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Binance is investing $100 million in Circle as the companies deepen their partnership and the world’s largest crypto exchange expands USDC integration across its products.

Alibaba has unveiled its Zhenwu V900 AI chip with three times the performance of its predecessor as the company prepares massive Qwen models and more than 20 gigawatts of global data center capacity.

X has connected stock and crypto Cashtags to Coinbase, Kraken and other major trading platforms, allowing U.S. users to move directly from market conversations to participating brokers and exchanges.

Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI has launched Grok 4.7, its most powerful model for coding and knowledge work, claiming twice the speed at half the price of comparable frontier AI models.

AMD, Intel and Arm shares surged as Meta’s Muse became the most downloaded free iPhone app in the U.S., fueling expectations that mass adoption of autonomous AI agents will dramatically increase demand for server CPUs.

Bitcoin surged toward $87,000 to reach its highest level since January as ETF inflows, short liquidations and improving risk sentiment fueled a powerful recovery across crypto markets.

SoftBank has launched an approximately $11 billion bond sale to finance its latest investment in OpenAI, underscoring the enormous capital requirements behind the global artificial intelligence boom.

Coinbase is giving eligible U.S. retail investors access to Oura’s IPO at the offer price before public trading begins, as the smart-ring maker targets a valuation of up to $15.62 billion.

OpenAI expects to generate $278 billion in negative free cash flow through 2030 as spending on computing power and AI infrastructure approaches $856 billion despite rapid revenue growth.

U.S. stock trading is moving toward a 23-hour, five-day schedule as major exchanges and regulators prepare market infrastructure for near-round-the-clock access to equities.

Anthropic is moving toward a potential November IPO as annualized revenue approaches $100 billion, setting the stage for what could become the largest public offering in history.

Nearly $7 trillion in U.S. equity options expired during September’s triple witching, the second-largest expiration on record, raising questions about whether the removal of dealer positioning could leave the S&P 500 more vulnerable to volatility.

ECB President Christine Lagarde personally intervened to derail Binance’s attempt to secure an EU-wide crypto license through Greece, according to the Wall Street Journal, amid concerns over compliance and the growing influence of dollar-backed stablecoins.

The Bank of Japan raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 1.25%, accelerating its tightening cycle while leaving a wide rate gap with the U.S. that continues to support yen-funded carry trades.

S&P Global has agreed to acquire blockchain security firm OpenZeppelin, whose smart contract infrastructure has supported more than $37 trillion in value transferred across stablecoins, tokenized funds and DeFi.