Summary: Australia's central bank raised rates to 4.85%, an 18-year high, citing AI-driven tech price surges and energy costs as key factors keeping inflation elevated through 2027.
Summary: Following a $6.3 billion Binance hack, South Korea's FSC urges exchanges to boost cold wallet holdings beyond the legal 80% minimum, citing varied compliance rates among major platforms like Upbit and GOPAX.
Summary: Anthropic and OpenAI face rumors of unreleased models Fable 5.5 and GPT-6.2 Astra appearing in code and analytics, coinciding with Anthropic's IPO filing.
Summary: Kim Yo Jong denies North Korea's role in the $6.3B Binance hack, calling FBI accusations absurd and suggesting US involvement without evidence, despite forensic links to DPRK groups.
Summary: Mercado Bitcoin lost ~$49M in a multi-chain hack; Chainalysis coordinated with issuers to freeze nearly $10M, including $9M in USDT via Tether.
Summary: Strive bought 124 BTC for $10M, reaching 43,124 total holdings and ranking fourth among public companies, just behind Twenty One Capital and Metaplanet.
Summary: New Jersey rescinded its 2023 cease-and-desist order against Coinbase's staking service, lifting a ban on new stakes for residents while leaving the door open for future enforcement actions.
Summary: ZachXBT links the $106M EU theft to non-Lazarus actors using Monero and bridges, contrasting with the frozen Binance hack.
Summary: ZachXBT flags a suspected $106M EU exchange theft laundered via Monero, while Onchain Lens reports a potential $786K loss from a Solana arbitrage bot.
Summary: Swan Bitcoin founder Cory Klippsten warns that AI-powered hacking is a more urgent threat to crypto security than quantum computing, citing recent massive exchange breaches.
Summary: Fed likely holds rates in Oct after Sept hike; Warsh avoids guidance amid 3.7% CPI and >7% mortgages. Futures show >80% Dec hike chance.
Summary: Margin debt growth slowed to 31.4% in September from 53.7% in May, signaling potential market peaks as BofA warns of bubble risks in defensive sectors.
Summary: Jeff Gundlach argues the Fed is behind the curve, urging immediate rate hikes due to rising CPI and commodity costs despite holding rates steady in October.
Summary: North Dakota's state-owned bank, managing $11 billion in assets, retains strong Republican support despite its socialist origins, recently facilitating a $150 million deal to save a coal plant and providing $500 million in agricultural aid.
Summary: Kalshi raises $1 billion at a $40 billion valuation, led by Sequoia and Wellington, aiming to expand into perpetual futures and institutional markets amid ongoing legal disputes over sports contract regulations.
Summary: Aon CEO warns that concentrated AI data center risks hinder insurance access, threatening debt financing, while the firm reports record project pipelines and expands capital pools.
Summary: Polymarket refunds $3.9M after a hack at UK-based vendor DebugBear stole funds from international users, just days before U.S. midterms.
Summary: Hershey lowered its 2026 organic sales growth forecast to 3% as consumers trade down from expensive chocolate to smaller packs and alternative candies amid persistent high prices.
Summary: S&P 500 averages 13.7% gains one year after midterms, favoring divided government, though Fed policy and AI trends currently outweigh electoral history.
Summary: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott leads Democratic challenger Gina Hinojosa 60-40 on Kalshi, but her odds jumped from 8% in July amid voter backlash over AI data centers.