Alberta plans to revise the royalties charged to oil producers to encourage investment and raise output, a move tied to advancing a proposed pipeline that would carry about one million barrels of oil per day, according to Bloomberg.
The province's premier said the royalty framework will be adjusted to stimulate growth in the oil sector.
Three people familiar with the matter say President Donald Trump is set to meet Gulf leaders in New York next Tuesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly to discuss postwar arrangements for the conflict with Iran.
The discussions are described as focusing on a postwar strategic framework proposed by the United States.
Trump and his senior team are said to be drafting a postwar plan that is expected to be finalized after the midterm elections.
An Israeli official indicated that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would also like to meet Trump in New York, but no such meeting has been scheduled.
The U.S. International Trade Commission has opened an investigation into claims that Samsung Electronics, Apple, and Google infringed patents relating to specific audio technologies used in consumer devices.
California-based BoomCloud 360 filed the complaint, and the ITC has posted the case on its website as part of the proceedings. BoomCloud 360 asserts that three of its patents cover the implicated audio technologies and has asked the commission to block imports and prohibit the sale or distribution of the affected products in the United States.
The three companies named as respondents—Samsung Electronics, Apple, and Google—are required to respond to the complaint within 20 days of receiving notification of the investigation.
Morgan Stanley co-president Dan Simkowitz said that efforts by OpenAI and Anthropic to slow the rollout of frontier AI models are unlikely to reduce demand for computing resources or the funding for hardware. He also said that financing for AI infrastructure remains ongoing and that the firm is expanding its AI initiatives across research, cybersecurity, and client service.
Simkowitz declined to comment on any individual deals and could not say when Anthropic might go public. He also highlighted concerns about macro factors, including fiscal policy, oil prices around $100 per barrel, and the roughly $40 trillion in federal debt as his main worries.
A U.S. federal judge delivered a ruling in the Google ad technology antitrust case, denying the Justice Department's request to partition Google's ad tech operations.
ChainCatcher describes the decision as a setback for the DOJ's proposed remedy in the litigation.
A Northern Virginia county in the Data Center Alley has advanced a proposal to pause the review of new data center and substation permit applications for up to 12 months, Bloomberg reported.
The move follows a wave of similar moratoriums taking shape in other parts of the United States.
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada is convening a group of leading global investors in Toronto on Monday night and Tuesday as he seeks to attract more capital into the country, reduce reliance on the United States, and diversify its markets, according to Bloomberg.
Bloomberg journalist Melissa Shin discussed the summit on Bloomberg Deals.
A syndicate of ten banks has arranged a $22 billion loan facility to support Blackstone Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s joint cloud venture, Crux AI, Bloomberg reported.
The financing underscores continued use of mega-debt to fund the AI processing hardware required for such ventures.
The Houthis, citing Wallstreetcn, said they shot down a Saudi F-15 fighter over Marib Province in northeastern Yemen with a homemade surface-to-air missile as it carried out hostile actions.
They also claimed that two groups of Saudi F-15 and Typhoon fighters entered Marib airspace to search for wreckage, but further fire from Houthi defenses forced them to withdraw.
The Federal Reserve is set to publish its policy decision at 2:00 p.m. ET, followed by a press conference by Chair Kevin Warsh about 30 minutes later. Market-based measures imply roughly a 90% probability of a 25 basis-point hike, lifting the target range to 3.75%–4.00%. A Reuters poll of 101 economists showed 86 expect that move.
The disagreement centers on the implications rather than the act itself. Bank of America is the most hawkish among major lenders, signaling 75 basis points of hikes. Three institutions project two hikes this year, with JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, HSBC and Barclays all calling for 25 basis points in September and December. Morgan Stanley points to a slower disinflation pace, AI-led demand, a second wave of energy price effects, and the need to preserve policy credibility.
Barclays had previously projected no change this year and adjusted its view after Warsh’s Jackson Hole speech, in the weeks before inflation data confirmed the case for tightening. Bank of America sits furthest out, envisioning rate increases in September, October and December for a total of 75 basis points, arguing that credibility would be hurt if the Fed stays on hold when markets have priced in hikes and long-term yields could move higher.
Goldman Sachs and Citigroup frame the decision as calibration rather than the start of a tightening cycle. Goldman expects a hike with no clear signal of continued tightening, with Warsh likely emphasizing data dependence; the firm still expects a rate cut once each in September and December 2027. Citi expects a pause after this hike, with rate cuts resuming in June 2027, and anticipates a largely unanimous vote or at most two dissents; Warsh may describe the action as calibration rather than the start of a cycle.
