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U.Today - Ripple's David Schwartz has hinted at a major breakthrough in XRP Ledger-based decentralized finance. Ripple's David Schwartz has hinted at a major breakthrough in XRP Ledger-based decentralized finance.
CoinTelegraph - Finance officials are reportedly set to meet major crypto exchanges on Tuesday, days after a lawmaker introduced legislation that could push the tax’s start date back two years.
Bitcoin.com - Search teams have located the wreckage of Pan American World Airways Flight 526A, the Douglas DC-4 Clipper Endeavor, nearly 2,000 feet underwater about five miles off Puerto Rico’s northern coast. The Air/Sea Heritage Foundation, working with Deep Sea Vision, found the aircraft on June 2, 2026 using high-resolution sonar, 74 years after the 1952 ditching […]
Binance News - Rockstar Games nearly doubled staff to 4,711 across 12 studios for GTA 6, overhauling production culture to curb overtime; parent Take-Two Interactive closed Friday at $205.28, down 21.86% over 12 months. Analysts expect about 40 million sales and $3 billion in revenue within four months of launch, according to BeInCrypto. GTA 6 took more than eight years and two delays, with launch set for Nov. 19; Take-Two reiterated fiscal 2027 net bookings guidance of $8 billion to $8.2 billion in August. StoneX analyst Mike Hickey maintained a Buy rating and $300 price target on Take-Two.
Binance News - A Zhengzhou phone dealer who reserved 50 iPhone Duo units now faces a potential 25,000-yuan loss as resale offers fall. According to ChainCatcher, the dealer, Xu Shan, paid a 25,000-yuan deposit toward a total order worth 999,950 yuan and had expected to earn 2,000 yuan per phone, or 100,000 yuan overall, by reselling the first-batch inventory to other dealers. The intended buyer cut its offer twice overnight. On the morning of October 17, it offered a 3,500-yuan premium, below Xu’s acquisition cost, which was 4,000 yuan above the phone’s original price. At the latest offer, selling all 50 units would leave Xu with a 25,000-yuan loss. He has paused delivery, declined ...
Binance News - South Korea’s main pension fund took a 182 trillion won ($137 billion) hit after declines in equity stakes including Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc., according to Bloomberg.
Binance News - Global markets rallied Monday as stronger Chinese data and lower oil prices lifted risk appetite. Bitcoin traded near $82,500, up 0.7% since midnight UTC, while Nasdaq futures rose more than 1% and South Korea’s Kospi gained 0.6%, according to CoinDesk. China’s GDP grew 4.5% year on year in the third quarter, accelerating from 4.3% in the second quarter; retail sales rose 1.1%, beating the 0.5% expected. Oil fell amid expectations that President Donald Trump’s Russia waiver would boost supply, Reuters reported. A sustained oil decline could ease inflation concerns and support Fed rate cuts; the central bank was expected to hold rates at 4.75% to 5% this month after raising them by 25 basis points last month.
Binance News - Indonesian officials plan to meet MSCI Inc. executives on Monday after saying they were blindsided by the index provider’s threat to reclassify Indonesia as a standalone market, a more severe step than they thought had been under discussion during months of talks, according to Bloomberg.
Binance News - Tencent is internally testing Dongle Ya, an AI interactive content product for children and teenagers. According to ChainCatcher, citing Du Jia, the product is available in a limited trial for parents and teachers through a web version and a WeChat mini program. It uses interactive “Wonderful Cards” that let parents, teachers and knowledge creators turn ideas into draggable, simulated and interactive works. A built-in content community offers materials in areas including everyday knowledge, art, humanities and natural sciences, in formats such as 3D models, games, picture books and animated courseware. ...
Binance News - Vietnam aims to introduce stock index options in the first quarter of next year after an FTSE upgrade to its equity market, according to Bloomberg. The country is seeking to deepen its capital markets and attract more overseas investors.
Binance News - According to Jin10, Thailand’s Board of Investment said Monday it had approved Toyota Motor’s investment of 1.49 billion baht (about $44.49 million) to produce hydrogen-powered pickup trucks.
Binance News - Signs are emerging that China’s benchmark stock index’s record 10-week losing streak has prompted state-backed funds to increase their market presence, according to Bloomberg.
