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According to a BTG Pactual/Nexus poll released on Monday, right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro holds a narrow lead over incumbent President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva ahead of Brazil's presidential runoff election scheduled for less than one week away. Excluding blank and invalid ballots, Bolsonaro is projected to secure 50.3% support, while Lula is at 49.7%.

According to Bloomberg, France's Prime Minister Lecornu announced on the weekend (October 18-19) that partial curfews will be implemented in several regions following riots that erupted in Paris and other cities during protests against high living costs. More than 500,000 people took to the streets on Saturday. Lecornu told reporters after a cabinet meeting, "These are clear criminal acts and looting that must not continue." France's Small Business Minister Serge Papin stated that approximately

According to an announcement on October 19, Wanqu Development (00737) subsidiary Guangshen-Zhuhai Company signed construction contracts with six winning bidders for the Shenzhen section of the Beijing-Guangzhou-Zhuhai Expressway expansion project, with a total contract value of approximately RMB 66.6 billion. The contracts cover six segments (TJ1, TJ3-TJ7) of the expressway's retrofit and expansion work. The project aims to enhance traffic capacity and service levels on the highway, which connec

According to JPMorgan, the bank extended its JPM Coin deposit-token initiative to Ethereum mainnet for approved institutional clients, supporting institutional fund transfers and tokenized-asset settlement. JPM Coin represents US dollar deposits at JPMorgan and is designed for around-the-clock transfers. The deployment follows the token's earlier launch on Base. Ethereum is currently trading at $2,420, just above $2,400. U.S. Ethereum products recorded approximately $500 million in net outflows

According to the Iranian Students News Agency, Pakistan Army Chief of Staff General Asim Munir is expected to visit Tehran this week.

According to Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing on October 19, Shenzhen Chuangzhi Xinlian Technology Co., Ltd. passed its Hong Kong main board listing hearing. Haitong International and China Construction Bank International serve as joint sponsors for the plating materials and plating services provider.

According to an October 16 code proposal, XRP Ledger developers introduced two transaction types, TokenPreauth and TokenBlock, under the XLS-87 standard for Multi-Purpose Tokens. TokenPreauth allows issuers to pre-approve specific accounts for token acquisition, while TokenBlock enables issuers to prohibit particular accounts from acquiring tokens. The current implementation creates and manages permission records but does not yet enforce restrictions when accounts attempt to acquire tokens. Full

U.S. President Donald Trump stated that immigrants have occupied France and called for the country to rapidly close its borders. The remarks were made in recent comments addressing immigration concerns.

According to Yonhap News, South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service Chief Lee Chan-jin reiterated on October 19 his intent to prevent the launch of single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds, describing the effort as necessary to warn investors of significant risks. During a parliamentary audit, Lee confirmed his earlier statement that he would have "laid down" to block the product, explaining the strong language was intended to signal concerns amid heightened volatility in stocks such as Sa

According to OKX's official announcement, the company has launched Exchange OS on the XLayer platform. The infrastructure enables developers and institutions to deploy Onchain Spot, Perps, and Outcomes markets, providing institutional-grade trading infrastructure for market participants in the crypto ecosystem.

Mediwound Limited (02493) announced on October 19 that it will present Phase 2 clinical data for 9MW2821, a Nectin-4 targeted ADC, in an oral presentation at the 2026 European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress in Madrid, Spain, October 23-27. As of April 10, 2026, among 60 evaluable patients with locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) previously treated with topoisomerase I inhibitor-conjugated ADCs, the drug achieved an objective response rate (ORR) of 30

According to Binance official announcement, users with at least 255 Binance Alpha points can claim the Alpha token airdrop at 21:00 Beijing time on October 19. The airdrop will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis via Binance Wallet until all tokens in the distribution pool are claimed or the campaign ends.

According to Cailian Press, on October 19, China's Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) drafted the Guidance Opinion on Securities Market Advance Compensation (Consultation Draft) and opened it for public comment. The guidelines explicitly support and encourage the implementation of advance compensation. The CSRC clarified that advance compensation entities, based on their recovery rights under the Securities Law, may obtain advance compensation materials from the insurance fund company for r

According to Bloomberg, BlackRock's energy transition fund has raised $8.7 billion.

According to Tom's Hardware, Arm announced last week that its AGI CPU achieves approximately 2x the performance per rack compared to AMD EPYC 9755, calculated from modeled server-power assumptions tested across seven agentic AI workloads. At the chip level, Arm's AGI CPU averaged 1.20x performance versus EPYC 9755 across the tests. The per-rack advantage stems largely from power efficiency: Arm's configurations consume 950–1,050 W per server versus 1,700 W for AMD, allowing 23 or 21 Arm servers

According to China Earthquake Networks Center, a 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck Beichuan County, Mianyang, Sichuan on October 19 at 6:57 PM. The epicenter was located at latitude 31.90 degrees north and longitude 104.46 degrees east, with a depth of 11 kilometers.

According to Shenzhen Public Security Bureau's Economic Crime Investigation Division, on October 19, the department warned against new fraud schemes packaged as 'RWA real estate tokenization' and 'blockchain notarization'. The agency emphasized that technical terminology does not guarantee compliance or legitimacy. Fraudsters infiltrate technology communities posing as industry experts to exploit trust and lower vigilance. The bureau noted that smart contract addresses and corporate registration

On October 19, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Tehran, continuing diplomatic engagements between Moscow and Iran.

According to Lookonchain, Hyperliquid trader address 0x30af closed 1,355.6 Bitcoin long positions at approximately $80,945 average price on October 18, exiting a $98 million 40x leveraged position and realizing a $3.26 million loss. The address subsequently opened a $34.6 million Tesla long position on Hyperliquid's HIP-3 market with 20x isolated leverage at entry price $360.23, ahead of Tesla's Q3 earnings report on October 21. Hyperdash data indicates the address incurred $9.53 million in loss

According to analyst Serenity on the X platform, the market may have misinterpreted Microsoft's exit from its partnership with Nscale. Serenity argues the move could be positive for AI infrastructure providers like Nebius and IREN that possess operational data center capacity and quick deployment capabilities. Serenity noted that Microsoft's withdrawal likely stems from Nscale's failure to deliver on schedule, not a reduced demand for compute power. With Nscale unable to meet deadlines, Microsof