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Chris Larsen, Ripple's co-founder and chairman, donated at least $22.5 million to US political candidates and super PACs for midterm elections, according to a Bloomberg interview published on October 9. Larsen contributed $4 million to support Ohio Democratic Senate candidate Brown after

The Brent oil price held above $102 a barrel on October 8 after the Pentagon instructed US Central Command to complete preparations for a possible resumption of large-scale combat operations against Iran. December Brent traded at $102.87, down 1.35% on the day, having given back part of an October 8

The UK sanctioned crypto services Cryptomus, Heleket and TokenSpot alongside payment companies tied to Kyrgyzstan on October 8, extending its campaign against financial infrastructure suspected of helping Russia move money around Western restrictions. The measures were part of 38 new

Starknet (STRK) climbed to an eight-month high on Friday, October 9, 2026, after the network announced it is considering a break from Ethereum to accelerate defenses against quantum computers and AI-assisted attacks. Starknet said on Thursday that it is "actively considering becoming an L1,"

Zango AI released a report on generative AI and marketing compliance in Portugal's financial sector with contributions from 11 representatives across banking, insurance, asset management, law and academia. The report, titled The New Era of Marketing in Financial Services, argues that generative AI i

Solana completed the final phase of its slot time reduction process at epoch 1053, shortening slot times to 200 milliseconds. The upgrade represents a 50% reduction from the original 400 milliseconds and concludes a four-stage implementation process. According to CryptoTwitter commentator

Global foreign exchange markets and commodity valuations are being shaped by Middle East geopolitical tensions, particularly the ongoing standoff between the United States and Iran, persistent energy inflation, and volatile US Treasury bond yields. Elevated energy and oil prices continue to drive in

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission unveiled its first regulatory framework for cryptocurrency markets, while cryptocurrency exchange OKX achieved a $25 billion valuation. The development was noted by crypto commentator @WuBlockchain on social media platform X. Ethereum co-founder

When the probability of each outcome is collectively “voted on” with real money by traders worldwide, the meaning of odds figures changes fundamentally. According to Gate Event Contracts data, as of October 9, 2026, the pricing for Premier League Round 6阿森纳主场迎战利兹联 is: Arsenal Win Rate 71%, draw 19%, and Leeds United Win Rate 11%. Where does the Win Rate pricing in Event Contracts come from? The core logic of Event Contracts: price equals probability. On Gate Event Contracts, each outcome corresp

Binance's Ethereum reserves fell to a six-month low of 3.47 million tokens as of Oct. 8, according to CryptoQuant contributor Darkfost. The exchange lost approximately 100,000 Ethereum tokens over the past three days, declining from 3.57 million. Investors continued withdrawing Ethereum despite a re

Anthropic updated its usage policy Thursday, instituting a ban on cruel treatment and abuse of its AI tool Claude. The policy revision, the company's first in more than a year, takes effect November 12. The new rule prohibits 'sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior' toward Anthropic's AI m

Scotiabank on Friday cut price targets on Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) stocks to $50, T-Mobile US Inc. (TMUS) stocks to $212, and AT&T Inc. (T) stocks to $26.50, citing higher long-term disruption risk following SpaceX's agreement to acquire up to 14 megahertz of paired spectrum in the 800 MHz b

Global forex brokers can operate under different conditions across countries despite sharing the same brand identity. The same trading platform and website can serve customers through separate legal entities, each regulated by different authorities with distinct leverage limits, product offerings, f

Roundtable 100 analysts raised BitGo Holdings 35 places higher this week, moving the digital asset infrastructure firm to No. 52 with a score of 59 out of 100. The ranking increase follows BitGo's Q2 2026 revenue of $4.33 billion, up 79.6% from a year ago. BitGo is a digital asset infrastructure

FxPro released a global advertising campaign featuring McLaren Formula 1 drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in a comedy format that parodies retail trading stereotypes. The campaign uses a scripted casting session where actors exaggerate common trading personas before delivering the broker's

SKL surged 10.87% in the last hour, with the current price reaching $0.00551 from an earlier $0.00497. The price jump coincided with a dramatic surge in trading volumes, which reached approximately $16.47 million in the last 24 hours. The broader crypto market is experiencing mixed signals, though S

In US Stock Market News, Iambic Therapeutics is targeting a valuation of up to $805.8m through a planned US initial public offering (IPO), as the Nvidia-backed AI-based drug developer offers approximately 9.38 million shares at $15-17 each. At the highest proposed price, the transaction would

PC shipments globally dropped 20.1% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2026, according to research firm IDC Global, marking a decline of 15.8 million units. The drop represents a steeper decline compared to the 3.8% year-over-year decrease the market experienced last quarter, and is down 9.1%

Kazakhstan's National Bank signed a memorandum of understanding with stablecoin issuer Tether on October 7, 2026 to explore digital currency infrastructure and asset tokenization. The agreement brings together Tether, the National Bank of Kazakhstan, and the Alatau City Authority to examine stableco

Sanctumso has launched swSOL, a new alternative to wrapped $SOL (wSOL) that maintains a 1:1 redemption rate for $SOL while paying staking yield to integrating protocols. The initiative targets approximately $2.2 billion in idle wSOL, addressing liquidity concerns within the Solana ecosystem. The