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According to PANews, on October 15, European chip and artificial intelligence suppliers saw share declines of 3%-7% during intraday trading, including ASML, ASM, Besi, STMicroelectronics, Soitec, Legrand, and Schneider Electric.

According to Xinhu Futures, silver experienced a sharp decline overnight, with London spot silver falling over 6% to around $55 per ounce and Shanghai silver futures dropping over 6%. The decline was driven by higher-than-expected U.S. September CPI inflation and reduced market risk appetite. Markets will focus on remarks by Federal Reserve Chair Powell at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings.

According to Jin10, New York Life Investment Management's global market strategist Julia Herrman said today that U.S. economic resilience suggests the neutral policy rate may be higher than previously expected. However, further increases in Treasury yields could threaten the economy's underlying strength, she noted. In investment allocation, New York Life prefers short-duration, low-duration credit debt, citing attractive yield potential. Herrman stated: "Given continued volatility in long-durat

According to Shanghai Energy Exchange, on October 15, pulp futures warehouse inventory fell to 409,726 tons, down 2,568 tons day-on-day. Low-sulfur fuel oil futures warehouse inventory also decreased, dropping 1,270 tons to 15,480 tons. Other energy and chemical futures inventory levels remained unchanged.

According to SkyAI's October 13 SEC filing, the Nasdaq-listed treasury company held approximately 600,000 SOL, down 70% from 2 million SOL reported on September 14. The reduction of at least 1.4 million SOL occurred following the company's October 11 announcement of a $201 million share repurchase program at $3 per share. On October 14, Bastion Trading, which owns approximately 9.99% of SkyAI's outstanding shares, challenged the asset liquidation and demanded disclosure of transaction dates, qua

According to Jin10 Futures, on October 15, Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) reported the following warehouse receipt updates: copper futures increased by 11,476 tons to 34,933 tons; aluminum futures rose by 2,152 tons to 95,072 tons; zinc futures gained 593 tons to 77,484 tons; lead futures declined by 3,487 tons to 34,539 tons; nickel futures increased by 769 tons to 94,036 tons. Silver futures warehouse receipts fell by 45,656 kilograms to 1,415,307 kilograms, while gold futures receipts held

According to Turkish news agency İhlas Haber Ajansı, Richard Heart, founder of HEX, PulseChain and PulseX, was detained in Istanbul's Beşiktaş district on October 14, 2026, during an operation involving Turkish police and the National Intelligence Organization. The detention was linked to an Interpol Red Notice requested by Finnish authorities in connection with allegations of aggravated tax fraud concerning the period between 2020 and 2024, with Finnish authorities previously indicating suspect

The White House confirmed on Wednesday that Patrick Witt's temporary assignment to the President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets has expired. Witt, a Defense Department employee, was the council's only remaining staffer, according to a source cited by journalist Eleanor Terrett. The council has named no successor. The CLARITY Act stalled on September 15 when a Senate procedural vote failed 49 to 50, with 60 votes needed. The bill, which would establish a system for the SEC and CFTC to r

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved a Cboe rule change today (October 15) to list binary options tied to key performance indicators from Coinbase, Marathon Digital, and Robinhood. The cash-settled contracts allow traders to take yes-or-no positions on metrics including Coinbase's trading volume, Marathon's Bitcoin production figures, and Robinhood's customer and revenue metrics. Robinhood is expected to be the first retail broker to offer these contracts to users.

According to ChainCatcher, Tether AI Research released QVAC TranscribePsy, an open-source multilingual speech recognition model with 254 million parameters today. The model runs entirely on-device without requiring audio uploads to the cloud and is compatible with smartphones, smart glasses, and humanoid robots. Performance testing shows the model achieved 8.02% word error rate on Open ASR Leaderboard and 6.58% on Multilingual LibriSpeech, outperforming competing models including Qwen3-ASR-0.6B

According to a Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Chinese Premier Li Qiang will conduct an official visit to Uzbekistan from October 17-18 at the invitation of Uzbek Premier Aripov. During the trip, Li will attend the 25th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of Government. Li will also visit Russia to hold the 31st regular bilateral meeting with the Russian premier.

According to Bloomberg, on October 9, the U.S. Department of Justice is reviewing whether Binance complied with its 2023 settlement agreement and investigating potential violations of sanctions on Iran. The Manhattan federal prosecutor's office filed a motion to seize $61 million in assets, alleging proceeds from Iranian oil market sales laundered through the exchange. Under the 2023 settlement, Binance agreed to pay $4.3 billion and admitted violations of banking regulations. If found non-compl

According to China's Ministry of Commerce, as reported on October 15, the country's foreign direct investment equity stock reached 26.8 trillion yuan in 2025, ranking second globally. The figure represents the sixth consecutive year of growth. A total of 461,000 foreign-invested enterprises submitted annual reports in 2025, up 5.7% year-over-year.

According to BlockBeats, Hyperliquid Strategies, a Nasdaq-listed HYPE treasury company, purchased 180,000 HYPE tokens on October 15, worth approximately $14.3 million. The company's total HYPE holdings increased to 38.7 million tokens, valued at approximately $3.08 billion at current rates.

According to Ukraine's national oil company, Russia conducted an overnight strike on gas extraction facilities located in the Poltava region on October 14.

According to the latest IEA monthly report released on October 15, global oil supply is projected to fall 1.73 million barrels per day short of demand in 2026, marginally better than the previous forecast of 1.74 million bpd shortfall. The report also forecasts that global oil supply will decline by 5.8 million barrels daily in 2026, slightly higher than the prior estimate of 5.7 million bpd reduction. Additionally, oil exports from Gulf producers excluding Oman remain 33 percent below pre-war l

According to JPMorgan Chase's Asia Pacific equity research team, as of October 15, recent selloffs in memory chip stocks are creating mid-term buying opportunities. Storage stocks have declined approximately 6% over the past month and 15% over the past three months, compared to a 10% gain and 4% decline respectively for the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index during the same periods. JPMorgan designated six companies as core overweight positions for the next six months: Samsung Electronics, SK Hyni

According to an official Anthropic announcement on October 15, the company opened its fifth Asia-Pacific office in Singapore and signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Digital Development and Information. Singapore ranked second in per-capita Claude.ai usage among 121 countries. The collaboration covers AI safety, model evaluation, AI research applications, and responsible adoption across public and private sectors.

European major indices opened lower on October 15. The Stoxx Europe 50 index fell 1%, Germany's DAX declined 0.6%, France's CAC 40 dropped 0.2%, while the UK's FTSE 100 opened flat.

At midday close on October 15, China's domestic futures contracts fell broadly. Silver dropped over 5%, apple fell nearly 5%, and polysilicon and methanol each declined over 4%; crude oil, platinum, and asphalt also posted declines exceeding 3%.