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Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller is scheduled to deliver remarks in approximately 10 minutes.

According to the Israeli Defense Forces, air raid sirens sounded in the Nahal Oz area today, with specific details still under verification.

According to TechCrunch, on Monday (Sept 28), Nvidia announced the Open Agent Safety Platform backed by more than 100 companies to address rogue AI agents, but OpenAI was notably absent from the consortium despite Anthropic joining. An OpenAI spokesperson told TechCrunch the company is supportive of Nvidia's effort. OpenAI is collaborating with Nvidia on the platform, including contributing OpenShell, open-source software that creates a sandbox designed to prevent agents from escaping. The platf

WTI November crude futures closed down 3.22 per barrel, or 3.48%, at 89.38 per barrel today. NYMEX November natural gas futures settled at 3.0110 per million BTU, while October gasoline futures closed at 4.8979 per gallon and October heating oil futures at 3.2782 per gallon.

According to Bloomingbit, Zcash (ZEC) fell to $1,356 intraday on September 29, declining 10.7% in 24 hours as traders unwound leveraged long positions following a month-long rally. Long positions accounted for $28.74 million of liquidations over 12 hours, the largest liquidation total among cryptocurrencies during that period. ZEC had surged approximately 74.5% over 30 days before the pullback, with open interest on OKX declining 13.5% within 24 hours from $190.69 million to $164.95 million as t

According to TradingView, Bitcoin is up approximately 42% since July 1, on track to close its best quarter in nine years as of September 29. The asset trades near $82,985, positioned to deliver the second-strongest third quarter on record, trailing only 2017's 80.41% gain. Per CoinGlass data, the average Q3 return is 8.63%, making this quarter roughly five times the historical norm. Most of the quarterly rally concentrated into a single week in late August, with Bitcoin surging from near $62,800

On September 29 evening, Shanghai Gold Exchange gold T+D futures closed up 0.79% at 901.6 yuan/gram, while silver T+D rose 0.57% to 14,875.0 yuan/kilogram.

According to Protos, American Bitcoin, a mining firm owned by Hut 8 and associated with Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., has lost approximately 92% of its value since its 2025 reverse merger that enabled public listing. By contrast, Bitcoin has declined only 25% over the same period. The firm reported a net loss of over $150 million in 2025, followed by an additional $138 million in losses for the first six months of 2026, primarily driven by falling BTC prices.

According to Shanghai Futures Exchange data from tonight, crude oil futures contract 2611 fell 1.63% to 705.20 yuan per barrel in night trading session. Separately, Shanghai gold rose 0.8% and Shanghai silver climbed 0.35%.

According to Bloomberg, El Salvador's Bitcoin Office denied recent reports that the government supports launching Sivar, a stablecoin payment application. The office stated that the government has no plans to launch or operate any Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, or stablecoin wallet, and dismissed the Bloomberg report as false. Sivar, developed by Modveon, uses Coinbase infrastructure to process remittances between the U.S. and El Salvador. Transfers settle in stablecoins on Base with a fixed 2 dollar

According to CryptoQuant, Bitcoin slipped to $82,939 last week after hitting an eight-month high of $87,251, marking a decline of nearly 4% in seven days. The pullback follows a technical breakout above the 365-day moving average—a threshold CryptoQuant flagged as the "definitive signal" of past bull markets, signaling the start of a new bullish phase. Short-term holders showed unrealized profits of roughly 33%, the highest margin since December 2024, spurring profit-taking. On a single day last

According to ChainCatcher, Zano's team has deployed a hotfix for the inflation vulnerability that occurred last Friday, with the network now operating stably on the updated chain. The blockchain rolled back to block height 3,833,000, erasing 30 days of confirmed transactions. Third-party wallets, exchanges, and payment service providers must update their nodes to the new chain before resuming ZANO transfers and asset transactions. Recovery progress will be announced through official channels, wi

According to The Information on 25 September, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission extended its review of CME and NYMEX's proposed Nvidia GPU futures contracts, pushing the original 5 October launch to 9 November. The 45-day extension cites novel and complex issues, including manipulation risk in what regulators describe as a fragmented and opaque rental market. The contracts specify 730 GPU-hours each for H100 (ticker GPU1) and B200 (ticker GPU2) chips, with cash settlement at one-cent

The U.S. 2-year Treasury yield touched a fresh daily low of 4.9030 on September 29. Federal Reserve Vice Chair Williams stated that after the September rate hike, there is "no need to rush to action," signaling the central bank may pause its tightening cycle.

Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said on September 29 that one additional rate hike later this year may be appropriate to help push inflation back toward the central bank's target. Williams noted that the Federal Open Market Committee has already implemented its first rate increase since 2023 in early September, so there is no need to act hastily. "If the economy evolves roughly as I expect, one more adjustment to the federal funds rate target range later this year may be

U.S. natural gas futures declined 3.00% during intraday trading on September 29, currently trading at $3.012 per million British thermal units (MMBtu).

Austan Goolsbee, a senior Federal Reserve official, noted that during 2023 and 2024 he had believed inflation was declining toward the central bank's 2% target, but this process later stalled.

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Michael Williams indicated that the central bank could raise interest rates one more time this year (2026) if economic conditions align with expectations. The comments reflect the Fed's data-dependent approach to monetary policy as it continues to assess inflation trends and labor market developments.

According to shhhhh monitoring, transfers for the BIP-352 silent payments distribution test are proceeding in batches of 100 inscriptions. The progress can be tracked through relevant addresses.

According to Deputy Governor Toni Gravelle, the Bank of Canada is increasing the size of two-week repo operations to ease upward pressure on CORRA, Canada's overnight repo rate average used to measure short-term funding costs. The central bank will also launch the Canadian Collateral Management Service in the first quarter of 2027 to automate portions of repo transactions and reduce operational inefficiencies.