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According to Guru Club, Lockheed Martin announced today that it has signed a multi-year production and sustainment framework agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense for F-35 Lightning II fighter jets. The agreement covers 850 aircraft for U.S. procurement over the next 10 years, with production maintained at 156 aircraft annually, plus initial spare parts, modification kits, and maintenance support. The deal also includes international customer orders for batches 21-30. Lockheed Martin's s

According to FinanceFeeds reporting, Futureverse Corporation Ltd entered liquidation on December 16, 2025, following receivership and administration in September 2025. The company's ROOT governance token has crashed more than 99% from its reported all-time high, trading at approximately $0.00016 as of October 22, 2026, with a market capitalization of roughly $0.5 million to $0.6 million. The network's public RPC endpoints, website, and block explorer were reported offline, while the latest softw

According to Bloomberg, on Thursday (October 22), CBOT corn futures declined 0.65% to $4.6025 per bushel, while soybean oil futures rose 1.15%. CBOT wheat futures fell 0.56% to $6.2475 per bushel, and CBOT soybean futures gained 0.54% to $12.6525 per bushel. The Bloomberg Grains Index declined 0.25% to 30.8939 points, while soybean meal futures dropped 0.26%.

Meta's board approved a new class of non-voting stock on Oct. 19, with Class A and Class B shareholders receiving one Class C share for each share held starting Jan. 19, 2027, effectively a two-for-one split. According to Meta's SEC filing, Mark Zuckerberg holds 60.6% of voting power against a 13.4% economic interest. The non-voting structure allows Meta to raise equity without diluting Zuckerberg's control. Management forecasts indicated a need for "hundreds of billions of dollars" in funding o

On Thursday, October 22, the ICE U.S. Dollar Index declined 0.18% to close at 101.599 points, with the intraday trading range between 101.883 and 101.446 points. The index traced a V-shaped pattern from Asian morning through U.S. stock open, hitting its daily low at 15:09 Beijing time before climbing to a fresh daily high at 22:18, then declining again thereafter. The Bloomberg Dollar Index fell 0.08% to 1220.15 points, with an intraday range of 1222.64-1219.39 points, reaching its daily high du

According to Yonhapinfomax, Meta's stock fell 7.34% to $646.315 during New York afternoon trading on October 22, marking its lowest level since early September, as AI overinvestment concerns triggered heavy selling. The decline followed Meta's third-quarter earnings announcement, which revealed that capital expenditure surged 80% year-over-year to $34.91 billion, while free cash flow swung from a $10.6 billion surplus a year ago to a $2.1 billion deficit—the first negative free cash flow since t

Design platform Canva released Canva Craft, its first proprietary image generation model, to compete with similar offerings from Google, OpenAI, ByteDance, and Meta. The two-stage model first interprets user prompts to plan spatial relationships and visual hierarchy, then generates images up to 2K resolution in 30 aspect ratios. Canva said the approach enables accurate object details and legible text with precise editing capabilities. Canva Craft, trained on the company's library of human-design

Onshore Chinese yuan closed at 6.6748 against the U.S. dollar at 03:00 Beijing time on October 22, rising 12 pips from Wednesday night's close. Trading volume reached 339.08 billion U.S. dollars.

Apple's Card customer agreement classifies cryptocurrency purchases as cash equivalents, automatically declining all such transactions. Meanwhile, Apple Wallet cannot natively hold Bitcoin, stablecoins, or any cryptocurrency token, though third-party Visa and Mastercard crypto debit cards function through Apple Pay's contactless system. According to BeInCrypto citing Counterpoint Research, 41% of first-time crypto buyers globally funded purchases through Apple Pay. A April 30, 2025 contempt ruli

According to Lido Finance, the organization announced an upcoming panel discussion on ValOS scheduled for October 29, underscoring the critical role of a robust validator landscape for Ethereum's decentralization and security. The event will gather experts from various organizations to discuss strengthening validator operations and enhancing network resilience.

Valero Energy reported record-high quarterly profit in Q3 2026, beating Wall Street expectations, driven by fuel supply disruptions caused by the wars in Iran and Ukraine. Diesel prices hit historic highs, while gasoline remained elevated, boosting refining margins for the company and squeezing consumers with higher pump prices.

According to Jin10, on Oct 22, Russian President Putin said Russia remains willing to resolve the Russia-Ukraine conflict through dialogue and is ready to resume three-way talks involving Russia, the U.S., and Ukraine. Putin stated that such talks should focus on comprehensively addressing the security concerns of both Ukraine and Russia after the conflict ends.

According to Interfax, Russia's Energy Ministry reported on October 23 that gasoline and diesel markets are showing positive changes following earlier compensation measures. Production has increased and inventory is accumulating, the ministry said following a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Novak. The Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service is taking measures to prevent violations in the refined oil market and is pushing local governments and independent gas stations to sign price stability agre

On October 22, WTI December crude oil futures closed at $99.47 per barrel. Meanwhile, NYMEX November natural gas futures settled at $2.7960 per million BTU, while November gasoline futures closed at $3.1765 per gallon and November heating oil futures at $4.9321 per gallon.

According to Shanghai Gold Exchange, gold T+D contracts fell 1.55% to close at 867.98 yuan/gram on Oct 22, while silver T+D futures declined 3.1% to 13,250 yuan/kilogram in evening trading.

According to Jin10, on October 23, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Baghaei rejected the term "Iran conflict," characterizing it as an illegal invasion by the United States and Israel. Baghaei stated that using euphemisms to mask the truth is morally evasive and that peace cannot be achieved by appeasing aggressors or compromising fundamental principles.

According to its Q3 2026 filing, Gulf International Bank maintains a Bitcoin investment position of 19,842 Strategy shares, valued near $2.9 million. The holding remains steady as of the latest quarterly disclosure.

Shanghai Futures Exchange crude oil futures contracts (2612) rose 1.6% overnight to 713.20 yuan per barrel. Meanwhile, Shanghai gold fell 1.88% and Shanghai silver declined 3.86% during the night session.

According to MSX.COM, AAOI declined 13.7% in the past 24 hours, now trading at 66.97 USDT.

According to Wall Street Journal on Oct 23, U.S. President Trump called Musk requesting to lift throttle restrictions on Starlink military service in Ukraine. Trump expressed dissatisfaction with the system speed being limited to approximately 100 miles per hour. Following the call, the system gradually resumed normal operation on Thursday; Ukrainian officials confirmed speed improvements though full restoration pending. Ukrainian and U.S. officials said the throttle prevented Ukrainian attack d