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According to South Korean customs data, South Korea imported zero barrels of Iranian crude oil in September, with the same figure recorded a year prior.

According to ChainCatcher, StarkWare has publicly launched OffMarket, a privacy trading service that allows users to trade on Polymarket without linking their holdings to their public accounts. Each account has a maximum USDC deposit of $1,000, with StarkWare adjusting the limit as needed. The service operates as fully non-custodial, leveraging Starknet's zero-knowledge technology and a shared privacy pool. OpenZeppelin completed an audit of the privacy pool contract in June without identifying

The US Treasury will conduct a buyback of up to $6 billion in longer-dated debt securities on Thursday (October 15), according to an official announcement.

According to Ledger, on October 13 the company expanded a sales suspension to resellers and distributors across Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Hong Kong after discovering unauthorized hardware implants in devices that entered the retail supply chain. Ledger's Donjon security team found that modified devices contained unauthorized electronics capable of monitoring the 24-word recovery phrase during initialization and transmitting it via embedded LTE cellula

According to Korean Customs data, South Korea imported 10.8 million barrels of crude oil in September, up from 10.6 million barrels in the same month last year.

According to Barron's, CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV) shares fell approximately 13% on October 14 to $67.52, their lowest closing price since July 29, as bond yields on the AI infrastructure company's 9.625% senior unsecured notes (maturing 2032) surged to 15.06% from 13.42% at the beginning of the month. The stock has declined roughly 20% in October amid rising credit concerns. Elon Musk responded to venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya's chart highlighting the elevated yields with a single word:

According to ChainCatcher, Ondo announced on X that its tokenization platform reached $4 billion in total value locked (TVL). The platform has expanded from tokenized U.S. Treasury securities to include tokenized stocks, ETFs, investment portfolios, and private market assets. Tokenized stocks and ETFs now exceed $1.3 billion in assets under management, with over 1 million combined token holders across all products. Ondo said it remains the leading platform for tokenized U.S. Treasury securities.

According to TechCrunch, Floqer announced at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 that it has surpassed $1.2 million in annual recurring revenue and plans to open-source its autonomous customer knowledge platform in early 2027, pending security reviews. The AI-powered customer knowledge database helps sales and marketing teams research prospects, with the company reporting that customers have cut prospecting time by up to 70 percent. Floqer was founded in 2024 and has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding fr

According to CoinDesk, BlackRock's digital assets under management surged to $79.6 billion in the third quarter, up 63% from $48.8 billion in Q2. The firm recorded net inflows of $7.9 billion, reversing a $2.2 billion outflow in the first half of the year. Growth was driven by $22.9 billion in market appreciation and $7.9 billion in new investor capital. BlackRock's digital asset products, including the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), generated $39 million in fees and securities lending income dur

According to the unions, workers at Antofagasta's Centinela copper mine have been on strike since October 7, with Minera Esperanza and Distrito Centinela unions continuing wage negotiations through government mediation to resolve labor disputes. The company stated that production at the mine continues as planned despite the ongoing strike.

According to IDC MarketScape, Shenyuan Intelligence (stock code 02723) was recognized as a Leader in its 2026 Global Agentic Marketing report, the only Chinese vendor to achieve this classification. The company's Deep Agent system spans product innovation, market entry, social marketing, advertising, sales, customer service, and CRM, comprising over 30 professional agents built on a unified data foundation. IDC defined the company as an "enterprise decision AI" provider.

According to Odaily, on October 14 between 20:26 and 22:39 UTC, a Wintermute market-making address (0xecb63caa47c7c4e77f60f1ce858cf28dc2b82b00) reduced its SP500 short position from approximately $4.168 million to $2.53 million, cutting the position by about $1.6 million. During this period, the address closed approximately $4.116 million in short contracts and opened approximately $2.518 million in new shorts, realizing a closing profit of about $18,300. The address has accumulated over $175 mi

Bank of America released third-quarter earnings today with mixed trading performance: bond trading revenue fell 17% year-over-year while equity trading rose 10%, while investment banking fees declined over 11%. The bank disclosed a $1.2 billion regulatory penalty announced the day prior and said it has completed substantial remediation work through staffing adjustments and technology investments. Chief Financial Officer Alastair Borthwick stated the penalty would not impact profitability targets

According to ChainCatcher, blockchain and AI education platform EasyA has achieved an independent valuation of $1.1 billion and plans to go public through a direct listing in the first half of 2027. The company has filed registration documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). EasyA reports over 1.3 million app users and is exploring tokenized stock offerings while expanding projects involving AI agents.

According to its official data, on October 14, Papertrade, a synthetic perpetual protocol on HyperEVM, accumulated nominal trading volume exceeded $1 trillion. The platform reported TVL of $61.8 million, open contract positions of approximately $664 million, and margin reserves of $13.28 million.

According to ChainCatcher, Enzyme co-founder Mona El Isa announced that after ten years in the industry, she will exit and close Avantgarde, the on-chain asset management firm she founded. Avantgarde was established during the 2019 bear market and served as part of Enzyme's core development team, helping the protocol achieve self-sustainability and grow into one of the faster-growing fund tokenization platforms. The firm previously provided curation and fund management services for Compound, Git

SC Crude Oil December 2026 futures fell 3.62% intraday on October 14, trading at 728.8 yuan per barrel as of the latest quote. Open interest declined by over 900 contracts, with total holdings showing a slight pullback.

According to CoinDesk's September Exchange Review, Gate's derivatives trading volume reached $396.4 billion this week, up 38.2% month-on-month, moving the exchange past Bybit into third place globally behind Binance and OKX. Its derivatives market share rose to 10.1%, marking the largest gain among leading exchanges, and it ranked third in RWA perpetual futures with a 9.1% share. Spot volume reached $48.8 billion, with average daily volume at approximately $15 billion and user base passing 61 mi

According to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak, Ukrainian forces attacked two Russian oil refineries today (October 14), located in Saratov and Ryazan regions.

According to statements released on October 14, the China Automobile Association, BYD, Geely Holding Group, and Chery announced their welcome for progress from the second meeting of the China-EU Trade and Investment Dialogue Mechanism. The automakers expressed support for using dialogue and consultation to appropriately address differences in automotive trade between the two parties.