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According to Jin10 Data, Trafigura Group purchased 7 tankers from NYSE-listed SFL on October 7. The deal includes 4 LR2-type product tankers built in 2014–2015 and 3 Suezmax-type tankers built in 2019. All vessels will be delivered within the next six months.

According to The Block, $487.2 million in Bitcoin long positions were liquidated overnight on October 6-7, sending BTC below $84,000. The sell-off began around 9:45 p.m. ET on October 6, with Bitcoin falling from roughly $85,300 to a low near $83,577 within about 25 minutes. More than 100,000 traders were affected across exchanges during the cascade. Total liquidations across all crypto assets reached $555.6 million in the 24-hour window, with long positions accounting for $487.2 million and sho

According to the Thai SEC, on October 7, the regulator filed a complaint against As Sure Technology Co., Ltd. and its directors for operating a digital asset trading center without the necessary authorization. The complaint also addresses the company's alleged actions in blocking access to essential information. This enforcement action marks a significant regulatory move targeting unauthorized digital asset operations in Thailand.

According to an Oct. 6 SEC Form 8-K filing, Evernorth delayed its Nasdaq IPO debut to Oct. 12 from Oct. 8 due to an administrative delay in the business combination closing with Armada Acquisition Corp. II. The transaction closing is now expected around Oct. 9, with Class A shares to begin trading under ticker XRPN on Nasdaq on Oct. 12. Evernorth expects to hold approximately 473 million XRP and roughly $300 million in gross cash proceeds at closing, positioning it as one of the largest dedicate

According to Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, the state sued TP-Link on October 6 for misrepresenting the safety of its routers and concealing ties to China. Uthmeier claimed the company falsely advertised how secure its products were, overstated separation from China, and failed to disclose that many router models cannot automatically update themselves. TP-Link stopped supporting several older models after Chinese state-sponsored hackers exploited them. The AG stated that TP-Link claime

According to the World Gold Council, global gold ETFs attracted a record $31 billion in inflows during the third quarter of 2026, with $10 billion flowing in during September alone. Despite a decline in gold prices, global gold holdings increased by 67 tonnes to a record 4,256 tonnes. Total assets under management declined 7% to $574 billion.

According to ChainCatcher, on Wednesday (October 7), the 30-year U.S. Treasury yield rose to 5.72%, marking its highest level since 2002. The 10-year U.K. gilt yield climbed to 6%, while French government bonds of the same maturity increased by 14 basis points. The moves were driven by a spike in oil prices, which heightened market concerns over inflation and potential interest rate hikes.

According to CoinDesk analyst Krisztian Sandor, Ethereum treasury company BitMine will stop buying ETH once holdings reach 5% of circulating supply. As of October 7, BitMine holds 6,016,414 ETH (approximately 4.9% of circulating supply, valued at $15.5 billion), with roughly 100,000 ETH remaining to reach the target. At the current weekly purchase pace of $41 million, BitMine expects to complete the acquisition within six to seven weeks.

On Wednesday, October 7, U.S. stock index futures declined sharply, with Dow futures down nearly 1%, while spot gold fell over 2%, spot silver dropped 3%, and crude oil rose over 1%. The moves come ahead of the Federal Reserve's release of its September FOMC meeting minutes on October 8 at 02:00 Beijing time. In other central bank developments, India's Reserve Bank raised its benchmark interest rate to 5.5%, marking the first hike in nearly four years and signaling an "orderly tightening" stance

According to the European Commission spokesman, the EU energy working group will hold a teleconference today at 16:00 CET (22:00 Beijing time) to discuss the release of oil and diesel stockpiles.

According to Nasdaq historical closes, Nvidia closed on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at $239.24, up $0.34, or 0.14 percent, from Monday's $238.90. The intraday range was $238.93 to $243.37 on 101.7 million shares. Nasdaq's quote summary placed the market value at $5.773 trillion, roughly $227 billion short of $6 trillion. The S&P 500 closed at 7,818.93, up 0.58 percent, and the Nasdaq Composite at 27,599.89, up 0.45 percent, both marking record closes. Nvidia's 0.14 percent gain lagged the technolo

According to prosecutors, Daniel Rhyne, 59, a former core infrastructure engineer, was sentenced to 32 months in prison on September 28 for attacking his New Jersey employer's network and demanding a Bitcoin ransom. In November 2023, Rhyne sent an email demanding 20 BTC (then worth approximately $750,000) and threatened to shut down 40 company servers daily for 10 days unless payment was made. The FBI traced the attack to a hidden virtual machine accessed from his company laptop, with passwords

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's October Short-Term Energy Outlook published on October 6, the agency raised its fourth-quarter Brent crude oil forecast to $105 per barrel, a $14 increase from September's edition. The revision reflects 4.5 million barrels per day of shut-in production, driven by attacks on Middle Eastern oil infrastructure, particularly the strike on Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz. For 2026 as a whole, the EIA expect

According to ChainCatcher, crypto trading and market-making firm GSR announced a $100 million investment to launch Hare, an on-chain credit business built with liquidity distribution platform Turtle. Hare will create and manage on-chain vaults, with GSR's multi-year commitment primarily provided as credit lines. GSR's own capital will serve as anchor liquidity before external investors join. Hare initially launches two products backed by lending protocol Aave: Hare USD Earn, which accepts mainst

Shayne Coplan, CEO of prediction market platform Polymarket, described the pursuit of 100x tokens as a game of 'irrational exuberance' during a fireside chat at Token2049 Singapore on Wednesday. 'People think they're buying something worthless, but they're buying it. If it can go to 100X, they want to sell it before it goes back to zero,' Coplan said. He noted that while some traders generate significant wealth through this strategy, asset prices that rise must eventually decline. Polymarket log

According to BlockBeats, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes stated on October 7 at Singapore's Gamma Prime investment summit that the tech industry is "wasting trillions of dollars" building AI data centers. Hayes predicts the current AI boom will eventually face overinvestment, collapse, and government bailouts—with excess liquidity from rescue packages potentially driving Bitcoin and other crypto assets higher. Hayes noted that as tech companies race to build data centers and compete for computing

According to Jin10 citing Gaza health authorities, the three-year conflict between Hamas and Israel has killed over 74,000 people and injured more than 175,000 as of October 7. Despite a ceasefire agreement in October 2025, Israeli military continues airstrikes on Gaza, according to UN statements. The UN estimates Gaza's reconstruction will require approximately $70 billion, as most areas face widespread destruction and displacement, with Palestinian economy and public finances under severe pres

MOVR plunged 10.16% in the past 60 minutes, dropping from $2.027 to $1.821 over the period. The token declined 4.31% over the last 24 hours with a 24-hour trading volume of approximately $13.54 million. The daily high reached $2.081 and the low stood at $1.813.

Binance recently announced new bStock listings for JPMB, LLYB, SECZB, and USDEB, according to its official announcement. Users can now trade these assets against USDT with a 1:1 free and instant exchange, with 24/7 trading access available.

Rival Systems has enhanced its Rival Risk platform with multi-condition alerts, custom severity levels and targeted notifications to help firms manage portfolio exposure across continuous markets. Users can combine account, position and risk conditions in a single rule, route alerts to designated staff and perform scenario analysis directly from triggered warnings. The update targets broker-dealers, futures commission merchants, proprietary trading firms and hedge funds trading futures, options,