Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

On September 17, the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee held its policy rate at 3.75%, with six of nine members voting for the pause and three voting for a 25 basis point increase. The committee cited Middle East tensions as disrupting energy transportation and supply, which has driven up h

According to Gate data, the UK 100 (FTSE 100) crossed 10,800 points today (September 17), reaching 10,800.41, up 1.1% in 24 hours.

According to BlockBeats, on September 17, SEC Chair Paul Atkins announced plans to advance 24-hour trading in U.S. capital markets during a roundtable discussion. Atkins stated that key business events no longer fit traditional trading hours and investors need more frequent position adjustments.

The SEC Division of Trading and Markets said on September 17 that the U.S. stock market data infrastructure will extend to 23×5 trading operations beginning December 6, allowing approved exchanges to offer trading during extended hours. Currently, four alternative trading systems (ATS) provide

According to JPMorgan strategists, the Federal Reserve's rate hike on Wednesday (September 16) provided "moderate support" to U.S. investment-grade corporate bond spreads. The bank cited elevated yields and signals of slower rate increases as supporting factors. U.S. high-grade corporate bond spread

According to Scott Rubner, Castleton Securities' head of equity and derivatives strategy, on September 17, the firm is becoming increasingly constructive on U.S. equity market prospects through year-end. Rubner said negative sentiment around artificial intelligence has already driven down related

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) will release its weekly natural gas storage report tonight at 22:30 Beijing time.

Amazon Web Services announced on September 15 that some customer data stored in Bahrain and one availability zone in the United Arab Emirates is permanently unrecoverable, more than six months after Iranian drone strikes damaged data centers in both countries. The company stated in an AWS Health

According to the CFTC, on Sept 17, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Market Participants Division issued a no-action letter, stating it will not recommend enforcement action against passive software providers or their personnel for operating unregistered as introducing brokers under

According to Guru Club, spot silver broke $66 per ounce on September 17, gaining 4.83% intraday.

According to Reuters, XPeng plans to provide technology to more foreign automakers. The company's ADR rose 4.3% on the news.

According to Guru Club, Barclays raised Strategy's price target from $125 to $160 on September 16, maintaining an overweight rating.

According to Matthew Sigel, S&P Global participated in Kaiko's $110 million Series B funding round in recent days. The financial data firm also acquired OpenZeppelin recently, demonstrating an aggressive expansion into the crypto sector. Kaiko is a cryptocurrency market data provider serving

US stocks opened higher on September 17 (local time), with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 226.45 points (0.44%) to 51,688.35, the S&P 500 gaining 70.37 points (0.93%) to 7,622.18, and the Nasdaq Composite climbing 342.43 points (1.32%) to 26,320.85 as of 9:56 AM at the New York Stock

According to New York Federal Reserve data, the secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) fell to 3.62% on September 16, down from 3.64% the previous day. The effective federal funds rate held steady at 3.63%, unchanged from the prior trading day.

On September 17, 2026, the SEC issued a temporary, conditional innovation exemption order allowing limited trading of tokenized regulated stocks on specific on-chain venues. This came after the CLARITY Act failed to advance in the Senate, with the SEC using its existing statutory authority to create a transitional regulatory channel for the on-chain circulation of tokenized securities. The exemption involves the boundaries of regulatory power, the reshaping of market structure, and deep tensions

Marvell Technology (MRVL) shares climbed in morning trade on Thursday, September 17, following two partnership announcements. The company expanded its manufacturing agreement with GlobalFoundries (GFS) and launched Azure Payment HSM v2 with Microsoft (MSFT) and Utimaco. The GlobalFoundries

Marvell Technology (MRVL) shares rose 4.5% in morning trade on Thursday, September 17, after the company expanded its manufacturing partnership with GlobalFoundries (GFS) and unveiled a new payment security platform with Microsoft and Utimaco. According to Stocktwits, Marvell and GlobalFoundries exp

According to Jin10, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Thursday that the economic outlook remains too unpredictable for him to assess whether market pricing in four rate hikes over the next year is reasonable. Bailey noted that BoE officials have not discussed such a rate hike

According to industry data and Reuters calculations, Russia's seaborne oil product exports increased 16.4% month-on-month in August but declined 50% compared to the same period last year.