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On Thursday (September 24), the ICE Dollar Index rose 0.17% to 101.270 points, trading between 101.001-101.398 for the session and approaching recent highs. Bloomberg's Dollar Index gained 0.29% to 1215.90 points, with intraday range of 1211.76-1216.98.

According to Yemen's armed forces spokesman Yahya Saree, Saudi Arabia has conducted 1,018 airstrikes and missile attacks on Yemen since the escalation began on September 25. Saree stated the strikes have caused civilian casualties, including women and children, and damaged civilian infrastructure. In response, Yemen's armed forces claimed to have carried out two military operations against Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh and Saudi Aramco's facility in Yanbu using ballistic missiles, cruise missile

Onshore yuan (CNY) closed at 6.7125 per dollar at 03:00 Beijing time, down 17 pips from Tuesday's close. Trading volume reached 46.33 billion dollars.

According to Bloomberg, the Bloomberg Commodity Grains Index fell 0.23% to 34.3317 on September 24 at the New York close. CBOT corn futures declined 0.47%, CBOT wheat futures fell 0.28%, and CBOT soybean futures dropped 0.10%.

According to CryptoTwitter commentator @SolanaFloor, Solana's Alpenglow upgrade has launched on the testnet, targeting 150 milliseconds for transaction finality—85 times faster than the current 12.8 seconds. Described as Solana's most significant consensus upgrade, Alpenglow allows developers to test the new features before full deployment on the mainnet.

According to Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Senate rejected a resolution limiting President Trump's war powers against Iran on September 25, voting 50-49. The measure sought to require the president to withdraw American military forces from hostile operations against Iran. The vote split largely along party lines, with four Republican senators joining Democrats in support. The vote occurred amid rising energy prices tied to Iran tensions, which have become a pressure point for Republican candidat

On September 24, Mexico's central bank held its benchmark interest rate at 6.5%, matching both market expectations and its previous level.

According to Iraq's Foreign Ministry, Iraq and the U.S. signed an agreement on September 24, under which the U.S. will transfer diplomatic support facilities at Baghdad International Airport to the Iraqi government. The transfer is part of Iraq's plan to end the international coalition's military mission and terminate foreign military presence, with work scheduled to be completed by September 30.

According to Bitcoin Treasuries, Strive has purchased over 1,100 Bitcoin this week and is expected to buy over 135 BTC today with recently secured funds.

According to Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Anna George Schwartz, on September 24, the Federal Reserve may need further rate hikes to return inflation to its 2% target. Speaking at an event in Philadelphia, Schwartz noted that core inflation indicators, excluding volatile energy and food prices, remain stubbornly elevated in the 2.5% to 3% range with little progress toward the Fed's goal. She stated that if economic conditions develop as expected, a modest amount of additional tightening

According to U.S. Defense officials, approximately 60 commercial vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, carrying crude oil at the highest daily volume since early July.

According to Iraq's Foreign Ministry, on September 24, Iraq and the United States signed an agreement transferring a U.S. embassy diplomatic support facility at Baghdad International Airport to the Iraqi government. The move is part of Iraq's plan to end the international coalition's military mission and remove foreign military presence, with completion scheduled for September 30.

According to UBS, Tesla is forecast to deliver 470,000 vehicles in the third quarter, compared to Bloomberg's consensus estimate of 466,000 units.

According to LSEG Lipper, U.S. leveraged loan funds saw inflows of $1.3 billion in the week of September 23, marking the highest weekly inflow since February 19, 2025. The funds have recorded consecutive inflows for 13 weeks, the longest streak in a year.

According to The Block, ARK Invest today tokenized its $1.3 billion ARK Venture Fund (ARKVX) on Ethereum through Securitize, marking the first ARK fund brought onchain. The fund invests in private and public technology companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Stripe and Databricks. Cathie Wood, founder and CEO of ARK Invest, stated that "tokenization has the potential to reshape fundamentally the way that investors access and participate in both private and public financial markets."

Trust Wallet users can now execute non-custodial cross-chain trades directly within the app as of September 24, following a new integration with MoonPay Trade. The feature enables swaps across seven blockchains, including Ethereum, Bitcoin, Base, and Arc, without funds passing through intermediaries. Users review swap routes and sign transactions directly in Trust Wallet. MoonPay Trade, which launched on May 21, is a cross-chain execution platform capable of routing transactions across more than

According to Chainalysis's 2026 Global Crypto Adoption Index released on September 23, cross-border stablecoin flows reached $220.3 billion for the year ending June 30, 2026, a 77.5% increase from $124.2 billion a year earlier. This growth occurred despite the total crypto market cap declining 37% to $2.1 trillion. Monthly cross-border stablecoin volumes more than doubled from $11 billion in January 2025 to $24 billion by June 2026, with an average transfer size of approximately $3,000. The top

According to Crypto Briefing, BitGo launched BitGo Research on September 24, a new institutional research division led by Greg Cipolaro, who previously served as Global Head of Research at NYDIG's institutional trading business. BitGo Research will produce market commentary and thematic reports covering digital asset markets and emerging industry trends, drawing insights from BitGo's custody, trading, financing, and settlement operations.

According to its S-1 filing submitted to the SEC on September 18, Nscale, a UK-based AI infrastructure provider spun out from crypto mining firm Arkon Energy, is seeking a NYSE listing under the ticker NSCL. The company targets a valuation of approximately $30 billion, with Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley leading underwriting. For the first half of 2026, Nscale generated $140.6 million in revenue, up 1,252% from $10.4 million year-over-year, though it reported a net loss of $1.02 bil

According to OpenCode Go's leaderboard, Meta's Muse Spark AI coding model ranks second globally with 120 million sessions and 79 trillion developer tokens processed on the platform. The model, which operates with a 1 million token context window for agentic coding tasks, has seen rapid iteration—Version 1.3 launched in September following v1.2 on August 5, 2026, co-trained with Muse Code, Meta's terminal agent. Meta prices the model API at $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million out