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According to ChainCatcher, Meta Platforms will report its third-quarter 2026 earnings on October 21 after U.S. market close, with an earnings call scheduled for 4:30 PM ET (4:30 AM Beijing time on October 22).

On Monday, October 12, U.S. ETF markets moved in mixed directions. The Brent crude oil ETF led gainers with a 1.8% increase, while the VIX volatility ETF suffered the steepest decline, falling 1.77%. Emerging market ETF dropped approximately 1%, alongside declines in Nasdaq-100 ETF and gold ETF, each down roughly 1%. The S&P 500 ETF and Russell 2000 ETF also retreated, each falling under 0.4%, while real estate ETF gained 0.78%.

Meta released Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full on October 12, the first frontier-class AI models from its Superintelligence Labs, featuring a 1 million token context window. The API version costs $4 per million input tokens and $20 per million output tokens, below OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra at $10 and $50. On Meta's internal benchmarks, Wonder Full outperforms Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra on coding and legal agent tasks. However, independent rankings from Artificial Analysis place Opus 5.5 first at

On Monday, venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya highlighted power and physical infrastructure as potential lasting constraints in the AI competition, following Microsoft's announcement of its Maia chip family. Palihapitiya noted that silicon and application companies are converging as "everyone competes with everyone," each offering their own chips, cloud, and applications. He questioned what lasting constraint could support long-term markets and margins. Elon Musk responded that "scaling pow

According to the Solana Institute CEO @millercwl, at the recent Solana Summit Korea, the institute spotlighted the growing trend of trading tokenized U.S. equities onchain. This development has emerged as one of the most compelling narratives surrounding Solana over the past 18 months, signaling potential institutional adoption of blockchain technologies for traditional asset trading.

According to The Information, on October 12, IREN stock erased early premarket gains after the outlet reported that the AI cloud infrastructure provider has an unannounced multiyear agreement with Anthropic, developer of the Claude AI models. The report cited people familiar with the relationship, though neither IREN nor Anthropic has publicly confirmed the arrangement or disclosed financial terms. IREN shares initially climbed approximately 4% in premarket trading to $36.44, but the rally faded

Murphy Oil projects net peak production from its Lac Da Vang oil field offshore Vietnam at 10,000 to 15,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day during 2028-2029.

According to Goldman Sachs' latest "Macro Conversation" podcast, chief U.S. stock strategist Ben Schneider and TMT analyst Pete Callahan outlined a major pivot in AI investing. As market consensus around 2027 AI capital spending solidifies, investors are shifting focus upstream from semiconductor hardware toward application layers, including inference economy and enterprise AI deployment tools spanning cybersecurity and data infrastructure. Callahan emphasized this reflects market demand for the

According to CryptoTwitter commentator @virtualsio, ProjectVEXai announced new coding tools designed for decentralized token management and trading. The tools enable users to swap tokens, bridge funds, and trade perpetuals directly from their machines while maintaining control of their private keys, utilizing coding agents such as Claude. The launch comes as Robinhood Chain has recently surpassed $200M in agent volume, reflecting growing demand for innovative decentralized trading solutions.

On Monday (October 12), U.S. industry ETFs showed mixed performance. Semiconductor ETF declined 2.05%, while global tech and network stock indices fell 0.83% to 1.36%. Energy sector ETF rose 1.43%.

According to Bloomberg, on October 13, Epic Games delayed its collaboration with Disney on a shooter game featuring Marvel and Star Wars characters, originally scheduled for March 2027 release. The company has adopted an AI-first development model, requiring teams to use Anthropic's Claude and other AI tools while maintaining human oversight. According to internal communications, the project's game director instructed teams to stop writing code manually, with all art assets generated through AI

Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS) unveiled a 24 kW, 800V-to-12V direct current (DC)-to-DC power module co-developed with NVIDIA to support the NVIDIA MGX ecosystem and advance 800V DC power architecture in AI data centers. The module leverages the company's GaNFast technology and is built on gallium nitride and silicon carbide semiconductor platforms. The new power module is scheduled to be showcased at the NVIDIA AI Factory MGX Wall partner exhibition area during the 2026 OCP Global Summit.

According to Yonhapinfomax, on October 12, Beth Hammack, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, called for restrictive monetary policy to achieve the 2% inflation target. Speaking at the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) Annual Conference, Hammack stated that inflation pressures are not concentrated in a single sector but broadly based, extending beyond energy prices to include tariff-induced cost shocks and demand-side pressures from artificial intelligence infrast

According to Bloomberg, the Bloomberg Electric Vehicle Price Return Index declined 1.51% on Monday, October 12, closing at 3,119.71 points. The index reached an intraday high of 3,187.66 points during Asia-Pacific trading before entering a sustained sell-off through European and U.S. sessions.

According to Gate's market data, the Dow Jones Index closed up 195.6 points, or 0.38%, at 51,850.55 on October 12. The S&P 500 Index declined 4.33 points, or 0.06%, closing at 7,807.21. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 120.27 points, or 0.44%, ending at 27,245.9.

According to Russian media reports, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak said on October 12 that Russia and the U.S. are negotiating on diesel supplies. Following a presidential agreement, the Russian government has partially lifted restrictions on diesel exports, allowing supply to global markets including the United States. Energy departments and companies from both nations are now engaged in talks.

According to Jin10, the Fear and Greed Index released its latest reading on October 12 (Monday) following the close of the U.S. market session.

According to CCTV, on October 12, Russia's permanent representation to the European Union criticized the sanctions list approved by the EU that day. The Russian delegation stated it does not recognize unilateral coercive measures that circumvent the UN Charter, calling them illegal and unfounded. Russia rejected the EU's attempt to use sanctions pressure to alter its foreign policy, and said EU hostile actions would receive an appropriate response from Moscow.

According to Arabian TV, Saudi Arabia's energy minister stated that crude oil transport capacity could reach 10 million barrels per day within two to three years, as the country pursues plans to expand pipeline transmission capacity and diversify oil shipping routes.

STRAX surged 11.58% to $0.01233 in the last hour, with a 24-hour gain of 12.81%. Trading volume reached $504,733.37 over the past 24 hours, reflecting heightened whale activity and market participant engagement. The price recovered from a daily low of $0.01088, suggesting strong upward momentum.