On Sep 14, 2026, 18:20 PM(UTC). According to Binance Market Data, Bitcoin has crossed the 79,000 USDT benchmark and is now trading at 79,040.007813 USDT, with a narrowed 2.18% increase in 24 hours.

According to CNBC, the Cboe VIX Index jumped to 18 on Monday, and options trading on the gauge rose to more than double the 30-day average volume as semiconductors and data-center stocks weighed on the S&P 500. By midday, three of the top five VIX contracts to buy were calls, and the biggest trade of the day was someone buying at least $3.6 million of 31-strike calls expiring in mid-November. The move came after the VIX erased two days of gains on Friday even as inflation data pushed the odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike at this week's meeting to 90%. By Friday's close, options on the S&P 500 were pricing a 0.8% swing into weekly contracts expiring Sep. 18, below the 50th percentile of volatility expected for weeks with an FOMC meeting, according to analysis from New York-based options manager Carrick Lane. John Marshall, principal at Carrick Lane, said the market appears more comfortable with higher rates and is focusing more on AI than on interest-rate risk. He said equity investors seem to think the FOMC decision is already set and are treating AI as a more immediate concern. The Merrill Lynch Option Volatility Estimate (MOVE) Index, which tracks volatility in U.S. Treasuries, rose 10 points last week to a 92nd percentile high, according to a note from Cboe head of derivatives market intelligence Mandy Xu. Marshall's analysis also showed volatility pricing for rate-sensitive assets such as the iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF) and the Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF (VNQ) in the upper 90th and 80th percentiles. Even so, those bond-market signals have not been driving stock volatility, and odds of a hike on Wednesday's meeting rose above 91% by midday as equity prices firmed.

According to CNBC, Alphabet (GOOGL) has been in a corrective phase since May but is starting to stabilize as oversold conditions ease. Fairlead Strategies' Katie Stockton and Will Tamplin said the stock has rallied after a counter-trend buy signal from the DeMARK Indicators on Thursday, reclaiming support near its 200-day moving average around $337. They said the daily chart has improved, with stochastics turning higher and the MACD flashing a buy signal, while initial resistance is near $376 and final resistance is near $402. The analysts said a decisive break below the 200-day moving average would be a long-term setback, while the stock remains in a secular uptrend above its rising monthly cloud model.

According to CNBC, energy trader John Arnold said the underlying supply backdrop for oil was already bullish, while the article argued that refiners are the biggest beneficiaries of the current disruption because crack spreads, or refining margins, have never been wider. It said refiners could continue to post record profits for several years, though their share prices are already at record highs, and noted that oil service companies have rallied but are not yet at all-time highs. The piece said SLB is the largest of those oil service companies and that longer-dated long calls financed by shorter-dated short strangles are the preferred trade.

Bloomberg reported that calls for a slower pace at the AI frontier are growing as safety efforts try to catch up with increasingly powerful models. The debate has reached Washington and Wall Street, with AI-linked stocks under pressure as investors weigh what slower development could mean for the spending boom.

Bitcoin News posted on X that Coin Center said the latest revised BRCA text removed a provision that would have given explicit criminal protection under Section 1960 of Title 18 of the U.S. Code for developers who do not control user funds. According to Odaily, the revised text would still protect non-custodial developers from being treated as money transmitters under the Bank Secrecy Act and FinCEN rules, making it harder to prosecute developers solely for failing to obtain a money transmitter license or register with the federal government. Coin Center said the text would not stop prosecutors from arguing that developers knowingly transmitted funds derived from criminal activity, a theory that has been central to the criminal cases against Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm and Samourai Wallet developers. Coin Center said the compromise marks meaningful regulatory progress, but developers would still face broader money transmission criminal theories from the U.S. Department of Justice. If the CLARITY Act passes with the revised BRCA, the dispute would largely shift to the courts.

BitFuFu produced 174 BTC in August, marking an increase of more than 55% from July. According to NS3.AI, CleanSpark's production rose around 1% to 593 BTC, while Canaan's production fell roughly 4% to 44 BTC. Canaan also sold 3,952 ETH and 54 BTC during the month. The figures highlight mixed monthly production trends among the miners.

Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez said proposals for the biggest frontier AI labs to coordinate on safety standards could entrench dominant players and amount to a "cartel," according to Bloomberg. Gomez said tougher safeguards, independent testing and greater transparency are needed, but argued the rules should be shaped by a broader group of stakeholders rather than companies such as Anthropic and OpenAI alone.

Slothana, a new meme coin on Solana, has raised over $10 million in its presale and aims for a $420 million market cap, reminiscent of BONK's success. With a humorous sloth mascot and strong social media presence, Slothana seeks to ride the wave of meme coin mania, potentially replicating BONK's explosive rise in the crypto market.