The US stock market’s current bull run reached its fourth anniversary this week, marking a sustained advance that began from the October 2022 lows and has unfolded largely in parallel with the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence technologies. The S&P 500 has roughly more than… Read More
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United Overseas Bank (UOB) (SGX: U11) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have entered a memorandum of understanding to jointly examine cloud and artificial intelligence technologies aimed at strengthening the Singapore-based lender’s operations across Southeast Asia. Announced in Singapore on 9 October 2026, the multi-year collaboration… Read More
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Meta (NASDAQ: META) has rolled out Muse Wonder, a new frontier-class artificial intelligence model designed for its Muse personal agent application, as the company intensifies efforts to generate subscription income outside its traditional advertising business. Released on October 12, 2026, the model—along with a more… Read More
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Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York have charged a dual US and Israeli citizen who operated a Florida-based ransomware recovery firm with wire fraud, alleging he misled clients by promising specialized decryption capabilities while quietly paying off the same cybercriminals who had… Read More
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The discovery of a covert hardware implant inside a Ledger Nano X sold by an authorized reseller underscores that cryptocurrency security cannot stop at the protocol layer. In early October 2026, users who purchased devices through Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis reported sudden fund losses. Ledger… Read More
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New York Federal Reserve President John Williams has indicated that constraints on the supply of equipment critical to artificial intelligence infrastructure may endure beyond two years, adding to potential upward pressure on prices. Speaking in a Bloomberg interview, he observed that the intensive construction of… Read More
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Brazil’s Nubank (NYSE: NU), the digital bank that has scaled to more than 140 million customers across Latin America with roughly 10,000 employees and no physical branches, has taken concrete steps into the United States while its leaders outline how artificial intelligence could expand credit access… Read More
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On-chain finance continues to draw capital at a steady clip, and the latest weekly figures from Token Terminal illustrate a clear split in where that money is landing. Real-world assets (RWAs)—tokenized versions of funds, U.S. Treasury bills, credit products, equities, and commodities—showed concentrated growth on… Read More
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Speaking to the Atlantic Council this past week, Bank of England Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden said there was no rush to issue a digital pound or central bank digital currency (CBDC). The comments came during the IMF Annual Meeting in Bangkok and were first reported… Read More
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CI has received commentary on the advancement of tokenization, or digital securities, as jurisdictions pursue bespoke rules to support tokenized assets and more private firms strive to enable and support them. Brikken CEO Edwin Mata says the tokenization movement is in a more demanding phase…. Read More
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Beta. Initial Form 1-A only. Target raise is the stated Amount to be Raised, totaled. Compared with the same dates one year earlier.
YTD: Jan 1, 2026 - Oct 17, 2026 vs Jan 1, 2025 - Oct 17, 2025
| This YTD | Year prior | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filings | 129 | 123 | +4.9% |
| Target raise | $3.37B | $3.45B | -2.2% |
Source: DisclosureQuest. Initial Form 1-A only.
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YTD as of October 2026. Initial Form C only. C/A excluded. Amounts are as-filed, not capital raised. DisclosureQuest
Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR) introduced cryptocurrency staking for eligible clients, allowing them to generate rewards on certain digital assets while holding those positions alongside equities, options, futures, and other instruments on its single platform. The service is delivered by infrastructure partner zerohash. At the outset,… Read More
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Hardware wallet maker Trezor announced on October 13, 2026, that it will shrink its roster of authorized resellers, with selected partners losing their official status on January 1, 2027. The digital security focused company framed the decision as a forward-looking safeguard after recent reports of… Read More
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Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) chief executive Adena Friedman has highlighted how representing traditional assets and cash movements as blockchain-based tokens could release substantial capital currently immobilized as collateral across global markets. Speaking at the TOKEN2049 conference in Singapore, she explained that converting instruments such as US… Read More
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Payments related fraud is rising worldwide, and a recent Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) evaluation has shown that simply moving to newer large language models does not automatically improve specialized fraud detection. In its “Owning Intelligence” engineering series, published in early October 2026, crypto exchange Coinbase detailed… Read More
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With one year remaining until the UK, EU and Switzerland shift to next-day securities settlement, banking and financial institutions across these markets are concentrating on demonstrating operational readiness for the transition. The coordinated move to a T+1 cycle is scheduled for 11 October 2027. Under… Read More
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Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption continues to accelerate, with projections indicating that overall token consumption could expand roughly 24-fold by 2030. This growth trajectory, highlighted in recent analysis from Grayscale Research, reflects not only broader usage but also structural shifts in how AI systems operate. Falling… Read More
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China’s entrepreneurial ecosystem is undergoing a rapid transformation driven by artificial intelligence, as ultra-lean “one-person companies” (OPCs) gain institutional support through specialized communities. A survey report released by a research team led by Professor Yao Jianhua at Fudan University’s School of Journalism documents this shift,… Read More
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London Stock Exchange Group PLC (LSE:LSEG) finished higher on Thursday, 8 October 2026, advancing 1.85 percent to close at £84.70. The gain stood out against a softer session for the broader UK equity market, where the FTSE 100 Index slipped 0.16 percent to 10,441.60. Even… Read More
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Africa’s largest clothing retailer, Pepkor Holdings Ltd., continues to face questions from certain investors and directors over its July decision to merge its Flash fintech arm with the rival Shop2Shop business without putting the transaction to a shareholder vote. The combination created a merchant commerce… Read More
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South Korea’s digital asset sector is seeing two contrasting developments in quick succession. On one side, a regulated bank has launched the country’s first won-denominated loans secured by bitcoin for corporate borrowers. On the other, financial authorities have expanded restrictions on unregistered virtual asset service… Read More
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