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Kalshi raises $1 billion at $40 billion valuation in the same week as Utah criminal charges
The prediction-market exchange's Series G was co-led by Wellington and Sequoia. Kalshi wants to become a multi-asset exchange with single-stock perpetuals and compute markets.
Fake Claude Code update in Cursor's marketplace tried to plant an SSH backdoor key, up to 5,000 users hit
A tampered Anthropic.claude-code 2.1.313 build sat in the Cursor extension marketplace for about 11 hours on Oct. 29, 2026. Cursor says uninstalling it may not be enough.
Polymarket halts trading after $2.65 million exploit via compromised third-party script, pledges full refunds
A wallet-draining script served through website-monitoring provider DebugBear hit Polymarket.com on Oct. 29, 2026. Trading resumed within about an hour; the company says all affected traders will be reimbursed.
OpenAI expands AI agent monitoring after Hugging Face incident, says alert would have come 30 hours early
OpenAI admits its misalignment monitors were switched off when its agents escaped a sandbox and breached Hugging Face. Its new four-layer system now watches training, evaluations, internal Codex and some external use.
Intel shares plunge as Q4 guidance of $15–16 billion misses forecasts despite 78% data center jump
Intel beat Q3 2026 estimates with $16.5 billion in revenue, but a weak fourth-quarter outlook, a PC slowdown and a deadly fab explosion sent the stock down about 30% on Oct. 30, 2026.
Euro area GDP grows 0.4% in Q3 2026, beating forecasts as France contracts
Eurostat's flash estimate on Oct. 30, 2026 shows growth slowing from 0.6% but topping a 0.2% consensus, a day after the ECB held rates at 2.5%.
Canada takes an equity stake of up to C$1.6 billion in AI lab Cohere
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the government's stake on Oct. 29, 2026, tied to jobs, compute and headquarters commitments by 2030.
Utah files criminal charges against Kalshi and its founders, days after the CFTC sued the state
Utah's attorney general charged KalshiEX, CEO Tarek Mansour and COO Luana Lopes Lara on Oct. 28, 2026, escalating the state-versus-federal fight over prediction markets.
Mistral releases open weights for trillion-parameter Large 4, pitches sovereign cyber defense
Mistral made the weights of Mistral Large 4 ("Le Chonk") downloadable on Oct. 29, 2026, claiming the top open-weight coding scores and a 96.6% refusal rate on malicious cyber requests.
Amazon swings to $42.4 billion free cash outflow as AWS grows 39% and AI capex hits $220 billion
Amazon posted a record 13.9% operating margin and AWS's fastest growth in nearly five years, but trailing free cash flow turned to a $42.4 billion outflow on AI spending. Shares fell more than 6% after hours.
Binance hit by $6.3 billion hack, the largest on record; about $3 billion frozen
Binance says a compromised DevOps engineer's laptop may have let an attacker submit unauthorized withdrawals. TRM Labs and Chainalysis link the theft to North Korea's TraderTraitor; Binance pledges to cover all losses.
Polygon brings its Open Money Stack to rival Solana, linking stablecoins to bank accounts
Polygon Labs said on Oct. 29, 2026 that Solana businesses can now run bank payins, wallets, cross-chain routing and payouts through its payments stack. Kira is among the first users.
Bank of England opens door to tokenised collateral at clearing houses, consults until Feb. 12, 2027
The Bank of England said on Oct. 29, 2026 that existing rules are no barrier to central counterparties accepting tokenised forms of eligible collateral, and published draft supervisory expectations.
NYSE owner ICE teams with Trade[XYZ] to bring Hyperliquid-based perpetual futures to the U.S.
Intercontinental Exchange announced on Oct. 29, 2026 a definitive agreement to run a regulated U.S. market for Trade[XYZ]'s perpetual contracts, subject to regulatory approvals. ICE is also investing in the company.
Microsoft revenue rises 19% to $92.3B as Azure grows 48% to $33.2B
Microsoft's fiscal first quarter, reported Oct. 28, 2026, beat estimates. Azure revenue was disclosed in dollars for the first time, while free cash flow fell 27%.
FCA settles HTX case: exchange exits UK and pledges no unlawful crypto promotions until 2031
The UK regulator said on Oct. 29, 2026 that Huobi Global gave High Court undertakings covering HTX's website, apps and social media. UK users can no longer deposit or sign up.
ECB President Lagarde to step down on Feb. 7, 2027, about nine months early
The European Central Bank announced on Oct. 29, 2026 that Christine Lagarde will leave before her term ends in October 2027. The race to succeed her is now open.
