1 ~9.7–18 million $; ~0.33–0.89% of circulating supply. Early Contributors + Community Reserve + Mysten Labs Treasury. Selling pressure: 🟢 Ethena (ENA) — September 2 ~6.05 million $; 0.46% of circulating supply. Foundation. Selling pressure: 🟢 ━━━ 🔭 OUTLOOK Friday’s August NFP is the key catalyst: 55K expected vs -23K in July. Another weak reading could reduce September hike expectations and support BTC; strong data could restore hawkish pricing and hinder an 80,000 $ breakout. ADP, ISM and JOLTS provide earlier signals. Iran and rising yields remain pressure factors.