BlackRock strategist Gargi Pal Chaudhuri represents the minority view that policy should hold. She argues underlying inflation is cooling and the Fed should keep the policy rate in the 3.50%–3.75% range. If a hike occurs, she says investors should focus on how Warsh explains the threshold for the next move and whether higher oil prices have altered the policy-response mechanism. The energy shock remains a question both inflationary and contractionary, and the handling of supply-driven inflation will influence whether this becomes a cycle.
Risk Dimensions CIO Mark Connors described another hike as like using a pitchfork to bail out inflation. JPMorgan has modeled three market outcomes. A standard hike with modest hawkish wording would lift the S&P 500 about 0.25% to 1%. An unexpected hold could push longer-run inflation expectations and Treasuries higher, with the S&P falling roughly 1.25% to 1.75%. If Warsh signals higher rates to a substantially higher level, the S&P may drop 1% to 2%. The downside outcomes are generally larger than the upside, and a hold is often the least hawkish outcome the market fears.
The dot plot remains central to the discussion. Most institutions expect a 25-basis-point move, but the debate is whether it reflects an independent adjustment or the start of a new cycle. In this view, the dot plot, voting results and Warsh remarks may carry more weight than the outright rate move. Brookings senior fellow Robin Brooks warned that markets should not expect a perfect match to priced-in hikes, suggesting the press conference may disappoint and that the dollar could weaken while long yields rise.
Warsh’s stance is complicated by his rejection of forward guidance at Jackson Hole, which removes a straightforward mechanism to adjust the path markets have priced in. Projections become the signal rather than explicit policy guidance, which could define the outcome depending on how it is read. Citi’s call for a near-unanimous vote also matters, since the absence of dissents would reinforce the dot plot’s message.
On the crypto side, Bitcoin traded just above 76,000 dollars after the Clarity Act failed to clear Senate cloture 49–50. Talos recorded a 28% net buying tilt toward stablecoins ahead of the meeting, versus an 8% average selling tilt around prior FOMC events. Spot Bitcoin ETFs posted about 450 million dollars in outflows on Tuesday, with more than 570 million in leveraged futures liquidated. Bitcoin’s correlations have become more volatile, complicating readings of market reactions. Data show its short-term link to the S&P 500 at 0.43, versus 0.75 previously, and the Dollar Index at +0.08 against −0.54 over 30 days. As a result, JPMorgan’s equity scenarios translate into Bitcoin movements less than usual.
SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said the United States must preserve its leadership in technology and thanked lawmakers, investors and industry players for backing the CLARITY Act. He emphasized that even if the bill does not pass, the SEC will exercise its statutory authority to provide regulatory clarity for US investors and technology leaders, and asked markets to stay tuned for further updates.
His remarks came two days after the Senate failed to invoke cloture on the CLARITY Act, with a 49-50 vote that left the bill 11 votes short of the 60 needed to proceed to debate. The opposition included several Republicans and some Democrats who had negotiated the text. The central point of contention was ethics safeguards intended to bar senior officials from crypto business interests, rather than the market structure framework the industry sought.
The move reduces one source of uncertainty for traders after a period when bitcoin-related products faced outflows and major crypto firms traded lower in response to the vote. Bitcoin hovered above 76,000 dollars after a drop of about 3 percent, while XRP fell 10 percent to 1.30 and Stellar declined about 9.6 percent.
Industry figures had already signaled that regulators could advance rules under existing law, with the SEC, CFTC and Treasury potential accelerants even without CLARITY. Industry voices including Michael Saylor and Mike Novogratz indicated support for continued rulemaking, while recognizing that formal codification by Congress would enhance long term confidence.
Rulemaking under existing authority can be reversed by a future administration, whereas rules enacted through statute are more durable. This summarizes a core policy issue behind pursuing CLARITY. The SEC has been developing its Reg Crypto framework and rules for tokenized securities and submitted a custody rule to the Office of Management and Budget in August, steps that push practical results forward without altering the fundamental legal framework.
Senator Elissa Slotkin noted concerns about staffing at the CFTC, a view that applies to agencies building and enforcing their own frameworks as well as implementing a statute.
Stay tuned in market terms may signal upcoming deliverables such as the crypto and tokenized securities rules, with the custody rule currently at the OMB. Some analysts argue that the timing of agency action could push product launches and tokenization work into 2027 and 2028, depending on the path chosen by the authorities.
The market response saw bitcoin near 76,000, XRP at 1.30 and Stellar down about 9.6%. Crypto equities were hit harder: Coinbase fell about 9% to 174.42, Circle shed more than 9% to 88.26, Galaxy Digital dropped roughly 8% and Gemini declined about 7%.
Industry political action committees, including Fairshake, must decide how to treat senators who voted against the bill ahead of a January 2027 convening of Congress with expected split control.
U.S. markets are bracing for the Federal Reserve’s first rate hike since 2023, a move widely expected per Bloomberg.
Retail sales rose as consumers continued to spend.
