According to CNBC, Barclays strategists said U.K. equities offer attractive opportunities for investors looking to ride out volatility in global stocks, calling the market cheap and describing British shares as an unloved place to hide. They said near-term AI and oil concerns may support the FTSE 100, while depressed valuations, especially in domestic names and FTSE 250 stocks, continue to provide a cushion. The strategists said those stocks trade at about a 20% discount on a price-to-book basis and cited strong M&A activity as evidence that U.K. assets remain undervalued and strategically attractive. Barclays kept high conviction in U.K. industrials, financials, utilities, real estate and selective consumer names, and named Rentokil, Trustpilot and Shawbrook as its top picks with the biggest upside potential. Helen Jewell, international chief investment officer for fundamental equities at BlackRock, said the U.K. is a useful diversifier and highlighted banks, miners and other valuation-driven opportunities. She said her team remains overweight mining companies, pointing to elevated copper prices, and noted that some U.K. stocks have been hit because they are seen as part of the AI loser basket. UBS strategists said the U.K.'s improving earnings outlook should support equities and raised their 2026 earnings growth forecast for the country to 16% from 11%. UBS kept a Neutral rating on U.K. stocks but said it expects earnings growth to remain robust at 9% in 2027 and favors banks, industrials, consumer discretionary and health care.

Nasdaq 100 futures, which are heavily weighted toward technology stocks, widened gains to 1.1%. According to Sina Finance, the Fed's policy outlook reassured investors and led them to believe it would continue efforts to curb inflation, while bond yields eased. S&P 500 futures rose 0.8%, and the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield was slightly below 5%.

Japan's main banking industry group warned that government bond yields could continue to rise, creating risks of asset write-downs and weaker profits. According to Sina Finance, Japan Bankers Association President Masahiko Kato said at a Thursday news conference that continued increases in Japanese government bond yields could lead to asset impairment and actual losses. Kato said banks may wait to add more Japanese government bonds until the yield outlook becomes clearer and policy rates reach a peak. Japan's financial regulator chief said this month that he is closely watching whether banks are properly managing risks from rising interest rates across bond holdings, corporate lending, and ultra-long mortgage loans.

Gabriel Makhlouf said the European Central Bank could raise rates in October if conditions require it. According to Sina Finance, the ECB Governing Council member said policymakers will decide borrowing costs based on actual conditions, and he did not rule out any policy option at future meetings. Makhlouf said the ECB's meetings are dynamic in periods of uncertainty and that no action can be ruled out in advance. He also said market expectations may not be right and that current data have not yet reached the ECB's desired level. According to Sina Finance, people familiar with the matter said policymakers believed another rate hike could come as early as October after this month's rate decision, while economists generally see the December meeting as more likely to bring action. Makhlouf made the remarks in Dublin before a meeting of European finance ministers and central bank governors.

Snap signed Nvidia, Amazon Web Services and Salesforce as enterprise partners for its Specs AR glasses, targeting retail, manufacturing and field operations. According to BeInCrypto, Salesforce’s Agentforce, AWS’s Amazon Quick and Nvidia’s XR software stack will power workplace AI features, but Snap gave no pilot customers or enterprise pricing. The company launched Specs at $2,195 in June; shares closed at $5.72, down 1.89%, and have lost about 30% this year.

According to Sina Finance, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority is investigating Euro Exchange Securities UK (EES) over alleged violations. The FCA said EES may have breached the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 between February 1, 2020, and June 4, 2026. It added that EES may have failed to take appropriate steps to identify and assess money laundering risks, and may not have established and implemented policies, controls, and procedures to effectively mitigate and manage those risks. The FCA said the investigation has not reached any conclusion on the facts or on whether EES violated the relevant regulatory rules.

International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol said competition between Europe and Asia for winter liquefied natural gas cargoes could further tighten the market and keep prices rising. According to Sina Finance, he said disruptions to Qatar's LNG shipments, which normally account for about one-fifth of global supply, have driven buyers into the spot market and pushed Asian LNG prices to their highest level since 2022. Birol said in Seoul that if Europe faces a cold winter, Europe and Asia may compete for resources, which could further lift LNG prices. He also said that new projects in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Malaysia are expected to come online in the coming years, easing price pressure as supply increases. Birol's visit to Seoul was aimed at advancing the agency's Asia energy resilience initiative, RISE ASIA. According to Sina Finance, the multilateral agreement covers Asian countries including South Korea and focuses on reducing vulnerability to oil and LNG supply disruptions, strengthening power systems, and accelerating electrification. Birol said South Korea, one of the world's major LNG importers, should continue to promote electrification, maximize renewable energy use with nuclear power support, and diversify its natural gas supply sources.

King Charles III plans to seek assurances from some of the most important figures in artificial intelligence that experts can keep control of their inventions. According to Sina Finance, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, and Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis will attend an event in Scotland on Thursday hosted by King Charles III. Senior representatives from Anthropic and U.K. AI Minister Kanishka Narayan will also attend the AI forum at Dumfries House. According to Sina Finance, Buckingham Palace said the meeting will examine how to use the technology for the benefit of society and the natural world. At the summit, King Charles III will ask two key questions: how to fully use AI's advantages while ensuring safety, and how to build international cooperation and consensus so no country is left behind and humanity's future is protected. According to Sina Finance, the closed-door discussion comes shortly after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for slowing the development of frontier models, sparking a global debate over rising AI risks.

CLARITY法案程序性表决受挫，多重争议令美国加密监管统一路径继续延后。

费用开关已获通过，USDe供应量重回75亿美元后，Ethena将用收入回购ENA。

韩国警方已将26名Polymarket用户中的18人移交检方，理由是他们涉嫌在预测市场上共下注176亿韩元（1270万美元），涉嫌非法赌博。 这些用户辩称，“Polymarket”合约更接近加密货币衍生品，因为可以在到期前进行交易，但当局表示，此类投注属于韩国赌博法的管辖范围。

由于干旱形势日益严峻，埃塞俄比亚被迫对日益减少的水电实施配给，并优先保障家庭和工业企业的用电，导致当地比特币矿工目前仅能获得合同约定电力供应量的23%。

一起冒用Cloudflare验证名义的诈骗案正将目标锁定在迷因币交易者身上，诱骗他们在其电脑上执行恶意命令，据报道，其中一名交易者因此损失了约60万美元。

加息已经是不重要，关键是对后续政策节奏、利率走势的预期。

面孔不是基本面，但它是社区在信息不对称下唯一能快速读取的信号——这正是加密市场最残酷的地方。

贾斯汀·孙（Justin Sun）将斥资高达100万美元奖励数学领域的突破性成果——他押注于这样一种观点：下一代科学发现的价值将不再主要取决于发现者是谁，而是取决于机器能否对其进行验证。

看来美国的司法部虽然管不了总统割韭菜，但是合规机构的员工想要割韭菜，那还是可以管到的。

瑞银认为，沃什政策反应函数较前任发生实质性转变，对通胀和供给冲击更敏感，对劳动力市场的顾虑明显更低，且将限制性政策的门槛设得更高。