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According to Jin10, China Journalists Association hosted a news salon on September 22 in Beijing, featuring researchers Zhou Bo and Sun Chenghao from Tsinghua University's Center for Strategic and Security Studies. The experts discussed high-level exchanges and China-U.S. relations with domestic and international journalists, emphasizing that the bilateral relationship is the world's most important, affecting both nations' peoples and global interests. They expressed hope for enhanced dialogue,

The UK Confederation of British Industry (CBI) released its industrial prices expectations index for September at 12, down from 22 in the previous month, indicating a significant decline in manufacturers' price growth expectations.

According to Guru Club, Dutch near-month natural gas wholesale prices fell 5.12% on Sept 22, settling at €69.50 per megawatt-hour.

According to Guru Club, Qwen announced today at the 2026 Cloud Summit the launch of its Personal Agent, leveraging the Agentic capabilities of the Qwen 3.8 series model to deliver personalized AI services to 300 million users. The platform now integrates personal health and fitness data, professional financial data, and institutional AI agents, with support for users to connect personal investment holdings. Qwen's open platform has expanded to cover more than 20 sectors, attracting over 1,000 pa

According to CBI data released in September, Britain's industrial orders differential improved to -9, compared with -25 in the prior month, signaling a strengthening in manufacturing sector sentiment.

According to Gate data, Brent crude oil (XBRUSD) fell to $99.93 per barrel in the past 24 hours, declining 2.6% from the $100 mark.

According to sources, Saudi Arabia is preparing to resume crude oil exports from Yanbu port on Tuesday evening.

According to Korea Exchange data, Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) faces 49.4 trillion won in maturing bonds over the next 2 years and 4 months—equivalent to 81.5% of its current outstanding debt of 60.62 trillion won—while simultaneously planning 73 trillion won in domestic power grid investments through 2038. The funding challenge intensifies after Samsung and SK Hynix declined to prepay 25 trillion won in electricity charges over five years, a proposal intended to ease KEPCO's capital

According to DS Asset Management on September 22, its DS Kosdaq Active ETF posted a one-month return of 18.18% as of September 21, outperforming the KODEX Kosdaq 150 index by 17.02 percentage points. The benchmark index returned only 1.16% over the same period. DS's active ETF significantly outperformed competing products, delivering higher returns than TIGER Kosdaq Active (12.70%), KoAct Kosdaq Active (10.74%), and MIDAS Kosdaq Active (9.35%). The fund, which launched on July 14, pursues outper

According to South Korea's investment banking industry, 756.4 billion won worth of non-performing loan (NPL) sales were withdrawn during the third and fourth quarters, down from an initially planned 2.3 trillion won. The actual sale volume reached only 1.5565 trillion won, falling short of the prior-year period's approximately 1.8 trillion won. In the fourth quarter alone, the Industrial Bank of Korea and IBK Corporate Bank are preparing to auction over 750 billion won in additional NPL assets.

According to Reuters, Iran's senior official said Tehran welcomes resuming diplomatic contact with the United States if Washington takes concrete action. Iran's delegation has been fully authorized and is prepared to discuss the specifics of ending hostilities with the U.S. through mediation in New York.

According to REX Shares and Tuttle Capital Management, the T-REX 2X Long ASST Daily Target ETF (ticker ASSX) launched on September 18 on Cboe, marking the first U.S. ETF offering 2x daily leveraged exposure to Strive's stock (ASST). The fund targets 200% of ASST's daily performance and carries a 1.5% total expense ratio, with Tuttle Capital Management serving as adviser and REX Shares as sponsor. Strive holds 25,000 Bitcoin as of September 11, after purchasing 469 BTC between September 8 and 11

According to xAI, the company released Grok 4.7 on September 22, an upgraded AI model featuring improved coding and knowledge work capabilities, a new safety stack, and pricing maintained at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens. Independent benchmarks from Artificial Analysis confirmed performance gains, with Grok 4.7 scoring 46 on the Intelligence Index and 1,657 Elo on the AA-Briefcase benchmark for multi-hour professional tasks. However, Artificial Analysis flagged a s

According to CryptoQuant.com, Bitcoin ETFs reported $999 million in inflows in a single day, equivalent to approximately 12,000 BTC. The surge reflects institutional investor demand for Bitcoin exposure through regulated investment vehicles.

According to Onchain Lens, Hyperliquid burned 39,980 HYPE tokens worth $3.76 million in the past 24 hours on September 22, with an average transaction price of $94.18. Since launch, the decentralized exchange has cumulatively burned 48.84 million HYPE tokens, representing 4.88% of maximum supply. The platform's HYPE has a current total value of $4.64 billion, and Hyperliquid has generated approximately $1.27 billion in cumulative protocol revenue.

According to Yonhapinfomax, on September 22, one-year FX swap points in South Korea's foreign exchange market rose 0.10 won from the opening level to close at -11.80 won. Six-month maturity points closed at -5.10 won, while three-month points increased 0.05 won to -1.85 won. One-month maturity settled at -0.20 won, up 0.05 won from the opening.

Britain's CBI will release September industrial orders data shortly on September 22.

According to data from KOSCOM (Korea Exchange Computer), three parking-type exchange-traded funds (ETFs) attracted a combined 1.8352 trillion won in net inflows over the past month through September 21, ranking among the top 10 ETF inflows in South Korea. KODEX Money Market Active led with 1.1949 trillion won, followed by KODEX CD Rate Active (Synthetic) with 339.6 billion won and ACE Money Market Active with 300.7 billion won. Parking-type ETFs invest in short-term financial instruments and CD

According to Koscom data, over the past month through September 22, three parking-type ETFs in South Korea attracted 1.835 trillion won in net inflows. KODEX Money Market Active led the inflow rankings across all domestic ETFs with 1.1949 trillion won, approximately 1.9 times higher than the second-ranked TIGER U.S. S&P 500. Parking-type ETFs invest in short-term financial products and reflect deposit rates, offering lower price volatility than longer-duration bonds and the ability to earn yield

According to Qatar's Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, on September 20 at the Qatar Economic Forum in New York, Israel has failed to honor its commitments under the Gaza ceasefire agreement. Al Thani noted that peace requires more than mediation or getting parties to the negotiating table—even when both sides celebrate reaching an accord, implementation often falls short, citing the Gaza situation as an example.