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According to CryptoQuant, Bitcoin fell to $76,452 over the weekend before recovering to around $77,526 on Monday morning, down 2.6% for the week. CryptoQuant analysts say the trend remains constructive but a wall of resistance stands in the way. Bitcoin must break above $81,700 for a bull market to be confirmed, said the on-chain analytics firm. US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $462.7 million in outflows last week with no single day of net inflows, further reflecting market uncertainty.

According to Jin10, Elmar Voelker, senior fixed-income analyst at Baden-Württemberg Bank, said on September 14 that rising bond yields are increasingly linked to European Central Bank monetary policy considerations. Voelker noted that the resulting tightening of economic financing conditions has already produced the effect of monetary tightening. Latest ECB staff forecasts indicate the Governing Council is inclined toward further tightening under current circumstances.

According to BNP Paribas, as of September 14, the Federal Reserve is expected to raise rates three times between September 2026 and January 2027, according to the bank's quarterly outlook. The rate increases are anticipated to be driven by healthy economic growth, persistent budget deficits, and a surge in mega-cap corporate issuance. The bank's analysts forecast that the rate-hiking cycle will peak in the first quarter of 2027.

According to BlockBeats, citing GMGN monitoring data, trader Bonk Guy deployed $32.62 million across three meme tokens from Sept 11–14, while liquidating $28.11 million in positions, resulting in net inflows of $4.50 million. New purchases concentrated on EMBER ($30.11M, 92.3% of inflows), BOW ($1.62M), and FLAME ($8,907). EMBER holdings generated $48.07 million in unrealized gains (159.7% return), while FLAME posted a 476.3% return. The trader also reduced positions in seven meme tokens includi

According to Peter Clarke, executive vice president of ExxonMobil's liquefied natural gas business, the company aims to raise its global LNG sales portfolio to approximately 50 million tons annually by 2030, up from a previous target of 40 million tons. Clarke noted that global LNG demand is expected to grow from around 400 million tons currently to 500 million tons by 2030.

According to HSBC, the U.S. Federal Reserve is now expected to raise interest rates by 25 basis points in both September and December 2026, reversing the bank's earlier prediction of unchanged policy.

Over the weekend, the AI industry split sharply over Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call to "pace the frontier" of AI development. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella backed more deliberate progress, arguing for stronger safety guardrails. However, U.S. President Donald Trump rejected the slowdown, warning that excessive restrictions could allow China to overtake the U.S., stating "whoever wins AI wins." Investor Michael Burry questioned the motives behind the safety push, sugges

According to CoinDesk on September 13, the U.S. Senate's scheduled vote on the Clarity Act—a framework for regulating the cryptocurrency market—remains uncertain despite being planned for September 15. Senate procedures may not proceed as scheduled, and even if the bill clears the 60-vote threshold, further amendments, floor debate, and cloture procedures could delay its passage into October, coinciding with the midterm election campaign period on November 3.

According to Kyodo News, Fujitsu announced on September 14 that it will begin global sales of its self-developed AI processor "Monaka" starting in November. The company plans to sell the CPU alongside custom-built servers manufactured in Japan, targeting markets in Japan and Europe. The Monaka CPU utilizes an inference-based approach, allowing AI operations with lower data volume and power consumption compared to existing GPU systems, Fujitsu stated.

According to Jin10, SC crude oil hit historic highs today (Sept 14), driven by escalating Middle East tensions and concerns over potential supply disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. Market analysts noted heightened anxiety over global oil supply, with major financial institutions including Goldman Sachs and Bank of America warning that prolonged conflicts could push Brent crude above $120 per barrel, or even to $150 per barrel if major energy infrastructure in the Middle East is damaged.

According to The Sunday Times, Britain's King Charles III is hosting an AI summit this week at Dumfries House in Scotland with leaders from Nvidia, OpenAI, Anthropic, IonQ, and Google DeepMind. The event, overseen by the Ditchley Foundation, will bring together executives to discuss responsible AI development and how the technology can advance "for the good of humanity."

According to HPE CFO Marie Myers at Citi technology conference on September 14, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) raised its FY2027 guidance, projecting revenue growth of 13–17% and earnings per share growth of 16–20%. Myers noted that demand exceeds supply across networking, cloud, and AI infrastructure sectors. Following the Juniper Networks acquisition, HPE saw networking orders surge 36% year-over-year and cloud and AI orders jump 75%. The company also disclosed over $30 billion in mult

According to JERA's global chief executive officer, Russian liquefied natural gas and natural gas supplies to Europe will cease starting January 1, 2027. The executive indicated that natural gas prices could rise further as a result of the supply disruption.

According to Foresight News, Longdotsupply said today that its stock tokens issued on Arc are backed 1:1 by real shares held on Robinhood, verifiable on-chain via cross-chain vaults and exchangeable 1:1 with Robinhood Chain. The company attributed the discount stock prices on Arc to a roughly 2x USDC premium on the chain, with the premium expected to normalize after Arc mainnet and USDC cross-chain launch on September 16, when Longdotsupply plans to add liquidity to CRCL/USDC. Crypto KOL 0xShawn

Revolut confirmed this week that an unauthorised third party used a legitimate government agency email domain to submit fraudulent data requests, exposing personal and financial information belonging to a limited number of customers. The compromised data may have included passports, driver's licences, verification selfies, contact details, IBANs, account statements and full transaction histories, including Bitcoin activity. Revolut said its systems and customer funds remained unaffected. The com

According to a letter from CEO Simon Gerovich posted on X, Metaplanet cancelled 41% of shares linked to its Series 10 warrants today, removing more than US$220 million in potential warrant value. The board has reset the conversion ratio from 1:696 to 1:410, increasing Bitcoin held per fully diluted share by approximately 8.8%. Unvested warrants will now vest in three groups in 2029, 2030 and 2031, with a five-year lock-up remaining in place. The changes reflect Metaplanet's shift from a Japan-ce

According to Goldman Sachs on September 14, the investment bank expects the Federal Reserve to raise rates by 25 basis points in September, primarily due to market pressure rather than substantial deterioration in inflation fundamentals. If next week's decision signals a one-time rate hike rather than the start of a new tightening cycle, the Fed's move should be easily absorbed by markets.

According to Beating AI, Elon Musk announced that xAI's Grok 4.8 model, featuring 2.5 trillion parameters, will finish pretraining by the end of this week before transitioning to reinforcement learning (RL). The model is being trained using SpaceX AI's new C++ software stack. This announcement comes as Grok 4.7 experienced delays due to RL-related issues, with Musk previously admitting the model was prematurely giving up on difficult problems.

According to Financial Times, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is researching with the Treasury and Bank of England to establish regulatory standards for tokenized gold or broader tokenized commodities. The FCA is also evaluating potential exemptions from Collective Investment Scheme (CIS) and Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) regulations for certain tokenized gold products or market infrastructure. No specific framework has been finalized yet.

According to South Korea's Presidential Office, on September 14, President Lee Jae-myung met with Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Kanda Masato to expand cooperation on critical minerals supply chain, artificial intelligence, and energy infrastructure across Asia-Pacific region. Lee proposed combining South Korea's industrial capacity and technology with ADB's development financing expertise to strengthen critical mineral supply chains in Central Asia and create business opportunities for