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According to the company's official announcement on September 28, CleanSpark subsidiary CSDC Finance I, LLC completed the issuance of $2.276 billion in 7.875% senior secured notes due 2031.

TotalEnergies announced plans for a $2.5 billion share buyback in the fourth quarter of 2026, followed by buybacks between $2 billion and $2.5 billion in the first quarter of 2027, according to the company's official statement.

According to Axios, President Trump confirmed a private dinner with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at the White House, marking their first one-on-one meeting. The invitation came after Amodei's absence from a previous U.S.-China state dinner due to scheduling conflicts. Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson have also planned a separate collective meeting with multiple AI company CEOs at the White House.

According to Saudi Press Agency, Saudi Foreign Minister will meet U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday in Washington amid escalating hostilities between Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Houthi militants. The two officials will discuss bilateral relations and key regional and international developments. The meeting comes as Saudi Arabia seeks U.S. military support against Iran-backed Houthi forces. While the United States declined to conduct airstrikes, it agreed to provide intelligence and targ

According to ChainCatcher, Aave V4 on Base has integrated Coinbase tokenized stocks, enabling users outside the United States to use AAPLc, AMZNc, GOOGLc, METAc, MSFTc, NVDAc, and TSLAc as collateral to borrow USDC. The integration was deployed by Aave Labs on behalf of Aave DAO, with price feeds provided by Chainlink.

French Bitcoin treasury firm Capital B recently completed a €21 million institutional funding round to accelerate its Bitcoin acquisitions, CEO Alexandre Laizet announced at BTC Prague. The company currently holds 3,525 BTC valued at $299.14 million and ranks 25th on the Bitcoin DAT list, having recently surpassed Sweden's H100 Group. Laizet stated Capital B intends to buy Bitcoin "as much as possible, as fast as possible and in the most accretive way as possible." Capital B's Bitcoin yield rose

According to InsiderMonkey and Reuters, Oracle reported first-quarter revenue of $19.3 billion, up 30% year-over-year and exceeding market expectations of $19.14 billion, while cloud business revenue surged 62% to $11.6 billion. However, the company's 5-year credit default swap (CDS) premium hit a year-high of 232.41 on September 25, reflecting investor concerns over its massive AI infrastructure investments and negative free cash flow of $5.4 billion in the quarter. Despite the strong quarterly

Researchers at [alloc] init released a 56-page paper titled "Shielded Bitcoin" on September 24, proposing a design for private Bitcoin transfers that would hide amounts, senders and receivers without changing Bitcoin's consensus rules. Clara Shikhelman, Mikhail Komarov and Aleksei Moskvin authored the design, which borrows from Zcash by holding value in encrypted records called notes. Each transaction publishes a nullifier to prevent double-spending and includes a zero-knowledge proof validating

According to Binance Wallet announcement, starting Sept. 25, Binance Wallet enables users to pay gas fees in USDT on BNB Smart Chain, Ethereum, Solana, and TRON, eliminating the need to hold each chain's native token. The underlying blockchain fees remain unchanged and go entirely to validators, not Binance. Separately, TRON users can transfer USDT and TRC-20 tokens with zero gas fees through Binance Wallet until Dec. 22, 2026, after which a discounted 1 USDT per transaction fee applies.

According to Foresight News, London-listed tech company The Smarter Web Company has placed 2,710,442 ordinary shares under a subscription agreement. The placement raised 1,891,933 GBP (before fees) at approximately 0.7 GBP per share, with the company retaining about 98.25% of proceeds. As of the placement, 41,213,788 ordinary shares remain unplaced under the subscription agreement.

According to South Korea's financial investment industry on September 28, major securities firms' overseas subsidiaries are expected to exceed 1 trillion won in net profit for the first time this year. Mirae Asset Securities, NH Investment & Securities, and Korea Investment & Securities reported approximately 950 billion won in combined net profit for the first half of 2026, already surpassing last year's full-year total of 654 billion won. Mirae Asset surged 480% to 852.3 billion won, NH Invest

According to energy data provider Kpler, crude exports from major Middle East producers—including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, and Iran—hit 12.8 million barrels per day in September, marking the highest level since the Iran war began in February 2026. This represents a decline of 6 million barrels per day compared to pre-war export levels of 18.8 million barrels daily. The supply recovery is driven by increased activity from shadow fleet tankers, which disable tracking signa

According to the Ministry of Justice on September 28, South Korea's government achieved final victory in a 325 billion won international investment dispute settlement (ISDS) case against Swiss elevator manufacturer Schindler. The defendant failed to file an appeal with the Paris Court of Appeal within the legal deadline. As a result, Schindler's compensation claim was entirely rejected, and the government will recover the full 96 billion won in litigation expenses previously incurred. Schindler

According to ChainCatcher, ByteDance's Douyin team completed development of a Personal AI Agent product to rival Meta's Muse in a 6-day sprint in mid-September, with integration testing completed by September 27 and an internal demo version ready by September 30. Meta's Muse, launched earlier this month, reached approximately 2.8 million downloads in 12 days, exceeding ChatGPT's mobile adoption pace during its initial launch period, according to Reuters data from Apptopia.

According to Coinglass, 30 million USDT transferred from an unknown wallet to Binance on September 28 at 14:12 UTC.

According to the Istanbul Chief Prosecutor's Office statement, on Monday, September 28, Turkish authorities lifted asset freezes on 46 companies. The measures had been implemented as part of an investigation involving investment funds and market manipulation.

According to South Korea's Securities Depository Center SEIBro, Korean retail investors' holdings in U.S. stocks reached $196.24 billion as of September 24, approaching the $200 billion mark. The rally reflects a split strategy: safe-haven demand through short-term Treasury ETFs (SGOV saw $274.76 million inflows in early September) and aggressive bets on semiconductor and tech stocks, with the 3x leveraged semiconductor ETF SOXL capturing over half of all net purchases during the September 24-25

According to Reuters, Indian Oil Company purchased Iraqi crude oil for October loading at a price $28 per barrel below the Dubai benchmark.

On September 28, Korea Securities Depository and Korea Securities Finance agreed to provide up to 1 trillion won (approximately $750 million) in securities-backed lending to support foreign investors' trading in domestic stocks. The agreement aims to ease settlement liquidity burden and improve foreign investors' access to South Korea's securities market. Starting September 29, foreign investors will be able to submit securities including stocks and bonds, rather than cash only, as collateral fo

According to Yonhapnews, South Korea's Financial Services Commission (FSC) said today that it is reviewing regulatory measures for high-frequency trading (HFT) as a factor contributing to stock market volatility. FSC Director of Capital Markets Byun Je-ho made the announcement during a keynote speech at Korea Premium Weeks 2026, the country's largest investor relations conference held in Seoul. The FSC also pledged to strengthen management of leveraged investment products and margin trading, sta