TheCurrencyAnalytics - Babylon Labs submitted a proposal to Aave's governance forum on October 14, outlining a mechanism to use native Bitcoin as collateral without wrapped assets or central custody. Read the original on Babylon Labs Proposes Native Bitcoin Collateral for Aave V4. For more crypto news and analysis, visit TheCurrencyAnalytics.com.
Binance News - According to Jin10, citing Turkey’s Anadolu Agency, the U.S. Embassy in the United Arab Emirates issued a security alert urging U.S. citizens in the Middle East to remain highly vigilant amid a complex security environment. The embassy warned of possible flight cancellations, airspace closures and travel disruptions, and said Iranian-backed Houthi forces in Yemen had attacked Saudi Arabia, including civilian airports and other critical infrastructure, causing civilian casualties and major transportation disruptions. The statement said hostilities could escalate rapidly and spread beyond the region. The embassy urged U.S. citizens traveling to or from the Middle East to monitor airport and airline operations closely and prepare contingency plans.
Binance News - Apple may release new products on four consecutive Fridays: October 23, October 30, November 6 and November 13. According to ChainCatcher, MacRumors cited Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman as reporting that an OLED MacBook Pro, an M6-equipped 14-inch MacBook Pro and iMac, and an OLED iPad mini 8 are expected to go on sale November 6, with the devices potentially announced on October 27 or 28. The reported lineup also includes the iPhone Duo on October 23, HomePod mini 2 on October 30, and the HomeView smart home hub and fourth-generation Apple TV 4K on November 13.
Binance News - According to Jin10, gold remains range-bound between elevated inflation and expectations of a rate hike in December, leaving its direction unclear until it breaks out; housing and employment data are key near-term indicators for policy expectations, while central-bank and institutional buying provide underlying support over the medium to long term.
Binance News - According to Jin10, a poll conducted by The Washington Post, ABC News and Ipsos found that U.S. President Donald Trump's approval rating had fallen to a new low of 33%, while 66% disapproved of his performance and 52% strongly disapproved. His approval rating was 8 percentage points lower than at the same time last year and below any point in his first term. For the first time in more than a decade, voters trusted Democrats more than Republicans to manage the economy. The poll also found that voters had lost confidence in the president, were deeply concerned about his decision to launch a war against Iran and were feeling the war's economic effects, particularly rising gasoline prices. With two weeks until the midterm elections, Republicans faced a difficult political ...
TheCurrencyAnalytics - The Digital Sovereignty Alliance facilitated sessions at the Nacha Payments Innovation Alliance Fall Meeting, focusing on bridging stablecoins and tokenized deposits with traditional payment systems. Read the original on DSA joins Nacha to build tools for digital asset payments. For more crypto news and analysis, visit TheCurrencyAnalytics.com.
Bitcoin.com - Lagarde reiterated that Europe is adamant about advancing the digital euro as an efficient digital cash equivalent for retail payments. She stressed that adopting the regulation for the establishment of the digital euro by the end of 2026 was “key” to making this possible. Lagarde Reiterates Digital Euro Push At IMF Meetings The European Central […]
Binance News - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi strongly denied responsibility for the yen’s weakness and high interest rates, according to Bloomberg.
Binance News - Secured Finance said it completed recovery and reopened its lending markets on Ethereum, Arbitrum and Filecoin. According to NS3.AI, the company said users did not lose funds and assets have been replenished. The lending market was attacked on September 5, resulting in losses of approximately $104,000.
Binance News - According to Jin10, spot gold rose more than $10 in a short-term move to $4,183.3 per ounce, while spot silver gained nearly $0.30, up more than 1% intraday.
Binance News - Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) announced on X that the Japanese edition of "Freedom of Money" launches today, with more languages coming soon. CZ said all proceeds go to charity and the book is free of charge, thanking "Miss Bitcoin" Mai Fujimoto, Co-Founder of zERC20, for the translation.
Binance News - China's economy grew 4.5% year over year in the third quarter, accelerating from the prior quarter's 4.3% — a three-year low — and topping the 4.4% expected by economists in a Reuters poll, according to CNBC. Strong overseas demand for the country's tech products did most of the heavy lifting, cushioning a housing market that keeps deteriorating and domestic spending that remains feeble. The economy is still driven by manufacturing and foreign orders while consumers and private investors stay on the sidelines: growth averaged 4.6% across the first nine months, close to the bottom of Beijing's official target band of 4.5% to 5%. ...
