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Solana options traders recorded heightened activity in October 2026 as implied volatility on SOL contracts with 2 days remaining to expiry climbed by 18.3 points over a single week. Data from options analytics provider Derivasys showed fluctuating volatility measures throughout the month, with one-w

OpenAI reported that weekly active users of Codex and ChatGPT Work among European Union small and medium businesses grew to 8.1 times their May level by October 5, according to a report published Wednesday. The company observed growth in every EU member state, with the analysis defining small and me

Robinhood Crypto listed XDC, the native token of XDC Network, for eligible US customers on October 8, 2026, with the announcement appearing between 9:18 and 9:42 a.m. ET. The listing expands Robinhood's crypto offerings to include XDC alongside Bitcoin and Ether, reaching the platform's

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed an 83-page civil lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on June 1, 2026, alleging that ChatGPT poses risks to minors and has contributed to real-world harm including a shooting at a Tallahassee university and cases of self-harm among teenagers. The co

AGI3, an institutional onchain finance platform, launched on October 13, 2026 with Fireblocks infrastructure integrated from day one. Firms using Fireblocks for digital asset operations can connect to AGI3 through existing wallets, transaction policies, and approval workflows. AGI3's CEO stated

The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell 3.1% on October 14, extending a six-session decline to approximately 10%, Bloomberg reported. The index was on course to lose more than $1 trillion in market value during this period. Higher interest-rate expectations, elevated valuations, and the

Meta unveiled ten research manuscripts on October 14, 2026, all produced with assistance from its Muse AI platform and supervised by human experts. The manuscripts draw on electronic health records and demonstrate the platform's ability to automate research preparation tasks. Meta's Muse Spark

Solana activates its Alpenglow upgrade on October 21 at approximately 15:00 UTC during epoch 1064, according to the Solana Foundation. The upgrade replaces TowerBFT and targets transaction finality of roughly 150 milliseconds, down from about 12.8 seconds. Validators approved the upgrade in

The European Banking Authority classified Circle's USDC stablecoin as a significant e-money token under the region's Markets in Crypto Assets framework in a Wednesday notice. The classification grants joint oversight by the EBA and France's Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution over the s

Strategy's USD Cash reserves fell 60% from $1.61 billion on August 30 to $640.5 million on October 11, according to the company's latest SEC disclosure this week. The Michael Saylor-led BTC treasury firm spent the majority of its cash on buybacks of STRC, its ultra-high yield dividend stock that

Bank of America hired 1,000 external contractors in the second quarter to patch software vulnerabilities exposed by Anthropic's Mythos AI model, CEO Brian Moynihan told CNBC on Wednesday. The deployment came after Mythos was released to a select group of banks, technology firms, and government

QUICK dropped 10.07% in 60 minutes to $0.00688 after trading at $0.00765 earlier. The decline followed a recent high of $0.00772, reflecting a rapid sell-off. The 24-hour trading volume reached approximately $913,076.03, with the token experiencing a 31.47% decline over the past 24 hours. The

Chainalysis reported that Agentic commerce transactions surged from 58.8k in Q3 2025 to 138.5 million in Q3 2026, driven by stablecoin adoption. The blockchain analytics firm attributed this growth to stablecoins' ability to facilitate transactions settling for under a cent, making them more

Bank of America topped a quantitative stock-rating system among major U.S. banks in US Stock Market News, excelling in value, growth, profitability, earnings revisions, and price momentum despite a regulatory settlement charge affecting its latest earnings. Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase saw their r

XRP exchange-traded funds recorded $8 million in net inflows this week, extending a positive streak to 13 weeks, while Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana funds shed a combined $1.25 billion during the same period. The inflows came from two concentrated trading sessions on October 6 and October 8, with th

YouTube Music announced Wednesday the rollout of a new labeling system aimed at improving transparency around songs created with the help of generative AI. Listeners will be able to identify tracks created using AI, including those involved in composition and vocals. The move comes as AI-generated m

Injective, a Layer-1 blockchain built for financial applications, became the first blockchain registered as an SEC transfer agent on October 12, 2026. The registration enables Injective to maintain securities ownership records on-chain in a compliant manner. As of mid-October 2026, the platform

Google DeepMind unveiled its Gemini 4 Argon model on October 13, 2026, during an internal robotics demonstration where a humanoid robot learned to play cornhole from a single video. The robot, Apptronik's Apollo 2, achieved seven consecutive successful throws after watching one human demonstration a

DTCC Managing Director Nadine Chakar and Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov discussed tokenized market infrastructure at Sibos 2026 in Miami Beach from September 28 to October 1, 2026. The discussion centered on compliance features, interoperability, and round-the-clock operability as DTCC