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10/23/2026 03:28 PM Pentagon Bans Military Personnel From Insider Trading on Polymarket and Kalshi
TLDR: Pentagon bans military and civilian personnel from using nonpublic information to trade on Polymarket and Kalshi. The directive covers classified and unclassified information, including trades made indirectly through third parties. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warns that military-related bets could expose sensitive operations to foreign intelligence services. Violations may result in administrative, disciplinary, or criminal [...]
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10/23/2026 03:15 PM New York AG Seeks $1.37B From NovaTech Founders Over Alleged Crypto Ponzi Scheme
TLDR: New York AG seeks $1.37 billion from NovaTech founders Cynthia and Eddy Petion over alleged crypto fraud. Investors deposited $1.16 billion, but only $25.99 million reached trading, resulting in $18.19 million in losses. Investigators traced at least $134.5 million to founders’ wallets as NovaTech allegedly promised 2%–4% weekly returns. Four NovaTech promoters agreed to [...]
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10/23/2026 02:47 PM Bitcoin Price Faces Oil Pressure as Whale Transfers Top $770M
TLDR: Bitcoin price faces macro pressure as Brent holds above $100, with Darkfost warning that expensive energy could constrain fresh liquidity. CryptoQuant analysis links sustained oil strength above its annual average with slower Bitcoin momentum, without establishing direct causation. Lookonchain reported that 40 newly created wallets withdrew 9,458 BTC, valued at approximately $771.5 million, through [...]
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10/23/2026 02:37 PM Malaysia, Thailand Join Singapore’s Cross-Border Payment Push
TLDR Malaysia and Thailand join Singapore’s BLOOM initiative as policymaker members. The initiative focuses on cross-border payments using stablecoins and tokenized bank deposits. Ripple, Visa, Mastercard and the World Bank Group are among the participating organizations. Ripple and Unloq plan to test automated trade payments using RLUSD on the XRP Ledger. Central banks will examine [...]
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10/23/2026 02:18 PM Ethereum Glamsterdam Upgrade Delayed as Contract Risks Emerge
TLDR Ethereum developers postponed the October 26 Glamsterdam activation on the Hoodi testnet. ChainSecurity identified 13 real-world cases of potential smart contract security risks. The postponement removes Hoodi’s planned gas limit increase to 200 million. Developers have not confirmed new Hoodi or mainnet activation dates. ETH trades below $2,400, with traders watching the $2,370 support [...]
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10/23/2026 02:03 PM SK Hynix Halts Solidigm IPO as US Factory Funding Remains Unclear
TLDR SK Hynix halted its review of Solidigm’s US IPO and pre-IPO fundraising amid market volatility. South Korean regulators raised concerns that a separate listing could affect minority shareholder interests. Solidigm still needs additional US manufacturing capacity to meet growing AI memory demand. SK Hynix shares recovered from early losses to close 4.42% higher on [...]
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10/23/2026 01:49 PM Moderna (MRNA) Stock Drops 17% Despite Melanoma Trial Success
TLDR Moderna stock plunged more than 17% to $202.63 after early publication of its melanoma vaccine trial results. The Merck-Moderna treatment reduced melanoma recurrence or death risk by 42% and distant spread or death risk by 38%. Two-year recurrence-free survival reached 82.2% with the combined treatment, compared with 70% for Keytruda alone. Moderna and Merck [...]
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10/23/2026 01:34 PM Volvo Shares Hit Record Low After Q3 Loss: What’s Next?
TLDR Volvo shares fell more than 26% on Friday, reaching record lows after disappointing quarterly results. Third-quarter revenue declined 22.6% to 66.9 billion Swedish kronor, while net losses reached about $573 million. Volvo announced 2,500 additional job cuts as part of a new 5 billion kronor savings plan. Revenue in China fell nearly 50% amid [...]
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10/23/2026 12:44 PM Stock Buyback Statistics 2026: S&P 500 Repurchases, Top Companies and Trends
Stock buybacks are now one of the biggest ways U.S. companies return cash to shareholders. S&P 500 companies spent a record $1.02 trillion on repurchases in the 12 months ending September 2025. That was up 11.1% from $918.4 billion a year earlier. Combined with dividends, companies returned a record $1.685 trillion to shareholders. The trend [...]
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10/23/2026 12:39 PM Passive Investing Statistics 2026: Index Funds, ETFs and Market Share
Passive investing has grown from a niche strategy into a core part of global financial markets. Index mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) now hold trillions of dollars in stocks and bonds. In the United States, passive funds hold more assets than actively managed funds. The global ETF industry is also at a record size. [...]
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