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According to data from AAA, U.S. gasoline prices reached $4.286 per gallon as of October 25, marking the highest average price Americans have paid at this time of year. The record for a single day remains $5.02 per gallon set in June 2022, according to AAA

According to The Defiant, the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is encouraging community banks to become stablecoin issuers. The application process for new issuers has not yet opened; prospective issuers typically must obtain regulatory approval before commencing operations in th

According to SEC filings, SpaceX signed a binding commitment on October 24 to finance approximately $40 billion in graphics processing units (GPUs) and related equipment through a financial lease arrangement with Apollo Global Management. Under the agreement, Apollo will purchase the hardware and le

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), crude oil inventories in the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve declined to 282.6 million barrels last week, marking the lowest level since 1982.

According to Reuters, the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve crude oil inventory fell to 282.6 million barrels last week, reaching its lowest level since 1982.

According to a lawsuit filed on October 23 at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, copyright holders of Elvis Presley's song catalog, including music publishers, have sued Anthropic for allegedly using Presley's lyrics without permission to train its Claude chatbot. The p

According to PANews, the U.S. Treasury Department will conduct a buyback of up to $6 billion in longer-term bonds on Tuesday (October 28).

According to ITAR-TASS, Russia sent 13 million tons of grain to Africa from January through September 2026.

According to James van Geelen, founder of investment research firm Citrini Research, released October 26, AI can compress only about 20% of the drug development process from design through clinical trials, with the remaining 80% unable to be shortened. Van Geelen noted that while tools like

CFTC Chairman Mike Selig announced today, October 26, that the agency is advancing a voluntary federal registration pathway for cryptocurrency exchanges to align with U.S. market regulatory standards. Selig stated that crypto markets should be subject to the same protective mechanisms as U.S.

U.S. semiconductor stocks surged today (October 26), with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index rising 3%. Nvidia led gains with a 3.11% increase, followed by Micron at 3.47%, Intel at 3.23%, Broadcom at 2.83%, AMD at 2.34%, Qualcomm at 2.09%, TSMC at 2.04%, and ASML at 2.46%. The Semiconductor Storage Index climbed 3.2%, while the S&P Semiconductor Equipment Index rose 3%.

Overnight, caustic soda futures fell 4.5% in night trading, while soybean oil declined approximately 3%. Asphalt gained 3.3%, and LPG rose 2%.

Petrobras CEO called the stock price decline following Lula's election victory a 'speculative move,' stating the company remains unaffected by market volatility. He recommended that now is the time to purchase company shares, emphasizing that Petrobras maintains sound fundamentals and is executing l

According to Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy holds 848,517 BTC as of October 25, 2026, valued at around $5.1 billion in total assets. The company has also repurchased $205 million in STRC shares.

According to Goldman Sachs, systematic hedge funds suffered their worst weekly performance since 2024 last week, losing 2% as the Nasdaq 100 plunged 5.5%. Goldman's analysis identified approximately $20 billion in technology stock selling over the past two weeks, approaching the $23 billion unwind r

According to the CFTC, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the National Basketball Association signed a memorandum of understanding on October 26 to protect the integrity of professional basketball events in prediction markets. The two parties will establish regular communication and i

According to Odaily, Canada's Department of Finance launched a 60-day public consultation on stablecoin regulations on October 26, with a deadline of December 23, 2026. The draft framework prohibits issuers from paying interest directly or through third parties, but allows rewards linked to

According to Yonhap Infomax, the Korean won-U.S. dollar exchange rate was trading at 1,325.50 on Oct 26 afternoon (8:47 p.m. local time), up 0.90 won from the previous session.
The Seoul market close earlier in the day marked the lowest level since October 2, 2024, at 1,323.10 won. Export-related n

According to PANews, on October 26, Zcash Labs launched Zcash JS, a JavaScript development kit enabling developers to build web, server, and mobile applications on the Zcash network. The kit supports development of wallets, light clients, and dashboards. Zcash Labs committed to ongoing maintenance a

According to PeckShield, today the wallet address linked to the X100 attacker transferred 821.2 ETH (worth approximately $1.89 million) to Tornado Cash, a cryptocurrency mixing protocol. The transfer follows a flash loan governance attack on the X100 token on October 24, which resulted in losses