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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated on October 5 that Washington's economic pressure campaign against Iran, termed 'Operation Economic Outcast,' is producing results, citing the Iranian rial's fall to a record low and claiming Iran shipped no oil on tankers last month. Bessent indicated the p

Instinct, the AI agent valued at $10 billion, announced on Monday the launch of group chat functionality that allows users to add the agent to conversations with friends. The feature enables collaborative tasks such as travel planning, event ticket purchasing, fantasy league management, carpool

Polygon announced an upcoming update through its official Twitter account @0xPolygon with a single-word tweet stating 'Soon.' The blockchain platform provided no additional details about the nature, timeline, or scope of the planned update. Polygon was recently recognized as the second

Vaxcyte (PCVX) shares surged more than 60% on Monday after the biotech company reported its experimental 31-strain pneumococcal vaccine VAX-31 met all primary goals in a pivotal late-stage trial in adults. The stock hit a fresh 52-week high of $90.75 before closing up 29% at the time of the

Korean securities firms launched AI-powered mobile trading systems (MTS) between last month and the 1st of this month. Mirae Asset Securities renamed 'M-Stock' to 'MAPS' on the 1st, Meritz Securities released 'MOUM' on the 24th of last month, and Hana Securities introduced 'Hana Securities V' on the

BlackRock aligned with the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) as blockchain validators for stablecoin infrastructure. The development was highlighted in a tweet by @FireblocksHQ and involves major players including Mastercard in a $25 billion card program. The move represents part of

OpenZeppelin announced ONCHAINID v3 on October 5, 2026, a protocol enabling tokenized assets to carry their identity across different blockchain ecosystems. The protocol addresses asset mobility limitations by allowing assets to be recognized beyond their original issuance environments.

Fairshake, a political action committee network backed by the cryptocurrency industry, endorsed 32 candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives ahead of the U.S. midterm elections, Cointelegraph reported on October 5. The endorsements target candidates running in U.S. House races with cryptocurr

XRP is trading in a compressed $1.45-$1.55 price range, with technical analysts identifying an hourly close above $1.54-$1.55 as a potential momentum trigger toward $1.63 and the $1.70 area. The consolidation follows a period of volatility compression, while Binance open interest data shows 516.6

The SEC approved a rule change on October 2 allowing Cboe to list six 3x leveraged funds from Volatility Shares tracking Bitcoin, Ethereum, gold, silver, crude oil, and natural gas. The approval responds to Cboe's request to list products that fall outside the exchange's fast-track commodity fund cr

S&P Global Ratings launched a risk assessment framework for digital asset lending vaults on Monday, according to an announcement. The framework evaluates vaults across six areas: portfolio credit quality risk, liquidity mismatch risk, curator risk, blockchain risk, protocol risk, and vault

Aberdeen, Lloyds Bank, and Archax executed the UK's first foreign exchange trades using real-world assets as collateral on the Hedera network. The trades demonstrate practical applications of blockchain technology in traditional finance, as major UK financial institutions explore tokenized assets fo

The Ethereum Foundation advocates for native transaction assertions to address a gap in on-chain verification processes. The Foundation raised concerns that while Ethereum executes what users authorize, transaction outcomes do not always align with their expectations. This discrepancy stems from the

Bitcoin rose 43% in the third quarter, marking its strongest third-quarter performance since 2017, according to a Cointelegraph report published on Oct. 5. The gain occurred as the probability of a Federal Reserve interest-rate increase in October dropped to 24% from more than 75%. Despite the

Polymarket priced a Democratic sweep of Congress at 66.5% on October 5, with the prediction market recording $17.81 million in event volume and $7.55 million in liquidity for the contract. The market-implied probability reflects trader positioning on the outcome of US midterm elections, with the con

President Donald Trump appointed Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to lead a new federal Super Intelligence Force on Sunday, positioning the former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman to coordinate US artificial intelligence policy. Clayton will retain his DNI role while

Peter Schiff warned on October 5 that the U.S. housing market is facing a severe downturn, projecting a sharp drop in home prices and major job losses across related industries. Walter Bloomberg reported Schiff's remarks, in which the economist stated the market "is dying." Schiff Projects Sharp

Independent researcher Wouter van Doorn, Ph.D. student Quanyu Tang from the University of Science and Technology of China, and researcher Yanyang Li from Southeast University received the Justin Sun Prize on October 5, 2026, for solving six Erdős problems in number theory and combinatorics. The

Robinhood launched tokenized stock trading in June 2025, placing over 200 US equities and ETFs onto the Arbitrum blockchain for European investors. CEO Vlad Tenev described the launch as 'groundwork for crypto to become the backbone of the global financial system.' Each token is backed one-to-one

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on October 5, 2026, a significant shift in its regulatory approach to digital assets, proposing a proactive, rules-based framework to replace the current fragmented state regulations. The agency aims to address what it describes as