According to CoinMeta, recently a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives passed a Bitcoin reserve bill, marking further progress in cryptocurrency regulation in the United States. At the same time, SEC approved limited on-chain trading of tokenized stocks, which analysts consider a milestone for genuine tokenization of U.S. stocks. Additionally, the number of people claiming unemployment benefits in the United States dropped to 196,000 at the beginning of the week on September 12, setting a new low since July. Spot silver rose by 4% during the day, and spot gold rose by 2.5%, breaking through $4,372.4 per ounce. BlackRock deposited 54,096 ETH and 2,015 BTC into Coinbase Prime. The Bank of England maintained its interest rate at 3.75% unchanged and warned that an intensification of conflicts in the Middle East might necessitate interest rate hikes. The U.S. also imposed sanctions on the crypto exchange Bitbank on the grounds that it supports the Iranian government. Standard & Poor's Global announced the acquisition of the blockchain security company OpenZeppelin.