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According to Mitsubishi UFJ analyst Lee Hardman on September 16, the Federal Reserve's rate decision may fail to strengthen the US dollar unless it signals continued tightening ahead. LSEG data shows markets have largely priced in a 25 basis point rate hike on Wednesday and cumulative hikes of nearly 95 basis points through September 2027, setting a high bar for the Fed to deliver more hawkish signals than expected.

Qualcomm has restructured its next-generation Hexagon NPU architecture to support agentic AI workloads on mobile devices. The updated processor features a 50% increase in NPU shared memory capacity, reducing the need for frequent external memory access and enabling longer context processing, multi-model collaboration, and parallel AI agent operations. The architecture introduces a new Element Accelerator specialized for Transformer workloads and adds support for Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) models,

At All-In Summit, Elon Musk warned that current semiconductor foundry capacity will become a critical bottleneck for AI expansion. He noted that existing wafer fabs are already running at full capacity, and future demand from data centers, humanoid robots, and vehicles will require simultaneous expansion of logic chips, memory, and advanced packaging. To address the constraint, Tesla and SpaceX are jointly developing Terafab chip manufacturing lines in Austin. Musk stated the companies have alre

On September 14, China and Germany held a cooperation meeting on autonomous and connected vehicles in Berlin. The two sides discussed technology standards, road testing, vehicle data security, V2X applications, and vehicle-cloud-infrastructure integration pilots. Both nations confirmed the meeting has become a key platform for regular information sharing and collaboration between government agencies, industry bodies, and leading enterprises from both countries.

Speaking at the All-In Summit in Los Angeles on Monday, Elon Musk proposed that xAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and leading Chinese AI companies allow rivals to run tests on their models before release. Rather than companies "grading their own homework," Musk argued that competitors could search for dangerous capabilities or weaknesses and raise alarms when problems emerge. He acknowledged the system would not eliminate every risk but said it could dramatically increase the chances of disco

According to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain, MARA Holdings purchased 1,292 Bitcoin on September 16, 2026, worth approximately $98.64 million. The transaction was processed through crypto trading firm FalconX and marked one of the company's largest single purchases in nearly a year. After the buy, MARA Holdings' total Bitcoin treasury reached 35,577 BTC, valued near $2.7 billion, positioning the company among the larger corporate Bitcoin holders.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Regulation Crypto Assets proposal will enter its final public-comment phase on October 20, 2026, marking a critical deadline for industry feedback on the 145-page framework formally proposed on August 18. The 60-day comment period covers two new exemptions from Securities Act registration requirements—one allowing startups to raise up to $5 million over four years, and a broader exemption permitting up to $75 million annually with additional reportin

BASIS, an institutional-grade crypto yield platform, has launched Auto Earn, automatically restaking unclaimed rewards for BTC, ETH, SOL, and PAXG every Monday at 00:00 UTC. The feature handles only accrued rewards without creating new positions or resetting lock-up terms, and users can enable or disable it at any time. Concurrently, BASIS announced two partnerships: an ecosystem collaboration with XDC Network to explore crypto yield integration with real-world assets and trade finance, and a te

According to Yonhap Infomax, South Korea's government bond yields fell across the board on September 16 as foreign investors bought 9,538 contracts of 3-year treasury futures. The 3-year yield declined 3.8 basis points to 4.053%, while the 10-year yield fell 5.3 basis points to 4.547%, and the 30-year yield dropped 3.7 basis points to 4.692%.

According to ChainCatcher, B.AI launched AI image generation functionality on September 16, integrating GPT-Image-2 model. The feature supports both text-to-image and image-to-image modes, offering multiple styles including 3D, comics, photography-level portraits, and ink-wash aesthetics. Users can adjust resolution up to 4K and select from multiple aspect ratios, with support for generating up to 8 images simultaneously. The service is now available on Web and API.

According to the Home Office on Tuesday, Britain will recruit 500 officers across police forces, the National Crime Agency and the Crown Prosecution Service to trace and seize criminal money, backed by £500 million over three years. The funding comes from the economic crime levy on regulated firms as part of a new Anti-Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Strategy. The NCA estimates more than £100 billion is laundered through the UK or British corporate structures annually, driven by growth in fi

According to BlockBeats, on September 16, Sun Yuchen announced the first batch of 66 mathematics problems and their solvers for the Sun Yuchen Prize, an award designed to recognize breakthrough achievements in important mathematical research. The winners include 1 peak-level problem, 14 milestone-level problems, 36 progress-level problems, and 15 contribution-level problems.

According to Jin10, China's Finance Ministry is issuing 130 billion yuan in 3-year fixed-rate bonds on September 16, 2026. The coupon rate is set at 1.23%, matching the previous issuance of the same tenor. Interest accrual begins on August 25, 2026, with annual coupon payments on August 25 each year. Principal and final interest payment will be made on August 25, 2029.

According to Jin10, China's Ministry of Finance reopened its issuance of 10-year fixed-rate government bonds on September 16, 2026. The reopened bond offering has a face value of 90 billion yuan and carries a coupon rate of 1.66%, matching the previous issuance of the same maturity. The bond accrues interest from August 15, 2026, with semi-annual coupon payments on February 15 and August 15 each year (subject to holiday adjustments). The principal and final interest payment are due on August 15,

According to ChainCatcher, Twenty One Capital CEO Raphael Zagury said the company is considering issuing preferred shares similar to STRC to increase its Bitcoin holdings.

According to Jin10 on Wednesday, Sept 16, Turkey's stock market tumbled as an asset management company failed to meet redemption requests, intensifying concerns about liquidity pressures in the country's fund industry. Istanbul Stock Exchange 100 Index fell 5.7% intraday, with a two-day cumulative decline of 6.9%, before closing down 3%. Financial data platform Fintables reported net redemptions of 550 billion Turkish lira (approximately $1.13 billion) from Turkish investment funds on the day. T

According to Jin10, China's Shenao Natural Gas Co., Ltd. and Trafigura Private Limited signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding on September 15. Under the MOU, the two companies will explore cooperation opportunities in liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade and related facility services on a non-exclusive basis.

According to GoPlus via ChainCatcher, the security firm issued an alert on September 16 warning investors to be cautious of counterfeit token schemes on Arc Chain. Arc Chain saw explosive activity on its launch day, generating $144 million in trading volume, with several high-market-cap launchpad tokens including ARGUS and TOLLY already targeted by rug pull imitators. GoPlus advised users to carefully verify contract addresses before trading.

U.S. Special Envoy Cole announced today that 25 prisoners were released from Belarus. Cole stated the U.S. will continue efforts to improve relations with Belarus and is working to secure the release of additional detainees in the near future.

According to Pakistan's military spokesman, Pakistan's new defense agreements with Saudi Arabia and Turkey will not impact its strategic relationship with Iran. The spokesman described the pacts as defensive in nature, aimed at fostering collective deterrence and regional stability.