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According to ChainCatcher, Ethereum (ETH) is trading at $2,351.07 against USDT today, based on Gate exchange data. The cryptocurrency is down 0.93% over the past 24 hours.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the agency on Friday corrected corn data released in September due to a processing error discovered by the National Agricultural Statistics Service. The correction followed concerns raised after the department's crop report this month projected higher-than-expected corn harvests, which triggered a sharp decline in U.S. corn futures.

According to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing capacity is essentially sold out through the end of 2027, with many orders now extending into 2028, driven by surging demand for AI infrastructure from research labs and enterprises.

According to Yonhap Infomax, South Korea's major property and casualty insurers showed mixed Q3 earnings results driven by stabilizing core insurance operations despite investment headwinds. Samsung Fire Insurance reported a net profit of 503 billion KRW, down 6.99% year-over-year, due to capital market volatility. Conversely, DB Insurance and Hyundai Marine posted gains, with net profits of 350.1 billion KRW (+19.5% YoY) and 196.1 billion KRW (+7.06% YoY), respectively. Hanwha Insurance surged

According to Yonhap Infomax's compilation of four major securities firms' forecasts, Kumho Petrochemical reported Q3 consolidated revenue of 2.13 trillion KRW, up 29.56% year-over-year, but operating profit declined 23.96% to 64.1 billion KRW. The profit contraction was driven by raw material cost lag effects and weakened product pricing due to slower downstream demand. The company expects profitability to recover in Q4 as NB latex export prices surged 12.5% in September and spreads rebounded 25

According to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on October 23, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is accelerating its lunar base construction and crewed moon landing programs. Artemis 3 is scheduled to launch in summer 2027, carrying four astronauts for a two-week mission in Earth orbit with docking tests to lunar landers from SpaceX and Blue Origin. Artemis 4, planned for 2028, will achieve the first crewed moon landing since the Apollo program.

On October 24, the UK government announced £100 million in funding to establish AI biosafety laboratories in partnership with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind. The initiative aims to research and develop safety measures for advanced artificial intelligence systems.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Arthur Hayes (0x6cd...7e21) recently transferred approximately 8,000 ETH worth about $18.69 million. Following the transfer, he received approximately $11.73 million in USDC from Galaxy Digital and Flowdesk. Approximately $6.96 million remains unaccounted for in the transaction sequence.

According to PPP Prediction Market monitoring, an account (0x57a85952044f2c8e4d31b475aab6987d2f98ebc2) purchased $347k in HLE to beat GENG at an average entry price of 42.5¢, acquiring 817,777 shares. The League of Legends S16 World Championship is currently underway in its Swiss round stage, with all matches played in best-of-one format.

According to CME FedWatch, the Federal Reserve's benchmark interest rate (FFR) is expected to remain unchanged this week (Oct 26-30), with markets pricing in a 90% probability of a hold at the FOMC meeting on Oct 27-28. The U.S. Commerce Department will release third-quarter GDP growth (expected at 3.0% annualized) and September personal consumption expenditures (PCE) inflation data on Oct 29, with headline PCE forecast to rise 0.5% month-over-month and core PCE up 0.3%. Major technology compani

According to Iran's Tasnim News Agency, multiple explosions were reported in Aden, southern Yemen, earlier today (October 24).

The Israeli military announced a security-based decision to prohibit Palestinian laborers from working in settlements across the West Bank's Judea and Samaria region and the Jordan Valley from Sunday to Monday, with the exception of industrial zones and other approved areas.

According to Reuters, as of Friday, 22 companies had submitted objections to listing their U.S.-traded stocks as tokenized assets on OKXICE, a tokenized stock platform jointly launched by OKX and Intercontinental Exchange. The latest group of objectors includes Wells Fargo, Arm Holdings, and Intuit, joining Microsoft and Alphabet, which opposed the initiative the previous week. Of the 22 companies, 16 have stocks listed on Nasdaq while only 6 are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. OKXICE co-

According to a16z analysis, US electrical equipment manufacturing capacity has declined 9% since 2019 as of mid-2026, while prices for the same equipment surged 69% during the period. Despite plants operating at 87% utilization—the highest level since 2008—actual output fell 7%, indicating production inefficiency. Imports of transformers and switchgear have surged approximately 80% above 2019 levels to meet rising demand driven by AI infrastructure expansion.

Keystone Hardware Wallet disclosed today that its website was accessed without authorization on October 20, exposing customer names, contact details, shipping addresses and order details, including items purchased and prices. The company confirmed on October 23, after verifying API activity with Shopify, that a third party obtained the information. Keystone stated that payment card details, bank information, recovery phrases, private keys and wallet passwords were not compromised. The company ha

According to Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko, who posted on X on October 24, the network could use its validators as price referees to mint new SOL backed by tokenized collateral. Under the proposal, validators would weigh in on asset valuations proportionally to their staked SOL, and profits from this activity would be taxed to boost network revenue. Yakovenko called this a "validator stake-weighted oracle." The concept remains at the idea stage on social media and has not yet entered forma

According to Crypto Briefing, Anthropic is reportedly planning its public debut for mid-November 2026, aiming to trade before the US Thanksgiving holiday on November 26. The AI company filed a draft S-1 registration with the SEC on June 1, 2026, with expected fundraising between $75 billion and $100 billion at a valuation of $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion. Polymarket traders currently assign a 65% probability to the ticker symbol $ANT.

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, 17 new AI billionaires across the US and China grew their combined wealth by $87 billion in the first nine months of 2026, reaching $221 billion in total. The American contingent added $44 billion through September 2026, with 12 founders now on the global 500 richest list holding $132 billion combined. China's five new AI billionaires added $43 billion, bringing their cumulative total to $89 billion. Key names include seven co-founders of Anthropic,

According to The Cryptonomist, X100 stablecoin suffered an exploit on October 24 that drained $4.7M from its treasury after attackers exploited governance vulnerabilities to seize protocol voting control. The attack exposed critical flaws in the protocol's governance mechanism, allowing unauthorized actors to accumulate voting power and execute unauthorized treasury transfers.

According to a U.S. think tank, merchant vessels in the Strait of Hormuz came under attack 28 times in October, marking a record for such incidents. The surge in shipping disruptions underscores escalating tensions in the critical global trade chokepoint amid ongoing regional conflicts.