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Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan teased a potential announcement at Token2049 after the prediction market generated almost $10 million in revenue this weekend. Coplan responded to revenue analysis showing Polymarket dwarfed the $2.6 million made by decentralized derivatives exchange Hyperliquid,

South Korea's Financial Services Commission is considering allowing after-hours closing price trading to enable investors to dispose of fractional shares in single-stock leveraged products tied to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. The measure comes ahead of a planned expansion of the minimum trading

China's peer-to-peer stablecoin wallet activity grew 43-fold from the first quarter of 2024 to the second quarter of 2026, according to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. The company recorded $104.1 billion across 18.1 million transfers involving China's self-custodied stablecoin holdings

The US Treasury's comment period on proposed stablecoin sales regulations closes on 19 October 2026 under docket TREAS-DO-2026-0496, published 18 August. The rule defines who may offer or sell payment stablecoins to US persons under the GENIUS Act, which was enacted on 18 July 2025. The regulation d

Strategy spent $176.3 million repurchasing its STRC preferred stock last week, more than six times the $28.7 million it allocated to Bitcoin purchases during the same period. The company bought 334 Bitcoin between

CertiK released a report on October 05, 2026, titled 'The Rise of the AI Security Workforce: How Agentic AI Is Redefining Cybersecurity, AML & Compliance,' examining how autonomous AI systems are changing security and compliance functions across Web2 and Web3. The blockchain security firm

Revolut reached more than 80 million customers and a confirmed $115 billion private-market valuation, surpassing several long-established European banks by equity value. The London-based fintech reported £4.5 billion of revenue for 2025, up 46%, while pretax profit increased 57% to £1.7 billion. The

Schwab clients increased their trading activity in September, with the Schwab Trading Activity Index (STAX) rising to 58.92 from 57.50 in August, according to data released Monday. The shift reflects a growing preference for diversification over individual stock picking, as five of the top 10 net

Bitmine Immersion Technologies bought 15,112 ETH over the past week, increasing its total holdings to 6,016,414 ETH, according to a PR Newswire release dated Oct. 5. The purchase advances the company's

Greenfield Capital filed a formal complaint with Switzerland's Federal Supervisory Authority for Foundations (ESA). The venture firm accuses the board of Safe Ecosystem Foundation of governance failures that have weakened the protocol's market position. Jascha Samadi, Greenfield's founding

At least two oil tankers were struck by projectiles near Oman and Iran, one on Friday and one on Sunday, per the UK's Maritime Trade Operations Centre. The attacks occurred as Iran maintains conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, fueling investor concerns about global oil trade recovery.

UMA surged 10.41% within a 60-minute period, climbing from $0.413 to $0.456, marking a notable shift in market dynamics driven by heightened social media engagement and community interest around the token. The 24-hour change reflects a 13.15% increase, with trading volume reaching approximately $746,526.89 over the past 24 hours. This price action positions UMA as a focal point in today's market amid broader cryptocurrency market fluctuations and mixed signals. UMA Records 10.41% Price Increase

A fraud investigation into a TRON-based rental scam has cited Google's Gemini chatbot after a victim claimed the AI assistant described the fraudulent platform as safe. The scheme, operated through Tronify.rent, collected approximately $69,651 from around 80 victims in September, according to JP, fo

Amazon disclosed on Friday that it will no longer require nondisclosure agreements with government agencies involved in its data center projects and will invest more than $1 billion over five years in communities hosting its facilities through a new Data Center Commitment program. The

Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry, reported record September revenue of $36.5 billion, marking its strongest-ever monthly performance. The Taiwan-based manufacturer posted third-quarter revenue of $95.3 billion, up 47.1% year over year, driven by strong demand for AI servers and

Three blockchain infrastructure experts at STO Summit 2026 on October 2 called for enhanced governance, data verification, and security measures as tokenized finance expands. Viv Diwakar of Canton Foundation, Marcin Kazmierczak of Redstone, and Feiyu Wang of Certik spoke at the Korea Exchange

Strive, a U.S. Bitcoin treasury company, purchased 2,000 Bitcoin for $169 million on Oct. 5, raising its total holdings to 29,462 BTC. Chief Executive Officer Matt Cole disclosed the acquisition in a post on X, stating the average purchase price was $84,422 per coin. The company funded 61.5% of the

Strategy posted $21 billion in digital asset gains in the third quarter of 2026 and purchased 334 Bitcoin last week, according to an October 5 X post by the company's chairman Michael Saylor. As of October 4, Strategy's total Bitcoin holdings reached 848,000. The company also holds $5.7 billion in d

David Robinson, an OpenAI Safety Transparency Lead who worked at the company for more than three years, left his position and published an essay in The Atlantic criticizing the company's safety culture as broken. Robinson argued that OpenAI employs a reactive approach to safety that addresses

Hyperliquid integrated with Bloomberg Terminal to provide professional users access to market data for perpetual futures contracts covering oil, gold, the S&P 500, and major chipmakers. The integration enables access to 24/7 perpetual markets within the same workflow used to track conventional