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According to Standard Chartered's official announcement, the bank signed definitive agreements on October 21 to acquire 100% of Zodia Custody, subject to regulatory approvals. Zodia's custody business, with regulated entities in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, the UAE, and Luxembourg, will be integrated into Standard Chartered's Securities Services unit. Zodia's software and professional services arm will be separated into an independent company called Zodia Solutions under SC Ventures.

According to StockAnalysis and Electrek, Tesla Q3 2026 earnings beat expectations on October 21, with non-GAAP EPS of $0.48 versus $0.45 expected and revenue of $28.05 billion broadly in line. Auto gross margin ex-credits improved to 18.1 percent versus 16.3 percent in Q2, and free cash flow swung to a positive $1.53 billion from negative $1.09 billion. The stock closed at $386.47, up 3.41 percent, then fell to $373.65 in after-hours trading at 19:59 ET, down 3.32 percent. CFO Vaibhav Taneja cut

According to Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation, King Fahd International Airport in Dammam (the country's oil hub) was attacked on Wednesday evening (Oct 21), killing 2 people and injuring 8 others. The deceased include one Saudi citizen and one Indian national. Airport operations have resumed and air traffic has returned to normal, the authority said.

According to Uganda's Ministry of Finance, the country's merchandise exports reached $1.5 billion in August, up 36% year-over-year. Gold exports led the growth, reaching $889 million in the month, up 68.9% compared to the same period last year.

The U.S. dollar weakened against the Swiss franc intraday on October 22, with USD/CHF dropping 0.50% and slipping below the 0.82 level.

According to TradingBeats, a whale address starting with 0x469e cleared 250 BTC on October 22, liquidating approximately $21.15 million at an average price of $84,599.81 per coin, realizing a profit of around $568,000. Simultaneously, the whale added 5,219.54 ETH at an average price of $2,502.17, with total transaction value of approximately $13.06 million. The whale's ETH position increased from 10,000 to approximately 15,200 coins, a 52.2% increase, now valued at approximately $37.075 million.

According to CCTV News, an Iranian senior security official stated on October 21 that Iran has prepared for a comprehensive, multi-layered war and will respond without constraints if attacked. The official said Iran's military forces are fully prepared to destroy all targets of aggressors and their supporters in the region. Iran also assessed that neither the United States nor Israel would launch a unilateral strike without coordinating with the other side.

According to Jin10, 14 foreign exchange option contracts (EUR/USD, USD/JPY, AUD/USD) worth over $1 billion each are set to expire at 10 p.m. Beijing time on October 22. Market participants are advised to manage risk exposure accordingly.

According to Jin10 Futures citing Chinese customs data, China's methanol exports surpassed 1 million tons for the first time in 16 years as of October 20, 2026. The surge was driven by Middle East geopolitical tensions, including periodic Strait of Hormuz disruptions, which tightened global methanol supply and elevated international prices. China capitalized on stable domestic supply and efficient coastal logistics to fill market gaps in India, Southeast Asia, and Japan-Korea region. However, an

According to Nikkei, the Bank of Japan plans to maintain its policy rate at 1.25% unchanged at its monetary policy meeting scheduled for October 29-30, the newswire reported on October 22. This decision marks a pause in consecutive rate hikes after the central bank raised rates in September. The BoJ will assess the impact of the previous rate increase before considering further tightening moves. The central bank is expected to affirm that core inflation, excluding volatile factors, has reached i

According to Korea Economic Daily, Tesla and Nvidia announced a $2.8 billion investment in Samsung Electro-Mechanics factory on October 22.

Walmart introduced its Agent Gateway platform and Walmart Agent Profiles feature on Wednesday, October 21, positioning itself differently from competitor Amazon by embracing AI-powered shopping. The new platform allows OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini, and Meta's Muse to directly connect to Walmart and Sam's Club systems to search products and complete purchases on behalf of customers. Walmart customers can now authorize individual AI agents to shop on their behalf, with options to set spending

According to PANews, Ant Digital on October 22 announced the release of LingDT-Decision-1.0, a decision-making model available in 4B and 27B versions. The model is designed to optimize fast decision-making tasks by processing direct judgments within predefined options rather than generating and parsing outputs sequentially. In real-world testing across customer service, risk management, and financial scenarios, the model reduced token consumption by over 90% and improved response times by up to

According to its official announcement on October 21, Litecoin confirmed fixes for two critical security vulnerabilities identified by security researchers DeltaXV and scalarcc. Developer David Burkett published a technical explanation via a public GitHub gist documenting the issues and their resolution through a coordinated disclosure process conducted during the summer.

According to CoinDesk, citing澎湃新闻, on October 13, the Tianjin Second Intermediate People's Court accepted a prosecutor's application to forfeit over 61,800 Bitcoin and other assets related to a fraud case involving Qian Zhimin, actual controller of Tianjin Blue Sky Geruì Electronics Technology. Between 2014 and 2017, the company sold unlicensed wealth management products in China, raising 403.78 billion yuan from over 102,000 investors, resulting in losses of approximately 200 billion yuan. The

According to SoSoValue data cited by ChainCatcher, ZEC and NEAR spot ETFs recorded combined net inflows of $16.01 million yesterday (Oct 21). Zcash ETF (ZCSH) brought in $15.18 million, while Bitwise NEAR ETF (NRR) received $0.83 million. NEAR ETF's year-to-date cumulative net inflows reached $86.76 million with total assets under management of $91.38 million.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has finalised stablecoin regulations covering reserves, redemptions, custody, risk management and supervision, with rules set to take effect on 18 January 2027. The regulations apply to stablecoin issuers under the OCC's jurisdiction, including certain foreign stablecoin companies. The US Treasury will address anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance separately in coordination with regulators. Meanwhile, the Securities and Exchange Commis

According to Foresight News, Bybit Fintech FZE has received a virtual asset service provider (VASP) license from Dubai's Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA), with authorization to provide exchange services including spot trading. The move builds on Bybit's establishment of its international headquarters in Dubai in 2022, and the company plans to further expand its services in the emirate in compliance with VARA's regulatory standards.

According to ChainCatcher, Pirate Chain issued mandatory update v6.14 today, requiring all nodes, mining pools, and exchanges to immediately upgrade from earlier versions. Attackers exploited two validation vulnerabilities to mint approximately 39.82 million counterfeit ARRR tokens in the transparent coinbase pool, temporarily increasing supply by roughly 20%. The blockchain was rolled back to block 4,176,944 prior to the attack following consensus among the community, mining pools, exchanges, a

According to the Ukrainian State Emergency Service, Russian forces conducted large-scale ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv starting the evening of October 21, damaging six districts including Pechersk and Obolon. The attack resulted in 1 death and 22 injuries, with multiple buildings, vehicles, transport infrastructure damaged and fires reported across the city. Russia's Defense Ministry stated it used ground-based precision weapons and drones to strike Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises