Base and Solana account for 97% of the AI agent-to-agent trading share

LSK jumped 700% this week on a real catalyst — Lisk shutting down its original chain and proposing to burn 25% of supply — but a $35 million short squeeze did most of the heavy lifting.

Ahead of the September 14 open, global markets are focused on this week’s FOMC. After hotter-than-expected August inflation, odds of a September 16 hike rose above about 85%. Bitcoin broke below $77,000 to about $76,700–$76,800, with Ethereum near $2,500. In Friday’s session, communication services and industrials outperformed, while Apple closed up about 1.75%. CrowdStrike (CRWD) drew attention after unveiling AI-agent protection products at Fal.Con, and investors are also waiting for this week’s key CLARITY Act procedural vote and the rate decision.

On October 15, September PPI rose 6.3% year on year, the highest in more than four years, briefly lifting hike expectations and triggering a short drop in equities and crypto. After the market digested the print, risk assets rebounded from the sell-off and the three major indexes closed higher. Bitcoin briefly broke below $80,000 and recovered to the $82,000–$83,000 range. CoreWeave fell sharply on bond pressure and then closed higher, while crypto-finance stocks and some L2 tokens strengthened. October 16 focus turns to industrial production and import-export prices.