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According to Bloomberg, citing informed sources, Italy's second-largest bank, UniCredit, is considering expanding its digital asset services, including cryptocurrency custody. Headquartered in Milan, UniCredit is selecting technology providers to build the infrastructure needed to hold digital assets and support their buying and selling.The report states that tokenized investment products, fixed-income securities, the use of stablecoins, and exposure to cryptocurrencies are all under consideration. Meanwhile, other banks in Europe are also expanding their crypto services: Spain's BBVA has launched Bitcoin trading and custody for all customers through its app, and Santander's Openbank has also introduced trading services; Germany's Deutsche Bank is collaborating with Bitpanda's technology department to build a custody business.The EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) provides a legal definition, regulatory bodies, and a familiar obligation framework for banks to launch crypto services. Additionally, UniCredit is one of 37 banks from 15 European countries that are jointly creating a company called Qivalis, aimed at issuing a euro stablecoin. Last year, the bank also offered structured products linked to the BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF to professional clients, providing full loss protection.

According to Gate market data, U.S. stocks opened with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising over 1%, the S&P 500 index up 0.8%, and the Nasdaq up 0.8%. Oracle rose over 7%, with its first-quarter revenue and profit exceeding expectations, Intel rose over 1%, and SK Hynix rose 1.5%.

Nick Timiraos, the "Fed Whisperer," stated that in the August CPI, core services inflation excluding housing rose by 0.51% month-over-month, the highest level since January, and increased by 3% year-over-year. Core goods inflation rose by 0.11% month-over-month and increased by 0.7% year-over-year. Housing inflation rose by 0.26% month-over-month and increased by 3% year-over-year.

According to SlowMist's security alert, the AtomicQueue contract of ether.fi was exploited due to the lack of access control in the solve() function, resulting in approximately 15.45 ETH being stolen.The attacker created malicious requests using updateAtomicRequest(), forcing the victim's address to act as the solver. Subsequently, AtomicQueue called the victim's finishSolve and executed want.transferFrom, abusing the victim's existing ERC-20 authorization to transfer funds. SlowMist has privately disclosed the attacker’s address and the vulnerability contract address to the ether.fi team.

According to Bloomberg, Italian bank UniCredit SpA is considering expanding its digital asset-related services, including the early-stage development of digital asset custody and brokerage capabilities.Insiders say the bank is screening technology providers to build infrastructure for holding digital assets and supporting buy and sell transactions.

The Japan Digital Agency stated that its servers suffered unauthorized access, and the personal data of approximately 246,000 individuals may have been leaked. The agency announced on Friday that in late June, it detected someone using a maintenance account to access a large number of files on its government solutions service network.Subsequent investigations revealed that someone exploited a virtual private network vulnerability, potentially stealing information from civil servants and other individuals using the system.

Analyst Giulia Petroni pointed out that due to the surge in oil prices, rising bond yields, and increasing expectations of interest rate hikes, gold prices are expected to drop more than 2% this week. New York gold futures prices once fell by 0.5%, to $4,383.9 per ounce.The market is closely watching the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data to be released on Friday. Traders expect a 67% probability of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates next week.

Eurozone government bond prices fell on Friday, with the global bond market expected to record its worst weekly performance since the outbreak of the Iran war, as soaring energy prices forced central banks worldwide to take swift action against inflation. The European Central Bank raised interest rates by 25 basis points and adjusted its inflation and growth forecasts. The yield on Germany's two-year government bonds rose to 3.208%, the highest since October 2023.

Due to the rebound in gasoline prices, the consumer price increase in the U.S. for August is expected to accelerate, reinforcing market expectations for a possible interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve next week.The U.S. Department of Labor will release the August CPI report on Friday. Economists point out that oil prices returning to over $100 per barrel will keep inflation high.

Ripple announced the introduction of the GSmart AI intelligence in its corporate treasury platform Ripple Treasury, used for monitoring corporate cash, risks, and forecasts, and providing action recommendations to finance teams. Ripple Treasury is the GTreasury platform that the company acquired for $1 billion last October.These intelligences can cover processes such as liquidity, forecasting, and reconciliation, recommending responses and citing relevant company policies when issues are identified, but all operations must be approved by a human before execution. Ripple stated that financial calculations are completed by deterministic software, and AI is only used to interpret policies, identify patterns, and explain recommendations to reduce the risk of errors.GSmart was launched before Ripple's acquisition of GTreasury, going live in June 2025. This update expands it to more treasury workflows and introduces a policy layer called Knowledge Studio and an Ask GSmart assistant for querying corporate financial data. Ripple claims that 60% of qualified clients have enabled the Risk Insights feature, and 44% use Forecast Insights. The platform now supports the simultaneous management of traditional and digital assets.

