October 28, 2026 @ 1:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

This week brought sharply divided views on whether artificial intelligence investments have entered speculative excess, even as veterans of the financial industry marked a somber anniversary and fresh data underscored deepening strains in the housing market. At the center of the AI discussion was Ken… Read More

October 28, 2026 @ 12:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hyperliquid Strategies Inc. (NASDAQ: PURR), the digital asset treasury vehicle trading under the ticker PURR, has substantially enlarged its authorized share repurchase program. The company’s board raised the ceiling from an earlier $30 million limit to a maximum of $100 million and simultaneously lengthened the… Read More

October 28, 2026 @ 12:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A 44-year-old Chinese national, Zheng Zhao, appeared in federal court in the Central District of California on October 23, 2026, following his extradition from the Netherlands. Prosecutors allege he participated in a transnational cryptocurrency investment fraud operation run out of scam centers in Cambodia that… Read More

October 28, 2026 @ 12:11 am By Michael Wong  |  

Finance ministers from Asia-Pacific economies called for stronger regional cooperation to sustain trade and investment flows amid geopolitical tensions and uncertainty over trade policies, following a two-day meeting in Hong Kong. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance Ministers’ Meeting, held on October 20-21 for the… Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 11:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Spanish authorities have detailed substantial bitcoin activity involving wallets connected to the collapsed Arbistar cryptocurrency platform, with transfers continuing well after the firm halted operations and froze investor accounts in September 2020. Findings from a Guardia Civil investigative report, incorporated into proceedings at Spain’s Audiencia… Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 10:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aviva Investors, the asset management division of the major UK insurance group Aviva, has committed £50 million (approximately $66 million) to a newly launched tokenized share class of its Sterling Liquidity Fund, recorded on the XRP Ledger. Announced jointly with blockchain infrastructure provider Ripple on… Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 9:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Canadian government published proposed Stablecoin Regulations in the Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 160, Number 43, launching a 60-day public consultation that runs until 11:59 p.m. EST on December 23, 2026. The draft rules, sponsored by the Department of Finance, would implement the Stablecoin… Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 8:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SBI Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8473) and Startale Group Pte. Ltd. announced that they had entered into a memorandum of understanding with BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. and BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. The agreement focuses on examining the creation of a digital asset ecosystem that would connect… Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 8:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A Thai partnership has introduced a new digital wallet application that lets visiting travelers convert popular stablecoins into local currency and settle everyday purchases through the country’s widely used QR PromptPay system. The service, called WORPT, became available under Thailand’s Tourist DigiPay regulatory sandbox after… Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 8:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

China’s Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission has outlined a target for the national blockchain network to reach a largely completed state by 2030. This objective appears in the National Informatization Plan for the 15th Five-Year Period, a document that maps priorities for digital development across the… Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 5:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

A petition was submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last July requesting that the funding cap under Reg CF be increased from the current $5 million to $20 million. Reg CF, or Regulation Crowdfunding, is the smallest securities exemption for online capital formation…. Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 12:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, Anthropic, creator of Claude, filed a registration statement indicating its intent to list its shares on the Nasdaq. While details remain to be determined, such as the offering price and amount raised, insiders expect Anthropic to list its shares before Thanksgiving. Anthropic’s most recent… Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 11:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) or Space Exploration Technologies Corp. has entered a binding commitment for an equipment financing arrangement totaling approximately $40 billion, positioning the company to secure large volumes of advanced computing hardware while its chief executive warns that most specialized artificial intelligence cloud providers… Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 9:13 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Relay’s Cash Flow Compass chronicles SMB challenges Relay, a business banking platform, has released its latest Cash Flow Compass. It shows how small business owners must contend with too-rapid growth, legacy financial setups, and financial shocks. Other key findings: Unexpected cash flow issues edged down… Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 9:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OpenAI announced that internal AI models had produced three significant research outputs spanning mathematics, computer science, and physics. The company described the work as part of an effort to collaborate with academic communities on verification and interpretation, releasing materials in different ways for each result… Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 9:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has extended voluntary exit packages to roughly 60,000 eligible workers, representing approximately 27 percent of its global workforce of about 223,000 full-time employees as of the end of June. The time-limited Voluntary Exit Offer, announced on October 26, 2026, by Executive Vice… Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 7:16 am By Michael Wong  |  

Singapore’s wealthy investors are increasing their use of mutual funds, but cash and liquid deposits still account for more than 70% of their assets, highlighting the scope for greater investment diversification, according to a report by Citi Wealth and research firm RFI Global. Average assets… Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 6:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Initia, the modular layer-1 blockchain designed to support a network of interconnected rollups, paused both its main chain and associated rollups on Friday, October 23, 2026, after a security incident. The halt took effect at 15:41:30 UTC. In an official statement posted on X, the… Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 5:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

An Argentine federal judge on Friday afternoon terminated the criminal probe into President Javier Milei, his sister Karina Milei, and nine additional individuals connected to the February 2025 launch and rapid collapse of the $LIBRA meme coin. Federal Judge Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi of National… Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 4:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) has secured regulatory clearance from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to introduce its retail brokerage platform across the Middle East, establishing operations inside the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). The approval covers both trading and custody services spanning all ten… Read More