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The Bank of Russia has allowed financial organizations to offer qualified investors derivatives, securities, and digital financial assets whose returns are tied to the value of cryptocurrency. The key condition is that such instruments must not provide for the actual delivery of cryptocurrency. Credit institutions are advised to assess the risks of such instruments conservatively, provide for their full coverage with capital, and set a separate limit for them. Over the next year, the Bank of Rus

Gold futures declined to $4,161.60 per troy ounce on October 19 at 12:39 PM US Eastern Time, down $19.50 or 0.47% from the prior settlement. The December contract (GCZ6) on COMEX retreated as US equity markets rebounded, with the Nasdaq Composite rising 1.33% and the Philadelphia Semiconductor

JPMorgan Chase invested $5 billion in startups focused on defense, manufacturing, and supply chains during the first year of an initiative aimed at strengthening U.S. security and industrial resilience, Cointelegraph reported on Oct. 19. The bank deployed the capital into startups operating in defen

Tolan, an AI companion app designed to help users manage daily tasks and navigate relationships, raised $30 million in its latest funding round from Union Square Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and Homebrew. The funding doubles the startup's total capital raised and pushes its valuation beyond the

Polygon announced the launch of CDK Besu, a new configuration option within its Open Money Stack. The feature allows developers to launch private chains or connect existing Besu networks, aiming to enhance interoperability in the blockchain ecosystem. The development represents Polygon's strategic e

Tesla stock (NASDAQ: TSLA) rose 3.6% in Monday afternoon trading on October 19 after Elon Musk said the company's Optimus humanoid robot and Cybercab autonomous vehicle would account for the vast majority of its future value. TSLA traded at $367.52 as of 2:02 p.m. Eastern time, up from Friday's $354

Komodo (KMD) dropped 49.71% in one hour, sliding from $0.017987 to $0.009046. The cryptocurrency hit a day high of $0.017989 before tumbling to its current low. No confirmed catalyst has been identified for the decline. The sharp move occurred amid thin liquidity, with 24-hour trading volume

Global markets face persistent inflation pressures, central bank policy divergence, Middle East energy supply disruptions, and tech sector turbulence affecting risk assets. Recent economic data confirmed hotter-than-expected US Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI) reports,

Peter Schiff warned on October 19 that the U.S. housing market may be facing the worst conditions in its history, citing a sharp rise in construction costs and higher mortgage rates. Cointelegraph reported Schiff made the argument while discussing the outlook for the U.S. housing market. Schiff's re

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced the launch of agent trading for perpetual contracts on the platform. The new feature allows users to connect language models that enable automated agents to execute trades on their behalf. Armstrong stated the initiative aims to increase user engagement and

The International Monetary Fund issued a warning about growing risks in global financial markets. The IMF cited concerns over artificial intelligence, rising bond yields, and potential cyberattacks as key vulnerabilities. The institution called for policymakers to strengthen debt sustainability and

XRP launched an official X account on October 19, jointly managed by Ripple and the XRP Ledger Foundation, according to cryptocurrency media outlet Cointelegraph. Both Ripple and the XRP Ledger Foundation are organizations tied to the XRP ecosystem and are participating as managers of the new offici

Crypto Captain posted that XRP would reach $210 before the end of 2026, a claim that implies a market capitalization of approximately $13.26 trillion based on the token's circulating supply of about 63.13 billion. The prediction drew pushback from XRP supporters while the token traded

Lighter, the Ethereum zk-rollup exchange known for perpetual futures, launched binary options trading on Bitcoin and Ethereum on October 19, 2026. The new Up/Down contracts represent a departure from the platform's leveraged perpetual contracts focus, offering a simpler product structure. Lighter de

THORChain is preparing to activate its v3.21 network upgrade to restore Rujira's App Layer, which was frozen following a vulnerability exploit detected on September 26. The upgrade targets block height 28,366,100, estimated to occur on October 23 between 13:40 and 15:20 UTC, pending node operator

Starknet's STRK token rallied approximately 385% in under four weeks from mid-September through early October before dropping between 38% and 48% over the following week. By October 19, STRK traded around $0.057 to $0.060, down from its peak near $0.1268 around October 11-12. The correction

CME Group launched futures contracts for Uniswap's UNI token on October 19, 2026, making UNI the first decentralized exchange governance token listed on the world's largest derivatives venue. The exchange announced the plan on September 22, 2026, pairing UNI with Bitcoin Cash in a dual launch that f

THORChain paused native Zcash swaps after a bug in its outbound transaction matching process deducted approximately 140 RUNE from 18 node operator accounts around October 19, 2026. The protocol stated that no user or vault funds were lost, with the financial impact absorbed entirely by node operator

Meta released Muse Spark Open, an 816-billion-parameter open-weight multimodal AI model designed for coding and agentic work, in partnership with Apple to enable local operation on Mac Studios. The company positioned it as the most capable open-weight AI model from the U.S., though Chinese models in

SoftBank is in early talks to acquire Allied Universal, America's largest security-services company, at an equity value of up to $18B. Masayoshi Son views Allied's guard posts as future testing grounds for security robots that could eventually replace some staff. Allied employs around 770K people ac