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European stock benchmarks closed higher today (October 29). The STOXX 600 index rose 0.87% to 649.76 points, while the Eurozone STOXX 50 index gained 0.78% to 6,215.98 points. The FTSE Eurofirst 300 index advanced 0.90% to 2,592.10 points.

On October 29, Germany's DAX 30 index closed up 1.47%, reaching 26,080.72 points. France's CAC 40 index rose 1.30%, while the UK FTSE 100 gained 0.35% and Italy's FTSE MIB advanced 0.50%.

According to Bitwise CEO, the Bitwise Hyperliquid ETF (BHYP) exceeded $40 million in trading volume in its first 3 hours today, as investors show growing interest in Hyperliquid.

According to OKX, PEPE rose over 11% in the past 24 hours, reaching a high of 0.00000568 USDT. The token is currently trading at 0.00000540 USDT.

According to Odaily, Polymarket Perps launched ANTHROPIC-USD perpetual contracts on Oct 29 at 16:00 UTC. The pre-IPO perpetual contract tracks Anthropic's valuation with a maximum 10x leverage and operates 24/7, settled in pUSD.
The contract references Hyperliquid's io:ANT market for pricing and

According to COINOTAG, NEAR Protocol token steadied at $4.64 after sliding 10% in the 24 hours to early Thursday (Oct 29), finding support in the key demand zone of $4.30–$4.60 as selling momentum slowed. The decline tracked a broader market pullback following Bitcoin's drop below $80,000.

According to TechCrunch, former Palantir executives Andy Alder and Arjun Mather launched Dream, an AI startup developing world models to automate building design and engineering, securing $17 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, with additional backing from SV Angel, XYZ, and Zigg Capital. Alder previously led product design for 800 engineers at Palantir building defense software, while Mather served as senior vice president in the company's commercial practice. Dream's AI models

According to Guru Club, France's parliament is advancing legislation to impose a 31.4% capital gains tax on transactions involving the exchange of crypto assets for stablecoins on October 20.

According to a Citi/YouGov survey, UK public inflation expectations for the next year declined to 4.2% in October from 4.5% in September. Long-term inflation expectations also fell to 4.0% from 4.3% year-over-year.

According to Linde's official earnings release, the world's largest industrial gases supplier reported third-quarter earnings on October 29 that exceeded Wall Street expectations, with record quarterly sales of $9.4 billion up 9% year over year and adjusted earnings per share of $4.59 versus the

According to BlockBeats, Strategy's perpetual preferred stock STRC reached $99.95 on October 30, marking its first increase in 165 days. The move comes ahead of Strategy's third-quarter earnings release. STRC is designed to trade near its $100 face value through floating dividends; when the price

According to ChainCatcher, DeFi protocol Fluid has launched a DEX v2 beta version supporting custom collateral and debt ranges. Governance has set a $50,000 borrowing cap per asset for new smart contracts deployed on Ethereum. Pool creation remains in restricted

According to Israel's media on October 29, the country's Central Election Committee chair has requested the National Security Bureau to investigate alleged foreign interference in the October 27 parliamentary elections. Intelligence reportedly indicates Qatar may have funded voting mobilization

Amazon is set to report third-quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday, with analysts expecting adjusted earnings per share of $1.96 and revenue of $202.31 billion, according to LSEG. Amazon Web Services is forecast to generate $45.48 billion in revenue with 38% year-over-year growth, marking the

According to The Verge, Joshua Kushner-led Thrive Holdings is acquiring ADT in a $7.6 billion all-cash deal announced today (Oct 29). The transaction will take ADT private, with closure expected in the first quarter of 2027, Bloomberg

According to its October 28 earnings release, Microsoft is preparing to raise at least $25 billion through a US bond offering, marking its first major investment-grade bond sale since 2017. The transaction will include multiple tranches maturing between two and 40 years. Wells Fargo, JPMorgan

According to The Verge, on October 29, Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to approximately 60,000 eligible employees across the US, UK, Canada, and India. The move represents the company's largest such exit offer to date and aims to reduce operating costs while maintaining investment in AI

According to Israel's Central Elections Committee, on October 29, the special ballot counting process for the 26th Israeli Knesset elections has been essentially completed. The "double envelope" ballots, which include votes from soldiers, diplomats, and Israeli citizens abroad, are now

According to Bloomberg, Alphabet disclosed AI risk exposure exceeding $1 trillion on October 30 in its quarterly filing, revealing details beyond what the company discussed in its earnings call the previous day.
The company's unfulfilled cloud service contracts grew substantially, with over

According to a statement to CNBC on Thursday (October 29), Nvidia pushed back on a New York Times report claiming American intelligence agencies surveilled a person close to CEO Jensen Huang due to concerns she was a Chinese intelligence asset. Nvidia said Singapore-based cloud provider Megaspeed