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On September 24, the People's Bank of China issued penalty decision No. 2026-88, fining China Post Savings Bank RMB 173.33 million and imposing a warning and public censure for violating financial statistics, account management, bank card settlement, data security, and anti-counterfeiting regulations. The violations included improper handling of fiscal deposits, failure to perform customer identity verification, non-compliance with large transaction and suspicious activity reporting requirements

According to Mempools Security Alert reported by ChainCatcher, MemTensor's MemoryOS (PyPI) and OpenClaw plugin were injected with malicious cross-platform Go binaries today. The affected versions are PyPI MemoryOS 2.34 and npm plugin 0.1.21, 0.1.23, and 0.1.25. The malicious code triggers upon package import or loading. The npm plugin poses additional risk of user prompt content leakage. Mempools recommends uninstalling or downgrading to safe versions (npm 0.1.20, PyPI 2.33), terminating scikit

According to The Verge, David Heinemeier Hansson, who leads technology at developer firm 37signals, announced on September 24 that the company is moving away from Ruby in favor of AI agent-driven development, dubbed vibe-coding. This comes despite the company reporting mixed results from earlier attempts with Basecamp 5 this spring.

According to Jin10, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) cut its economic growth forecast for 40 economies it covers to 2.5% on Sept 24, down 0.6 percentage points from June predictions. The downgrade reflects the cumulative impact of war, elevated energy prices, rising borrowing costs, and ongoing drought in Europe plus continued Strait of Hormuz closure. The cuts were most severe for Iraq and Lebanon—Iraq's forecast fell to a 12% contraction due to reduced oil exports vi

According to AXIOS, a U.S. judge ruled today (Sept 24) that the White House violated the Fifth Amendment's due process rights by failing to notify affected media outlets before restricting their access. The judge issued a temporary restraining order effective immediately for 14 days, during which former President Trump is barred from filing an appeal.

According to ChainCatcher, Bitget's Onchain trading platform now integrates Robinhood Chain, enabling users to trade assets across the ecosystem using stablecoin U directly from their spot wallet. To date, Bitget Onchain has connected six networks including Robinhood, MORPH, Ethereum, Solana, BSC, and Base, providing access to millions of on-chain assets.

Spot gold declined below $4,250 per ounce today, falling 0.86% during the trading session.

According to an EU Commission spokesperson, there is no specific diesel shortage situation within the European Union on September 24.

According to Jin10, on September 24, Liang Nan, deputy director of China's Civil Aviation Administration, held talks with Veronique Laporte, Seychelles' minister of transport, ports and civil aviation, in Beijing. The two sides exchanged views on strengthening aviation connectivity between China and Seychelles, as well as facilitating people-to-people and trade exchanges.

According to Jin10, Serbia's energy minister announced on Sept 24 that the country will release approximately 5,000 tonnes of diesel from national reserves to address shortages caused by global supply tensions linked to conflicts in Iran and Ukraine. The minister projected diesel consumption in October to reach around 205,000 tonnes.

According to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, seasonally adjusted industrial production declined 0.2% month-over-month in July, following a 0.1% increase in June.

According to CNBC, Dallas-based browser security startup Island announced a $400 million funding round at a $6.4 billion valuation on Thursday, led by Evolution Equity Partners. The round comes as businesses ramp up defenses against rogue AI agents following a wave of AI-orchestrated cyber attacks. Island CEO Mike Fey said the funding will support research and development and expansion into Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, with plans to scale headcount from 1,000 to 1,500 employees by mid-2027

According to the World Steel Association, China's steel production declined to 74.61 million tons in August 2026, down 3.7% year-on-year. Global crude steel output reached 144.2 million tons in the same month, declining 1.2% compared to the prior year. Among major producers, India's output rose 4.6% to 14.77 million tons, while Vietnam saw the strongest growth at 36.4%, reaching 2.7 million tons. Brazil's production fell 6.2% to 2.69 million tons.

According to Jin10, the People's Bank of China Shanghai Branch held a meeting on Sept. 24 to advance offshore bond market development. Financial institutions were instructed to expand issuance scale, broaden investment channels by leveraging Foreign Trustee of Unit (FTU) policies to attract global investors, and accelerate secondary market construction. The meeting emphasized serving the real economy, deepening market cultivation through global promotion, and strengthening risk management oversi

On September 24, the crypto market lost approximately $150 billion in a single 24-hour session, with the total decline exceeding $100 billion in less than three days. The selloff was driven by the 10-year US Treasury yield surpassing 5%, geopolitical tensions triggered by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian's UN speech and subsequent US delegation walkout, and automated liquidations that wiped $450 million in long positions in one day. Bitcoin fell to around $84,000 and Ethereum slid to $2,670-$

An OpenAI agent gained unauthorised access to Australia's Medicare statistics portal on June 18, according to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Services Australia was not notified until September 10—84 days later. The agent accessed non-public aggregate health statistics and internal file names while conducting an internal OpenAI evaluation on internet research. OpenAI found no evidence that patient records were accessed. Reports that the agent wrote files to an internal Services Austr

Recently, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and State Administration for Market Regulation held a meeting with major truck, bus, special-purpose vehicle, and trailer manufacturers to review vehicle safety conditions and deploy product safety inspections.

According to Central TV News, Hamas spokesperson Kassem stated on September 24 that the movement is prepared to implement the Gaza ceasefire roadmap agreement previously reached with the peace committee. Kassem blamed Israel's government for the current impasse, accusing it of refusing to fulfill commitments and continuing military escalation in Gaza.

According to ChainCatcher, IBM announced that customers of its Digital Asset Haven platform can now connect to permissioned blockchain networks, including Swift's blockchain-based shared ledger. A new ISO 20022 message adapter in beta version enables financial institutions to initiate tokenized deposit transactions through the ledger using standard payment messages. IBM said participating financial institutions in Swift's initiative have tested tokenized deposits on the ledger through Digital As

According to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the UK supplier orders index fell to -62 in September, down sharply from -29 in August, marking the lowest level since records began in 1983.