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According to Reuters, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced recently that the company will not pursue an initial public offering in 2026, citing AI safety risks as a key consideration. Altman stated that even a 10% probability of a catastrophic AI outcome "is unacceptable risk." The move comes after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a detailed statement on September 12 urging the AI industry to moderate the pace of frontier AI capability advancement while establishing independent safety assessments

According to Guru Club, on September 16, Hong Kong Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao stated in a policy address that the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is studying a modest increase in gold holdings within its foreign exchange reserve fund.

According to WuBlockchain, X has launched a trading option within its Cashtag feature, enabling users to trade directly through partner platforms including Coinbase, Kraken, and Interactive Brokers. The feature allows users to view price charts and related posts before routing trades to partner applications. Transactions are executed on partner platforms rather than directly within X. The rollout marks X's integration of financial services into its core platform experience.

According to Foresight News, Circle's developer documentation added Arc mainnet to CCTP-supported chains on September 16. The official USDC cross-chain bridge, Jumper bridge, and OKX wallet now support Arc as a destination network.

According to Foresight News, on September 16, Deputy Minister of Justice Li Mingzheng announced at a State Council press conference that the Justice Department will advance more equitable public legal services. The department will accelerate the integration of its three major platforms—physical offices, hotline, and online services—and leverage artificial intelligence, blockchain, and big data to enhance the intelligence level of legal consultation and case handling. The initiative aims to provi

According to Guru Club, Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee unveiled today, September 16, a comprehensive citywide artificial intelligence training initiative as part of the region's five-year economic and social development plan (2026–2030). The program will introduce more than 200 AI training courses and activities to boost digital skills across the population.

According to Guru Club, on September 16, Jefferies stated that AI investments should not be evaluated solely on performance indicators. Analyst Andrew Leones endorsed Westpac's view that customer growth, deposit growth, loan growth, productivity, and financial performance are the key metrics for assessing AI investment value, rather than focusing on employee productivity gains or automated process counts.

According to Guru Club, palladium futures rose 2% on September 16, trading at $1,328.94 per ounce intraday.

According to Guru Club, Barcleys raised its price target for Strategy to $160 from $125 on September 16, while maintaining a buy rating.

According to Kamino, the Solana lending protocol has appointed Michael Weisz, former Yieldstreet co-founder, as CEO and established its headquarters in New York on September 16. Weisz previously served as co-founder at Yieldstreet, where he managed deployments exceeding $6 billion with major institutions. Kamino, which claims to be Solana's largest credit protocol, has processed over $650 billion in cumulative transaction volume and deployed over $20 billion in total loans across 30-plus indepen

According to GMGN market data, the BSC meme project Lobster reached a market capitalization of $215.87 million on September 16, breaking through $200 million for the first time and setting a new all-time high. The token traded at $0.215 with a 24-hour gain of 33.09% and $7.4 million in daily trading volume.

According to Yonhap Infomax, the USD-KRW exchange rate climbed to 1,370.10 won as of 11:12 AM KST on September 16, up 10.70 won from the previous close. The rally reflects expectations of a 25-basis-point rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve, alongside a surge in international crude oil prices, which traded above $100 per barrel. Rising oil prices, driven by supply concerns following production halts in both Saudi Arabia and Libya, have strengthened the U.S. dollar across markets, with the doll

According to Yicai, Huawei launched what it described as the world's first 3D data center on September 15 at the 2026 AIDC Industry Development Conference in Wuhu, Anhui. The Chinese telecommunications company also published a monograph on 3D data centers and opened a design image library for the technology.

According to CoinDesk, MEV bot Yoink frontran an attacker's transaction on September 16, intercepting 2,882 rsETH (worth approximately $7.8 million). The attacker had exploited a permission validation flaw in a Multicall contract authorized by a Safe multisig wallet to attempt stealing around 2,900 rsETH. Yoink identified the transaction in the public mempool and paid approximately $47,000 in gas fees to frontrun and redirect the assets. BlockSec, Blockaid, Slow Mist, and AstraSec confirmed the

According to Coinglass data, the Crypto Fear and Greed Index stands at 52 today, down 16 points from yesterday. The 7-day average is 60, while the 30-day average is 65.

According to Odaily, Ave completed integration of the Arc chain ecosystem on September 16 and became the first platform to support cross-chain swaps, on-chain trading, market tracking, and Twitter monitoring. The move helps users discover new assets and capture market movements across Arc network. Arc's on-chain launchpad ecosystem is gaining momentum. The Argus.word platform token $ARGUS has surpassed a $20 million market cap. Ave has now connected over 22 major launchpad platforms across multi

According to Benzinga, Mark Cuban recently asked Grok, SpaceX's AI chatbot, whether AI or climate change poses a greater extinction risk over the next 25 years. Grok responded that unaligned AI has a 3% probability of causing human extinction, compared to 0.001% for climate change. Grok estimates the most likely timeframe for AI-related extinction would be the mid-2030s to 2040s due to potential misaligned superintelligence. In Grok's ranked list of top 10 extinction risks over 25 years, unalign

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, Robinhood engineers Hefu Chai and Huaisong Xiang have been charged with commodities fraud and wire fraud for allegedly using non-public information about cryptocurrency listings to trade perpetual contracts on Hyperliquid during 2025-2026. Both allegedly profited over $50,000 from the trades by purchasing perpetual contracts before Robinhood publicly announced the listings. They face maximum sentences of 10 and 20 yea

According to Odaily, ViaBTC announced a partnership with Mempool on September 16 to accelerate Bitcoin transactions. Leveraging its mining pool infrastructure and block construction capabilities, ViaBTC will provide acceleration support for qualifying transactions through the partnership. The collaboration does not affect existing acceleration service channels. ViaBTC has cumulatively accelerated over 800,000 BTC transactions since launching its acceleration service in 2016.

According to GMGN, ARGUS (Arc chain token) market cap briefly broke through $29 million, marking a new all-time high; the token is currently trading at $27.35 million.