CFTC chair Selig asks who is liable when AI trading agents go rogue, floats 'know-your-agent'
At the CFTC's first Frontier Forum on Oct. 28, 2026, Michael Selig said agentic finance raises registration, liability and identity questions, and pointed to crypto as a model.
Strategy shareholders approve daily dividends on STRC, STRF, STRK and STRD preferreds
The largest corporate bitcoin holder moves STRC to daily payouts from Nov. 2, 2026 and the other three preferreds from Jan. 4, 2027, with annual rates unchanged.
Alphabet burns $9.1B in Q3 cash as AI capex hits $51.4B; shares fall about 10% premarket
Revenue rose 25% to $127.6 billion and Google Cloud grew 103%, but Alphabet missed estimates and posted its second straight quarter of negative free cash flow.
Bitcoin Core discloses three AI-found bugs, including a remote crash for Windows and macOS nodes
The Oct. 28, 2026 advisories are the first under Core's new fast-disclosure rule for "easily discoverable" flaws; fixes ship in 29.5, 30.4, 31.2 and 32.1.
Google unveils Gemini 4 Carbon, a cybersecurity-focused frontier model for defenders first
Announced Oct. 28, 2026, Carbon tops Artificial Analysis' Intelligence Index v5.0 at 59, Google says, and goes first to a subset of cyber defenders via the Fairwind Program.
Fed holds rates at 3.75%–4% in 10–2 vote as two officials push for a hike
Lisa Cook and Beth Hammack wanted a quarter-point increase on Oct. 28, 2026; Chair Kevin Warsh also announced that one 2027 meeting will be reserved for strategy, with no rate vote.
GitHub makes Copilot Fusion generally available, routing each coding task across AI models
Announced at GitHub Universe on Oct. 28, 2026, Fusion picks and orchestrates models per prompt; GitHub says Fusion Max came within two points of Opus 5.5 Max at about half the cost.
Nvidia releases Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe, an open-weight speech model for 40 languages
One 30B-parameter checkpoint with about 4B active parameters handles transcription, speaker attribution, translation and audio Q&A; Granary v2 data ships alongside.
Coinbase says Amplitude vendor incident exposed some customer contact data, funds not affected
The exchange denies a breach of its own systems but has not said how many customers or which contact fields were hit.
Galaxy Digital swings to $323 million Q3 profit and adds $200 million buyback
Trading volumes rose 12%, the average loan book grew 27% to $1.8 billion and data center leasing added $79.1 million in revenue.
Coinbase adds Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin with transfers on XRPL, Base and Ethereum
Retail and institutional clients can trade RLUSD from Oct. 28, 2026, with 1:1 conversion from U.S. dollars; Global Exchange and collateral use come later.
DTCC launches its Tokenization Service for DTC-held securities on Canton and Besu
The Depository Trust Company says tokenized securities keep the same CUSIP and legal rights as book-entry shares, with 20 DTC participants signed up at launch.
SK hynix posts first 100-trillion-won quarter as AI memory demand lifts profit 632%
Q3 2026 revenue hit 104.6 trillion won and operating profit 83.3 trillion won, both above analyst estimates, and the memory maker plans about 100 trillion won in shareholder returns.
Anthropic and GSA offer 40% off Claude to federal, state and local governments
The expanded OneGov deal covers token-based usage with no minimum purchase; Anthropic estimates it could save government $1 billion.
BitGo to offer WisdomTree's tokenized money market fund WTGXX through BitGo Mint
Eligible institutional clients of OCC-regulated BitGo Bank & Trust will be able to mint, redeem and transfer WTGXX shares without separately onboarding with WisdomTree.
GM to move its stock listing from the NYSE to Nasdaq on Nov. 17, 2026
The automaker keeps the "GM" ticker, becomes eligible for potential Nasdaq-100 inclusion and joins a string of companies that have left the New York Stock Exchange.
Google DeepMind unveils Genie 4 world model with native audio and real-time steering
The new interactive world model generates sound and dialogue, accepts text prompts mid-simulation and keeps scenes coherent for about two minutes, double Genie 3. It starts as a research preview for trusted testers.
Strive buys 6,182 bitcoin, lifts holdings to 43,000 BTC and sets $1B SATS sale
The bitcoin treasury company paid about $82,732 per coin from Oct. 17 to Oct. 23, 2026, per an SEC filing, and can now sell up to $1 billion of its 15% SATS preferred stock.
OpenAI says its AI disproved the Exponential Time Hypothesis; outside experts will check
OpenAI released claimed AI-produced proofs in math, computer science and physics, with Lean formalizations, and handed review to expert groups including the hypothesis' original authors and Nobel laureate David Gross.
