Artificial Intelligence

October 13, 2026 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Elon Musk has outlined an extraordinary long-term scenario for SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX), suggesting the company could eventually command a valuation far exceeding the scale of the entire present-day global economy. In a post on X, the SpaceX and Tesla chief executive stated that he perceives… Read More

October 13, 2026 @ 10:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Asian semiconductor stocks tumbled early this week, triggering roughly $800 million in leveraged crypto liquidations, with perpetual futures on SanDisk recording more forced closures than those on XRP. The selloff, concentrated in South Korean names, illustrated how crypto venues have become venues for leveraged bets… Read More

October 12, 2026 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and CMC Markets announced a multi-year strategic data agreement that significantly broadens CMC’s access to LSEG’s financial data, news and analytics offerings. The deal is designed to reinforce the underlying data infrastructure that supports CMC’s multi-asset platform, giving the… Read More

October 12, 2026 @ 5:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Satya Nadella has urged organizations to treat advanced large language models and the agentic systems they power as potentially compromised from the outset, rather than relying on assurances from their developers. In an October 10 essay posted to X titled “Models… Read More

October 12, 2026 @ 12:40 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

CRX Trade launches Swiss prime brokerage  Switzerland-based CRX Trade lets institutions trade on Hyperliquid, ByBit, GateIO, Nasdaq, and CME from a single account. Trading algorithms and one collateral pool can be deployed on both crypto and traditional exchanges. Ndax debuts reward program The Canadian-owned and… Read More

October 12, 2026 @ 9:30 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Brazil’s Agibank raises $410M in fund issuance The digital bank also has roughly 900 locations, mostly in underserved communities. This raise is the company’s third receivables-backed issuance. Capitolis confirms $220M in financing, including $120M Series E The fintech raised a $120 million Series E and… Read More

October 11, 2026 @ 9:51 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

South Korea and tokenization “Proposed rules would allow stocks, bonds, and investment funds to operate under the country’s tokenized securities framework when it comes into effect in 2027. “The framework includes requirements covering capital, compliance personnel, technology systems and the management of distributed ledger records…. Read More

October 11, 2026 @ 4:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As artificial intelligence focused executives, including Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Anthropic’s leadership, have pressed world governments to approach the accelerating pace of AI development with greater restraint and foresight, a senior European official has expressed confidence that existing continental regulations can manage the risks… Read More

October 11, 2026 @ 6:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brazil’s digital banking platform Nubank (NYSE: NU) is focused on a broader push into the United States with new compliance technology. Earlier this month, the bank also denied any acquisition speculation of Monzo (in the UK). In early October 2026, the bank completed the rollout… Read More

October 11, 2026 @ 1:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Western laboratories are answering Chinese open-weight momentum and the dominance of closed frontier systems with a cluster of new releases aimed at organizations that want more control over how AI models are run. In the past week, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) backed Reflection AI and the… Read More

October 10, 2026 @ 6:53 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Catalyst, a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence startup developing automated trading tools for retail investors, has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round led by Sequoia Capital. The round also drew participation from SF1, Selini Capital, Jump Trading, Peak XV Partners, Lux Capital, AntiFund,… Read More

October 10, 2026 @ 11:25 am By Michael Wong  |  

Stord, a commerce fulfilment and technology company, has secured a $400 million credit facility led by Citi, with Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, First Citizens, Citizens, and KeyBank also participating, to expand its logistics operations and accelerate investments in artificial intelligence and robotics. The facility was oversubscribed… Read More

October 9, 2026 @ 5:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) slid with the rest of the digital asset market this week as risk appetite cooled across major tokens. The decline was not confined to ether. Solana (SOL), Binance Coin (BNB), and Cardano (ADA) all gave back ground in a broad… Read More

October 9, 2026 @ 5:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe is weaving operational logistics data, digital dollar payments, and rules for software agents into a broader push to simplify how smaller firms buy, sell, and borrow. FedEx Dataworks and Stripe disclosed a multiyear collaboration on October 6, 2026, aimed at lowering barriers in cross-border… Read More

October 9, 2026 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Artificial intelligence portfolio manager Pave Finance says it has extended its Series A round, raising an additional $5 million. The firm shares that the funding round now totals $20 million Pave says it will put the funding to work immediately as it begins hiring more… Read More

October 9, 2026 @ 11:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cardano’s (ADA) recent stretch has mixed technical progress with public friction. Founder Charles Hoskinson has argued that the privacy-focused Midnight network could eventually surpass Zcash, pressed Gemini (NASDAQ: GEMI) to list ADA again, and pushed back against critics who say years of building haven’t translated into stronger token performance. At… Read More

October 9, 2026 @ 8:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: RIOT) shares have come under renewed pressure in early October 2026, sliding roughly 8 percent between the September 30 and October 7 closes and finishing the latter session at $18.54. The stock remains about 46 percent above its year-end 2025 level of… Read More

October 9, 2026 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Arthur Hayes, the founder and former chief executive of BitMEX and now chief investment officer at the crypto fund Maelstrom, argues that the current rush to build artificial intelligence infrastructure is repeating a familiar pattern from earlier technology waves. Speaking at the Gamma Prime Investing… Read More

October 8, 2026 @ 7:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitwise’s chief investment officer argues that NEAR Protocol’s investment case no longer depends solely on its longer-term ambition to serve autonomous AI agents. In an October 7, 2026 memo and related comments, Matt Hougan described the network as an operating blockchain business whose present activity… Read More

October 8, 2026 @ 6:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OpenAI’s recent release of hundreds of machine-generated mathematical results has prompted a senior blockchain researcher to urge the industry toward a cautious defensive posture. On October 7, 2026, Justin Drake, a researcher associated with the Ethereum Foundation whose work also addresses Bitcoin security assumptions, publicly… Read More