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According to Gate market data, the S&P 500 index rose by 0.5%, reaching a new intraday high, while the Nasdaq 100 index increased by 1%.

Jiang Zhuoer, the founder of Liebit Mining Pool (B.TOP), posted on platform X that at 2 AM Beijing time on September 17, the Federal Reserve will announce its interest rate decision. According to the 30-day federal funds futures prices, the current probability of a 25 basis point rate hike is about 92%. He expects the Federal Reserve to raise the target interest rate range from 3.50% to 3.75% to 3.75% to 4.00%, believing that this outcome is basically a foregone conclusion.After the interest rate decision is announced, the Federal Reserve will also release the dot plot. Jiang Zhuoer stated that attention should be focused on the median of the interest rate forecast and the central trend range after excluding the highest and lowest three points each. He expects the dot plot to show two rate hikes in total by 2026, meaning there will be one more rate hike within this year after the current hike, and the related expectations may lead to a short-term market decline.Jiang Zhuoer believes that the speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh, starting at 2:30 AM, is the biggest variable and expects it may release dovish signals. Therefore, he judges that the most likely market path is "falling first and then rising": a decline after the interest rate decision and dot plot announcement, followed by a rebound after Warsh's speech. He expects Bitcoin may drop below $75,000 before rebounding to $83,000 to $84,000, followed by a significant adjustment.

According to Coinglass data, if ETH falls below $2,273, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.134 billion. Conversely, if ETH breaks above $2,508, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.102 billion.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC breaks through $79,331, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on major CEXs will reach $1.789 billion. Conversely, if BTC falls below $72,122, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on major CEXs will reach $1.734 billion.

According to The Guardian, UK media publisher Reach, which includes The Mirror and The Express, announced the layoff of 220 editorial positions due to a significant shift in reader behavior towards AI-generated summaries, resulting in a substantial decline in website traffic.David Higgerson, the company's Chief Content Officer, stated that this is the result of a "huge shift" in how audiences access content. Reach's data shows that traffic from Google has decreased by 46% year-on-year, and digital revenue has also slightly declined to £128.9 million.Meanwhile, the company will close three online brands: KentLive, AberdeenLive, and GalwayBeo, while adding approximately 60 editorial positions, focusing on subscription services and long video content to seek a sustainable development path.

The 30-year fixed mortgage rate in the United States reached 7.22% on September 15, the highest since January 2025. Rising U.S. Treasury yields have led to increased lending costs for banks, and the market is betting that the Federal Reserve is likely to raise interest rates.According to data from the National Association of Realtors, existing home sales in August fell by 2% month-over-month, annualized at 3.98 million units, the lowest since June of last year. High mortgage rates have exacerbated the sluggishness in the real estate market, leading to increased hesitation among homebuyers and squeezing builders' profits.

According to monitoring by Ai Yi, about 2 hours after the mainnet launch of Arc, the public chain under Circle, the total amount of USDC in the network has reached 372 million, accounting for approximately 0.05% of the total USDC supply, with the current total number of on-chain addresses being about 176,000.Previously, some users entered Arc across chains at an 80%-100% premium in USDC before the mainnet launch to participate in early Meme coin trading.

According to GMGN data, the market capitalization of the Meme coin LONG on the Arc blockchain has surpassed 10 million dollars, reaching a new high, currently reported at 9.97 million dollars, with a 24H increase of 251.8%. The well-known trader Bonk Guy previously sparked controversy by promoting LONG, leading community users to question the high concentration and other security issues of the protocol token.According to market news, the prices of Meme coins are highly volatile, and investors are advised to participate with caution.

KPMG recently released a report indicating that global fintech investment will reach 103.1 billion USD in the first half of 2026, with over 2,100 transactions. Among these, the payments sector attracted 44.2 billion USD, the digital assets sector received 11.1 billion USD in investments, and there were a total of 800 AI-related fintech transactions with an investment amount of 21.4 billion USD.In terms of regional performance, the Americas absorbed 86.9 billion USD, with the United States contributing 80.8 billion USD; the EMEA region's investment amount decreased from 18 billion USD to 11.3 billion USD, and the Asia-Pacific region fell from 7.1 billion USD to 4.6 billion USD. There were a total of 394 merger and acquisition transactions, totaling 67.9 billion USD, with one 24.3 billion USD acquisition of a global payments company becoming a core driving force.The report pointed out that capital is highly concentrated in mature business models and leading companies that have been validated by the market, cross-border mergers and acquisitions are active, and AI and digital assets continue to be investment hotspots, while sectors such as insurtech and wealth tech have shown significant adjustments or sluggishness.

According to The Information, AI agent startup Instinct is reportedly in talks to raise $1 billion, with a valuation potentially reaching $10 billion.

SK Hynix and its union have reached an agreement on performance bonuses. According to the agreement, 50% of the bonus will be paid in cash, and the remaining 50% will be paid in company stock.SK Hynix originally planned to pay the entire performance bonus in cash. This means the company now needs to repurchase stock equivalent to at least 50% of the total bonus amount.