Meta is pursuing AI oversight, OpenAI is eyeing a $1.2 trillion valuation, and Circle chief executive Jeremy Allaire says the Clarity Act could still become law despite its Senate setback.
Starbucks is weighing a sale of a majority stake in its Japanese business in a potential deal that could value the unit at around $3 billion, according to CNBC. The company has engaged several financial advisers and a formal process could begin in the fourth quarter.
The Japan operations comprise 1,883 stores and accounted for about 9% of Starbucks' global footprint as of September 2025.
Starbucks took full control of its Japan arm in 2014 for about $914 million, and the business has grown from roughly 1,050 stores to 1,883 outlets as of September 2025.
Amazon says the minimum hourly pay for eligible full-time U.S. operations workers will increase by $1 to $20.
In addition, the company introduced Day 1 Financial, a new benefit that provides qualified employees and their families lifetime access to low-cost banking services through First Tech Federal Credit Union.
Amazon projects that when the value of its benefits is included, average total compensation will exceed $32 per hour.
The company notes existing offerings such as healthcare coverage with minimal weekly costs, a free Prime membership, and prepaid education programs.
Wallstreetcn reported that UK 10-year gilt yields fell 10.8 basis points to 5.280% intraday during late European trading on September 16, while the 2-year yield dropped 14.5 basis points to 4.746%.
The long end also weakened, with the 30-year yield down 8 basis points and the 50-year yield down 10.1 basis points. The 2/10-year yield spread widened by 4.120 basis points to +53.687 basis points.
More than twenty lawmakers and governors interviewed say they rarely use artificial intelligence or have only limited exposure, highlighting the political push to regulate the technology.
The issue comes as federal and state leaders face mounting calls to curb AI development amid warnings from industry voices about potential risks and the speed of innovation.
Critics argue that without firsthand experience, policymakers cannot fully grasp AI's pace or its possible dangers. One House Democrat described the stance as absurd and said regulators should be frequent users of the technology to effectively oversee the field.
New York Fed data show the secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) at 3.64% on September 15, up from 3.62% the prior day. The effective federal funds rate remained unchanged at 3.63%.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is planning an autism research initiative that will employ artificial intelligence and related technologies to chart how the condition progresses.
The program aims to uncover opportunities for earlier intervention, according to Bloomberg.
Illycaffè chief executive Cristina Scocchia said an initial public offering remains a strategic option for the coffee roaster, but the current environment is not conducive to a listing.
Speaking on Bloomberg Television, Scocchia said the company will re-evaluate all options, including an IPO, and will decide if, when and where to list once market conditions improve.
KKR & Co. has emerged as the leading bidder to acquire Logoplaste, a Portuguese packaging company, according to people familiar with the matter. Bloomberg reported the development.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. are among the lenders preparing to finance billions of dollars of European AI-related debt, Bloomberg reports.
The push comes as Europe races to close the gap with the United States in AI leadership and funding.
Two AI safety researchers have left Google DeepMind amid concerns that highly capable AI systems could threaten humanity. Josh Engels will join the independent research group METR to focus on alignment for large models, while Bilal Chughtai is moving to the nonprofit BlueDot Impact, which provides AI safety education courses.
Engels spent about a year at DeepMind and posted on X that there is a high likelihood of AI causing major harm within the next five years. He said he will work on large-model alignment at METR.
Chughtai spent 18 months at DeepMind and posted on X that AI carries a risk of destroying humanity. He has joined BlueDot Impact, which offers AI safety education programs.
The departures come as technology leaders face renewed calls to slow AI development and tighten regulation. Sina Finance notes these exits follow other notable departures from leading AI labs, including Jacob Coxon and Joe Benton leaving Anthropic.
TokenPocket and USDD have unveiled Gas Boost Season on TRON, running from September 15 through September 28. During the event, users can settle TRON gas fees in USDD and benefit from a 50% subsidy.
Participants who complete designated on-chain tasks can enter a leaderboard to share 5,000 USDD in rewards and may receive a KeyPal hardware wallet.
The initiative aims to broaden USDD usage for gas payments and stablecoin transfers on the TRON network.
The UK will recruit 500 officers as part of a £500 million three-year initiative to curb money laundering, per NS3.AI. The funding will back the development of a new Anti-Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Strategy.
The officers will be deployed across police forces, the National Crime Agency and the Crown Prosecution Service as part of the nationwide effort. The strategy is intended to build on ongoing work under Operation Destabilise.
MicroStrategy Inc., the bitcoin-treasury company, has seen its stock trading volume surpass Morgan Stanley (MS), according to Odaily, moving MSTR into the 25th position among the most-traded U.S. stocks.
Odaily adds that MSTR's volume is higher than that of several firms with trillion-dollar market capitalizations.