Binance News - Australia’s labor market is softening faster than the Reserve Bank of Australia expected, Assistant Governor Christopher Kent said, according to Bloomberg. Policymakers face a tradeoff between slowing inflation and preserving employment gains.
Binance News - Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham said publishing content on paywalled websites is equivalent to making it invisible to AI. According to ChainCatcher, he said content AI cannot crawl effectively does not exist for all practical purposes.
Binance News - According to CNBC, shares of China's ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) fell 6.5% Monday, despite the company forecasting a return to profit for the first nine months of 2026. CXMT expects net profit attributable to shareholders of 131 billion yuan ($19.58 billion) to 132.5 billion yuan, reversing a net loss of 5.28 billion yuan a year earlier. It also forecast revenue of about 265 billion yuan to 270 billion yuan, up 232.9 billion yuan to 237.9 billion yuan from the same period a year earlier.
Binance News - Mark Karpelès, former CEO of Mt. Gox, questioned Ledger’s statements about hardware wallet security in a post on X. According to Odaily, Karpelès said Ledger customer support had claimed that its secure element chip could detect physical tampering and signal interception by added hardware, while Ledger’s official documentation says authenticity checks cannot identify unauthorized physical modifications, including malicious implants, if the chip remains intact. Ledger published photos of such implants in an Academy article in March 2026. Karpelès said this indicated Ledger had previously documented the threat and argued that its public security claims contradicted its technical documentation and could mislead consumers.
Binance News - According to Jin10, Cathie Wood said on the 16th that Korean semiconductor stocks had entered a suitable buying zone and that program trading, rather than deteriorating fundamentals, was a greater factor behind foreign investors’ withdrawals from Korean equities. She said program trading had surged mechanically as memory-chip shares retreated from their June peak and the won-dollar exchange rate hit a record high. Wood also said memory-chip prices had risen too quickly, sharply reducing retail sales of electronic devices, and that this factor was already reflected in stock prices. The KOSPI opened down more than 3% today before recovering to a slight decline at the time of the report.
Binance News - European Central Bank Governing Council member Olaf Sleijpen said the opportunity to limit global warming to the level envisaged by the Paris Agreement is almost gone, according to Bloomberg.
Binance News - According to Jin10, South Korean Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lee Hyeong-il said economic growth could exceed forecasts by international organizations, including the IMF, if there are no unexpected external shocks. He cited strong exports and facility investment. The IMF previously forecast growth of 3.3% this year, 0.7 percentage points above its July forecast, amid a global semiconductor “supercycle.” Lee said South Korean exports and facility investment remained strong in the third quarter and that, if this continued and no new external event had a major economic impact, growth could exceed the IMF’s 3.3% forecast and reach around 3.5%, the middle of the 3% range.
Binance News - Strive CEO Matt Cole said he expects Bitcoin to outperform gold over the long term as the market matures, according to Odaily. Scarcity has consistently outperformed debasement over the past 55-plus years, he said on X: gold has compounded faster than M2 in every period shown — 9.0% versus 6.7% since 1970, 9.5% versus 6.3% since the global financial crisis, and 18.3% versus 6.5% since COVID. Bitcoin is digital gold, a superior store of value whose emergence remains in its early stages and should outperform gold as it matures, he said, adding that Strive's thesis depends on long-term monetary debasement continuing — a trend he believes is unbreakable: as the debt crisis worsens, the outperformance of scarce assets versus the dollar in CAGR terms will perpetually ...
Binance News - According to Bloomberg, more than half of first-time homeowners who purchased a UK property last month are paying more each month on their mortgage than they previously spent on rent, estate agency Hamptons said.
Binance News - India’s equity-derivatives market may extend its nascent recovery after the regulator restored an earlier price-settlement mechanism, easing confusion that had weighed on trading activity, according to Bloomberg.
Binance News - CITIC Securities is optimistic about the continued rise of China’s domestic large language models. According to ChainCatcher, citing Jin10, the brokerage’s report says Harness could become a key link in DeepSeek’s shift from model supply to a platform ecosystem, turning its open-source and engineering strengths into users, ecosystem influence and commercialization capabilities. As competition among agents expands from model performance to reliable, user-friendly task delivery, DeepSeek is using plugins, preset scenarios and cross-agent collaboration to broaden its user base and task coverage. This could extend its infrastructure advantages beyond hardware and software coordination to complete task execution. The report says Harness’s ...
