Odaily reports that analyst Killa posted on X that he plans to hedge 50% of his Bitcoin exposure in the $89,000 to $94,000 range, which would be his first short in months. Killa stated that, as he said 1 to 3 days ago, he previously had no intention of shorting the same high that had been consolidating below it; if the price holds firmly above $97,000, this hedging strategy will be invalidated.

Odaily News: Ondo has announced that Ondo Stocks now supports physical conversion between underlying stocks and tokenized stocks and ETFs, and has added a primary market issuance channel through Alpaca's Instant Tokenization Network (ITN). Eligible institutions can use existing stock assets to mint corresponding Ondo Stocks tokens, or redeem tokens to obtain the corresponding underlying stocks; the process is completed through internal book transfers, without the need for manual approval on a per-transaction basis. This feature is currently only available to institutions that have been reviewed and approved by Alpaca, hold valid accounts with both Ondo and Alpaca, and have completed the relevant account opening and approval processes. It is now live on Ethereum and BNB Chain.

According to MSX.COM data, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index rose over 2% to a more than one-month high, with Arm (ARM.O) up over 8%, AMD (AMD.O) up over 7%, Micron Technology (MU.O) up nearly 5%, and Qualcomm (QCOM.O) up nearly 2%.

Odaily reports: Bitcoin News posted on X platform that the Celsius bankruptcy estate filed a lawsuit on September 12 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against BitMEX-affiliated entities, alleging improper liquidation in March 2020. The complaint states that the relevant Bitcoin includes 1,325.8385 BTC lost by Celsius on March 12, as well as 5,034.3281 BTC received the following day from the fund JST Alpha 1. BitMEX plans to cease exchange operations on September 23.

Odaily News: According to Binance real-time trading data, the trader "Set Ten Big Goals First" holds a 4x leveraged long position on BTC, with current unrealized profit of approximately $11.9665 million, representing a 25.58% return. The average entry price of this position is $79,470.92.

Odaily News: According to MSX.COM data, at the U.S. stock market open, the Dow rose 0.63%, the S&P 500 rose 0.59%, the Nasdaq rose 0.77%, and the VIX fear index rose 0.41%. AI concept stocks rose broadly, with Arm up 9.26%, AMD up 4.7%, Accenture up 4.52%, Dell up 4.09%, and Super Micro Computer up 3.71%.

It is reported that MSX is a leading RWA trading platform and has cumulatively listed hundreds of RWA tokens, covering popular U.S. stocks and ETF token assets such as Nvidia, GOOGL, MSFT, AMZN, META, TSM, and AMD.

Odaily News: According to the latest data from Gate, the price of gold fell to $4,360.01 per ounce, down 0.33% intraday. The price of silver fell to $66.468 per ounce, up 0.83% intraday.

In forex, the US dollar fell 0.02% against the offshore Chinese yuan (USD/CNH) intraday, with the current exchange rate at 6.69131. The US dollar rose 0.35% against the Japanese yen (USD/JPY) intraday, with the current exchange rate at 157.31.

In global stock indices, the Euro Stoxx 50 Index (EUSTX50) rose 0.67% intraday, at 6,316.08 points; the UK FTSE 100 Index (UK100) rose 1.1% intraday, at 10,757.6 points; the German DAX 40 Index (GER40) rose 0.98% intraday, at 25,597.3 points.

In commodities, WTI crude oil fell 3.91% intraday, at $97.5 per barrel. Brent crude oil fell 2.2% intraday, at $101.97 per barrel.

Gate supports users in directly trading traditional financial market products within the platform, offering one-stop coverage of multiple asset classes including precious metals, forex, global stock contracts for difference (CFDs), major indices, and commodities, enabling deep integration of crypto assets and traditional financial assets. Gate TradFi-related features have been fully integrated into the Gate App and Web platform, allowing users to conveniently participate in global asset price trading without switching platforms, unlocking more strategies and opportunities beyond the crypto market and continuously enhancing the diversified asset allocation experience.

According to SoSoValue data, as of 8:00 AM ET on September 21, 2026, global listed companies (excluding mining companies) shifted from net selling to net buying in their Bitcoin allocations last week, with net purchases reaching $183 million for the week.

Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) purchased 950 Bitcoins last week at a price of $79,670, spending approximately $75.7 million, bringing its total holdings to 846,000 BTC — its first purchase in two weeks.

Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase any Bitcoin last week, marking ten consecutive weeks without buying Bitcoin.

Additionally, two other companies announced Bitcoin purchases or holdings updates last week. Ethereum-focused asset company Bitmine announced after 8:00 AM ET on September 14 that it had purchased 1 Bitcoin without disclosing the specific purchase amount, bringing its total holdings to 212 BTC. Asset management company Strive announced on September 21 that it had spent approximately $108 million last week to purchase 1,355 Bitcoins at a price of $79,475, bringing its total holdings to approximately 26,355 BTC.

As of press time, the global listed companies tracked (excluding mining companies) collectively hold a total of 1,156,080 Bitcoins, up 2.67% from last week, with a current market value of approximately $98.65 billion, representing 5.8% of Bitcoin's circulating market cap.

Odaily: According to a Fox Business crypto reporter on X, after the Clarity Act stalled, Fairshake is preparing to spend $30 million to oppose Sherrod Brown's campaign to return to the Senate. If Sherrod Brown is elected, he could regain his seniority and serve, or once again serve, as Chairman or Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee. The news was first reported by The New York Times and confirmed by a Fairshake spokesperson.

Odaily News: On September 21, the trading volume of multiple Hong Kong Stock Connect ETFs (southbound) included in the mutual market access mechanism increased significantly compared to previous levels. Wind data shows that CSOP Hang Seng TECH Index ETF (3441) recorded a trading volume of HK$339 million today, while its single-day trading volume had consistently remained below HK$100 million over the past three months; Ping An of China CSI HK Tech ETF (3406) and Ping An of China CSI HK Dividend ETF (3477) both exceeded HK$100 million in trading volume today, setting new all-time highs with significantly amplified volume.

A person from an institution stated that some insurance institutions have recently received relevant detailed rules notices and may have begun purchasing Hong Kong Stock Connect ETFs included in the mutual market access mechanism, with other insurance institutions potentially following suit. Industry insiders believe that with the entry of insurance capital, the investor structure of southbound ETFs is expected to further diversify, bringing more long-term capital to the market, enhancing market activity, and further strengthening Hong Kong's important role as a hub for cross-border asset allocation. (China Securities Journal)

Odaily reports that Coinbase stated on X that eligible Coinbase users can now apply to subscribe for Oura's initial public offering allocation at the issue price before public trading begins.

Odaily reports that Solana treasury company DeFi Development Corp. announced it added 101,381 SOL and SOL equivalents between September 14 and 18, 2026. As of September 18, the company's total holdings of SOL and SOL equivalents reached 2.49 million.

Odaily Report: Circle has launched its Digital Asset-Backed Borrowing service, allowing institutional clients to mint their Bitcoin into 1:1-pegged cirBTC, which is custodied by Circle National Trust and used as collateral to borrow USDC through third-party lending protocols without having to sell their Bitcoin holdings. The first integrated protocol is Morpho, with support for Aave and others to follow. The service has been deployed on Arc and the Ethereum network and is currently available only to institutional clients.

Odaily reports that Yilihua posted on X platform, stating that he had previously said multiple times that July to August was the last window for bottom-fishing, believing that the third wave of decline since 1011 was the final drop. However, the specific low point cannot be determined due to factors such as black swan events, citing the FTX incident that caused Bitcoin to overshoot to the downside as an example. Cycle timing and volatility patterns will not fail; once the time comes, one can buy the dip and should not expect to catch the absolute bottom. Yilihua also stated that he recently conducted research on a number of AI tech companies in Shanghai and Hangzhou, and believes that the current AI startup explosion is more than ten times faster than traditional industries, similar to the crypto industry a decade ago.

Odaily reports that cross-chain liquidity protocol Symbiosis has announced that its token SIS is now live on Robinhood Chain, the Layer 2 network launched by Robinhood.

According to Odaily, BitcoinTreasuries.NET posted on X that Strategy used USD cash to repurchase $174 million worth of STRC, bringing its cumulative repurchase investment to over $1.12 billion. STRC has since risen by more than 11.9%, and Strategy's balance sheet can still cover more than 3.8 years of dividend payments.