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Japanese Prime Minister Takakichi Takaichi reshuffled the cabinet on September 17, appointing Hiroshi Nakatsuka, a member of the Japan Innovation Party, as a cabinet minister for the first time. Nakatsuka was previously sentenced to 1.5 years in prison with a 3-year suspended sentence for bid-rigging violations, making him the first cabinet appointee with a pre-appointment criminal record in nearly three decades.

According to European tech companies and government officials, recent statements question whether major U.S. AI enterprises' proposals to slow artificial intelligence research development on safety grounds are self-serving. The European critics assert that the true intent is to consolidate competitive advantages and suppress rivals.

According to Gate data, Ethereum (ETH) has surpassed the $2,650 level, trading at $2,650.07 with a 24-hour gain of 6.22%.

According to the U.S. Department of Defense statement reported on September 18, the war with Iran has cost $45.1 billion as of September 3. The figure comprises $43.6 billion in direct combat costs and $1.5 billion in additional fuel expenses. The Pentagon acknowledged that the estimate does not capture full war costs, excluding expenses for repairing damaged bases and detailed indirect military operation costs requested by Congress.

According to Financial Times citing OpenAI internal documents, the AI lab projects cumulative negative free cash flow of $278 billion from 2026 through 2030. Despite planned revenue growth from $36 billion this year to $350 billion by 2030, projected capital expenditures for computing infrastructure will reach approximately $856 billion. The company's existing $122 billion in funding from March is estimated to be depleted by 2028. OpenAI is negotiating a new funding round at a proposed valuation

According to New York Times, citing U.S. officials and security experts, Iran, China and Israeli firms deployed hundreds of AI agents to autonomously generate fake accounts and spread false political political content on social media platforms including Instagram, Facebook, X and TikTok on September 18. The AI-powered agents performed the entire cycle of online opinion manipulation—from account creation to coordinated messaging—with minimal human intervention, marking the first widespread case o

According to TradingBeats, on September 19, trader Loracle's short position in SXD shows unrealized losses of $4.67M with a position size of $28M, entry price of $1,485.67, and liquidation price of $2,552.96. The trader's HYPE short position also expanded losses to $2.91M, with a position size of $7M, entry price of $53.97, and liquidation price of $136.56.

According to ChainCatcher, a former Hong Kong banking executive was recently sentenced after forging documents to fraudulently obtain over HK$1.6 billion in loans. The executive used the proceeds to purchase Bitcoin and engage in cryptocurrency-related bribery activities.

According to Xinhua, the UK government is considering lowering the threshold for mansion tax collection to 1.5 million pounds. The new tax scheme is expected to generate approximately 800 million pounds in annual revenue, according to expert estimates.

According to reports, Anthropic has modified its privacy policy 13 times since 2023, with the latest change requiring forced data retention for 30 days to conduct security reviews. Critically, users cannot opt out of this data collection. Unlike most major AI companies that require legal procedures to share user data with authorities, Anthropic's policy allows it to share user data with U.S. intelligence agencies at its discretion without legal authorization. The company determines both the judg

According to Herald Economy, South Korea's three major telecom operators—SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus—announced significant expansions of AI data center capacities. Mirae Asset Securities identified SK Telecom as the most favored choice among the three, citing its aggressive capacity growth and GPU rental service expansion alongside facility expansion. SK Telecom plans to double its data center capacity from 143MW to 318MW by 2030, with new facilities in Ulsan (103MW by 2029) and Guro (75MW by 2

According to Whale Alert, 700 BTC (approximately $56.6 million) was recently transferred from Binance to Kraken. The transfer was highlighted in a tweet by the whale-tracking account.

According to Moscow Election Commission Chair Kirilova, the city's electronic voting system experienced a technical malfunction on September 18, potentially connected to a cyberattack. Terminal devices briefly malfunctioned during voting for Russia's parliamentary elections, which began on September 18 and runs through September 20. Kirilova stated: "Technical failures did occur on September 18. Terminal devices failed for a short time, and according to experts' analysis, this may be related to

According to ChainCatcher, an on-chain analyst monitoring activity detected that over the past 15 hours, a certain address added 2,086 ETH at an average price of $2,599, worth $5.42 million. Since yesterday, the address has cumulatively built a position of 9,058.19 ETH through selling UBTC and buying ETH, with an average cost of $2,492.62 per coin.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has disputed claims that a Wall Street Journal article is preparing to blame him and Coinbase for the CLARITY Act's failure. Armstrong said he opposed an earlier draft in January over issues with DeFi regulations, tokenization, CFTC authority, and stablecoin incentives. After revisions over four months, the final Senate version addressed all four concerns, and Armstrong expressed strong support for the legislation.

According to Guru Club, on June 4, Singapore's benchmark stock index fell 1.2% to close at 5,076.81 points.

According to CNBC, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev stated today that the company aims to leverage active trading as a customer acquisition engine to eventually offer lifetime wealth management services. Tenev noted that the firm is expanding capabilities through custody investments, banking services, credit cards, and the acquisition of TradePMR to democratize wealth management traditionally available only to affluent clients, capitalizing on over $100 trillion in intergenerational wealth transfer.

According to Bitget's official announcement, the exchange has launched stock perpetual contracts for six assets: SDGR (Schrödinger), PATH (UiPath), AGPU (Axe Compute), GNRC (Generac), HUT (Hut 8), and CYPH (Cypherpunk Technologies). The contracts are settled in USDT and support up to 20x leverage with 24/7 trading. Bitget now offers a total of 319 stock contract products.

According to Foresight News, decentralized exchange RISEx sent an on-chain message to its XLP vault attacker today, detecting fund movements and proposing white-hat conditions. The team offered the attacker the option to retain 20% (approximately 134,566 USDC) and return 80% (approximately 538,265 USDC or equivalent ETH) to the official Ethereum or Base address by September 23. If the funds are returned as proposed, the attacker could be recognized as a white-hat hacker. RISEx previously disclos

Poland's military launched military aviation operations over Polish airspace today in response to Russian strikes within Ukrainian territory, according to the Polish military. The country's ground-based air defense systems and radar surveillance systems have been placed on full combat readiness.