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According to Guru Club, Hong Kong Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao announced today the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's first five-year economic and social development plan (2026-2030), positioning artificial intelligence as a key industry for future growth. The plan emphasizes empowering thousands of industries through AI technology, completing the AI ecosystem across multiple dimensions, and advancing the 'AI+' initiative. Infrastructure support includes building the Sha Ling data park to

According to BlockBeats, on September 16, phishing sites disguised as Cloudflare verification pages appeared on meme coin display platforms, targeting traders. KOL @cladzsol and others lost funds after clicking the fake links and executing malicious scripts. @cladzsol alone lost approximately $600,000 in on-chain assets. The phishing pages leverage a gap in platform review processes; DexScreener and similar platforms directly display website links filled by token creators or those claiming commu

According to BlockBeats, Circle's blockchain Arc surpassed 372 million USDC across its mainnet two hours after launch on September 16, representing 0.05% of total USDC supply, with 176,000 active addresses on-chain. Prior to mainnet activation, some users crossed 80%-100% USDC premiums into Arc to participate in early meme coin trading.

According to Ars Technica, on September 16, Mozilla's latest State of Open Source AI report found that the performance gap between U.S. closed-source frontier AI models and Chinese open-source models has narrowed to approximately 4.4 months. Chinese open-source model Kimi K3 trails Anthropic's Claude 3.5 by only three points on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, while costing roughly 30% less. METR testing shows the strongest closed-source models reliably complete human expert tasks las

According to Zhuochuang Consulting, the spread between southern and northern low-sulfur 180CST bunker fuel widened to 150 yuan per ton as of Sept 15, expanding by 75 yuan from the previous period. Southern bunker prices surged to 6,900 yuan per ton, up 525 yuan, while northern prices reached 6,750 yuan per ton, up 450 yuan. Rising raw material costs and tight supply have widened the arbitrage window. Freight rates from Guangzhou to Shandong remained stable at 150–200 yuan per ton, supporting the

According to Bloomberg, on September 15, Bitcoin fell 5.3% and Ether dropped more than 8% after the US Senate blocked the Clarity Act, while market concerns about higher interest rates also weighed on prices. CoinGlass reported that nearly $300 million in bullish crypto bets were liquidated in the final hour before the vote. Coinbase shares closed 10% lower. The Clarity Act required 60 votes to advance but failed 49-50 after Democrats objected to its ethics language, which did not require a sitt

According to Foresight News, the Aave community has published an ARFC proposal to deploy a new Aave V4 Isolated Hub & Spoke architecture designed to integrate institutional custodial collateral into the Aave platform as backing for stablecoin borrowing. Under this model, institutional borrowers deposit collateral with Anchorage, which maintains custody throughout the loan term. The custodial balance is represented on-chain as Custodial Collateral Tokens (CoCT), minted and burned via Chainlink's

According to PANews, traders reported on September 16 that the Reserve Bank of India is likely selling U.S. dollars to support the rupee.

According to PANews, Shanghai State Investment Pioneer led a new funding round for Hailo Robotaxi on September 16, raising approximately $100 million, with Min Gold Investment and Genesis Partners also participating. Following the funding, Hailo Robotaxi's valuation reached approximately $3 billion.

According to Jin10 Futures, as of 11:33 AM on September 16, Chinese domestic futures main contracts recorded mixed capital flows. Soybean meal (2701) led inflows with 918 million yuan, followed by coking coal (2701) at 536 million yuan and crude oil (2611) at 284 million yuan. On the outflow side, CSI 1000 (2609) saw the largest exit with 10.103 billion yuan, while CSI 500 (2609) and CSI 300 (2609) recorded outflows of 5.989 billion yuan and 5.582 billion yuan, respectively.

According to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), on September 16, analysis of nearly 100 billion blockchain records found that on-chain metrics widely used in the crypto industry may show significant deviations. Bitcoin on-chain transfer volumes could differ by up to approximately 6 times depending on how unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs) are processed. The research also identified approximately 13 million active contracts on Ethereum, including roughly 1.4 million tokens. The BIS no

According to Financial Times investigation reported by ChainCatcher, Polish state energy company Orlen prepaid $230 million to Dubai trader Hannon International for approximately 6 million barrels of Venezuelan crude oil but received only 500,000 barrels of fuel oil. During the transaction, part of the funds were converted to USDT and transferred through intermediaries to Venezuelan counterparts. At least $132 million in USDT given to two intermediaries subsequently went missing. Including tanke

In early trading on September 16, China's commodity futures saw mixed gains, with PET bottle flakes and rapeseed meal leading gains at over 3%. Soybean meal, Shanghai silver, and ethylene glycol (EG) rose over 2%. On the downside, lithium carbonate and rapeseed fell over 2%, while Shanghai nickel, crude oil, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) fell over 1%.

According to the U.S. Coast Guard, American military and Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel boarded a foreign-flagged oil tanker on August 21 to investigate a cyber attack. The vessel, which was heading toward Texas, had shown signs of network intrusion by overseas cyber attackers. Coast Guard officials stated that the ship's captain, crew, and shore personnel cooperated fully with the investigation. The operation caused no operational disruptions or casualties. The tanker is currently po

According to Jin10, domestic gold jewelry prices showed little change today compared to yesterday, with most brands trading in the 1295–1310 yuan per gram range.

According to Bloomberg and people familiar with the matter, Shanghai-based Biren Technology, an AI chip graphics processing unit developer, is considering a share sale that could raise about $1 billion after its 90-day lockup from July fundraising ends in early October. The company raised approximately $900 million in July. Banks are in early stages of sounding out investor interest, though Biren has not finalized the deal size or structure and could still decide not to proceed.

According to Jin10, offshore Hong Kong interbank offered rates (Hibor) for most tenors rose on Wednesday, Sept 16. The two-week Hibor climbed to 1.42303%, marking the highest level since Sept 10. Overnight Hibor increased 2 basis points to 1.36788%, while one-week Hibor rose to 1.39015%. The one-year rate edged down to 1.66939%.

According to Odaily, Bitcoin is trading near $75,923 on September 16. The 77,400-77,800 USD price range holds approximately $77.08 million in potential short liquidation exposure from roughly 995 BTC positions.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. government is pressuring Mexico to accept new rules of origin for artificial intelligence hardware exports on September 16, aiming to prevent Chinese and other foreign companies from circumventing tariffs. U.S. trade negotiators plan to apply sourcing requirements similar to automotive rules—requiring at least 75% of components to originate from North America for tariff-free treatment. Mexico exported $830 billion worth of computer servers for AI da

According to China's Ministry of Natural Resources, the survey vessel 'Haiyang Dizhi 10' conducted a comprehensive multidisciplinary geological survey in the Huangyan Island waters from August 11 to September 8. The investigation aimed to comprehensively document basic geological elements and ecological environmental conditions in China's maritime jurisdiction.