The Indonesian rupiah and government bonds declined for a third straight session on Thursday as markets weighed whether a small protest in Jakarta would expand into a larger demonstration, Bloomberg reported.

Zcash mobile wallet Zodl has told iOS users to pause in-app voting until the forthcoming release of version 3.10.2. Citing information reported by Foresight News, the wallet notes that an interrupted submission could still cause the app to register a user for this voting round, with a fix being prioritized.

Zodl added that more than two weeks remain in the voting period, so there is no need to rush to vote before updating. If users encounter a wallet already registerede error, they should contact official support and avoid reopening the voting menu, uninstalling the app, clearing data, resetting the wallet, or revealing their seed phrase.

Bloomberg reports that the Philippine Stock Exchange anticipates a smaller pool of brokerage firms if the Securities and Exchange Commission raises the minimum capital requirements for brokers.

The exchange did not provide a timeline or an estimate of how many firms might be affected.

Data published by Jin10 on Thursday indicate a rise in shipping activity at the Strait of Hormuz, despite the ongoing standoff between the United States and Iran.

Market participants are also monitoring negotiations between Iran and Oman regarding the management of the waterway.

According to Wallstreetcn, Qwen Office released the Qwen3.8-Flash model and introduced a standard mode, enabling access to the new version through the standard option.

The update is described as delivering lower point consumption and faster token throughput on the latest model.

Qwen Office said its product lineup will be limited to standard and premium modes going forward, with 95% of daily tasks handled by the standard mode and only 5% of complex tasks requiring the premium mode.

Australian household spending rose more than expected in July, according to Bloomberg.

The release adds to signs of solid demand in the economy after three rate increases earlier this year.

Blockstream has published a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal that introduces SHRINCS, a hash-based post-quantum signature scheme. The document notes that SHRINCS has been tested in production on the Liquid sidechain and includes a copy of the Bitcoin white paper.

According to the BIP, the minimum signature size is 548 bytes, roughly nine times larger than a Schnorr signature, though smaller than the NIST-approved ML-DSA and SPHINCS+ schemes. The proposal also states that the security proof remains unfinished and that SHRINCS is stateful, requiring storage of used keys for each signature.

Blockstream notes that the signature grows by 16 bytes with each use, and that a stateless fallback transaction of about 5,777 bytes would be needed to recover funds if a device is lost.

The company estimates Bitcoin could sustain roughly 3 TPS with SHRINCS, or 6.7 TPS if combined with ZK proof aggregation.

Sina Finance reports that U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Canada has objected to how certain proposed terms would be implemented in the planned U.S.–Canada trade agreement.

In a media interview, Greer outlined aspects of the proposed deal and addressed Canada’s retaliatory measures, stating, "This will not bring us any economic disaster."

Fidelity clients have net bought $413 million worth of Bitcoin over the past nine days, with net purchases occurring on every trading day in the period.

ChainCatcher notes that Fidelity’s cumulative Bitcoin purchases since the launch of spot Bitcoin ETFs have surpassed $10 billion.

The CME FedWatch tool shows a 63.5% odds that the Federal Reserve will hold rates steady in September, with a 36.5% probability priced in for a 25-basis-point increase, according to Jiemian News.

For October, the odds of no change are 47.3%, while a cumulative 25-basis-point hike is priced in at 43.4% and a 50-basis-point move at 9.3%.