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According to Google, on October 15, the company announced updates to AI Overviews and AI Mode designed to surface more links in AI search results. The updates include more prominent inline links within AI answers, dedicated sections for official websites with context on source usefulness, expanded news carousels to more locations and languages, and image thumbnails added to links in some AI responses. The company also began testing clickable creator and publisher names in AI Mode video results t

At 8:30 AM Beijing time, spot platinum prices declined 0.60% while spot palladium fell 0.75% in early trading.

According to Chainalysis, one of the largest victims in the Ledger hardware wallet security incident was actually a fraud ring that obtained over 60 BTC (approximately $4.8 million) through a scam scheme. The fraudsters used a "task completion scam" method, convincing victims to create fake sales and reviews for online products, then demanding deposits under the pretext of account "negative balances" to release purported earnings.

Tornado Cash price surged 10.14% in the last hour to reach $7.06, up from $6.41, marking significant trading momentum. The asset's market cap stands at $33.8 million with 24-hour trading volume at $82,752. The 24-hour price range was $6.36 to $7.11, reflecting heightened trading activity amid market volatility.

According to Yahoo Finance, Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee recently stated that U.S. consumer spending is driven by broad economic strength across income levels, rather than stock market gains. Goolsbee cited data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showing that consumers in the bottom 90% of income distribution account for approximately 75% of total U.S. economic spending. He noted that real consumer spending growth over the past three years has been nearly identical across i

National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) and Singapore-based Partior signed a memorandum of understanding on October 15 to explore settlement of the Bahraini dinar on Partior's blockchain network, the companies announced at Sibos. The agreement covers assessment of the operating model, implementation needs, and technical and regulatory feasibility of NBB becoming a settlement bank for the currency. Partior operates a 24/7 atomic settlement network; Deutsche Bank completed its first euro transaction on the

According to Odaily, on October 16 between 07:05-07:50 UTC, a crypto trader (address 0xfc667adba8d4837586078f4fdcdc29804337ca06) increased S&P 500 long exposure by approximately $3.29 million. The wallet's cumulative trading profits exceed $24 million, with total S&P 500 long value rising from roughly $1.29 million to $4.53 million.

According to Odaily, Meta Platforms released Muse Spark Open this week, an open-weight AI model designed for programming and AI agent tasks. Meta Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang noted that Muse Spark Open is not the company's most powerful model; its strongest offering, Muse Wonder, remains closed-source. Meta acknowledged that Chinese open-weight models outperform Muse Spark Open on software development and certain other tasks. The company partnered with Apple to enable developers to run Muse Sp

According to Pump.fun co-founder alon via Odaily, approximately $5.9 million PUMP has exited circulation since the launch of the Custom Pairs feature last month, representing 0.33% of current circulating supply. The exited tokens primarily include liquidity locked in pools, burned tokens, and tokens held in the protocol's fee wallet. If trading activity in PUMP pairs maintains current levels, alon noted that roughly 3.35% of circulating supply would exit annually on an annualized basis.

According to Bank of America analyst Tal Liani, on October 15, CoreWeave (CRWV) received a price target of $140, implying 122% upside from current levels. Liani raised the company's projected revenue growth for 2027 and 2028 from 102% and 58% to 105% and 63%, respectively, citing CoreWeave's ability to add 1.4–1.5 gigawatts of power capacity annually and benefits from Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin AI platform. CoreWeave plans to secure 8 gigawatts of total power capacity by end of 2030, ma

According to BlockBeats, on October 16, a whale address opened long positions totaling $187 million with maximum leverage 4 hours ago. The positions include 1,822 BTC ($150 million) with entry price $82,409 and liquidation price $80,634, and 15,270 ETH ($37.33 million) with entry price $2,455 and liquidation price $2,406.

On October 16, AMC CEO Adam Aron opposed Robinhood's plans to issue tokenized AMC stock in the United States, according to statements posted on X. Aron characterized such tokens as "false synthetic equities" that could impact AMC's capital structure. He emphasized that the SEC requires Robinhood to obtain AMC's consent, or at least ensure AMC does not object, and stressed that AMC should control its own financial destiny rather than having it determined by Robinhood.

According to Haitong Futures research, EC (Europe-China) near-month futures contracts surged on October 16, driven by two factors: shipping lines' anticipated rate hikes in early November and recovering geopolitical premium spillover from crude oil. Carriers including COSCO, MSC, and the PA Alliance have announced deliberate blank sailings in November to tighten supply during the seasonal demand slowdown. As of latest statistics, November's weekly average container capacity stands at 30.3 millio

According to ChainCatcher, on October 15, Anthropic began granting employee-like access to a team at nonprofit research organization METR for evaluating its AI models and safety practices. The initiative fulfills commitments under the White House Artificial Intelligence Executive Order requiring collaboration with independent third-party evaluators. Anthroptic equipped six METR employees with company hardware, office space, and internal tools comparable to its own risk assessment team. Access ex

According to BlockBeats, Uniform Labs, the developer of tokenized asset settlement platform Multiliquid, completed $8 million in pre-seed and seed funding on October 16, with Polychain leading the seed round and Circle Ventures and CMT Digital participating. Multiliquid enables institutions to convert tokenized assets and stablecoins at net asset value in atomic transactions. The platform is live on Ethereum and Solana, supporting USDC and tokenized assets from institutions like Wellington Manag

According to Jin10 Futures on October 16, overnight crude oil prices remained volatile in a high range, while fuel oil costs improved amid steady demand from refineries for secondary raw materials. Processors showed reluctance to sell at lower prices, indicating firm market support for fuel oil products today.

According to Yonhap Infomax, South Korea's four major banks (KB Kookmin, Shinhan, Hana, and Woori) recorded 3.12 trillion KRW in unrealized losses on fair-value-measured securities in the first half of 2026, reversing a 435.9 billion KRW gain in the same period last year. Hana Bank led the losses with 1.12 trillion KRW, followed by KB Kookmin (981.4 billion), Woori Bank (523.1 billion), and Shinhan Bank (496.2 billion). The losses stem from rising market rates since early 2026. The three-year go

According to Yonhap Infomax consensus on October 16, GS Construction's third-quarter 2026 revenue and operating profit are forecasted at 2.79 trillion Korean won and 118.5 billion won, respectively, representing declines of 13.07% and 20.19% year-over-year. The downturn reflects reduced sales volumes in construction and residential projects. On a cumulative basis, the company has achieved 13,744 housing units sold through Q3, representing 96% of its annual guidance of 14,320 units. Additionally,

According to South Korean media outlets including the Dong-A Ilbo, South Korea's Defense Ministry is considering expanding the Cheonghae Unit's operational area to the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz on October 16. Rather than deploying additional forces as previously contemplated following U.S. President Trump's request, Seoul plans to broaden the unit's existing patrol zone to contribute to maritime security in the region. A South Korean government official stated that deteriorating sec

According to ChainCatcher, analyst Jukan discussed the storage industry cycle, arguing that computing power and storage will move in sync—either both tightening or loosening together—with no scenario where computing power remains scarce while storage turns to surplus. Jukan rejected the logic of shorting storage while going long on hard drives, stating that hard disk cycles are tied to storage cycles and would struggle to maintain safety if the current cycle rolls over. On pricing, Jukan predict