U.S. stocks closed lower for a third straight session on Wednesday, with pressure coming from two fronts: a smaller-than-expected long-dated Treasury buyback and a fresh jump in oil prices. The Dow fell 0.77% to 52,380.66, the S&P 500 slipped 0.48% to 7,636.36, and the Nasdaq dropped 0.64% to 26,253.340, while the VIX rose about 4.4% to 16.41. The U.S. Treasury said it would repurchase up to $6 billion of 10-year to 20-year bonds, below the $7 billion to $8 billion range that some Wall Street investors had expected in a Bloomberg survey. That helped send the 10-year yield to an intraday high of 4.849%, its highest level since November 2023, while the 30-year yield climbed to 5.291% and the 2-year yield hit a 52-week high.\n\nOil added to the pressure after Brent crude settled at $101.21 a barrel and WTI at $96.05, both reaching their highest levels since May. Energy was the only S&P 500 sector to finish higher. Big tech names mostly fell, but Meta rose 6.55% after unveiling its AI assistant Muse. Storage and optical communications shares also advanced, with SK Hynix rising 7.05% to a record high. Apple, which slipped 0.28%, introduced its first foldable flagship phone, the iPhone Duo, priced from $1,999 globally and RMB 15,999 in China. Bitcoin traded around $79,200, up about 1% over 24 hours, while ether was near $2,500.

Apple unveiled the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max on Sept. 9 U.S. West Coast time, with Taiwan pricing starting at NT$44,900 and NT$49,900, respectively. Pre-orders in Taiwan open at 8 p.m. on Sept. 12, with retail sales beginning Sept. 18. This generation includes only two Pro models and no standard iPhone 18. The headline hardware change is the main camera. Apple introduced a variable aperture system on the iPhone’s primary lens for the first time, allowing the 48MP Fusion camera to switch across four aperture settings: ƒ/1.48, ƒ/1.8, ƒ/2.8, and ƒ/4.0. Apple said the mechanism uses six laser-cut blades made from a custom polymer composite, paired with a new rotor and custom optics. The company said light intake rises by about 50% in low-light use when the lens opens wider. Apple also added Apple Reference Image, a feature that signs image data pixel by pixel and creates a tamper-resistant reference image through Private Cloud Compute. Other updates include the 2-nanometer A20 Pro chip, a new C2 modem, redesigned thermal architecture, battery gains, smaller Dynamic Island, and support details for iOS 27 and Apple Intelligence, including language availability and daily usage limits on server-based AI features.

Apple used its Sept. 9 fall event in the U.S. West Coast time zone to roll out a broad hardware lineup, including the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, its first foldable phone called iPhone Duo, AirPods 5, Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4. Taiwan will get the products on the same schedule, with the iPhone 18 Pro starting at NT$44,900 and the foldable iPhone Duo starting at NT$74,900. The event was also the first fall launch under new CEO John Ternus, who said in the iPhone Duo press release that the device "redefines how people use a foldable phone." Apple also detailed pricing, preorder dates, new camera and health features, the release timing for iOS 27 and Apple Intelligence, and a usage cap for server-side AI features that may later be expanded through paid tiers.

AISIM has officially joined GWDC 2026 KOREA as an Innovation Partner, according to a sponsor announcement cited by Techub News. The company is building what it describes as a next-generation AI connectivity and financial ecosystem that combines global eSIM services, AI APIs, VIAIPhone, digital wallets and U cards into one setup for investment, asset management and global payments. The event is scheduled for Sept. 29-30, 2026, at aT Center in Seoul, South Korea. Organizers said AISIM will attend the conference alongside government and business leaders, industry participants and developers to share views on the intersection of Web3 and AI. GWDC 2026 Korea is hosted by Web3Labs, co-hosted by Techub News, HypaiLabs and TokenPost, and supported by the Hong Kong-Korea Web3 Policy Promotion Alliance. The conference has also opened registration for attendees and for its hackathon, which is expected to draw more than 500 developers worldwide and aims to produce more than 100 innovation projects.

Ethereum layer-2 project Scroll said in a governance forum update on Sept. 9 that it plans to transition from a general-purpose public blockchain into a private, application-specific network centered on Compass and its broader AI product stack. The team said the full transition is expected to take about nine months. According to Scroll, it has spent the past several months applying AI to network operations and product development, while building out a product suite that includes Compass, Compass API, CENO, USX and SCR. Compass offers AI models as well as services such as VPN and eSIM, while Compass API routes requests across more than 30 large language models. CENO, the team said, uses zero-knowledge technology to provide a trust layer for AI agents covering credentials, context and privacy-preserving computation. Scroll also said CENO has more than 30 potential customers, with 12 already in proof-of-concept testing. Compass remains in an early consumer validation stage. As part of the transition plan, SCR will move to the Ethereum mainnet to preserve broad accessibility and liquidity. Scroll said the token’s supply and overall tokenomics will remain unchanged, and SCR will continue to serve as the governance token for the Scroll network. The team added that the forum post is only a progress update, not a formal proposal or vote, and that a detailed transition plan will be submitted to the DAO once the relevant details are finalized.

Scroll said in a post on its governance forum that it has been applying AI across operations and product development, with core chain operations now handled by fewer dedicated engineers working alongside AI agents while maintaining existing availability and security standards. The team said blockchain can serve as a trusted coordination layer for defining and enforcing rules, while zero-knowledge technology can help agents exchange credentials, private data and computation without exposing underlying information. The post also laid out an interconnected product stack. Compass is described as an iOS app that accesses large models and functions through the Compass API, while also including VPN and eSIM features. Compass API is positioned as AI routing infrastructure connected to more than 30 large models. CENO provides a trust layer through ZK, USX is meant for payments and settlement, SCR remains responsible for governance coordination, and the Scroll network serves as the trust and coordination layer. Scroll said CENO has contacted more than 30 potential customers, with 12 already participating in proof-of-concept testing. The team plans to gradually shift Scroll from a general-purpose public blockchain to a dedicated network centered on Compass and its AI product stack over roughly nine months. Under the current plan, SCR would move to Ethereum mainnet, with supply and tokenomics unchanged, and would continue to function as the governance token. The team said the forum post is only a progress update, not a formal proposal or vote.

Dogecoin is now used in real payment scenarios across travel, e-commerce, VPN subscriptions, gift cards, and select retail purchases. Support exists, but merchants differ in checkout flow, settlement model, and product eligibility.

XPIN fell to $0.002052 in 24 hours as volume climbed to $7.96 million. Traders linked the drop to Binance Alpha airdrop distribution and a 245% APR reward plan, both seen as signs of rising token supply and pressure on market confidence.