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On September 17, WEEX TradFi market data showed that the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points, and the three major U.S. stock indices closed lower. After the interest rate hike expectations were realized, funds flowed back into the AI chip and optical communication sectors, with mixed performance in the storage sector. Specifically, chip stocks generally rose, with INTC up 4.03%, AMD up 1.65%, and NVDA up 0.82%; optical modules generally rose, with LITE up 9.59%, COHR up 6.92%, MRVL up 3.61%, and NOK up 3.05%; the storage sector showed divergence, with STX up 1.47%, WDC up 1.22%, MU down 0.11%, and SNDK down 0.71%.WEEX Labs believes that while the index is under pressure, the optical communication and some chip sectors are recovering in parallel, indicating that after the interest rate hike, funds are more willing to trade the oversold AI hardware sector, and the structural divergence is more noteworthy than the index direction. Today's focus is on the interest rate path pricing after the dot plot and whether the transaction in optical modules can turn the rebound into a trend.

According to Coinglass data, the cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Index is currently at 51, down 1 point from yesterday. The average for the past 7 days is 58, and the average for the past 30 days is 65.

The research institution IRF, focused on building decentralized financial infrastructure for AI agents, announced the acquisition of Nomina. The scope of the acquisition includes technology, intellectual property, brand, and infrastructure, with the most significant being Nomina's intent execution protocol SolverNet. The infrastructure related to Nomina has processed over 7.5 million transactions to date.SolverNet has gone live and has been validated in a production environment, covering the Ethereum mainnet and major Layer 2 networks such as Arbitrum, Base, and Optimism, and has integrated with protocols like Symbiotic, Gearbox Protocol, and Cygnus Finance. The intent mechanism allows agents to declare expected outcomes, while the solver network competes to deliver, handling complexities such as routing, cross-chain, and gas management at the underlying level.IRF will launch on-chain yield deployment, cross-chain and cross-currency fund transfers, as well as automated configuration and rebalancing strategies based on SolverNet, with each strategy expressed through a single intent and executed by the solver network. IRF plans to release related technologies in the coming months as part of the financial product roadmap for agents.

OKX will launch the xMETA/USDC trading pair on the spot trading market on September 17 at 18:00, with the pre-order time from 17:00 to 18:00.

Circle co-founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire posted on the X platform that the Circle x402 Facilitator service has launched on Arc, which supports the settlement of USDC on Arc, Base, and Polygon PoS through EIP-3009.In addition, with the launch of Arc, the market demand for cirBTC is increasing. Currently, Circle Mint customers can directly mint and redeem cirBTC natively within the app, with each cirBTC backed 1:1 by 1 native BTC and redeemable for native BTC at a 1:1 ratio.

According to the latest data from RootData's tokenized asset dashboard, Gate's asset depth is approximately 154 million USD, with a market share of 20.9%, ranking third.It is reported that this statistical scope only includes contract and tokenized types of crypto-native assets, excluding data from traditional stock brokers.

Regarding the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates by 25 basis points as expected in the September meeting, Huobi HTX Chief Analyst Andy pointed out that what truly deserves attention is the comprehensive hawkish shift in the Federal Reserve's stance. All 12 officials rarely supported the decision unanimously, and the dot plot clearly indicates another rate hike within the year, with tightening becoming a consensus.The core message conveyed by the meeting is that the Federal Reserve is determined to rebuild its credibility against inflation at all costs. The economic forecast summary raised growth expectations and lowered the unemployment rate, reflecting confidence in a soft landing; however, the path for core inflation to decline has been significantly delayed, indicating that the higher-ups have accepted the reality of "higher for longer." Chairman Waller's statement is particularly crucial, placing anti-inflation efforts as an absolute priority. Even though the current economic fundamentals are robust and oil price fluctuations are supply-side factors, the Fed still chooses to respond with a tightening stance. This "better to be too tight than too loose" position has temporarily pushed up U.S. Treasury yields and the dollar, while suppressing gold.For the cryptocurrency market, uncertainty has actually decreased. A clearer policy path helps compress risk premiums, which is not a bad thing for risk assets in the medium to long term. The key going forward lies in data validation: if employment and growth remain strong, rate hikes may continue but at a slower pace; if the economy shows cracks, there is still room for a policy shift. Overall, the Federal Reserve is trading short-term pain for long-term policy credibility.