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources of South Korea has postponed a closed-door briefing to parliament on the country’s U.S. investment projects, offering no explanation for the delay. The session was meant to outline the first U.S. investment project under the bilateral agreement signed last year.
In October, Seoul and Washington agreed to a $350 billion investment package in exchange for a reduction in U.S. tariffs. The plan includes $150 billion allocated to shipbuilding cooperation and $200 billion for projects across several strategic sectors.
The ministry asked the trade and finance committees to defer the briefing and did not specify a reason. Observers said the postponement appears tied to unresolved issues in the final stages of talks with the United States.
The delay may affect plans to formalize the agreement early on Friday. A ministry official said discussions with the United States are ongoing.
WH Smith Plc anticipates that its earnings will come in at the low end of its guidance as inflation and stronger promotional activity weigh on the retailer's performance, according to Bloomberg.
A smart money address beginning with 0xc8b5 canceled its original 100 SKHX buy orders and shifted its planned price range from $1,130–$1,160 to $1,080–$1,130, according to Odaily.
Odaily notes that the 100 buy orders were retained after the adjustment, with a total order value of about $22.193 million.
The address had originally planned to purchase 25,000 SKHX. The revision reduced the planned amount by about 19.7% and cut the order value by roughly $6.432 million, or 22.5%.
As of press time, the address held no SKHX and no related trades had occurred today. SKHX was trading at $1,272.5, about 11.2% above the new upper buy limit of $1,130.
Cloudflare has extended its 'block AI training' option to all customers, the company said in a blog post. The feature lets sites remain indexed by search engines while preventing their content from being used to train AI models, addressing the overlap between search crawling and AI training.
The company also introduced a 'responsible' crawler operator designation. To qualify, operators must offer an opt-out for training and AI summaries, disclose URL-level indexing status, and commit that opting out will not affect search rankings. Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Anthropic, Meta, and OpenAI were among the entities granted the designation.
Cloudflare noted that roughly 17% of sites have enabled some form of training-blocking mechanism, while fewer than 1% currently block search crawlers.
A Lido governance forum proposal would authorize a conditional market-making program on centralized exchanges to support LDO liquidity and reduce the risk of trading pairs becoming illiquid or delisted due to thin liquidity.
Under the plan, up to 1.5 million LDO could be recalled from the Lido DAO treasury, with a cap of 7.5 million LDO in total, along with as much as $480,000 in USDC to cover fixed service fees and related costs over a maximum duration of 12 months.
The authorization would lapse if unused within two years and would only take effect if the Lido Growth Committee determines that CEX liquidity is insufficient or at risk of falling short.
For context, LDO’s average daily trading volume over the last 90 days was about $34 million, down from roughly $43.8 million in the prior 90 days, and down from approximately $95.4 million in the same period in 2025.
The proposal emphasizes maintaining two-sided liquidity and keeping trading pairs listed, rather than supporting the token price, and it does not name any particular market maker or exchange.
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee announced the city’s first five-year plan for economic and social development covering 2026 through 2030, according to Wallstreetcn.
As part of the plan, Hong Kong Disneyland is slated to enhance its quality and expand capacity by adding new facilities, including a Marvel-themed area and a Pixar-themed entertainment experience.
The government also aims to finalize and launch the next medium- to long-term development plan.
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. shares slid about 10% over two sessions, marking their steepest two-day drop in roughly a year.
Investors weighed the third-quarter outlook for the company and reports of possible production cuts, according to Bloomberg.
China's leading military diplomat urged nations to strengthen governance of artificial intelligence at a defense forum held in Beijing, Bloomberg reported.
The remarks come as AI technology heightens rivalry between China and the United States.
BeInCrypto reported that Donald Trump logged about 28,700 stock trades over a 17-month period, a figure that exceeds the combined total of 22,200 trades by all members of Congress, while he supported a bill to ban individual-stock trading by lawmakers and their families.
The measure was advanced by House Republicans in July but would not cover the president, and the White House has said that outside firms manage Trump’s holdings through index-tracking approaches.
Catcher Predict monitoring showed sharp volatility in the Polymarket submarket for the Boston Red Sox vs. Texas Rangers event.
According to ChainCatcher, the probability of the Over option in the O/U 8.5 market rose from 38.5% one hour earlier to 76% at present, a 37.5 percentage-point swing.
Please note that related breaking news may have affected the market.
Vercel's chief operating officer, Jeanne DeWitt Grosser, described a major efficiency gain in inbound sales development, reducing the team from 10 roles to roughly 1.25 and achieving about 90% automation in that function.
According to ChainCatcher, Vercel's in-house support agents now handle about 93% of all support cases.
Grosser added that the annual infrastructure cost remains in the low-thousands of dollars for both setups.
The company says the sales development effort has delivered a 32x return on investment, and it is pursuing AI performance that reaches the 99th percentile 99% of the time.