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According to Nasdaq, CrowdStrike (CRWD) closed at $239.34 on October 21, up $11.97 or 5.26% from Tuesday's close of $227.37. Q2 fiscal 2027 annual recurring revenue (ARR) reached $5.84 billion, up 25% year-over-year, with net new ARR of $332.8 million, up 51% year-over-year, according to the company's August 26 SEC filing. The fiscal 2027 ending ARR guidance stands at $6,603.0 million to $6,611.9 million. S&P Global analyst consensus as of October 22 shows a $246.15 average price target, with 30

According to ShopOS, the Bengaluru-based AI marketing startup launched Sloosh on October 22, 2026. The tool enables creators and small businesses worldwide to generate product images, visual scenes, reels, and creator-style clips from prompts, photos, and videos. Sloosh includes reusable workflows (Spaces), a visual builder (Spacelab), and access to ShopOS's in-house creative team. The product integrates with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Cursor through Model Context Protocol (MCP), with an Adobe

According to a filing submitted on Thursday (October 22), Meta has committed to approximately $825 billion in future spending across various leases and contracts, with much of the amount allocated to artificial intelligence computing power and infrastructure. This represents an increase from the $700 billion figure disclosed in July. The commitments consist of $355.7 billion in operating and financing leases for data centers and energy infrastructure, with lease commencement dates through 2036,

In the week ended October 17, U.S. initial jobless claims declined to 194,000, below the forecasted 200,000 and improving from the previous week's 199,000. The lower-than-expected reading suggests labor market resilience amid ongoing economic activity.

According to Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, earlier this year he predicted the Federal Reserve would eventually purchase stock ETFs through the Treasury Department in a similar manner to China and Japan. Balchunas believes this practice may become commonplace in the U.S. market within the next 5 to 10 years.

U.S. initial jobless claims for the week ending October 10 reached 1.728 million, surpassing the consensus estimate of 1.71 million and slightly higher than the prior week's 1.71 million.

According to an official statement reported by BlockBeats on October 22, Gold House, a Web3 payment application, has signed an agreement to acquire THREESTONES VENTURES LTD, a Canadian money services business (MSB) company. The transaction is advancing to subsequent stages of the acquisition process. The proposed acquisition is part of Gold House's strategic initiative to expand its digital asset services, fiat-to-crypto exchange capabilities, and cross-border payment infrastructure. Upon comple

According to Bloomberg, Visa is in talks to acquire Fireblocks, a cryptocurrency custody infrastructure company, at a valuation of approximately $2.5 billion on October 22. The deal, if completed, would expand Visa's presence in digital asset custody and blockchain payment infrastructure.

According to Chainlink's third-quarter review published on October 21, over $15 billion in tokenized value migrated to Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) in 2026, driven by a $292 million LayerZero bridge exploit in April. The April 18 attack targeted KelpDAO, draining 116,500 rsETH and prompting exodus from multiple institutions citing LayerZero's verifier configuration concerns. Cumulative cross-chain token value secured by CCIP reached above $85 billion. BitGo led migrat

BitGo launched BitGo Labs, a research and innovation unit focused on building applications at the intersection of artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency, on October 22. The company's first disclosed consumer project is Gokubu, an AI-powered spending card accepted where Visa is accepted and already live. BitGo Labs will expand the company's business beyond infrastructure services into consumer-facing products, leveraging its existing custody, wallet, and payments capabilities. The unit plans

According to DTCC's official announcement, Ripple Prime is among more than 50 financial institutions collaborating with the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) on tokenized securities infrastructure. Participants include BlackRock, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Circle and Robinhood, focusing on operational requirements for tokenized equities, ETFs and U.S. government securities. On July 15, DTCC announced successful production transactions involving more than 30 organizations, covering t

According to CryptoQuant.com, Japan's government is discussing the implementation of yen-backed stablecoins to facilitate refunds directly to digital wallets that operate around the clock. The discussions, highlighted at the FinStbBoard's RiskLive Asia 2026 event, reflect growing regulatory interest in integrating digital currency solutions into public policy and streamlining government transaction efficiencies.

According to BlockBeats, Ethereum fast finality coordination lead Ben Edgington and researchers submitted a proposal today to reduce transaction finality from approximately 16 minutes to 4 minutes, a four-fold improvement. The proposal aims to separate validator block proposal and finality confirmation mechanisms to accelerate finality confirmation while enabling future quantum-resistant signatures. Faster finality could significantly reduce cross-chain bridge transfer costs. The Ethereum Founda

According to ChainCatcher, X Pay, a payment infrastructure provider for AI agents and APIs, announced a $1 million funding round with backing from DCI, Credit Scend, Skyland Ventures, Zerra Ventures, and five other investors. The funds will support expansion of blockchain network integrations, independent security audits, launch of an API marketplace, and preparation for European regulatory compliance including MiCA requirements.

According to Guru Club, on October 22, basketball legend Yao Ming and Unitree Robotics founder Wang Xingxing discussed whether robots could execute feints during a cross-disciplinary dialogue at the 2026 Physical AI Summit. Wang responded that as robots and AI models improve, they could increasingly predict opponents' movements and even "predict the prediction." He noted this prediction capability reflects AI model reasoning levels. However, he acknowledged that most current robots rely primaril

According to a statement from XMTP founder Shane Mac, the messaging protocol will evolve into a self-hosted open-source stack allowing private conversations between people and agents, with infrastructure controlled by users and requiring no tokens or wallets. XMTP Labs' hosted network will shut down in early 2027. The self-hosted version offers quantum-resistant end-to-end encryption, private direct and group messaging, cryptographic identity verification, and SDKs for mobile, web, server, and a

According to Nikkei Asia, Micron's Taoyuan union launched a 24-hour warning strike on October 22 at 9 a.m. local time, marking the first strike in Taiwan's semiconductor industry. Eleven union officials joined the picket line, according to Central News Agency as reported by TradingKey. A strike authorization ballot held from October 1 to 6 returned 1,994 votes in favor out of 2,258 eligible members, representing 88.3% support, according to TrendForce. The union demands 15% of Micron's global ope