Binance News - According to the [announcement](https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/detail/2a76c51632a14a3ebfb1910e3fc3ae4d) from Binance, eligible holders of Dell Technologies (DELL) bStocks, known as DELLB, will receive the company’s cash dividend in the form of additional DELLB units or fractions. The net dividend will be reinvested after applicable withholding taxes, fees, costs, and other deductions. Users must hold DELLB at the record-date snapshot of 2026-10-20 00:00 (UTC) to qualify. On-chain DELLB holders will receive the dividend through a multiplier adjustment. General trading of DELLB/USDT will not be affected. Binance will suspend the 1:1 token conversion service between DELL stock and DELLB bStocks at 2026-10-19 23:30 ...
Binance News - Jitendra Singh, India's science and technology minister, said artificial intelligence is a major advantage for India's space missions. Speaking with Bloomberg's Shery Ahn, he said human-led intelligence will need to use AI optimally to drive nuclear and space programs, according to Bloomberg.
Bitcoin.com - Thirty-nine years after Wall Street’s worst single-day percentage collapse, the calendar is playing a familiar trick. Oct. 19 falls on a Monday again, just as oil tops $100, artificial intelligence stocks buckle, and inflation rattles investors. Social media is sounding the Black Monday alarm, but the parallels with 1987 come with important differences, including safeguards […]
Binance News - Nscale, an Nvidia-backed AI data center developer, had sought an IPO valuation of about $30 billion, but some investors have recently advocated a valuation of $16 billion to $19 billion to attract buyers. According to ChainCatcher, Bloomberg cited people familiar with the matter in reporting the discussions. Nscale is addressing comments from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on its IPO filing and plans to resolve them before beginning its roadshow; discussions are ongoing, and no final decision has been made. Microsoft previously withdrew from a data center partnership with Nscale in the UK after limited power supply delayed the project.
Binance News - Anthropic announced on October 18 that it would contribute 5% of its shares to a newly established public benefit fund, subject to shareholder approval. According to ChainCatcher, the fund’s ownership stake may grow as the company’s valuation rises: its board can choose to add another 2% whenever the valuation increases 50% above a set baseline. The fund will be established as a wholly owned LLC rather than as a 501(c)(3) or another type of entity, allowing it to adjust among different forms of giving. Its Anthropic shares will not be used for lobbying or political donations in the United States or abroad. The company said the fund could make large donations to ...
Binance News - Meta, Tesla, Netflix and SpaceX are due to release quarterly results on Tuesday and Wednesday after the U.S. market closes. According to NS3.AI, the reports will test expectations around Meta’s spending, SpaceX’s revenue target, Tesla’s margin recovery and Netflix’s performance. Nasdaq values Meta, Tesla and Netflix at about $3.6 trillion combined. Meta’s results will show whether its planned 2026 spending on equipment and data centers rises above the $130 billion to $145 billion range. SpaceX faces scrutiny over progress toward Elon Musk’s target of more than $100 billion in annual recurring revenue in December of this year. Tesla faces a test of margin ...
Binance News - According to the announcement from Binance, Binance Square will upgrade its Write to Earn program starting 2026-10-19 00:00 (UTC), adding weekly Engagement Bonuses for eligible text content alongside trading fee commissions. KYC-verified users will be eligible automatically after publishing their first post, with no registration or opt-in required. Rewards for 2026-10-12 00:00 – 2026-10-18 23:59 (UTC), released on 2026-10-21, will follow the previous rules; rewards from 2026-10-19 00:00 (UTC) onward will use the updated structure. **Reward structure:** Eligible creators can earn a 20% Basic Commission when readers trade through their content. Text posts, articles, and videos may also qualify for a share of a weekly Engagement Bonus pool, based on the quality and ...
Binance News - Gold opened the week higher as traders pared bets on a Federal Reserve interest-rate increase this month following remarks by Chair Kevin Warsh, according to Bloomberg.
Binance News - Bloomberg reported that the Wall Street Journal said Sunday that Russia’s Vladimir Putin proposed meeting next month with US President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.
