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According to Jin10, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Jeff Schmid said today that recent U.S. Treasury yield increases stem primarily from artificial intelligence investment demand and geopolitical challenges rather than monetary policy factors. Schmid also stated that the U.S. Treasury's debt buyback program will not add difficulty to the Federal Reserve's policy implementation.

According to Jin10, the U.S. dollar index (DXY) is on track to record its strongest weekly performance in three months, up approximately 1.1% this week. The surge follows signals from the Federal Reserve indicating further rate increases and steady U.S. economic growth. JPMorgan, Standard Chartered, and Brown Brothers Harriman all noted that the Fed's first rate hike in over three years has removed a major headwind for dollar strength. On Friday, DXY broke above its 200-day moving average, a tec

According to Kevin O'Leary speaking at the Avalanche Summit yesterday (September 17), Bitcoin could reach $1 million if the industry resolves the quantum computing threat known as "Q-Day." The investor said institutions currently treat Bitcoin more as a novelty than a core holding due to concerns that sufficiently powerful quantum computers could one day break the encryption securing Bitcoin wallets. O'Leary also revised his previous investment thesis, stating that instead of betting on Bitcoin

According to Foresight News, Bankless co-founder David Hoffman said altseason has already arrived, coming sooner than expected. In May, Hoffman liquidated his ETH holdings and subsequently purchased VVV, NEAR, ZEC, HYPE, and LIT.

According to Lookonchain data, a trader at address 0xaeaa opened a long position of 450 BTC (approximately $36.4 million) as Bitcoin broke through $80,000. The position currently shows unrealized gains of $276,000.

According to Bitget, Ethereum broke above 2,600 USDT today, trading at 2,600.28 USDT with an intraday gain of 6.24%.

According to CoinDesk, the London-based institutional crypto services provider Haruko suffered a targeted cyberattack this week that affected 15 clients, with some smaller hedge funds experiencing asset losses. Attackers exploited vulnerabilities in Haruko's infrastructure to extract user access tokens and retrieve read-only exchange API credentials and other data stored in process memory. Clients' own system login credentials were not compromised. Haruko co-founder and CTO Adam Carlile stated t

According to Foresight News, ORBIO on Robinhood Chain surged 59.48% in 24 hours today, with market cap briefly reaching $53.8 million and currently trading at $48.41 million. The token was issued via Pons and is listed on GMGN.

According to Jin10, as of the 2:30 a.m. close on September 19, Shanghai Gold futures rose 0.52% to 948 yuan per gram, Shanghai Silver futures gained 1.49% to 16,296 yuan per kilogram, and SC crude oil futures fell 2.60% to 735 yuan per barrel.

According to Shanghai Gold Exchange, gold and silver T+D contracts both rose in the evening session on September 18. Gold T+D gained 0.45% to close at 946.2 yuan per gram, while silver T+D climbed 1.2% to 16,250.0 yuan per kilogram.

According to Morgan Stanley's Break the Playbook podcast, on Sep. 17, David Einhorn, founder of hedge fund Greenlight Capital, warned that younger generations are prioritizing crypto and stock speculation over homeownership. Einhorn noted that young people prefer to "speculate in crypto or speculate in stocks" rather than commit to long-term wealth building through purchasing homes, citing impatience and the appeal of short-term gains.

WTI October crude futures fell $1.86 (down 1.82%) to $100.30/barrel today. The contract has gained 0.25% week-to-date.

According to The Washington Post, citing multiple U.S. officials, on September 18, the actual U.S. military death toll from the conflict that began on February 28 may exceed Pentagon's publicly disclosed figures. The Pentagon's casualty database currently shows 18 military personnel killed, but five informed officials stated the actual death toll is at least 22, with another official estimating 23, with some deaths not included in public records. Over 820 U.S. military personnel have been wounde

On Sept 14, Shin Hwan-jong, advisor at Korea Investment Securities, outlined investment strategies for an extended inflationary period ahead. Shin forecasted that sticky inflation will persist for the next three to five years, driven by AI investment demand, geopolitical tensions including the Russia-Ukraine and Iran-U.S. conflicts, and increased liquidity from digital asset adoption. Shin recommended U.S. long-term Treasuries, with 10-year yields exceeding 5% and 20- to 30-year yields sustained

According to Shanghai Futures Exchange, crude oil futures (code 2611) fell 2.60% to 734.80 yuan per barrel in the night session on September 18. Meanwhile, Shanghai gold rose 0.52% and Shanghai silver gained 1.49% during the same session.

According to Mirae Asset Securities, the company relisted four ETN (Exchange Traded Note) products on the Korea Exchange on September 19, linked to KOSPI 200 and KOSDAQ 150 futures indices. The products carry zero management fees. The four products are designed to track the daily returns of the KOSPI 200 futures index TWAP (Time Weighted Average Price), KOSDAQ 150 futures index TWAP, and their inverse counterparts at -1x leverage.

According to an external report released Friday by advisory firm Starling Advisory Group, Federal Reserve supervisors knew or should have known about Silicon Valley Bank's major vulnerabilities before the 2023 collapse. The report, presented by Fed Vice Chair Baumol in London, is more critical of Fed's supervisory failures than an internal review conducted in 2023. SVB held 94% of deposits uninsured and concentrated among venture-capital-backed tech companies, making it highly vulnerable to bank

Strategy Bitcoin transferred 411.48 BTC valued at approximately $30.3 million to Coinbase Prime, while Marathon Digital Holdings moved 250 BTC worth around $17.37 million, according to recent on-chain data. These institutional transfers have drawn trader attention as market participants monitor wallet activities for potential price implications. The moves follow Marathon Digital's prior liquidation of 15,133 BTC and reflect ongoing strategic repositioning by major holders.

According to Yemen's Houthi movement, Saudi Arabia conducted 300 airstrikes this week, deploying F-15 and Typhoon fighter jets from Al-Harmis Mushayt and Taif air bases. The strikes targeted multiple provinces including Taiz, Hajjah, Marib, Jawf, Bayda, Amran, Hodeidah, and Saada.

According to The Block, Meltem Demirors, founder of Crucible and longtime crypto investor, argued Thursday at Avalanche Summit in New York that Bitcoin was the wrong token and AI is what the world is now pricing as intelligence. Demirors said Bitcoin established the infrastructure playbook that enabled the current AI boom, but while the infrastructure thesis held, the ultimate output was miscalculated. "The actual token that the world today is pricing, and that's getting trillions of dollars of