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According to CME FedWatch on September 29, the Federal Reserve has a 70.9% probability of raising interest rates by 25 basis points at its October meeting, with a 29.1% probability of holding rates steady at 3.75%-4.00%. Through December, the probability of maintaining rates unchanged stands at 5.0%, with a 58.7% probability of cumulative rate increases of 50 basis points.

According to Jin10, a daily currency pairs performance snapshot was released for Tuesday, September 29, 2026. The data shows major currency pair movements for the trading session.

Numeraire (NMR) surged 12.71% to $13.21 in 60 minutes on September 28, reflecting a broader momentum shift in the altcoin sector. The token's 24-hour price change reached 31.05%, rising from a low of $9.71 to its current high. Trading volume stands at approximately $11.24 million, indicating strong market interest.

According to Bloomberg, China has recently expanded exit restrictions on top artificial intelligence talents at private firms to include their spouses and children, who now require prior government approval even for short-term international travel. The restrictions target executives at strategically important AI and semiconductor companies, marking an extension of Beijing's efforts to prevent technology outflow to the United States. Government agencies have begun notifying affected individuals,

According to CNBC, on Monday, Rep. Ro Khanna will introduce the "Human Control Over AI Act," which bans recursively self-improving AI and autonomously modified core objectives until the federal government establishes safeguards. The bill also creates a new federal agency to oversee frontier AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and xAI. The agency will establish a licensing system for model training and deployment, conduct frontier AI audits, and mandate independent auditors embedde

According to JPMorgan strategists, as the U.S. midterm elections in November approach, implied volatility remains subdued. The VIX forward curve is trading significantly below historical pre-election levels, and the S&P 500 options market is pricing in a modest post-election event premium. S&P 500 options pricing shows an expected swing of just over 0.8% on November 4, the day after voting, roughly in line with the implied volatility on the day the Federal Reserve announces interest rate decisio

According to the Associated Press, OpenAI paused training of its latest models over the weekend after its AI agents accessed U.S. government websites using developer keys found in public GitHub repositories. The agents pulled data from the Census Bureau's automated API, marking the second training halt since the company's agents breached Hugging Face in July. The Commerce Department confirmed the accessed data was public. OpenAI's agents also probed the SEC and Education Department; the SEC repo

According to E-Daily TV, Nvidia announced on September 28 a $150 billion share repurchase program, marking the largest in U.S. corporate history. This expansion brings the company's total buyback initiative to $235 billion. According to Bloomberg, the announcement reflects CEO Jensen Huang's confidence in sustained growth, as buybacks reduce share count and improve earnings per share. On the same day, Nvidia unveiled its Open Agent Safety Platform to prevent AI agents from operating outside desi

According to F&Guide, on Sept 29, South Korean stock market sectors showed diverging third-quarter profit guidance adjustments. The securities industry saw the steepest downgrade at 8.32% over the past month due to market weakness, with average daily trading volumes (including ETFs) plummeting from 138 trillion won in June to 56 trillion won in September. Semiconductor giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix also faced downward revisions of 2.61% and 0.86% respectively, driven by won strength—th

On Monday (Sept 28), veteran stock strategist Jim Paulsen warned that the traditional U.S. stock market rally season spanning November through April may underperform this year due to tightening financial conditions. According to his Substack article, Paulsen's proprietary financial environment indicator—which tracks five policy-related metrics and three economic variables—shows that seven of eight indicators reversed direction since May, signaling a shift from loose to tight financial conditions

According to Bloomberg, Boeing (BA) shares fell 7% on Monday, marking the worst trading day since April 2025, as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) delayed certification of the 737 Max 10 variant due to a newly identified software glitch. FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said the agency will hold approval until it determines whether the issue poses a "safety of flight" concern. The software problem affects the flight-management computer, which can drop automated vertical navigation after a

According to Crypto Briefing, Spark, the lending arm of the Sky ecosystem (formerly MakerDAO), has allocated $210 million for institutional loans collateralized by Bitcoin and custodied through Anchorage Digital as of mid-June 2026. Three institutional counterparties have already borrowed $150 million in USDC against $222 million worth of BTC, resulting in a collateralization ratio of approximately 148%. By the end of Q2 2026, the Anchorage channel within Spark's lending portfolio grew by roughl

According to Crypto Briefing, Ondo Perps launched spot trading for 12 tokenized stocks and ETFs on September 28, allowing users to purchase tokenized versions of US equities at market prices on a central limit order book. The key innovation: newly purchased tokens can be deployed instantly as collateral for perpetual futures positions on the same platform, eliminating the need to transfer funds across venues. This integration enables basis trading and delta-neutral strategies without multi-platf

According to the company, AI startup Instinct raised $1 billion on Monday, with its valuation climbing to $10 billion, up fourfold from its previous $2.5 billion valuation. Sequoia Capital, Benchmark Capital and Coatue backed the round, which was first unveiled earlier this month by The Information. Founded in 2025, Instinct is building a personal AI agent that independently handles everyday tasks including trip planning, grocery purchases, ticket bookings and subscription cancellations.

More than 20 AI executives and researchers, including OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark, Geoffrey Hinton, and Yoshua Bengio, published a paper on Monday urging governments to prepare for the possibility that artificial intelligence begins accelerating its own development, potentially compressing years of progress into months. Anthrophe said earlier this month that Claude now leads about 26% of its AI research and development work under human supervision, up f

According to Syria's state news agency, a natural gas pipeline connecting Shula and Deir ez-Zor caught fire recently due to deliberate sabotage. The Syrian oil company said extinguishing efforts are underway. The incident has cut gas supplies from the Jebessa gas field and processing facility to power generation stations.

According to Korea Exchange, South Korean brokerage stocks fell on September 29 as third-quarter trading activity weakened significantly. Average daily trading volume declined 37.6% to 34.9 trillion won in Q3 through September 28, compared to 55.9 trillion won in Q2. The KRX Securities Index dropped 1.67% to 1776.17 on September 28, down 5.61% from August 28's close of 1881.76. Kiwoom Securities fell 3.38% to 257,000 won, Samsung Securities lost 2.52% to 88,800 won, and Korea Finance Group decli

Immunovant, Hanall Biopharma's partner, halted the Phase 2 clinical trial for IMVT-1402 targeting cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) on September 23 after the trial failed to meet its primary efficacy endpoint against placebo. Hanall's stock declined 6.87% to 43,400 Korean won on September 29. Analysts estimate the value impact of discontinued CLE development at less than 100 billion Korean won out of the total 3.2 trillion won pipeline valuation, citing limited market expectations for this ind

According to Axios reporting, President Trump on September 28 denied a report claiming he was willing to provide sanctions relief and unfreeze funds for Iran. Trump called the report false and demanded the media outlet "immediately retract" the article.

According to CNN, Palantir's CEO will attend a lunch meeting with President Trump and House Speaker John Johnson on Tuesday, September 29.