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According to Guru Club, WTI crude oil broke below $96 on September 19, with intraday decline exceeding 0.4%.

According to Coinglass data, Ethereum liquidation levels on major centralized exchanges show $1.265 billion in accumulated long position liquidations if ETH falls below $2,491. Conversely, $707 million in accumulated short position liquidations would be triggered if ETH breaks above $2,748.

According to AFP, citing police officials, the death toll from an attack on Pakistan's police headquarters has risen to 31. The incident occurred recently, with casualty figures continuing to be updated as investigations proceed.

According to Farside data, U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded net inflows of $433 million on Sept 18 (U.S. Eastern Time). Fidelity's FBTC led with $310.7 million in inflows, followed by BlackRock's IBIT with $108.4 million. This marked the second consecutive trading day of net inflows for Bitcoin spot ETFs. Since launching in January 2024, the products have accumulated $5.52 billion in net inflows.

According to Farside, U.S. Ethereum spot ETFs saw net inflows of $143.7 million on September 18, ending a three-day streak of consecutive outflows. Year-to-date through September 18, Ethereum spot ETF inflows totaled $183.7 million.

According to CryptoTwitter commentator @WuBlockchain, a16z-backed Layer 1 project Linera recently announced its immediate shutdown due to insufficient funding. The project's token sale on Sonar attracted nearly $900,000 in commitments but fell short of the minimum threshold required. Linera's team communicated the decision on Discord, confirming that all contributions from the token sale would be refunded. Founded by former Meta researcher Mathieu Baudet, Linera had raised approximately $12 mill

According to a company presentation, OpenAI expects negative free cash flow of $278 billion from 2026 to 2030 as it increases spending on computing power and infrastructure. Cumulative spending on compute and infrastructure is projected to reach approximately $856 billion by 2030, while revenue is expected to rise from $36 billion this year to $350 billion in 2030. OpenAI secured a $110 billion funding round this year with investment from Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank, followed by an additional $

According to ChainCatcher on-chain data, whale Loracle's three-times leveraged HYPE short position is experiencing expanding losses as HYPE price continues to rise. The floating loss has reached $3.029 million, with the position valued at approximately $7.06 million and a return on investment of negative 128.73%.

According to MarketWatch, UBS analysts named 14 technology stocks as top picks on Thursday, citing that artificial intelligence spending cycles remain in early stages, presenting multiple opportunities in the sector. The team highlighted several companies benefiting from AI infrastructure buildout, noting that only 8% of surveyed enterprises have deployed AI agents at scale to date. Amazon is UBS's top pick among large internet companies, with a $318 price target implying 25% upside. Analysts ex

According to ChainCatcher, stablecoin infrastructure company Bastion received conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for a national trust bank charter on September 18. Operating as Bastion Platforms National Trust Company, the firm will provide stablecoin custody, wallet services, and white-label issuance solutions for USDC and other GENIUS Act-compliant digital assets. The charter consolidates Bastion's stablecoin operations under a single federal reg

According to Arkham, whale address t1Lyq transferred $362.56 million worth of ZEC overnight on September 19, depositing $15 million to Coinbase. This marks the address's first deposit to an exchange in ten months. The tokens originally cost $163.88 million when acquired ten months ago. Since 2025, the whale has realized $361 million in gains on this position.

According to Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance ended its partnership with Polymarket in April and removed a hub on its site that displayed the prediction market platform's probability data on economic, government, and market outcomes. Yahoo said the agreement to display Polymarket data had concluded, though the platform still advertises on the site and Yahoo remains open to similar partnerships. Polymarket has faced US regulatory scrutiny since 2022, when the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ordered

According to PANews, Bitcoin surpassed Tesla today to reclaim the top 15 position in global asset market cap rankings. Bitcoin's market cap reached approximately $1.63 trillion, up 5.05% over the past 24 hours, while Tesla's market cap stood at $1.438 trillion, down 0.53% following Friday's stock close at $364.27.

According to BlockBeats, Binance launched 5 new TradFi perpetual contracts today, September 19. The new contracts cover Hut 8 (HUT), UiPath (PATH), Arista Networks (ANET), AMC Entertainment (AMC), and Cypherpunk Technologies (CYPH). All contracts support 24/7 trading and offer up to 20x leverage.

The Eurogroup held a meeting on September 18 in Dublin to discuss the latest eurozone economic situation and the impacts of rising oil and gas prices on the economy, households, and businesses. The group also reviewed potential measures to address the energy price surge.

According to Bloomberg, Nscale, a London-based AI data center developer backed by Nvidia and Microsoft, filed for a US initial public offering on September 18. The company reported revenue of $140.6 million and a net loss of $1.02 billion for the six months ended June 30, according to its SEC filing. Nscale plans to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol NSCL.

According to a recent X post, Cathie Wood released a new episode of Bitcoin Brainstorm focusing on the convergence of artificial intelligence and Bitcoin. The episode features discussions with guests from Bitcoin Park. Wood is the founder and CEO of ARK Invest, an investment firm known for its focus on disruptive innovation and technology integration in finance.

According to Mirae Asset Securities, on September 19, the firm upgraded Samsung SDS to its top pick among large-cap internet and software stocks, raising the target price from 260,000 to 300,000 Korean won. The brokerage also named NHN as its preferred small-cap pick with a target price of 80,000 won and a buy rating. Mirae Asset analyst Lim Hee-seok said that long-term competitiveness of AI data center operators will be determined by "who secures what demand" rather than "how much is built." As

According to Mirae Asset Securities on September 19, analyst Lim Hee-seok upgraded Samsung SDS to top pick for large-cap internet and software stocks, raising its target price from 260,000 won to 300,000 won. For mid-cap names, NHN maintained its top pick status with a 80,000 won target and buy rating. Lim's key thesis: AI datacenter competitiveness hinges on securing stable long-term customers rather than expansion scale. As supply normalizes after 2031, operators with locked-in demand through

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, two addresses linked to the same whale entity transferred all 33,180.48 ETH to an exchange five hours ago at $2,620 per token. The addresses had originally withdrawn the ETH from Bitfinex in November 2023 at an average price of $2,002.75. If the whale sells at current market prices, the transaction would generate approximately $20.48 million in profit.