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According to Bloomberg, on October 29, SEC Enforcement Director David Woodcock signaled the agency is monitoring prediction markets tied to corporate earnings and business performance for potential insider trading, fraud and manipulation. Woodcock did not announce new charges or identify a specific platform. The SEC has already approved Cboe binary options tied to corporate key performance indicators, including Citigroup's earnings per share and Apple's iPhone sales revenue, treating these instr

During ICE's Q3 earnings call, Chair and CEO Jeff Sprecher cited Pyth Network data regarding the rising trend of oil perpetuals, highlighting the growing integration of blockchain data into traditional financial

According to HTX market data, Solana broke below $95, now trading at $94.98, down 5.35% in the past 24 hours.

Exxon Mobil CEO called for the Strait of Hormuz to be reopened recently, signaling concerns about shipping disruptions in the critical global oil trade route.

According to SpaceX filing documents verified by Bloomberg, Anthropic has become SpaceX's largest single customer, accounting for 34.5% of third-quarter revenue and surpassing the U.S. federal government. Starting December, Anthropic will pay approximately $3.1 billion monthly for computing power from SpaceX's Memphis data center under a contract that runs through 2029, with a total value of up to $120.5 billion.

According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), global air passenger demand declined 0.5% in September, with Middle East and North America regions pulling back demand. Measured by revenue passenger kilometers (RPK), Middle East demand fell 8%, while North America dropped 1.6%. In contrast, Africa recorded 5% growth and Latin America and Caribbean regions grew 4.3%. IATA noted that despite the overall decline, the September figure showed improvement compared to August, with most

According to U.S. federal prosecutors, Raymond Christian Garcia and Isiah Angelo Garcia were sentenced on October 29 to 15 and 15.5 years in prison respectively for armed kidnapping and extorting over $8 million in cryptocurrency. The two brothers traveled from Texas to Minnesota on September 19, 2025, held up a family in Grant City at gunpoint for over 9 hours, and forced them to transfer cryptocurrency accounts. After failing to obtain the expected amount, they drove the victims to a vacation

According to Odaily and data from MSX.COM, U.S. pharmaceutical stocks extended gains in Q3 with AstraZeneca rising over 6% following better-than-expected earnings. Eli Lilly and Gilead Sciences each gained over 4%, while Amgen advanced nearly 3% and Johnson & Johnson rose nearly 2%, with all four stocks reaching record highs intraday.

On October 30, China and Switzerland signed an upgrade protocol to their free trade agreement in Beijing, according to official sources. The agreement was signed by China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao and Switzerland's State Secretary and Director of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs

According to ChainCatcher, DeFi lending platform Tydro has unfrozen its markets following a preventive freeze, with trading and operations resuming. However, new borrowing functionality remains paused, The Defiant reported. Tydro's dashboard shows outstanding loans of $62.36

According to DoorDash's third-quarter earnings call, the delivery company has recorded only "several hundred" orders from third-party AI agents such as Muse, Instinct, and Fo. By comparison, DoorDash completes an average of 3 million deliveries daily, indicating that agent-based ordering remains

The U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) touched 102 today, with an intraday gain of 0.11%.

SanDisk announced an 8-for-1 forward stock split on October 29, with shares distributed after market close on November 19 and split-adjusted trading starting November 20. Shareholders of record at close of business on November 9 will receive seven additional shares for each share held. The company s

According to The Defiant, Uniswap, a16z, and the DeFi Education Fund are seeking exemptions from Illinois state cryptocurrency tax regulations for decentralized finance activities. The organizations are pushing for wallet withdrawals and cross-chain bridge transactions to be excluded from

According to Hungary's MOL Group, the AV3 distillation unit at its Danube refinery has resumed full-load operation. The facility upgrade marks the return to normal processing capacity.

Amazon reported Q3 2026 revenue of $201.9 billion, up 12% year-over-year (13% excluding foreign exchange headwinds), with operating profit surging 61% to $28.1 billion and operating margin reaching 13.9%, a record high. The company projects 2026 cash capital expenditures of approximately $220 billion, primarily allocated to AWS and AI infrastructure. Amazon indicated that 2027 capex will increase significantly to capitalize on AI infrastructure transformation opportunities.

According to Guru Club, Mistral AI launched its Large 4 model on October 30, featuring 1.05 trillion total parameters with 52 billion active parameters per task. The model is designed for advanced programming and network defense capabilities and can be deployed on enterprise-owned servers. Trained o

Chicago PMI fell to 55.3 in October, missing the forecast of 56.1 and declining from the prior month's 58.8, according to latest data released this week.

According to PANews, on October 30, Nvidia stock fell 3.3% to $206.61 per share, with market capitalization declining to $4.98 trillion, breaking below the $5 trillion mark. Since the beginning of October, Nvidia's stock price has declined over 9%