S&P Global to acquire blockchain security firm OpenZeppelin

S&P Global announced Thursday that it has agreed to acquire OpenZeppelin, a blockchain security and smart contract development…

Neuralink demo shows brain implant restoring speech to impaired user

Neuralink shared a video on September 16 showing a clinical trial participant with speech impairment using the company's…

Amazon urges ‘rigorous testing’ for AI but stops short of backing slowdown

Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. broke its silence on the AI safety debate roiling Silicon Valley on Wednesday, urging that…

Tether lends $1.5 billion in gold to top US dealer

Tether, the company behind the world's largest stablecoin USDT Tether, has become a major bullion lender, providing approximately…

HKMA raises rates for first time since 2023, tracking Fed

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority raised its base rate by 25 basis points to 4.25% on Thursday, tracking…

Revolut CEO confirms dual listing plans for Nasdaq and London

Revolut founder and CEO Nik Storonsky confirmed on Thursday that the fintech giant is planning a dual stock…

Shareholder activism targets crypto treasury firms after $50B in losses

Publicly traded companies that loaded their balance sheets with Bitcoin through repeated equity raises are facing a coordinated…

Carney welcomes EU associate membership bid despite Trump threats

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday embraced the prospect of Canada becoming the European Union's first associate…

Crypto markets rally after Fed’s first rate hike in 3 years

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday approved its first interest rate increase in more than three years, raising its…

Supertanker orders top $20B as US-Iran war redraws oil routes

Shipowners have ordered more than twice as many supertankers this year as in all of 2025, a buying…

Shareholders demand paycuts, board exits at crypto treasury firms after $50B crash

Investors in public companies that loaded their balance sheets with Bitcoin and other digital assets are mounting a…

Nvidia’s Huang projects chip sales to double in 2027

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang projected Thursday that the chipmaker expects to sell twice as many chips in 2027…

WTO chief warns AI trade boom is masking tariff damage

The World Trade Organization's 2026 World Trade Report, published on Tuesday, September 15, describes what the organization calls…

World Bank mobilizes record $112B in private capital

The World Bank Group announced Thursday that it mobilized a record $112 billion in private capital for developing…

BlackRock amasses $1.5B in Ethereum via ETFs in 20 days

BlackRock has accumulated roughly $1.5 billion worth of Ethereum through its spot ETF products over a 20-day stretch…

Eurozone finance ministers to meet in Dublin amid deepening energy crisis

Eurozone finance ministers are preparing for a high-stakes meeting in Dublin on Friday, where the bloc's worsening energy…

Mastercard, Visa launch tools to govern AI shopping agents

Mastercard is introducing an autonomous payment feature this week in collaboration with startup Alchemy, which enables users to…

Mastercard launches Wallet Pay to link digital wallets globally

Mastercard has introduced Wallet Pay, a global suite of solutions designed to bridge digital wallets across contactless, QR…

Fed’s first rate hike in 3 years hammers emerging Asian currencies

The U.S. Federal Reserve's first interest rate increase in more than three years sent the dollar surging to…

WMO reports 2025 river flows among driest in 35 years

The World Meteorological Organization said on Thursday that rivers worldwide experienced one of their driest years in decades…

China presses Iran to rein in Houthis after Saudi appeal

Iran-backed Houthi fighters have swept down Yemen's Red Sea coast in a two-week offensive that has reshaped the…

BYD says it will need four factories in Europe

BYD, the world's largest electric vehicle maker, will need three vehicle assembly plants and one battery factory in…

Bank of England holds rates as Fed hikes, central banks diverge

The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday to a target range…

Mistral AI inks Mozilla, TotalEnergies deals after €3B raise

Mistral AI, France's flagship artificial intelligence startup, closed a €3 billion Series D funding round on September 8,…

Raiffeisen shares tumble after short-seller alleges Russia sanctions evasion

Shares of Raiffeisen Bank International fell as much as 9% in Vienna on Thursday after U.S. short-seller Grizzly…

Bill Skarsgård cast as lead in Kojima’s PHYSINT

Hideo Kojima revealed during the Xbox Microsoft Corporation Tokyo Game Show 2026 broadcast on Thursday that Swedish actor…

European shares rise as Saudi pipeline repair eases oil fears

European stock markets climbed on Thursday as crude oil prices retreated for a second session, offering relief to…

Five Gulf central banks raise rates after Fed’s first hike since 2023

Five Gulf Cooperation Council central banks raised their key interest rates on Wednesday, moving in lockstep with the…

OpenAI leaves Justin Sun’s $1M math prize unclaimed

OpenAI has declined to claim a $1 million prize awarded to it by crypto billionaire Justin Sun for…

Anthropic priced above $2 trillion as markets await IPO filing

Traders are pricing Anthropic above $2 trillion in pre-IPO derivative markets, more than double the $965 billion valuation…