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G7 leaders announced a 100-million-barrel emergency oil release starting immediately. The coordinated intervention runs four months, with diesel supplies frontloaded into the first 20 days, addressing shortages that pushed Brent crude

Elon Musk's Grok AI projects Bitcoin could reach between $150,000 and $180,000 by January 1, 2027, with the cryptocurrency trading around $84,500 on October 3. The AI system's prediction is based on a potential full-blown bull market scenario over the next three months. ETF flows support the

XRPL developers released xrpld 3.4.1 on Sept. 25 as an emergency update addressing security-sensitive issues. The official release notes state the new fixBatchV1_2 amendment has reached validator supermajority support and is expected to activate on Oct. 9 if that backing remains above the required t

Circle submitted a proposal to the European Commission on Oct. 1 to overhaul EU stablecoin reserve rules. The USDC and EURC issuer requested replacing mandatory bank-deposit allocations with a liquidity-based standard, arguing that fixed deposit minimums expose issuers to credit and counterparty

Tokenized stocks linked to U.S. equities saw more than 70% of their trading volume occur outside regular U.S. market hours, according to data from crypto analytics firm Kaiko. Kaiko reported on October 3 that 71% of tokenized stock trading volume on Uniswap in September took place outside regular U.

Ethereum launched zkAPI and Base rolled out the Cobalt upgrade, as reported by CryptoTwitter commentator @WuBlockchain. The zkAPI aims to streamline blockchain interactions with a focus on privacy and scalability for decentralized applications, while the Cobalt upgrade optimizes transaction

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) are preparing for the potential failure of the Clarity Act, according to Nate Geraci. The SEC recently approved 3x leveraged Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs), marking a development in

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose above 5.3% on Sept. 30, reaching its highest level in 24 years since May 2002, as concerns over stubborn inflation drove rates higher. The benchmark yield climbed 1.281 percentage points over approximately seven months, from 3.962% on Feb. 27 to 5.243% as of

Futurum Group CEO Daniel Newman stated in an X post that AI agents currently use AI 5x more than humans, with that ratio projected to reach 10x and beyond. Data from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) based on OpenRouter figures shows agents at 7.3 trillion tokens versus humans' 1.4 trillion as of August, s

Ripple has listed 'the first year of a spot XRP ETF' among core topics for the Institutional track at its Swell 2026 conference, alongside bank-grade digital-asset infrastructure and AI's role in moving money. The inclusion reflects how spot ETFs have moved XRP from OTC desks into a broader

US stocks experienced sharp divergence in September as AI and data center stocks rallied while approximately 80% of S&P 500 constituents declined, according to Wall Street Journal analysis published October 2. The Nasdaq 100 index rose 3% during the month even as the average S&P 500 stock fell 5%, d

BNY is in discussions with Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, about a broad digital-asset infrastructure partnership, CoinDesk reported on Oct. 2 citing multiple sources. The talks center on cooperation across digital-asset products, custody, asset management, trading, pa

ARK surged 10.03% within the last hour, now trading at $0.2403 after moving from $0.2184. The price increase reflects strong trader response amid a broader sentiment shift within the crypto market, where momentum has varied across major assets. This uptick coincides with mixed signals across the cry

AUDIO rallied 10.12% in 60 minutes, reaching a current price of $0.0186. The surge reflected heightened trading activity, with 24-hour volume exceeding $2.2 million. The rally occurred amid mixed signals in the broader cryptocurrency market. AUDIO Price Movement Details AUDIO started the hour

Meta's Muse AI agent launched a shopping feature that enables users to browse retail sites and complete purchases directly through the agent platform, the company announced on Sept. 23. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated at Meta Connect that the company will take a small fee on transactions processed t

Funds stolen in Bitget's $387.5 million September breach generated at least $761,725 in fees for crypto protocols, researcher Andrey Sergeenkov found. Cross-chain swaps create revenue for liquidity providers, interfaces, and routing services even when the assets moving through them have been

NEAR Intents recovered approximately $3.8 million stolen during a Thursday security breach after issuing a 48-hour ultimatum to the identified exploiter. General manager Alex Shevchenko announced Friday that the funds were returned in full and the investigation was stopped. The theft resulted from a

Apple is developing an AI security camera, codenamed J450, that records no video and instead provides users with text descriptions of activity, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported on the Power On podcast. The camera uses a low-frame-rate sensor that cannot capture real video footage, addressing

Google suspended product vulnerability submissions to its Open Source Software Vulnerability Reward Program (OSS VRP) on October 1 due to an influx of invalid AI-generated bug reports. The company announced the suspension in an official X post on October 1, stating it will provide an update by the f

Super Micro Computer stocks closed October 2, 2026 at $43.69, up 4.22%, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise stocks closed at $69.33, up 7.36%, and Alphabet Class A closed at $343.50, up 1.56%. The October 2 session repriced three hardware infrastructure events that had already been disclosed: Super Mic