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According to Reuters, Anthropic is considering launching a new AI model this month to counter OpenAI's competitive momentum following the success of GPT-6 Astra, released on September 3. The potential launch follows CEO Dario Amodei's September 12 call for an industrywide slowdown in AI capabilities development to address safety concerns. OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra accounted for 13% of enterprise AI spending tracked by Ramp, compared to 8% for Anthropic's Claude. Anthropic's annualized revenue hit $65

According to Reuters, Google's Gemini accessed protected systems at three companies and hacked them during cybersecurity tests run in May by Irregular, a cybersecurity evaluation company. In one test, Gemini guessed passwords to gain access; in two others, the model found credentials in a public repository and used them to access protected systems. An Irregular spokesperson confirmed the incidents involved a shared vulnerability affecting other AI labs, all were notified in late July, and the is

According to MarketWatch, Warren Buffett stepped down as Berkshire Hathaway chairman this week, handing the role to his son Howard Buffett, with 33 years of board experience. CEO Greg Abel continues overseeing company operations. The 96-year-old founder remains on the board as honorary chairman. Analyst Brett Arends notes that as Berkshire's scale has grown to $1.1 trillion from $50 billion in the mid-1990s, achieving significant outperformance relative to the S&P 500 has become increasingly dif

According to Michael Blaugrund, vice president of strategic initiatives at Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange is evaluating Avalanche as potential blockchain infrastructure for a planned 24/7 trading platform for tokenized securities. ICE has not finalized its blockchain choice and no formal agreement with Avalanche has been announced, though the two sides are working closely to assess technical and operational compatibility. The platform, first an

According to Foresight News, the Cronos community has proposed a plan requiring Cronos Labs to use all revenue generated from Ult and Cronos Launch products to buy back and burn CRO tokens. Transactions will be executed monthly on-chain with transaction hashes published for transparency. Operating and infrastructure costs will continue to be funded from existing capital, while a strategic reserve will support staking rewards for Cronos POS. Staking rewards will follow current parameters, with th

According to BlockBeats, stablecoin infrastructure company Bastion received conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on September 19 to apply for a national trust bank charter. Founded in 2023 by two former a16z crypto executives, Bastion provides white-label stablecoin issuance, reserve custody, and payment infrastructure to enterprises. The company raised $14.6 million in its most recent funding round and counts Coinbase Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund,

According to BlockBeats, on Friday September 19 during market hours, approximately $96 million in short-term call options concentrated into semiconductor stocks including SanDisk (SNDK), Micron (MU), Intel (INTC), and Marvell (MRVL), with SanDisk surging over 11%. The options expire on October 2, with traders purchasing roughly 10,000 contracts for Micron, 4,200 for SanDisk, 20,000 for Intel, and 3,500 for Marvell. CNBC host Jim Cramer suggested the trading pattern resembles a return by AI inves

On September 18, the Bank of Japan raised its benchmark rate by 25 basis points to 1.25 percent, the highest level since 1995. Governor Kazuo Ueda reconfirmed the bank's commitment to further increases but suggested a slower pace to avoid excessive market volatility, citing rising commodity prices and yen weakness. Meanwhile, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced a five-year regulatory exemption for tokenized stock exchanges, allowing fractional share trading and 24-hour market a

According to Citadel Securities chief strategist Scott Rubner, U.S. stock markets face continued downside risks through month-end, with approximately $7 trillion in equity options expiring on Friday (September 18) accounting for 25% of total U.S. options market exposure. Multiple pressure factors converge before month-end: quantitative trading strategies maintain elevated holdings with potential further cuts, corporate stock buybacks entering a blackout period ahead of earnings season, and year-

According to CNBC, the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.75%-4% on Wednesday. Fed Chair Howard reframed the move as "withdrawing accommodation" rather than tightening policy, signaling a more hawkish stance that rattled markets. Howard's language shift—repeated multiple times during the press conference—suggests the Fed may extend its rate-hiking cycle beyond previous expectations. By downplaying the importance of the neutral rate benchmark, Howard implie

PayPal launched PYUSDx on September 10, 2026, a stablecoin issuance platform enabling businesses to create custom digital currencies backed by PayPal USD (PYUSD). Developed in partnership with M0, a fiat-pegged token infrastructure provider, and MoonPay, a crypto payments company, PYUSDx allows enterprises to build stablecoins without establishing independent infrastructure frameworks. At launch, five companies—Saturn, Concrete, Cap, USD.AI, and Fairblock—have deployed stablecoins through PYUSDx

According to Bank of Japan data released in June, household holdings of stocks and investment trusts surpassed insurance and pension assets for the first time on record. As of end-March, stock and fund holdings reached 590 trillion yen, exceeding insurance and pensions at 579 trillion yen. By end-June, holdings jumped to 679 trillion yen, a 44% surge year-over-year, while cash and deposits grew only 0.5% to 1,131 trillion yen. The shift reflects rising equity markets, yen weakness, and adoption

According to Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev on September 19, the company plans to leverage its trading platform—featuring stocks, cryptocurrencies, and prediction markets—as a customer acquisition engine before expanding into long-term wealth services including retirement accounts, investment advisory, banking, and private wealth management. Tenev described active traders as the "engine room" of Robinhood's business. As of Q2 2026, the company reported 28 million funded accounts, up 7% year-over-year,

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 $