Turnover in South Korean stocks fell to the lowest this year as investor enthusiasm faded, according to Bloomberg. The decline suggests the AI-heavy market may struggle to return to its previous peak.

Enterprise software development company Factory said it has raised $200 million in new funding at a $5 billion valuation. According to ChainCatcher, the company said its total financing has now exceeded $400 million, more than tripling from its $1.5 billion valuation in April. Factory said the capital will be used to accelerate research and development, product expansion, and global market growth. The company also said its product is used by hundreds of thousands of developers, including teams at NVIDIA, Blackstone, Royal Bank of Canada, Palo Alto Networks, and Adobe.

Erebor Bank has restricted its free stablecoin-to-dollar service after trading firms including Wintermute and Galaxy Digital used it to profit from small price gaps in USDT.

South Korea's KOSPI index rebounded on Wednesday, closing up 1.27% at 6,711.45 after four straight sessions of declines. According to Sina Finance, the Korea Exchange's latest official data showed the index opened down 0.2% at 6,611.24, traded higher during the session, and briefly touched 6,714.75. Chip stocks led the market, with semiconductor giants including Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix drawing strong technical buying after days of selling. According to Sina Finance, a source said SK Hynix's labor union in South Korea approved a tentative wage agreement with management on Wednesday. Market sentiment remained cautious despite the rebound, with analysts saying risk appetite was still under pressure. According to Sina Finance, global and South Korean bond yields remained elevated, and investors were also watching the Federal Reserve's meeting on Wednesday local time, where it was widely expected to announce a rate hike and possibly another increase by the end of March. Separately, South Korea postponed a scheduled September 17 briefing to parliament on the first project under its $350 billion investment plan for the United States. According to Sina Finance, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy asked two parliamentary committees to delay the closed-door briefing, which could push back the signing of related South Korea-U.S. agreements and the announcement of the project. South Korea's foreign ministry also said Foreign Minister Cho Hyun will visit the United States this week and meet U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday.

According to the announcement from Binance, Binance Earn has added new offers to Yield Arena this week, expanding reward opportunities across Simple Earn, ETH Staking, SOL Staking, Dual Investment, and related products. The new lineup includes limited-time offers for USDe, Flexible Products, Locked Products, ETH Staking, SOL Staking, and Dual Investment, with several campaigns scheduled to run across different periods in 2026-09. Under the Earn Spotlight Limited-Time Offers, eligible users who hold at least 0.01 USDe for 24 hours can receive 4.75% APR rewards from 2026-09-11 00:00 (UTC) to 2026-09-17 23:59 (UTC). For Simple Earn, users who subscribe to U Flexible Products from 2026-09-15 00:00:00 (UTC) to 2026-10-14 23:59:59 (UTC) may receive up to 7% APR, including exclusive Bonus Tiered APR, while VIP users may receive up to 7.7% APR on the first 500,000 U subscribed. Users who subscribe to KGST Flexible Products from 2026-09-13 00:00:00 (UTC) to 2026-10-12 23:59:59 (UTC) may receive up to 14% APR, including exclusive Bonus Tiered APR. From 2026-09-11 00:00 (UTC) to 2026-09-24 23:59 (UTC), users who confirm participation in the RLUSD Leaderboard and subscribe to RLUSD Flexible Products will be able to share 200K RLUSD Rewards. The announcement also lists ongoing Flexible Products, Locked Products, staking, and Dual Investment offerings. Flexible Products include USDT, USDC, USD1, ETH, and SOL, each with real-time APR structures and bonus tiered APR where applicable. Locked Products include BNB for 7 Days, SOL for 90 Days, SOL for VIP Users over 60 Days, BTC for VIP Users over 60 Days, BABY for 90 Days, 0G for 90 Days, SSV for 90 Days, GRAM for 90 Days, and ETH Staking and SOL Staking flexible products with dynamic APRs of up to 2.2% and up to 4.5%, respectively. Dual Investment products are available for BTC and ETH with multiple settlement dates and APRs of 15% or more. Binance also noted that users holding BNB Flexible Products and/or BNB Locked Products positions will automatically receive rewards from ongoing Launchpools, may accrue scores for Megadrop rewards with active BNB Locked Products positions, and may receive airdropped tokens via HODLer Airdrops when subscribing to BNB Simple Earn products with their BNB holdings.

CoinEx is pulling the plug on its operations after nine years, quoting the bad economy and how the risks of running a centralized crypto exchange have become overwhelmingly difficult as trading activity contracts and regulatory demands continue to rise.

The pressure from GPT-6 Astra has presented the domestic android industry with a real problem: it must increase its investment in data and computing power.

Intel CEO Tan Lip-Bu said the memory shortage will worsen further. According to Sina Finance, he also said power supply and cooling technology will become core challenges in the semiconductor market. At an AI infrastructure forum in Santa Clara, California, on the 15th, Tan said memory shortages were one of the industry problems he wanted startup founders entering AI infrastructure to solve. He said memory capacity is extremely limited, many projects have been delayed because they cannot secure enough memory, and memory prices have risen five to seven times. He added that it is difficult to obtain memory supply for mid- and low-end phones and laptops. Tan also said power and cooling are difficult problems. He said low power consumption in some applications makes chip architecture design and interconnect technology very important, and that Intel is investing in air cooling, liquid cooling, and microfluidic cooling technologies. He said Intel will continue its partnership with Nvidia and that companies cannot do everything themselves, but should focus on the areas where they are strongest and work with other firms that have advantages.

On Sep 16, 2026, 06:56 AM(UTC). According to Binance Market Data, Ethereum has crossed the 2,400 USDT benchmark and is now trading at 2,400.27002 USDT, with a narrowed narrowed 3.28% decrease in 24 hours.

Microsoft has released a draft Humanist AI Code of Conduct that would establish strict behavioral requirements.

The Clarity Act has failed for now. We should keep an eye on the rule drafts from the SEC and CFTC, which will surely make up for the shortcomings of the Clarity Act in the short term.

The CLARITY Act, Trump, stablecoins, the financial system, and the failure of CLARITY have little to do with the state of the crypto industry. (Jinse Finance, just keep doing what you need to do.)

Pan Gongsheng, Governor of the People's Bank of China, published an article entitled "Deeply Understanding the Evolution of China's Financial Structure," stating that it is necessary to understand the inherent logic of the evolution of China's financial structure, dynamically optimize and adjust the monetary policy framework, and continuously build and develop a modern financial market system.

The platform, called Continuous Adversarial Testing (CAT), was announced by Coinbase on September 15, 2026.

Is OpenAI, AI Agent, LLM, and GPT-6 Sol coming soon? OpenAI may be experiencing a "release frenzy" this week. Golden Finance reports that OpenAI may be preparing for a large-scale product update.

Discussions have been ongoing since Demis Hassabis released a proposal in July calling for a US-led standards body modelled on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority