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On Wednesday (Sept 30), the ICE U.S. Dollar Index closed at 101.477 in New York, up 0.10% on the day and up 2.06% for the month of September, according to market data. The index has been climbing steadily since hitting a low of 98.599 on Sept 9, trading between 98.557 and 101.640 during the quarter and forming a V-shaped recovery pattern. Bloomberg's Dollar Index rose 0.05% to 1,218.96, up 1.92% for September, having declined 0.26% for the third quarter as it rebounded from a Sept 9 low of 1,184

According to SlowMist's investigation, the attacker behind Bitget's $388 million breach on Sept. 24 first exploited a zero-day vulnerability in a third-party security product on Aug. 31, more than three weeks before the unauthorized withdrawals were detected. SlowMist and Mandiant both confirmed that compromised third-party security products enabled access to the exchange's wallet environment. The attacker retrieved database credentials, accessed a management platform using an internal employee

According to Bloomberg data, CBOT corn futures fell 3.98% to $5.0125 per bushel on Sept 30, with the Bloomberg Grains Index declining 2.14% to 33.0376 points as the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its crop inventory report. Despite the session decline, corn futures rose 13.53% for the third quarter. CBOT soybean meal futures fell 0.78% on the day but surged 17.78% in Q3, while soybean futures dropped 0.21% and wheat futures declined 2.56% to close the quarter.

According to TechCrunch, the U.S. government's new America.gov chatbot, which launched on Sept. 29, contains a roughly 1,800-word rewrite of Minecraft's End Poem as an easter egg. When prompted about Minecraft, the bot delivers the text instead of standard government information, replicating the structure of the original poem written by Irish author Julian Gough but replacing cosmic themes with government paperwork references. The chatbot is designed to help users access services from approximat

According to White House officials, President Trump announced on September 30 that South Korea would invest $54 billion in Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) development, alongside an 8-unit nuclear power plant project and a 6-gigawatt power facility in Texas. However, Seoul has not confirmed the Alaska and nuclear projects as final commitments. South Korea has only confirmed a $22.3 billion investment to build a natural gas power plant in Texas as its first major U.S. project. The nuclear plant

According to Bloomberg, Stand With Crypto announced Wednesday it will support several candidates in the 2026 midterm elections, including Republican Jon Husted in Ohio, Republican Ashley Hinson in Iowa, and Democrat Chris Pappas in New Hampshire for Senate seats. The Coinbase-affiliated advocacy group also endorsed House candidates including Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks in Iowa and Democrat Shomari Figures in Alabama. The endorsements come after the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY)

According to Jin10, citing Syria's official media (SANA), a natural gas pipeline in eastern Syria was damaged by sabotage on September 29, disrupting gas supplies to power plants. The pipeline segment between Al-Shoula and Deir ez-Zor caught fire after section valves were destroyed, blocking gas from the Al-Jabsah field from reaching power generation facilities. Energy Minister Muhammad Bashir noted that Syria's daily gas production has fallen from approximately 30 million cubic meters before 20

According to Bloomberg TV, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev is building infrastructure around 7x24 trading mode for assets.

According to an official announcement, OpenAI and Synopsys announced on October 1 a multi-year partnership to develop GPT-Synopsys, a specialized AI model for semiconductor design. The model integrates with Synopsys' EDA (electronic design automation) tools and uses AI agents to automate chip design tasks across power efficiency, performance, and area metrics. Customer design data will not be used to train the model. The companies will share revenue from the offering, with specific figures undis

According to NBC News, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other company executives declined to attend a congressional hearing held today on uncontrolled artificial intelligence and national security. Republican Senator Josh Hawley disclosed the information by sharing the NBC News report on social media platform X.

According to TheStreet, Ondo Perps, the perpetual futures platform built by Ondo Finance, has launched spot trading for tokenized stocks and ETFs on a central limit order book. This marks the first time Ondo Stocks have been available for permissionless spot trading outside the United States. The initial lineup includes tokenized versions of NVIDIA, Tesla, Alphabet, SpaceX, Circle, Micron, Sandisk, the S&P 500 ETF (SPY), Invesco QQQ, Roundhill Memory ETF (DRAM), and gold and silver through SPDR

Republican senators recently announced the draft text of the ADAPT Act, proposing significant changes to U.S. crypto taxation that could benefit stablecoin users. The bill stipulates that no gain or loss shall be recognized when eligible dollar stablecoins are used for purchasing goods or services. Transactions under $10 will not require capital gains calculations, while eligibility is based on GENIUS Act issuer standards. According to SolanaFloor, this development could ease the tax burden on c

According to ChainCatcher, Base completed the Cobalt upgrade, introducing conditional transactions and issuer control tools for tokenized assets. The upgrade extends the B20 token standard, enabling issuers to set multiple compliance checks on the same asset, including identity verification, qualified investor status, and sanctions screening. Issuers can preset corporate actions such as stock splits, updating share quantities displayed in wallets and applications without minting, burning, or alt

According to India's embassy in Saudi Arabia, a Dubai Air flight diverted and landed in Tabuk today. Indian pilot Smit Matihar was transferred to a hospital in northwest Tabuk for medical treatment, the embassy said.

According to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at the company's Dev Day event on Tuesday (September 29), OpenAI announced the Decisions API, a new tool designed to enable its Luna model to quickly choose from a predefined set of options. The API allows developers to provide categories or behaviors for the model to classify and select, optimizing speed while maintaining capabilities like image understanding, multilingual support, and safety protections. TypeSafe AI CEO Diogo Almeida, a former OpenAI engineer

Onshore yuan (CNY) traded at 6.7050 per U.S. dollar as of 03:00 Beijing time on Friday, up 15 basis points from Thursday's close. Trading volume reached 27.693 billion dollars.

According to Bloomberg, the financial data platform has launched an on-chain stablecoin dashboard on its Terminal platform, providing real-time data on stablecoin supply, issuance, and transaction activity. The dashboard, powered by blockchain data provider Allium, covers stablecoins with over $100 million in circulation, representing more than 98% of the total market. Users can compare stablecoins by supply, minting volume, burning volume, transfer size, and turnover rate, with activity data se

South Korean brokerage firms are implementing interest payments on IPO subscription deposits, with maximum annual returns estimated at 31.5 billion won based on a 1% annual rate applied to last year's 383 trillion won total deposits locked for an average of 3 days, according to the Financial Investment Association. Daishin Securities became the first to launch the program on September 23, offering 1% annual interest on deposits up to 1 million won and 0.6% on amounts exceeding that threshold, ef

According to SEC Chairman Paul Atkins, 583 companies went public in the last 18 months, representing a 75% increase compared to the previous administration's period. The figures indicate a significant revitalization of public markets activity.

According to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an Indian pilot's actions recently rescued 174 lives, including Israeli citizens and nationals from other countries.