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According to TradingBeats, on September 17, ZEC's open interest on Hyperliquid surged to approximately $840 million, marking an all-time high and ranking fourth on the platform, behind BTC, ETH, and HYPE. ZEC traded around $1,366 with a 24-hour gain exceeding 20%, while open interest expanded by roughly 60% compared to the previous day.

According to The Block, a New York federal court is hearing today, September 17, a $15 million loan dispute case against Ostium, an on-chain perpetual futures exchange. ESS Frontier and Hong Kong-based lender Minghui Zheng filed the lawsuit earlier this month, seeking to freeze the exchange's assets and move the dispute to arbitration. Ostium lost $23.75 million in an attack in July.

According to Global Mail, Apple invested approximately $87.85 billion in stock buybacks between fiscal 2013 and Q3 fiscal 2026, making it the company's largest capital allocation initiative under former CEO Tim Cook. The buyback program reduced outstanding shares by 44.5% over the 13-year period. Annual buyback spending accelerated significantly after 2018, rising from $32.9 billion in 2017 to $72.738 billion in 2018, following the U.S. corporate tax rate reduction to 21%. Buybacks peaked at $94

According to GMGN data, musebook, a token on the Robinhood chain, briefly surpassed $16 million in market capitalization over the past 6 hours, up 384%, with current market cap at $14.25 million and 24-hour trading volume of $25.8 million. Musebook is a social community for AI agents that enables interaction between agents and between agents and humans. The platform has low barriers to entry, requiring no account, email, or verification to post, and provides APIs for reading content and publishi

According to Bitcoin.com News, Polish energy firm Orlen's trading subsidiary lost up to $424 million on a Venezuelan crude oil deal that was canceled in March 2024. The company had paid $230 million in USDT prepayment to Dubai-based middleman Hannon International, but received only approximately $50 million in fuel oil and faced a $50 million shortfall when exchanging funds for USDT. Polish prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into Orlen Trading Switzerland's management, with three

According to analysts Yulia Zhestkova Grigsby and Daan Struyven, Goldman Sachs adjusted its trading strategy on September 16, moving focus from diesel to gasoline as global fuel supply tightness widens. The bank cited refiners redirecting production from gasoline to diesel, rapidly tightening the gasoline market. Gasoline currently offers greater upside opportunity than diesel due to stronger demand resilience and relative inventory changes, the analysts said. Goldman Sachs closed its existing p

According to Jin10, Japan's 2-year government bond yield rose to 1.865% on Thursday, reaching its highest level since April 1995. The increase was driven by the Federal Reserve's hawkish rate hike outlook and expectations that the Bank of Japan will raise rates by 25 basis points to 1.25% on Friday. Market pricing suggests investors anticipate the BOJ will continue quarterly rate increases thereafter, with the key rate potentially doubling to around 2% within a year. The U.S. Fed's hawkish stanc

According to BlockBeats, on September 17, whale 0xc36a placed buy orders worth approximately $21.7 million for ZEC ($5.4M) and PUMP ($16.3M), targeting prices 26% below current levels. The address currently holds $18.4M in ZEC and PUMP positions combined, with unrealized gains of $1.83M and $0.22M respectively. If all pending buy orders are filled, the whale's total ZEC and PUMP position would reach approximately $40.17M.

TCG trading and collectibles platform Pull.Fun announced it has surpassed $40 million in cumulative trading volume over the past 5 months. The platform plans to launch $TAKO, a community memecoin featuring its octopus mascot Tako, on Robinhood Chain on September 20-21.

According to Jin10, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered the annual State of the Union address at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on September 16. The hour-long speech outlined the European Commission's work over the past year and set policy priorities for the year ahead, focusing on security and defense, industrial competition, external trade relations, energy, and critical raw materials. The address signals the EU's efforts to strengthen its security capabilities and ec

According to Foresight News, Circle's x402 Facilitator service has launched on Arc, enabling USDC settlement across Arc, Base, and Polygon PoS via EIP-3009. Circle Mint users can now natively mint and redeem cirBTC within the app, with each cirBTC backed 1:1 by native BTC and redeemable at a 1:1 ratio.

According to Foresight News, Bybit received a certificate of appreciation from South Korea's National Police Agency (KNPA) at the 27th International Symposium on Cybercrime Response (ISCR 2026) held recently in Seoul. Bybit was the only cryptocurrency exchange to receive this recognition. The certificate commended the exchange's contributions to cybercrime investigations and international security cooperation.

According to @lookonchain, Garrett Jin, the largest on-chain ZEC short seller, increased his short position to $51.5 million 11 hours ago. His current position totals 37,760 ZEC with a liquidation price of $2,631.53, leaving him down over $26 million. The position growth reflects increased bearish sentiment amid ongoing market uncertainty.

According to ChainCatcher, UK-based AI startup Emulate, founded by former DeepMind researchers, is in advanced talks to raise up to $700 million at a valuation approaching $4 billion. The funding round is being led by Index Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Following the completion of this round, the company's valuation is expected to reach $3.7 billion.

According to Nick Timiraos (Wall Street Journal), Federal Reserve officials significantly revised their long-term interest rate expectations on September 16. Two years ago, 10 of 19 policymakers expected long-term rates to stabilize below 3%; now only 1 official holds that view, while 11 now forecast rates above 3%. In newly added 2029 rate projections, more than half of 17 Fed officials participating in the Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) believe rates must remain at 3.6% or higher to bri

According to its quarterly review report released today, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) attributed roughly 40% of the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield increase since early June to rising term premium. The term premium rose approximately 10 basis points over the June 1 to September 3 period, driven by multiple factors including elevated uncertainty about future short-term rates, growing demand for compensation for long-duration bond risks, and crowding effects from increased corporate de

According to South China Morning Post, Huawei unveiled its Ascend 960 SuperPoD computing cluster at Huawei Connect 2026 in Shanghai. The system uses Huawei's Hi-ONE optical system and near-packaged optics to connect up to 4,000 processors in a single cluster. The technology enables denser, higher-bandwidth links compared to traditional pluggable connections, as the company seeks to develop advanced AI infrastructure amid US semiconductor export restrictions.

According to Coinglass data, the crypto fear and greed index currently stands at 51, down 1 point from yesterday, indicating a neutral market sentiment. The 7-day average is 58, while the 30-day average is 65.

Japan's Prime Minister Takamichi Sanae will hold a press conference today at 09:30 GMT (17:30 Beijing time).

Hong Kong Monetary Authority cut its base rate by 25 basis points to 4.25% this morning, September 17. Simultaneously, China's central bank conducted 762 billion yuan in open market reverse repos, with a net injection of 159 billion yuan for the day. In mainland markets, the three major A-share indices rallied then retreated, with agriculture and CRO-related sectors gaining. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 0.7%, while the biotech sector rose over 2%.