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COMEX-approved warehouses in the United States now hold approximately 700,000 short tons of copper according to CME Group's latest metals update, while benchmark copper prices remain near historic highs. In September, copper briefly moved toward $6.90 per pound before retreating toward $6.70 after r

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated on October 3, 2026 that he was 'very uncomfortable' with attributing religious power to AI models, framing the issue as a safety concern rather than a matter of preference. The remarks, posted on X, did not name Anthropic directly but followed a New York Times

The Central Bank of Iran plans to block rial bank accounts and payment gateways belonging to crypto exchanges, citing concerns over market manipulation. The move follows temporary restrictions introduced in late September 2026 that capped USDT purchases at 2,000 per user per day and suspended

ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood stated on September 30, 2026 that investors should track AI agent spending patterns rather than chatbot performance, citing agent task duration expansion from approximately 12 minutes in early 2025 to over 180 minutes by early 2026. Wood's commentary accompanied ARK's

RunUp launched the first perpetual treasury on the Injective blockchain, opening with a $9,086 INJ position at 2x leverage. The RUNNER token project went live on October 1, 2026, with all trading profits designated to buy back and burn RUNNER tokens. The treasury mechanism represents a departure

Stacks Labs CTO Adriano Di Luzio publicly discussed PoX-6, the next planned version of the network's Proof of Transfer mechanism, in an October 3, 2026 video. PoX-5 only went live this summer, prompting Stacks to sketch its successor while the current version is still collecting data. PoX-6 is plann

Algorand highlighted the potential threat posed by quantum computers to internet security through a recent tweet from its official account. The blockchain platform introduced the concept of 'Q-Day,' marking a time when current encryption methods could be compromised by quantum computing

Nvidia closed Friday with a market capitalization of approximately $5.65 trillion, while Nike's valuation stood at roughly $50.25 billion, creating a gap of about $5.6 trillion between the two publicly traded U.S. companies. The divergence reflects a broader shift in the U.S. stock market, where cap

Franklin Templeton will actively review opportunities to offer tokenization products and expand institutional participation in South Korea once the country's digital asset regulations become clearer, according to Chetan Karkhanis, Senior Vice President of Digital Asset Partnerships at Franklin Templ

Arbitrum One announced the launch of a new category of tokenized assets involving a $500 million investment in Australian solar and battery energy infrastructure. The initiative, credited to @Loafmarkets, represents Arbitrum's expansion into real asset tokenization within the blockchain ecosystem. T

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated on the 3rd local time that the recent rise in US Treasury yields was part of a global trend rather than an idiosyncratic concern. In an interview published by online outlet Axios, Bessent emphasized that US Treasuries outperformed global peers during the yi

MALT protocol suffered a loss of approximately $72K due to a vulnerability in its smart contract. The exploit stemmed from a flaw in the swap function that allowed attackers to withdraw disproportionately high amounts relative to their input by exploiting treasury-funded liquidity injections.

Goldpesatoken lost approximately $114.9K in a security exploit caused by a vulnerability in the GPXHooks' reBalance() function, according to Twitter commentator @SlowMist_Team. The flaw allowed an attacker to manipulate liquidity operations by minting positions without proper validation checks.

MOVR token surged 11.46% to $2.13 within 60 minutes, following an earlier low of $1.765. The price movement accompanied a 24-hour trading volume of $20,282,448.34, indicating heightened activity among traders. MOVR Climbs from $1.911 to $2.13 in One Hour MOVR demonstrated sharp price action withi

Navistar has laid off nearly 1,400 workers at its Springfield truck plant, a cut large enough to erase roughly a year of job growth across the wider Dayton-area economy, according to an AP report. The timing is notable because national jobs data still looks relatively stable—the unemployment rate he

Blockdaemon has secured over $110 billion in digital assets for more than 400 institutional customers through a partnership with Cosmos. The blockchain infrastructure provider joins the first cohort of the Cosmos Partner Network, enhancing services for financial institutions. The partnership aims to

Bitcoin delivered a 13,700% return over the past decade, with a $1,000 investment made in early October 2016 at $612.13 now worth approximately $138,100 at the Oct. 3 price of $84,537, according to CoinCodex historical data. The gain reflects Bitcoin's evolution from a niche digital asset traded pri

XRP is trading around $1.50 as of October 3, entering October within a broad consolidation range with key resistance between $1.45 and $1.60. Momentum indicators show neither bulls nor bears have a clear advantage, with the Relative Strength Index at 50.19 and the Ultimate Oscillator at 48.62,

President Donald Trump renewed his pledge to issue a $5,000 payment to every adult U.S. citizen at a rally in Mobile, Alabama on Oct. 2, making the distribution conditional on Republican victories in both chambers of Congress in November. Trump first announced the proposal at the Republican

Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis attributed the $387 million Bitget exchange hack to North Korea-linked actors in a report published Wednesday. The firm said the Sept. 24 breach pushed the total value of crypto stolen by North Korea-linked groups in 2026 past $1 billion. Chainalysis has been