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Executive Summary The Federal Reserve’s quarter-point increase to a 3.75% to 4% target range began its first tightening campaign since July 2023, with policymakers signaling that at least one more increase may be needed before year-end. Past hiking cycles have ranged from modest adjustments to the aggressive inflation-fighting campaigns of the 1970s and early 1980s. Larger and faster cycles were more likely to precede recessions, although a recession was not inevitable. History offers no single answer. But it does show that the level of inflation, the pace of rate hikes, and the Treasury market’s response have been critical in determining…

Cotton prices are up 47 to 75 points on Thursday AM trade. Futures saw gains of 2 to 36 points across most contracts on Wednesday, with thinly traded October down 78 points. Crude oil was up $2.19 per barrel on the session, with the US dollar index $0.531 higher. Ahead…

New Ondo Intelligent Portfolios will offer portfolio tokens based on portfolio strategies developed by BlackRock for Ondo, bringing professionally designed portfolios delivered as single onchain tokens for eligible investors outside the United States. NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Ondo Finance today launched a new onchain product category: Ondo Intelligent Portfolios, curated portfolios delivered as single onchain transferable tokens. The three portfolio tokens launched today are based on portfolio strategies powered by BlackRock, developed by BlackRock for Ondo, marking the first time eligible onchain investors can access exposure to such strategies through a single token. Diversified, professionally constructed strategies have…

New York, New York, September 24th, 2026, Chainwire Led by Left Lane Capital, the round will extend HIFI’s stablecoin settlement platform into tokenized capital markets and card issuance. HIFI, the financial infrastructure company for stablecoin payments and tokenized assets, today announced $37 million in Series A funding led by Left Lane Capital. The financing will support the scaling of HIFI’s tokenized capital markets infrastructure and the expansion of its broader product suite, including stablecoin payments and card products. HIFI was selected as a participant in DTCC’s July production trades using DTC-tokenized assets, alongside BlackRock, Goldman Sachs and Nasdaq. In September,…

Miami, Florida, September 24th, 2026, Chainwire A Metalayer Capital strategy backed by an initial institutional allocation uses GLDY as the long leg of a delta-neutral gold trade, creating a new channel for demand for Streamex’s yield-bearing tokenized gold, with follow-on investments anticipated. Streamex Corp., a Nasdaq-listed a technology company building the future of the commodity markets through tokenization, has secured a commitment of institutional capital, a test of whether tokenized commodities can draw buyers beyond individual investors. A leading institutional investor has made an initial $1 million allocation, with follow-on investments anticipated, to a relative-value strategy that uses GLDY, Streamex’s…

New global campaign marks Bybit’s evolution into a full-stack financial platform, with its new brand promise backed by an expanding ecosystem of markets, payments, spending, earning, and intelligent financial services DUBAI, UAE, Sept. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit, the New Financial Platform trusted by more than 80 million users worldwide, today announced “Make Your Move,” a new global campaign that marks the next stage in the company’s evolution beyond crypto trading. It reflects a fundamental shift in how Bybit defines its business. Rather than a crypto exchange with additional financial products built around it, Bybit is developing one connected platform across…

Willemstad, Curaçao, September 24th, 2026, PlayNewswire 1win Markets has launched Crypto Live, a new category for short-term cryptocurrency price predictions. The new format allows users to predict whether the price of major cryptocurrencies will move higher or lower over a selected period, with intervals ranging from five minutes to one day. Crypto Live turns crypto price movements into a simple two-option prediction. Instead of trying to guess exactly where Bitcoin, Ethereum, or Solana will trade next, users choose whether the price will be Higher or Lower than it was at the beginning of the round. At launch, Crypto Live features…

U.S. finance chiefs remain broadly optimistic about the economy, but the outlook is diverging by company size as smaller firms face greater difficulty covering costs and financing growth, according to a survey released Wednesday. The third-quarter CFO Survey, conducted by Duke University and the Federal Reserve Banks of Richmond and Atlanta, collected responses from 517 financial executives between Aug. 17 and Sept. 4. Optimism about the U.S. economy averaged 60.3 on a 100-point scale, little changed from 60.6 in the previous quarter. Optimism about respondents’ own companies edged down to 69.7 from 70.7. Those averages mask a widening divide. Optimism…

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV26) is up +0.06 (+0.34%) today, and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ26) is down -0.80 (-0.16%).Sugar prices initially moved lower today, with NY sugar posting a 4-week low and London sugar falling to a 1.5-month low.  However, prices rebounded and are trading mixed as short covering emerged on concerns that rains in Brazil are slowing the country’s sugarcane harvest. Don’t Miss a Day: From crude oil to coffee, sign up free for Barchart’s best-in-class commodity analysis.   Sugar prices have been under pressure over the past week on demand concerns.  499,350 MT of…

BELIZE CITY, BELIZE, September 23rd, 2026, PlayNewswire Cumulative BC Engine rewards have grown more than fourfold since late May, while the average daily pace of reward accumulation has increased by approximately 46% compared with the previous period. BC.GAME’s BC Engine has reached another major milestone, with cumulative rewards earned by eligible $BC holders surpassing 8.6 million BCD, equivalent to more than US$8.6 million. The milestone comes just over five months after BC Engine launched and brings cumulative rewards closer to the US$10 million mark. More importantly, the latest data highlights the growing role BC Engine is playing within the wider…