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President Donald Trump announced a $21 billion investment plan to build two semiconductor plants in Malta, New York, backed by Japanese capital. Contract chipmaker GlobalFoundries will construct the facilities, according to cryptocurrency-focused media outlet Cointelegraph, which reported the announ

President Donald Trump announced that South Korea plans to invest $50 billion in the Alaska liquefied natural gas project, according to a Cointelegraph report on Oct. 14. Taiwan pledged to purchase $70 billion to $80 billion of LNG and committed a separate $4.4 billion equity investment in the proje

International gold futures declined on October 14 as sticky US inflation data drove Treasury yields and the dollar higher. The December-delivery gold futures contract (GCZ6) on the CME's COMEX exchange traded at $4,111.40 per troy ounce as of 1:30 PM US Eastern Time, down $65.90 or 1.58% from the

MoneyGram is integrating stablecoins into its payment offerings, according to Fireblocks CEO Michael Shaulov. The integration positions MoneyGram among payment platforms adapting to the digital currency market, alongside Western Union and Stripe. Major fintech companies are embracing

ASML Holding CEO Christophe Fouquet stated on the company's third-quarter earnings call that the likelihood of China developing a major competitor to the Dutch semiconductor equipment maker remains 'pretty low.' Fouquet noted that while restrictions on Chinese companies' access to ASML's equipment c

FireblocksHQ released its October Banking on Blockchain newsletter, highlighting that corporates are increasingly evaluating banks based on their digital asset capabilities. The newsletter includes insights from the company's Financial Grid report, which was unveiled at Sibos. This development

OpenAI's infrastructure lead Sachin Katti announced on Wednesday that he is departing his role after roughly a year at the artificial intelligence company, with his last day set for Nov. 15. Katti said in a LinkedIn post that he decided to move on to build something new and will continue

BlackRock and State Street delivered sharply different stock market reactions on October 14 despite both reporting higher assets under management. BlackRock gained approximately 3% following its third-quarter earnings release, supported by $205 billion in net inflows and record assets under manageme

Citrini Research launched its Butler feature on the Virtuals App, a tool that automates the execution of 15 cryptocurrency trades simultaneously. The feature allows users to copy an entire portfolio with a single approval, eliminating manual execution across multiple trades. The launch addresses

Bitcoin is testing critical price levels around $65,000 amid selling pressure from exchange-traded funds. According to crypto commentator @glassnode, past buyers break even above $88,000, while ETFs have emerged as net sellers. The ETF cost basis at approximately $81,500 has held twice, indicating i

The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released a report Wednesday on debanking efforts, finding that certain banks had policies restricting financial services to industries including digital assets, oil and gas, tobacco, and firearms. The report was released in accordance with an

Tarek Mansour, chief executive officer of US prediction-market platform Kalshi, warned at a DC Fintech Week event that the business could relocate overseas if state-level regulation intensifies, CoinDesk reported on October 14. Mansour stated the core issue is whether prediction markets remain in th

Patrick Witt's status as executive director of the White House crypto council remains unclear as his temporary detail has expired or is nearing expiration. Crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett reported on October 14 that no confirmation exists on whether Witt will remain in the post. Witt is a U.S.

Emanate, a San Francisco-based AI startup, secured a strategic investment from Koch Disruptive Technologies, the venture arm of Koch, Inc., the company told Fortune in an exclusive. Neither company disclosed the investment amount. Emanate builds AI revenue agents targeting the industrial materials a

Crypto futures traders experienced significant losses on October 14, 2026, as $218 million in long positions were liquidated across the market within a four-hour window, with some estimates placing total liquidations at approximately $228 million. The liquidation wave occurred during concentrated se

Researchers at TU Wien are developing a formal security proof for the Ark protocol, a Bitcoin transaction batching system designed to enable scaling without requiring users to surrender custody of their coins. The project, led by Georgia Avarikioti from TU Wien's Research Unit of Security and

Alchemix, a DeFi protocol specializing in self-repaying loans, filed a B2 Token Transparency Filing with Blockworks on October 8, 2026, with completion announced on October 14. The filing details the protocol's governance framework, token mechanics, and financial performance. The disclosure

Kalshi scaled its workforce from approximately 35-40 employees to 150-170 in roughly one year while maintaining a flat organizational structure with no middle management layer, according to co-founder and COO Luana Lopes Lara speaking at Fortune's Most Powerful Women summit in Santa Barbara,

US mortgage rates stood at 7.47% for 30-year fixed loans on October 14, according to Bankrate, following a hotter-than-expected September inflation report. The national average declined five basis points from the prior week but remains significantly elevated compared with earlier this year, driven b