A former Vitol Group trader was sentenced to four years in prison for paying bribes to win oil deals in Latin America, according to Bloomberg. He is among the few people in the industry to receive significant jail time for corruption.

According to CNBC, Goldman Sachs economist Joseph Briggs said declining happiness may be helping explain why U.S. consumer sentiment has stayed weak even as other measures of the economy have held up. Briggs wrote to clients that low reported economic sentiment likely reflects a broader negative view of the state of the world rather than the economy alone, and he said inflation is also likely hurting confidence. He pointed to University of Chicago General Social Survey data showing the share of respondents who felt "very happy" fell to 23% in 2024 from 31% in 2016, while the share saying they were "not too happy" rose to 20% from 13% over the same period. Briggs also said lower trust in institutions has contributed to the decline in net happiness and warned consumer sentiment may not improve even if the economy keeps growing.

According to Wallstreetcn, U.S. Central Command commander Cooper said Iran's crude oil exports are zero because of the blockade, more than 1 billion barrels of oil have passed through the Strait of Hormuz in recent months, and oil, cargo, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) volumes over the past two weeks hit a six-month high.

NIUMA, a Chinese meme project paired with tokenized stock trading, has launched on BNB Chain through Flap and is paired with BABA tokenized assets. According to ChainCatcher, the token has a market capitalization of $2.19 million, 7,091 holding addresses, and 24-hour trading volume of $7.26 million. The project says it is built around the shared identity of "NIUMA," connecting workers, founders, and on-chain participants through common experiences. It also sets a 1% transaction tax on the stock-token pair, with proceeds used to buy BABA bStock as a holder reward.

Warren Buffett has stepped down as Berkshire Hathaway chairman after more than six decades at the company and is now chairman emeritus, while Howard Buffett takes over the board and Greg Abel remains chief executive, according to Bloomberg. Howard Buffett, a Berkshire director since 1993, is tasked with safeguarding the conglomerate’s culture and values as the company completes its long-planned leadership transition.

On Sep 19, 2026, 12:51 PM(UTC). According to Binance Market Data, BNB has crossed the 770 USDT benchmark and is now trading at 770.700012 USDT, with a narrowed 3.32% increase in 24 hours.

