According to FinanceFeeds, Franklin Templeton is expanding its off-exchange collateral program to Bybit, allowing eligible investors to pledge tokenized money market fund shares worth approximately $686 million for USDT or USDC trading credit while continuing to earn yield. The shares remain held through ByCustody, separating custody from trading activity on the exchange. Shares offered through Franklin Templeton's Benji Technology Platform currently carry an annualized yield of 3.7%. The asset

According to Brazil's Finance Ministry, the country's federal public debt rose 0.04% in August compared to the previous month.

According to Brazil's Finance Ministry, the country's federal public debt totaled 9.293 trillion reais in August.

According to Federal Reserve Governor Cook, U.S. inflation may face pressure over the coming months from artificial intelligence industry expansion and Middle East geopolitical tensions.

Public has launched AI agents that monitor Kalshi event-contract probabilities, automatically trade those contracts, and use market data to trigger actions elsewhere in a customer's portfolio. Event contracts are executed through Kalshi, a CFTC-regulated designated contract market. The AI agents allow users to set conditions tied to probability changes—such as buying shares when regulatory approval odds pass a threshold, sending alerts for rate-cut shifts, or purchasing put options when earnings

Coinbase and Citi announced on Monday the expansion of their partnership to enable stablecoin payments for corporate clients. Coinbase will leverage Citi's Virtual Account Wallet to power its Virtual Accounts, allowing customers to accept, hold, and pay fiat while automatically converting funds into stablecoins. Simultaneously, Citi's institutional clients can accept stablecoin payments through Spring by Citi, with Coinbase managing payment rails and converting digital assets to fiat for settlem

According to Hedera's official announcement, the blockchain platform has introduced HCS-27, a framework designed to enhance the auditing and security of agent actions. The framework provides tamper-evident context logs through Merkle-root checkpoints, enabling independent verification of decisions made by agents. HCS-27 aims to improve transparency and accountability in decentralized applications.

Google announced it will shut down the Gemini Gems feature starting November 17, 2026, according to a message in the Gemini app. The custom AI assistants users created via Gems will be automatically migrated to "skills" that can be used across different AI tasks, with no action required from users. Gems, launched in 2024, allowed users to build personalized AI assistants for specific tasks such as learning coaching, brainstorming, or coding support.

According to court filings reviewed by Protos, River Financial sued Blockstream Services Canada on September 11, 2026 over a $6.7 million unpaid settlement. Under a termination agreement signed on December 13, 2024, Blockstream owed River $3.5 million in refunded hosting fees and $3.1 million in early termination charges, payable in monthly installments of $239,389.40 starting August 1, 2025. River alleges Blockstream defaulted on the first payment and remained in breach through the lawsuit fili

According to Yonhapinfomax, ECB President Christine Lagarde on Sept 28 told the European Parliament in Brussels that rising government bond yields would slow economic expansion and limit the transmission of high energy costs into inflation. Lagarde noted that inflation forecasts for 2027 and 2028 would be higher than anticipated months ago, though she saw no signs of broad-based wage pressures. She reaffirmed the central bank's commitment to a measured policy response to contain price pressures.

Yemen's military conducted 356 precision strikes against Houthi militant positions across multiple fronts in the past 24 hours, according to the military command. The operations resulted in 476 Houthi militants killed, based on field assessments.

According to Jin10, President Putin signed a presidential decree on Sept 28 to increase Russian armed forces personnel to 2,441,630, including 1,550,500 active-duty troops. This marks the fourth expansion of the Russian military since the beginning of 2026.

According to Crypto Briefing, Chainlink's LINK token touched $14.89 in late September, marking its highest price of 2026. The rally recovered from sub-$13 levels earlier in the month. While smaller holders decreased positions, whales accumulated more than 2.5 million LINK tokens over a 10-day window. The price strength coincides with institutional momentum. Chainlink announced a partnership with Infosys to integrate its Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol across banking and payment platforms f

More than 1,100 AI researchers, including chief scientists from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Meta, and NVIDIA, signed an open letter in September 2026 asking the US government to establish international mechanisms to deliberately slow or pause AI development. The letter, titled "Pacing the Frontier," addresses concerns about recursive self-improvement, where AI systems contribute to their own research and development. Anthropic disclosed that its flagship model Claude now accounts for rou

Solana's Real Economic Value (REV), the metric tracking network earnings from transaction fees, hit its highest weekly level since January, according to recent data. The network's daily revenue crossed $1 million on August 19, marking the highest single-day revenue in six months. Daily average application fees during September reached levels not seen since January, indicating a sustained trend rather than a one-time spike. Solana processed 5.2 billion non-vote transactions in August alone, surpa

Seeking Alpha contributors assigned Micron Technology a Strong Buy rating in September 2026 with a price target of $2,463 per share, citing long-term supply agreements and structural AI demand. Around the same time, Goldman Sachs assigned Micron a Neutral rating, noting that AI infrastructure stock valuations had contracted from a median of 32x forward price-to-earnings in April 2026 to 22x by late September. Goldman maintained Buy ratings on Nvidia and Broadcom, viewing them as more directly em

According to HashKey's official statement on Monday, HashKey MENA partnered with the Aptos Foundation and Daya to establish a regulated B2B stablecoin settlement corridor linking the Middle East and Africa. The pilot initiative will enable cross-border payments in African currencies, including Nigerian naira, with on- and off-ramp support for local currencies while maintaining access to traditional SWIFT and bank wire infrastructure. HashKey MENA will provide AED/USD and multi-currency fiat-to-s

Richmond Federal Reserve President Thomas Barkin, a 2027 FOMC voting member, is scheduled to deliver remarks shortly.

According to market data on Monday, Ocular Therapeutics (OCUL) shares dropped 22%, marking the sharpest decline since mid-February, as investors reacted to positive late-stage trial results from competitors Kodiak Sciences (KOD) and 4D Molecular Therapeutics (FDMT) in the wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) market. Kodiak's DAYBREAK study met its primary goals, with two candidates matching Regeneron's Eylea on vision outcomes at one year, while 4D Molecular said first patients have entere

According to Saudi media Alhadath, Iran agreed to halt uranium enrichment in exchange for U.S. sanctions relief. West Texas Intermediate crude fell $1.81 per barrel to $91.33 in five minutes, while Brent crude declined $1.58 per barrel to $96.48 over the same period.