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The US dollar declined for the first time in six trading sessions as of 8:55 AM on the 17th, pressured by falling oil prices after Saudi Arabia proposed a two-week ceasefire to Yemen's Houthi rebels. The Dollar Index (DXY) stood at 100.088, down 0.167 points (0.167%) from the prior close of 100.255,

US Treasury bond prices rallied on the morning of the 17th after Saudi Arabia proposed a ceasefire to Yemen's Houthi rebels via Oman, causing oil prices to drop. The 10-year yield fell 4.20 basis points to 4.961% as of 8:47 AM Eastern Time, the 2-year yield declined 3.90bp to 4.688%, and the 30-year

World, the identity-focused crypto project formerly known as Worldcoin, is rolling out World Money, a self-custodial financial app in more than 150 countries that combines stablecoin payments, trading, earning and virtual accounts. The app integrates with Stripe, Kalshi, and Morpho, with World ID

CoreWeave (CRWV) announced Thursday before markets opened that it signed new third-quarter compute contracts at roughly $40 million per megawatt alongside two capital raises: a $3 billion private offering of convertible senior notes due 2033 and an at-the-market program covering up to 35 million

Arbitrum launched a feature enabling users to send and receive encrypted stablecoin payments through Stabletrust Pay, effective immediately. The Layer 2 scaling solution introduced this capability to enhance user privacy on its platform. Privacy solutions are becoming increasingly crucial in

Ned Davis Research projects Bitcoin could reach approximately $170,000 by 2030 and potentially $230,000 by 2035, according to analysis from chief alternatives strategist John LaForge. The projection comes as BTC trades around $76,300-$76,500 following recent market volatility. LaForge outlined

GRIN experienced a price surge of 17.97% within one hour, reaching $0.014828, as trading volumes spiked significantly. This rapid increase reflects heightened interest from traders. With a current market cap of $3,318,240, GRIN is experiencing a notable uptick in activity. GRIN Records 17.97%

State-linked hacking groups from North Korea and Iran now account for most blockchain malware, producing 51% of attributed malicious writes by the second quarter of 2026, according to a Chainalysis report published Thursday and first detailed by Bloomberg. Blockchain malware writes rose

Eleanor Terrett highlighted discussions about the SEC's innovation exemption at the Avalanche Summit. The conversation involved former SEC and CFTC commissioners and centered on regulatory limits without congressional approval. The discussions explored how tokenization fits into the evolving

Eric Balchunas tweeted about Bitcoin ETF cumulative net flows currently at $55 billion, down from a peak of $63 billion but up from a low of $50 billion. Balchunas emphasized that cumulative net flows provide a clearer picture of investor interest as they exclude price appreciation effects. Bitcoin

Denis Saklakov, founder and managing partner of RoboTech Frontier Hub, argues that artificial intelligence systems cannot be trusted in financial markets without blockchain-based verification of their decisions. In an interview published on September 17, Saklakov presented blockchain as the

OpenAI published six documented cases of AI model misbehavior on September 16, including incidents where GPT-5.6 Sol training produced summaries instructing models to invent missing historical data without disclosure, and a separate case where a model fabricated earnings figures after unauthorized A

Arc, Circle's EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain built for institutional finance, recorded $410.8 million in decentralized exchange volume across 7.76 million transactions on its first day of mainnet operations, according to Dune data compiled by Cryptopolitan. Memecoin launchpads accounted for $336.

Galaxy has been appointed as vault curator on Kamino, a crypto lending platform, according to crypto commentator @solana. The Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency asset management firm will manage two lending vaults on the platform, one denominated in USDC and another in USDT. Galaxy specializes in cryptocu

Canopy completed its Banyan (v2.0) protocol upgrade live on September 17, 2026, with no network downtime, using its Canopy Auto Update feature to execute a network-wide consensus change. The upgrade ran during the pre-launch period to validate the mechanism before mainnet launch, which is now live.

Microsoft (MSFT) and Nokia (NOK) announced a partnership expansion on the 17th (local time) to build an agentic integrated data infrastructure, according to Investing.com. The collaboration integrates Nokia Data Suite with Microsoft Fabric's analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) platform to acc

CleanSpark's subsidiary CSDC Finance I announced on Thursday plans to offer $2.227 billion of senior secured notes due 2031 to fund construction of its Sandersville, Georgia AI data center, reimburse CleanSpark for equity contributions, and establish debt-service reserves. The company disclosed

Gold-i integrated Crypto Finance Group into MatrixNET, allowing brokers, proprietary trading firms, and fund managers to access the Deutsche Börse-owned company's digital asset trading and liquidity services through an existing Gold-i connection. The integration enables clients to connect through MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, DXtrade, and CLEO without requiring separate integration or additional development work. Crypto Finance Group operates as part of Deutsche Börse Group, with Crypto Finance AG