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EPA Administrator Zeldin announced plans to release a new oil and gas proposal in the coming days. No further details about the proposal's content have been disclosed.

According to Anthropic, on October 8, the company released Claude Haiku 5.5, described as the fastest, cheapest, and most capable small model to date. The model reduces average running costs by approximately 75% compared to Haiku 4.5, with input pricing at $0.1 per million tokens and output at $0.5 per million tokens for prompts under 100,000 tokens. Claude Haiku 5.5 is now available on the Claude platform and via AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure, targeting cost-sensitive tasks such as sum

According to Bank of America strategist Mark Cabana, global bond markets have experienced a significant selloff since Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Walsh's August Jackson Hole speech, during which he stated it was "very difficult" to characterize financial conditions as restrictive. Cabana noted that more than half of the 2026 U.S. 10-year Treasury yield gains occurred following the speech, as traders reassess neutral rate levels. Cabana stated the Fed faces a binary choice: either raise rates

According to ChainCatcher, on October 7, U.S. President Trump stated that Iran will be completely destroyed and the situation will resolve quickly, with oil prices expected to plummet as a result.

According to zkSync's official announcement, the protocol will participate in the Chicago Signal Forum on October 8, where industry leaders will discuss institutional digital assets and the evolution of onchain financial infrastructure. The forum is hosted by the Digital Chamber.

According to The Verge, ICANN announced today (Oct 7) that it received 1,615 new top-level domain applications from 481 different applicants, with artificial intelligence dominating the submissions. Ten companies, including Meta and OpenAI, applied for the .agent domain, while seven applicants competed for .agi. OpenAI also submitted applications for .asi and .chatgpt, while Meta sought .meta, .facebook, .instagram, .threads, and other branded domains. The surge reflects the tech industry's focu

According to CNBC, Microsoft announced on Wednesday (October 7) its new Surface Laptop Ultra laptop containing an Nvidia AI chip will start at $2,599, with preorders available now and shipments beginning October 16. The device features up to 128 gigabytes of unified memory and delivers up to one petaflop of computing power, comparable to Nvidia's DGX-1 data center server. Microsoft executive vice president Pavan Davuluri unveiled the laptop at a company event in San Francisco, positioning the de

On October 7, the Central Bank of Tunisia held its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 8%, according to its policy announcement.

According to a CertiK analysis, a legacy MakerDAO auction-keeper contract has been exploited for over $500,000, with the vulnerability originating from unsettled transactions dating back to March 2020's Black Thursday liquidation crisis. The attacker leveraged a missing access control on function 0x8804d1de in the keeper implementation, gaining access to four 50-ETH lots (200 ETH total) that had never been settled since the original Black Thursday incident. The funds were subsequently transferre

According to Grayscale Managing Director Krista Lynch, Grayscale's Zcash ETF (ZCSH) exceeded $1 billion in its first 30 trading days, placing it in the top 1% of ETFs launched over the past decade by assets gathered in their first month. Lynch attributed the selectivity in the crypto ETF market to the SEC's generic listing standards, which have created a framework covering roughly 15 tokens, allowing issuers to choose products based on investor demand and conviction.

According to the Federal Reserve's September meeting minutes, published October 8, policymakers acknowledged that while AI adoption could eventually ease short-term inflation pressures through productivity gains, several risks could delay these benefits. The minutes stated: "Some participants mentioned new concerns about potential impacts from rapid AI adoption, including cybersecurity and other risks that could in some cases weigh on productivity." Federal Reserve Board members Barr and Cook em

According to BitGo CEO Mike Belshé, speaking at Token2049 in Singapore, digital assets are integrating into the financial system regardless of congressional action. Belshé's statement reflects growing institutional demand for digital assets and highlights the urgency for traditional finance to adapt to evolving market dynamics.

According to Meta's announcement on Wednesday, the company's Muse AI assistant is now available in a dedicated iPad app. The launch comes just one month after Muse debuted on iOS and Android on September 8. Since its initial release, the assistant has reached 6.6 million installs, according to Sensor Tower estimates. The iPad version includes new integrations for small businesses such as Asana, Figma, and Zoom, as well as retail partners like Walmart and Sephora, allowing users to manage email,

According to Jin10 and U.S. officials, Syria's President Ahmad Shara visited Saudi Arabia on Tuesday (October 8) and met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss potential military aid in response to escalating conflict with Houthi forces. The proposed assistance includes defensive aid to help counter missile and drone attacks, as well as potential deployment of Syrian troops to fight alongside Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces. A U.S. official stated that Saudi Arabia has requested

Today, NYMEX WTI November crude oil futures closed down 1.16 per barrel, or 1.29%, at 88.28 per barrel. November natural gas futures settled at 3.2030 per million British thermal units, while November gasoline futures closed at 3.2342 per gallon and November heating oil futures at 4.6227 per gallon.

According to Coinglass, if Bitcoin breaks $87,501, major CEX combined short liquidations would reach $2.129 billion. Conversely, if BTC falls below $79,493, combined long liquidations would hit $1.139 billion.

According to Financial Times reporting based on government forfeiture complaints, EQIBank had approximately 80% of its monetary assets, around $84 million, frozen as part of a seizure targeting Capstone Limited. Capstone allegedly misrepresented its business nature to U.S. banks including Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, and Citibank, claiming it was an "application development service" rather than a money services business. The government's complaint alleges Capstone processed hundreds of millions

According to PwC's recent report, Stellar has cut securitization payout timeframes from 30 days to 1 day, as detailed in an announcement from Stellar. The new mechanism utilizes smart contracts to facilitate near-instant settlement in AllUnityStable's MiCA-regulated euro stablecoin, enhancing liquidity and operational efficiency within the Stellar ecosystem.

According to Odaily, Capital Group's Growth ETF increased its Strategy holdings by 535,300 shares to 2.19 million shares, valued at approximately $336 million. Additionally, ANCFX, another Capital Group fund, purchased 4.32 million Strategy shares in April 2026 for about $747 million and currently holds 10.33 million shares valued at approximately $1.78 billion. Capital Group, which manages $3.3 trillion in assets, has been expanding its cryptocurrency exposure through these purchases.

According to NASA, SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft carrying 4 astronauts undocked from the International Space Station on October 7 at 8:05 a.m. EDT (8:05 p.m. Beijing time). The capsule is expected to splash down in waters near California on October 8 at 11:34 a.m. EDT (11:34 p.m. Beijing time).