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According to Saudi-led coalition spokesperson Turki al-Maliki, on October 17, the coalition intercepted and destroyed four unmanned aircraft over Riyadh, eastern and southern regions of Saudi Arabia within the past several hours.

According to CNBC, the U.S. stock market declined sharply last week, with the Nasdaq falling 4.5% and the S&P 500 down 2%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.7%. The sell-off accelerated after September's consumer price index rose 3.7% year-over-year, exceeding the expected 3.6%, and the producer price index jumped 1.3% monthly and 6.3% annually. Tech stocks bore the brunt of the decline, with semiconductor stocks extending a losing streak to nine consecutive sessions and memory chi

According to Lighter's official X account, the project announced on October 17 it will host its third-quarter investor call on October 21 (Wednesday) at 1:30 p.m. ET. Founder Vladimir Novakovski will share project updates, followed by a question-and-answer session.

According to analysis reported in October, a cryptocurrency scammer lost approximately 60 BTC, worth $4.8 million, after depositing proceeds into compromised Ledger hardware wallets supplied through third-party sellers. The funds were subsequently drained to an attacker-controlled address. The incident emerged amid broader revelations that some Ledger devices circulating through unauthorized reseller channels had been physically modified before reaching buyers, potentially compromising the secur

According to Michael Saylor on X, this week at ParaFi Investor Day he discussed digital capital, credit and equity alongside Jeff Park in a fireside chat. Topics covered include bitcoin as digital capital, regulatory frameworks, bitcoin banking adoption, gold-backed credit restructuring, stablecoins, and product development in the digital currency and AI era.

According to Bloomberg, the S&P 500 fell 1.1% on October 16 (Friday), marking its largest weekly decline since June. The Nasdaq 100 dropped 2.5%, recording its worst weekly performance since April 2025.

According to Stand With Crypto's official announcement, the organization mobilized 24 state chapters to advocate for crypto-friendly candidates across 21 races ahead of the November 3rd elections. The grassroots effort includes door-knocking and voter outreach to influence local elections and push for favorable cryptocurrency regulations. The CFTC also disclosed plans to establish a federally regulated crypto exchange, though Chairman Selig noted that comprehensive regulatory rules will require

According to CoinDesk, Citrini Research released a 79-page report titled "Breaking the Wall" today (October 17), arguing that tokenization of U.S. Treasury bonds, credit, and equities gives blockchain meaningful use. The report posits that tokenized assets could flow between applications like software and serve as collateral. Investment professionals diverged on who will profit: Christian Magoon of Amplify ETFs sees infrastructure providers as "on-chain toll collectors," while distribution chann

According to CoinGlass data cited by ChainCatcher, $222 million in crypto positions were liquidated in the past 24 hours, with long positions accounting for 72.3% of total liquidations ($160 million) versus $61.44 million in short liquidations. A total of 71,183 traders were liquidated during this period. Bitcoin saw $43.52 million in liquidations, while Ethereum experienced $36.32 million.

According to Bloomberg, SoftBank is considering acquiring Allied Universal, the largest U.S. security services company, with equity valuation around $18 billion today (October 17). Including the company's approximately $12 billion in publicly traded loans and debt, the total deal value could approach $30 billion. Discussions remain in early stages, with terms including price not yet finalized.

According to an analysis by Samuel Vance-Law from Decentralization Research Center published in CoinDesk today, the White House AI agreement signed by Nvidia, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, and xAI on September 29 contains key loopholes. The accord lacks provisions on who selects auditors, what content can be reviewed, whether findings are disclosed, and any penalty for non-compliance, leaving companies to choose auditors and determine review scope independently. Vance-Law cited the 2000 Enron

According to Solana Foundation Chair Lily Liu, the foundation held its first capital markets summit in Shanghai on October 17, bringing together hundreds of capital allocators and builders from China and globally to discuss capital formation around innovation. Liu highlighted a significant market disparity, noting that Chinese publicly listed companies have a market capitalization only one-sixth that of comparable U.S. companies, with over 50,000 small and medium enterprises in China awaiting IP

According to ChainCatcher, StepFun launched the STEPX Neo smartphone on October 16, featuring an AI agent called Amoo embedded directly into its operating system rather than as a separate app. The device is priced at 3,999 yuan (approximately $560) and began pre-orders on October 13 across JD.com, Tmall, and Douyin. The AI agent operates on the Step AOS 1 system, which was designed from the ground up to support agent functionality. Amoo can perform tasks autonomously—such as booking rides or pay

According to The Verge on October 17, Meta removed language from its commercial terms that legal experts say could have allowed the company to scrape news sites to train its AI systems. The deletion came after criticism from outlets like Neiman Lab and legal scholars who interpreted the previous wording as granting Meta broad rights to use scraped content for AI development, potentially overriding robots.txt instructions. Meta spokespersons clarified that the updated terms applied only to ads an

According to ChainCatcher, JustLend DAO completed its fifth JST token buyback and burn on October 16, 2026 (SGT), destroying 170,723,144 JST. All tokens have been transferred to a burn address and all transactions are verifiable on-chain.

AION declined 16.66% in one hour to trade at $0.00009989, down from an earlier high of $0.00011986. The cryptocurrency's 24-hour loss reached 14.55%, with a market cap of $56,719 and 24-hour trading volume of approximately $32,891.

According to Jin10, Egypt's parliament will convene a special session on Sunday, October 19, at the request of the Egyptian president to discuss regional developments and Cairo's stance on supporting Saudi Arabia's security and stability.

According to Yemen's armed forces, 190 Houthi armored and combat vehicles were destroyed over the past 24 hours.

On October 16, Solana Foundation postponed Solana Accelerate China, a major developer event scheduled to take place in Shanghai, shortly before it began. According to Solana Foundation president Lily Liu, registrations had increased dramatically and exceeded the venue's permitted capacity. Organisers attributed the postponement to attendance and venue compliance requirements rather than regulatory intervention. The replacement date for the gathering has not yet been announced.

According to The Verge, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said today (Oct 17) the platform is working on how to handle AI-generated content plaguing the platform. AI accounts have been stealing comedians' jokes and reposting painters' process videos that rack up millions of views. Mosseri acknowledged it is not practical to ban AI outright but noted Instagram faces challenges with content that isn't covered by copyright laws, such as jokes.