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US Stock Market News showed strong gains on Monday as the S&P 500 climbed to within 0.3 per cent of its all-time high set during the summer, driven by major acquisition announcements. The market rally was fueled by buyout deals in the software

Coinbase will automatically convert balances of 14 stablecoins held by retail customers in the European Economic Area on October 30, 2026. The cryptocurrency exchange is moving to comply with the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation. The affected assets include Tether's USDT,

Shinhan Investment & Securities forecast the USD/KRW exchange rate will average 1,330 won in 2027, forming a low point in Q1 before gradually rebounding. The research house attributed first-half won strength to corporate FX conversion demand, while projecting second-half capital outflows as Korea's

JPMorgan Chase on Oct. 26 raised its rating on Chinese robotics company Unitree by two notches to overweight from underweight and lifted its price target to 995 yuan from 300 yuan. The upgrade followed reassessment after speeches by Unitree founder and CEO Wang Xingxing and a review of the company's

South Korean government bond yields declined on the 26th, with long-term rates falling more than short-term rates, resulting in a flattening yield curve. The 3-year Korea Treasury Bond (KTB) yield dropped 1.4 basis points to 3.789%, marking the first time it fell below 3.80% since late August,

Global cryptocurrency exchange MEXC is halting services in some European countries after failing to secure authorization under the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation (MiCA). According to Wu Blockchain on Oct. 26, MEXC confirmed it does not hold a crypto-asset service provider

Bloom Trading, a Solana-based trading bot, suffered a hacking attack on October 26 that resulted in approximately $950,000 worth of Solana being stolen from user wallets. Blockchain Reporter reported that Bloom confirmed a large outflow of Solana from user wallets that day and launched an

Elon Musk warned on Oct. 25 that more than 200 specialist artificial intelligence cloud providers could face failures or consolidation. In a post on X, Musk stated that debt markets had largely stopped providing financing to companies without major revenue streams outside AI data centers. The

In US Stock Market News today, investors are weighing concerns about potential market declines despite the S&P 500's strong three-year rally. The S&P 500 is on track for a 100% gain over three years, with artificial intelligence (AI) stocks and other growth players leading the bull market

Plus500 raised its full-year 2026 outlook after third-quarter revenue increased 11% to $203.2 million. The trading group exceeded its previous guidance due to faster customer growth, lower customer acquisition costs, and an expanding US business. The board now expects 2026 revenue and EBITDA to exce

Japanese stocks showed mixed performance on May 26, with the Nikkei 225 index falling 503.51 points (0.80%) to 62,189.65 while the TOPIX index rose 7.17 points (0.18%) to 3,972.98. The divergence reflected contrasting sector movements as AI and semiconductor-related stocks faced selling pressure whi

Brazilian stocks experienced sharp declines on Oct. 26 following President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's fourth term election outcome. The TIGER Latin 35 ETF dropped 7.62% to close at 6,000 won in Seoul, while a Tokyo-listed ETF tracking Brazil's Bovespa index plunged more than 15%. The selloff

Sony's blockchain project Soneium announced on its official website on October 26 plans to issue a native ecosystem token called SONEIUM, with a detailed launch schedule to be announced later. The token issuance forms part of Soneium's strategy to build an entertainment-focused on-chain economic eco

South Korea's stock market trading value fell to its lowest weekly level this year as the Kospi index remained trapped in a narrow range. Average daily trading value on the KOSPI market came to 17.5584 trillion won ($12.7 billion) last week, from Oct. 19 to Oct. 23, according to the Korea Exchange o

Park Jong-woo, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Korea (BOK), is transferring to Korea-US Strategic Investment Corporation as auditor with 7 months remaining in his current term. The move reunites Park with his colleague Cha Jin-seop, who serves as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at the

During the week of October 26, 2026, global markets face two highly concentrated sets of pricing variables. On one side are the FED interest rate decision and the core inflation and growth data that follow; on the other are earnings reports from roughly one-third of S&P 500 constituents. Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon—the three tech giants with a combined marketcap of nearly $11 trillion—will put front and center a question that has hung over markets for months: Can AI capital expenditures gene

The Kospi closed down 1.46% at 5,469.47 on Oct. 26, marking a 40% decline from its June 22 peak of 9,114.55, as foreign investors continued selling Korean stocks. The selloff was driven by lingering doubts over AI spending sustainability, military tensions in the Middle East ahead of Israel's

Solana has reached 1.5 million holders of tokenized equities, according to an announcement from @solana. This figure represents a fivefold increase since August 2026, reflecting growing interest in tokenized assets on the blockchain platform. The surge in equity holders demonstrates expanding

Korea Investment Management and China Universal Asset Management (Hong Kong) listed the CUAM Solactive China & Global Semiconductor ETF on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on October 23, with the asset manager announcing the launch on October 26. The fund allocates 60% to Chinese chip companies and 40%

Yangzhou University and Nantong University in Jiangsu province will begin paying faculty and staff salaries in China's central bank digital currency from November, following notice from provincial fiscal authorities. The policy shift requires employees to open or upgrade digital yuan wallets by