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Sep 28
EIA reports a weekly fall in U.S. crude and gasoline supplies

Updates to correct direction of change in weekly crude supplies. The Energy Information Administration on Wednesday reported that U.S. crude inventories edged down by 200,000 barrels for the week ended Sept. 23. On average, analysts forecasted a climb of 400,000 barrels, according to a poll conducted by S&P Global Commodity Insights. The EIA also reported […]

Sep 28
MEV bot earns $1M but loses everything to a hacker an hour later

An MEV bot gained massive profits worth $1 million by seizing an arbitrage opportunity. However, it was tricked into authorizing a malicious transaction that drained the funds. 2973 Total views 364 Total shares An Ethereum arbitrage trading bot managed to hit the jackpot and lose it all on the same day in an ironic turn […]

Sep 28
Billtrust to be acquired at a 65% premium by EQT in a deal valued at $1.7 billion

BTRS Holdings Inc. BTRS, +60.23% announced Wednesday an agreement to be acquired in a deal valued at $1.7 billion by private-equity fund EQT X fund, which is part of EQT. BTRS’s stock was halted for news until 9: 50 a.m. Eastern. Under terms of the deal, shareholders of the accounts receivable automation and payments company, […]

Sep 28
Biden tells oil companies: Don’t use hurricane as ‘excuse’ to raise gasoline prices

President Joe Biden on Wednesday said oil companies should not use Hurricane Ian as “an excuse to raise gasoline RB00, +2.26% prices,” as the storm was expected to make landfall north of Fort Myers, Fla., on Wednesday morning or early afternoon. “Do not — let me repeat, do not — do not use this an […]

Sep 28
EIA reports a weekly rise in U.S. crude supplies, but gasoline inventories fall

The Energy Information Administration on Wednesday reported that U.S. crude inventories edged up by 200,000 barrels for the week ended Sept. 23. That was less than the average forecasted climb of 400,000 barrels, according to a poll conducted by S&P Global Commodity Insights. The EIA also reported weekly inventory declines of 2.4 million barrels for […]

Sep 28
Biden adviser says he doesn’t expect Plaza Accord-style deal: report

Top White House economic adviser Brian Deese said Tuesday night that he doesn’t expect a deal like the Plaza Accord, which was a 1985 agreement among finance ministers to jointly guide the dollar DXY, -0.36% lower. “I don’t anticipate that that’s where we’re headed,” Deese said at an Economic Club of Washington, D.C., event, according […]