OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is set to personally brief a public meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York next week during the UN General Assembly, according to an OpenAI spokesperson. The 15-member council is scheduled to meet on Wednesday to discuss artificial intelligence and international security. France, which holds the council’s rotating presidency for September, convened the session, and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot is expected to chair it. Diplomats said senior executives from Anthropic are also expected to attend, though that has not been confirmed. Altman’s remarks are expected to focus on international coordination, shared safety standards, and steps OpenAI has taken to benefit people globally. A concept note prepared by France for the meeting points to the risks of malicious AI misuse and the urgency of action to support safe and responsible development. The Security Council first held a meeting on AI risks in 2023.

U.S. stocks finished Thursday with mixed performance among the major indexes, while crypto-related equities posted broad and sharp gains. According to Techub, the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.18% on the day and was down 2.05% for September. The S&P 500 edged up 0.17%, bringing its monthly gain to 0.25%, while the Nasdaq rose 0.39% and was up 1.62% for the month. In precious metals-linked names, Barrick Gold (GOLD) fell 3.03%. Silver-related assets moved higher, with the iShares Silver Trust ETF (SLV) up 1.59% and First Majestic Silver (AG) gaining 2.05%. Crypto concept stocks led the session’s standout moves. Strategy (MSTR) jumped 16.39%, MARA Holdings (MARA) rose 13.75%, and Bit Brother (BTBT) added 13.07%. Coinbase (COIN) climbed 11.66%. Other gainers included Bitmine (BMNR), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Hut 8 (HUT), CleanSpark (CLSK), Cipher Mining (CIFR), and Circle (CRCL), each advancing more than 7.8% on the day.

WuBlockchain’s WhiteLine Daily on Sept. 18 pulled together several developments tied to AI capacity, financing, and macro funding conditions. CoreWeave said it plans to issue $3 billion in convertible senior notes due 2033 and granted initial purchasers an option to buy up to another $500 million of notes. Barron’s also reported that the company launched an at-the-market program for up to 35 million Class A shares. Reuters, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that ChangXin Memory Technologies, or CXMT, plans to enter the NAND flash market and build a NAND research and development line at a new facility in Beijing, while already approaching potential customers, including one AI startup. On the macro side, the Bank of Japan raised its policy rate by 25 basis points to 1.25% in a 7-2 vote, taking it to the highest level in 31 years, according to Reuters. Anthropic, meanwhile, said that as of August 2026, Claude was leading about 26% of its internal AI research and development work under human supervision, with more than 90% of work reaching AI collaboration or above, and around 30,000 agents running research and engineering tasks at the same time on its most-used internal platform.

ChainFeeds’ Sept. 18 research roundup pulled together five separate market and policy narratives that are shaping crypto discussion this week. One report argued that Aptos has seen a sharp contraction in validator count and geographic distribution, with lower staking rewards, a steep drop in APT’s price, and higher operating requirements squeezing smaller operators. Another focused on Ethena, saying a governance-approved fee switch would begin directing protocol revenue toward ENA buybacks once USDe’s 14-day average supply rises above $7.5 billion, with stock perpetuals, improving funding rates, TRON deployment, CEX collateral integrations, and Ethena Pay cited as possible growth drivers. The roundup also highlighted Arc’s mainnet debut as a fresh battleground for Meme traders. According to block explorer data cited by PANews, daily transactions topped 1.16 million on Sept. 16, while address growth and USDC inflows accelerated as traders rushed to secure early positions. A separate piece examined ZEC’s rally, noting that its market capitalization had climbed to about $23.2 billion by Sept. 17, pushing it into the global top 10 as U.S.-listed exchange-traded products, options trading, and a revived “private Bitcoin” narrative drew attention. The final report turned to Washington, where the U.S. Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act on Sept. 15, leaving the SEC and CFTC in a more prominent position as they move ahead with interim crypto rulemaking and interpretive guidance.

Brent crude oil (XBRUSD) moved above $110 per barrel, according to data cited by Odaily and sourced from Gate. The price was reported at $110.00 per barrel at the time of publication. Over the past 24 hours, the contract had gained 2.8%. The update was published as a 7x24 market news brief by Odaily. No additional market context or driver for the move was provided in the source item. The report focused only on the latest quoted price, the breakout above the $110 mark, and the 24-hour percentage change.

Gold remained above the $4,300 mark even as U.S. rate-hike expectations strengthened, the 10-year Treasury yield briefly touched 5%, and oil prices climbed to about $107 a barrel following renewed tensions in the Middle East. According to the report, the market is being pulled in two directions at once: higher yields, a firmer dollar, and rising energy costs are pressuring bullion in the short term, while geopolitical risk and structural demand continue to support it. OCBC has raised its gold outlook and now expects the metal to reach $4,600 per ounce by December 2026. Spot gold was quoted at $4,298.86 an ounce after falling more than 1% to a five-week low on Monday and stabilizing slightly on Tuesday. The report also pointed to inflation data, labor-market resilience, fiscal pressure, and rising corporate bond issuance tied to AI infrastructure as factors behind the move in long-end U.S. yields.

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U.S. stocks closed lower as three pressures hit risk assets at once: the 10-year Treasury yield moved above 5%, oil prices climbed on supply disruption concerns, and the market reassessed the pace of AI spending after prominent industry figures called for slower development of frontier models. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.29%, the Nasdaq dropped 0.56%, and the S&P 500 lost 0.48%, while the VIX rose to 17.10. The Treasury move sat at the center of the session. The 10-year yield reached about 5.014%, its first break above 5% since 2023, as investors weighed stronger inflation data, rising energy prices, and supply pressure tied to $40 trillion in federal debt. Markets also increased pricing for a 25-basis-point Federal Reserve rate hike this week to 93.5%, according to the report. In equities, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index sank nearly 6%, its biggest one-day drop since early July, after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for a slowdown in frontier AI model development, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and xAI’s Elon Musk backing the idea. Hardware names sold off, while software and cybersecurity shares outperformed. The report also flagged the U.S. Senate’s procedural vote on the CLARITY Act as a key upcoming event for the crypto regulatory framework.