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26 out of 62: Intel, Oracle and IBM opted out of tokenizing their shares on the OKX and ICE platform
Four new refusals have been added to the OKXICE project - a joint venture between the OKX crypto exchange and Intercontinental Exchange (the owner of the New York Stock Exchange). Now 26 issuers from the original list of 62 companies have spoken out against trading tokenized versions of their shares.

Deutsche Börse has launched 24/7 trading in DAX 40 stocks
On October 27, Deutsche Börse Group launched round-the-clock trading in stocks from the DAX 40 index — at night and on weekends, trades take place on the 360X venue. The group calls itself the first infrastructure in Europe to offer a 24/7 regime for traditional blue-chip stocks.

Consumer confidence soared to 91.7 versus 81.2: a signal against a US recession
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index for October came in at 91.7 versus a forecast of 81.2 and the September reading of 81.9. The miss versus consensus is more than 10 points, one of the largest surprises for this indicator in recent times.

Week of three rates: Fed meeting on October 28, then ECB and Bank of Japan
From October 28 to 30, four central banks issue rate decisions, and on the 29th US GDP and PCE come out at the same time. The market has already priced in rates staying unchanged, so it will be the wording, not the numbers themselves, that moves the instruments.

Gold slumped to $3,986 - the lowest since July. Down 2.81% in a single day
In the early hours of Friday, gold (XAU/USD) fell to $3,986 - below $4,000 for the first time since July. Before that, on Thursday, the metal lost 2.81% over the session. By midday the price had rebounded to $4,029, but gold is closing the week down more than 3%.

UK PMI: 53.1 vs forecast 51.8 - best growth in eight months
The preliminary business activity indices for October came in above forecasts across all three sectors, yet the pound barely gained against the dollar - but it pushed the euro to a 17-month low.

Japan's core inflation broke through 2% for the first time since December 2023, USD/JPY moved to 156.25
September consumer price data was released at 02:30 Moscow time and came in above August levels across all measures. The yen strengthened, and the market is once again betting on a Bank of Japan rate hike in December.

Spot BTC funds saw record daily outflow in several months
On October 22, spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds showed the largest daily outflow in several months, according to data from the analytics service SoSoValue. The data was published on the morning of October 23 at 07:42 Moscow time.

Canada: producer prices accelerated to +2.0% for the month, raw materials - +27% for the year
Statistics Canada reported for September: Canadian industry selling prices rose 2.0% from August versus 1.3% a month earlier. The data were released on October 22 at 15:33 Moscow time - six days before the Bank of Canada meeting.

Robinhood has received Dubai's permission to trade crypto
The American broker Robinhood (traded on Nasdaq under the ticker HOOD) has officially received approval from Dubai authorities to launch cryptocurrency trading. This opens the door for the company to enter the Middle East market.

Houthis claim attack on targets in Saudi Arabia, Aramco evacuates headquarters
Yemen's Houthi movement said on October 22 that it had struck King Fahd Airport in Dammam, the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defense building and another Saudi Aramco facility. Following this, Saudi Aramco (the world's largest oil company and Saudi Arabia's state company) ordered the evacuation of personnel from its headquarters in Dhahran and their transfer to remote work.

US jobless claims fell to 194K - labor market stronger than forecast
The US Department of Labor reported: for the week ending October 17, initial jobless claims totaled 194K versus the expected 200K. This is one of the lowest levels in recent months, and the dollar immediately recovered part of its recent decline.

China has entered a bear market: CSI 300 is 20% below its June peak
On Thursday, October 22, Asian markets crashed: China's CSI 300 index lost 2% during the session and fell 20% from its June high. A 20% drop from the peak is the formal definition of a bear market.

Tesla: profit above forecast, revenue slightly below expectations
Tesla published its third-quarter report on October 21 at 23:04 Moscow time. Adjusted profit came in better than forecast - 48 cents per share versus the expected 44, while total revenue fell slightly short: $28.05 billion versus the forecast of $28.13 billion.

Bitcoin volatility has fallen to 1.2%, nearly a 2026 low: the crypto market freezes ahead of the Fed
According to calculations by analytics firm K33, BTC's 28-day realized volatility (a measure of the actual magnitude of price fluctuations over a period) has dropped to 1.2% - nearly the lowest value for all of 2026. The market has frozen right before the Fed meeting and the US elections.

Yield on 10-year French bonds above 5% - for the first time since 2002
France has become Europe's main problem: the yield on its 10-year government bonds (OATs) broke through 5%, and the spread with German paper reached 158-160 basis points - the widest since 2011, that is, since the height of the eurozone debt crisis.

Bitcoin returned to $83,500 and updated its weekly high, the crypto market gained 3.1%
In 24 hours, BTC gained about 2.4% and rose to $83,500 - a weekly high. The rebound follows last week's decline, when crypto tumbled along with Nasdaq on a hot US inflation report.

Tesla and SpaceX have formed merger committees, and Tesla's report comes out tonight
Elon Musk confirmed on SpaceX's quarterly call: the boards of directors of both companies have formed special committees to discuss a merger. The deal could become the largest corporate one in history; Tesla shares in after-hours trading have already risen to $380.29.