According to token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, SoSoValue (SOSO) will unlock approximately 25.96 million tokens at 10:00 AM Beijing time on September 24, worth about 7.92 million USD.

According to data submitted by the Korean National Police Agency to Democratic Party member Yoon Kyun-young's office, as of September 15, the Gangwon Provincial Police Agency's Cyber Investigation Team has initiated investigations into 26 Polymarket users, with 18 of them referred to the prosecution. The total betting amount involved is approximately 17.6 billion Korean won, with the highest individual bet being around 5.7 billion Korean won. The police believe that the trading activities on Polymarket clearly constitute illegal gambling.The Korean authorities identified and tracked these users by analyzing publicly available blockchain transaction records using open-source intelligence technology. The Korea Communications Standards Commission decided to block Polymarket on August 18. The KCSC determined that the platform's betting on uncontrollable events and its "winner takes all" profit model fostered a gambling mentality.

According to SoSoValue data, the daily net inflow of the XRP spot ETF is $3.5013 million. Yesterday, only the Franklin XRP ETF (XRPZ) had a net inflow, with a daily net inflow of $3.5013 million, and the historical total net inflow has reached $483 million.As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of the XRP spot ETF is $1.396 billion, with an XRP net asset ratio of 1.7%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached $1.716 billion.

According to Ember Monitoring, 32.99 million WLD were transferred from FalconX to Binance 2 hours ago, worth approximately 12.11 million USD.

Onchain Lens reported that BlackRock accumulated and withdrew 656.71 BTC (approximately 49.79 million USD) and 5150 ETH (approximately 12.28 million USD) from Coinbase Prime, totaling approximately 62 million USD.

According to Bloomberg, the stablecoin issuer Tether has become an important lender of gold. As of the end of June, the financing provided by Tether to the U.S. gold trading platform Gold.com accounted for most of its $1.7 billion in outstanding precious metal leases.Gold.com’s payables and advance payments to Tether totaled $1.45 billion. Tether invested in this platform earlier this year.

Galaxy Research's latest report shows that after a cooling period in the first quarter, cryptocurrency venture capital activity rebounded in the second quarter of 2026. Venture capital firms invested approximately $5.6 billion in unlisted cryptocurrency and blockchain-related companies, involving 384 transactions. The total investment amount increased by 31% quarter-on-quarter, and the number of transactions grew by 10%, with the funding growth mainly driven by later-stage financing.Raising new funds remains challenging, with only 5 new cryptocurrency venture capital funds raising about $3.9 billion in the second quarter, marking the lowest number of newly established funds since the fourth quarter of 2019. Based on the investment pace in the first half of 2026, the total annual investment is estimated to be around $20.037 billion; this figure is slightly lower than the $20.3 billion for the entire year of 2025 but higher than most periods during the market downturn from 2023 to 2024.In terms of investment fund allocation, later-stage transactions accounted for about 77% of the share, early-stage transactions accounted for 15%, while seed and pre-seed transactions made up the remaining 7%. Startups based in the United States received 73.5% of the investment funds and accounted for 39.1% of all 384 transactions. Transaction, exchange, investment, and lending companies led with approximately $3.523 billion, comprising a total of 51 transactions.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Wintermute transferred approximately 2,550 bitcoins to Binance, worth about 192.91 million USD.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will attend the state dinner hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump for Chinese leader Xi Jinping. OpenAI stated that Altman has been included in the guest list for the event next week.The White House did not immediately confirm whether Altman would attend the state dinner.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale has withdrawn a total of 15,300 ZEC from Binance, OKX, and Kraken, worth approximately 17.92 million USD.