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Indonesia’s net liability International Investment Position, or IIP, declined to US$197.4 billion at the end of the second quarter of 2026, from US$223 billion in the previous quarter.The reduction amounted to US$25.6 billion, or approximately 11.5% in one quarter.The change improves Indonesia’s external balance sheet. Residents’ foreign financial assets increased, while the value of foreign claims on Indonesia declined.That may support rupiah resilience, but it does not guarantee appreciation.

ARGUS began attracting attention as Arc Mainnet opened on September 16, 2026. The token is associated with Argus, a launchpad that allows users to create, discover, and trade new assets on Arc Chain.The relationship requires careful wording. Argus is a third-party application built on Arc. It is not an official Circle or Arc Network product. ARGUS is also separate from ARC, the proposed native coordination asset for the Arc network.The ARGUS covered in this article uses the Arc contract address

Bank Indonesia raised the maximum Macroprudential Liquidity Incentive, known as KLM, to 6% of bank third-party funds from September 1, 2026. The policy gives eligible banks more room to use their liquidity.The 6% figure can easily be misunderstood. KLM is not a six-percentage-point reduction in lending rates, not a 6% cash transfer to every bank, and not a guarantee that all borrowers will immediately receive cheaper loans.KLM works by reducing the amount that an eligible bank must maintain at B

Indonesia’s House of Representatives, or DPR, approved the Agrarian Reform Regulation Bill as a DPR initiative during a plenary meeting on September 8, 2026. The draft prepared by the DPR’s Legislation Body contains 70 articles across 16 chapters.Its proposed scope includes land restitution and redistribution, agrarian-conflict resolution, legal recognition for eligible communities, and the establishment of a National Agrarian Reform Agency, or BRAN.The process has since moved forward. On Septem

Overview Global macro allocators and institutional asset managers are directing their focus toward physical economic indicators as the Federal Reserve maintains its monetary policy trajectory. The upcoming release of US industrial production data serves as an essential barometer for measuring whether prolonged interest rate tightening is depressing real economy activity. Investors are scrutinizing industrial throughput to gauge the extent to which elevated commercial borrowing rates, inventory r

Overview Global financial markets are converging toward one of the most volatile derivatives settlement events of the year as the third Friday of September 2026 brings Triple Witching. On this single trading day, contracts across stock options, stock index futures, and stock index options simultaneously expire. Unlike standard monthly expirations, the September 2026 quarterly cycle intersects with an intricate web of macro variables, including a major valuation reassessment among mega-cap techno

Overview A decisive structural divergence is reshaping the artificial intelligence infrastructure landscape as public and private capital markets transition from uncritical hardware accumulation to rigorous balance sheet scrutiny. Shares of Nebius, trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker NBIS, have demonstrated marked relative strength and sustained buying momentum, contrasting sharply with the valuation compression and secondary market caution surrounding rival neocloud pioneer CoreWeave. This p

Overview The competitive landscape of blockchain infrastructure has entered an era of consolidation, signaling the gradual decline of proprietary layer-one networks developed by centralized cryptocurrency exchanges. CoinEx has formally initiated the sunset process for its Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible network, CoinEx Smart Chain. As core validator nodes, public Remote Procedure Call endpoints, and bridge services prepare for permanent deactivation, market participants holding CET or native

Overview Centralized exchange insolvency and counterparty solvency risks represent perpetual focal points for global digital asset market participants. Exchange platform tokens, structurally tied to operational revenue, trading fee reductions, and contractual repurchase mechanisms, face existential valuation shocks whenever an issuing exchange encounters terminal operational headwinds. While CoinEx operates normally in contemporary spot and derivatives markets, legacy vulnerabilities stemming fr

Overview As the broader artificial intelligence infrastructure investment thesis transitions from initial hype to rigorous return on invested capital scrutiny, the market valuation of specialized computing provider CoreWeave is confronting severe repricing. Following disclosures of a massive financing arrangement featuring up to 3 billion dollars in convertible senior debt alongside a secondary equity sale by existing shareholders and early backers, asset values tied to CRWV experienced sharp do