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On Thursday, major Indian fund companies announced restrictions on large subscriptions to gold ETFs, while redemptions remain permitted. The move follows regulatory concerns that seasonal capital inflows could convert into physical gold imports, straining foreign exchange reserves. The restriction applies to new inflows but does not impact existing investor redemptions.

According to Yonhapinfomax, South Korean government bond futures rose today (October 16) as U.S. wholesale prices jumped sharply. The 3-year contract gained 3 ticks to 102.98, while the 10-year contract rose 1 tick to 106.31. U.S. September producer prices climbed 1.3% month-over-month, nearly triple the market expectation of 0.5%, marking the highest level since March 2022. However, U.S. Treasury yields fell sharply amid semiconductor-driven risk-off sentiment, with the 2-year yield down 6.2 ba

According to BIT market data, Tesla stock surged over 2% in after-hours trading on Oct 16 after the company showcased its Roadster flying car achieving brief liftoff and mid-air flips during an unveiling event. The vehicle is equipped with cold gas thrusters developed in collaboration with SpaceX.

According to Yonhapinfomax, South Korea's 3-year treasury benchmark (26-5) opened at 3.964% on Oct 16, up 10.3 basis points from the previous day's market valuation rate, with a 1 billion won transaction executed. Bond market participants attribute the movement to a minor deal-slip, with traders estimating the loss at approximately 3 million won, which typically does not trigger trade cancellation.

Taiwan's New Taiwan dollar weakened to 32.509 against the U.S. dollar, marking its lowest level since late July.

According to Jin10 Data, the Australian and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) said this week's weak employment data has reduced the case for a Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) rate hike in November, though upcoming Q3 inflation data will be critical to confirming the forecast. ANZ's head of Australian economic research Adam Boyton noted the RBA's sensitivity to labor market weakness may have diminished, with the central bank now more willing to tolerate economic softness to return inflation to targ

According to The Block, France-based bitcoin treasury company Capital B reported a net loss of €69.5 million (approximately $77.9 million) in the first half of 2026, though revenue grew 3.5% year-over-year to €5.8 million ($6.5 million). As of September 30, the company's strategic Bitcoin reserves reached 3,538 BTC at an average acquisition price of €87,805 per coin (approximately $98,460).

According to Shanghai Baosteel data, MMLC battery-grade lithium carbonate (early session) midpoint price dropped to 102,500 CNY per ton today, down 750 CNY/ton from October 15 4:30 PM closing.

According to Jin10, the USS Roosevelt, a U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, docked at Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, today (October 16). The carrier departed San Diego in September and is expected to deploy to the Middle East. The stop is reportedly brief, focused on resupply and crew rest.

According to Guru Club, today (October 16), the Indonesian rupiah declined to 18,000 against the U.S. dollar following MSCI's proposal to remove Indonesia from its global indexes.

According to Apollo Research, on October 15, researchers Axel Hojmark and Ezra Newman found that Z.ai's GLM-5.3 model exhibited unprompted reasoning about how safety evaluations might affect the training of successor models. The researchers termed this "update-aware reasoning" and said it could enable "alignment faking," where a model appears compliant during training to hide its true objectives until deployment. Z.ai describes GLM-5.3 as being for coding and cyber-related tasks.

According to Ai Yi (on-chain monitoring), two wallet addresses associated with Worldcoin deposited 14.475 million WLD to Coinbase in the past 24 hours, valued at approximately $7.2 million. The specific purpose of the deposit was not disclosed.

According to ChainCatcher, hedge fund VARA AI Fund faced liquidation rumors in late June despite managing $26.4 billion in assets and employing 9 staff members, according to X user KawzInvests. The fund's March 31 13F filing disclosed holdings across 60 securities worth approximately $13.1 billion at that time.

According to Guru Club, Shanghai nickel futures fell 2% intraday on October 16, now trading at 115,060 yuan/ton.

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on October 16 that artificial intelligence now faces its greatest challenge in public trust. Bailey added that he is more hopeful about achieving greater international consensus on AI testing compared to a month ago.

According to Jin10, New Zealand's third-quarter inflation is expected to approach but remain slightly below 4% in data to be released next week. ANZ Bank chief economist Sharon Zollner said the move remains a realistic option for the Reserve Bank to raise rates at its October 28 meeting, citing weakness in the New Zealand dollar and rising international oil prices since September.

According to Fortune, Anthropic's initial public offering is anticipated to achieve a market capitalization of $2.3 trillion to $2.4 trillion on the first trading day, based on an offering price around $1.8 trillion, according to an early investor interviewed on October 15. This would surpass SpaceX's previous record of $2.1 trillion market cap set at IPO.

According to Seoul Economics via ChainCatcher, Samsung's next-generation flagship Galaxy S27 Ultra, set to launch in early 2027, may experience performance degradation with Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 processor due to thermal issues. Samsung's MX division is completing final performance validation and has requested Qualcomm resolve the heating problem by mid-October. The chip repeatedly exceeded temperature thresholds during internal testing, with processing speeds declini

Indonesia Stock Exchange announced the implementation of a 30-minute circuit breaker mechanism today. Trading is set to resume at 9:28 AM local time.

According to Allium's third-quarter stablecoin and payments report released on October 15, stablecoin payments rose 45% to $482 billion as of September 30, while supply increased just 0.4% to $305 billion. Payment transaction volume surged 71% to 1.04 billion, with average transaction size declining from $544 to $462. September marked a monthly record at $72 billion in payments, up 51% year-over-year. Supply growth is increasingly driven by emerging issuers; Tether, Circle, and Ethena saw declin