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Russell 2000 index fell below its 50-day moving average on Wednesday, extending recent weakness as U.S. Treasury yields continued climbing and traders priced in a 62% probability of a Federal Reserve rate hike next week, according to CME FedWatch data. The small-cap index has entered a downturn since the start of the third quarter, potentially marking its first quarterly decline since early 2025. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 also declined on Wednesday and moved closer to its own 50-day moving average,

Paxos' gold-backed stablecoin PAXG is now live on Aave's V4 Global Dollar Hub on Ethereum, allowing users to borrow USDG against their PAXG holdings. The integration enables DeFi users to leverage their gold-backed assets for enhanced liquidity and borrowing options within the protocol.

According to Nvidia's announcement, the company on Thursday expanded its AI partnership with Palantir, deploying Palantir's Foundry platform within its own supply chain to optimize materials, manufacturing capacity and production allocation. However, Nvidia shares fell 2.2% and Palantir declined 2% as higher Treasury yields, oil prices above $100 and renewed inflation concerns pressured technology stocks. The selloff reflected macro headwinds rather than market skepticism of the partnership, whi

Kun Chen, using SpaceXAI's Grok Bot templates released August 28, cloned AI personas of Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Dario Amodei, and Mark Zuckerberg trained on each executive's public statements. He placed the four bots in a group chat to debate AGI risks, compute allocation, and open-weight models. The bots disagreed sharply: Altman's emphasized price accessibility, Musk's highlighted AGI risks and nonprofit control, Amodei's stressed safety-first development, and Zuckerberg's pushed for open-sourc

Mali's military said on September 10 that in August it killed approximately 1,000 terrorists across multiple conflict zones. According to a statement by Maiga, director of the Mali Armed Forces Press and Public Relations Bureau, the air force conducted 214 airstrikes in August, destroying 50 terrorist bases, 564 motorcycles, and 129 pickup trucks.

According to ChainCatcher, the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rose 8.08 basis points to 4.916% in the latest update.

According to Houthi spokesman Muhammad Abdulsalam on Sept 10, Iran-backed Houthi militants claimed their ongoing operations against Saudi Arabia are defensive in nature and target only pre-announced objectives. The spokesman stated via X that freedom of navigation and international trade in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandeb Strait remain safe and unobstructed. He added that military operations would cease if attacks on Yemen stop and the blockade is lifted.

On September 10, the U.S. Treasury Department auctioned $22 billion in 30-year bonds at a yield of 5.308%, with a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.61.

According to Senate records, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal formally requested SEC investigation into the Trump memecoin in August 2026 after retail investors reported cumulative losses of $3.8 billion. The $TRUMP token, launched January 17, 2025, peaked at $74.27 with a $15 billion market cap before collapsing 97% within five months. Argentina's LIBRA token, endorsed by President Milei on February 14, 2025, reached $4.56 billion market cap before crashing 94% in 11 hours as in

According to @WuBlockchain, crypto derivatives trading volume across major exchanges reached $3.51 trillion in August, reflecting a 15.9% month-over-month increase. Binance dominated with $1.67 trillion in trading volume, representing 47.7% market share, followed by OKX with $636.6 billion and Bybit with $312.8 billion. The futures-to-spot volume ratio declined 2.6% to 6.87x from July's 7.06x, indicating a shift in trading preferences among investors.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, initial jobless claims for the week ending September 5 fell by 1,000 to 206,000, slightly above economist expectations of 205,000. Continuing claims dropped by 1,000 to 1.774 million. The labor market showed resilience as companies maintained restrained hiring; the unemployment rate remained at 4.1 percent in August, while nonfarm payroll employment increased by 162,000, marking the largest gain in five months.

According to Strive CEO Matt Cole, Bitcoin treasury companies facing difficulties will recover as BTC price rises, with well-planned companies emerging stronger. The executive's outlook suggests a bifurcation among troubled firms, with disciplined operators gaining competitive advantage amid improving market conditions.

According to PANews citing sources on September 11, Moonshot AI denied reports that the Chinese AI firm was considering a dual listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai to raise additional capital. Earlier, South China Morning Post reported that the company may seek IPO approval in Hong Kong followed by a domestic listing on Shanghai's STAR Market, citing two sources familiar with the matter. Moonshot AI has not confirmed these plans.

According to a Houthi statement issued on September 10, Saudi Arabia's air force conducted 64 airstrikes across four Yemeni provinces—Taiz, Hodeidah, Marib, and Jawf—in the past 24 hours, deploying F-15 and Typhoon fighter jets from two military bases near Taif and Khamis Mushayt. The Houthis said they intercepted one Saudi military formation over Taiz province and struck it with surface-to-air missiles, forcing it to withdraw. Saudi Arabia has not commented on the claims.

According to Liquid's official X account on Thursday, the Liquid Network has resumed block production following a $320 million Bitcoin withdrawal on September 6. However, transactions and peg operations remain suspended while recovery efforts continue. Functionary and bridge nodes have been updated and are now signing and validating blocks. The network previously released a security patch for Elements v23.3.4 to address the proof-verification cache vulnerability. Separately, actors claiming to b

According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), existing home sales in the U.S. declined 2.0% month-over-month in August to an annualized rate of 3.98 million units, matching market expectations and down 1.2% year-over-year on September 10. Housing inventory increased 3.2% to 1.62 million units, the highest level since November 2019. The median price for existing homes rose 1.6% to $429,100 compared to the same period last year, marking the 38th consecutive month of year-over-year price

The U.S. State Department approved a potential sale of UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters and related equipment to Argentina for an estimated $140 million, the agency announced recently.

According to Kim Dong-seok, chief of the Korean American Voters Alliance, Republicans are projected to hold 51-52 Senate seats while Democrats maintain a narrow House majority with 222-223 seats in the November 3 midterm elections, according to remarks made on September 10. Kim emphasized that even if Republicans underperform, President Trump's executive authorities in tariffs, sanctions, diplomacy, and military matters will remain intact, potentially strengthening his ability to act unilaterall

According to a Business Wire announcement on September 10, Binance.US selected Socure, an identity verification and risk intelligence firm, to handle identity checks, fraud prevention and crypto onboarding compliance for new customers. The partnership integrates Socure's RiskOS platform, which combines identity, device, behavioral, phone, email and fraud signals into a unified decisioning workflow. With Binance.US now on board, Socure services four of the five largest U.S. crypto exchanges. Socu

According to Bloomberg, as the U.S. mid-term election season enters its final stretch, Wall Street prediction markets are increasingly favoring a divided Congress as the best market scenario. Prediction markets currently show Democrats with an edge to win House control, while Republicans hold a slight lead in Senate races on platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket. Among market observers, this split outcome is viewed as the most favorable and least disruptive to markets. Derivatives markets linked