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At Sibos 2026, Chainlink CEO Sergey Nazarov and DTCC's Nadine Chakar engaged in a discussion on tokenization and its implications for financial markets. The conversation highlighted how tokenization can streamline financial processes and bridge traditional finance with blockchain technology.

According to Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Baghaei on October 19, Iran criticized French President Macron for applying double standards while addressing domestic unrest. Baghaei noted that Macron supported Iranian citizens' right to "peaceful assembly without fear of punishment" in January, yet demanded strict punishment for those attacking French state institutions. He further accused Macron of previously stating France and the U.S. could achieve much on Iran policy, but ultimately sided w

According to ChainCatcher citing Gate data, Ethereum (ETH) fell below $2,350 today (Oct 18), trading at $2,349 with a 24-hour decline of 2.72%.

According to AIsa's announcement on October 15, Tether Capital and HIVEN invested in the San Francisco-based AI infrastructure company as part of a seed extension round that brought cumulative funding above $9 million. The round follows AIsa's July disclosure of $6.5 million in cumulative funding, indicating an increase of at least $2.5 million. Tether and HIVEN joined existing backers Alibaba, Tribe Capital, Sumitomo Corporation, Draper Associates and Saison Capital. AIsa develops infrastructur

According to the Sui Foundation's announcement on October 8, Hashi, a Bitcoin lending infrastructure system, has secured over $500 million in capital commitments from a coalition of more than 20 partners for its phased October mainnet launch. Anchorage Digital is joining as a launch partner, offering institutional access through custody-based and self-custody arrangements. Hashi allows institutions to use Bitcoin as collateral in on-chain financial products by issuing a collateral representation

According to the latest Polymarket figures, the Federal Reserve has an 87% probability of holding interest rates steady at its October 27-28 meeting, while odds of a 25-basis-point rate hike have dropped to 14%. The market assigns less than 1% chance to a rate cut or larger increase. The significant trading volume on the contract reflects market participants' interest in the central bank's decision. The shift comes despite persistent inflation concerns. The latest U.S. consumer price index repor

According to UAE News Agency, the United Arab Emirates dispatched 5 truck convoys delivering 789 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza over the past week.

According to SEC Chair Paul Atkins, the SEC will continue pursuing comprehensive crypto market regulation despite the failure of the Digital Asset Market Structure Clarity Act to pass the Senate's 60-vote threshold on September 15. Following the legislative setback, the policy focus has shifted to regulators leveraging existing authority to provide regulatory clarity. In September, the SEC announced interim regulatory exemptions to ease certain tokenized equity trading. Meanwhile, Patrick Witt,

According to ChainCatcher, Patrick Witt, executive director of the White House Presidential Digital Assets Advisory Council, announced his departure from government service last week to return to the private sector. The position remains unfilled, and the White House has not yet publicly named a successor. This follows recent departures of Harry Jung and Bo Hines from the same council.

According to Russia's Foreign Ministry, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Iran on October 19, where he is scheduled to meet with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

According to Jin10, the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity opened in Yerevan, Armenia, on the evening of October 18. The conference will formally launch on October 19 and conclude around October 30. UN Biodiversity Convention Executive Secretary Astrid Schomerus stated that parties are expected to reach approximately 54 decisions within about 10 days. The meeting will review implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice announced on October 13, authorities in Ghana and Nigeria arrested 28 people during an October 6–9 crackdown on cryptocurrency-linked investment scam networks, identifying $11 million in potentially freezable funds. Ghanaian authorities arrested 19 people in Sasaabi near Accra and seized 303 electronic devices; Nigerian authorities arrested nine people in Delta State and seized 53 devices. The operation, hosted by the UK's National Crime Agency, identi

UOS dropped 11.05% in just 15 minutes today, falling to a current price of $0.002505. The cryptocurrency also declined 6.37% over the past 24 hours, with a trading volume of $48,078 during the same period.

According to Glassnode, altcoins declined over 5% this weekend, marking the largest weekend drop since April amid selling pressure driven by equity market fears. The on-chain analytics firm noted that concerns from traditional equity markets have spilled into the cryptocurrency sector, intensifying selling pressure across altcoin holdings.

zkSync will participate in the Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas this week, with an important announcement scheduled for Wednesday. The layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum is engaging with key financial institutions at the event.

According to Bitcoin.com News, a trader on decentralized perpetual platform Hyperliquid held a 1,205.30865 BTC long position worth approximately $97.87 million with 40x isolated leverage as of October 18, 12:25 UTC. The position's average entry price was $81,913.80, with an estimated liquidation price of $79,828. Bitcoin traded at $81,117 on Bitstamp, only 1.59% above the liquidation level. The account faced unrealized losses of approximately $866,500 and funding fee expenses of $87,000, with av

According to Odaily, Charles Schwab has started rolling out external wallet transfer capabilities for Bitcoin and Ethereum to qualified customers as part of a phased rollout. The service supports both deposits to and withdrawals from external wallets, expanding beyond market exposure available solely within investment accounts. The brokerage clarified that Bitcoin and Ethereum holdings are not covered by FDIC insurance and do not qualify as protected bank deposits. The company has indicated plan

According to Odaily, on October 16, Vitalik Buterin launched a paranoia mode for his AI agent designed to hide user identity, request sources, and payment traces. The system integrates zkAPI, Tor, additional obfuscation traffic, and local language model prompt rewriting into an OpenAI-compatible daemon, with an outer wrapper designed for the pi agent framework. The system is now operational on the Ethereum mainnet and supports ETH and USDC deposits. Buterin noted the system is "reasonably usable

According to Bloomberg Intelligence strategist Mike McGlone, on October 16, Bitcoin could fall toward $10,000 if the U.S. stock market suffers a 20% correction. McGlone argued that Bitcoin's recent weakness below $100,000 peaks, combined with rising Treasury yields and tighter monetary conditions, may signal a broader financial-market downturn. The $10,000 scenario would represent an approximately 88% decline from Bitcoin's recent trading levels near $82,000. CryptoQuant founder Ki Young Ju disp

According to Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree, in the past 24 hours ending October 19, Saudi warplanes conducted 110 airstrikes and missile attacks targeting civilian areas in Sanaa, Hodeidah, Taiz, Amran, Hajah, Saada, Jawf, Dhalea, and Marib provinces. The strikes were carried out by F-15 and Typhoon fighter jets operating from bases in Hamismusheit and Taif, with missile attacks launched from the Najran direction, resulting in over 30 deaths and injuries, mostly women and children. Since