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Google CEO Sundar Pichai gave his first in-depth interview with technology media outlet Big Technology Podcast following the release of Gemini 4 Argon, saying that it is extremely difficult for customers to secure computing capacity for 2027. He also responded to questions raised during Google's earnings season about its “cloud business giving way to AI capital expenditures,” unusually acknowledging that Google is sacrificing short-term revenue to support frontier AI development. Gemini 4 Argon

U.S. asset management firm UMB Private Wealth disclosed in its Q3 2026 13F filing submitted to the SEC that it held $100,316 worth of Franklin XRP ETF (XRPZ) as of September 30, 2026. Based on the 13F filing, it is impossible to determine whether this holding represents the company’s own funds or client assets under management. UMB Private Wealth Q3 13F Disclosure: $100,316 XRPZ Holding Under SEC 13F filing requirements, asset managers with AUM exceeding $100 million must disclose their long U.S

Apollo Global Management published a report on the 20th (local time) titled 'Token Spending Slowdown, Evidence Computing Demand Not Infinite,' challenging the premise that artificial intelligence (AI) computing demand is unlimited. The report states that while Silicon Valley operates under the

On October 19, The Crypto Basic cited Darkfost data showing that the 90-day moving average of XRP whale withdrawals from Binance stood at $49.7 million, the lowest level since October 2021. When XRP approached its cycle peak of $3.30 in February 2025, the 90-day average had reached $3.5 billion. Binance XRP Whale Withdrawal 90-Day Average Falls Back to 2021 Levels According to a Sunday report by The Crypto Basic, the 90-day moving average of XRP whale withdrawals from Binance currently stands at

Sberbank began processing cross-border cryptocurrency payments for corporate clients on September 1, 2026. Transfers from one crypto wallet to another now take minutes instead of days, while the average transaction fee is 0.3%—lower than the cost of using traditional instruments. “For Russian exporters and importers, international cryptocurrency settlements mean faster payments, access to new markets, and opportunities to work with partners who were previously inaccessible due to restrictions. T

Apple announced on Oct. 20 that, through the American Manufacturing Program (AMP), it will invest up to $100 million in Pennsylvania-based, family-owned Perryman Company over the next three years to supply the titanium materials needed for products including the iPhone Duo. According to press releases from Apple and Perryman, this is a “maximum cap” rather than a guaranteed amount, averaging no more than approximately $33.33 million per year. Perryman operates multiple production sites in Pennsy

XRP rose 2.1% to $1.33 on October 21. According to CryptoQuant data, XRP exchange inflows reached 6.05 billion tokens in the 30 days through Wednesday. Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty submitted a comment letter to the SEC supporting a regulatory framework for crypto assets, and the company has spent more than $150 million seeking regulatory clarity. Ripple Chief Legal Officer Alderoty Submits Comment Letter Supporting the SEC’s Regulatory Framework for Crypto Assets Ripple Chief Legal

Information obtained by the UK's Daily Mail through a Freedom of Information request to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) shows that Hok Seng Ling, an aide to the “Bitcoin Queen” Qian Zhimin, has paid the full forfeiture amount of £5,603,305 ordered by the court, plus £1,990 in interest; most of the payment came from the cryptocurrency seized when Ling was arrested. Ling was sentenced to 4 years and 11 months in prison at Southwark Crown Court for money laundering. Hok Seng Ling Case Details:

X user Kim H. Wang and the Pi Network Alerts account posted on X around October 17, claiming that Pi Network Protocol v28 had gone live on mainnet, with core blockchain infrastructure supporting smart contracts and public dApps. However, the Pi Network Core Team had not issued any official announcement as of October 20. Sources of the Pi Network v28 Upgrade News X user Kim H. Wang posted: “After Pi Network upgraded to Protocol Version 28 on October 17, it now has the core blockchain infrastructu

Japanese stocks rallied strongly in the year since Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae took office on October 21, with the Nikkei 225 index climbing approximately 30 percent during her first year in government. The market welcomed Takaichi's 'responsible active fiscal policy' stance, which investors

