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According to Statistics Norway, the country is expected to raise interest rates one more time in 2026, followed by four rate cuts between 2027 and 2028.

According to Jin10, European exchanges must raise an additional $5 billion in IPOs by year-end to surpass 2025 levels. European IPO fundraising totaled $16.7 billion in 2025, up from the prior year but still below historical levels. Billion-dollar-scale offerings currently in preparation remain limited, creating a tight window for the market to achieve the year-end milestone.

According to Saudi media outlet Hadath, Yemen's air force struck a weapons depot controlled by Houthi forces near Herran mountain recently.

According to the UK Office for National Statistics, the number of employees on company payrolls fell by 26,000 in August, significantly exceeding economist expectations of a 5,000 decline. This marks the second consecutive month of job losses, following a revised decline of 19,000 in July. Job vacancies also declined by 8,000 to 702,000, marking a five-year low. The unemployment rate remained stable at 4.9% for the three-month period through July, though the ONS cautioned that estimates continue

According to Clarksons Research, currently approximately 8 million barrels of oil flow daily through the Strait of Hormuz, bringing total Middle Eastern crude exports to around 13.5 million barrels per day.

According to ChainCatcher, Kelp detected suspicious activity on an address (0xc70f...0ea0) that received rsETH hours ago and implemented a 24-hour wallet-level suspension on the account as a precautionary measure. During this period, rsETH cannot be transferred in or out of the affected address. The protocol's contracts and rsETH reserves remain secure.

According to Morgan Stanley, the European Central Bank is expected to raise interest rates by 25 basis points in December 2026.

According to Sina Finance, on September 15, former relationship manager Lin Junxian of Bank of China (Asia) pleaded guilty to accepting over $470,000 in USDT bribes from a fintech employee and associates. He also admitted to forging multiple unauthorized documents to guarantee insurance-related investment transactions. A judge has scheduled sentencing for September 18, with the defendant remaining in custody pending ruling.

According to The Information and Reuters, Nvidia and Palantir have recently restricted use of Anthropic's Claude models due to concerns about data security and intellectual property handling. Nvidia is limiting Claude to less-sensitive work, while Palantir has sought commitments from Anthropic for zero data retention on proprietary information submitted through its systems. Anthropics introduced retention of certain user logs for up to 30 days to investigate sophisticated attacks and misuse, pro

According to BlockBeats, on September 15, a Hyperliquid whale account (0x3893) tracking SK Hynix price arbitrage posted unrealized losses of approximately $275,200 after holding a paired position for about 40 days. The account holds approximately $19.024 million in long SKHX (Korean ordinary share mapping) and short SKHY (U.S. ADR mapping), expecting the price spread to converge. However, the spread widened to 41.31% instead of narrowing. The account has cumulatively paid approximately $94,100 i

According to Bloomberg, Singapore's air quality reached unhealthy levels across all five regions on Tuesday, September 15, marking the first time since September 2019. The deterioration was driven by wildfires in neighboring Indonesia and dry weather conditions intensified by El Niño. Per IQAir data, Singapore now ranks among the world's 10 most polluted cities, alongside Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta.

According to Jin10 Futures on September 15, China's downstream chemical products showed divergence amid surging international crude oil prices driven by Middle East geopolitical risks. Upstream commodities near the crude oil end gained strong cost support, while downstream chemical products struggled to keep pace and some turned lower. Industry participants noted that tight upstream raw material supply is not being transmitted to terminals due to insufficient end-user demand. According to Dai Yu

According to developer findings, Anthropic has quietly begun gray-box testing its Claude Opus 5.2 model. Developers discovered the new version by checking request headers on Claude Code, where the backend model slug pointed to Opus 5.2 despite the interface still displaying Opus 5. The model shows improvements in response speed, more concise output, and enhanced autonomous capabilities in handling complex long-form tasks. Unlike earlier versions that required users to input "continue" commands,

According to Jin10, seven major forex options with notional values exceeding $1 billion each are set to expire on September 15 at 22:00 Beijing time. The expiring contracts include options on EUR and JPY pairs across multiple strike prices.

According to a Reuters survey, average U.S. home prices are projected to rise 1.5% in 2026 and 2.3% in 2027, up from the second quarter forecasts of 1.2% and 2.0% respectively.

According to WuBlockchain, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $160 million in net inflows on September 14, with BlackRock's IBIT contributing $134 million. Spot Ether ETFs also recorded $121 million in inflows during the same period.

According to @WuBlockchain, USDC.e and WETH officially launched on Neo X, powered by Chainlink's CCIP cross-chain infrastructure. The integration enables users to bridge USDC from Ethereum to Neo X, facilitating token transfers and enhancing liquidity access for decentralized finance and trading applications on the EVM-compatible sidechain.

According to shipping data provider Kpler on September 15, only 4 bulk carriers transited the Hormuz Strait on Monday, down sharply from 10 vessels the previous day. The disruption follows attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure. Shell executives reported the global liquefied natural gas market has lost approximately 36 million tons from the Middle East. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization warned that reduced flow through the Hormuz Strait threatens global grain production. U.S. Energy Secretar

According to Jin10 Data on September 15, Ukraine's interceptor drone testing in early July failed, with two sources familiar with the exercise noting that many drones proved difficult to control at speeds exceeding 400 kph. Some aircraft crashed into nearby fields and forests. Russian jet-powered attack drones have intensified significantly, with data seen by Reuters showing a roughly six-fold increase in usage over the three summer months, underscoring Ukraine's winter defense challenges amid i

According to Morgan Stanley, the Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates by 25 basis points each in September and December 2026, marking a shift from the firm's previous forecast that predicted no policy changes this year.