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Oil prices edged lower in early Asian trading on October 16 as the US weighed easing sanctions on tankers in the shadow fleet and the International Energy Agency accelerated releases from strategic reserves. Brent futures fell 0.39% to $105.51 a barrel while US West Texas Intermediate

An alleged cryptocurrency task-scam operator lost more than 60 Bitcoin worth $4.8 million in a Ledger hardware wallet theft reported October 15, 2026. Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis attributed the findings. The operator transferred the funds into three separate Ledger wallet addresses on

Binance.US is seeking to raise as much as $100 million in a private funding round at a valuation of approximately $1 billion, Bloomberg reported on October 15, 2026. The cryptocurrency exchange is attempting to rebuild its American operations following years of regulatory challenges and declining ma

Bitcoin treasury company Strategy faces up to 90% odds of removal from MSCI indexes by December 31, according to prediction market data from October 15. The surge in removal bets follows MSCI's adoption of new rules that exclude non-operating companies from its Global Investable Market Indexes. MSCI

BTRST experienced a 10.56% price decline in the last hour, dropping to $0.051568 from $0.057654. The cryptocurrency recorded a 24-hour trading volume of $95,384 and reached a 24-hour high of $0.059994 before the sharp decline. The price movement occurred amid relatively thin trading volume, which

The Indian Income Tax Department has issued a clarificatory note on Virtual Digital Assets (VDAs) with new crypto reporting requirements that took effect on April 1, 2026, but the Crypto Tax in India remains unchanged at 30% on gains and 1% TDS. According to the tax department's explainer, the new V

South Korea's Financial Services Commission (FSC) and Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) announced on the 16th enhanced monitoring of offshore platforms trading perpetual futures linked to Korean stocks and indices. The regulatory action targets products offering leverage ratios from 10x to 200x,

Network School acquired the decentralized social platform Farcaster from Neynar on Thursday, rebranding it as the Network State Protocol, according to an announcement on the platform. The same day, several users reported on X that their Farcaster accounts had been restricted to read-only status

Pendle integrated its vaults with Morpho, introducing autocompounding rewards and AI-driven USDC allocation across DeFi strategies. The integration enables Beefy Finance to autocompound rewards directly into vault positions, while AI allocates USDC based on risk and yield parameters. This

Pendle announced an integration with Aave that allows Pendle's implied rates to serve as live inputs for Aave's risk parameters. The integration aims to enhance the efficiency of collateral settings based on real market data. This development could streamline operations in the decentralized

Shin Jin-chang, Secretary-General of South Korea's Financial Services Commission, was appointed Vice Chairman of the Financial Services Commission on October 16. The appointment recognizes his extensive policy expertise in household debt management, inclusive finance, and financial industry

In US Stock Market News, S&P 500 futures were relatively unchanged early Friday after the gauge posted its first winning session in four, with investors shaking off the latest sell-off in technology stocks. Futures tied to the broad market average traded 0.16% higher, while Nasdaq-100 futures

t54 Labs, an AI financial infrastructure company backed by Ripple, signed an MOU with Korean fintech RiskX on the 15th (local time) to advance a proof-of-concept for AI-based personalized investment services. The partnership aims to expand AI agent applications from payment processing to investment

South Korea's Ministry of Economy and Finance maintained its robust economic recovery assessment in its October 16 Green Book report. The ministry cited strong export performance and investment growth, though consumption showed only gradual improvement. September exports surpassed $120 billion

On Oct. 15, Darkfost, a CryptoQuant contributor, reported that Binance's Bitcoin perpetual futures funding rate fell to -0.0073%, signaling a bearish tilt across the broader derivatives market. The shift followed stronger-than-expected U.S. inflation data, with both consumer price index and

Ripple announced on Oct. 15 that its institutional business, Ripple Prime, now supports perpetual swaps linked to Real World Assets (RWA). Institutional clients under Virtu have begun trading contracts based on more than 100 markets, including stocks, stock indices, ETFs, metals, energy, and Forex. The swaps reference perpetual futures contracts launched by Trade.xyz on Hyperliquid. Ripple Prime RWA Perpetual Swap Structure According to Ripple’s official explanation, Ripple Prime’s RWA perpetual

South Korea's KOSDAQ market triggered a buy-side circuit breaker at 12:55:23 PM on October 16 as the index surged over 5% intraday, rapidly recovering from the previous session's sharp decline. The circuit breaker activated after KOSDAQ150 futures prices rose more than 6% above the prior close and t

Nike (NYS:NKE) closed at $37.14 on May 15, up 5.21% from the prior session, drawing investor attention to the drivers behind the move. Motley Fool attributed the gain to sector rotation, with capital flowing from high-priced tech stocks into consumer discretionary names despite no company-specific c

U.S. spot Ether exchange-traded funds recorded net outflows of $60.22 million on Oct. 15, according to data from SoSoValue. Combined with the previous day's net outflows of $129.51 million, total withdrawals over the two-day period reached $189.73 million. The outflows occurred amid ongoing

Harvard Management Company achieved a 27.1% return for fiscal year 2026 (July 2025 through June 2026), marking the endowment's highest performance in five years, driven primarily by gains from its SpaceX holdings. The return exceeded the S&P 500's total return of 22.3% during the same period by 4.8