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According to his Substack post on Thursday, "Big Short" investor Michael Burry warned of a "colossal train wreck" for the U.S. dollar within 5-10 years as federal debt pressures mount. He is buying deeply discounted European fine wine stored in bonded facilities outside the U.S. as a hedge against dollar weakness and inflation. Burry estimates that a 30% to 40% dollar decline could generate 45% to 65% currency-driven gains in wine investments over 20 years. Fine-wine indices have fallen 25% to 3

According to Financial Times report, Anthropic said it has blocked multiple attempts by scientists to use its technology for research potentially aiding biological weapons development this year. The company documented five cases where actors circumvented safety measures and misrepresented research objectives to evade guardrails. One example involved a researcher from an unsupported region using Claude to plan experiments involving avian influenza over several weeks. Anthropic noted that its safe

According to BlockBeats, StonkFun, a token issuance platform on Solana, has cumulatively distributed over $30 million in rewards to ecosystem holders as of September 11.

According to Jin10 Futures, bitumen prices across China averaged 5,365.43 yuan per ton this week, up 317 yuan per ton or 6.28% week-over-week. The rally was driven by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, where escalating conflicts in Iran and Saudi Arabia have led to repeated tanker attacks in the Strait, disrupting oil shipments and reducing petroleum inventories, which strengthened support from the cost side. On the supply front, major refineries in Shandong and North China maintained lim

According to BlockBeats, on September 11, whale address 0xb1ec executed two pending BTC buy orders that were previously tracked, collectively purchasing 351.61 BTC as monitored by TradingBeats.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Defense Department is currently negotiating a $5 billion loan with AI cloud platform startup Fluidstack, with funds sourced from the department's Office of Strategic Capital (OSC). The loan is intended to strengthen domestic supply chains and manufacturing capabilities for critical data center components. If finalized, this would mark OSC's largest single loan to date. Fluidstack, founded in 2017, relocated its headquarters to New York last December

According to Citibank analyst Paraz Siyed, Australia's 3-year government bond yields surged to 5.04% on September 11, marking the highest level since May 2011, as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) faces mounting rate-hike expectations. The 10-year yield rose to 5.38%, while the 30-year yield climbed to 5.83%. Citibank now forecasts the RBA will raise rates twice more this year to a peak of 4.85%, up from the current 4.35%, citing persistent inflation pressures and constrained productivity. The

According to Yonhapinfomax, South Korea's reserve requirement deficit widened to 8.1181 trillion won as of September 11. Overnight call rates reached 3.083% with a daily trading volume of 13.9673 trillion won. On September 10, the reserve requirement deficit stood at the same level, reflecting persistent liquidity tightness in the interbank market driven by treasury bond maturities and central bank operations.

According to Guru Club, lithium carbonate futures contracts rallied on September 11, with losses narrowing to 7.91% to 130,680 yuan per ton, after earlier declining nearly 10%.

According to Jin10, as of 10:40 on September 11, several commodity options saw dramatic rallies. Ferrosilicon 2610 put option (6100 strike) surged 1,260% to 68.0 yuan/ton, while crude oil 2610 call option (820 strike) jumped 1,100% to 13.8 yuan/barrel. Ferrosilicon 2610 put option (6000 strike) rose 800% to 9.0 yuan/ton, and crude oil 2610 call option (840 strike) climbed 725% to 3.3 yuan/barrel. These percentage gains are calculated based on previous closing prices.

Eleanor Terrett announced that Senate Republicans have made modifications to the Clarity Act ahead of a key Senate vote. The changes focus on the bill's decentralized finance and credit union provisions, which could significantly shape the regulatory landscape for digital assets.

According to Lookonchain, market maker Cumberland purchased 2.7 million PONS tokens (approximately $1.55 million) three hours ago on September 11. The firm now holds a cumulative 11.2 million PONS tokens worth approximately $6.76 million.

U.S. stock futures traded higher in the overnight session late Thursday, with Dow futures climbing 0.21%, the S&P 500 edging 0.13% higher, and Nasdaq-100 falling 0.09%, as investors await August Consumer Price Index data on Friday. According to CME FedWatch tool data, traders are pricing in a 72.4% chance of a quarter-percentage-point rate hike in September ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting scheduled for Sept. 15-16. Oil prices soared above $109 a barrel amid elevated Middle Eas

According to PANews, privacy-focused stablecoin payment network Payy launched Finality on September 11, introducing a credit card-like chargeback feature for stablecoin payments. Users can set a short-term dispute window when initiating payments, with recipients receiving funds immediately while liquidity providers assume guarantee responsibility during the window. In cases of fraud, mistransfers, or commercial disputes, payers can submit evidence for arbitration by a neutral third party; if app

According to a Reuters survey, Japan's August core inflation held steady at 1.8% on September 11, with government subsidies offsetting upward pressure from Middle East-driven oil prices. The national consumer price index (CPI) is expected to rise 1.8% year-over-year, while core CPI remains flat compared to July, staying below the Bank of Japan's 2% target. The Bank of Japan will announce its interest rate decision on September 18, hours after the country's statistics bureau releases the CPI data

According to Guru Club, lithium carbonate futures contracts broke below the 130,000 yuan level on September 11, down more than 8%, hitting their lowest point since February 6.

According to the Wall Street Journal, on September 11, U.S. law enforcement seized control of $225 million in cryptocurrency assets, including funds originally ordered seized by a Turkish court for fraud victim Nivie Kaul. The California resident lost over $8 million to a cryptocurrency scam in 2022 and self-taught blockchain tracking to recover the funds. Turkish courts ordered a wallet frozen in 2023 containing over $100 million in crypto assets sufficient to cover her losses. However, before

According to Coinglass data reported by ChainCatcher, the crypto market saw $446 million in liquidations over the past 24 hours, with long liquidations reaching $352 million and short liquidations totaling $93.94 million. Bitcoin long positions accounted for $111 million in liquidations, while Ethereum longs saw $74.01 million liquidated. Bitcoin shorts liquidated $9.37 million and Ethereum shorts $14.72 million.

According to GMGN data, BSC-based Meme coin "Niu Lai" surged to briefly break $120 million in market capitalization on September 11. The token is currently trading at $115 million, up 48% in 24 hours.

According to ChainCatcher, Pons reached $100 million annualized revenue within two months and ranked first in its category. Honeypot Finance founder Wilson pledged continued support for Pons creator Ozzy, highlighting the protocol's V2 mechanism, which allows new tokens to trade on a bonding curve before transitioning to Uniswap V4 pools with permanent liquidity, priced in either native ETH or Pons-approved ERC-20 tokens.