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The S&P 500's health care sector posted gains of more than 9% over the last three months, ranking as the second-best performer among the blue-chip index's 11 sectors. Wall Street analysts attribute the rally partly to expectations that costly cuts imposed under unified Republican control last year c

Developer UntilHEX discovered a crypto mining malware infection on their Mac after Claude Code AI agent flagged the issue during a temperature monitoring app development session. The AI agent identified an XMRig mining process consuming approximately 1175% CPU across roughly 12 cores, driving temper

Binance XRP futures traders reduced outstanding positions by approximately $85.1 million over 13 days following forced liquidations that closed leveraged bullish bets, according to CryptoQuant analyst CryptoOnchain. Open interest declined from $538.1 million on

SXP cryptocurrency surged 72.96% in one hour, jumping from $0.0022 to $0.003805. The rapid price increase occurred despite a 0.25% decline over the past 24 hours, catching traders' attention amid mixed signals across the broader crypto market. The dramatic move suggests potential whale

KDA token surged 78.6% within one hour amid broader cryptocurrency market volatility. The token's price jumped from a low of $0.006 to a high of $0.010716, attracting significant trader interest. The rapid price movement occurred as the broader crypto market exhibited mixed signals, with the surge d

Foreign official entities including central banks and finance ministries reduced their U.S. Treasury holdings to 11.8% in August, according to data released Friday by the Treasury Department, while hedge funds increased their share to 33.5%. The shift reflects foreign governments pulling back from T

MBOX plummeted 76.59% in one hour to $0.00049151 after reaching $0.0021 earlier in the day. The sharp decline occurred amid a market cap of $270,535 and 24-hour trading volume of $3,827.74, raising concerns among traders. The drop reflects significant volatility in the cryptocurrency market,

RNDR experienced a 74.54% price decline within one hour, dropping to $1.79 after reaching a peak at $7.03. The cryptocurrency recorded a 24-hour trading volume of $54,974,338. The broader cryptocurrency market is exhibiting volatility. RNDR Records 74.54% Price Decline Within One Hour RNDR's pric

David Schwartz, Ripple CTO Emeritus, stated in an October 18 Thinking Crypto interview that AI agents could eventually manage everyday financial tasks, simplifying blockchain interaction for consumers. He described autonomous software handling decisions and transactions, removing wallet

US stock futures pointed higher on October 19, the 39th anniversary of the 1987 market crash, despite social media calls for a 'Black Monday' repeat. S&P 500 futures rose about 0.53% in pre-market trade while Nasdaq futures gained more than 1%. The rebound followed the Nasdaq's worst week since

XRP Ledger developers proposed new token authorization and blocking controls that would allow issuers to prevent specific accounts from acquiring their digital assets, according to an October 16 code proposal. The XLS-87 standard introduces two transaction types — TokenPreauth and TokenBlock —

Western Union and MoneyGram launched their own stablecoins to defend their positions in the global remittance market against cryptocurrency competition. Western Union introduced its dollar-pegged stablecoin USDPT in May and partnered with fintech company Rain to offer digital wallet and card

Lee Chan-jin, Governor of South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), reaffirmed on October 19 during a National Assembly audit that he had wanted to block the launch of single-stock leveraged ETFs. Lee told lawmakers his previous June remark about 'lying down to block' the products was

OKX launched its Exchange OS built on the XLayer platform to provide developers and institutions with tools for deploying Onchain Spot, Perps, and Outcomes markets. The infrastructure aims to enhance trading efficiency and capabilities within the crypto ecosystem. This move reflects growing demand f

Arm announced its AGI CPU delivers twice the performance per rack compared to AMD EPYC 9755 in agentic AI workloads, according to an independent analysis commissioned by Arm and conducted by Signal65. The claim stems from modeled rack results based on chip performance and server-power assumptions

Five CEOs from South Korea's major banks testified before the National Assembly's Political Affairs Committee on October 19, appearing as witnesses for 3 hours and 20 minutes from 3:30pm to 6:50pm regarding recent AI hacking incidents that exposed customer data. The session focused on information se

France's National Assembly approved Amendment I-3898 on Friday, a crypto tax measure that would make crypto-to-stablecoin swaps taxable events starting in 2027. The amendment passed with 38 votes in favor, 37 against, and 25 abstentions, according to the Assembly's official record. French MP

Wallet 0xb15b liquidated 8,163 ETH, totaling $19.78 million, over 10 hours. CryptoTwitter commentator @lookonchain noted the event. The crypto market is reflecting mixed signals, with no trading volume data available for this