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Mt. Gox's bankruptcy trustee extended the creditor repayment deadline to Oct. 31, 2027, according to a notice dated October 16. The previous target was Oct. 31, 2026. The trustee cited practical conditions needed to complete repayments as the reason for the adjustment, which was approved by the

Pendle announced that it holds 25% of all STRCx, described as the largest tokenized equity in decentralized finance. The announcement highlights Pendle's position in the Real World Asset yield trading market, where STRCx has been actively traded since August. This holding reflects a broader shift in

The USD-KRW exchange rate reversed to decline on the 19th despite global risk-off sentiment, driven by dollar selling from foreign banks and offer dominance in the late MAR (Market After Regular hours) market. As of 11:16 AM, the rate traded at 1,330.40 won, down 1.00 won from the previous Seoul

Fannie Mae stocks fell 23% and Freddie Mac stocks dropped 21% over a 3-trading-day period, signaling potential US housing market crisis, according to Peter Schiff, Chief Economist at Euro Pacific Asset Management, in a Benzinga report on the 18th. Both companies, which purchase mortgage loans from

UBS concluded that potential further downgrades to France's sovereign credit rating would have limited impact on the European Union's credit rating, according to analysis published May 18 (local time) reported by Investing.com. The assessment comes ahead of Moody's scheduled review of France's credi

South Korean government bond yields rose on the morning of October 19, with the 3-year benchmark yield climbing 1.6 basis points to 3.851% and the 10-year yield advancing 0.9 basis points to 4.174% as of 10:57 AM. The upward movement followed a partial recovery in semiconductor stocks and rising int

Lee Chan-jin, governor of South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service, pledged to verify cooperation between blockchain company Vitoz and domestic financial institutions during an Oct. 19 parliamentary audit by the National Assembly's Political Affairs Committee in Seoul. Democratic Party lawmaker

Strategy Chairman Michael Saylor said Bitcoin is re-entering a bull market, according to a Wu Blockchain report on October 19. Saylor stated in a recent interview that the Bitcoin market has regained bullish momentum, with banks' expansion of Bitcoin custody and collateralized lending services

As of Oct. 19, XRP was priced at $1.29, down 8.7% over seven days and 13.7% over two weeks; returning to $1.50 would require a rise of approximately 16.3%. XRP ETFs recorded their first net outflow since July that week, with total net assets falling from $1.77 billion on Sept. 25 to $1.47 billion, mainly reflecting the decline in XRP’s price rather than large-scale redemptions. XRP Priced at $1.29, Down 8.7% Over Seven Days According to market data, as of the evening of Oct. 17, 2026, XRP was pr

The Pi Network core team announced through its official X account on October 18 that it will hold the first Pi Ecosystem Summit from November 17 to 19. The three-day online event will focus on developer platform updates, tool demonstrations, application showcases, and direct discussions between developers and the core team. Details of a new upcoming hackathon will also be announced during the event, while the prize amount and competition rules have not yet been disclosed. Five Key Agenda Items f

The Qubic blockchain announced on October 18 that it had frozen the mainnet. Attackers exploited a vulnerability in JavaScript’s Math.random() function, which uses ordinary pseudorandom numbers rather than a cryptographically secure random source when generating wallet seeds, stealing approximately $1.4 million from more than 1,400 accounts. Of the stolen funds, 87.1% remains frozen on-chain, while the remaining 12.9% was transferred to an exchange and frozen within approximately one hour. Root

According to Reuters, Anthropic posted a loss of $42 billion in 2025, while its operating loss grew from slightly under $3 billion in 2024 to slightly over $8 billion in 2025. Anthropic plans to go public at an expected valuation of $2 trillion, possibly as early as November, and plans to release updated financial data to institutional investors next week. Anthropic’s S-1 Leaked: $42 Billion Loss in 2025, Operating Loss Grows to $8 Billion According to Reuters, Anthropic’s IPO prospectus (S-1) w

Independent AI safety research organization Swarmchasers released a report stating that between September 28 and October 8, it monitored more than 2,600 instances in which AI agents running on Tencent Cloud infrastructure attempted to obtain information from Amap, which is owned by Alibaba. Tencent stated through the “Tencent Hunyuan” X account that the activity occurred during the evaluation of third-party AI models and was not caused by the Hunyuan model. Swarmchasers Research Report: More Tha

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy claimed on the 17th (local time) that a supertanker carrying over 2 million barrels of crude oil collided with a sea mine in the Strait of Hormuz and caught fire, and stated that another supertanker carrying a similar cargo hit a mine in the

Commerzbank forecasts that international crude oil prices will decline to $85 per barrel by year-end despite Middle East crude exports recovering to pre-war levels. Dr. Vincent Stamer, researcher at Commerzbank Research, stated in a report released on the 16th (local time) that while tanker

PancakeSwap is experiencing a surge in trading activity for tokenized stocks, with notable increases in pairs including TSLAB-USDT and NVDAB-USDT. The decentralized exchange platform highlighted this uptick in a recent tweet, noting growing community engagement in tokenized stock trading. PancakeSwa

Security researcher Tayvano pointed out that the $250,000 bounty paid by the XRP Ledger for the infinite-minting vulnerability disclosed this month was the same as the compensation for a remote code execution vulnerability in the Google Chrome browser, sparking discussion over whether XRPL’s bug bounty standards are sufficient. The proposed XRPL lending-related amendments currently have only 19 to 21 votes each, all below the 29-vote threshold, and none has an activation date. Tayvano Points Out

Moderna and Merck will present Phase 3 melanoma findings on Saturday for their personalized cancer treatment combined with Keytruda, as biotech companies deliver clinical updates across kidney cancer, neurological diseases, and Huntington's disease during a busy week of medical conferences. Arcus

Choi Ji-wook, Director at State Street Markets, predicted the Bank of Korea's Monetary Policy Committee will freeze the benchmark interest rate at its October 22 meeting. In an interview on October 19, Choi stated the central bank is likely to assess the impact of the cumulative 50 basis point rate

Ledger officially stated that some devices sold by its authorized Southeast Asian distributor, CryptoBilis, were maliciously implanted with microcontrollers during the distribution process. Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès posted on X that the incident reinforced his long-standing core argument: the principle of “don’t trust, verify” should not be limited to open-source software and cryptography, but must also extend to physical devices that custody Private Keys. CryptoBilis Device Implant Attac