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Nikkei gains 1.2% as chip stocks and dividend buying lift Tokyo, SoftBank slips on Oracle Goldman stays bullish on AI as cloud giants' spending heads towards $1.2 trillion Katayama says Trump raised weak yen concerns with Takaichi, USD/JPY eases below 158.50 Recession signal flashes on Oxford Economics' US indicator, but spending shows no sign of cracking Tether confirms funds stuck at troubled offshore bank EQIBank, says exposure is tiny Bitget hack: attackers faked transfers, not keys, as CEO points to North Korea Goldman cuts USD/JPY forecasts, sees 150 in a year as BOJ tightening boosts yen case Tokenised deposits, stablecoins and CBDCs: three kinds of digital money explained Bitget loses $351.6 million to hackers, so why is BGB barely flinching? Follow up. Daiwa sees next BOJ rate hike in December as Ueda signals shift in policy phase US 30-year Treasury yield nears 5.5%, highest since 2004, as global bond rout deepens Morgan Stanley says it's time to look beyond chips as AI benefits spread to Airbnb, Home Depot and more Trump, Johnson to meet tech CEOs on AI September 29 as pressure to regulate builds Hackers drain $351.6 million from Bitget in possibly 2026's biggest crypto heist China shuts for Mid-Autumn Festival holiday today, a preview of the week-long National Day gap to come UBS says Fed hike fears overdone as 10-year Treasury yield breaks above 5.1% Iran's Pezeshkian seeks US ceasefire deal before midterms, signals nuclear openness ICYMI: France to send troops and air defences to Saudi Arabia's Yanbu as Houthi attacks mount investingLive Americas FX news wrap 24 Sept: USD and Treasury yields climb as Iran headlines lift stocks off their lows Trump and Xi buy two more months of trade truce, leaving tariffs and rare earths in limbo Oil jumps to one-week high as Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia outweigh Hormuz deal hopes Sticky core inflation pushes RBA towards its highest cash rate since 2011 Summary: Iran offered to reopen Hormuz and start nuclear talks w