Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

According to BlockBeats, U.S. 10-year Treasury yields rose to 5.29% on October 1, marking the highest level since 2007.

According to Reuters, Synopsys and Amazon Web Services announced today (Sept 30) a multi-year agreement valued at over $1 billion, under which AWS will license Synopsys' chip design intellectual property (IP) to deepen collaboration in chip development and cloud services. The IP licensing

According to Saudi Arabia's Finance Ministry, the country projects 12.8% real GDP growth for 2027.

Saudi Arabia raised its 2026 budget deficit projection to 4.9% of GDP, up from the previous estimate of 3.3%, according to the country's official budget announcement.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has expanded its Digital Assets Solutions Industry Working Group to include Kaiko, bringing the total membership to over 100 firms. The expansion aims to advance the DTCC Tokenization Service, with Kaiko contributing compliant pricing on-chain and e

According to Saudi Arabia's state news agency, the Saudi government projected total spending of 1.39 trillion riyals for 2027.

Valbury Asia Futures added the DXtrade trading platform for its foreign-exchange and contract-for-difference clients in Indonesia following Devexperts' regulatory clearance from Bappebti. The deployment provides clients with a customizable web and mobile platform featuring charting, a trading

According to Russia's Federal State Statistics Service, the country's unemployment rate declined to 2.2% in August, down from 2.3% in July and matching market expectations.

According to Russia's Federal State Statistics Service, consumer inflation for the week ended September 28 reached 0.12%, up from 0.06% in the previous week.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), as of the end of Q3, U.S. soybean inventory stands at 315 million bushels, corn inventory at 2.095 billion bushels, and wheat inventory at 1.846 billion bushels.

According to Russia's Ministry of Economy, the country's gross domestic product grew 0.8% year-over-year in August, up from 0.6% growth recorded in July.

Korean financial influencers operating on YouTube and Telegram are causing growing investor losses through illegal stock recommendations and paid subscription schemes, prompting calls for regulatory action. From April 13 to August 21, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) used AI monitoring to

According to South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSC), AI monitoring of YouTube stock-related channels from mid-April through August 2026 identified legal violations in 151 out of 369 channels scanned (40.9%), with 5,511 suspect videos flagged. However, the average time to block illegal

According to ECB President Christine Lagarde, France's debt has reached 120% of GDP, with no viable pathway to reduce it. Lagarde highlighted the severity of France's fiscal situation in recent remarks.

France's 10-year government bond yield rose 6 basis points to 4.87%, reaching its highest level since March 2002.

Robinhood plans to launch crypto perpetual futures for eligible U.S. customers, offering leveraged derivatives through its main app. The company will provide long and short positions in Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, XRP, Dogecoin, Cardano, Chainlink and Hyperliquid's HYPE token, with Bitcoin and Ether

On September 30, major European stock indexes closed lower. Germany's DAX30 fell 177.55 points (0.70%) to 25,197.74; France's CAC40 declined 71.36 points (0.89%) to 7,964.51; and the Stoxx 50 (pan-European benchmark index) dropped 52.31 points (0.83%) to 6,267.95. The U.K. FTSE100 also