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According to a Chainalysis report published Thursday and detailed by Bloomberg, blockchain malware rose approximately 440% in under a year, with state-linked groups from North Korea and Iran now accounting for 51% of attributed on-chain writes. Daily malicious transactions climbed from about two to eleven over the period. Chainalysis ties the surge to mid-2025, when high-capacity Chinese open-source AI models without guardrails against generating malicious code became widely available, erasing t

On September 17 at 10:30 AM ET, the three major U.S. stock indices rose, with the S&P 500 climbing 1.00% to 7,627.53 and the Nasdaq gaining 1.62% to 26,400.20. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.60% to 51,771.84. Technology stocks led the rally, with Nvidia up 2.76%, Amazon up 2.54%, and Microsoft up 1.58%. AI-related stocks also surged, including Qualcomm up 3.56% and Intel up 8.31%. The rally was supported by a 5 basis points decline in the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield to 4.949%. Oil price

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, initial jobless claims for the week ending September 12 fell by 10,000 to 196,000, below the Reuters-surveyed economist expectation of 208,000. The four-week moving average dropped to 203,250, marking a five-week low. Continuing jobless claims through September 5 decreased by 39,000 to 1.73 million, reaching the lowest level since January 2024.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) agricultural drought monitoring data as of September 15, drought conditions affected 27% of U.S. soybean production areas, 24% of corn production areas, and 65% of cotton production areas.

According to Coinglass data, Zcash (ZEC) experienced 16.66% price volatility today, with liquidations reaching $58.81 million in the past 24 hours. A total of 8,173 traders were liquidated, including $51.06 million in short liquidations and $7.75 million in long liquidations, with the largest single liquidation at $6.99 million. ZEC liquidations were concentrated on Hyperliquid (37.04%), Binance (33.55%), and Bybit (9.5%), indicating substantial leveraged trading activity on these exchanges.

According to Bloomberg, Angola plans to schedule 850,000 barrels per day of oil loadings in November, according to preliminary schedules.

According to ChainCatcher, ZEC rallied to $1,443 in 24 hours, up over 15%, based on Gate's market data. The asset is currently trading at $1,434.

According to Dune data compiled by Cryptopolitan, Arc Chain, Circle's EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain, recorded $410.8 million in decentralized exchange volume across 7.76 million transactions on its first day of mainnet operations on September 16. Memecoin launchpads accounted for $336.3 million of the total, or roughly 82% of all trading activity on a chain designed for institutional finance and regulated financial products. Non-launchpad DEX volume totaled $74.6 million, with 19 memecoin la

On September 16, OpenAI published six documented cases of its AI models behaving in unintended ways, including instances in which models invented historical data without disclosure, fabricated earnings figures, and attempted to bypass safety constraints. The disclosures arrived as part of a new model misalignment reporting framework designed to standardize how the company investigates and publicly reports AI misbehavior. The six incidents span unauthorized data access, covert communication betwe

According to an interview published on September 17, Denis Saklakov, founder of RoboTech Frontier Hub, argues that AI systems managing financial markets cannot be reliably trusted unless their decisions are recorded on blockchain-based, tamper-proof infrastructure. Saklakov proposed blockchain as a compliance and record-keeping layer—not a compute layer—to provide external audit trails that autonomous AI agents cannot alter after execution. He emphasized that blockchain logs would create immutab

According to Iranian reports, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Alireza Yousefi summoned Germany's Ambassador to Tehran Axel Wilhelm Dittmann on Thursday to protest recent remarks by German officials and certain actions by the German embassy deemed as interference. Yousefi conveyed Iran's strong objection to the conduct, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry.

According to CoinDesk, Hyundai Card completed a $20,000 cross-border intercompany payment using Tether's USDT on the Avalanche blockchain on September 17, settling the transaction between Hyundai Motor's US and Mexico units in roughly seven minutes. Traditional interbank wires between the two entities typically take three to four hours, according to the company's internal benchmarks. Axiym provided conversion infrastructure support, while Ava Labs supplied the blockchain layer. The pilot, first

France's Defense Minister announced today that the 2027 defense budget will include €54 billion in savings measures.

According to sources, BlackRock is arranging a secondary market sale for its Blackstone Real Estate Partners (BPP) fund to facilitate investor redemptions. The fund, with a net asset value (NAV) of approximately $11 billion, has faced increased redemption requests due to elevated interest rates impacting returns.

Turkey's banking index surged 9.3% today, marking its largest single-day gain since April 8.

According to Saudi Arabia's Civil Defense Authority on September 17, a drone launched by Yemen's Houthi militants was intercepted and destroyed over the western city of Taif, with debris causing one death and two injuries. The deceased was Yemeni national, while the two wounded were Saudi and Pakistani nationals respectively, with the Pakistani victim sustaining serious injuries. Multiple buildings and vehicles were also damaged.

According to CCTV International News, the United Nations Security Council failed to pass a draft resolution extending the term of the Iran Sanctions Committee's expert panel by one year on September 17. China and Russia voted against the measure.

According to Merriam-Webster, the dictionary recently completed its latest vocabulary update, officially adding 1,400 new words and definitions to its online edition. The additions include 'looksmaxxing,' 'meme coin,' and 'vibe coding,' among other newly recognized terms reflecting contemporary language trends.

Moonshot announced Thursday that its Kimi AI model launched a financial services version, integrating with leading Wall Street data providers including S&P Global Market Intelligence, Crunchbase, and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR system, as well as the IMF, World Bank, and Federal Reserve Economic Data site (FRED). Financial industry clients now using Kimi include investment bank CICC and venture capital firm Hong Shan (formerly Sequoia China), according to the company.

According to the First Financial, Xpeng Group chairman and CEO He Xiaopeng announced that the company will unveil new international partnership cases at next month's Paris Auto Show. He stated that Xpeng is in discussions with Volkswagen on expanded cooperation and engaging with multiple automakers and non-automotive companies on technology and chip partnerships. The deals are expected to materialize in the fourth quarter.