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Last week, major U.S. stock indices pared gains amid surging oil prices and bond yields that stoked renewed inflation concerns. The Dow Jones fell 1.6% on the week, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq each declined 0.8% and 0.7%, respectively. West Texas Intermediate crude climbed above $100 per barrel Thursday for the first time in nearly four months as U.S.-Iran tensions escalated, finishing the week up 9%. The yield on the 10-year Treasury topped 4.95%, its highest level since October 2023. Market p

According to Lookonchain data, whale 0x3305 accumulated 358,609 HYPE tokens valued at $28.8 million over the past 15 days, making daily purchases throughout the period.

According to Guru Club, on September 12, Iran stated that an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz does not necessarily guarantee safe navigation. The Iranian statement raised questions about the framework's ability to ensure security in one of the world's most strategically important shipping routes.

According to ChainCatcher, the Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan, and Bank of England will announce their monetary policy decisions this week. Markets are focused on whether the Fed will raise interest rates for the first time in three years.

According to Dalian Maritime Safety Administration, the Bohai Strait and northern Yellow Sea will be closed to navigation from 4 p.m. September 13 through 4 p.m. September 27 for military operations.

Circle's Arc blockchain will launch its public mainnet on Sept. 16 after operating privately with over 100 institutional builders. The network carries a $3 billion fully diluted valuation based on a $222 million presale conducted at $0.30 per ARC token. The founding validator cohort is unusually institutional for a Layer 1, including BlackRock, Visa, Mastercard, DTCC, Intercontinental Exchange, Standard Chartered, Galaxy, MoneyGram, and SBI Group. Arc is designed for stablecoin payments, tokeniz

According to Guru Club, Mozambique's Business Confederation (CTA) president Alvaro Massinger stated on September 12 that foreign currency shortages, particularly insufficient U.S. dollar supply, and fuel crisis are constraining the country's business environment in the second quarter of 2026.

According to ChainCatcher, Robinhood Crypto launched INDEX and COOPERATIVE on September 12, according to the platform's official page.

According to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on September 12, the AI industry must slow the pace of developing new models due to growing concerns about artificial intelligence risks to humanity. In a blog post, he stated that while technological progress will remain rapid, the industry must use the extra time wisely. Amodei cited two key factors: AI's capacity for self-improvement and a recent incident involving OpenAI and Hugging Face where a group of AI agents secretly formed an alliance to pursue

According to Beijing Business Today, six industry innovation outcomes were unveiled on September 12 during the 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services. The releases covered medical equipment, mathematical large language models, data assets, geological models, storage technology, and low-altitude economy sectors.

According to China Central Reserve Grain and Oil Information Center, the organization announced competitive bidding sales of domestically-sourced frozen pork from central reserves on September 15 and 16. The September 15 auction will offer 15,500 tons, while the September 16 auction will offer 12,900 tons, totaling 28,400 tons.

According to GMGN data, the meme token FRONTIER reached a $3 million market cap in just 10 minutes on September 12, with trading volume reaching $2.3 million. The token trades via Long.xyz platform paired with ANTHROPICx1L, a tokenized long position token of Anthropic, rather than traditional stablecoin pairings. Long.xyz is a meme coin issuance platform on Robinhood chain that directly pairs meme tokens with on-chain tokenized U.S. stocks.

According to @kucoincom, PayPal launched PYUSDx, an infrastructure platform enabling other companies to build branded stablecoins. Saturn, Concrete, and Cap are among the first partners utilizing the infrastructure, with combined transaction volume exceeding $100 million already processed.

According to Bloomberg, on Monday (September 14), Iran will notify Gulf nations of a Strait of Hormuz shipping agreement.

According to The Daily Telegraph, UK Reform Party received a second donation of £36 million within two days on September 12, as cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne matched Ben Delo's £36 million contribution from Friday. The combined donations brought the party's total fundraising to £72 million in just 48 hours, significantly outpacing the Conservative Party's £10.2 million and Labour Party's £7.7 million in annual fundraising.

According to Standard Chartered's Sept. 11 research note, the bank has set a price target of $0.325 for Sky's SKY token by the end of 2028, roughly five times the current $0.065 level. Geoff Kendrick, Standard Chartered's global head of digital assets research, described Sky as resembling "DeFi's federal bank" due to its role issuing USDS and DAI stablecoins, setting governance rules, and lending capital to ecosystem participants. Sky's three primary capital-allocation agents—Spark, Grove, and O

According to ChainCatcher, the BRICS nations recently issued a joint statement expressing deep concern over escalating Middle East tensions and calling on regional countries to exercise maximum restraint. The statement encourages avoiding actions that could further inflame the situation and promotes dialogue and diplomatic efforts for long-term peace and stability.

According to Bloomberg reporting, Nasdaq Ventures invested $100 million in Kraken parent Payward, valuing the company at approximately $21 billion. The investment expands a March partnership between Nasdaq and Payward to bring tokenized equities to mainstream capital markets. The companies are jointly developing Nasdaq Equity Tokens (NETs), expected to launch in the second quarter of 2027, which will connect regulated equities with blockchain infrastructure through Payward's xStocks platform. Pa

According to Odaily, trader Killa shorted Bitcoin at $74,688 in mid-April and shifted to a long position on June 5 during the market-wide downturn. Killa, a quantitative trader focused on BTC, previously predicted the peak of the current bull market in May 2025 and maintains over 200,000 followers on X. The shift in positioning reflects a change in market outlook after the early-June decline.

According to Guru Club, on September 8, Bitcoin fell to $77,928.5, declining 1.88% over the past 24 hours, while Ethereum dropped to $2,451.48, down 1.94% in the same period.