Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

Salesforce announced an agreement on Tuesday morning to acquire customer engagement platform Braze for approximately $5.66 billion, causing Braze shares to skyrocket more than 50% while Salesforce stock slipped roughly 1%. Under the deal terms, holders of Braze Class A common stock will

According to BlockBeats and BIT market data, on October 20, U.S. optical communications and AI cloud computing sectors declined, while biotech stocks surged. Optical communications: Lumentum fell 2.77%, Coherent

Silence Therapeutics (Nasdaq: SLN) closed at $19.58 on Monday October 19, 2026, up $10.90 or 125.58% from Friday's $8.68, following Merck KGaA's $20.00 per American depositary share cash acquisition offer. The transaction is structured as a UK scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies

According to Nasdaq and SEC filings, Silence Therapeutics stock closed at $19.58 on Monday, October 19, up 125.58% from Friday's $8.68, after Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany announced a $20 per American depositary share cash acquisition. The deal values the biotechnology company at

According to Zhitong Finance, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL, 03750) reported third-quarter 2026 net profit attributable to shareholders of 212.46 billion yuan, representing 14.54% year-over-year growth. Q3 revenue reached 1,652.21 billion yuan, up 58.58% from the same period last ye

According to FINMA, Switzerland approved its first retail-facing spot bitcoin ETF today (October 20). The product is classified as an "alternative investment fund," providing regulated bitcoin exposure for individual investors. FINMA exempted the fund from standard diversification requirements

According to U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent, no oil loading operations have been detected at Iran's Kharg Island oil facility since August, indicating continued pressure on Iran's crude export capacity amid ongoing sanctions

According to BlockBeats, on October 20, Wall Street analysts intensified valuations of a potential SpaceX-Tesla merger as both companies prepare third-quarter earnings reports. Canadian Royal Bank analysts proposed a hypothetical $480 per share transaction price, suggesting original SpaceX

According to Toptech CNC's announcement on October 20, the company signed a non-binding letter of intent to acquire over 70% equity in a precision machine tool manufacturer. The target company specializes in multi-axis, multi-channel CNC machine tools and direct-drive high-speed five-axis

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent said the government may address the ownership issues of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac next year. The two housing finance agencies have remained under government conservatorship since the 2008 financial

According to Bloomberg, foreign institutions increased their holdings of Chinese government bonds by 141.8 billion yuan in September, the fifth consecutive month of increases. The monthly gain was the largest since May, bringing total holdings to 2.04 trillion yuan, according to data from China

According to Farside Investors, US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds attracted $526.7 million in inflows on October 19, reversing an $82.4 million withdrawal from the previous session. BlackRock's IBIT led with $665.2 million in inflows. Bitcoin climbed to approximately $82,830 on October 19,

Binance has tokenized Tesla and SpaceX stocks through its bStocks and xStocks offerings, with a combined market value of $403.2 million, according to Token Terminal. Tesla bStocks account for $172 million while SpaceX xStocks represent $124.4 million of this total. The figures reflect growing

Palantir stock (Nasdaq: PLTR) traded at $193.02 in Tuesday's pre-market at 9:12 am ET on 20 October, down 0.58 percent from Monday's close. The stock closed Monday 19 October at $194.15, up $8.12 or 4.36 percent, its best single-day gain since early September, after announcing a partnership with

According to the Lithium Industry Association, lithium carbonate prices accelerated downward in September 2026, while spodumene imports increased. The association noted that Zimbabwean lithium ore shipments began arriving at Chinese ports. Meanwhile, downstream battery production exceeded

According to CME Group, trading firms FalconX and GSR completed the first large-block trade on newly launched Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Uniswap (UNI) futures contracts on October 20. The new contracts expand CME's cryptocurrency derivatives offering, which now includes futures for BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL, A

According to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, two tankers hit mines laid by its naval forces in the Strait of Hormuz and caught fire on October 20.

XRP lost approximately $61.14 billion in circulating market capitalization from October 19, 2025 to October 19, 2026, a 42.6% decline coinciding with Ripple-backed Evernorth Holdings entering Nasdaq on October 12 holding approximately 473 million XRP. The token's price declined approximately 45.5% f