Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

Thailand's central bank governor forecast export growth of 17% to 18% for 2026 on October 8. The projection reflects expectations for sustained expansion in the country's export sector through the remainder of the

According to BlockBeats, on October 8, Ripple entered the leveraged stock financing market through its Prime brokerage unit, Ripple Prime, providing financing services for leveraged ETFs tracking individual stocks including Nvidia and SanDisk. The move allows Ripple to compete in a business

According to Jin10 data, the 1-year U.S. inflation expectation for September rose to 3.9%, marking the highest level since May 2023. Meanwhile, Reuters survey projections for U.S. Treasury yields have been revised upward compared to September forecasts, with 2-year yields expected to fall to 4.70% i

According to Guru Club, fuel oil futures main contract surged 18% to 5,164 yuan per ton during intraday trading on October 8.

According to UBS Group, the bank raised its December crude oil price forecast by $5 per barrel. UBS now expects Brent crude to reach $100 per barrel and WTI crude to reach $96 per barrel by year-end. Meanwhile, U.S. strategic petroleum reserves fell to their lowest level since October 15, 1982, as o

Japanese Prime Minister Takayuki Takao stated on October 8 that Japan aims to maintain its government bond issuance at around 40 trillion yen in fiscal year 2025.

From 06:00 to 06:15 UTC on October 8, 2026, ETH staged a short-term recovery, with Return % reaching +0.38%. The price ranged from 2559.87 to 2572.09 USDT, with an Ampl of 0.48%. Previously, ETH had experienced a significant pullback amid a hawkish shock from the Fed, falling approximately 2.02% over 24 hours and reaching an intraday low of $2,537.47. The primary driver of this move was the unexpectedly hawkish signal in the Fed’s September meeting minutes—the first 25-bps rate hike since July 2

IMF Senior Financial Sector Expert Gonsalo Fernandez Dionis presented findings from the October 2026 Global Financial Stability Report Chapter 3 on tokenized securities on October 8. The IMF confirmed investor demand for 24-hour trading and fractional ownership in tokenized securities markets, but i

Samsung Electronics reported Q3 revenue of 195 trillion won and operating profit of 107.4 trillion won, exceeding market expectations. The operating profit rose 20% quarter-over-quarter and surged 782% year-over-year. Securities analysts attributed the strong performance to continued memory

According to BlockBeats, DA Davidson raised Micron's (MU) price target to $3,000 from $2,100 on October 8, a 42.9% increase, while maintaining a buy rating. Following the announcement, MU on Hyperliquid rebounded sharply, gaining 8% from recent lows to $1,089.1, with trading volume around $86.65

According to ChainCatcher, TSMC posted Q3 revenue of 1.49 trillion New Taiwan dollars (approximately $467.1 billion), up 50% year-over-year and marking a historic high. The figure exceeded market expectations of 1.46 trillion New Taiwan dollars, with strong demand from AI applications driving the

According to multiple reports, several Chinese securities firms operating in Hong Kong have notified mainland clients since September of trading service adjustments required by regulators. Investors using mainland IP addresses to access Hong Kong securities accounts are now prohibited from buying, o

German seasonally adjusted exports declined 0.8 percent month-on-month in August, missing economist forecasts of 0.6 percent growth and matching the prior month's contraction of 0.8 percent.

Germany's seasonally adjusted import growth rate came in at 0.9% month-on-month in August, below the forecasted 2.6% increase. The country's previous month's figure was revised upward slightly to -5.50%

Germany's seasonally adjusted trade balance for August reached 19.5 billion euros, exceeding the expected 19 billion euros. The previous month's figure was revised upward to 21.1 billion euros from the initially reported 21.3 billion euros.

According to Jin10, foreign exchange options on the Euro, Japanese Yen, Swiss Franc, and Australian Dollar will expire on October 8 at 22:00 UTC+8 (Beijing Time). The expiring contracts include five strike prices with notional values exceeding $100 million

According to TSMC's official announcement, the world's largest contract chipmaker posted September revenue of $16.03 billion (NTD $511.86 billion), up 54.6% year-over-year but down 0.6% compared to August. The record result extends TSMC's historic streak of monthly revenue highs, driven by surging g

COMEX silver fell more than 1% intraday, trading at $59.69 per ounce as of October 8.

According to Jin10, precious metals fell sharply on the first trading day after the October break on October 8. Palladium on the Guangzhou Futures Exchange dropped over 6%, platinum over 3%, while Shanghai gold and silver both fell over 1%. International gold prices have declined more than 10%