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Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman, and SpaceX's Elon Musk called for slowing advancement of sophisticated AI models over the weekend, advocating for 'pacing the frontier' to address safety risks. This announcement spooked investors on Monday, pushing down stocks in AI-connected sectors l

Astar Fi, the onchain personal finance manager incubated by Astar Foundation, launched its public beta on September 15, 2026. The self-custodial platform combines portfolio tracking with curated access to DeFi vaults from Morpho, Aave, and Midas, plus tokenized assets from issuers including

The Financial Conduct Authority and the Bank of England published Feedback Statement FS26/1 on 14 September 2026 after receiving 123 responses to their work on tokenisation in wholesale financial markets. The call for input opened on 18 May and closed on 3 July, drawing responses from financial

Whale trader 0xccf3 recently closed a $58.4 million short position on Bitcoin, realizing a $266,000 profit, then opened a 40x leveraged long position on 900 BTC valued at $69.2 million. The strategic reversal, highlighted by CryptoTwitter commentator @lookonchain, represents a significant shift in p

Matrixport deposited 1,400 BTC worth approximately $107.8 million to Binance while withdrawing 10,000 ETH valued at about $24.67 million in recent activity. The transactions were reported by influencer @lookonchain. Binance is a leading cryptocurrency exchange platform where such large-scale

DeFi Development Corp (DFDV) added 55,491 SOL tokens worth approximately $5.78 million to its treasury, disclosed Monday, pushing total holdings to roughly 2,388,923 SOL and SOL equivalents. The Nasdaq-listed Solana treasury company simultaneously established a $300 million at-the-market program

Binance CEO Richard Teng reinforced the cryptocurrency exchange's zero-tolerance policy for sanctions violations in response to recent scrutiny. Teng stated that no case has been filed against Binance and emphasized that the company has never permitted transactions with sanctioned individuals. The s

Bank of America raised its US semiconductor industry growth forecast to a total addressable market of $3.2 trillion by 2030, up from a previous $2.7 trillion estimate, according to an Investing.com report. BofA now models an 18% compound annual growth rate between 2026 and 2030, up from 14%,

Clearpool announced an expansion to the XRP Ledger (XRPL) through a governance proposal on September 11, 2026, to create the first institutional credit product using Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin. The initiative, developed in partnership with Cicada Partners and Hex Trust, aims to lend RLUSD to

Ethereum (ETH) trades at $2,474 today, down 1.8% on the day, as the cryptocurrency tests critical resistance near $2,550 amid uncertainty surrounding the Clarity Act vote this week. Prediction odds for the bill's passage have fallen to under 20%, creating volatility as traders await legislative

Alpaca has partnered with BridgeWise to integrate AI-powered investment analysis into its broker infrastructure platform used by financial institutions globally. The collaboration connects BridgeWise's AI-driven securities analysis with Alpaca's Broker API, enabling financial platforms to combine

Investors reduced their global equity exposure in September as U.S. Treasury yields broke above 5%, according to Bank of America's latest fund manager survey. The net share overweight global equities fell to 49% from 56%, while cash positions increased. The shift occurred after the U.S. 10-year Trea

GRIN surged 11.05% in the last hour, reaching a current price of $0.012256. The cryptocurrency's trading volume for this period was $5,353.03, with a market cap of $2,545,795. The movement occurred amid mixed signals in the broader cryptocurrency market, with no confirmed catalyst identified for the

On September 16, 2026, Arc, the Layer 1 network developed by Circle, will officially launch its public mainnet. This public blockchain, which began development in August 2025 and launched its testnet in October of that year, completed a $222 million institutional presale at a $3 billion valuation in May 2026, with a16z crypto leading a $75 million round. Arc’s core positioning is not “another general-purpose public blockchain,” but an institutional settlement network for Stablecoins, RWAs, and F

Bank of Korea staff presented research findings at the August Monetary Policy Board meeting indicating the neutral interest rate may have risen, according to meeting minutes released on the 15th. The staff stated the neutral rate declined over the long term since the 2000s but has rebounded

Hong Kong stocks closed lower on September 15, with the Hang Seng Index falling 1% to 24,667.24 points, the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index down 0.96% to 8,204.91 points, and the Hang Seng Tech Index declining 0.62% to 4,291.34 points. The decline was driven by concerns over AI development

Bybit warned that Bitcoin could experience sharp price swings around the Federal Reserve's FOMC meeting scheduled for September 15 and 16. The crypto exchange flagged the risk in a post on its official X account, citing an analysis of 40 FOMC meetings held between 2022 and 2026 that found Bitcoin's

The USDC Treasury minted $250 million, according to CryptoTwitter commentator @whale_alert. USDC is a stablecoin managed by Circle that provides a stable medium of exchange in the crypto ecosystem. The minting reflects ongoing trends of increased stablecoin use across various platforms as demand

India's Central Consumer Protection Authority has escalated an investigation into Apple's warranty terms after complaints that iOS 18 allegedly caused display, microphone, and other problems on some iPhones. Customers were then asked to pay repair costs the regulator described as exorbitant, with iP