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According to the Ukraine Grain Association, Poland's customs has prohibited storage of transit grain from Ukraine in Polish customs warehouses on Thursday, Sept. 24. The association stated that the ban could severely hamper Ukrainian agricultural exports, potentially causing railway delays, congestion at border crossings and transshipment hubs, reduced capacity on Polish rail networks, and increased logistics costs.

According to Glassnode's latest report, Gate's BTC spot trading volume ranking has risen 4 positions to rank third globally over the past two years, creating the largest ranking gain among all surveyed exchanges. During the same period, Gate's market share in BTC spot trading volume surged from 2% to 9.1%, a net increase of 7.1 percentage points—the highest gain across all exchanges. Over the past 24 months, Gate ranked within the top three in BTC spot trading volume for 9 months, demonstrating

According to Koray Kavukcuoglu, the newly appointed head of Google DeepMind, Gemini 4 is in its refinement stage, with the company aiming to release the frontier AI model "much earlier" than the end of 2026. In his first media appearance since taking the leadership role, Kavukcuoglu told The Information that Google intends to "release an early post-training output as soon as possible" and will "continue the fast-paced iterations" going forward.

According to Kazakhstan's Defense Ministry, nine servicemen died today after being swept into the sea during a naval training exercise. The incident occurred during routine military operations, though specific details of the accident were not immediately disclosed.

According to Guangzhou Futures Exchange, starting Sept. 28, 2026, the exchange is expanding eligible foreign institutional investors' access to commodity futures and options, newly opening platinum and palladium futures and options contracts for trading.

According to Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange, effective September 28, the exchange will expand trading access for qualified foreign institutional investors and renminbi-denominated qualified foreign institutional investors to six additional commodity futures contracts and five options contracts. The newly opened futures contracts include cotton, caustic soda, propylene, apples, jujubes, and cotton yarn. The newly opened options contracts cover cotton, caustic soda, propylene, apples, and jujubes.

According to New York Federal Reserve President John Williams, speaking today on September 24, artificial intelligence could drive a productivity boom similar to the 1996-2005 period in the U.S., though the critical question remains how long such gains will persist. Williams also noted that other economic growth reflects stronger business formation, adding that productivity expansion is expected but its duration is uncertain.

According to RootData, ZetaChain will unlock 44.43 million ZETA tokens valued at approximately $2.21 million on October 1st at 00:00 UTC.

According to RootData, a Web3 asset data platform, EigenCloud (EIGEN) will unlock approximately 38.35 million tokens worth roughly $9.07 million on October 1 at 5 AM Beijing time.

According to ChainCatcher citing RootData, Audiera (BEAT) will unlock approximately 11.25 million tokens worth around $1.03 million on October 1 at 9 AM Beijing time.

According to Reuters, Amazon plans to invest $3 billion to expand its quick commerce operations in India by 2030. The company will allocate $1 billion by the end of 2027, followed by an additional $2 billion through 2030.

The SEC established a temporary exemption framework on September 17 for tokenized U.S. stocks to trade through automated market makers on blockchain-based venues, with the relief lasting five years. The framework requires participating venues to operate as permissioned systems and maintain investor protections, including ensuring tokenized shares retain dividend and voting rights equivalent to traditional equity. The XRP Ledger already possesses native AMM functionality, which became active on M

According to Jin10 data, European Central Bank Executive Board member Schnabel warned on Sept. 24 that energy shocks triggered by Iran-related conflicts have persisted significantly longer than initially anticipated, extending impacts beyond crude oil to diesel and natural gas. Schnabel stated that the bank initially viewed the disruption as a short-term event, but acknowledged the effects have proven far more prolonged and broader in scope than expected.

According to Bloomberg, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical is considering an acquisition offer of over 500 billion yen (approximately $3.2 billion) from private equity firm CVC and Nippon Sangyo Suishin Kiko Ltd.

According to Jin10 on September 24, former Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan said bond markets are pricing in more Federal Reserve rate hikes than justified by economic data. Kaplan noted that while the Fed's September rate hike was appropriate and a December hike may be reasonable, a pause in October could be warranted. He flagged inflation as concerning on both monthly and annualized bases, with month-over-month data reaching nearly 3% when annualized. Kaplan pointed out that while the Fed's

According to Guru Club citing Chuangshi Futures analysis, lithium carbonate futures plunged 4.7% today (September 24), breaking below 125,000 yuan/ton. Weekly production increased 224 tons to 27,889 tons, with September expected to rise 10% to 128,500 tons. Supply recovery is being driven by Zimbabwe ore arrivals, steady Chilean shipments, and resumption projects including Huayou Cobalt's $210 million Ghana acquisition and Yichun complex restart. Demand remains resilient with October lithium bat

According to China's Trade Remedy Information Net, on September 24, Australia's Trade Remedies Authority launched an anti-dumping sunset review investigation into polyvinyl chloride flat electrical cables imported from Guilin International Wire & Cable Group. The investigation was initiated following an application by Australian domestic company Prysmian Australia Pty Ltd, as detailed in the authority's Notice No. 2026/137.

According to Iran's military adviser Safavi, Iran and Oman have reached an agreement on a mechanism regarding traffic through the Hormuz Strait, though the U.S. has interfered with the arrangement.

According to China's Defense Ministry spokesman Major Jiang Bin, on September 24, the country will continue to adhere to the new era military strategic guidelines, maintaining defensive posture and the principle of acting only after the enemy strikes first. Jiang stated that relevant parties need not over-interpret the revised National Defense Mobilization Law, which for the first time defines national defense mobilization as converting economic and social capacity into military strength.

According to Jin10, Shandong Gold announced on September 24 that it has adjusted its 2026 gold ore production target to 36-38 tons, down from the originally planned minimum of 49 tons. The company attributes the downward revision to production impacts from industry safety incident investigations in the first half and increased domestic mining infrastructure construction in the second half. Shandong Gold produced 48.89 tons of gold ore in 2025, and the 2026 adjustment represents an anticipated de