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According to Al Jazeera, prediction market odds for Iran imposing Hormuz transit fees by October 31 have declined to 10.5% from 24% within a week, as the country faces severe energy shortages. The Iranian government has implemented measures including reduced office hours and increased remote work to manage the crisis, fueled by military strikes on energy infrastructure and disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. Market participants interpret the government's focus on domestic crisis management as i

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) extended the ground stop at Newark Liberty International Airport through 2:45 p.m. Eastern Time today.

According to Sunrun and Tesla, more than 140,000 household batteries discharged into California's grid on the evening of Sept. 9, peaking above 580 megawatts during a three-hour window as a heat wave lifted demand. About 110,000 Tesla Powerwall batteries supplied 517 megawatts, with Sunrun owning or operating 55% of those units; Sunrun also deployed over 30,000 batteries from other manufacturers, adding 63 megawatts. The companies described the coordinated discharge as their largest residential

Arm Holdings shares surged approximately 16% on Monday, becoming the top gainer on the Nasdaq-100, as Meta's newly launched Muse AI agent sparked renewed interest in central processing units (CPUs), according to investing.com. Meta is the lead partner and co-developer of Arm's new AGI CPU, designed for agentic AI infrastructure. Arm stated that CPU requirements are increasing by at least fourfold as application workloads become increasingly agent-driven.

According to multiple reports on Monday, Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery plan to settle with state attorneys general that sought to block their merger on antitrust grounds, allowing the $110 billion deal to move forward. The settlement, led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, includes the creation of independent editorial boards for CNN and CBS, and stipulates a $30 million penalty per film if Paramount fails to release 30 movies annually, Reuters reported. The deal previousl

According to CNBC, Eli Lilly CEO Dave Ricks said on Monday that one-third of new GLP-1 oral medication patients are taking the company's Foundayo, as market share grows week over week. Ricks spoke at the groundbreaking of Lilly's new $6.5 billion manufacturing facility in Houston, Texas, which is expected to become operational by 2030. The plant will primarily produce Foundayo and active ingredients for Lilly's other small-molecule medicines. Foundayo, which entered the U.S. market in April, gen

France's 5-year credit default swap spreads climbed above 45 basis points on September 21, marking the highest level since the market panic of March 2020. The surge accelerated on September 18 when CDS hit 41.5 basis points, the highest reading since April 2025, and continued climbing through September 19-21, fluctuating between 39.96 and 43.40 basis points before breaching the 45 bps threshold. Meanwhile, the spread between French 10-year government bonds and German Bunds widened to 104 basis p

According to Vedomosti, Yandex released Alice AI Foundation, an 80-billion-parameter large language model, on September 21. The Russian tech company developed the model from scratch without relying on third-party components and published its weights under a license allowing commercial and research use. Trained on 18 trillion tokens with 3 billion active parameters, Alice AI Foundation will serve as the foundation for Yandex's future reasoning system and agent-based features.

New Era Energy & Digital (NASDAQ: NUAI) announced on September 21 that it has secured a 20-year power purchase agreement with a Vistra Corp. affiliate, locking in up to 207 MW of electricity for its planned Texas data center. The stock surged as much as 30% in intraday trading from the prior close of $5.86. The agreement, signed on September 18 between New Era's subsidiary TCDC PowerCo LLC and Luminant ET Services Company LLC, guarantees a baseline supply of 200 MW with potential availability to

According to UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), two commercial vessels were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz on September 20-21. The second incident, reported around September 21, involved a tanker struck by an unknown projectile, with two crew members sustaining minor injuries but the vessel continuing its voyage. The first attack occurred on September 20, when a drone struck the Liberia-flagged LPG tanker M.T. Al Maryah as it traveled eastward just outside the strait. The Al Maryah sustaine

According to US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Monday, the US and China remain divided over terms for extending their trade ceasefire, which expires November 10. Greer said a three- to six-month renewal was "probably the right kind of range," though no immediate announcement is expected. Both sides want an extension, but Washington prefers incremental renewals to ensure Beijing complies with its commitments.

U.S. President Donald Trump recently called on Senate Republicans to abolish the filibuster rule, warning that if they fail to do so, Democrats will exploit it. Trump stated that without eliminating this procedural rule, he would become the last Republican president regardless of his party's performance.

According to Foresight News, Zcash Foundation clarified that ZRC-20 and CASH tokens are not official token standards or protocol built-in functions. The project is a private initiative, not affiliated with Zcash's official standards. The foundation reminded users to conduct their own research (DYOR) before interacting with any tokens and to be aware of associated risks.

On Monday (September 21), the Federal Reserve's overnight reverse repurchase agreement (RRP) usage reached $5.82 billion across 15 counterparties, up from $5.76 billion on the previous trading day.

According to Circle, the company launched Digital Asset-Backed Borrowing on Monday, allowing institutional clients to deposit Bitcoin as collateral to borrow USDC through onchain lending markets. The service enables customers to mint Circle's wrapped Bitcoin token cirBTC and supply it to supported protocols, with Morpho as the first lending partner. Borrowed USDC is deposited directly into customers' Circle Mint balances, with borrowing rates and collateral requirements set by third-party lendin

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on September 21, multiple drone and military attacks have occurred near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in recent weeks, causing casualties and potentially threatening nuclear safety. The agency reported that earlier this month the training facility outside the plant came under drone fire, and fuel deliveries for emergency generators were targeted. The nearby city of Enerhodar, where many plant workers reside, also experienced sev

According to UAnalyze, on Monday September 21, U.S. stock markets rallied with AI and chip stocks leading gains. The Nasdaq Composite Index surged 1.93% to 27,034.33 points, while the S&P 500 rose 1.28% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.55%. Intel jumped 13.50% and AMD gained 9.22%, with AMD's market capitalization breaking through $1 trillion. Qualcomm, Marvell Technology, and Applied Materials also posted gains.

According to CME FedWatch data, as of September 22, the Federal Reserve has a 53.1% probability of raising rates by 25 basis points in October, while maintaining rates steady has a 46.9% probability.

According to Jin10, citing Poland's Deputy Defense Minister Stanislaw Fzciątek on September 21, Poland is seeking to increase the deployment of U.S. troops within its territory to approximately 15,000 soldiers. Of these, around 4,000 to 5,000 American troops would be stationed at permanent military bases, while 10,000 to 11,000 would be deployed on a rotational basis. Fzciątek stated the expansion would occur in phases, with the target expected to be reached by 2039. Currently, Poland hosts appr

On Monday, Amazon announced a $1.9 billion investment in its Delivery Service Partner (DSP) program in 2027, bringing its total investment in the program to $21.7 billion since launch eight years ago. Amazon expects its investments over the past three years to have increased driver pay by an average of 16% nationwide, with average earnings rising by roughly $1 to nearly $24 per hour. The company also plans to deploy more than 20,000 AI-powered Smart Delivery Glasses by end of 2027 to improve nav