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According to Jin10, the U.S. Dollar Index, which measures the greenback against six major currencies, rose 0.08% on Sept 30, closing at 101.451. At the close of New York trading, the euro weakened to 1.1332 per dollar from 1.1341, while sterling strengthened to 1.3262 per dollar from 1.3229. The dollar gained against the yen to 157.34 from 157.22, the Swiss franc to 0.8354 from 0.8336, the Canadian dollar to 1.4229 from 1.4178, and the Swedish krona to 10.0103 from 9.9892.

AUDIO surged 11.98% in the past hour, moving from $0.01594 to $0.01785. The token also posted a 14.42% gain over the past 24 hours, with trading volume reaching approximately $2.5 million, signaling heightened market activity around the asset.

According to on-chain investigator ZachXBT, on September 30, the Bitget hacker began transferring approximately 2,700 ZEC—roughly $3.8 million—into Ironwood, a shielded pool on the privacy-focused Zcash blockchain. A shielded pool encrypts sender, receiver, and transaction amounts, obscuring the trail once funds enter. Meanwhile, Near Intents said its screening system rejected more than $50 million in swaps linked to the attacker, with roughly $503,000 frozen mid-transaction and approximately $1

According to the Federal Reserve's Office of Inspector General (OIG), today (Sept. 30) the board released a report finding no criminal violations or administrative policy breaches in the $2.4 billion headquarters renovation project. The OIG noted, however, that the project had "numerous deficiencies" in management oversight. The renovation project budget initially set at $1.3 billion in 2020 has more than doubled. The OIG identified management issues including insufficient cost controls, limited

According to the ruling by U.S. District Judge Richard G. Andrews on Wednesday, Liquidia's Yutrepia infringes two valid claims of United Therapeutics' patent covering inhaled treatment for pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD). UTHR shares surged about 13%, while LQDA plunged as much as 57%, marking its worst trading day on record. The court found the remaining claims of the '327 patent asserted against Liquidia invalid. Possible remedies range from removing t

According to Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan, the crypto market's rally following the Senate's failure to advance the Clarity Act on September 15 reflects a strategic trade-off. Bitcoin gained roughly 8% and Ether 7% since the vote, while tokens including NEAR, Uniswap, and Avalanche posted substantially larger gains. Hougan argues the market response reflects regulatory wins already secured by federal agencies. On September 25, the SEC approved a five-year conditional exemption allowing venues to trade

According to Crypto Briefing, on September 30, 2026, Circle rolled out three developer kits on its Arc blockchain, enabling applications to embed stablecoin purchases, lending, and borrowing directly into their products. The Onramp Kit allows users to buy USDC and EURC using Apple Pay, Google Pay, or debit cards in the US, UK, and EU. The Earn Kit offers lending opportunities for both stablecoins through Morpho protocol-generated yields. The Borrow Kit enables users to take USDC loans using cirB

According to Crypto Briefing, Ondo Stocks reached a record total value locked of $1.26 billion as of late September 2026. The tokenized stock platform, which launched in September 2025, first crossed the $1 billion milestone on August 15, 2026, with a TVL of $1.01 billion.

On September 23, 2026, at Meta Connect in Menlo Park, California, Meta unveiled a range of AI-powered hardware devices centered around its Muse personal AI agent. The lineup includes the Meta Adventurer smart glasses starting at $249, Ray-Ban Meta Audio at $349, Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 at $449, and the Muse Charm handheld device expected to ship by December 2026. The flagship product is the Meta VR Glasses, weighing approximately 100 grams with a 5K micro-OLED display. The device is powered by a sepa

According to Bridgewater Associates CEO Nir Bar Dea in a Bloomberg interview in late September 2026, artificial intelligence could displace nearly 18% of U.S. jobs over the next five years if regulators and society fail to prepare. Bar Dea warned of potential "societal breakdown" if the transition goes unmanaged, while calling for proactive policy to capture AI productivity gains while cushioning social fallout. Bar Dea and Co-CIO Greg Jensen proposed a 35% levy on AI "tokens," the units measuri

