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On September 12th, CICC Research pointed out that the US August CPI rose 0.4% month-on-month (0.1% in the previous month) and 3.4% year-on-year (3.4% in the previous month); core CPI rose 0.3% month-on-month (0.2% in the previous month) and 2.4% year-on-year (2.5% in the previous month), slightly higher than market expectations. The month-on-month rebound in inflation was mainly due to rising energy prices, telecommunications price increases, and continued inflationary pressure from AI. CICC believes that this CPI report has reached the threshold for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates, and therefore expects the Fed to raise interest rates by 25 basis points at its meeting on September 16th. In addition, the Fed may lower the unemployment rate and raise its inflation forecast, and the dot plot may raise the interest rate path for 2027 and 2028, signaling a longer period of tightening. A more hawkish risk scenario is that there will be another rate hike this year or next year. If this occurs, the market may repric a longer-term rate hike cycle.September 12th - On September 12th, the Beijing-Xiongan Express Line, constructed and managed by Xiongan Group Rail Transit Company, officially commenced full-line trial operation. As a landmark project of the Beijing-Xiongan one-hour metropolitan area, this full-line trial operation marks a crucial step towards the integrated operation of the Beijing-Xiongan Express Line and the Beijing Subway Daxing Airport Line, accelerating the transformation of the "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei on Rails" from blueprint to reality.September 12th - According to Shenzhen Customs, in the first eight months of this year, Shenzhens import and export value with other BRICS member countries reached 246.89 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.5%. Among them, the export value reached 207.77 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.5%; and the import value reached 39.12 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 38.9%.September 12th - According to the Financial Times, European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council member Kocher warned that if oil prices continue to hover around $100 per barrel by the end of the year, the central bank will have to raise interest rates further. Following the ECBs second increase in borrowing costs on Thursday, Austrian central bank president Kocher stated that "inflation risks are higher than a few months ago" due to continued tensions in the Middle East and persistently high energy prices. Since the collapse of the US-Iran ceasefire agreement in early July, oil prices have risen by more than 45%, breaking through $100 per barrel. Since June, European natural gas prices have almost doubled, approaching €80 per megawatt-hour. Kocher stated, "If oil and gas prices develop in an unfavorable scenario, then... monetary policy must take these changes into account." He added that inflation risks will further intensify.According to the Financial Times, the US has restricted the timeframe for air defense operations to allow oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

Elon Musk $258 billion Dogecoin lawsuit expands

Jimmy Khan

Sep 09, 2022 15:17

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Elon Musk is accused of orchestrating a pyramid scheme to promote the cryptocurrency Dogecoin in the $258 billion racketeering complaint, which has grown to include six other defendants as well as his tunnel building company, Boring Co., and seven additional investor plaintiffs.


The price of Dogecoin was purposefully driven up by more than 36,000% over the course of two years, according to an amended complaint that was filed on Tuesday evening in Manhattan federal court by Musk, his electric car company Tesla Inc., his space tourism company SpaceX, Boring, and other parties. Then, the price was allowed to crash.


Despite knowing all along that the currency had no inherent worth and that its value "depended purely on marketing," the defendants "profited tens of billions of dollars" as a result at the cost of other Dogecoin investors, the lawsuit said.


Requests for comment on Wednesday were not immediately answered by Tesla, SpaceX, or Boring. In 2020, Tesla closed its public relations division.

In June, the first lawsuit was submitted

According to the revised lawsuit, shortly after that, the wealthiest man in the world, Elon Musk, tweeted that he would "keep supporting Dogecoin" and claimed in an interview that "those who work near the plant at SpaceX or Tesla" requested him for such support.


The Dogecoin Foundation, which describes itself as a nonprofit organization that oversees and supports Dogecoin, is one of the additional new defendants. It could not be contacted right away for comment.


The anticipated $258 billion in losses is treble the market value fall of Dogecoin from May 2021.

Around that time, Musk dubbed Dogecoin "a scam" while portraying a fake financial expert on an episode of "Saturday Night Live" on NBC.


On Wednesday, Dogecoin was trading at roughly 6 cents, down from about 74 cents in May 2021.

Johnson v. Musk et al., U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 22-05037, is the matter at hand.