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European Union antitrust officials are preparing to fast-track approval for Project Bromo, a satellite venture uniting Airbus SE, Leonardo SpA, and Thales SA, Bloomberg reported. The initiative aims to build a homegrown competitor to SpaceX's satellite services and reduce Europe's reliance on

Major semiconductor manufacturers including Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron have rapidly adopted Long-Term Agreement (LTA) contracts as artificial intelligence datacenter investment expansion creates severe memory supply shortages. LTA contracts allow suppliers and customers to establish m

IPX, a blockchain platform for tokenizing intellectual property, raised $4 million in seed funding at a $125 million valuation. The company announced a Nov. 15 launch date for a service integrating financing, promotion, monetization and distribution for creative works. BitSurge Holdings led the

DFI experienced a 74.91% price drop within one hour earlier today, settling at $0.000542 after trading volumes surged. The decline occurred amid low 24-hour trading volume of $191.86 and a market cap of $499,945, indicating potential liquidation pressures affecting traders. The cryptocurrency's pric

The US dollar weakened on October 15 as Treasury yields fell sharply amid a selloff in artificial intelligence-related assets. The British pound surged after the UK's August GDP growth exceeded expectations, climbing 0.1% month-over-month against forecasts of a 0.1% contraction. The dollar index

Swarmchasers researchers communicated directly with AI agents while the software was actively accessing Alibaba's Amap mapping service, according to an October 14 report. The researchers documented more than 2,600 attempts from September 28 to October 8 to retrieve data from Amap, a Chinese mapping

Curve Finance reported yield metrics for Ethereum-based stablecoins this week, with USG stablecoins showing a 9.1% yield on the platform. The decentralized finance protocol also disclosed that lending with crvUSD against Ethereum assets offers a 4.2% return. These figures highlight ongoing

US consumer price index data released on Oct. 14 showed inflation above forecasts, yet the 10-year Treasury yield declined from above 5.3% to 5.19% by the close of trading that day, then fell to 5.105% in Asian trading on Oct. 15. The reversal occurred as investors shifted focus from near-term

US Treasury yields declined across all maturities on October 15, with the 10-year yield falling 10.30 basis points to 5.0870% by 3 PM Eastern Time. September producer price index data showed a 1.3% month-over-month increase, nearly triple market expectations of 0.5% and the highest since

Perpetual futures contracts tracking major Korean stocks recorded gains during overnight trading from October 15, 4 PM to October 16, 7 AM on global digital asset exchanges Binance and Hyperliquid. EWY, an ETF tracking KOSPI large-cap stocks, rose 3.33% on Binance and 3.40% on Hyperliquid during

BitGo CEO Mike Belshe identified three critical challenges that quantum computing presents for Bitcoin. Two of the challenges have potential fixes available now, while one remains unresolved and could impact asset mobility. The analysis stems from quantum technology's advancement and its

dLocal Limited (Nasdaq: DLO) moved six places higher on the Roundtable 100 this week, climbing from No. 61 to No. 55. The ranking boost followed the Uruguayan fintech's quarterly payment volume jump of 92% to $17.7 billion. Aly Madhavji, managing partner of Blockchain Founders Fund and Blue Ribbon

QUICK cryptocurrency surged 10.37% in the last hour, reaching a trading price of $0.0083. The asset recorded a 24-hour gain of 21.52%, with trading volume reaching approximately $1,482,299.19 over the same period. QUICK's price movement reflects ongoing volatility in the cryptocurrency market, with

Phantom opened a new perpetual position on $SOXL, a leveraged semiconductor ETF, following a 40% decline in the ETF's value over the past ten days. Crypto commentator @Route2FI highlighted the move, suggesting it reflects confidence in a potential rebound. $SOXL provides 3x leveraged exposure to sem

Google Quantum AI announced Thursday in Science that a technique called magic state cultivation cut errors by approximately 40 times on its Willow quantum processor, achieving magic states with 99.99% fidelity. The breakthrough addresses a critical bottleneck: magic states are single-use resources r

Meb Faber, co-founder of Cambria Investment Management, presented at the Dirtcon conference, calling bear markets essential for purging market excesses. He advocated for increased investment in undervalued sectors including foreign stocks and small-cap equities. Faber argued these downturns

South Korea's Kospi broke below 6,000 on Oct. 15 and slid into the 5,500 range, triggering circuit breakers as both the Kospi and Kosdaq plunged more than 7%. The Korea Economic Daily conducted an emergency survey of six market strategists to assess the Korean stocks selloff, which was driven by

Solana reached 1.6K monthly active users for x402 stablecoin payments, according to CryptoTwitter commentator Token Terminal. This growth occurred amid a broader surge that brought total x402 payment active senders to 43.1K. The increase positions Solana in the competitive stablecoin transaction lan

USDC reached 32,000 monthly active senders on the Base platform as of October 15, driven by its expanding role in AI agent payments. The total number of active senders across all tracked assets and chains surged to 43,100, marking a 152% increase over the past month. This growth reflects the

Ripple Prime launched perpetual swaps tied to more than 100 traditional-market reference assets, giving institutional clients round-the-clock exposure to equities, indexes, ETFs, metals, energy and foreign exchange. The contracts reference perpetual futures listed by Trade.xyz on Hyperliquid,