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According to Jin10 Futures, as of October 27, reference crude oil averaged $105.54 per barrel with a 6.59% change rate, suggesting domestic gasoline and diesel retail prices should rise by 365 yuan per ton. The next pricing adjustment window is scheduled for October 29 at 24:00.

According to BlockBeats, on October 20, a wallet on decentralized options platform Derive purchased 800 Bitcoin call options expiring on November 6 with a $90,000 strike price, representing a notional value of approximately $68 million. The trader hedged the position by selling call options expiring in March and October 2027, netting $940,000 in premiums. Derive identified this as the platform's largest open Bitcoin position. Market-implied probability of Bitcoin breaking $100,000 before Christm

According to The Block, Changpeng Zhao, founder of Binance, stated on October 27 during a media briefing after the BNB Standard Nasdaq bell-ringing ceremony that crypto assets will become the "native currency of AI." Zhao said AI could use Bitcoin, existing stablecoins, or tokens issued by AI

According to Bloomberg, Dutch cryptocurrency industry organizations warned that excluding digital assets from a proposed new capital gains tax system could prompt investors to sell crypto holdings. Under current regulatory proposals, stocks, bonds, and options will shift to taxation upon sale

According to Bank of America, Micron (NAS: MU) maintained a buy rating and $1,550 price target on October 26, after BofA analyst Vivek Arya met with the company's management. Arya stated the firm has become "more positive on memory semiconductors," noting that contract durations have expanded from u

The People's Bank of China conducted 412 billion yuan of 7-day reverse repurchase agreements today (October 27) at an interest rate of 1.40%, unchanged from the previous operation.

According to ChainCatcher, citing the Taiwan Economic Ministry, Micron Taiwan and the Taichung labor union recently signed a collective bargaining agreement. Over 80% of employees received pay raises of approximately 2.7 times. Assembly line workers' annual salaries increased from 630,000 TWD to

China's National Bureau of Statistics will release data on industrial enterprises' profits for January through September at 09:30 Beijing time today.

According to Yahoo Finance, on October 26, DoorDash entered final negotiations to acquire grocery delivery specialist Instacart for approximately $17 billion, with the deal potentially closing as soon as this week. Instacart shares surged 7.87% to $60.88, while DoorDash stock declined 6.10% to $168.

According to Guru Club, on October 27, Caustic Soda main contracts fell nearly 5%, trading at 1,480 yuan per ton, while 2611 and 2612 contract codes hit their daily trading limits.

According to YourStory, Bengaluru-based brain-game startup Matiks raised $10 million in a pre-series A round led by General Catalyst today. The funding will support the platform's expansion into the US, product development, and launch of an AI tool enabling users to create and publish games

According to ChainCatcher, citing sources from the industry, Soul is set to launch Loxinity, an AI audio-video integration product for real-time interaction. The platform features Loxi Speech for voice synthesis and Loxi Avatar for video generation, targeting continuous conversation scenarios with e

According to CME FedWatch data, the Federal Reserve is expected to maintain interest rates unchanged at its meeting on Wednesday, October 27, with markets pricing in an 89.5% probability of no rate change.

According to Yonhapinfomax, the dollar-won exchange rate traded at 1,326.00 won on Oct 27 morning, up 2.90 won from the previous Seoul close of 1,323.10 won. The currency remained under downward pressure from semiconductor company dollar sales and month-end export negotiation volumes, though

On October 27, the People's Bank of China set the USD/CNY midpoint rate at 6.7171, strengthening 9 pips and indicating CNY depreciation. The EUR/CNY midpoint fell 243 pips to 7.4804. Other major currency pairs also moved: GBP/CNY declined 156 pips to 8.9349, AUD/CNY dropped 66 pips to 4.6980, and CHF/CNY fell 283 pips to 8.0952.

According to Blackstone's announcement on October 27, Bank of America, Blackstone, Citigroup, and Morgan Stanley jointly announced a $63 billion financing transaction to support Anthropic's AI infrastructure deployment. The deal will be executed through a newly established special purpose entity

According to D.A. Davidson analyst Gil Luria on October 26, Alphabet co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have already relocated from California, avoiding the state's impending 5% wealth tax on assets exceeding $1 billion effective January 1, 2026. Luria noted this positions the company

According to Yonhap Infomax, South Korean telecom company KT unveiled TokenFactory on October 27, an integrated AI platform that consolidates 500-plus AI models from global and domestic sources in a single interface. The platform automatically selects optimal AI models based on task complexity using KT's proprietary Auto Model Router technology, ranked first on global benchmark RouterArena. The company claims TokenFactory can reduce token usage by up to 25% through prompt compression optimized f

According to South Korea's Institute for Industrial Economics (KIET) on October 27, countries directly managing oil prices—including South Korea, China, and Thailand—saw average energy price increases of 15.0% from March to August 2026, compared to 24.9% in unmanaged markets like the U.S. and Germany. South Korea demonstrated particular resilience in August-September, when energy prices rose only 0.1 percentage point month-over-month to 11.9%, while the U.S., Germany, and Thailand experienced sh

According to Yonhapinfomax, South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSC) held talks with Chief Risk Officers from 10 securities companies on October 27, urging stricter management of margin lending practices. FSC Vice Chairman Seo Jae-wan emphasized that companies must proactively manage credit risk to protect investors, noting that insufficient self-regulation could trigger additional regulatory measures. The meeting follows June's market volatility discussions. South Korea's margin lendin