The blockchain data platform Allium released the report "Stablecoins and Payment Status: September 2026." The report shows that in August 2026, the supply of stablecoins reached $303 billion, a year-on-year increase of 6%, with Tether and Circle accounting for 85% combined. Exchanges held $89 billion, and DeFi protocols held $26 billion.In the first eight months of 2026, stablecoin payments reached between $401 billion and $527 billion, a year-on-year increase of 42% to 63%. Enterprises received 58% to 64% of the payments, with B2B being the largest channel. The growth rate of cross-border stablecoin payments is seven times that of traditional fiat channels. From January to August, the total transfer volume reached $85 trillion, and after excluding internal exchange transfers, DeFi, and infrastructure transfers, the real economic activity was $4.0 trillion, of which transactions accounted for 69%, value storage accounted for 13%, and payments accounted for up to 13%.B2B settlements reached between $137 billion and $153 billion. In corporate operations, service fees were $56 billion, salaries $43 billion, vendor payments $28 billion, and retail purchases $19 billion. In geographically attributed payments, 61% were domestic. Thailand received $10.8 billion, Turkey $7.8 billion, Indonesia $6.3 billion, and Mexico $6.1 billion. The proxy payments on the x402 protocol reached 29 million monthly transfers in August, averaging $0.06 per transfer. Ether.fi Cash's monthly expenditure increased to $108 million.

The trade dispute between the United States and Canada is still brewing. Canada's counter-tariff measures against the U.S. have taken effect, and the U.S. has imposed a 50% tariff on over a hundred categories of Canadian goods, which took effect on the 15th. Canadian Prime Minister Carney stated that a trade agreement must be reached when Canada's interests are respected and the timing is right.He announced that Canada will begin consultations with the European Union next month to build a security and economic alliance.

According to Coinglass data, if ETH breaks through 2,522 USD, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach 1.388 billion USD. Conversely, if ETH falls below 2,286 USD, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach 552 million USD.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC breaks through $79,544, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $2.45 billion. Conversely, if BTC falls below $72,118, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.217 billion.

According to an analysis by The Information, Anthropic has committed to cloud, chip, and data center deals, with costs potentially reaching $517 billion, primarily over the next decade. This is nearly three times its earlier prediction of $180 billion for server leasing by 2029, although the new estimate covers a longer time frame and a broader range of spending categories.Since October, Anthropic has signed agreements for at least 14.8 gigawatts of computing capacity, in addition to the 1 to 2 gigawatts previously obtained. Amazon and Google account for 11 gigawatts, with estimated costs exceeding $300 billion, approximately over ten years. Other partners include Microsoft, SpaceX, Lambda, and Nscale.Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged AI labs to "pace the frontier," with demand for Claude Code and Cowork driving the company to acquire more computing power.

According to The Block, Standard Chartered Bank has initiated coverage research on the Arbitrum (ARB) token for the first time, giving a target price of $10 by the end of 2030, which is approximately a 70-fold increase from the current price.Geoff Kendrick, the global head of digital asset research at the bank, stated in a report to clients that ARB is expected to outperform Bitcoin and Ethereum during the forecast period. Standard Chartered also predicts that Ethereum will reach $4,000 by the end of 2026 and $40,000 by the end of 2030, while Bitcoin will reach $100,000 by the end of 2026 and $500,000 by the end of 2030.Kendrick pointed out that Arbitrum is acting as an enterprise-level infrastructure provider, helping traditional financial institutions migrate assets on-chain. According to the Arbitrum expansion plan, the network can receive a rolling fee equivalent to 10% of net protocol revenue from external chains using its tech stack. After the launch of Robinhood Chain on July 1, Standard Chartered estimates that Arbitrum could earn about $5 million in AEP fees in September; the average daily fee revenue for Robinhood Chain in the first two weeks of September was $2.8 million, and Arbitrum's monthly total revenue has increased more than fivefold compared to the levels before the chain's launch.

Feixiaohao has united with Open Genesis (OG) and m&W to achieve a strategic cooperation, jointly promoting the collaborative development of the AI & Web3 ecosystem. Feixiaohao's core positioning is as a "data entry + market database + project/exchange information repository" aimed at the cryptocurrency market, and it is currently actively laying out the AI & Web3 ecosystem with the OG community.m&W is committed to building a trustworthy collaborative network in the AI era, starting by aggregating, filtering, and solidifying the core capabilities of the AI & Web3 ecosystem. m&W utilizes the DAO mechanism to achieve project cold starts, completing the recruitment of the first batch of nine genesis nodes, joining the Dragon AI accelerator initiated by Draper Dragon Fund, and receiving coverage from Binance News.m&W is currently collaborating with Open Genesis (OG) incubated by Feixiaohao on ecosystem cooperation. OG is focusing on long-term ecological layout around AI applications, community consensus, and on-chain value networks, while exploring the integration paths of AI technology and the Web3 value system. Both parties will combine OG's global community resources with m&W's narrative capabilities in AI & Web3 to co-build the ecosystem.