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According to GMGN market data, Niu Lai spot trading fell below the $90 million market cap mark at listing today, currently trading at $89 million.

Mastercard has introduced Agent Connect, a new product designed to provide merchants with a single integration point for AI-powered commerce. The tool supports a three-stage shopping journey in which AI agents help consumers discover products, build cart recommendations, and secure authorized transactions. Agent Connect is launching initially in the US market with partners including Samsung, Trip.com, and Bemobi. Mastercard also expanded its Agent Suite with Agent Pay, a system that secures tran

According to Bitfinex, the exchange shared its BTC margin trading data on September 9, highlighting long and short positions as a key market sentiment indicator. The data reveals whale activity, which traders use to gauge potential market movements and inform trading strategies. Bitfinex emphasized that visibility of these large positions is crucial for understanding market dynamics in the broader crypto landscape.

According to Whale Alert, Coinbase Institutional transferred 654 BTC worth approximately $51.89 million to an unknown wallet earlier today (September 9). The large transaction has drawn attention from market participants monitoring institutional Bitcoin movements.

According to Foresight News, Cap's native stablecoin cUSD has migrated to PYUSDx, a developer platform co-created by PayPal, M0, and MoonPay. The reserve assets have been changed from volatile DeFi liquidity to PYUSD, while Cap retains control at the contract level.

According to Citrea's announcement, the Bitcoin ZK-rollup protocol has suspended cross-chain bridging for ctUSD, USDC, USDT, WBTC, and CTR due to a security incident at third-party application Zentra Finance. The Citrea protocol itself and cross-chain contracts remain unaffected, with all funds outside Zentra Finance unimpacted and other network functions operating normally. The team is investigating the incident with Zentra and will restore cross-chain functionality once confirmed secure.

According to Foresight News, Meebits and Clutch Markets will launch the NFT project Nightshades on September 14. The project features four factions—Watchers, Zombies, Ghosts, and Knights—each with dedicated NFTs and tokens that can be swapped via AnvilAMM. Its core mechanism triggers a random event called "The Night" every 24 hours, where one or more factions are targeted: the protocol sells their tokens and NFTs to lower prices, using the liquidity to buy surviving faction tokens to boost price

According to Jin10 on September 9, European Parliament member Peter Liese's upcoming carbon market reform draft proposes reducing annual emission trading system caps by 3.4% in the early 2030s, below the European Commission's proposed 3.7%. For the latter half of the decade, the draft outlines a 2.3% linear reduction factor versus the Commission's 1.7% target for 2036. The revised pace aims to ease pressure on Europe's struggling heavy industries.

U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rose to 4.8507% intraday today, marking its highest level since November 2023. The 30-year Treasury yield broke above 5.30%, gaining 5 basis points during the session and approaching its recent peak.

According to U.S. CENTCOM, on September 9, the three major U.S. stock indices fell sharply amid escalating U.S.-Iran tensions and concerns over Middle East crude supply disruptions. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 394.02 points (0.75%) to 52,392.05, the S&P 500 fell 28.72 points (0.37%) to 7,644.80, and the Nasdaq declined 119.27 points (0.45%) to 26,302.13 as of 10:25 a.m. ET. CENTCOM announced it attacked five Iranian tanker ships in response to Iranian strikes on U.S. naval vessels.

According to U.S. Central Command, the military destroyed 10 Iranian oil tankers today (September 9), with no American naval vessels hit during the operation. Iran's Foreign Ministry responded by stating it would make a resolute response to any U.S. military attack.

Istanbul Banking Index fell 2.5% today, marking its biggest intraday decline since September 2.

Meta (META) stock rose 7.00% during intraday trading on September 9, reaching $656.13 per share.

According to Nomura Securities, a large investor spent at least $315 million in options premiums to buy call options across multiple artificial intelligence-related assets on September 4 and September 8. The purchases targeted AMD, Bloom Energy, Coreweave, SK Hynix, Roundhill Memory ETF, Intel, and Sandisk.

EDX Markets integrated with Fireblocks Network Link today (September 9), enabling institutional clients to transfer digital assets and manage liquidity within their existing operational workflows. The integration connects EDX's trading venue and clearinghouse directly to Fireblocks' network, allowing clients to fund accounts, rebalance positions, and execute transfers without rebuilding separate systems. Fireblocks secures over $16 trillion in digital asset transactions and is widely used by ins

According to Google DeepMind, the company released the AlphaGenome Atlas on September 8, a database mapping the predicted molecular effects of roughly 9 billion possible single-nucleotide DNA changes across the human genome. At 1 petabyte, the database precomputes predictions to help researchers prioritize genetic variants without manual evaluation. The Atlas includes an AlphaGenome Variant Impact score and focuses on the non-coding genome, which comprises roughly 98% of human DNA. The resource

On September 9, 2026, Cosmos launched its Partner Network, a curated ecosystem designed to provide financial institutions with integrated digital asset infrastructure. BitGo and 16 other founding partners serve as the core participants. The network pre-integrates custody, compliance, KYC verification, and settlement services, allowing banks to meet multiple operational requirements through a single framework rather than managing separate vendor relationships. BitGo's role covers custody, wallets

The U.S. Treasury will repurchase up to $6 billion in longer-term debt bonds on Thursday. The repurchase is part of an expanded plan, with the Treasury stating that single repurchase operations will at least double to $4 billion before November 4.

On July 2, 2026, Securitize listed on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker SECZ and simultaneously tokenized $295 million of its own common stock on Solana and Avalanche blockchains, marking the largest tokenized equity event to date. The company, an SEC-registered transfer agent, partnered with Computershare—the world's largest transfer agent serving roughly 60% of S&P 500 companies—to introduce Issuer-Sponsored Tokens (ISTs). These enable US public companies to tokenize shares while preser

Bulgaria's parliament voted 149-0 on September 9 to mandate that all licensed crypto-asset service providers submit detailed user records and transaction data to the National Revenue Agency. The first filing deadline is June 30, 2027, covering all activity from the 2026 calendar year. The law applies to all transactions regardless of size, with no minimum trading threshold.