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According to CCTV, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on September 17.

According to Jin10, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Thursday that the economic outlook remains too unpredictable for him to assess whether market pricing in four rate hikes over the next year is reasonable. Bailey noted that BoE officials have not discussed such a rate hike scenario. He stated, "The market must form its own judgment, but I must point out: the current situation is simply too unpredictable." Bailey added that recent movements in UK government bond markets, where 30-

According to industry data and Reuters calculations, Russia's seaborne oil product exports increased 16.4% month-on-month in August but declined 50% compared to the same period last year.

The U.S. existing home sales contract index rose 0.3% month-over-month in August, beating the consensus forecast of a 0.1% decline. The previous month's reading was a 2.3% drop, indicating a recovery in housing market sentiment.

The U.S. existing home sales contract index for August came in at 71.2, according to the National Association of Realtors. The prior month's reading was revised downward to 71, compared to the previously reported 71.2.

The U.S. unadjusted pending home sales index declined 4.9% year-over-year in August, missing economist forecasts of -3.9% and marking a steeper decline from July's -2.50% reading.

According to MSX.COM data, U.S. optical telecom stocks surged in early trading on September 17. Ciena rose over 9%, while Marvell Technology and Corning gained over 7%, and Coherent climbed nearly 7%.

According to Lookonchain, US Bitcoin ETF saw net outflows of 4,300 BTC today (September 17), while Ethereum ETF had net outflows of 76,217 ETH. Over the past seven days, Bitcoin ETF outflows reached 12,061 BTC and Ethereum ETF outflows totaled 32,343 ETH.

According to MSX.COM, SK Hynix shares rose over 5% to $183.875 per share, bringing its market capitalization to $1.34 trillion. Micron Technology shares climbed 5.11% to $973.935 per share, with a market value of $1.10 trillion.

On September 17, England Football Association Chair Debbie Hewitt, also FIFA Vice President, wrote to FIFA President Gianni Infantino demanding the disclosure of all information regarding the World Cup sale plan and calling for an independent investigation into two World Cup controversy incidents.

According to Binance data, Intel stock (INTC.O) rallied 8% on September 17.

According to Bloomberg Television, Lucid Group CEO Silvio Napoli announced the company has completed its cooperation with advisor AlixPartners.

On September 17, Argentine President Javier Milei submitted a draft National Sovereignty Defense Law to Congress aimed at strengthening protection over the Falkland Islands and surrounding maritime areas. The bill proposes replacing the current legal framework and would prohibit unauthorized resource extraction, expanding penalties to shareholders, controlling entities, and suppliers, with fines based on international commodity prices and maximum prison sentences of up to 20 years.

The FTSE 100 Index rose 1.00% during intraday trading on September 17.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jensen Huang opposed the establishment of an independent AI self-regulatory body modeled after FINRA, prompting President Trump to reject the proposal on September 17. The plan was originally proposed by Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, in July and would have required testing of frontier AI models for security, biological, and deception risks up to 30 days before public release.

According to Starknet's announcement on September 16, the project successfully mined a quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction on mainnet in August, with the process requiring 3,100 GPU-hours and $320 in computing costs. The achievement demonstrates that quantum-resistant transaction technology can operate in a live blockchain environment rather than remaining a theoretical concept. StarkWare, Yukon Research, and Eigan Labs are collaborating to reduce the computational requirements and costs involved.

According to Israel's UN envoy, Israel and Morocco have reached multiple agreements recently, including establishing mutual embassies to strengthen diplomatic relations, expanding economic cooperation and investment, and increasing direct flights between the two countries.

According to ChainCatcher, Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade passed key tests this week using new block construction rules and is scheduled to launch on Sepolia testnet on October 6. Nethermind client completed performance testing and passed all 2,302 tests, processing 570.7 billion gas in 3 minutes 15 seconds, averaging approximately 2.9 billion gas per second. The upgrade increases the block gas limit from 60 million to 200 million, allowing more transactions and token swaps per block to reduce c

According to Whale Alert, Coinbase Institutional transferred 679 BTC valued at approximately $51.7 million to an unknown wallet today. The transfer has captured trader attention as a potential market signal, with participants closely monitoring large institutional wallet movements for insights into upcoming price dynamics.

Gate News message, RWA projects have raised over $476 million in funding in 2026 so far, making this sector one of the ten most-funded categories of the year. According to Fundraising Digest on September 17, 2026, the seven biggest RWA funding rounds of 2026 include: Gold.com at $150M, SuperstateInc at $82.5M, rqdclearing at $74M, ValinorDigital at $25M, HivemindCap at $17M, opentradeio at $17M, and tarecredit at $13.25M.