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Cathie Wood told investor Jason Calacanis on Friday that Bitcoin is "not a dead cat" and "has many lives ahead." The comment comes days after ARK sold more than 1.5 million shares of its ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (ARKB) on Monday, valued at approximately $40 million. Bitcoin was trading at $81,312 on Friday, up over 1 percent in the last 24 hours. Retail sentiment on Stocktwits remained bearish.

According to ChainCatcher, SpaceX's weighting in the Nasdaq 100 index was confirmed at 2.82% in the latest index rebalancing.

Coinbase Derivatives filed with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Friday, September 18, to seek regulatory approval for single-stock perpetual futures, extending crypto-style derivatives to major U.S. equities including Apple, Microsoft, Tesla and Nvidia. The proposed contracts would provide 24/5 exposure to individual stocks without requiring customers to own the underlying shares. The filing also follows Coinbase's September 1 registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission

According to Bitget data, ENA briefly touched 0.2 USDT in the last 24 hours and is currently trading at 0.19 USDT, up 20.13% over the period.

According to ZeroHedge data, approximately $96 million in call options flowed into SanDisk (SNDKV-US), Micron Technology (MU-US), Intel (INTC-US), and Marvell Technology (MRVL-US) on Friday, September 18. SanDisk shares rose as much as 11% during trading. The call options, expiring October 2, included positions such as Micron call options struck at $1,000 with approximately 10,000 contracts worth around $44 million in premium, and SanDisk call options struck at $1,600 with about 4,200 contracts

According to BlockBeats and GMGN market data, Robinhood ecosystem meme coin WALLET surged to $28 million market cap on September 19, before pulling back to $26 million. The token gained 51.2% over 24 hours with trading volume reaching $2.9 million.

According to ChainCatcher, the SEC yesterday (September 17) released a five-year innovation exemption enabling on-chain secondary trading of tokenized stocks. The exemption runs through September 17, 2031, and applies to specific tokenized securities trading venues offering licensed automated market makers and liquidity pools. Trading venues must operate on public, permissionless blockchains but restrict trading to verified or authorized participants. Eligible tokens must correspond to actual U.

According to CoinDesk, Hut 8 co-founder Marc van der Chijs warned recently that accelerating artificial intelligence competition between enterprises and nations poses systemic risks to financial systems and critical infrastructure. He stated that AI development has exceeded human control and systemic disruption or catastrophic failure is nearly inevitable before international safeguards are established. Van der Chijs predicted AI and robotics may eventually replace 90% to 95% of existing jobs, f

According to Jin10, Anhui Governor Wang Qingxian met on September 18-19 with international business leaders attending the 2026 World Manufacturing Conference, including Jack Perry, chairman of the British 48 Group, and Carlos Magrinhos, global chairman of the Global Alliance of SMEs. Wang emphasized Anhui's commitment to manufacturing openness and collaboration, stating the province aims to strengthen industrial chain cooperation and promote high-quality development in global manufacturing.

According to CNN, the U.S. military nearly intercepted a Chinese vessel in the Middle East this spring after receiving an intelligence report falsely claiming the ship was transporting components for a nuclear weapons program. The report, circulated among military officials, prompted rapid action, with armed personnel preparing to board the vessel and military aircraft already airborne. However, before the operation commenced, U.S. officials discovered the report was generated using artificial i

According to U.S. Central Command Commander Brad Cooper on September 19, the main shipping lane in the Strait of Hormuz has been cleared of mines, with thousands of vessels passing through. Cooper stated that Gulf region partners have exported over one billion barrels of crude oil through the strait. In the past two weeks, the volume of crude oil, cargo, and liquefied natural gas transported through the region has reached its highest level in six months.

According to Ripple, XRP Ledger's Batch V1.1 upgrade advanced toward activation on September 19, after securing support from 30 of the 35 tracked validators—exceeding the 28-vote threshold required to enter the activation countdown. The countdown began on September 15; if validator support remains above 80% over 14 days, Batch V1.1 is expected to activate on or shortly after September 29. The upgrade enables batching of up to eight transactions into a single atomic operation with all-or-nothing

According to FinanceFeeds, institutional crypto technology provider Haruko recently suffered a targeted cyberattack affecting 15 clients, exposing read-only exchange API details and trading information. Attackers exploited a vulnerability in one of Haruko's processes to extract a user-access token, which was then used to capture information from process memory. The London-based company confirmed a small amount of client funds were stolen in the incident. Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer A

Gate News message, a trader has achieved $9.98M in unrealized profit from a 9.81K ZEC long position opened approximately one month ago. The entry price was $517.68, with the current price at $1,534.70. The same trader holds a 3.55K ETH short position, currently showing a loss of $2.60M.

According to OnchainLens, Hyperliquid destroyed $2.42 million worth of HYPE tokens (26,310 HYPE) on September 19, with a weighted average purchase price of $91.86 per token. The cumulative burn amount now stands at 48.76 million HYPE tokens (approximately $4.5 billion), representing 4.88% of the maximum supply.

According to British media, Saudi Arabia sounded its air defense alarm for the first time on September 19 as tensions with Yemen escalated. The country's interceptor missiles are depleting, prompting urgent diplomatic action. According to the Associated Press citing local officials, Saudi Arabia has contacted France, Britain, Pakistan, and Egypt requesting air defense assistance. However, aside from Pakistan, the nation's allies have offered primarily diplomatic support rather than military aid.

According to Italian officials on September 19, Italy plans to dispatch up to four naval vessels to the Mandeb Strait to ensure safe maritime passage. Defense Minister Crosetto has written to EU High Representative Kaja Kallas, urging the bloc to make a timely and effective decision. Italy stated that if other EU member states do not deploy ships, it will act independently; other members should share the related costs.

According to market data, GRIN surged 15.66% to $0.0157 in the past 60 minutes, though it declined 14.47% over the last 24 hours. The cryptocurrency's market cap is currently at approximately $3.52 million, with trading volume reaching $53,788 in the past day. Traders are monitoring key resistance at $0.016 and support around $0.014.

According to PANews, citing blockchain analyst Yu Jin, B2 surged 120% from $0.41 to $0.9 this afternoon on September 19. Market makers transferred 13 million B2 tokens ($10.44 million) to Binance Alpha 30 minutes prior to the price spike.

According to Nikkei, the Bank of Japan saw the yen weaken to 158 per dollar on Sept 18 evening, despite raising its benchmark rate to 1.25% from around 1% earlier that day. The currency then rebounded to 156 per dollar range on Sept 19 morning. Analysts attribute the initial weakness to market perception that rate hike opposition from two policy board members signals a slower pace of future tightening. The yen's sharp reversal prompted reports that the BoJ conducted a "rate check"—a signal to ma