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According to Maple's recent discussions at the Money20/20 conference, stablecoin adoption is accelerating, particularly in B2B cross-border payments led by emerging markets. The platform emphasized that emerging markets are driving initial adoption for business transactions, with consumer-level adoption expected to follow. Maple noted that this trend could enhance efficiency and reduce costs in cross-border transactions, reshaping the B2B payments landscape.

According to PancakeSwap, the protocol's aggregator has routed over $1 billion in volume in the past 30 days, marking a significant milestone. The achievement was announced via an official PancakeSwap tweet.

According to HSBC on Tuesday (Oct. 20), the bank maintained its underperform rating on CoreWeave (CRWV-US) with a $39 target price, implying 37.2% downside from the stock's $62.13 close. CRWV has fallen 55.6% from its 52-week high of $139.93, with HSBC's forecast for non-GAAP earnings significantly below Wall Street consensus.

According to Binance's official announcement, the exchange will add five new tokenized securities (bStocks) as margin collateral assets today (October 21) at 20:00 UTC+8. The assets are RoboStrategy (BOTB), Berkshire Hathaway (BRKBB), KraneShares STAR Market 50 ETF (KSTRB), Direxion Daily 20-Year Treasury Bull 3X ETF (TMFB), and Vistra Corp (VSTB). Corresponding trading pairs will support margin trading. These assets can only be used as collateral in designated margin accounts and do not support

According to BlockBeats, Binance Wallet launched Agent ID on October 21, an on-chain identity feature for Agentic Wallets deployed on BNB Chain. The feature replaces lengthy 0x wallet addresses with readable identities in the format [yourname].ai (e.g., heyi.ai). Each Agent ID is unique and immutable; one Agentic Wallet can bind only one ID, and it cannot be transferred, renamed, or destroyed. Registration is free on a first-come, first-served basis, though users need to pay BNB for on-chain gas

According to Reuters, Qualcomm announced Monday a global layoff plan set to begin in November, with notifications to be issued throughout that month. The semiconductor company did not disclose the number of employees affected. As of September 2025, Qualcomm had approximately 52,000 employees globally. The layoffs coincide with the company's accelerated push into non-smartphone businesses, including AI data centers, automotive, and IoT applications. Qualcomm raised its 2029 non-smartphone busines

According to Yonhapinfomax, on October 21, South Korea's 20-year benchmark government bond yield fell sharply 3.7 basis points to 4.157%, while the 10-year yield dropped only 0.3bp to 4.172%, creating a yield curve inversion of 1.5bp. The sharp decline was attributed to rumors that insurance companies had recalled bond lending on the 20-year benchmark note. The 20-year bond's outstanding lending balance stood at 493 billion Korean won, or 58.6% of the 842 billion won in circulating supply—the hi

According to a report from Google, Temasek, and Bain & Company released today (October 21), artificial intelligence will drive Southeast Asia's digital economy growth by 17%, reaching $368 billion.

According to Guru Club, lithium carbonate futures contracts fell 4% intraday on October 21, trading at 95,680 yuan per ton.

According to market intelligence data, Muse has achieved 10.9 million downloads since its September launch, with 10.2 million coming from the United States. The milestone ranks Muse among only 12 applications to reach this download figure within 40 days of release; the most recent comparable case was Meta's Threads, which achieved the same mark in July 2023. Muse's user retention currently exceeds that of AI competitors ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok.

According to Guru Club, on October 21, South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol announced the government will reduce domestic mandatory fuel supply requirements and allow refiners to expand exports.

Reliable Robotics, a startup developing autonomous flight systems for existing aircraft, raised $115 million in Series D funding on October 20, with lead investor Nimble Partners contributing $90 million in equity and Silicon Valley Bank providing $25 million in debt. The round valued the company at over $1 billion, granting it unicorn status. Co-founded by Robert Rose, former SpaceX flight software director, Reliable has now raised a cumulative $380 million. The company is pursuing FAA certific

According to Morgan Stanley, refined oil markets are expected to remain under supply pressure through mid-2027, even as war-related disruptions ease. The bank attributed the sustained tightness to unusually large-scale refinery maintenance activities globally, which continue to constrain supply.

According to an announcement at the 2026 World Traditional Medicine Congress held recently in Beijing, Yidu Technology (02158) released the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) evidence-based AI agent 'Xiaohuangqi.' The intelligent system integrates classical TCM theory with modern evidence-based medicine, offering doctors natural language query capabilities for TCM classic literature retrieval, diagnostic guidance, herbal formula lookup, and medical terminology translation. The platform covers ov

According to Jin10 Futures, as of October 20, low-sulfur 180CST marine fuel prices in South China rose to 7,025 yuan/ton, up 60 yuan/ton, while North China (Shandong) prices climbed to 6,850 yuan/ton, up 125 yuan/ton. The price spread between South and North narrowed to 175 yuan/ton, down 65 yuan/ton. Raw material prices rebounded this week. Asphalt feedstock in Northeast China rose 140-200 yuan/ton, and shale oil benchmarks gained 300 yuan/ton. Refineries' production costs increased amid tight

According to PANews on October 21, Bitcoin Chief Analyst Cloud at Huobi HTX believes that Bitcoin, which has been trapped between $80,000 and $84,000 over the past two weeks, will likely continue consolidating in the range ahead of the Federal Reserve's rate decision on October 29 (Beijing time). Cloud attributed the consolidation to two offsetting forces: consecutive two weeks of ETF net outflows against ongoing exchange outflows and long-term holders' mild profit-taking. He noted that CME is p

Thailand's SET Index declined 1% during intraday trading on October 21.

According to BlockBeats, Citigroup raised SpaceX's price target from $200 to $240 on October 21, representing a 20% increase from its prior estimate.

According to Wccftech, Chinese smartphone manufacturers have expanded the use of recycled DRAM recovered from old devices to reduce production costs and maintain shipment volumes as memory prices surge. The recycled chips, with a lifespan of 5 to 6 years, are being deployed in entry-level models after undergoing quality testing and re-soldering to circuit boards. The move comes after low-power memory (LPDDR) faced significant price increases and supply constraints earlier this year, forcing some

According to the Japan Petroleum Association (PAJ), as of the week ending October 17, Japan's commercial crude oil inventories rose to 11.2948 million kiloliters, up 652,200 kiloliters from 10.6426 million kiloliters the previous week. Refinery utilization rates declined: crude throughput capacity utilization (BPSD) fell to 83% from 86.4%, while design capacity utilization (BPCD) dropped to 76.4% from 78.8%.