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According to ChainCatcher, French authorities arrested five suspects in early September in connection with a violent kidnapping case that targeted a 48-year-old woman in Haute-Savoie's Taninges on March 14. Two masked men broke into her home, bound and beat her for hours, and attempted to steal her cryptocurrency assets. The woman managed to escape and sought help from neighbors. The investigation, led by Lyon's inter-jurisdictional judicial authority, involved over 60 gendarmes across Paris, Is

According to PANews, on September 17, Genius launched genius.fun, a platform that allows users to decompose tokenized shares and use them for acquiring real listed companies.

According to Foresight News, Bitget launched three stock perpetual futures contracts—QLD (ProShares Ultra QQQ), IBIT (iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF), and CLSK (CleanSpark)—today. The contracts are settled in USDT and support up to 20x leverage with 24/7 trading. Bitget now offers 313 stock contract instruments.

According to a joint report by Glassnode and Bybit, Bitcoin's notional open interest in derivatives has shifted significantly toward options, with options share rising from approximately 25% to nearly 50%. Bybit's Bitcoin options market share surged from less than 10% to 28% among four tracked exchanges, representing nearly threefold growth. Bybit's options market size expanded from $529 million in its first month to $2.33 billion, a gain of over 400%. The report notes that traditional futures v

According to BusinessWire, Interactive Brokers Securities Japan introduced three programs on September 15 to help clients manage borrowing costs. The broker's new margin approach charges interest only on the financed amount rather than the full position value. In its example, a ¥10 million position funded with ¥5 million in client cash incurs interest on ¥5 million only. At the Tier 1 rate of 2.466%, the annual cost would be ¥123,300, compared to ¥246,600 if charged on the entire position—a 50%

Ukraine's Central Bank said it may cut the country's 2026 GDP growth forecast to 1.1%-1.2% from a previous expectation of 1.8%, according to official statements. The downward revision reflects updated economic assessments.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Crusoe, an AI computing infrastructure startup, raised $3.9 billion in Series F funding on September 17, with a post-money valuation of approximately $30.9 billion. The round was led by Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners, and Mubadala Investment, with participation from Founders Fund, TPG, and Qatar Investment Authority (QIA). Founded in 2018, Crusoe is transitioning to compact modular data centers called "Spark," which can be transported by truck to

According to The Wall Street Journal, AI infrastructure startup Crusoe Energy completed a $3.9 billion Series F funding round, with a post-money valuation of approximately $309 billion. The round was led by Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners, and Mubadala Investment, with participation from Founders Fund, TPG, and Qatar Investment Authority (QIA). Founded in 2018, Crusoe is shifting focus to portable data centers called Spark, which are prepackaged computing facilities deployed on trucks

According to David Rees, global economics head at Schroeder, reported by Jin10 on September 17, the UK does not face an urgent need for interest rate hikes. Domestic inflation is controlled, wage growth is slowing, and unemployment near 5% indicates significant slack in the labor market. The greater risk lies in fiscal policy; October's budget will be crucial. Excessive spending could reignite inflation and accelerate rate hikes, though existing pressure in UK gilt markets may limit expansionary

According to Arc Explorer data, Arc Network's decentralized exchanges processed $72.59 million in trading volume over the past 24 hours (Sept 17), with approximately 574,000 transactions across 9,845 active liquidity pools, an increase of roughly 5,300 pools from the prior day. The ARGUS/USDC trading pair led activity with $15.08 million in 24-hour volume, while ARGUS declined 32.5% during the same period. The cirBTC/USDC pair ranked second with $6.01 million in volume.

Virtuals Protocol has officially launched on the Arc Chain, enabling users to tokenize assets and share co-ownership, according to the platform's official announcement. The launch allows builders and agents to engage in decentralized applications with enhanced asset management capabilities on the Arc infrastructure.

According to Bloomberg, Scaleup Europe Fund is in talks to invest in British AI voice startup ElevenLabs, which is seeking to raise over $500 million in its current funding round. The 50-billion-euro fund, managed by Swedish private equity firm EQT and established earlier this year, has already invested in multiple European private tech companies. Sources indicated negotiations are ongoing and the deal may not be completed.

According to Gate data, Brent crude oil (XBRUSD) fell to $103.86 per barrel as of September 17, declining 3.8% over the past 24 hours.

According to Bitget's official announcement, the exchange added 480 stock spot rTokens today (Sept 17), including rBULL (Webull), rCLSK (CleanSpark), rPATH (UiPath), and rBND (Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF), covering financial, healthcare, and utility sectors. The platform now supports a total of 1,666 rTokens. These rTokens, branded as 'r' followed by the stock ticker (such as rNVDA for Nvidia), are issued by Bitget's licensed RWA protocol Reality in partnership with regulated broker Alpaca, e

According to @syrupsid, Maple Finance released a latest memo detailing expanded allocation strategies for institutional lenders. The new allocation engine aims to broaden capital access across a wider range of strategies, with the platform currently managing billions in institutional lending. The memo underscores Maple's commitment to meeting evolving institutional demand in the DeFi lending sector.

According to Jin10, China's Vice Administrator of the Civil Aviation Administration Liang Nan met today (September 17) with UAE Civil Aviation Authority Assistant Director Yousef Hashim Al Aziz in Beijing. The officials discussed deepening bilateral cooperation in aviation, promoting air connectivity between the two nations, and facilitating people-to-people and trade exchanges.

According to Jin10, Ukraine's central bank raised its key interest rate by 50 basis points to 16% on September 17, marking a rare consecutive rate hike. The central bank cited persistent inflation pressure amid intensifying Russian airstrikes and rising wartime uncertainty. Ukraine's consumer inflation accelerated to 8.1% year-over-year in August.

According to Bloomberg, on September 17, Luxembourg-based AI and computing infrastructure developer LIAN Group is considering an initial public offering to raise approximately $500 million. Managing partner Fiorenzo Manganiello stated the company has engaged STJ Advisors to help select underwriters and plans to list in 2027, with the listing venue between Europe and the U.S. still undecided. Final decisions on timing and offering size remain subject to change.

According to Onchain Lens, a whale opened a 3,380 ZEC long position on Hyperliquid with 10x leverage valued at approximately $4.56 million. The liquidation price for the position was set at $1,275.

AI cloud services provider CoreWeave announced the offering of $3 billion in principal amount of convertible senior notes due April 1, 2033. The company also granted initial purchasers an option to buy up to an additional $500 million of the notes. CoreWeave plans to use part of the proceeds for capped call option costs, with remaining funds allocated for general corporate purposes.