Binance News - According to Jin10, IRNA reported on the 18th that Iranian President Pezeshkian said Iran would not yield to unreasonable demands or bullying by “aggressive” countries. Pezeshkian made the remarks at a meeting of the Iranian Parliament in Tehran. He said the Iranian people would continue on their path with unity, determination, and a spirit of resistance, even at the cost of their lives. He added that Iran’s government and armed forces are working to strengthen the country’s defense capabilities.
Binance News - The Cowboys option in Polymarket’s “Cowboys vs. Packers” “2H Spread -2.5” market rose to 65.5%. According to ChainCatcher, its probability was 50% one hour earlier, a 15.5% increase.
Binance News - According to Jin10, the S&P/ASX 200 opened 27.00 points higher, up 0.31%, at 8,833.70 on Monday, October 19.
Binance News - According to Jin10, Mehr News Agency reported that claims circulating on social media about explosions east of Tehran were false after verification. The news department of Tehran Province's Seyyed al-Shohada Corps said the rumors had no basis and that no explosions or security incidents had been reported in eastern Tehran to date.
Binance News - According to CNBC, India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said abundant liquidity and the ease of exiting investments have contributed to Indian equities' underperformance and may continue to weigh on the market. She said the economy's fundamentals remain sound, while continued capital outflows are one of India's biggest risks in 2027. India's benchmark indexes have fallen nearly 12% since January despite resilient economic growth. Foreign portfolio investors have sold more than $33 billion in direct Indian equities so far this year.
BeInCrypto - Tesla, Meta, SpaceX, and Netflix earnings land this week. See why forecasts, not profits, could move each stock. The post Top 4 Earnings Reports This Week: What Tesla, Meta, SpaceX, Netflix Must Show appeared first on BeInCrypto.
Binance News - SpaceX carried roughly 1,950 tonnes into orbit so far in 2026, about 80% of the global total; three Starship flights each carried 120 tonnes. The ooinsights tracker recorded 2,396 tonnes across 236 successful launches this year, 4.7% below the same point in 2025, according to BeInCrypto. The next seven providers combined lifted less than a quarter of SpaceX’s total. Elon Musk called SpaceX “an anomaly in the matrix” and said mass to space was among four areas that could scale to “K2 and beyond.” He has forecast a $100 trillion SpaceX valuation and said Optimus and Cybercab will make up most of Tesla’s value.
Binance News - EQT AB has agreed to buy Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd. through a unit in a deal valuing the Australian company at about A$9.3 billion ($6.5 billion), according to Bloomberg. The transaction makes Cleanaway the latest local company to enter private hands after a period of share underperformance.
BeInCrypto - SpaceX mass to orbit reached about 80% of the 2026 global total as Elon Musk called the company an anomaly and tied Tesla's value to robots. The post Elon Musk’s SpaceX Now Controls 80% of the Race to Orbit appeared first on BeInCrypto.
Binance News - Daiichi Life Group Inc. offered to buy the portion of Challenger Ltd. it doesn’t already own for $4.4 billion. The takeover bid values the Australian firm at about A$7.9 billion ($5.5 billion), according to Bloomberg.
Binance News - According to CNBC, Jim Cramer said he is taking the other side of Friday's selloff, arguing that hedge-fund position unwinds—not a broken AI data-center investment thesis—drove the decline. CoreWeave's debt yields rose above 15%, but Cramer said Nvidia's chips could retain their value for 10 years and argued that CoreWeave is not a repeat of Lucent. He also cited Morgan Stanley CEO Ted Pick's estimate that the data-center buildout could reach $10 trillion to $12 trillion.
Binance News - U.S. stock futures rose and oil edged lower as traders prepared for a busy week of corporate earnings and Chinese economic data amid heightened geopolitical risks, according to Bloomberg.
CryptoPotato - August accounted for more than half of the quarter's market-cap recovery, following a US Treasury announcement and continued BTC ETF inflows.
Binance News - Circle said USDC generated just 7 cents in net profit for every dollar of revenue in the first half of 2026. According to Odaily, Circle Chief Business Officer Kash Razzaghi wrote in a blog post published October 16 that the company recorded about $1.4 billion in revenue and reserve income during the period, with $819 million allocated to distribution partners and transaction costs—about 59 cents per dollar of revenue. Circle said the relatively low revenue-retention rate reflects a sustainable business model. It also said competitors’ higher revenue-sharing rates indicate they save costs on underlying infrastructure. ...
