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On September 18, the U.S. Department of Treasury issued General License 131J, which permits certain activities related to Lukoil International Limited.

According to ChainCatcher, Binance Futures will launch the USDBRLUSDT USDT-margined perpetual contract on September 21 at 10 p.m. UTC, with a maximum leverage of 100x available to traders.

According to the Conference Board, the U.S. lagging economic index rose 0.2% in August, matching the prior month's reading. The lagging index, which reflects recent economic activity, showed no change in momentum.

According to Coinglass data, if Ethereum breaks below $2,434, cumulative long liquidations across major centralized exchanges will reach $964 million. Conversely, if ETH surges above $2,688, cumulative short liquidations will total $262 million.

According to ChainCatcher, blockchain analyst Ye Jin monitored that Garrett Jin opened 1,330 BTC long positions over the past 4 hours with an average entry price of $78,057, worth approximately $107 million. The position is now showing unrealized gains of $3.05 million.

The U.S. Conference Board Leading Economic Index declined 0.1 percent in August, falling below consensus expectations of 0.10 percent growth and marking a slowdown from July's 0.20 percent advance.

According to FinanceFeeds, Brazil's central bank has prohibited banks and regulated financial institutions from processing transactions with unlicensed virtual-asset service providers (VASPs) starting 30 October 2026. The move affects approximately 120 unlicensed crypto firms and forces foreign entities to onshore within 270 days or lose access to banking infrastructure entirely. Non-compliant providers lose the ability to receive customer deposits, settle trades in Brazilian reais, or process w

Revolut founder Nik Storonsky confirmed today (September 18) that the company is considering a dual listing in New York and London, allowing the fintech to access deeper U.S. capital markets while maintaining a presence in its home market. Storonsky stated that any future listing must include the U.S. market due to its superior liquidity and larger institutional investor base. Revolut was valued at approximately $115 billion in a recent private share sale, placing it among Europe's largest finte

According to IOG's official statement on September 18, scammers hijacked Input Output Group's YouTube channel and ran a roughly two-hour livestream featuring an AI-generated video of Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson promoting a cryptocurrency giveaway. The fraudulent broadcast was packaged as a Project Catalyst town hall and used legitimate branding and logos. A QR code displayed during the stream directed viewers to a payments page promising to "double your wealth" for anyone who sent cryptocu

According to Coinglass data reported by BlockBeats, over $187 million in liquidations occurred across crypto markets in the past hour on September 18. Long positions accounted for $8.22 million of liquidations, while short positions represented $178 million. Bitcoin liquidations reached $119 million, with Ethereum liquidations at $36.04 million.

According to MSX.COM data, U.S. crypto-linked stocks advanced broadly today, with BNC leading gains at 9.41%. Other notable gainers included PURR, up 5.26%, MSTR up 5.1%, CRCL up 4.91%, BMNR up 4.52%, and HOOD up 2.29%.

According to New York Federal Reserve data, the secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) rose to 3.85% on September 17, up from 3.62% the previous day. The effective federal funds rate climbed to 3.88%, up from 3.63% a day earlier.

New York City Council Speaker Menin called for executives from Meta, X, and Google to attend an artificial intelligence hearing in recent days. The summons aims to address AI regulatory concerns at the municipal level.

According to Coinglass, over the past hour, the crypto market liquidated $150 million in positions, with Bitcoin accounting for $103 million and Ethereum for $25.9 million.

According to MSX.COM data, US stocks opened mixed on September 18: the Dow Jones fell 0.07%, the S&P 500 rose 0.1%, the Nasdaq advanced 0.35%, and the VIX fear index declined 13.1%. AI-related stocks broadly rallied, with ON Semiconductor up 2.97%, Alphabet gaining 2.7%, Broadcom rising 2.19%, AeroVironment climbing 1.81%, and Teradyne advancing 1.49%.

According to German newspaper Bild, the German government plans to reduce its gasoline energy tax by 14 cents per liter.

According to Bitwise CEO, the company's Solana staking ETF BSOL recorded $20 million in trading volume within 30 minutes of its market debut on September 18.

France's 10-year government bond yields rose 11 basis points intraday to 4.56% on September 18, marking the highest level since 2008.

According to Tom's Hardware, cybersecurity startup Hackron AI successfully breached OpenAI on July 25 and gained access to employee ChatGPT and Codex accounts and the company's internal codebase, according to an X post on September 18. The team exploited a chain of vulnerabilities: a HEIF image upload flaw leading to a libheif heap overflow, Remote Code Execution on Discourse (OpenAI's forum platform), and an SSO misconfiguration. Researchers proved the breach by submitting a harmless pull reque

Bitwise's Solana staking ETF BSOL generated $20 million in trading volume in under 30 minutes from market open today, according to Bitwise CEO on X platform.