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According to ChainCatcher citing SoSoValue data, the crypto market rebounded broadly following the Federal Reserve's rate decision, with the PayFi sector leading gains at 5.03% in 24 hours. Bitcoin broke through the $76,000 level, up 1.28%, while Ethereum rose 1.63% and hovered around the $2,400 mark. Within PayFi, Zcash (ZEC) surged 23.28% and Dash (DASH) gained 17.21%. Other major sectors also posted gains: Layer2 climbed 4.91% with Lisk (LSK) up 31.79%, Layer1 advanced 3.71% led by NEAR Proto

According to ChainCatcher, GMI Cloud, an Nvidia partner, is seeking $300 million in loans to purchase chips for its manufacturing facility in Thailand.

According to ChainCatcher and Coinglass data, Hyperliquid whale positions currently stand at $7.484 billion with a long-to-short ratio of 0.9. Long positions account for $3.538 billion (47.27% of total), while short positions total $3.947 billion (52.73%). A major whale address 0x5b5d..60 opened a 5x short on ETH at $2,296.09, currently facing an unrealized loss of $13.39 million.

According to Bitget trading data, AVA briefly reached 0.195 USDT, rising 23.07% within 15 minutes, currently trading at 0.187 USDT. The spike was potentially triggered by Bithumb's announcement to launch AVA KRW trading pair.

According to Bloomberg, on September 16, Bain Capital Ventures raised US$1.6 billion for a new fund targeting early-stage AI startups focused on infrastructure, security, services, and physical-world applications. The Boston-based venture firm plans to deploy the capital over two to three years across 30 to 40 companies. The fund is slightly larger than its predecessor, which raised US$1.4 billion.

On September 15 at Salesforce Dreamforce conference, Silicon Valley AI leaders took opposing stances on AI development speed and safety standards. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang argued against new regulation, stating that companies can accelerate AI development and pause only if control is lost. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for businesses to voluntarily adopt stricter safety measures as industry standards. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman clarified that his previous statements were misunderstood as a call fo

According to Jin10, citing "Fed whisperer" Nick Timiraos, on September 17, more than half of the 17 Federal Reserve policymakers who submitted 2029 projections believe rates need to remain at 3.6% or higher to bring inflation back to 2%. Timiraos noted a significant shift in consensus: two years ago when the Fed began cutting rates, 10 policymakers expected long-term rates below 3% and 7 expected above 3%. Today, only one projects rates below 3%, while 11 see rates above 3%, signaling an upward

According to GMGN data cited by BlockBeats, Solana-based meme token ZCAT surged 63% over the past 24 hours on September 17, with its market cap reaching $126.8 million.

According to Dune data, Arc mainnet recorded 7.76 million transactions on its first trading day (September 17), generating approximately $28,000 in fees. USDC transfer volume reached nearly $1 billion, while Uniswap's trading volume on the network exceeded $410 million. The chain's new addresses surpassed 700,000, with total addresses exceeding 840,000.

According to on-chain analyst Ai 姨, an address that had been dormant for 9 months withdrew 2,500 ETH ($6.02 million) from Binance 5 hours ago on September 17 at an average price of $2,408.42 per ETH.

According to Freightos weekly report on September 17, Houthi control of strategic Red Sea areas, combined with attacks on Saudi Arabia's key oil pipeline, has escalated maritime and energy threats. Oil and marine fuel prices have risen back to May levels. Container carriers are increasing Suez Canal and southern Red Sea transits despite shipper concerns, with over 25% of Asia-Europe shipping expected to traverse the Red Sea in September. Sea Intelligence estimates Asia-Mediterranean eastbound ca

According to ChainCatcher, Column CEO William Hockey announced four new financial products on September 16 that enable interoperability between USDC, USDT and U.S. dollars with 24/7 instant settlement. The offerings include stablecoin interoperability, card issuance supporting Mastercard and Visa, global banking services for dollar or local currency accounts, and multi-currency accounts with instant USD conversion. The platform connects to FedNow, SWIFT, and SEPA Instant, allowing users to recei

According to BlockBeats, Bithumb listed AVA on its Korean won (KRW) market on September 17.

According to the State Council Information Office, a press briefing will be held on September 18, 2026, at 2 p.m. to introduce details on the 140th China Import and Export Commodities Fair (Canton Fair). Commerce Ministry Assistant Minister Zhang Li and officials from Guangdong Province and Guangzhou City will participate and answer reporters' questions.

According to Guru Club, spot gold broke through $4,350 per ounce today (Sept 17), rising 1.1% intraday.

According to Jin10, China's deputy representative to the UN Sun Lei urged the international community to strengthen dialogue with Afghanistan's government on September 16 during a Security Council meeting on Afghan affairs. He noted that Afghanistan's situation has remained generally stable over the past five years while acknowledging complex challenges in humanitarian aid, development, women's rights, and counter-terrorism. Sun called on the international community to view Afghanistan's situati

According to Filecoin's official announcement at the Avalanche Summit, the platform unveiled a new architecture for managing deeds and appraisals of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) using InterPlanetary File System (IPFS). The system stores data on Filecoin with storage proofs and anchors it on-chain to enhance transparency and security. A testnet demo is now live for developers and users to engage with the new architecture directly.

According to The Block, Aave founder Stani Kulechov said the U.S. Senate's 49-50 rejection of the CLARITY Act suggests DeFi may need to follow an adoption-first regulatory path similar to Uber, expanding real-world usage before establishing formal regulatory frameworks. Kulechov expressed hope the CLARITY Act could still advance this year. Aave is pivoting toward tokenized equities, securities, and real-world assets. The platform has launched an RWA Hub on Avalanche for institutional lending, al

According to PANews, DeFi researcher Ignas analyzed Arc network on September 17, stating that the permissioned enterprise blockchain allocates 60% of ARC tokens to its ecosystem segment, potentially for subsidizing payment and forex partners rather than retail traders. Ignas contrasted Arc with Robinhood Chain, which supports Ethereum-native development, uses ETH, and directs 10% of revenue to Arbitrum, creating more aligned incentives across stakeholders. The researcher suggested token airdrops

According to Cointelegraph, Anchorage, a federally chartered digital asset bank, added custody support for seven assets on Etherlink, including tokenized uranium xU3O8, WXTZ, stXTZ, USDT, USDC, USDSM, and WETH.