SenseTime open-sourced two projects on Oct. 21: the embodied AI evaluation framework SenseNova-RoboRSI and the 27B-parameter embodied model SenseNova-RoboRSI-27B-Preview. Testing found that, after providing access to training demonstrations and increasing the step limit to 10 times the official setting, inference costs were extremely high. GPT-6-Astra Tested on 12 Simulated Benchmarks and 8 Physical Robots According to SenseTime’s test report, when access to training demonstrations was provided

Reuters reported on Oct. 20, citing two people familiar with the matter, that ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent have ordered more than 3 million RTX PRO 5500 graphics cards from NVIDIA (NVDA) at approximately $11,400 each, for a total value potentially exceeding $35 billion. Total orders from Chinese customers have surpassed 6 million units, but NVIDIA has told its partners that it may be able to fulfill only 5% to 10% of the orders. ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent Order More Than 3 Million Units

Goldman Sachs upgraded its tactical investment view on global equities to 'overweight' for the next three months after the firm's risk appetite indicator turned negative for the first time since March, according to a report by CNBC on the 20th (US local time). The investment bank interpreted the neg

Asset management firm Bitwise released its “Staking Report, Q4 2026” on Oct. 20. As of the end of Q3 2026, Ethereum’s staked amount had risen to a record 43.8 million ETH, accounting for approximately 35.9% of the total supply. Net inflows totaled 1.99 million ETH during the quarter, marking six consecutive quarters of growth. The gross staking yield fell from 2.81% in the previous quarter to 2.63%. Bitwise Q4 2026 Staking Report: 43.8 Million ETH Staked at the End of Q3 In its “Staking Report,

Neuberger Berman identified three key bond market opportunities for the fourth quarter in a report released October 20 (local time). The US-based asset manager highlighted less hawkish central bank monetary policies than market expectations, the sharp rise in US real rates, and hyperscaler bond

According to Amazon’s internal documents and employee meeting recordings obtained by Business Insider, AWS is storing a large number of NVIDIA GB300 chips in “intermediate warehouses” because the target data centers “have space to accommodate more racks, but not enough available power to turn them on.” An internal Goldman Sachs report warned that this situation of “too much capital chasing too little investable powered computing capacity” “could evolve into a systemic risk.” Power Infrastructure

South Korean AI infrastructure provider Elice’s stock fell as much as 32% on its first trading day on Oct. 20, then rebounded about 30% the following day. The company priced its IPO at the top of the offering range, raising KRW 201 billion (about $151 million). Several analysts pointed out that the AI trade is shifting from a stage in which “announcing capital expenditures is automatically bullish” to one in which “investors are asking who can actually earn back the investment.” South Korea’s El

The Korean Corporate Governance Forum announced on the 21st that it will hold its 58th seminar on the 29th at the Yeouido Financial Investment Education Center under the theme 'Conditions for Bear Hug to Resolve Korea Discount.' The event aims to address chronic undervaluation in Korea's capital

Goldman Sachs Prime Brokerage data shows that over the five trading days through October 15, hedge funds reduced their Tech Stocks positions at the fastest pace since at least 2016, with semiconductors recording the largest amount of selling. Bitcoin showed relative resilience: the Nasdaq 100 fell 5.49% from 30,883 points, while Bitcoin fell only about 1.27%, a gap of more than 4 percentage points. Hedge Fund Tech Stock Selling Hits Fastest Pace Since 2016 According to Goldman Sachs Prime Broker

As of Oct. 21, according to on-chain metrics, XRP’s 365-day Market Value to Realized Value (MVRV) ratio stood at 0.92, indicating an undervalued level based on its historical cost basis. XRP Ledger’s daily transaction volume recently surged 59.37%. DOGE (Dogecoin)’s 365-day MVRV stood at 0.74, while the TD Sequential indicator recently generated a buy signal near $0.081. XRP MVRV at 0.92: Indicator Shows an Undervalued Level The 365-day MVRV is an on-chain metric that assesses an asset’s current