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According to RootData, AltLayer (ALT) will unlock approximately 246.59 million tokens worth approximately $2.13 million on October 26 at 8 AM UTC+8.

According to CBIRC director Ding Xiangqun at the opening of the 2026 Financial Street Forum today, China's financial regulator will advance institutional opening-up in the financial sector and support more foreign institutions and long-term capital to conduct business operations in the country. The regulator pledged to promptly address foreign institutions' concerns, continuously optimize policies, and maintain a fair, transparent, and stable environment. Foreign institutions are encouraged to l

According to ChainCatcher, Fortune Protocol and X-Agent announced a collaboration today to combine prediction markets with Personal Agent technology. Fortune Protocol will provide prediction market scenarios and market data, while X-Agent contributes its Personal Agent technology and application design expertise. The collaboration aims to enable AI Agents to track user-focused events, identify probability shifts, offer context, and take authorized actions. Both parties will initially focus on ap

According to PANews, People's Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng announced on October 19, 2026, that the central bank will strengthen financial support for artificial intelligence industry development. The PBoC will closely monitor AI's macroeconomic impacts and prudently advance AI applications in the financial sector.

According to Reuters, on October 15, 2026, MSCI opened a consultation on reclassifying Indonesia from an emerging market to a standalone market status, citing accessibility, ownership transparency, and enforcement concerns. The Jakarta Composite Index fell 14.91% over the week ending October 16 after hitting circuit breakers, then dropped another 5.2% on market open today. Separately, MSCI adopted rules that could affect investment-holding companies such as Strategy, with the affected-company li

According to the National Financial Supervision and Management Commission (NFMAC), on October 19, at the opening of the 2026 Financial Street Forum in Beijing, NFMAC director Ding Xiangqun announced that China's banking and insurance sectors are operating stably overall. The regulator stated it will strictly enforce comprehensive financial supervision, strengthening oversight of cross-regional, cross-departmental, and emerging financial activities, with the goal of achieving full coverage withou

According to Jin10, on October 19, Muhammad Mohbir, an advisor and assistant to Iran's supreme leader, claimed he asked the UN Secretary-General about his role and powers within the organization. Mohbir stated the Secretary-General was unable to respond and admitted having no actual authority.

According to Guru Club, Indonesia's Jakarta Composite Index dropped 4.2% to 5688.574 points on June 4, marking the lowest level since December 2020.

According to insider sources, Chinese 3D printer maker Creality (03388) has tested integrating OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra into its MakeNow AI modeling platform following the model's September 2026 release. The integration aims to enable one-click 3D printing from natural language descriptions, allowing users to generate printable models by simply describing desired designs. In H1 2026, Creality reported consumable revenue growth of 48.3% and member revenue growth of 60.1%, with over 1 million new regi

According to BlockBeats, South Korea Bull 3X ETF (KORUB) surged nearly 18% in 24 hours on October 19, reaching a market cap of $22.65 million. The token recorded $53.11 million in 24-hour trading volume during the same period.

According to Semafor, Saudi Arabia is set to make a final decision on the Future Investment Initiative (FII) as soon as Monday (October 20).

According to analyst Axel Adler Jr., Bitcoin long-term holders have reduced their supply by 345,000 BTC since July 30, declining from 16.41 million to 16.06 million coins, a decrease of approximately 2%. Over the past week, holdings dropped by just 9,000 BTC, while the last three days saw an increase of 40,000 BTC, signaling a slowdown in selling pressure. Adler's long-term holder spending frequency metric showed that between October 6–10, holdings declined on 13 out of 15 days—near a one-year h

According to Bloomberg, several major investors including M&G Plc, Ninety One Plc, and Mediolanum International Funds Ltd have bought UK government bonds ahead of Chancellor John Hunt's first budget on October 28, betting that fiscal discipline will lower gilt yields. The investors expect Hunt to demonstrate prudent spending and borrowing practices in the budget announcement.

According to Yonhap Infomax, South Korea's bond market weakened on October 19 afternoon, with benchmark yields rising as equity markets rebounded and U.S. Treasury yields climbed. The 3-year government bond yield rose 4.3 basis points to 3.878%, while the 10-year yield increased 3.7 basis points to 4.202%. Bond futures also declined, with 3-year contracts down 9 ticks and 10-year contracts down 33 ticks. The weakness reflected a combination of factors: stock market recovery in semiconductor name

According to Jin10, on Monday (October 19), Japanese Prime Minister Yuko Takao Shio said the government will not rule out issuing bonds to fund consumption tax reductions set to begin in April 2027. The government aims to stabilize the debt-to-GDP ratio through spending adjustments while maintaining controlled annual bond issuance levels.

According to Jin10 Data, on October 18, U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent denied allegations that the American government imposed speed restrictions on Starlink systems used by Ukrainian forces, advising President Zelenskyy to be cautious and avoid making "false accusations." On October 19, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio stated that the U.S. has not interrupted intelligence sharing with Ukraine.

According to Coinglass data cited by ChainCatcher, over $341 million in positions were liquidated network-wide in the past 24 hours, with long liquidations totaling $187 million and short liquidations at $154 million. Bitcoin accounted for $33.6 million in long liquidations and $38.9 million in short liquidations, while Ethereum saw $40.9 million in long liquidations and $67.6 million in short liquidations.

According to China's central bank, the People's Bank of China announced today a series of policy measures aimed at supporting financial stability and market connectivity. The measures include establishing a liquidity support tool to address large redemptions from non-bank financial institutions and expanding the eligible institutions for the standing lending facility. Additionally, the central bank will advance bond market interconnectivity, facilitate offshore financial institutions in conducti

Onshore Chinese Yuan closed at 6.6817 per U.S. dollar on October 19 at 4:30 p.m., appreciating 51 points from the previous trading day's close.

According to Goldman Sachs, the S&P 500's 2027 earnings-per-share growth is expected to decelerate to 11%, with defensive quality stocks and low-volatility factors positioned to outperform amid moderating growth and narrow market breadth. Goldman Sachs noted that consumer staples are forecast to deliver real income growth of 1.8% in 2027, up from 0.4% in 2026, with discretionary consumer staples stocks up 7% since October, offering an alternative allocation strategy.