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Key TakeawaysLAPTOP memecoin tumbled 99% from its Sept. 9 peak of $199.51 following widespread rug-pull allegations.Critics caution that high-profile token launches risk triggering harsh legal action against the crypto industry.Bubblemaps launched a pre-screening feed to help traders detect insider clusters before buying new tokens. Market Volatility and Post-Launch Slump Hunter Biden’s LAPTOP memecoin rose nearly 10% Tuesday, defying a broader crypto market sell-off triggered by the U.S. Senate’s failed CLARITY Act vote. After a steep collapse sparked rug-pull allegations, market data shows the token initially continued its post-launch downtrend, sinking to $0.192 before bouncing back. Just before midnight, LAPTOP surged,…

In brief CME’s FedWatch tool puts the odds of a 25-basis-point hike Wednesday at 94.5%, which would push the federal funds rate to 3.75%-4% from 3.50%-3.75%. A Wall Street Journal survey found nearly every major bank expects the September hike, with most forecasting 50 basis points of total tightening in 2026, and Bank of America, Deutsche Bank and RBC calling for 75. The move sets up a political clash: President Trump handpicked Fed Chair Kevin Warsh hoping for lower rates, not higher ones, and has spent the past two weeks publicly pressuring him not to hike. Wall Street is bracing…

The Solana network kept producing blocks on Aug. 12 when an infrastructure failure stopped validators representing nearly 29% of network stake from voting, according to a Solana Foundation account published Sept. 14.Independent monitoring found that the chain remained live, yet its performance deteriorated: more leader slots were skipped, transaction throughput fell sharply, and settlement finality was delayed.The disruption began at Teraswitch, which the Foundation described as Solana’s largest infrastructure provider. A Teraswitch postmortem traced the outage to a stale default route left on a Miami edge router, with Teraswitch’s provider traffic fully recovering 33 minutes after the first alarm.Routine transit-provider…

She also said the Commodity Futures Trading Commission lacks the staffing to implement the law, and that the bill left gaps on money laundering and terrorist financing.Today, I voted no on the Clarity Act, legislation meant to regulate cryptocurrency in America.The ethics provisions in this bill are simply too thin. President Trump, his children, and his Cabinet are making billions of dollars in the crypto space, in part from bilking everyday…— Sen. Elissa Slotkin (@SenatorSlotkin) September 15, 2026 Crypto equities took it harder than the tokens. Coinbase fell nearly 9% to $174.42 and Circle dropped more than 9% to $88.26,…

Terrill Dicki Sep 16, 2026 01:01 CoinShares highlights $1.03B in digital asset inflows for the week, with Bitcoin leading at $790M, signaling strong institutional demand. CoinShares’ latest research update revealed $1.03 billion in digital asset inflows over the past week, with Bitcoin (BTC) dominating the figures at $790 million. This marks yet another week of robust institutional participation in crypto investment products, underscoring Bitcoin’s firm grip on investor interest. The year-to-date (YTD) inflows now stand at a staggering $188 billion, according to CoinShares. These flows are primarily tracked through exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and…

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Nouvel épisode dans le feuilleton haletant sur la passation de pouvoir à la tête de la Banque centrale européenne (BCE). Selon une information de l’agence Reuters, la France serait prête à soutenir le Néerlandais Klaas Knot pour succéder à Christine Lagarde. Un soutien toutefois assorti d’une condition : que le poste d’économiste en chef de l’institution francfortoise revienne à un candidat Français.Depuis que le bal des prétendants à la succession de Christine Lagarde s’est ouvert il y a près d’un an, celui qui a présidé la banque centrale néerlandaise entre 2011 et 2025 s’est rapidement imposé comme l’un des favoris. Certes plutôt apparenté…

AI disruption has led several prominent entrepreneurs to question the value of traditional college graduate programs. But top South Korean tech companies continue to ascribe value to degrees.In fact, they are helping craft university courses that fast-track entry into the AI sector, with some offering guaranteed jobs to graduates. Jung Chae-rin is a second-year student at Sogang University’s Department of System Semiconductor Engineering, a four-year degree established in partnership with memory-chip maker SK Hynix.Her course comes with a guarantee of employment in SK Hynix upon graduation.At Sungkyunkwan University, or SKKU, third-year student Kim Tae-rin is at the Department of Intelligent…

2026-09-15T16:37:53.884Z Thank you for following our live coverage of tomorrow’s inflation data release.We will close our live report for now, but join us tomorrow at 7am when we will be reporting on August’s inflation release live. 2026-09-15T16:37:32.271Z What is your personal inflation rate? Inflation affects different people to different extents. While the headline rate of inflation was 2.9% in July, not every good or service will have become 2.9% more expensive in the last 12 months.The price of some goods may have risen faster than this, while other goods may have become cheaper. To get a good idea of how…

DefenseWashington looks for quick options as it rebuilds shipbuilding baseThe Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Mogami stealth frigate takes part in the International Fleet Review at Sagami Bay in 2022. © ReutersJUNNOSUKE KOBARA and RINTARO TOBITASeptember 16, 2026 06:36 JSTWASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy is considering procuring warships constructed in such allied countries as Japan and South Korea, multiple naval officials told Nikkei, in what would be a highly unusual move aimed at keeping pace with China’s blistering naval buildup.