Binance News - Reserve Bank of Australia Assistant Governor Christopher Kent reaffirmed the central bank's view that an A$8.5 billion ($5.9 billion) accounting loss recorded for last fiscal year does not hurt its operations, according to Bloomberg.
Binance News - According to Jin10, the pro-Iran Iraqi Islamic Resistance group said six U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drones violated Iraqi airspace on Saturday, flying over Anbar, Baghdad, Karbala, and Salah al-Din provinces, according to the Iranian Students' News Agency.
Binance News - According to Jin10, IRNA reported that foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states issued a statement on Sunday urging Iran and the United States to return to dialogue and diplomacy to resolve the crisis between them. The statement was issued at the close of the 168th meeting of the GCC Ministerial Council, held in Manama, Bahrain, and chaired by Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attended.
Binance News - According to Jin10, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke by phone with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Sunday afternoon. They reviewed the latest developments in the region and discussed diplomatic efforts and initiatives aimed at easing tensions and maintaining regional stability.
Binance News - According to Jin10, Iran's Foreign Minister responded to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's threatening remarks, saying, “The last time you tried to ‘finish the job,’ Iran became even stronger than before. Do you want to try your luck again? Go ahead, but be careful—we also have unfinished business.” The minister also said Netanyahu was pushing the United States toward another war to avoid prison, disregarding the consequences for Israel, let alone the impact on the U.S. president. Iran's Mehr News Agency reported the remarks.
Binance News - According to Jin10, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy released a video saying a noncompliant tanker struck a mine in waters south of the Strait of Hormuz, causing an engine-room explosion and fire. The tanker had planned to leave the strait but had switched off all positioning and navigation systems from the time it departed, ignored the strait's passage regulations, and attempted to use an unauthorized route through its southern waters before the incident. The navy said ships navigating the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf that switch off their navigation and identification systems will face severe and resolute action.
Binance News - According to Jin10, after Anthropic pledged to donate 5% of its shares to a new public-benefit fund, Elon Musk suggested distributing shares directly to the public.
Bitcoin.com - Thai Immigration Police arrested Wu Chaoshuai, a Chinese national who had entered the country on a tourist visa back in 2019, and had taken action to evade arrest. Chaoshuai allegedly led a cryptocurrency laundering ring that moved over $74 million for a transnational criminal organization. Chinese Crypto Money Laundering Kingpin Arrested in Thailand Thai authorities […]
U.Today - Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès has stepped in to address Ledger's security woes, developing an affordable device capable of detecting hidden spy implants in hardware wallets without opening them. Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès has stepped in to address Ledger's security woes, developing an affordable device capable of detecting hidden spy implants in hardware wallets without opening them.
Binance News - Anthropic pledged 5% of its shares, worth about $48 billion at its May valuation, to a new public benefit fund ahead of its expected November listing, subject to stockholder approval. The estimate uses a $965 billion valuation reached when it raised $65 billion in May, according to BeInCrypto; at a discussed $1.5 trillion IPO valuation, the stake would be about $75 billion, compared with $7.2 billion at New Constructs’ $144 billion estimate. The board may add up to 2% for each 50% rise above an undisclosed baseline. Buyers lack details on the share source and payout plan, and newly issued shares could dilute existing holders.
Binance News - Ukraine is discussing the possibility of opening Black Sea civilian navigation, particularly for agricultural exports, with Turkey, India and Egypt, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, according to Bloomberg.
Binance News - The New Zealand dollar has fallen for five straight quarters and could be on course to test a pandemic-era low if analysts are right, according to Bloomberg.
Binance News - According to Jin10, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov will visit Iran on October 19 and meet Iranian President Pezeshkian during the visit.
Binance News - Anthropic PBC plans to put 5% of its shares into a new fund to make donations addressing the public good, including mitigating AI’s impact on the job market, according to Bloomberg.
Bitcoin.com - A Missouri Lottery player in Arnold matched all five numbers in the Aug. 10, 2026 Show Me Cash drawing to win a $228,000 jackpot on a ticket bought at the Circle K on Jeffco Blvd. Before realizing it was her, she saw a sign touting a local winner and felt a twinge of jealousy, then […]
Binance News - According to Jin10, Anthropic pledged to donate 5% of its shares to a charitable fund and an additional 2% for every 50% increase in its valuation.
