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According to its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Costco received $184 million in tariff refunds during Q4 2026 and is using most of the funds to lower prices across produce, meat, beverages, home furnishings, and hardware. The total comprised $174 million in refunded tariffs and $10 million in interest, producing a non-recurring earnings benefit of $0.15 per diluted share after reinvestment in member value. CEO Ron Vachris confirmed price cuts during the second half of the quarter. CFO Ga

According to Odaily, XRP Ledger released xrpld 3.4.1 today, fixing batch functionality issues and introducing broader stability improvements. The update includes the fixBatchV12 amendment, which has reached a 94.29% consensus rate among validators. The new amendment and batch functionality have entered activation phase. Node operators and validators are encouraged to upgrade promptly. Developers confirmed the issue did not affect the mainnet and caused no fund losses.

According to CoinDesk, Tether disclosed on September 24 that its exposure to EQIBank amounts to less than 0.034% of group assets, estimated at approximately $63.8 million based on the company's June 30 attestation of $187.75 billion in total assets. U.S. authorities seized roughly $89 million connected to EQIBank's payment processor Capstone Limited on September 14, representing about 80% of the offshore lender's monetary holdings. A federal court order directed seizure of accounts held under Ca

According to TheEnergyMag, citing SEC filings, Riot Platforms repaid the full outstanding principal and accrued interest on its Coinbase Credit facility on September 21, releasing 5,821 BTC collateral pledged against the $200 million loan. The fixed-rate debt carried a 6.15% annual interest rate with a revised maturity date of April 20, 2027; Riot's early redemption occurred approximately seven months before the scheduled due date. As of June 30, the 5,821 BTC represented approximately 51% of Ri

According to Foresight News, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated on X that PeerDAS has operated stably for nearly one year with virtually no issues. He described it as an underappreciated achievement by Ethereum client developers. PeerDAS is the first large-scale blockchain system to enable decentralized consensus on data availability without requiring any single node to download complete blocks, eliminating the need for full data replication across the network.

According to BlockBeats, on September 26, trader Bonk Guy expressed a bullish outlook on STONK, revealing he has accumulated STONK ecosystem tokens recently. Bonk Guy believes the ecosystem has strong development potential and may perform well long-term. However, Bonk Guy called on the STONK community to stop treating all competing projects as "parasitic" to the ecosystem. He stated that the most concerning factor for STONK's growth is influential ecosystem participants pushing a narrative that

According to BBC, Russian forces struck data centers across Ukraine recently, including a facility in Kyiv's central business district, killing four people and leaving approximately 100,000 households without internet connectivity. Russia confirmed attacks on Datagroup and targeted other telecommunications infrastructure operated by New-Telco, United DC, Kyivstar, and Parkovyi. Some companies have begun migrating data abroad to avoid disruption. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha stated th

According to Guru Club, on September 26, President Trump stated that 'Super Intelligence' is a more accurate term than 'Artificial Intelligence' because the word 'Artificial' often implies something false or unreal, whereas AI is actually an extremely powerful form of intelligence.

According to Aave founder Stani, the protocol plans to expand lending services to solar, batteries, GPUs, robots, and space infrastructure. Stani stated that Aave's market potential is measured by its addressable collateral—the range of assets that can be used as collateral. The platform has evolved from crypto lending to securities through partnerships including Coinbase Tokenized Stocks and Horizon RWA. Stani expects this expansion to continue through 2050, with Aave aiming to accelerate the t

According to ITAR-TASS, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock during the UN General Assembly on September 26.

According to CoinDesk, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs achieved positive net inflows of nearly $800 million in 2026, reversing a $5.8 billion deficit recorded on July 13. Bitcoin's price recovered to approximately $85,000 from below $58,000 earlier in the year, tracking closely with ETF inflows. Roughly $4 billion of recent inflows arrived following U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's August announcement of increased bond purchases to manage liquidity. The funds logged six consecutive days of inflows

According to Bitcoin Magazine, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw inflows of $134.5 million yesterday (September 25), with cumulative net inflows of $2.97 billion recorded over the past 7 trading days.

According to CoinDesk, Kraken's parent company Payward has begun integrating trading, banking, asset management, and institutional services into a unified infrastructure platform. Payward has achieved profitability and has no immediate plans to pursue an initial public offering, the company stated.

According to SpaceX's second-quarter earnings release, Starlink's Connectivity segment generated $4.29 billion in revenue, up 66% year-over-year, with operating income rising 79% to $1.66 billion. The subscriber base doubled from 6 million to 12 million, while Connectivity adjusted EBITDA reached $2.6 billion. Starlink is increasingly reliant on enterprise and government contracts, with consumer revenue accounting for approximately $2.49 billion and enterprise and government connectivity revenue

According to Guru Club, U.S. President Donald Trump stated on Sept 26 that America will not slow down its artificial intelligence development. The statement underscores the administration's stance on maintaining competitive momentum in the AI sector.

According to Windows Central, Microsoft Surface Chief Product Officer Brett Ostrum confirmed at Snapdragon Summit 2026 that the company has discontinued the Copilot+ branding from its new laptops. Ostrum stated: "These are not called Copilot+ PCs. They do meet all the requirements of our previous bar for what Copilot+ devices are." Upcoming devices including Nvidia's RTX Spark N1X and Microsoft's Project Zenith will also ship without Copilot+ badges despite meeting the hardware specifications.

According to Jin10, President Trump rejected Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on September 26, stating the U.S. maintains full control of the waterway. Trump said Iran is seeking an agreement to immediately reopen the strait, but he has refused their offer.

According to BlockBeats, on September 26, Payward (Kraken's parent company) has deployed billions of dollars over the past two years to expand from a crypto trading platform into a unified financial infrastructure provider. The company completed two major acquisitions: $1.5 billion for NinjaTrader to build U.S. futures brokerage operations, and $550 million for Bitnomial to acquire regulated trading, clearing, and derivatives infrastructure. Payward also secured $100 million investment from Nasd

According to BlockBeats, on September 26, President Trump rejected Iran's ceasefire proposal. Trump stated: "I reject Iran's proposal."

Marvell executives stated at Six Five Summit 2026 that optical interconnect and memory technologies will become critical factors in the next stage of AI infrastructure expansion, as the industry moves beyond chip performance competition. Dave Lazovsky, Senior Vice President of Marvell's Data Center Networking group, noted that inference-driven computing has increased KV cache demand approximately 10-fold over the past nine months, forcing a shift from copper-based interconnects toward optical so