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DFI cryptocurrency dropped 21.23% in five minutes, trading at $0.001606. The decline occurred amid thin trading volume of $6.06 and follows a 24-hour period that saw the price range from $0.00053191 to $0.00204846. The source attributes the drop to observed whale activity and large wallet

Standard Chartered on Oct. 14 launched a cryptocurrency trading service in the United Arab Emirates, allowing clients to buy and sell Bitcoin and Ether through their existing bank accounts. The bank received approval from Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority to launch the service, which is in

BlackRock is preparing to release its third-quarter 2026 earnings on October 14, placing renewed attention on its cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds and their contribution to a business managing more than $15 trillion. The company ended the second quarter with $15.34 trillion in assets under manag

Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor predicts Bitcoin will return above $100,000 after the cryptocurrency recovered to near $83,500 from a slide toward $81,000. Saylor told Bloomberg Television that Bitcoin's bear market has ended and the price should move back into six figures. The recovery f

Institutional investors raised stakes in Sellas Life Sciences and ImmunityBio for the quarter ended Sept. 30. Gamma Investing increased its SLS position by 293% to 2,186 shares, while Courier Capital doubled its IBRX holding to 112,000 shares valued at $1.06 million. The moves coincide with

Coinbase Derivatives has until October 20, 2026, to use a temporary regulatory exemption allowing it to convert existing long-dated index futures into perpetual contracts without the usual implementation delay. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Division of Market Oversight issued Staff

Strive, a U.S. digital-asset treasury company focused on Bitcoin, purchased 3,311 Bitcoin last week at an average price of approximately $84,500 per token, according to blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain on Oct. 14. The acquisition totaled $276 million and forms part of a sustained accumulation s

The Kosdaq index rose 4.24% this month through Oct. 8, climbing back above 900 for the first time in about three months, while the Kospi fell 3.1% over the same period. The rebound was driven by semiconductor materials, parts and equipment stocks benefiting from expectations of increased capital

In US Stock Market News, the S&P 500 generated a total return of more than 37% from the November 5, 2024 election through September 25, 2026 (4:30 PM ET / 2:00 AM IST), as corporate earnings growth supported stock prices despite a nearly 20% decline in early 2025. U.S. consumer spending remains

Robinhood Chain surpassed $100 billion in cumulative decentralized exchange (DEX) trading volume approximately three and a half months after launching its public mainnet on July 1, 2026. The milestone reflects the rapid expansion of Robinhood's blockchain infrastructure as the brokerage company

Binance announced on October 14, 2026, that it will delist QuickSwap (QUICK) and Epic Chain (EPIC) on October 28, 2026, with all outstanding spot orders to be canceled on that date. The delisting follows Binance's periodic reviews of trading volume and project development, as reported by

Citibank economist Kim Jin-wook stated on Oct 14 that the Bank of Korea (BOK) will hold its base rate at the Oct 22 Monetary Policy Board meeting with a hawkish tone, then raise rates in Nov 2026 and Feb 2027 by 25 basis points each to reach a terminal rate of 3.5%. In an interview with Yonhap

Anthropic, the U.S. artificial intelligence startup preparing for an initial public offering, plans to disclose quarterly financial results to potential investors for the first time. The company will hold a briefing for institutional investors at its San Francisco headquarters on Oct. 14. The

LS Securities raised 4.64 trillion won in bond orders on October 14, seven times its 700 billion won target. The securities firm completed demand forecasting for an unsecured bond issuance across two maturity tranches, with spreads priced below or at grade average rates. The company will use all

Mark Hackett, Chief Market Strategist at Nationwide Investment Management, stated that the recent commodities price surge may be linked to a selloff in bond markets, with capital flowing from bonds into commodities. According to Business Insider on the 13th (local time), Hackett noted that "hot

DigitalX, the virtual-asset exchange owned by Mirae Asset Group, announced on Oct. 14 that it will relocate its office next month to Mirae Asset Securities' headquarters in Jung-gu, Seoul. The move follows Mirae Asset Group's completion of the Korbit acquisition in July and subsequent rebranding to

BNY and Citadel Securities completed the first transaction involving a tokenized US Treasury security on a major triparty repurchase agreement platform, announced on October 13, 2026. The transaction involved purchasing a two-year US Treasury note, recording its tokenized representation on BNY's

Park Su-jin, an accountant at the Korea Institute of Public Finance, proposed on October 14 at the Korean Tax Law Society Fall Academic Conference that South Korea reconsider taxing fiat-pegged stablecoins identically to general digital assets. Park stated that requiring taxpayers to calculate