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Overview S&P Global releases flash US purchasing managers' index readings for October at 9:45 a.m. Eastern on October 23, which is 21:45 the same day in Singapore, covering manufacturing, services and composite output. This release carries more weight than usual because the policy environment has already turned. The Federal Reserve raised its target range by 25 basis points to 3.75% to 4.00% at its September 15 and 16 meeting on a unanimous 12 to 0 vote, with a statement describing inflation as

Overview Kinexys by J.P. Morgan announced on October 19 that it has brought JPM Coin, its US dollar deposit token with the ticker JPMD, to Ethereum mainnet. This is not a new product but an extension to another chain. JPM Coin began as a proof of concept in June 2025 and launched on Base for institutional clients in November 2025, and the extension now supports peer-to-peer transfers between institutional clients across the EVM ecosystem including both Base and Ethereum. The reason this deserves

Overview IBM reports third quarter results and holds its earnings call at 5:00 p.m. Eastern on October 21, which is 05:00 Singapore time on October 22. That timing is confirmed on the company's investor relations page. The company sits in an unusual position within the AI cycle. It carries none of the hundred-billion-dollar capital spending burden of the hyperscalers, yet it has to prove that enterprise AI budgets eventually land on its own income statement as software revenue and cash flow. The

Overview Lam Research holds its September quarter earnings call at 5:00 p.m. Eastern on October 21, which is 05:00 on October 22 in Singapore. Unlike most previews, the disagreement here is not about whether results will be strong but about what strong results are worth. The company set a high bar itself. Per the June quarter release, September quarter guidance calls for revenue of $8.10 billion plus or minus $400 million, gross margin of 52.0% plus or minus one point, operating margin of 39.5%

Overview Sophon has told users to move their on-chain assets off its network and claim outstanding rewards before November 25. Per Cointelegraph, the project begins shutting down key infrastructure and related websites after that date, and assets left on Sophon Chain risk becoming permanently inaccessible, covering SOPH, ETH, USDC and other tokens held on the chain. There are in fact two dates to track. Per KuCoin's relay of the project's announcement, November 25 is the deadline for user action

Overview BNB Chain completed its 37th quarterly burn on October 19. Per the official announcement, 1,646,196.44 BNB were removed at an estimated value of roughly $1.197 billion at the time of the burn, leaving total supply at 131,512,085 BNB, with the transaction verifiable on chain. The comparison with last quarter is where it gets interesting. The 36th burn removed about 1.6158 million BNB worth roughly $932 million, leaving supply at 133.17 million. The token counts differ by only about 1.9%,

Overview Strategy disclosed in a Form 8-K filed on October 16, 2026 a conditional schedule of daily cash dividends on its STRC preferred stock for November, at an annualised rate of 12.00%. The board declared a dividend for each calendar day from November 1 through November 30, at $0.03 or $0.04 per share per day, totalling $1.00 for the month, with each payment made on the business day immediately following its record date. Two conditions govern the whole arrangement. Stockholders must approve

Overview Western Digital reports fiscal first-quarter 2027 results after the US close on October 22, with the call at 4:30 p.m. Eastern, which is 04:30 on October 23 in Singapore. Per MarketBeat, consensus sits at $4.08 per share on revenue of $4.14 billion, against $1.78 and $2.82 billion in the year-ago quarter. Fundamentals and the share price are moving in opposite directions. Last quarter delivered revenue of $3.75 billion, up 44%, at a non-GAAP gross margin of 54.4%, and guidance calls for

Over the past week, the crypto market has experienced a round of intense volatility. Bitcoin fell below the psychological barrier of $80,000 on Wednesday, hitting a low of $79,695 for the first time since mid-September. In the past 24 hours, the total amount of liquidation across the network is close to 944 million dollars , with the majority of long positions - a large number of highly leveraged positions were forcibly position squaring during the decline. Ethereum weakened synchronously, and S

Overview Interactive Brokers announced cryptocurrency staking on October 13. Per the company's press release, eligible Interactive Brokers LLC clients can stake Ethereum at launch, staking services are provided by Zero Hash, rewards are credited as additional staked cryptocurrency and compound while the position remains staked, and clients submit stake and unstake requests through the Staking Dashboard in Client Portal. The release also states that product availability varies by Interactive Brok