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Overview The global digital asset trading landscape is entering an aggressive phase of institutional consolidation and structural attrition, highlighted by the announcement that CoinEx is shutting down operations after nine years of continuous service. Established during the retail trading boom of late 2017, the platform maintained a distinct footprint by catering to long-tail altcoin trading and integrating closely with mining pool infrastructure. However, a protracted macro market downturn, st

President Prabowo Subianto appointed Suahasil Nazara as Indonesia’s finance minister on Monday, September 14, 2026. Suahasil replaces Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, who led the Ministry of Finance for approximately one year.The available reporting confirms that Suahasil previously served as deputy finance minister. At the time this article was prepared, however, the government had not provided a detailed public explanation for Purbaya’s removal.For investors, speculation about the politics behind the cab

Overview Wall Street is fundamentally recalibrating its valuation framework for Tesla, as the electric vehicle pioneer confronts margin contraction across its legacy automotive manufacturing lines. Capital market participants no longer evaluate the trillion-dollar entity primarily through the lens of quarterly deliveries or factory capacity additions, shifting their focus toward the commercial viability of autonomous mobility networks and the purpose-built Cybercab. The commencement of Cybercab

Overview Global financial markets are subjecting the artificial intelligence narrative to its most stringent fundamental interrogation to date, with the share decline in semiconductor bellwether Nvidia serving as the primary catalyst for an industry wide valuation reset. As institutional allocators scrutinize the return on investment generated by massive hyperscaler capital expenditures, skepticism is mounting over whether tens of billions of dollars in hardware outlays can yield commensurate fr

Overview Global financial markets, institutional currency desks, and digital asset liquidity providers are intensely focused on Washington as the Federal Open Market Committee convenes for its pivotal policy meeting on September 15 and 16. Structural divergences in recent inflation prints have triggered speculation across certain trading desks regarding whether the central bank might stage a surprise rate hike to curtail lingering price pressures across energy and service components. However, em

Overview Institutional capital allocation across digital asset markets increasingly hinges on legislative developments on Capitol Hill, where the United States Senate faces mounting pressure to consider comprehensive crypto market structure legislation. Following previous legislative traction in the House of Representatives, the debate over the CLARITY Act and parallel market structure initiatives has exposed procedural and ideological rifts within the upper chamber. Market participants, weary o

New technical reporting rules for digital financial assets, including crypto, took effect in Indonesia on September 1, 2026. The provisions are set out in OJK Board of Commissioners Member Regulation No. 3 of 2026, commonly referred to as PADK OJK 3/2026.The regulation primarily applies to digital financial asset trading providers. It does not require every crypto holder to submit a monthly personal portfolio report directly to OJK. Users are more likely to feel its effects through changes in ho

Indonesia now has two licensed digital financial asset exchanges after the Financial Services Authority, or OJK, granted an operating licence to PT Fortuna Integritas Mandiri, known as ICEX, on January 5, 2026. ICEX joins CFX in Indonesia’s regulated crypto trading structure.This does not mean Indonesian users have only two applications through which they can buy and sell crypto. Under the country’s regulatory framework, an exchange and a digital financial asset trader perform different function

Key Takeaways Ninety five of the 100 CoinDesk 100 constituents fell over 24 hours in CoinDesk's Sept. 10 market snapshot, showing that the decline extended across almost the entire crypto market. The speculative end suffered the most, with the CoinDesk Memecoin Index dropping about 10% and the small cap CoinDesk 80 losing 5.1%, compared with a 2.3% decline for the bitcoin heavy CoinDesk 5. Dogecoin led losses among major cryptocurrencies with a decline of more than 5%, while SHIB, PEPE and BONK

Key Takeaways Bitwise Investment Advisers officially submitted liquidation filings on September 10, 2026, setting October 14 as the final trading session for its NYSE-listed Dogecoin ETF before a complete cash distribution on October 22. The fund suffered chronic capital stagnation over its ten-month lifespan, with assets under management collapsing below $700,000 against fixed legal, custodial, and listing overhead. Dogecoin spot prices dropped 5.4% following the liquidation notice, reducing ma