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According to Guru Club, Trump's artificial intelligence task force is set to convene on Thursday.

According to FinanceFeeds, EBANX, a global payments platform focused on emerging markets, announced a strategic partnership with Capitec Pay, an open-banking payment solution developed by South Africa's largest retail bank. The collaboration enables real-time account-to-account (A2A) transfers for cross-border digital commerce, marking EBANX's first open-banking launch outside Brazil. Capitec Pay reaches 24 million users, representing 57% of South Africa's adult population, and delivers conversi

According to CNBC, Cboe (Chicago Board Options Exchange) will extend trading hours for options on 24 actively traded stocks and 5 ETFs beginning Monday, October 19. The extended sessions will operate from 7:30 a.m. to 9:25 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time. Covered securities include Alibaba and ETFs such as SPY, QQQ, IWM, GLD, and XLF. The regulatory approval marks a step toward round-the-clock options trading and precedes additional market structure expansions planned for November 9

According to Reuters, citing sources close to the World Economic Forum, Christine Lagarde may be appointed as the organization's next chairman as early as November. The WEF's Board of Trustees is scheduled to meet on November 2, when it could elect Lagarde to the position. The board may also confirm the formal voting date at the meeting, allowing Lagarde to appear as chairwoman-designate at the Davos annual summit in January 2027.

According to BIT data, on October 15, Neocloud and related semiconductor stocks opened sharply lower in U.S. trading. Nebius (NBIS) fell 7.42% and CoreWeave (CRWV) declined 7.05%, leading declines among data center and GPU infrastructure stocks. Storage, optical communications, and semiconductor sectors also declined broadly. Storage giants including Seagate (STX), Micron (MU), and Western Digital (WDC) fell between 4% and 6%, while semiconductor peers Intel (INTC), AMD, and Taiwan Semiconductor

According to Guru Club, WTI crude oil futures rose 1% to $96.042 per barrel on October 15.

According to the company's announcement on October 15, subsidiaries of XYZ Inc. agreed to acquire 10 residential units located in Shenzhen's Longgang District for a total consideration of RMB 27.01 million. The property is part of the Shenzhen Zhenye City residential-commercial complex, which has obtained land use rights and is completed and ready for use. Market valuation of the property is approximately RMB 30.71 million. The purchase price will be offset against the subsidiaries' outstanding

According to Strive CEO Matt Cole on October 13, the U.S. publicly traded company purchased 3,311 Bitcoin last week, bringing total holdings to 32,773 BTC.

According to ChainCatcher, on October 15, Nasdaq fell 1.29% at today's opening, while the S&P 500 declined 0.4% and the Dow Jones rose 0.46%. Semiconductor stocks extended losses for a fourth consecutive day, with SK Hynix (SKHY.O) and SanDisk (SNDK.O) both dropping 6%, Micron (MU.O) down 3.9%, Western Digital (WDC.O) falling over 5%, and Nvidia (NVDA.O) declining over 3%.

According to Gate trading data, SpaceX (SPCX.O) opened down 5% today.

According to the Reserve Bank of India, on Thursday (October 15), the central bank clarified that recent foreign exchange derivatives restrictions apply only to hedging transactions, not market-making activities. When banks hedge currency risk through derivative contracts, they must comply with the forex risk reserve requirement if the transaction involves purchasing foreign currency with rupees; no reserve is required if selling foreign currency. The restrictions apply only to current account h

According to @WuBlockchain, Kintsu has launched its private beta on the Canton Network, inviting borrowers, lenders, and vault managers to participate. The platform features isolated lending markets, curated vaults, and staking infrastructure, enabling users to borrow against tokenized assets.

According to PANews, citing Binance market data, on October 15, the U.S. stock indexes showed mixed intraday performance. The Nasdaq declined 1.29%, the S&P 500 fell 0.38%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.50%.

According to CoinGlass, US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $261.4 million in net outflows on October 14, led by Fidelity's FBTC with $152.7 million withdrawn and BlackRock's IBIT with $110.9 million. Bitwise's BITB recorded a $2.2 million inflow, offsetting part of those redemptions. Spot Ethereum ETFs recorded $130 million in net outflows on the same day. Bitcoin was trading near $81,000 following the decline, with approximately $100 billion to $107 billion in assets held across US spot Bitcoin ETFs

According to PA Media reporting on October 15, Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Ukraine would resume strikes on Russian oil refineries after Moscow continued attacking Ukrainian energy infrastructure despite a three-day pause at Washington's request. Brent crude was trading near $106 per barrel, while Bitcoin was around $83,450. Russian diesel production has fallen by nearly 30% according to the International Energy Agency.

According to ChainCatcher, chip stocks' market cap evaporated $1 trillion over the past six days, prompting ETF investors to deploy billions of dollars into semiconductor funds during the downturn. VanEck Semiconductor ETF attracted over $430 million in inflows over the past three days, while Direxion Semiconductor Bull 3x ETF surged with approximately $3.8 billion in weekly inflows, marking an all-time record. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index declined 12% cumulatively over the six-day perio

According to Jin10 on October 15, the U.S. Pentagon has planned to delay releasing an investigation report on the airstrike targeting a school in southern Iran until after the midterm elections, according to informed sources. The Pentagon's leadership instructed staff to postpone the release of findings concerning the strike on Shajara Tayebe Elementary School in Minab, which killed over 150 people, including at least 123 children. The airstrike, carried out on the first day of the war, marked t

According to the Saudi-led coalition, Riyadh airport faced 20 attacks in October. The incidents mark continued aerial strikes targeting the airport throughout the month.

On October 15, Zcash (ZEC) plunged nearly 13%, trading near $1,087 and approaching the psychologically significant $1,000 level as a wave of leveraged liquidations intensified selling pressure. Approximately $20.09 million in ZEC futures positions were liquidated, with nearly 89% involving traders betting on higher prices. CoinShares researcher Luke Nolan previously warned that heavy speculative positioning can amplify market reversals after strong rallies. The decline occurred alongside a broad