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SK hynix is reportedly demanding the U.S. government authorize additional semiconductor manufacturing equipment shipments to its Dalian, China facility in exchange for committing to build a new 3D NAND fab in the U.S., according to Reuters. The move follows reports last month that Solidigm, SK hynix

Gold prices rose on October 15, with COMEX December gold futures (GCZ6) trading at $4,177.00 per troy ounce as of 11:11 AM Eastern Time, up $69.10 or 1.68% from the previous settlement of $4,107.90. The increase was driven by a sharp decline in US Treasury yields as investors sought safe-haven

DeFi Development Corp., a publicly traded company focused on accumulating Solana (SOL), announced Thursday that it is increasing the annual dividend rate on its CHAD preferred stock from 13% to 14%. The 100 basis point increase will take effect on November 2, raising annual dividend payments from $1

Google DeepMind found no statistically significant acceleration in AI development progress after April 1, 2026, according to the safety report for Gemini 4 Argon released September 30. The lab's capability index has climbed at a steady 0.1 points per month despite production code now being more

Tokenized stocks issued outside the U.S. represent 90.4% of the $271.7 million deposited in DeFi lending markets, vaults, and DEX pools, according to a tweet by @tokenterminal. The data highlights the dominance of international tokenized assets in the decentralized finance sector. This trend

Token Terminal released a report revealing that 97.8% of tokenized stocks are held outside the United States, with 5.0 million holders globally. This distribution highlights a significant disconnection between U.S. regulatory approaches and the expanding global tokenization landscape. The findings r

Brian Daly, Director of the Division of Investment Management at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), discussed the agency's focus on innovative exchange-traded funds (ETFs) during an appearance on @ETFPrime on October 15, 2026. The SEC is prioritizing public comments on ETFs

DTCC's Nadine Chakar highlighted Chainlink's pivotal role in the organization's collateral management strategy, specifically emphasizing its support for their multi-chain approach. The partnership leverages Chainlink's technology to orchestrate collateral management systems across multiple

Japan's Ministry of Finance stated there are no concerns that the AI-driven stock sell-off will trigger financial instability, following the Nikkei 225's 4.9% decline on October 15, 2026. A ministry official said the global economy remains resilient despite the index's third-largest single-day

Russia will prohibit individuals from transferring digital currencies to non-custodial wallets starting July 2027, according to Federal Law No. 282-FZ and Bank of Russia guidance updated October 12. The restrictions also ban direct peer-to-peer crypto transactions between individuals. The

Circle's Gateway product crossed $10 billion in cumulative transfer volume, the company announced on October 15, 2026. The multichain USDC transfer service addresses liquidity fragmentation by allowing businesses to maintain one unified balance across multiple blockchains instead of pre-funding

Multiliquid, a protocol built by Uniform Labs, has raised $8 million across its pre-seed and seed funding rounds, with Polychain leading the seed portion. The protocol enables holders of tokenized money-market and treasury funds to swap directly into stablecoins USDC and USDT with T+0

AirTrunk is reportedly close to selling one of its data center assets in Johor, Malaysia, at an estimated valuation of $1 billion, with buyers including KWAP, Malaysia's national pension fund, according to a report on October 15, 2026. The transaction comes as the selloff in AI-linked equities and r

The Australian government introduced legislation on October 15 to incorporate the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) into domestic law, according to crypto-focused media outlet Cointelegraph. The bill aims to enable the cross-border

Tether paid $6.3 million to Nxum Capital, an investment firm co-founded by Bo Hines, while Hines served as President Donald Trump's executive director of the President's Council of Advisers on Digital Assets, according to The Wall Street Journal. The payments, routed through Tether's sister fund

Morpho emphasized at the Vault Summit in Singapore that stablecoins cannot scale based solely on issuance. The protocol representative stated that integrating onchain assets is necessary to create more utility across various stablecoins. Morpho pointed to the potential of Morpho Vaults as an

Binance.US, the U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, is seeking to raise $100 million to expand its business, Cointelegraph reported on Oct. 15. The fundraising would bring in new capital for the expansion effort. The exchange operates in the United States cryptocurrency market, where regulatory scrutiny h

Sweden's central bank Riksbank is reconsidering a digital krona after sending an Oct. 7 letter to parliament's Finance Committee urging lawmakers to prepare legislation for a potential central bank digital currency. The move comes three years after a government inquiry concluded there was

A Japanese Finance Ministry official stated that the ministry is closely monitoring movements in stock, currency, and bond markets, according to a report by Walter Bloomberg on October 15. The official emphasized that authorities are "always watching market movements carefully" but declined to