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Strategy, the corporate Bitcoin holder, announced on October 26 a plan to introduce daily dividend accrual on its preferred stock STRC. Phong Le, Strategy's chief executive officer, stated the structure would calculate dividends for every calendar day, including weekends and holidays. The change

South Korea's economy expanded 1.0% quarter-over-quarter in Q3, accelerating from the previous quarter's 0.6% growth, according to the Bank of Korea. The growth was driven by robust semiconductor exports and facility investment, while private consumption declined 0.2% during the same period. Year-ov

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission will hold the Frontier Forum on Super Intelligence on October 28 to discuss regulating AI-powered automated trading. The CFTC's innovation task force is convening participants from financial, technology and cryptocurrency industries to address how AI

The France-Germany 10-year bond spread narrowed 14.63 basis points to 152.87bp on May 26 local time, marking the largest single-day reduction since April 24, 2017. The contraction followed Moody's decision on May 23 to maintain France's Aa3 sovereign credit rating, defying market expectations of a d

Strive, a U.S.-based Bitcoin treasury company, purchased 6,182 BTC last week according to an SEC filing dated October 26 (local time). This marks the company's largest single Bitcoin acquisition to date. The purchase positions Strive within 1,000 BTC of the second-largest public company Bitcoin

BlackBerry CEO John Giamatteo identified AI-powered robots as a major growth opportunity for the company during a CNBC interview on Monday. The Canada-based former smartphone maker has embedded its QNX operating system in more than 275 million vehicles worldwide, providing software for features

Commercial shipping operators and historically sanctioned oil transporters have adopted Dark Transit, the practice of turning off Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) during voyages to minimize external tracking. The method, previously used by Russia and Iran's Shadow Fleet to evade sanctions, is

Nu Holdings stocks closed Monday, October 26, down 16.95% at $12.59 after Brazil's presidential election delivered a result that caught financial markets off guard. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva secured re-election on Sunday, October 25, with 51.79% of valid votes, defeating Flávio Bolsonaro's

The National Basketball Association designated Kalshi and Polymarket as its official prediction market partners and signed an information-sharing agreement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Cointelegraph reported on October 26. The partnership aims to prevent unfair trading and

CNBC's Jim Cramer warned Monday that a wave of massive initial public offerings and capital raises could threaten the bull market. Cramer cited the strain on investor demand as companies seek to raise capital in an already crowded market. So far this year, $148 billion has been raised through

US Treasury yields showed mixed trading on October 26 at 3pm Eastern Time, with short-term yields rising while long-term yields edged lower amid modest volatility. The 10-year Treasury yield declined 0.10 basis points to 4.9870%, while

OpenAI released GPT-6.1 Terra on October 26, an upgraded AI model with standard API prices 50% lower than its predecessor GPT-5.6 Terra. The model is designed for routine computer tasks including screen reading, app navigation, and drafting, with availability for Plus, Pro, Enterprise, and Edu

MetaMask launched its AI-powered Agent Wallet in early access on June 8, 2026, introducing a self-custodial solution that allows AI agents to execute DeFi transactions while users retain control of their private keys. The product was discussed at a Token2049 Singapore panel on October 7-8, 2026,

Advanced Micro Devices is scheduled to report fiscal third-quarter 2026 results on November 3, with analysts expecting revenue of around $13.08 billion. The chipmaker enters the earnings report as the AI trade shows signs of strain, with credit markets tied to data center buildouts flashing

BNB Chain added $3.7 billion in tokenized fund market cap over the past year, surpassing all other blockchains in this category. The chain crossed $1 billion in tokenized stocks and ETFs in early October, reaching $1.1 billion, then climbed to approximately $1.5 billion by mid-October as the

Backpack Securities posted over $584 million in weekly tokenized stock trading volume, capturing a 63% market share in the tokenized equity market on Solana. The volume dominance occurs despite competitor xStocks holding greater onchain supply and deeper liquidity pools. The trading activity gap ste

OpenAI product and engineering leaders Ari Weinstein and James Sun argued on The a16z Show podcast released on October 26, 2026 that user interfaces will remain relevant despite AI agents' ability to operate software autonomously. The two executives, who lead OpenAI's Computer Use effort, stated tha

LiteLLM, an open-source Python library for AI model routing, suffered a supply chain attack traced to a GitHub master key exposed on May 27, 2026 and never revoked. An attacker used the key on October 10 to extract a GitHub CLI OAuth token and tampered with the project's CI workflows, publishing a m

Bernstein lowered its price target for Coinbase to $250 from $330 on Oct. 26, citing weaker-than-expected cryptocurrency trading volumes, while raising its outlook for Circle and maintaining its rating on Robinhood. The investment firm cut Coinbase's revenue forecast for this year by 32% to $5.5

The Canadian government released proposed rules on Oct. 24 that would prohibit non-financial stablecoin issuers from paying interest to holders and has opened the draft for a 60-day public comment period through Dec. 23. The proposal follows Canada's Stablecoin Act, which passed in March, and aims t