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According to Axios, senior advisors to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy contacted White House officials on Wednesday to inquire about decisions regarding Starlink service and possible solutions to the current situation.

According to a U.S. federal court filing unsealed on October 8, Saudi citizen Abdulrahman Alfouzan, who is accused of secretly installing recording devices in OpenAI executive conference rooms, had arranged one-way flights to Saudi Arabia for his wife and another family member from San Francisco before his arrest. The ticket bookings, dated October 12 and routed through Istanbul, were cited by prosecutors as evidence of flight risk. Alfouzan was arrested on October 9 and has remained in custody

LIT surged 26.63% to $0.147642 in the last hour on October 14, with the digital asset climbing from an earlier price of $0.116597. The token also posted a 24-hour gain of 21.34%. The cryptocurrency, which has a market capitalization of $6.67 million, showed strong buying momentum, with intraday trading ranging from a low of $0.115067 to the current high.

According to API data, U.S. gasoline inventories declined to 1.091 million barrels for the week ending October 9, compared to market expectations of an 800,000-barrel decrease and a prior-week decline of 1.365 million barrels.

U.S. refined product imports reached 30,000 barrels per day in the week ending October 9, according to API data, reversing the prior week's decline of 380,000 barrels per day.

According to API data, U.S. heating oil inventories declined 70,000 barrels for the week ending October 9, compared to the previous week's 902,000 barrels.

According to the American Petroleum Institute, U.S. Cushing crude oil inventory reached 1.823 million barrels in the week ending October 9, compared with 0.866 million barrels in the prior week.

According to API data, U.S. refined oil inventories declined 1.458 million barrels for the week ended Oct. 9, falling short of the expected 2 million barrel decrease. The result marks a reversal from the prior week's 461,000 barrel increase.

According to NBC News, SpaceX restricted Starlink services without prior notification on October 14, causing Ukrainian military drones to lose connectivity and multiple combat missions to fail. Serhii Beskrestnov, national security and defense adviser to President Zelenskyy, said the military version of Starlink terminals faced speed limitations when moving faster than 100 miles per hour (160 km/h). Ukraine's 7th Mechanized Brigade reported that drones remained airborne but experienced operation

According to American Petroleum Institute (API) data, U.S. crude oil inventories fell 11.123 million barrels last week, marking a significant increase from the prior week's decline of 2.1 million barrels.

According to Bitcoin News, the White House is exploring ways to acquire Bitcoin through existing federal government fund flows to expand the U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. Patrick Witt, executive director of the President's Digital Asset Advisory Committee, told Lark Davis that purchasing Bitcoin on the open market would require congressional authorization. The government is currently studying methods to receive or convert existing federal fund inflows into Bitcoin without increasing taxpayer e

According to the American Petroleum Institute (API), U.S. crude oil production rose to 118,000 barrels per day for the week ended October 9, up from 92,000 barrels per day in the previous week.

According to @0xPolygon, Kira announced the integration of U.S. banking with stablecoin functionalities on Polygon's Open Money Stack. The integration enables AI agents to manage account functions such as account openings and payment tracking, with human oversight ensuring reliability. This development expands stablecoin options available to Polygon clients.

On Oct 14, major U.S. ETF classes declined, with the Barclays U.S. Convertible Bond ETF falling 2.91%, emerging market ETF dropping 2.05%, and Nasdaq-100 ETF declining 1.97%. The Russell 2000 Index ETF, gold ETF, and S&P 500 ETF also retreated by 1-1.5%. Defensive assets gained ground: investment-grade corporate bond ETF rose 0.11%, inflation-protected bond ETF climbed 0.25%, long-dated U.S. Treasury ETF (20+year) advanced 0.66%, and the fear index tracker surged 3.12%.

According to Barclays, Tesla and SpaceX may announce a merger plan before December 2026. The financial institution did not disclose additional details regarding the potential transaction timeline or terms.

According to Chainalysis, autonomous AI agents made over 138 million cryptocurrency payments through Coinbase's x402 protocol on Base during 2026, with most transactions being micro-payments. More than 87% of payments fell between $0.01 and $0.10, a range suited to stablecoins but beyond the capability of traditional card networks. The boom reflects maturing infrastructure, as Visa, Mastercard, Coinbase and Google have all rolled out tools supporting AI-agent payments.

According to Bloomberg, Apple Intelligence is launching in China in December with iOS 27.3. The rollout will include select earlier Apple Intelligence features but will exclude the newly launched Siri AI.

On Wednesday (October 14), U.S. industry sector ETFs showed mixed performance. Semiconductor ETF declined 3.98%, global aviation ETF fell 3.58%, and technology-related ETFs dropped 2.81%-3.01%. Regional bank and banking ETFs declined by at least 0.7%. Meanwhile, biotech index ETF rose 1.61% and healthcare industry ETF advanced 2.53%.

According to Dan Ives, senior managing partner at Yorkville Ives, artificial intelligence infrastructure remains in the early stages of its investment cycle, comparing it to "the third inning of a nine-inning game." In a research report, Ives noted that the current cycle is driven by supply constraints rather than demand limitations. He expects Q3 earnings reports will demonstrate that service demand significantly exceeds cloud providers' supply capacity, with order backlogs and remaining perfor

According to Bloomberg, defense tech startup Anduril opened an employee tender offer on October 13 that values the company at approximately $90 billion. Employees participating in the offering can sell shares at $94.80 apiece, with the offer set to close on November 9 and capped at $1.3 billion. Employees from 16 countries are eligible to participate.