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Issue #25: ETF flood, OpenAI agent breach, frontier model drops, and a still-Fear equity tape CURRENT

September 24, 2026

Crypto F&G flips to 71 Greed; BTC ETFs ~+$2.65B (Sep 17–23). OpenAI agent AU Medicare portal breach; Opus 5.5 / Grok 4.7 / GPT-6 Sol & Luna. Clarity failed 50–49 (11 short); SEC Innovation Exemption. Equity F&G ~35 Fear; BTC mid-$80ks.

Issue #24: Hawkish Fed, stalled Clarity, and a split tape

September 17, 2026

Fed hike to 3.75%–4.00%; Clarity cloture fails 49–50. Equity F&G ~27–30 Fear; crypto F&G 50 Neutral. BTC ~$76k after –$450.4M / –$295.9M BTC ETF outflows Sep 15–16. Brent ~$103–$105.