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According to Bloomberg, Michael Kremer has been appointed chief economist of the World Bank. Kremer, an economist and Nobel laureate, takes on the role leading the institution's research and economic policy advisory functions.

According to Sky News, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has postponed the planned UK investment summit scheduled for this year.

According to BlockBeats, on September 16, Payward (Kraken's parent company) announced plans to deploy on-chain perpetual futures markets for U.S. customers, initially using Hyperliquid's HIP-3 licensed market framework. The perpetual futures will operate on Hyperliquid's blockchain with on-chain order book matching, pending regulatory approval.

According to K33 Research, bitcoin on-chain activity has reached one of its lowest levels on record over the past 180 days, with only 3.8 million BTC transferred during the period. The research firm noted that the exceptionally low transaction volume reflects declining selling pressure as bitcoin shows signs of having passed its cycle bottom.

According to Jin10, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov on September 16 questioned the substantive basis of the U.S. proposal on a Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire. Ryabkov said Russia takes all U.S. statements seriously, but they often lack concrete measures, actual implementation, and evidence of Ukraine's attitude shift. Ryabkov emphasized that Russia will not avoid engagement and contact with the United States continues and will proceed further. He added that so-called hardliners are unde

According to Nasdaq data as of September 16, Micron's 484% stock gain over 12 months ($158.82 to $927.60) was driven entirely by earnings expansion, not valuation re-rating: its trailing P/E remained flat at 20.9x to 21.0x while EPS surged from $7.59 to $44.17. In contrast, Vistra fell 32% ($209.43 to $141.53) as its P/E compressed from 33.7x to 23.9x despite AI data center contracts. For Vistra to achieve a Micron-sized move while holding its current 9.3x EV/EBITDA multiple, it would require EB

According to BlockBeats, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF experienced net outflows of $450 million on September 16, the highest since June 25, 2026, while spot Ethereum ETF saw outflows of $141 million, the highest since January 30, 2026. Coinbase's negative premium widened further today, suggesting U.S. market funds may continue selling. Lebit Mining Pool founder Jiang Zhuoer noted that if Bitcoin rallies sharply before the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision, he plans to consider short positions.

According to ChainCatcher, Two Prime launched a Bitcoin lending vault on Pareto with institutional target yields of 1.5% to 2% and a minimum deposit of 250,000 WBTC equivalent. The company committed approximately $10 million in first-loss capital to the vault.

According to The Information, OpenAI is in talks to raise new capital at a $1.2 trillion valuation on September 16.

WTI crude oil declined 2.0% intraday, trading at $98.49 per barrel as of today.

WTI crude oil futures touched $103 per barrel intraday on September 16, declining 2.39% during the session.

According to Reuters, U.S. officials held talks with Houthi representatives in Oman over the weekend, following the group's seizure of a strategic position along the Red Sea coast.

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rates rose to 6.97% for the week ended September 11, up from 6.85% in the prior week.

According to crypto commentator @SolanaFloor, Circle minted approximately $750 million in USDC on the Solana blockchain in the past 24 hours. This minting activity increases the stablecoin's supply on the Solana network.

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, the MBA mortgage applications activity index fell 4.1% week-over-week for the week ended September 11.

According to Odaily, Circle launched its Arc public blockchain mainnet on September 16, completing a genesis mint of 10 billion ARC tokens. The network's 11 founding validators include BlackRock, Visa, Mastercard, and the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation. Circle stated that the token supply represents a technical milestone but does not constitute a commitment to public distribution. Arc uses USDC as its native gas token and supports sub-second finality with optional privacy features for

According to Solid Intel, Stand With Crypto will mark senators who voted against the CLARITY Act on its voting record cards ahead of the November midterm elections.

According to Slow Mist, the Brazilian banking malware campaign REF9334, active since at least May 2025, was recently disclosed. The KREMLIN malware ecosystem employs Ethereum smart contracts as dynamic resolvers to update command-and-control endpoints and payload hosting locations. The malicious infrastructure also distributes browser extensions to steal credentials and session tokens by bypassing Chromium security mechanisms. Researchers observed 1,515 infected hosts checking in after the campa

According to Jin10, on September 16, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he is prepared to make difficult decisions to stabilize the economy after inflation rose to 3.1% in August, the highest level in five months. Starmer told reporters the government will take "tough decisions" to keep the economy on track.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, on September 15, 2026, former Robinhood engineers Hefu Chai, 36, of Menlo Park, California, and Huaisong "Jerry" Xiang, 30, of Jersey City, New Jersey, were charged with one count of commodities fraud and one count of wire fraud each. Prosecutors allege the engineers accessed nonpublic information about upcoming cryptocurrency listings at Robinhood and used it to trade perpetual futures on the decentralized platform H