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Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX, stated that the market must overcome a range of risk factors at the start of a major bull run, according to a Cointelegraph report on October 9. Hayes described the challenge as climbing the so-called 'Wall of Worry,' a term referring to investor anxiety that

South Korea's pension fund investment pool recorded a monthly return of -2.89% in July, marking its worst performance this year. The decline was driven by AI bubble concerns and rising US Treasury yields that triggered volatility across global financial markets. The year-to-date return fell

U.S. consumer sentiment fell in October, according to data released by the University of Michigan on October 9. The consumer sentiment index came in at 46.3, missing the market forecast of 47.8 and declining from 48.1 in September. Both short-term and long-term inflation expectations rose, with

DA Davidson assessed the prospects of a reported Starbucks acquisition of Chipotle Mexican Grill on Friday, estimating roughly a 20% probability of deal completion while maintaining a Neutral rating and $110 price target on Starbucks stocks. The assessment followed a Financial Times report that Star

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the U.S. is preparing to seize approximately $1 billion in cryptocurrency associated with Iran, speaking at the NPolicy Summit in Washington. The action aims to enhance economic pressures on Iran and reinforce ongoing U.S. sanctions. This follows a pre

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Friday that former Celsius Network CEO Alex Mashinsky has been permanently barred from the securities, commodities and crypto industries, with a settlement securing up to $35 million. The action stems from Mashinsky's role in defrauding hundreds of t

Maple completed a buyback of SYRUP tokens totaling $314,116, representing 20% of the protocol's September revenue of $1.57 million allocated under MIP-021. The buyback involved purchasing 1,371,166 SYRUP tokens at an average price of $0.229 per token. This action follows MIP-021's rules-based revenu

Securitize launched tokenized versions of 12 U.S. stocks on Solana, including Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Alphabet, Tesla, Meta, Amazon, Netflix, Circle, SpaceX, Strategy and Palantir. The structure gives investors a regulated security entitlement backed one-for-one by underlying shares and creates a

Bakkt identified stablecoins as vital components of institutional payment systems after participating in Stablecon and TOKEN2049 conferences. The digital asset management and payments leader observed that financial institutions are increasingly adopting regulated digital payment solutions to

Olivia Moore, a partner at Andreessen Horowitz covering consumer AI, released a report on Monday analyzing the top 100 consumer AI apps. The report shows ChatGPT remains the dominant player, while smaller services like Suno and ElevenLabs demonstrate sustained market presence. Moore's analysis

US Treasury bond yields rose on the morning of October 9 (US Eastern Time), led by short-term maturities, creating a bear flattening pattern in the yield curve. The 10-year Treasury yield increased 1.00 basis point to 5.243% as of 8:55 AM, while the policy-sensitive 2-year yield climbed 3.20 basis p

The White House announced on 7 October 2026 that nearly 70 million Trump Accounts had been created, with more than 60 million established through automatic enrollment. Since the program's 4 July launch, more than $4.5 billion has been deposited across these accounts, consisting of $1.3 billion in $1

India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan in Singapore today to strengthen bilateral investment ties and explore economic cooperation in emerging technologies. The meeting aimed to enhance collaboration between the two nations, with

Eric Balchunas, Bloomberg Intelligence's senior exchange-traded fund analyst, said on Oct. 10 that concerns about the S&P 500 rally being driven by only a handful of large-cap technology stocks are overdone. Balchunas argued that the seven major US technology companies known as the Magnificent

AvaTrade agreed to acquire the majority of FXCM Group's business and brand, announced Friday, October 9, as Jefferies Financial Group reduces its exposure to the brokerage it rescued more than a decade ago. The transaction accelerates the break-up of one of retail forex trading's longest-running bro

Bitdeer AI secured a 67-megawatt data center in Malaysia, according to a Cointelegraph report on October 9. The acquisition pushes the company's artificial intelligence cloud business pipeline above $10 billion. The facility will house Nvidia GB300 systems as part of Bitdeer AI's data center

Crypto influencer Ran Neuner highlighted that options trading currently accounts for just 3% of total crypto trading volume, pointing to a significant gap compared to traditional finance where options markets exceed futures markets. Neuner's commentary suggests this underrepresentation presents a

Issuers based in Jersey, the British Virgin Islands (BVI), and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) now control 80.5% of the tokenized stock market capitalization, according to data from Token Terminal. US-domiciled issuers hold a 10.7% share, representing the largest market share outside these three

Senator Cynthia Lummis is advocating for the CLARITY Act to establish a regulatory framework for digital assets, while Democrats have rejected provisions within the legislation. The rejected provisions would bar Chief Compliance Officers from holding conflicting roles at affiliated crypto

Tether transferred $500 million USDT from its Treasury to Binance, according to a report by CryptoTwitter commentator @whale_alert. The transfer represents a significant movement of the stablecoin to one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges. Tether issues USDT, a stablecoin that provides