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Brazilian equities rallied sharply after Flávio Bolsonaro defeated incumbent Lula in the first round, with prediction markets now assigning him over 80% odds.
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Brazilian equities rallied sharply after Flávio Bolsonaro defeated incumbent Lula in the first round, with prediction markets now assigning him over 80% odds.

NEXT.io co-founder Pierre Lindh argues that prediction markets serve a mainstream audience far larger than the active trading base, prompting NEXTPredict to feature major media figures.

Bitmine Immersion Technologies purchased 15,112 additional Ethereum, bringing its total holdings to 6,016,414 ETH and nearly completing its target of controlling 5% of the network.

The SEC issued a joint investor bulletin with global regulators during World Investor Week to warn against rising impersonation scams.

Michael Saylor’s Strategy repurchased $176.3 million in STRC preferred stock last week, spending six times more than its $28.7 million Bitcoin acquisition.

Analytics firm Chainalysis attributed the September 2026 theft of approximately $387 million from crypto exchange Bitget to actors with ties to North Korea.

Nine suspects, including two Greek servicemen, face magistrate hearings over an alleged cryptocurrency pyramid scheme that collected about $8 million from roughly 10,000 investors.

The Basel Committee reports that three-quarters of member jurisdictions have published rules for final Basel III standards, with nearly all requiring bank compliance by April 2027.

Payward integrated Singapore Gulf Bank's real-time clearing network to enable instant US dollar settlement for institutional clients in Asia and the Gulf region.

European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip R. Lane outlined complex diagnostic challenges for monetary policy, citing energy shocks, fiscal dynamics, and AI impacts.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a third consecutive week of net inflows totaling $241.1 million, while Ether ETFs saw $138 million in weekly outflows.

OKX has enabled round-the-clock trading for tokenized stocks and ETFs to improve market accessibility, though the service is currently limited to selective regions.