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Uphold launched a Vault Inheritance service enabling users to designate beneficiaries for Bitcoin (BTC), XRP, and Hedera (HBAR) holdings within its assisted self-custody Uphold Vault product. The service addresses a core self-custody challenge: legal ownership alone does not provide access to

Alphabet plans to launch its homegrown AI chips into orbit on Thursday in a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, a step toward making data centers in space a reality. The launch is scheduled for 11:15 am PT from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California's Santa Barbara County. During the uncrewed Transporter-18

U.S. XRP exchange-traded funds collectively held more than 1 billion XRP as of Sept. 29, marking an institutional exposure milestone for the token. As of that date, U.S. XRP funds held approximately 1.13 billion XRP worth $1.68 billion, according to ETF holdings data from Maketo. The milestone

The XRP Ledger introduced the PermissionDelegationV1_1 upgrade for account permission delegation. The feature was originally scheduled to activate Oct. 5 but validator support fell below the required 80% threshold, resetting the countdown. Activation could now occur around Oct. 8 if validator suppor

Stacks (STX) is trading at $0.385, up +19% over 24 hours on CoinGecko, after breaking above the $0.34 resistance level. The token posted a +50% gain in September. Stacks founder Muneeb Ali is set to become CEO of Stacks Labs on October 15, as the project enters what the company describes as a

Meta Superintelligence Labs and the University of Washington introduced Context Language Models (CLMs) in a paper published on arXiv at the end of September. The framework allows language models to edit their own working context rather than relying on external orchestration layers. The research

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating OpenAI and Anthropic over how the companies control and manage AI agents, according to a New York Post report on September 30. The investigation began several weeks ago under Chairman Andrew Ferguson, citing a senior agency official. The probe

Nike Inc. (NKE), DraftKings Inc. (DKNG), and Mattel Inc. (MAT) stocks fell to multi-year lows Wednesday as investors assessed weak demand, regulatory risks, and leadership changes. Nike dropped over 1% to a 12-year low of $35.16 ahead of fiscal first-quarter earnings, DraftKings declined 3% to a

Quant (QNT) surged from lows near $74 to peaks above $357 following major institutional partnerships in the United States and United Kingdom. The Clearing House (TCH)—a U.S. bank-owned payments utility including JPMorgan and Citi—selected Quant's technology to power its U.S. On-Chain Money

Nike Inc. (NKE) will release its fiscal first-quarter earnings after Thursday's market close, as investors monitor whether turnaround efforts are gaining traction. The athleticwear company's stock has fallen more than 77% from its November 2021 peak, pressured by direct-to-consumer strategy

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) closed at $354.81 on September 30, 2026, positioned between a $480 bull-case target from RBC Capital and a $268 bear-case target from BNP Paribas Exane. Tom Narayan at RBC Capital maintained the $480 Buy rating on September 25, while BNP Paribas Exane cut its Underperform target

OptionMetrics launched IvyDB TradeFlow, a US options dataset that classifies buying and selling pressure, execution location, trade size, and inferred retail or institutional participation across every US exchange. The product addresses a core challenge in options markets where trade prints do not r

The Born Korea, led by restaurateur Baek Jong-won, closed at 14,340 won on the Korea Exchange the previous day, down over 40% year-to-date as the company shifts to regional development. The decline follows franchise business struggles amid high inflation and reduced dining spending. Store count

Shinhan Securities upgraded LG Household & Health Care to 'buy' from 'neutral' and raised the target price from 250,000 won to 320,000 won, a 28% increase, reflecting the company's North American business growth and duty-free channel recovery. Analyst Lee Gyo-seok cited Dr.Groot's expanding US

Solana has emerged as the leading blockchain in daily tokenized equities trading volume for the second consecutive day, according to @SolanaFloor. The network's dominance is driven by its sub-second transaction finality and low fees, which enable fast and affordable trades. This performance

The Call Center Doctors, a call center consultancy, rented four Nvidia H200 GPUs on Sept. 27 to test DeepSeek V4.1 Flash as a replacement for its existing AI coding solution. The test aimed to verify claims that DeepSeek could deliver equivalent performance at significantly lower cost. The rental re

A New York federal court dismissed a lawsuit against LIBRA token and associated parties MeteoraAG and Ben Chow. The court rejected allegations of RICO racketeering and fraud. The ruling also prevented attempts to expand the case to include other tokens such as $MELANIA. LIBRA operates within the

The Bank of Russia has established conditions for organized trading in digital currencies and digital rights. The trading regime will be set out in the exchange’s rules, which will provide for the calculation of market and volume-weighted average prices for these instruments. The regulator has also developed requirements for digital depositories—a new market participant that will maintain records of cryptocurrencies and digital rights. Requirements for Digital Depositories A digital depository m

Citi estimated South Korean authorities may purchase US dollars in the spot market if the USD-KRW exchange rate falls below 1,300 won, according to a report released on October 1 by Kim Jin-wook, chief economist at Citibank Korea. The assessment is based on historical intervention patterns, with aut

Ethereum is trading at $2,690, up 1.6% over 24 hours, as open interest in ETH derivatives has fallen to 12.49 million ETH, its lowest level since March 1. The contraction reflects reduced leverage exposure, while