According to Rep. Kim Hyun-jung of the Democratic Party, high-frequency trading (HFT) activity in South Korea's stock and derivatives markets surged after single-stock leveraged ETFs were introduced in June 2026. HFT transactions accounted for 39.1% of total trading value from January to August 2026, rising to 42.4% in June-August from 36.5% in January-May, with July peaking at 39.5% of KOSPI trades and 47.1% of derivatives trades. Analysts note that HFT algorithms exploit ETF rebalancing patter

According to U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseths, the Pentagon recently announced the launch of the Meridian Initiative, a research program focused on future warfare. The initiative will be jointly led by three prominent figures: Elon Musk, Newt Gingrich, and Palmer Luckey.

According to Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook on October 1, she supports the 25-basis-point rate hike from September and reaffirms the Fed's commitment to the 2% inflation target, which has remained above goal for over five years. Cook emphasized maintaining a strong labor market while restoring price stability. She noted that approximately 20 million workers in rural communities represent about one-eighth of U.S. employment, with jobless rates close to the national average but lower labor for

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is scheduled to deliver remarks in approximately ten minutes. Her statement may address policy stance and market expectations.

On Wednesday (Sept 30), the ICE U.S. Dollar Index closed at 101.477 in New York, up 0.10% on the day and up 2.06% for the month of September, according to market data. The index has been climbing steadily since hitting a low of 98.599 on Sept 9, trading between 98.557 and 101.640 during the quarter and forming a V-shaped recovery pattern. Bloomberg's Dollar Index rose 0.05% to 1,218.96, up 1.92% for September, having declined 0.26% for the third quarter as it rebounded from a Sept 9 low of 1,184

According to SlowMist's investigation, the attacker behind Bitget's $388 million breach on Sept. 24 first exploited a zero-day vulnerability in a third-party security product on Aug. 31, more than three weeks before the unauthorized withdrawals were detected. SlowMist and Mandiant both confirmed that compromised third-party security products enabled access to the exchange's wallet environment. The attacker retrieved database credentials, accessed a management platform using an internal employee

According to Bloomberg data, CBOT corn futures fell 3.98% to $5.0125 per bushel on Sept 30, with the Bloomberg Grains Index declining 2.14% to 33.0376 points as the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its crop inventory report. Despite the session decline, corn futures rose 13.53% for the third quarter. CBOT soybean meal futures fell 0.78% on the day but surged 17.78% in Q3, while soybean futures dropped 0.21% and wheat futures declined 2.56% to close the quarter.

According to TechCrunch, the U.S. government's new America.gov chatbot, which launched on Sept. 29, contains a roughly 1,800-word rewrite of Minecraft's End Poem as an easter egg. When prompted about Minecraft, the bot delivers the text instead of standard government information, replicating the structure of the original poem written by Irish author Julian Gough but replacing cosmic themes with government paperwork references. The chatbot is designed to help users access services from approximat

According to White House officials, President Trump announced on September 30 that South Korea would invest $54 billion in Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) development, alongside an 8-unit nuclear power plant project and a 6-gigawatt power facility in Texas. However, Seoul has not confirmed the Alaska and nuclear projects as final commitments. South Korea has only confirmed a $22.3 billion investment to build a natural gas power plant in Texas as its first major U.S. project. The nuclear plant

According to Bloomberg, Stand With Crypto announced Wednesday it will support several candidates in the 2026 midterm elections, including Republican Jon Husted in Ohio, Republican Ashley Hinson in Iowa, and Democrat Chris Pappas in New Hampshire for Senate seats. The Coinbase-affiliated advocacy group also endorsed House candidates including Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks in Iowa and Democrat Shomari Figures in Alabama. The endorsements come after the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY)