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According to Xinhua, on October 19 afternoon, Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber Aref during the 25th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states government heads held in Dushanbe.

According to a notice from OKX and ICE on Thursday, nine listed companies have formally objected to having their shares tokenized on the proposed platform backed by OKX and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange. The objecting companies are Cerebras Systems, AppLovin, Applied Digital, Rocket Lab, CoreWeave, Verizon Communications, Applied Optoelectronics, Broadcom and UnitedHealth Group. Under the SEC's September 17 innovation exemption, tokenized venu

According to Guru Club, PVC continuous main contract futures rose 1% intraday on October 19, trading at 4,974.00 yuan.

According to Jin10 Futures, as of 21:20 on October 19, ethylene glycol options posted the largest gains among major commodities. Ethylene glycol 2611 put options at 4,500 strike surged 114.29%, trading at 7.5 yuan per ton. PVC 2611 call options at 5,000 strike rose 57.89%, reported at 15.0 yuan per ton. Ethylene glycol 2611 put options at 4,800 strike climbed 56.06%, at 51.5 yuan per ton. (Changes calculated from previous close for reference only.)

According to Foresight News, CFTC chair Michael Selig said in a recent Bankless podcast appearance that if the Reg CTX rule is finalized, exchanges will be permitted to offer retail users margin, leverage, and financing trades on crypto spot assets such as ETH and SOL. Margin requirements will be negotiated between exchanges and the CFTC and aligned with perpetual futures markets, currently around 7x maximum but not a hard floor. Selig targets finalizing Reg CTX within months.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and Stellar Development Foundation have announced plans to connect DTCC's asset tokenization service to the Stellar public blockchain, targeting the first half of 2027. The integration would allow eligible securities held through established custody arrangements to be represented as digital tokens on Stellar while maintaining asset lifecycle management and investor protections. Potential asset classes include major exchange-traded funds, Russell

As of October 19, SkyAI, a treasury management firm in the Solana ecosystem, completed its exit from all $SOL holdings and now holds $223.8 million in cash. The company has launched a tender offer to repurchase up to $201.3 million of its shares and warrants at $3 each, targeting approximately 95% of outstanding shares.

According to Foresight News, Nasdaq-listed SkyAI (SKYA) launched a cash tender offer on October 16 at $3 per share to acquire up to 95% of issued common stock, cash pre-financing warrants, crypto pre-financing warrants, and strategic warrants. If fully subscribed, the total offer size is approximately $201.3 million. The offer expires on October 30 at 12:00 p.m. As of October 16, SkyAI held approximately $223.8 million in cash and has liquidated its entire SOL holdings. The tender offer is no lo

According to Foresight News citing SEC filings, BNB Standard Corporation's board appointed Alex Odagiu as CEO effective October 19, 2026. Odagiu, previously an investment partner at YZi Labs, will receive an annual base salary of $525,000 and restricted stock units representing 2.5% of issued common shares, with 60% as performance-based grants tied to BNB-denominated stock price and net BNB holdings per share. BNB Standard simultaneously announced it will operate its own validator node on BNB Ch

According to Lookonchain, Machi X founder Huang Li-Cheng (Machi) suffered a net loss of $382,000 on PaperTrade, with the losses mounting from a $261,000 deposit made yesterday (October 18). Trading losses totaled $779,000, partially offset by $394,000 in USDC staking rewards, leaving only $5,682 remaining in the account.

According to Sapa News, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Tehran on Oct 19. His arrival coincided with a United Arab Emirates-registered business jet landing at Tehran International Airport.

According to an official announcement on October 19, De¹ launched Tokenized Asset World on BNB Chain, focusing on tokenized stocks and real-world assets (RWA). The platform integrates asset trading, liquidity execution, collateral lending, structured credit, and AI agent interactions into a unified financial intelligence environment. Building on BNB Chain's existing DeFi infrastructure including PancakeSwap, ListaDAO, Venus, and BNB Agent SDK, De¹ converts on-chain market interactions, lending,

Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) futures contracts declined 100 yuan intraday today, now trading at 7,318 yuan per ton with a 1.35% drop.

According to FinanceFeeds, the Blockchain for Good Alliance (BGA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed a two-year agreement on October 19, 2026, to strengthen cybersecurity knowledge and responsible use of digital technologies in development. Helen Liu, BGA founder, and Edward Vrkić, UNDP resident representative to Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam, signed the agreement at the Cybersecurity, Trust and Digital Safety Launch Summit in Singapore. UNDP's Alternative Fin

According to CEO Angelos Stergiou's LinkedIn post on Monday, SELLAS Life Sciences (SLS) shares rose as much as 1.5% in pre-market trading on October 19. The CEO marked the company's 15th anniversary and referenced its "next chapter" with lead programs GPS and SLS009, prompting retail investors on Stocktwits to speculate about a potential upcoming catalyst. The post did not provide a timeline for clinical updates.

According to ChainCatcher, Polygon announced the launch of CDK Besu, enabling banks and financial institutions to deploy private blockchains based on Hyperledger Besu. The platform supports Ethereum mainnet deployment and allows institutions to connect to other blockchains and access liquidity through Agglayer from launch.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale holds $140.88 million in long positions across Bitcoin and Ethereum on October 19. The position consists of 1,236 BTC valued at $102.2 million and 15,928 ETH valued at $38.67 million.

According to The Information, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael warned today (October 19) that AI laboratories will face export restrictions if they refuse to cooperate with the government. The warning signals the Defense Department's intent to enforce stricter oversight of artificial intelligence development in the private sector.

According to Bank of America, the Fed is likely to raise rates in October after September inflation data came in hotter than expected. U.S. consumer prices rose 3.7% year-over-year in September, up from 3.4% in August, while core inflation reached 2.6%, both above the Fed's 2% target. BofA's analyst team, led by Stephen Juneau, reiterated that elevated inflation pressure makes an October rate hike plausible. Market reaction was swift. The implied probability of a Fed rate hike in October jumped

According to Guru Club, China's commodity futures night session opened with mixed performance on Oct 19. Fuel oil rose 1.31%, aluminum gained 0.56%, rapeseed oil climbed 0.54%, and nickel increased 0.4%. On the downside, ethylene glycol dropped 2.83%, coking coal fell 2.36%, and bitumen declined 1.69%.