On September 10, U.S. stocks closed with all three major indices falling, marking the fourth consecutive trading day of declines; Brent crude oil briefly touched around $108, U.S. Treasury yields rose, suppressing risk appetite; the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell about 2.66%. In terms of concept stocks, most sectors such as chips, optical modules, and storage retreated, with the seven giants showing divergence: Apple (AAPL) rose 3.56%, Alphabet slightly increased, Microsoft was nearly flat, while others fell. In the energy sector, XOM rose about 0.61%, with some energy stocks resisting declines driven by oil prices.WEEX Labs believes that the rise of AAPL indicates that funds are still willing to invest in the new product cycle despite macro headwinds; investors need to closely monitor the August CPI data released today, which is the macro highlight of the week and will directly impact next week's interest rate pricing and market reactions. Trade stocks and gold using WEEX TradFi, and you can also participate in daily egg hunts, with a 100% prize rate, winning up to 10,000 USDT in position airdrops.

Bitget API now fully supports CFD trading, expanding programmatic trading capabilities from cryptocurrency assets to global markets such as gold, foreign exchange, stock indices, and crude oil. Institutional clients and professional traders can directly manage CFD accounts through the API, covering core functions such as order execution, account inquiries, fund transfers, real-time market data, and risk control parameters, extending strategies into the traditional financial derivatives market within the existing API framework.This upgrade enriches the programmatic trading scenarios. Traders can incorporate factors such as macroeconomic data, Federal Reserve policies, employment and inflation data, oil prices, and stock index fluctuations into their strategy models, and configure them with different account models like ECN, STP, and Pro, obtaining a more comprehensive programmatic trading capability in global markets through a unified API framework.

According to The Bell, Samsung Electronics' foundry division has delayed its contract for application processor foundry production with Qualcomm due to differences in production unit prices, and both parties have failed to narrow the price gap, prolonging negotiations. There have been no significant technical issues, and the currently discussed 2-nanometer process has received a considerable degree of stabilization evaluation.Industry sources indicate that the Qualcomm AP foundry using Samsung's 2-nanometer process may be postponed until next year, and it is unclear whether production can commence within this year. Qualcomm had previously entrusted advanced AP production to Samsung before 2021, and Samsung has been continuously striving to regain this business in recent years, having secured clients such as Tesla and Broadcom.Informed sources state that the contract delay has made it difficult for Samsung to produce APs for Qualcomm this year, and both parties may turn to discuss the next generation of products. After acquiring strategic clients, Samsung is no longer willing to accept low-price orders as it did in the past.

In August, Japan's corporate goods prices rose more than expected, supporting the Bank of Japan's continued interest rate hikes to curb inflation risks. Data shows that in August, corporate input prices increased by 7.6% year-on-year, higher than the expected 7.4%.Market expectations are that the Bank of Japan will raise the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 1.25% on September 18.

OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Financial Services on September 10, 2026, which is a ChatGPT Work experience tailored for financial services, combining built-in financial data with the reasoning capabilities of GPT-6 Astra to assist teams in conducting research, financial modeling, and customizing client materials. The product was shaped through design collaborations with Morgan Stanley and Evercore.The product includes data from providers such as Daloopa, PitchBook, LSEG News, and Crunchbase, covering information such as earnings call transcripts, financial statements, company fundamentals, and private companies, indexed and hosted by OpenAI with support for granular citations. The product natively offers models like GPT-6 Astra, supporting enterprise security and governance controls, allowing administrators to publish Excel, Word, and PowerPoint templates. Data is not used for training models by default and supports encryption, SSO, SCIM, and more. The product initially focuses on investment banking and equity research, available to eligible financial institutions.

The Southeast Asian cryptocurrency industry is expected to double its funding to $680 million by 2026, with Singapore taking the lead.Japan's Metaplanet faces shareholder backlash due to the executive stock incentive plan.

Payment company PayPal, stablecoin infrastructure project M0, and cryptocurrency payment platform MoonPay have launched PYUSDx, enabling businesses to create stablecoin-based products within days. The platform has processed transaction volumes exceeding 100 million dollars, with Saturn, Concrete, and Cap utilizing the related technology to launch products.Luca Prosperi, co-founder and CEO of M0, stated that PYUSDx allows developers to build on the product layer, enabling different businesses to develop various products based on the same technology. USD.AI and Fairblock are also listed as related projects. May Zabaneh, Senior Vice President and General Manager of PayPal's cryptocurrency business, mentioned that the stablecoin market is rapidly maturing. The total market capitalization of stablecoins is approximately 30.525 billion dollars, with USDT accounting for 60.07%; PYUSD has a market cap of about 2.814 billion dollars, ranking eighth. Businesses can issue brand digital dollars backed by PYUSD and set corresponding rules to redeem back to PYUSD when necessary.

According to Gate market data, the Dow Jones Index opened on September 10 with a decrease of 236.14 points, a drop of 0.45%, closing at 52,144.52 points; the Nasdaq Composite Index fell by 232.08 points, a drop of 0.88%, closing at 26,021.26 points; the S&P 500 Index decreased by 44.43 points, a drop of 0.58%, closing at 7,592.06 points.