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According to UK Maritime Trade Operations Office, two oil tankers were attacked near Saudi Arabian port of Jubail on October 16-17, with all crew members confirmed safe. The first incident occurred on October 16 at 9:00 UTC (17:00 Beijing time), approximately 68 nautical miles northeast of Jubail, w

According to Odaily, Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX, stated on October 16 that OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX are unprofitable and rely on debt financing, equity funding, and implicit U.S. government support. Hayes believes the larger the AI bubble, the greater the subsequent bailout scale and th

According to Steve Eisman speaking on The Compound and Friends podcast on Friday, OpenAI has become so deeply embedded in the U.S. economy that its collapse could trigger an immediate recession. Eisman highlighted massive capital expenditure commitments by cloud providers, chip companies, and

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky indicated next week he may meet with U.S. officials. The statement comes amid ongoing diplomatic engagement between the two countries.

According to BigBear.ai's official statement, the company announced on October 13 that it had secured more than $225 million in total potential contract value since July, including more than 25 new generative AI awards from the FBI, NASA, Coast Guard, and other federal agencies. However, the company

According to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi's statement on October 17, Egypt expressed readiness to implement any security and sovereignty protection measures proposed by Saudi Arabia. Sisi called on the Egyptian parliament to hold a special session and grant necessary authorization to

According to a Frost & Sullivan report cited by Jin10, Chinese enterprises swept the top five positions in global humanoid robot market revenue during the first half of 2026, with Shenzhen companies holding two of the five spots. Global sales reached 36,000 units with revenue of $540 million in

According to ZachXBT, on-chain detective Specter detected that stolen funds from the Bitget attack and other breaches, including those from the Cryptobills Ledger incident and the $12 million Triple-A hack, have been flowing into Zcash (ZEC). Threat actors are leveraging ZEC's privacy features to ob

According to President Zelensky, Ukraine's drone interceptors are unable to operate due to speed limitations of the Starlink satellite network. The president attributed the malfunction of the systems to insufficient bandwidth for real-time command

The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) fell for the eighth consecutive trading day on Friday, October 16, marking its longest losing streak in 18 years, according to DataTrek Research co-founder Nicholas Colas. Analysts attribute the decline to growing investor fatigue with repeated

According to BofA analysis shared by Paradis on X, the global memory addressable market is projected to grow from approximately $1 trillion in 2026 to over $2 trillion by 2030, with operating profit potentially reaching $1 trillion and industry valuation hitting $10 trillion compared to the

During a recent podcast episode, economist Peter Schiff warned that the U.S. economy could be heading toward a much larger financial crisis as persistent inflation and rising interest rates create mounting stress on the housing market and financial system.
Schiff expressed particular concern over m

JustLend DAO completed its fifth JST buyback and burn on October 16, 2026 (SGT), destroying a total of 170,723,144 JST tokens according to a community-approved buyback proposal. All tokens have been transferred to a burn address and all transactions are verifiable

According to DeFiprime, Arbitrum Foundation launched the Stablecoin Growth Program on October 15, offering up to 2 million ARB in rewards to protocols integrating USDG as their primary stablecoin on Arbitrum One. Eligible protocols must maintain at least 1 million dollars in stablecoin

According to Bloomberg strategist Mike McGlone, if U.S. equities decline 20%, Bitcoin could fall toward the $10,000 support level, he warned yesterday. McGlone noted that BTC has led risk assets higher since 2009, but the cryptocurrency's 2025 peak above $100,000, alongside gold hitting

According to remarks made on October 17 at the G30 International Banking Seminar in Bangkok, Bank of Korea Governor Shin Hyun-song warned that despite financial market participants using different artificial intelligence models, constraints within the financial system could drive synchronized

According to Politico, on October 17, Anthropic privately pitched its self-drafted frontier AI safety regulation bill to U.S. Congress. The bill establishes government intervention thresholds triggered when AI models pose foreseeable immediate risks: over $1 billion in property damage, over 50

DFI surged 26.66% in the past 60 minutes, reaching $0.00061989, as traders respond to shifting momentum in the altcoin sector. The token's trading volume saw a dramatic spike during the period.
However, DFI's 24-hour performance remains down 69.85%, with a low trading volume of $29.98, indicating v

According to Hong Kong media HK01, Hong Kong police recently arrested four individuals connected to BBB Group (好好好集团), which allegedly defrauded investors through schemes involving over-the-counter stocks and digital assets. The Commercial Crime Bureau received complaints from 21 victims totaling

According to Odaily, DTCC has opened its tokenization service for 25 securities backed by approximately $30 trillion in underlying assets held in DTC custody. Tokens maintain 1:1 correspondence with original securities using the same CUSIP, with investor protections equivalent to book-entry securiti