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According to ChainCatcher, Vantage Bank and Rio Bank completed their first tokenized deposit loan payment on Oct. 19 using Hazel Network tokenized deposits through Participate's lending platform. Funds arrived in the recipient's digital wallet in under 3 minutes, with principal and interest automatically distributed and loan balances updated in real-time, replacing traditional processes reliant on wire transfers, spreadsheets, and email notifications. The transaction was confirmed by Custodia Ch

According to ChainCatcher, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the company is developing a new generation of smaller models to achieve Muse Wonder-level intelligence with higher efficiency, with a launch expected soon.

According to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Muse AI's revenue per user could eventually exceed that of the company's Family of Apps, which currently generates hundreds of dollars annually per user. Muse will launch on MetaGlasses next month. Meta stock rallied over 6.5% in after-hours trading following the announcement during an analyst call.

According to Iran's state media Fars News, a senior Iranian security official stated on October 22 that Iran will designate U.S. political targets, participants in hostilities, and their infrastructure as legitimate targets if a new round of large-scale warfare occurs, including if Iranian officials are assassinated or civilians are killed. The official added that Iran has issued directives to all combat units to prepare for such scenarios, citing rising domestic pressure to take decisive action

According to ZKsync's official announcement, Gluk64 unveiled the Prividium Commander at Money2020, a development designed to enhance zkSync's offerings. The product aims to improve transaction security and efficiency for zkSync's layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum. The announcement has generated significant interest within the crypto community regarding zkSync's future ecosystem integration.

According to CNBC citing LSEG, Southwest Airlines cut its 2026 full-year adjusted earnings per share (EPS) forecast this month to $2.60 to $2.85, down from its July guidance of $3.25 to $4.25 a share. The airline attributed the downward revision to significantly higher fuel costs. Southwest became the third major U.S. carrier to slash its 2026 profit outlook this month due to fuel price pressures.

According to ChainCatcher, Yuga Labs launched Mudwater trading card NFTs on Solana. Bored Ape holders are eligible to receive 10 card packs, while Mutant Ape holders receive 2 packs each.

Recursive, an AI startup founded last year, launched Flint, a free coding model on Wednesday that runs on a laptop and was built largely with the help of its automated research system, the Eureka Machine. The open-source model uses a mixture-of-experts architecture, activating only 2.5 billion of its 40 billion parameters per task, making it lightweight for consumer devices. In tests on a MacBook Pro with Apple's M4 Pro chip, Flint generated about 131 tokens per second, roughly double the 58–69

According to CCTV, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced today, October 21, that Russia has agreed to hold a new round of trilateral negotiations involving the U.S., Ukraine, and Russia. The U.S. proposed launching talks as soon as possible, which Ukraine supports, with the parties targeting early November or sooner for the meeting. Zelenskyy stated Ukraine backs multiple peace initiatives, including a comprehensive ceasefire, halting attacks on energy infrastructure, humanitarian op

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's total compensation for 2026 reached $906 billion, according to the company's disclosure.

NYSE American launched extended trading hours for options on 29 stocks and exchange-traded funds on October 19, introducing pre-market sessions from 7:30 a.m. to 9:25 a.m. Eastern Time and post-market sessions from 4:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. ET. The expansion adds approximately two hours and ten minutes of trading access for eligible contracts, complementing the regular core session from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eligible securities include major ETFs such as SPY, IWM, GLD, QQQ, and XLF, along with wid

According to Nvidia, the company unveiled the OpenShell Reference Architecture at GTC Berlin on Wednesday, combining Vera CPUs, the open-source OpenShell runtime and BlueField-4 chips running Sentry to contain and monitor autonomous AI agents. Sentry inspects agent traffic from a separate hardware domain and can quarantine an agent within milliseconds without requiring agent or host cooperation. Security vendors including CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler and Check Point are integrating s

According to Stellar, US Bank launched a stablecoin pilot program using Stellar's blockchain technology to accelerate cross-border payments. The initiative focuses on enhancing transaction speed and efficiency in payment systems.

According to ChainCatcher, Tesla announced it has started production of its Semi electric trucks in Nevada and Optimus humanoid robots in Fremont.

According to ChainCatcher, decentralized lending platform Dolomite has integrated $100 million in Bitcoin-backed collateral through Concrete's BTCcx infrastructure and enabled borrowing functionality against the new collateral. BTCcx is an on-chain token issued and managed by Concrete, representing underlying Bitcoin held in qualified custody by BitGo and deployed on the Ethereum network. The underlying BTC can be borrowed without prior liquidation or removal from custody.

IBM posted third quarter revenue of $17.1 billion, exceeding analyst expectations of $16.83 billion. The company maintained its full-year guidance, projecting revenue growth of 4% to 5% at constant currency, compared to analyst expectations of 4.12% growth.

According to ChainCatcher, Meta Platforms expects Reality Labs losses to narrow to approximately $15 billion next year.

According to FinanceFeeds technical analysis, Bitcoin rebounded from support level 80,800.00 on October 21, forming a Bullish Engulfing candlestick pattern and breaking above the daily downtrend channel that began in early October. The upward move completes an intermediate ABC correction and targets resistance level 86,960.00, which previously halted a major impulse wave at the end of September.

According to Token Terminal, the tokenized stock market cap reached $4.4 billion over the past year, reflecting an 886% increase. ETFs dominate the segment with $1.1 billion in assets, underscoring growing institutional interest in blockchain-based equity trading.

According to ChainCatcher, Meta Platforms forecasts capital expenditure between $135 billion and $145 billion for 2026.