The dollar rose 1.18% against the Japanese yen to 157.796, per Gate data.That move came in the same window the Bank of Japan lifted its benchmark borrowing cost to a 31-year high — a combination that runs against the standard relationship between rates and currencies.The dollar fell 0.07% against the offshore Chinese yuan to 6.6986.A Currency Falling on a Rate Increase Is the SignalHigher rates normally support a currency by raising the return on holding it. The yen weakening after a hike points to something other than rate differentials setting the price.Two explanations fit. The hike may have been fully priced — markets had 75% odds on it for weeks — in which case the delivery removes a reason to hold yen ahead of the event.The alternative is that the increase was read as insufficient against Japan's inflation and fiscal position. Japan's 10-year touched 3% this month for the first time in three decades, and its five-year hit a record.The level matters for crypto. The yen strengthened from beyond 160 in early September to the 150 zone as hedge funds closed short positions, and a reversal back toward 158 suggests that unwind has stalled or reversed.Carry trade positions funded in yen are what transmit Japanese policy into dollar assets. A weaker yen keeps that funding cheap, which is supportive for risk — the opposite of what a hike was expected to deliver.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had warned that a disorderly yen market could feed through to higher US rates.European Indices Fell Across the BoardThe Euro Stoxx 50 dropped 1.22% to 6,238.23, the FTSE 100 fell 1.03% to 10,686.7 and the German DAX 40 lost 0.94% to 25,396.2.Uniform weakness across three indices with different sector compositions describes a macro driver rather than a sectoral one.The ECB raised its main refinancing rate to 2.65% the previous week while lifting its 2027 and 2028 inflation outlook, with Deutsche Bank's Mark Wall saying another December move looks "more likely than not."Long-dated sovereign yields have hit multi-decade highs simultaneously across the US, Japan, Germany and France — a pattern that puts pressure on European banks holding government paper, and Italian banks led declines earlier in the week for that reason.Silver Outpaced Gold by a Wide MarginGold rose 0.36% to $4,363.96 an ounce. Silver gained 2.32% to $66.468.Silver moving six times as fast as gold is the notable part. It carries both monetary and industrial demand, which typically gives it higher beta in either direction.Gold had posted three consecutive weekly declines through mid-September, falling to $4,296.68 as traders priced the Fed hike, and remains roughly 23% below its January record of $5,600.Its 90-day correlation with the 10-year Treasury yield sits at −0.41 against Bitcoin's −0.17, which is why a rate-driven period separates the two.Oil Held Above $100 in This SnapshotWTI rose 1.08% to $102.35 and Brent 0.4% to $105.02.Those figures predate Friday's session, when WTI fell more than 5% to below $96 and the 10-year Treasury yield eased to 4.96%, snapping an eight-day rising streak.The underlying supply constraint has not changed. Saudi Arabia closed the East-West pipeline that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz, leaving production at 6.238 million barrels per day — the lowest since 1990 — with Bab El-Mandeb also under threat.Tanker rates on the Middle East to Far East route topped $1 million per day for the first time, against under $100,000 a year ago.The Crypto PositionBitcoin traded around $78,000 in a third consecutive day of gains, with every major higher and none of the 40 most liquid coins down over the period.The week delivered the Fed's first rate hike since 2023, a dot plot pointing to just one more in 2026, the Clarity Act's failure on a 49-50 Senate cloture vote, and the SEC's innovation exemption for tokenized securities venues two days later.Bitcoin's correlations with traditional assets broke down through that period. CoinMarketCap data show its short-window link to the Dollar Index at +0.08 against −0.54 over 30 days, with gold at 0.28 from 0.69 and the S&P 500 at 0.43 from 0.75.Those relationships appeared to be re-establishing on Thursday, when crypto majors moved with the equity tape rather than ahead of it.

One Bitcoin is currently worth approximately 18.55 ounces of gold, according to analyst Miller Cole, against roughly 15.3 at this time last month.The ratio has again exceeded its 50-week simple moving average, which Cole reads as a bullish signal. He expects the BTC/XAU price to see significant new highs in the coming years.Gold Falling Did Most of the WorkA 21% move in the ratio across a month looks like Bitcoin strength. The components say otherwise.Bitcoin traded around $79,400 in mid-August and sits near $78,000 now — a small decline. Gold peaked above $4,587 in that window and has since fallen to roughly $4,300-$4,400, a drop of several hundred dollars.The ratio rose because the denominator shrank.That distinction matters for what the signal means. A ratio breakout driven by Bitcoin outperforming reflects capital choosing one store of value over another. A ratio breakout driven by gold underperforming reflects something happening in the gold market that may have nothing to do with Bitcoin.Gold Has Fallen Three Straight Weeks on RatesThe gold side has a specific explanation.Spot gold posted a third consecutive weekly decline through mid-September, falling to $4,296.68 as traders priced a Federal Reserve hike at 89% to 94% across venues. It remains roughly 23% below its January record of $5,600.Gold's 90-day correlation with the 10-year Treasury yield sits at −0.41 against Bitcoin's −0.17. Gold responds more than twice as strongly to the same rate move, which is why a rate-driven period separates the two assets mechanically.The 10-year reached 5.04% on September 15, its highest since July 2007, before easing to 4.96% after the Fed's dot plot pointed to just one more hike in 2026.Gold has since recovered, climbing about 1% to just below $4,400 on Friday.The Correlation Between Them Has CollapsedThe two assets have historically moved together as debasement hedges, and that relationship has broken down.CoinMarketCap data show Bitcoin's short-window correlation with gold at 0.28, against 0.69 over 30 days. That is a substantial weakening, and it occurred alongside similar breakdowns against the Dollar Index and the S&P 500 after the Clarity Act failed its Senate cloture vote.Earlier this year the two carried a 0.59 correlation, the highest since 2020.A ratio is only informative when both components are being driven by the same forces. At 0.28, they are not.The 50-Week Signal Has Been Crossed BeforeCole says the ratio has "again" exceeded its 50-week simple moving average, which is the qualifier worth holding onto.A level crossed repeatedly is a level the market is oscillating around rather than breaking out from. The same caution applies to Bitcoin's own 50-week lines, which have been reclaimed and lost several times this month.Moving average crossings are also lagging by construction. A 50-week average only clears after enough strong readings accumulate to drag it there, which means the move producing the signal has already happened.The Long-Term Case Rests on Supply, Not This MonthCole's expectation of significant new highs in BTC/XAU over coming years is a different argument from the one this month's data supports.The structural case is straightforward. Bitcoin's issuance is fixed and halving, while gold's supply grows roughly 1.5% to 2% annually through mining. A ratio between a fixed-supply asset and a growing-supply one should trend in one direction over long horizons, absent a collapse in demand.Central banks have been buying gold heavily — the PBOC added 650,000 ounces in a recent month, its largest since 2023, across 22 consecutive months of purchases. That is a demand source Bitcoin does not have at comparable scale.The all-time high for the ratio came in late 2021 when Bitcoin traded near $69,000 against gold around $1,800, putting it above 38. The current 18.55 is less than half that.