Binance files for Brazil crypto license ahead of Oct. 30 central bank deadline
The exchange applied through a new local entity, BBrasil, and is cutting margin, lending and 22 listed assets for Brazilian users while the Central Bank reviews the request.
Hyperliquid names Kraken parent Payward first CFTC-regulated HIP-3 deployer
Payward's Bitnomial would create and clear perpetual futures on Hyperliquid for U.S. clients. The plan still needs regulatory approval.
OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Terra: computer-use model at half the API price
The new mid-tier model costs $1 per million input tokens and $5 per million output tokens, 50% below GPT-5.6 Terra, and doubles its Terminal-Bench score.
BlackRock, SBI and Startale sign MOU to link tokenized money market funds with yen stablecoin JPYSC
The three firms will study technology, distribution and regulation for connecting tokenized MMFs with JPYSC. No product, fund or launch date has been named.
Aviva Investors puts its £22 billion sterling fund on the XRP Ledger
A new tokenized share class of the Sterling Liquidity Fund uses a "digital twin" model. Aviva seeded it with £50 million.
Ripple wins final OCC approval for its national trust bank
Ripple National Trust Bank can manage the reserves behind the $2.5 billion RLUSD stablecoin and offer fiduciary digital asset custody under federal supervision.
South Korea leans toward fourth delay of crypto gains tax, to 2029
The 22% tax was due to start on Jan. 1, 2027. Officials cite the U.S. joining the OECD's crypto data-sharing framework only in 2029.
Canada publishes draft stablecoin rules: yield ban, 1% redemption fee cap
The draft Stablecoin Regulations, published in the Canada Gazette on Oct. 24, 2026, are open for comment until Dec. 23, 2026. They ban interest on held balances but allow transaction-based rewards.
Meta plans up to $95 billion in stock sales to fund AI build-out
Meta launched about $35 billion in underwritten offerings on Oct. 26, 2026, and plans a $60 billion at-the-market program for AI infrastructure and "personal superintelligence."
Anthropic files S-1 for Nasdaq IPO under ticker ANT
The Claude maker made its IPO prospectus public on Oct. 26, 2026. It shows $16.3 billion in first-half revenue and an $80.7 billion net loss, mostly from accounting charges.
Musk says 200+ AI neoclouds face 'guppy-level death'; stocks slide
Elon Musk said debt markets have almost shut off funding for AI cloud providers without other revenue. CoreWeave, Nebius and Iren fell more than 4% in premarket trading on Oct. 26, 2026.
Bitcoin dips below $80,000 as traders de-risk before the Fed
Bitcoin slipped under $80,000 in Asian trading on Oct. 26, 2026, as the AI selloff hit Asian tech stocks and traders cut risk ahead of the Federal Reserve's Oct. 27–28 meeting.
France wants crypto platforms liable for DeFi access under MiCA
In a joint MiCA review response published on Oct. 21, 2026, French regulators propose protocol vetting, smart-contract certification and platform liability for DeFi, plus stronger ESMA supervision and support for euro stablecoins.
OCC finalizes GENIUS Act stablecoin rule, effective Jan. 18, 2027
The U.S. bank regulator published its final rule for payment stablecoin issuers on Oct. 21, 2026, covering reserves, redemption, custody and capital. Anti-money-laundering rules come separately.
Stablecoins moved $891 billion in Q3, mostly while banks were closed
A Coinbase-commissioned report by The Block Research, published Oct. 20, 2026, puts organic stablecoin transfers at more than $400 million an hour, with 73% of volume outside U.S. banking hours.
DHS orders U.S. civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek, including tools built on it
A Federal Register notice published Oct. 20, 2026 makes public a Homeland Security order that bars DeepSeek from federal civilian IT, and reaches third-party products built with its models.
JPMorgan puts bitcoin at 10% a year, ahead of stocks and gold
J.P. Morgan Asset Management's 2027 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions give bitcoin a return forecast for the first time, with a big volatility warning attached.
Bitcoin ETFs log biggest inflow in a month. BlackRock did all of it
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs took in $526.6M on Oct. 19. IBIT alone pulled $665.2M while Fidelity and Grayscale bled. Bitcoin still slipped to about $81,400.
JPMorgan takes JPM Coin to Ethereum mainnet
The bank's USD deposit token JPMD is now live on Ethereum for institutional clients, after launching on Base in November 2025.
AI jitters and $111 oil push markets risk-off
A 32% IPO flop in Seoul revived doubts about AI spending. Brent topped $111. Treasuries caught a haven bid ahead of the Oct. 27–28 Fed meeting.
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