BITCOIN’S VOLATILITY HAS DECLINED TO 43% OVER THE PAST YEAR, FROM AN AVERAGE OF 64% OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS AND 81% FIVE YEARS AGO. IT IS NOW LOWER THAN THAT OF 19% OF S&P 500 CONSTITUENTS ...

OPENAI RACES TO SECURE INVESTOR COMMITMENTS FOR PRIVATE ROUND BEFORE ANTHROPIC IPO, SOURCES SAY ...

OPENAI SEEKS $1.4 TRILLION VALUATION AHEAD OF ANTHROPIC IPO

OPENAI IS REPORTEDLY RACING TO RAISE $30 BILLION AT A VALUATION EXCEEDING $1.4 TRILLION BEFORE ANTHROPIC’S EXPECTED NOVEMBER IPO.

SOFTBANK AND MGX ARE AMONG POTENTIAL INVESTORS.

OPENAI REPORTEDLY CLAIMS $50 BILLION IN ANNUALIZED REVENUE, TARGETING $70 BILLION BY YEAR-END. ...

US DEFSEC HEGSETH MEETS NETANYAHU ON UNANNOUNCED ISRAEL VISIT - AXIOS

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JAPAN EARLY TRADE: BENCHMARK 10-YEAR JGB FUTURES FALL 0.22 POINT, NIKKEI AVERAGE FUTURES FALL 0.12% ...

U.S. VP VANCE SAYS UKRAINE SHOULD NOT BE IN NATO AND THAT THE U.S. AND UKRAINE SOMETIMES HAVE DIVERGENT INTERESTS, ADDING THAT HE THINKS TRUMP WOULD ENDORSE HIM IF HE RUNS IN 2028 ...

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU FACES A TOUGH OCT. 27 ELECTION AMID PUBLIC ANGER OVER THE OCT. 7 SECURITY FAILURE, PROLONGED CONFLICTS AND ECONOMIC PRESSURES. EVEN IF HIS LIKUD PARTY LOSES SEATS, COALITION NEGOTIATIONS COULD DELAY A NEW GOVERNMENT’S FORMATION AND ALLOW HIM TO REMAIN IN OFFICE TEMPORARILY. ...

BYD PURSUES A PATIENT STRATEGY TO GAIN GROUND IN JAPAN’S AUTO INDUSTRY - FT ...

CHINA PBOC FORECAST TO SET YUAN MIDPOINT AT 6.6813 PER DOLLAR: ESTIMATE ...

TRUMP SAYS HE URGED MACRON YEARS AGO TO SHUT FRANCE’S BORDERS, WARNING THE COUNTRY WOULD LOSE ...

*TRUMP THREATENS US WILL 'LEAVE' EUROPE UNLESS IT CURBS MIGRATION, CLOSES BORDERS: TRUTH POST

*TRUMP WARNS VOTERS DEMOCRATS WOULD BRING EUROPE-STYLE MIGRATION CRISIS TO US ...

TRUMP ENVOYS PREPARE FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF UKRAINE TALKS AS ENERGY CRUNCH WEIGHS ON MIDTERM OUTLOOK - FT ...

TRUMP SAYS NATO ALLIES REFUSED TO ASSIST THE US IN ITS WAR WITH IRAN - FT ...

GOLD SLIPPED TO $4,134.91 AN OUNCE AS ELEVATED OIL PRICES FUELED INFLATION CONCERNS, SUPPORTING EXPECTATIONS THAT INTEREST RATES COULD REMAIN HIGHER FOR LONGER. FED CHAIR KEVIN WARSH FAVORED HOLDING RATES STEADY AT THE UPCOMING MEETING, EVEN AS TRADERS PRICED IN A 90% CHANCE OF ANOTHER RATE HIKE BY YEAR-END. ...

TRUMP SAYS US COULD BE FORCED TO LEAVE EUROPE, CALLING THE SITUATION “VERY SERIOUS” ...

POLL: BANK OF KOREA TO RAISE BASE RATE TO 3.25% IN NOVEMBER 2026, SAY 28 OF 33 ECONOMISTS ...

POLL: BANK OF KOREA TO MAINTAIN BASE RATE AT 3% AT OCTOBER 22 MEETING, ALL 34 ECONOMISTS SAY ...

ASIAN STOCKS FELL 0.3% DESPITE A WALL STREET REBOUND, WITH SOUTH KOREA LEADING DECLINES AS INVESTORS REMAIN CAUTIOUS OVER AI SPENDING AND HIGHER INTEREST RATES. UPCOMING EARNINGS FROM META AND TESLA WILL TEST WHETHER CORPORATE PROFITS CAN JUSTIFY ELEVATED VALUATIONS. ...

OIL HELD NEAR ELEVATED LEVELS AMID MIDDLE EAST SUPPLY RISKS, WHILE US 10-YEAR TREASURY YIELDS REMAINED AT 5.14% AFTER RISING SEVEN BASIS POINTS. GOLD SLIPPED TO AROUND $4,130 AN OUNCE, WHILE FRENCH POLITICAL UNREST ADDED PRESSURE TO EUROPEAN BONDS AND THE EURO. ...

AI AND SEMICONDUCTOR STOCKS RECOVER, LIFTING NASDAQ AS INVESTORS AWAIT MAJOR CORPORATE EARNINGS REPORTS ...