Binance News - Fidelity Digital Assets’ $500,000 settlement with California excludes tax-advantaged accounts, including individual retirement accounts, from crypto transfer obligations. According to NS3.AI, the agreement requires Fidelity to give California customers reasonable written notice if it stops offering transfers to retail customers. Ordinary crypto transfers were available to all California customers by June 2025. Fidelity plans to launch Fidelity Crypto IRA accounts in California, but the agreement sets no launch date. Fidelity denied wrongdoing and entered the agreement without admitting a violation of law.
CryptoSlate - The California agreement requires notice if Fidelity ends its retail transfer feature, while preserving security restrictions and IRA exclusions. Read the full story on CryptoSlateUnderstand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Binance News - Charles Schwab is gradually making external wallet transfers for Bitcoin and Ethereum available to eligible clients. According to NS3.AI, the service supports transfers both into and out of external wallets. Bitcoin and Ethereum held through the company’s services are not covered by FDIC insurance, and Charles Schwab has discussed supporting assets beyond the two cryptocurrencies.
Binance News - According to Jin10, Iranian Parliament Speaker Qalibaf said the Persian Gulf Data Management Authority would be established soon and warned regional governments, funds, and companies not to provide resources—including funding, equity, land, or energy—to any AI or data company that supports invasion or the killing of children. He said those that continue to support such companies would face enforcement action.
CryptoSlate - The crypto industry has finally found a way to participate in America's partisan warfare without committing to either of the (only) two available parties: help elect people who agree with it about crypto, then let them argue about everything else. Fairshake's latest House spending plans cover 32 candidates, with 19 Republicans and 13 Democrats on… Read the full story on CryptoSlateUnderstand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
Binance News - According to Jin10, Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hussein said Iraq is communicating with Iran and Gulf states to help arrange a meeting between them in Baghdad. The 52nd session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Council of Foreign Ministers concluded in Baghdad on October 18, adopting the Baghdad Declaration. Hussein said the Palestinian issue was the meeting’s top agenda item, and participants also discussed regional security, humanitarian conditions, economic cooperation, and food and water security.
Binance News - On Polymarket's “Panthers vs. Eagles” market, the Eagles option in the “4Q Spread -7.5” submarket fell to 11.5% from 30.5% one hour earlier, a 19% drop. According to ChainCatcher, the market recorded the shift.
Binance News - A whale made a single $58,000 purchase of Real Madrid shares in Polymarket’s Real Madrid vs. Sevilla market, which currently implies a 79.65% win probability for Real Madrid. According to ChainCatcher, the probability is based on the latest trading price.
Decrypt - MapQuest’s app now offers an optional map layer that plots known license plate readers from Flock Safety and other vendors, as backlash against the cameras grows.
Bitcoin.com - Bitcoin’s bulls are still talking six figures while the market struggles to hold $81,000. With ten potential market movers approaching and five catalysts capable of reviving momentum, the coming week could settle some arguments. Bitcoin’s price enters Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026, in a peculiar predicament. The cryptocurrency has spent another week fighting to preserve its […]
Binance News - Latvia's parliament has passed a cryptocurrency tax law scheduled to take effect in 2027. According to NS3.AI, the law focuses on taxing withdrawals that exceed deposits and includes a one-time declaration mechanism.
Binance News - According to Jin10, citing IRNA, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said the visit is part of ongoing consultations between Tehran and Moscow, aimed at following up on the implementation of agreements reached by both sides and exchanging views on regional and international developments.
Binance News - According to Jin10, CSIS expert Mark Cancian said the U.S. military used as many Patriot interceptor missiles during about seven months of fighting with Iran as the United States had purchased over roughly 19 years. CSIS estimated that the United States had about 2,200 to 2,330 newer Patriot interceptors before the war and used about 1,060 to 1,500, leaving roughly one-third of the prewar stockpile. Before the war, the United States purchased an average of about 225 interceptors annually. Lockheed Martin currently produces about 600 to 650 a year for the United States and its allies. CSIS estimates that it will take the United States at least three years to restore its prewar stockpile and warned that another major conflict during that period could create a “vulnerable ...
