ZEC rose 13.91% in 24 hours as turnover reached 6.33%, mining economics improved and broader crypto risk appetite strengthened.

Solana improvement proposal SIMD-0228 passed by a narrow margin, a measure the market has dubbed the “double disinflation” proposal. The plan centers on sharply reducing SOL’s token inflation rate, with a projected drop of about 80% if fully implemented. The change would directly affect staking yields and is intended to ease long-term selling pressure by reducing new token issuance. The proposal’s adoption still depends on implementation by node operators.

The crypto market rose 4.7% to $2.82 trillion on September 4, 2026, as Bitcoin broke above $81,000, Fed rate-hike expectations eased, and ZEC, ADA, UNI, ARB, XRP, and DOGE joined a broad altcoin rally. Read the daily analysis of BTC, ETH, UNI, ZEC, market breadth, and the next levels to watch.

Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) shares rose nearly 2% in early trade on Friday after GE Aerospace delivered three F404-IN20 engines in August, taking total deliveries for the Tejas Mk1A programme to 10. Engine supply had been a key bottleneck for the project. Goldman Sachs maintained its Buy rating on HAL with a target price of 5,870 rupees. The Indian Air Force has ordered 180 LCA Mk1A jets from HAL, while GE is required to deliver 99 engines under a 2021 contract.

Asian equities advanced on Friday in line with a global rally as investors awaited key U.S. jobs data. Comments from Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller helped ease rate-hike concerns, pulling U.S. Treasury yields and the dollar lower, according to Reuters. The yen strengthened 2.6% for the week to around 155.7 per dollar, while markets trimmed the implied probability of a rate increase at this month’s meeting to 50% from about 63%.

New York raw sugar futures retreated sharply from a 17-month high, falling as much as 4.8% intraday for the biggest drop since May. Prices had surged more than 21% last month after India allowed up to 1 million tons of duty-free raw sugar imports, stoking concerns about tight supply. But softer domestic prices in India have damped expectations for overseas purchases, with Rabobank estimating actual imports at 500,000 to 600,000 tons.

Australia’s supermarket giant Coles has confirmed it will not renew its contract with Palantir beyond 2027. The partnership, signed in early 2024, gave Palantir access to more than 10 billion rows of operational data. The decision followed pressure from a consumer privacy campaign that gathered more than 85,000 signatures and placed advertising outside close to 700 stores.

APA Group reported FY26 results with underlying EBITDA up 8.3% year on year, free cash flow up 3.2% and statutory net profit surging 81.4%. The company also guided FY27 underlying EBITDA of A$2,260 million to A$2,340 million, above FY26. However, the average broker target price is A$9.65 versus the current A$10.94 share price, implying about 12% downside.