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According to Elliptic, the U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has recently sanctioned Xinbi Guarantee, an illicit marketplace, freezing $52.8 million in USDT across 52 wallets. The action reflects growing regulatory focus on cryptocurrency operations linked to illicit activities.

According to Fireblocks, Castle Island Ventures has selected Fireblocks Trust Company for the regulated custody of its digital assets. The partnership aims to ensure compliance with regulatory standards while leveraging Fireblocks' secure platform for institutional asset management.

According to Reuters, France is considering supporting Klaas Knot, former head of the Dutch central bank, for the position of European Central Bank president, with the goal of securing the chief economist role for a French national in return.

According to CoinMarketCap data, top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap showed mixed performance today (September 15). Pons (PONS) led gains with a 10.03% surge to $0.6523, while Filecoin (FIL) posted the steepest decline at 11.93%, trading at $0.8614.

WTI crude oil rose 4.0% intraday today, trading at $105.5 per barrel.

LVMH fell 2.6% on Tuesday, with market value shrinking to €201 billion ($232 billion), dropping out of Europe's top ten listed companies for the first time since 2017. The luxury giant slipped below L'Oreal to third-largest in France.

ARB surged 10.3% in the past hour to $0.1499, up from its previous price of $0.1359. The token also gained 10.38% over the past 24 hours, with trading volume reaching $23,467,957.28 during the same period, reflecting heightened market activity and investor interest in the token.

According to CryptoUK, Velocity announced a $10 million extension to its Series A funding today (September 15), bringing total capital raised to $48 million. The round includes investments from Visa Ventures, Ripple, and Circle Ventures. The funding will support Velocity's development of stablecoin infrastructure for payments and liquidity operations.

According to Standard Chartered's global head of digital assets research Geoff Kendrick, Arbitrum's native ARB token could reach $10 by 2030, representing roughly a 70-fold increase from current levels and potentially outperforming Bitcoin and Ether over the same period. Kendrick attributed the bullish outlook to Arbitrum's revenue model, which receives 10% of net protocol revenue from companies building on the network. Robinhood Chain, launched in July, has materially improved Arbitrum's econom

According to CoinShares' latest bitcoin mining report, publicly listed mining companies' weighted average pre-tax cash mining cost reached approximately $75,500 per BTC in Q2 2026, exceeding the ~$58,400 BTC price at quarter-end, pushing the industry below the break-even line. Bitcoin's hash price fell to a historic low of 27.7 USD/PH/s per day in June.

According to PANews, U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent stated on September 16 that the Treasury does not set equilibrium prices for Treasury yield levels, and that addressing the deficit is a factor influencing 10-year Treasury yields. Bessent noted that recent U.S. Treasury buyback operations have been successful, with strong demand observed in two subsequent auctions following the interventions. Despite Treasury's largest-ever buyback operation last week, yields continued to rise. Bessent told C

According to FinanceFeeds, Bubblemaps rolled out a major platform overhaul today, introducing a new feed with wallet clustering and bundle detection, a Bubblemaps score, and an integrated swap to help traders flag rug pull risk before trading. The Paris-based onchain intelligence platform's feed automatically screens newly launched tokens and filters out those showing insider clusters and bundles—two key indicators of coordinated manipulation. The new Bubblemaps score gives traders a quick visua

DFI plummeted 28.88% to $0.000498 in 15 minutes earlier today, according to market data. The sharp decline occurred amid extremely low trading activity, with 24-hour volume at just $205.87. The token's market cap stands at $458,867, with intraday price range between $0.002051 and $0.000498, underscoring the volatility in thin trading conditions.

On September 14, Brent crude's prompt spread—the price gap between immediate and one-month forward delivery—widened to $5.58 per barrel, its largest since July 23, signaling mounting supply concerns. November Brent futures surged to $109.80/barrel before settling around $105.30/barrel, while December contracts traded at $100.54/barrel. The expansion reflects geopolitical pressure on global crude flows. Saudi Arabia's key east-west pipeline to the Red Sea remains shut following drone attacks, whi

According to CoinShares' Q2 Bitcoin mining report, listed miners that have transitioned to AI infrastructure are unlikely to return to mining operations despite rising Bitcoin prices. AI hosting generates approximately $1.5 million per megawatt, compared to roughly $500,000 per megawatt for Bitcoin mining, a threefold difference. At least 35 EH/s of hashrate, representing approximately 4.7% of the global network's 750 EH/s, has been planned for withdrawal from listed mining pools. Core Scientifi

According to Bitget data, Nasdaq 100 constituents showed mixed performance intraday on Sep 15, with Axon Enterprise falling 10.4% and leading declines. Qualcomm rose 3.98%, alongside gains in Arm (up 3.27%) and Marvell (up 2.62%), as semiconductor and storage stocks bore the brunt of selling pressure.

Major economic data and policy events are scheduled for release on September 16, 2026, with market participants closely monitoring key announcements. The U.S. will release retail sales data for August at 20:30 UTC, along with API and EIA crude oil inventory reports. The Federal Reserve's FOMC interest rate decision and economic projections are set for release on September 17 at 02:00 UTC, followed by Fed Chair Powell's press conference at 02:30 UTC. The UK will report August CPI and retail price

On September 15, UK 10-year gilt yields rose 1.6 basis points to 5.384% in the closing session of European trading. Two-year gilt yields declined 0.2 basis points to 4.888%, while the 2/10-year gilt yield spread widened by 1.915 basis points to +49.47 basis points.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister recently held talks with the International Maritime Organization Secretary General to address deteriorating security in the Black Sea caused by Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports, civilian vessels, and maritime routes. The attacks endanger civilian crews, threaten freedom of navigation, and disrupt global food security.

According to Jin10, Bank of China Hong Kong announced on September 15 that it will begin implementing cross-border personal credit reporting reports starting September 16 for mortgages, personal loans, and credit card applications. The bank will use verified mainland residents' credit reports to better assess repayment capacity, streamline approval processes, and potentially offer improved credit terms. The move marks the shift of cross-border credit information sharing from pilot to regular app