Binance News - Investor Mark Moss said Bitcoin could reach $1 million by 2030 if it captures a growing share of global wealth. According to NS3.AI, Moss estimates that a 1.5% share of competing store-of-value markets could give Bitcoin a $21 trillion market capitalization, or almost $1 million per coin. He also projected that Bitcoin could reach $43 million by 2050 with 15% market penetration. These projections depend on speculative adoption assumptions; Moss cited growing institutional adoption, Bitcoin’s fixed supply and rising government debt as factors supporting long-term appreciation.
Binance News - Trader Killa says Bitcoin swept the prior week’s low near $80,000, with longs bearing the brunt, and could turn to targeting shorts next week. According to ChainCatcher, Killa said BTC fell from $87,000 to the $80,000 range last week before rebounding 50%; this week, its price surged on Monday but met persistent resistance before moving below the prior week’s low. Killa said traders should watch for another sweep of this week’s low at $79,800, which could present a buying opportunity. If Bitcoin does not revisit the low, the $83,600 area will be key: failure to break above it would leave the market in a range-bound capitulation phase, while a successful move above it ...
Binance News - Elon Musk said X usage is at an all-time high. According to Odaily, community user X Freeze cited Similarweb data showing that X recorded 13.43 billion website visits in the third quarter of 2026, up about 6% from 12.67 billion in the second quarter, an increase of 760 million visits. X Freeze said X is gradually integrating social, payment, creator, video and real-time news features into an ecosystem.
U.Today - October continues to be a busy month for the XRP Ledger and the Ripple ecosystem. October continues to be a busy month for the XRP Ledger and the Ripple ecosystem.
Binance News - Strategy fell 9.6% on its first full trading day after MSCI proposed excluding companies whose primary assets are holdings rather than operating businesses from its indexes. According to Odaily, Bitcoin News said on X that Strategy holds 848,250 BTC, purchased at an average price of $75,444, and that the holdings remain about $5 billion above cost. Mining companies including MARA also fell despite not facing the index eligibility threat, while risk aversion in Nasdaq trading contributed to some of the declines. MSCI is scheduled to announce its final removal list on November 11. JPMorgan estimates that removing Strategy could trigger about $2.8 billion in passive outflows.
Binance News - Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès is developing a low-cost device to detect hidden LTE antennas used in hardware wallet supply-chain attacks without opening the wallets. According to Odaily, the device will emit weak radio waves and measure resonant frequencies to identify potential spy implants; Karpelès plans to publish the circuit board design and specifications so others can build it, and the project remains at the concept stage, with a prototype expected in the coming weeks.
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Binance News - Bloomberg Businessweek features writer Austin Carr said on Bloomberg This Weekend that Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Marc Andreessen became an increasingly influential Republican donor and adviser after years of shifting political allegiances. Disputes over AI, crypto and other Biden-era policies played a role in his latest political shift. Carr said Andreessen has turned his Silicon Valley influence into access in Washington. Associates describe his political style as more calculated than his combative online persona, Bloomberg reported.
U.Today - Michaels Saylor teases more Bitcoin buys for Strategy’s $69 billion BTC hoard via a fresh ‘orange’ chart update. Michaels Saylor teases more Bitcoin buys for Strategy’s $69 billion BTC hoard via a fresh ‘orange’ chart update.
Decrypt - Bitcoin ETFs lost a net $228.6 million this week, following a $681.1 million drain the week before and pushing October deep into the red.
CryptoSlate - Cboe's rules cover Coinbase trading volume and MARA Bitcoin output, with separate procedures for missing or delayed figures. Read the full story on CryptoSlateUnderstand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox
CoinPaprika - Circle said it retained about 7 cents of net profit per revenue dollar in the first half of 2026. The stablecoin issuer paid $819 million of its $1.4 billion revenue to distribution partners and transaction costs.
Binance News - According to Jin10, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the root causes of the conflict in the Strait of Hormuz must be eliminated. Lavrov was attending the ninth round of the Russia-Gulf Cooperation Council Strategic Dialogue in Manama, Bahrain. At a press conference after the ninth ministerial meeting, he said the causes of the situation in and around the Strait of Hormuz must be eliminated, including by implementing the agreement reached by the United States and Iran under the so-called Islamabad Memorandum. Lavrov added that the situation in the Middle East remains on the brink of full-scale war.