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According to Bank of America strategist Michael Hartnett on Oct 18, the bank's bull-bear indicator fell from 8.1 to 7.4, ending the sell signal triggered on May 26. However, Hartnett emphasized that the conclusion of the sell signal does not mark the arrival of a buy signal; the bank maintains a defensive tactical stance and is not adding to tech positions. The strategist highlighted that conditions for returning to risk assets—including a Fed rate hike on Oct 28 and easing AI financing concerns

According to Norwegian government statement, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland signed a free trade agreement with Vietnam on October 18. After the deal takes effect, approximately 50% of Norway's exports to Vietnam will enjoy zero tariff treatment. Within seven years, the share of exports qualifying for zero tariffs will exceed 98%, according to the statement. Vietnam and the four-member European Free Trade Association concluded negotiations on the agreement this July, following ta

According to Yahoo Finance, investors at Anthropic's San Francisco headquarters this week discussed a valuation of approximately $1.5 trillion for the AI lab, down from earlier expectations of $2 trillion. The Claude developer's third-quarter revenue reached $16.8 billion, representing 45% growth from the prior quarter and maintaining profitability on an adjusted basis. The downward valuation adjustment comes as some investors expressed concern about Q3 growth deceleration compared to previous q

According to Blockworks data cited by Solana, the Solana network processed 557 million transactions in September, representing a 33% increase from August. Daily average transaction volume reached 18.6 million during the month.

According to the Financial Times, Anthropic is consulting with law firms to understand how AI agents can negotiate on behalf of users in scenarios including commodity bargaining, customer service disputes, and salary negotiations. The company is exploring how to balance user interests with fair outcomes and is considering requiring users to provide signed documents specifying the agent's authorized tasks and operational boundaries. AnthropIc has conducted multiple real-world agent negotiation ex

According to a survey by Yonhapinfomax of 15 domestic and foreign financial experts, South Korea's monetary policy committee is expected to hold the benchmark rate steady at 3.00% on October 22. The committee may see a dissenting vote for a rate hike from one member, though market analysts widely expect a unanimous hold decision. Over the past week, South Korea's 3-year government bond yield fell 16.2 basis points to 3.835%, while the 10-year yield dropped 24.7 basis points to 4.165%. Foreign in

According to Citigroup analysts in latest reporting, 2027 faces two significant stock market risks. Global corporate earnings are expected to grow just 16% next year, down sharply from an estimated 35% this year. Citigroup's analysis shows that a 20 percentage-point slowdown in earnings-per-share (EPS) growth typically correlates with near-flat market returns. The second risk is earnings concentration in technology. Citigroup estimates that tech will contribute approximately 70% of global EPS gr

According to Yonhap Infomax, AI infrastructure company Elice Group and regenerative medicine platform MS Bio are listing on South Korea's KOSDAQ market on October 20 and 22, respectively, this week. Elice Group set its offering price at 90,500 Korean won (upper end of guidance band), with an estimated market cap exceeding 1 trillion won. MS Bio's offering price was set at 7,800 Korean won, with an anticipated market cap of approximately 212.2 billion won.

According to on-chain data, two Bitcoin wallets that have been inactive for over 12 years recently awakened and transferred a combined 417 BTC valued at approximately $33.85 million. The wallets originally acquired the bitcoins at prices of $127 and $355 per coin, representing significant gains given current market valuations. The on-chain movement was tracked and reported by LookOnChain.

According to ChainCatcher, as of October 18, Bitcoin spot trading shows heavier sell pressure on Coinbase, with sell orders at $25.2818 million against buy orders of $16.654 million, a difference of $8.6279 million. BTC is currently trading at $81,801. The data was sourced from trading intelligence platform Liquid247.xyz.

According to CoinDesk, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, and Morgan Stanley each expressed positive views on tokenization during their third-quarter earnings calls on October 18. Goldman Sachs highlighted tokenization as a pathway to expand its trading business, while Wells Fargo stated its tokenized deposit system can now facilitate cross-border payments with settlement times of just two minutes or less. Morgan Stanley sees tokenization as a means to generate additional demand for wealth management a

According to Arkham data monitored by ChainCatcher, whale 0xf82 withdrew 1 million CAKE tokens (worth $2.16 million) from Bybit, along with 800 BNB valued at approximately $576,000.

Poland's military took action to verify a suspected unidentified object over Polish airspace overnight on October 17, according to a military statement. Ground search teams have been deployed south of Lublin to locate the object's possible crash site. However, the military has not yet confirmed whether Polish airspace was actually breached.

According to BlockBeats citing DefiLlama, Papertrade's daily revenue on October 17 fell to $890,000, down 83% day-over-day, ranking 7th among all protocols. Trading volume declined to $54.23 billion from $96.52 billion the previous day, a 43% drop. Transaction count decreased 40% to 135,227 trades, while new account registrations fell 53% to 622, according to Papertrade's official data.

According to ChainCatcher, a whale accumulated 7.6 million WLD tokens over the past 14 days at an average price of $0.57 per token, investing approximately $4.32 million. The position has generated an unrealized loss exceeding $780,000 and is approaching $1 million in losses.

According to Guru Club, DeepSeek updated its V4.1 Flash model to version 1017 on October 17, with the new version deployed across its web platform, mobile app, and API. The updated model achieved improved benchmark performance across multiple tasks. The new version reduces execution time and output length compared to the previous V4.1 Flash iteration, enabling users to complete tasks at lower cost and faster speed. DeepSeek stated the optimization reached new performance-to-cost Pareto optimalit

According to CME FedWatch data, as of October 18, the probability of the Federal Reserve maintaining interest rates unchanged in October stands at 84.5%, while the probability of a 25 basis point hike is 15.5%.

Bored Ape Yacht Club has announced the launch of Mudwater, a Solana-based collectible trading card series. BAYC and MAYC holders received airdrops of 6,551 Totems to claim card packs. Each BAYC can claim 10 packs; each MAYC can claim 2 packs. Each pack contains 10 cards, with 24 packs per box, for a total of 10,000 boxes.

According to Odaily, KR1 plc, a blockchain infrastructure company listed on the London Stock Exchange, recently launched its own Ethereum validators operated by P2P.org within Lido V3's stVaults. The company plans to stake up to 6,000 ETH, with the first batch of 10 validators going live, though the rollout timeline depends on Ethereum's validator entry queue. KR1 retains control over deposits, withdrawals, validator fees, and vault permissions, and has the option to mint stETH for liquidity.

According to CNBC host Jim Cramer on Wednesday (October 14), investors should avoid completely exiting the stock market despite significant uncertainty, as premature retreat could mean missing the next rally. The S&P 500 fell over 1% and the Nasdaq declined 1.9% on the day. Cramer noted that missing just the 10 best trading days between 2005 and 2024 would have reduced a $10,000 investment in the S&P 500 to less than half its actual value. U.S. September CPI rose 0.6% month-over-month, slightly