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According to MSX.COM data, at market open on October 21, U.S. major indexes rose: the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.15%, S&P 500 rose 0.26%, and Nasdaq climbed 0.61%. The VIX fear index fell 1.96%. AI-related stocks surged broadly, with Supermicro Computer leading gains at 11.5%, followed by Dell up 8.2%, Arista Networks up 3.89%, Marvell up 3.68%, and Astera Labs up 3.63%.

According to Odaily, U.S. memory chip stocks weakened today. SanDisk fell 0.6% after rising 3.5% at market open, while Micron and SK Hynix saw their gains narrow to below 2%, according to data from MSX.COM.

According to OKX, the exchange will launch AXISUSD perpetual X-Perp (X-Perp) contracts on its web, mobile app, and API today at 22:30 UTC+8 (October 21, 2026). The trading pairs will support both UM (AXISUSD-margined) positions.

According to CNBC, Nebius Group Chief Revenue Officer Marc Boroditsky stated that the company is seeing artificial intelligence compute prices increase beyond expectations. Boroditsky noted that Nebius differs from CoreWeave because the company carries significantly lower debt levels. The executive expressed confidence that new compute capacity launching in 2027 would be rapidly subscribed, with similar supply-demand dynamics expected in 2028, supporting long-term demand as enterprises compete f

According to its announcement, Shenyan Intelligent (02723) signed a memorandum of understanding with Huawei Cloud on October 21 to jointly develop enterprise intelligent marketing cloud solutions leveraging AI agents. Under the partnership, Huawei Cloud will provide cloud infrastructure, computing power, and agent platform capabilities, while Shenyan Intelligent will contribute AI marketing decision products and industry expertise. The companies will prioritize pilot programs in the automotive a

According to Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, on October 21, Japan-U.S. joint military exercise Keen Sword 27 poses a security risk to Russia's Far East border region. Russia will take retaliatory measures in response.

According to Bitcoin Magazine, Blockchain.com co-CEO Lane Kasselman recently said institutional money has taken over the crypto market and the "crypto winter" has ended. The CEO noted that digital assets are receiving bipartisan support in Congress at historically high levels. Blockchain.com has announced the launch of an options trading service and positions itself as a liquidity layer for tokenized assets.

According to BlockBeats, on October 21, Bankless co-founder David Hoffman predicted Zcash (ZEC) will reach 10% of Bitcoin's market cap in the current cycle and 25% in the next cycle.

According to CertiK, crypto trading bots and exchange applications remain vulnerable to eMudhra certificate exploitation despite Google, Apple, and Microsoft blocking 8 affected digital certificates issued by India's certification authority. CertiK's senior director of digital asset security Peiyu Wang noted that attackers could leverage the compromised certificates to impersonate exchanges, wallet interfaces, and APIs to redirect deposit addresses or trick users into approving malicious transac

According to an official announcement, China Chengtong Development Group's indirect subsidiary Chengtong Finance Leasing signed sale-leaseback agreements today (October 21) with Xingte and Wengniute Banner. Under the agreements, Chengtong will purchase solar PV bracket and transmission cable assets in Xinjiang from Xingte, as well as wind turbine tower and generator units in Inner Mongolia from Wengniute Banner, and lease them back to the respective parties for two-year terms, with early termina

According to Tom's Hardware, President Trump announced on October 21 that AI data centers must pay energy dividends to local communities and sell or donate excess power to help prevent electricity cost increases. The mandate, announced via Truth Social, requires data centers to generate their own electricity and return surplus energy to locals, aiming to address rising electricity costs that have affected nearby communities. Trump stated in his post that "Data Centers that were highly unpopular

According to BusinessWire, SpiderRock EXS launched an options execution algorithm suite in October 2026 that combines routing across U.S. listed options exchanges with access to off-screen liquidity through SpiderRock ATS. The suite integrates Flash Auctions (100 milliseconds) for orders of any size and Block Auctions (15 to 300 seconds) for orders of 50 contracts or more. Institutional clients can submit orders through third-party order and execution management systems via FIX protocol or direc

According to the New York Federal Reserve, on October 20, the overnight financing rate (SOFR) was reported at 3.88%, up 0.01 percentage points from 3.87% the previous day. The effective federal funds rate held steady at 3.88%, unchanged from the prior trading day.

According to Gemini, the GENIUS Act officially introduced a regulatory framework for stablecoins. The new rulebook aims to provide clarity on operational standards for stablecoin issuers and compliance measures for exchanges, seeking to enhance user confidence and foster a more stable environment for digital asset transactions.

Bybit launched perpetual contracts for Axis Robotics (AXISUSDT) today, October 21, with maximum leverage support of 20x.

According to Bitget, SpaceX (SPCX.O) stock gains expanded to 10%, marking the largest intraday rally since August.

According to ARK Invest's Q3 2026 DeFi report released on October 21, tokenized stocks became the primary driver of renewed on-chain trading activity. Spot DEX trading volume in tokenized equities reached approximately $50 billion, roughly 9 times the prior quarter and comprising 9% of total spot DEX trading volume, up from 1%. Overall spot DEX trading volume grew 13% quarter-over-quarter to $571 billion, marking the first increase in four quarters. Robinhood Chain generated approximately $65 bi

According to Nio CEO Li Bin on October 21 at the 2026 World Intelligent Connected Vehicle Conference, China's mandatory national L3 autonomous driving regulations will take effect on July 1, 2027. Any automaker claiming L3 capability must comply with the regulation. Li noted that world model architecture combined with closed-loop reinforcement learning significantly improves autonomous driving safety.

According to Panama Canal Authority on October 20, the Panama Canal achieved record throughput of 5.21 billion tons during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2026. The surge was driven by Middle East tensions that forced shipping to avoid the Strait of Hormuz, with approximately 14,000 vessels transiting the canal. The previous throughput record was 5.18 billion tons in the 2022 fiscal year. The Panama Canal accounts for roughly 5% of global maritime trade.

According to Bitcoin News, Russia will require individuals to conduct peer-to-peer digital asset transactions exclusively through licensed brokers or registered exchanges starting July 1, 2027. The regulation prohibits transfers from regulated digital asset accounts to personal non-custodial wallets. Non-qualified investors must pass a knowledge test, and annual digital asset purchases through each intermediary are capped at 300,000 rubles. Bitcoin and other digital assets remain prohibited for