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Starknet officially launched strkBTC claims today, marking a new milestone for community engagement. According to @Starknet, registrations will reopen on September 22, allowing users to participate in the ecosystem.

On Friday (September 18), the U.S. dollar climbed 0.44% against the Japanese yen in New York afternoon trading, closing at 156.67 yen, marking a weekly gain of 1.99% with trading range of 153.38-158.05 yen. Other major pairs also strengthened against the yen: the euro rose 1.08% to 180 yen, and the British pound gained 1.03% to 209.892 yen. The yen declined 2.20% against the Chinese yuan offshore, trading at 4.2718 yuan.

According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), as of the week ending September 15, sterling net short positions stood at 58,715 contracts, while euro net shorts reached 26,993 contracts. Japanese yen net long positions totaled 120,359 contracts, and Swiss franc net short positions increased by 28,988 contracts.

According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), speculative traders on the New York Mercantile Exchange (COMEX) reduced their net long positions in silver by 1,544 contracts during the week ending September 15, bringing the total to 12,632 contracts.

According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), during the week of September 15, speculators increased their net short positions in Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) ultra-long Treasury futures by 63 contracts to 345,203. Speculators also raised net short positions in CBOT Treasury futures by 2,640 contracts to 203,157.

According to the CFTC, equity fund speculators cut their net short position in S&P 500 futures at CME by 48,186 contracts to 288,457 contracts during the week of September 15.

According to CFTC, Bitcoin net long positions reached 2,468 contracts for the week ending September 15.

According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), in the week ended September 15, gold speculators' net long positions decreased by 2,488 contracts to 137,060. Silver net long positions increased by 1,544 contracts to 12,632. Copper net long positions fell sharply by 16,476 contracts to 65,541.

According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data, speculators reduced their net short positions across the four major natural gas markets on the NYMEX and ICE by 153 contracts in the week ended September 15, bringing the total to 54,263 contracts.

According to Bloomberg, President Trump claimed this week that the global diesel price increase stems primarily from the Russia-Ukraine conflict rather than the U.S.-Iran military conflict. However, market data compiled by Bloomberg and verified by diesel traders tells a different story. Energy analysis firms Energy Aspects, Kpler, and Vortexa estimated that Middle East oil production declined by approximately 770,000 barrels per day from March to August compared to the same period in 2025, whil

According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), natural gas speculators' net short positions across major NYMEX and ICE markets fell by 153 contracts to 48,029 for the week ending September 15.

According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), oil speculators' net long positions decreased by 531 contracts to 139,515 for the week ended September 15.

According to COMEX data, December gold futures rose $25, or 0.57%, to $4,424.70 per troy ounce on September 18 (U.S. Eastern time) in afternoon trading. The gain came as oil prices declined on reports that Saudi Arabia is expanding crude export routes through currency exchanges in Oman. WTI crude for October delivery fell 1% to around $100.80 per barrel. The U.S. dollar index also retreated from intraday highs amid the oil decline and Japan's rate check signaling potential yen support. Since gol

According to Bloomberg data through Friday, Sept. 18, CBOT wheat futures declined 1.76% this week, closing at $7.1350 per bushel. CBOT soybean oil futures fell 2.13% for the week. Corn futures dropped 0.57% to $5.2725 per bushel, while soybean futures gained 0.52% to $13.03 per bushel.

According to CNBC, this week Elon Musk took a middle-of-the-road approach to AI safety at the All-In Summit, urging companies to test each other's new models to identify and fix safety issues before release, rather than relying on government oversight. "You can always escalate regulatory oversight, but it is very difficult to reduce it," Musk said during a virtual appearance. The stance came as Musk aligned with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on calls to slow AI development

NASA and Boeing are in discussions regarding additional missions for the Starliner spacecraft, according to a NASA spokesperson. The talks aim to execute 10 or more new missions, with the goal of ensuring sustained U.S. capability for access to low Earth orbit. NASA stated it is developing plans to meet its objectives for continuous near-Earth orbit presence and will announce further details soon.

According to a tweet from @NEARProtocol, NEAR Protocol recently launched a user-owned AI model in partnership with Venice, Brave, and a national government. The initiative leverages confidential inference technology to enable AI applications while maintaining user privacy and control. The announcement garnered strong community engagement with 268 likes and 37 retweets, reflecting positive sentiment toward NEAR's privacy-centric AI approach.

According to Turkey's Capital Markets Board (SPK), on September 18, the regulator assigned liquidation of 131 frozen investment funds to Isbank and Ziraat, affecting approximately $18 billion in assets and about 350,000 investors. The banks will sell securities and distribute proceeds to investors proportionally according to their fund holdings. Holdings reconciliation must be completed within two business days, with the full liquidation process to conclude within three months from the announcem

According to Binance's Friday announcement, the exchange launches 24/7 perpetual futures on Monday, Sept. 21, starting with the USDBRLUSDT contract offering up to 100x leverage and settled in USDT. Unlike traditional FX markets that close for the weekend, Binance's contracts use a dual-mode pricing system: during regular FX trading hours, prices track a weighted index from third-party data providers, while weekends use an exponentially weighted moving average of orderbook prices.

Onshore Chinese yuan (CNY) closed at 6.6984 per US dollar at 03:00 Beijing time on September 18, up 76 pips from Thursday's night session close. Trading volume reached $5.221 billion.