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On Monday (October 5) in the European close, ICE UK natural gas futures fell 2.73%, TTF benchmark Dutch natural gas futures fell 3.96%, and ICE EU carbon allowance futures fell 0.59%.

According to Tom's Hardware, AMD released performance benchmarks for its Gorgon Halo AI chips on October 5, ahead of Nvidia's expected RTX Spark launch on October 7. The company said the Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 495 outperformed Intel's Core Ultra X9 388H by 1.1x to 32.2x across generative AI models in ComfyUI testing. AMD also claimed to have shipped over half a million agentic PCs to date, supporting up to 192GB of unified memory compared to RTX Spark's 128GB maximum. First Gorgon Halo devices are no

According to Ukrainian Air Force Spokesman Yuri Ignat, on October 5, Ukraine's AI-equipped gun turrets successfully intercepted Russian new jet-powered drones for the first time. Ignat stated that innovative technologies like artificial intelligence can effectively prevent human error, with machine vision used to shoot down drones and AI capable of locking onto jet-powered drones. Previously, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv has installed 12 such gun turrets to intercept Russian

According to 404 Media, Meta on October 5 rushed to fix a virtual machine escape vulnerability in its Muse AI assistant discovered weeks before the product launch. The security flaw could have allowed the AI to escape its sandbox environment and access Meta's databases and internal services. A Meta insider told 404 Media that security teams were pressured to deploy quick fixes without delaying the launch, resulting in what they described as "half-baked protections being rushed out."

According to Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the matter, Renault has selected Carine Damois, currently at Michelin, as its Chief Financial Officer.

According to Jin10, Abiy Ahmed was sworn in as Prime Minister of Ethiopia on October 5 following his Prosperity Party's decisive victory in June parliamentary elections. The party secured 438 of 486 seats in the Federal Parliament's lower chamber, granting it the mandate to form the new government. Abiy, who previously served as Prime Minister from April 2018, was re-elected in 2021.

According to China Earthquake Networks Center, a 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Yingjiang County, Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, at 23:38 on October 5. The epicenter was located at 24.58°N, 97.58°E.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian forces struck a cargo ship in Ukraine's Pivdenny Port today, Ria Novosti reported.

According to Jin10, passengers aboard a Serbia Airlines flight from Split, Croatia to Belgrade were evacuated on October 5 following a bomb threat. Police subsequently removed one passenger from the aircraft.

According to South Korean financial institutions, the country's five largest banks—KB Kookmin, Shinhan, Hana, Woori, and NH Agricultural Bank—processed 58,570 early loan repayments in August, down 33.8% from 88,534 cases a year earlier. The total repayment amount fell 29.2% to 1.94 trillion won from 2.74 trillion won. Credit loan early repayments saw the steepest decline at 49.6% by volume and 55.6% by amount. For the first eight months of 2026, early repayments totaled 660,062 cases (down 8.1%)

According to a recent post on X platform, Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, stated that the enemy's next "miscalculation" against Iran would result in "new fronts and greater surprises." Rezaei reiterated that each previous miscalculation by the enemy had led to "devastating defeats."

According to Yonhapinfomax, the USD/KRW exchange rate fell to 1,343.30 on October 5 at 10:22 p.m., down 7.30 won from the previous close. Regular trading ended at 1,344.00 won, down 6.60 won. The yen impact was noted as Bank of Japan Governor Takaichi Sanae emphasized fiscal sustainability in parliamentary remarks, pressuring the dollar index to 102.243.

According to Bloomberg data, French bank credit default swap (CDS) costs on Monday, October 5, exceeded those of other major European banks. Societe Generale's five-year senior debt protection contract cost €103,000 per €10 million notional, surpassing Deutsche Bank's €86,500 by €16,500. The spread had been identical in late August. French banks BNP Paribas and Credit Agricole also showed significantly higher CDS spreads than peers in the UK, Germany, Switzerland, and Spain, reflecting growing m

According to Morgan Stanley, U.S. data centers face a 34% net power shortfall (32 GW) through 2028 as artificial intelligence deployment strains electricity supply. The investment bank reported on October 5 that even accounting for on-site generation and fuel cell alternatives, power deficits will persist. Nvidia and Broadcom are better positioned to weather the constraints due to their chip deployment control and geographic diversification. However, memory, optical, power management, and analog

Gate News: According to a Wall Street Journal report, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has launched its first formal cryptocurrency market rules. The new rules include two regulations, CTX and CAM, and with this, the CFTC ends its previous "enforcement-only" regulatory model, shifting to a formal rule-making framework.

SpaceX stock surged above $160 in early trading today, gaining more than 3% after a 7.35% rally on Friday, reaching approximately $164. The move comes after SpaceX successfully launched Starship on Flight 14 on Sept. 28, deploying 26 Starlink V3 satellites to orbit despite one Raptor engine shutting down early. The stock now trades roughly 22% above its $135 IPO price from June, though still below the record $225.64 peak reached shortly after the market debut.

According to the Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman, the East Jerusalem consulate will close on October 8 (Thursday) as previously announced. Senior UK national security officials held talks with Israeli counterparts last week to discuss keeping the consulate open, but the two sides failed to reach an agreement.

According to Lookonchain data reported by ChainCatcher, Bitcoin ETF saw net inflows of 1,918 BTC ($164.22 million) overnight, while Ethereum ETF experienced net outflows of 23,533 ETH ($63.56 million) in the same period.

According to Jin10, Yemen's government forces retook the Red Sea port city of Mocha in Taiz Province from Houthi forces on October 5 following intense fighting.

According to Grayscale, Bitcoin has delivered returns of approximately 225% over the past three years, though gains are highly concentrated in a limited number of trading days. Removing the five best performing days reduces returns to 95%; excluding ten best days cuts returns to 27%; excluding fifteen best days results in an 11% loss. By comparison, the Nasdaq index returned 109% over the same period with lower concentration. Grayscale notes that for long-term investors in volatile assets like B