TREE NEWS update: NYSE Arca filed a rule change with the US SEC to list binary KPI options, all-or-nothing cash-settled contracts tied to companies’ key financial-report metrics. The first batch covers 23 companies, including Coinbase’s transaction revenue, trading volume and subscription revenue, plus Marathon Digital Holdings’ bitcoin production, holdings and hashrate. The mechanism resembles prediction markets.
TREE NEWS update: XRP treasury company Evernorth has closed a $30 million convertible note financing, with NH Investment & Securities among the participants. Proceeds will be used to buy spot XRP ahead of the company’s Nasdaq listing, and the financing is contingent on Evernorth completing its merger with a SPAC. Following the merger, the company plans to list on Nasdaq under the ticker “XRPN”.
TREE NEWS update: Zhipu has completed a placement of new H shares under a general mandate, alongside the issuance of RMB 20.14 billion in US-dollar-settled zero-coupon convertible bonds due 2027, also under a general mandate. The company disclosed both transactions as completed but gave no pricing, investor or use-of-proceeds details.
TREE NEWS update: Shanghai Xinhua Media announced it plans to acquire 100% of Shanghai Jiemian Cailianshe Technology Co. through a share issuance, a deal expected to constitute a major asset restructuring and a related-party transaction. The company’s shares will resume trading on September 21, 2026.
TREE NEWS update: Foxconn Industrial Internet said it has completed a share repurchase program of 1 billion yuan, buying back 15.8334 million shares, or 0.08% of total share capital, at an average price of 63.16 yuan per share. The buyback was funded with the company’s own capital, with the shares intended for sale to support company value and shareholder interests; any unsold shares will be cancelled.
TREE NEWS update: Huaxi Nonferrous announced its shares will resume trading on September 21, 2026, after parties signed a cooperation framework agreement on September 18 under which China Minmetals would acquire a 51% stake in Guangxi Key Metals Group and take actual control of the group. The previously disclosed major cooperation had raised the possibility of a change in control of the listed company.
TREE NEWS reports: Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index closed 0.6% higher, while the Hang Seng Tech Index gained 2.2%. Among tech names, Lightelligence rose about 23%, MINIMAX about 19%, Biren Technology about 12%, SenseTime about 6% and Zhipu about 5%.
TREE NEWS update: BYD Auto Industry Co. and BYD Auto Co. filed recall plans with China’s State Administration for Market Regulation, covering 142,895 Tang-series vehicles. The recall covers 58,026 Tang vehicles built from March 28, 2015 to December 21, 2018; 77,846 second-generation Tang DM vehicles built from May 19, 2018 to January 14, 2022; and 7,023 second-generation Tang EV vehicles built from December 27, 2018 to October 25, 2021.
TREE NEWS reports: Combined turnover across the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets reached 20,771.00 billion yuan on September 18. The Shanghai market accounted for 994.169 billion yuan, while the Shenzhen market contributed 1,082.931 billion yuan. The ChiNext board recorded turnover of 525.401 billion yuan.
TREE NEWS reports: European equities opened lower on the day, with the Euro Stoxx 50 down 0.2% at the open. Germany’s DAX fell 0.4%, while the UK’s FTSE 100 slipped 0.2% and France’s CAC 40 dropped 0.4%.
TREE NEWS reports: China’s ChiNext Index closed up 2.25% and the Shenzhen Component Index rose 1.72%, while the Shanghai Composite added 0.94%, with combined turnover across the Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing markets reaching 2.09 trillion yuan. Newly listed stocks surged, with C Shenyang Piston rising nearly 300% intraday and C Sinnovi gaining more than 90%. Semiconductor and consumer shares led gains, and over 4,200 stocks advanced.
TREE NEWS update: Binance Futures will list USDⓈ-margined perpetual contracts on seven US-listed equities, including AMCUSDT (AMC Entertainment), HUTUSDT (Hut 8), PATHUSDT (UiPath), CYPHUSDT (Cypherpunk Technologies), ANETUSDT (Arista Networks), APLDUSDT (Applied Digital) and AGPUUSDT (Axe Compute). All contracts are USDT-denominated and offer up to 20x leverage, the exchange said on September 18.
TREE NEWS reports: Shenyang Blower Works (C Shengu) spiked as much as 297% in afternoon trading on September 18, hitting an intraday high of 82.59 yuan per share with turnover above 80% and value near 4 billion yuan, triggering two trading halts. Market analysts attributed the surge to an extremely low issue price, a tiny free float, a scarce thematic angle and a shift in market fund style.
TREE NEWS reports: South Korea’s KOSPI closed up 180.14 points, or 2.68%, at 6,895.55 on Friday, with SK Hynix rising 6.41% and Samsung Electronics gaining 3.36%. Japan’s Nikkei 225 closed up 882.70 points, or 1.38%, at 65,018.95, with SoftBank up more than 1%.
TREE NEWS reports: Japan’s Nikkei 225 closed 1.4% higher at 65,018.95, while the broader Topix slipped 0.1% to 4,091.14. South Korea’s Kospi Composite ended up 2.7% at 6,894.23, outpacing the Japanese benchmarks in the session.
TREE NEWS reports: China’s A-share real estate sector rose on Thursday, with China Vanke’s A-shares hitting the 10% daily limit up. China Wuyi, China Merchants Shekou, Binjiang Group, Huafa Industrial and Poly Developments & Holdings advanced in sympathy. No specific catalyst was cited in the market data.
TREE NEWS reports: Shenyang Blower Works Group surged more than 100% intraday, pushing its total market capitalization above 120 billion yuan, with daily turnover exceeding 3.4 billion yuan. The stock’s sharp move came during the trading session.
TREE NEWS update: SoftBank has increased a margin loan backed by its ARM holdings to $25 billion, as the Japanese group deepens its bet on artificial intelligence. The loan is secured against its stake in the chip designer ARM. No further terms, lenders or timing were disclosed.
TREE NEWS reports: Solidigm, the NAND flash subsidiary of South Korea’s SK Hynix, is considering building its first NAND flash memory factory in the United States, Yonhap reported. No site, investment figure or timeline was disclosed. Solidigm was formed after SK Hynix acquired Intel’s NAND and SSD business.
TREE NEWS reports: C Xinnowei jumped more than 27% on [date], triggering a temporary trading halt. The sharp move in the stock prompted an automatic circuit breaker that paused trading. No further details were immediately available.