UBS는 인공지능(AI) 자본 지출 전망치를 대폭 상향 조정했는데, 메모리 비용의 급격한 상승이 이번 지출 확대의 핵심 요인으로 작용하고 있으며, 그 영향으로 AI 투자 주기의 구조와 경제적 논리가 근본적으로 변화하고 있다.

이더리움은 이미 토큰화된 금융의 결제 계층이 되었을지도 모릅니다. 하지만 전 세계 금융 시장을 진정으로 뒷받침하기 위해서는 여전히 해결해야 할 핵심 과제가 하나 남아 있습니다. 바로 ‘속도’입니다.

인공지능, 기술, 중국의 신에너지 자동차 기업들은 모두 AI 기업이 되고 싶어 한다. ‘황금재경’에 따르면, 이들은 지난 10년 동안 모은 모든 자산을 다음 판에 걸었다.

OpenAI는 더 높은 기업 가치를 바탕으로 새로운 자금 조달을 추진하는 한편, 향후 5년간 자유 현금 흐름이 심각한 적자를 기록할 것이라고 밝혔으며, 장기적인 자금 압박이 만만치 않을 것으로 보인다.

로빈후드, 코인베이스, 서클, 코인베이스, 로빈후드, 서클이 잇달아 시장에 진출했다——토큰화된 자산의 다음 전투는 왜 ‘배분’인가? 골든파이낸스, 3대 발행사에도 여전히 배분 문제가 남아 있다.

인공지능 업계의 규제 논란은 정책 차원에서 법적 분쟁으로 번지고 있다.

‘골든 위클리’는 골든파이낸스가 선보이는 주간 블록체인 업계 요약 코너로, 일주일 동안의 주요 뉴스, 시세 및 선물 데이터, 채굴 업계 정보, 프로젝트 동향, 기술 발전 등 업계 동향을 다룹니다.

골드파이낸스가 암호화폐 및 블록체인 업계 아침 뉴스레터 《골드 8시》 3186호를 발행하며, 가장 최신의 디지털 화폐 및 블록체인 업계 소식을 가장 빠르게 전해드립니다.

연방준비제도(Fed), 달러, 나스닥 지수부터 스테이블코인에 이르기까지: 비트코인(BTC)은 점점 더 복잡한 자산으로 변모하고 있다.

유니스왑(Uniswap)이 미국 주식 토큰화 시장의 거래량 80%를 차지했으며, 누적 거래액이 100억 달러를 돌파했고, UNI 가격은 하루 만에 30% 이상 급등했다.