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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.

Gold reversed from $4,000 and returned to $4,061 a day before the Fed decision
On Tuesday XAU/USD hit an intraday low of $3,989, reversed and gained more than 1%, rising to $4,061. The rally occurred despite a stronger dollar and rising US Treasury yields.

France's debt problems are dragging the euro down for a fifth day: EUR/USD around 1.1145
The euro is weakening against all major currencies due to the state of France's public finances and a sell-off in its bond market. The EUR/USD pair is trading around 1.1145 and is falling for a fifth session in a row - on the eve of back-to-back Fed and ECB decisions.

Kraken moves into US perpetual futures: the first CFTC-supervised market on Hyperliquid
Payward, the parent company of the Kraken exchange, is set to become the first operator of perpetual futures on the Hyperliquid blockchain operating under the supervision of the US regulator CFTC. The announcement came out on October 26, 2026; no launch date was given.

On Monday, inflows into Bitcoin ETFs brought in $110 million, but October is still down by $202 million
U.S. spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (funds whose shares trade on an exchange and track the price of the asset) attracted about $110 million on Monday, October 26. This only offset part of the $773.5 million outflow over the previous two sessions, and for the month as a whole the funds are still losing money.

Ripple received a banking license in the US: cryptocurrency regulation has reached RLUSD reserves
The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC, the regulator of national banks) has granted Ripple final approval to launch Ripple National Trust Bank. Now the $2.5 billion in RLUSD stablecoin reserves will be managed under federal oversight.

Meta raises $35B: additional share issuance to fund AI expenses
Meta (recognized as extremist and banned in Russia) announced the placement of new securities worth $35B. The money will go toward capital expenditures in artificial intelligence - this is one of the largest amounts raised of this kind among technology companies.

Ahead of the Fed, the dollar index rose to 101.87, USD/JPY at 157.36, the pound surrendered its five-week peak
On Monday, October 26, the dollar strengthened against major currencies ahead of the Fed meeting on Wednesday. The yen is the weakest in the basket, the pound slipped from its recent peak of 1.3419 to levels below 1.3350.

Strive bought 6,182 BTC for $511 million - holdings rose to 43,000 BTC
Vivek Ramaswamy's American Strive increased its Bitcoin holdings by 16.8% in a week - to 43,000 BTC. The deal was closed with money from a $630 million preferred stock offering.

Microsoft reports 3.5 hours after the Fed meeting on Wednesday: consensus $90.63 billion
Microsoft publishes first-quarter fiscal 2027 results on Wednesday, October 28, after the US market close - the same evening as the Fed decision and Alphabet's report. For Nasdaq, this is a concentrated test of whether AI infrastructure investments are paying off.

BTC fell to $79,100 - a five-week low, crypto market below $2.7 trillion
On Saturday, Bitcoin on most exchanges dropped to $79,100 - the lowest level in five weeks. By Sunday morning, the price had recovered from the drop and is holding just above $80,000, reaching a high of $80,900.

Brent $116.72 - highest since April: +6% for the week after attacks on Saudi Arabia
Brent futures (a contract for the future delivery of oil, the world's main price benchmark) closed Friday, October 23, at $116.72 a barrel - up $3.55, or 3.14%. This is the highest settlement level since April 29, and oil gained about 6% over the week.

During the week, inflows into Bitcoin ETFs amounted to $304.73 million, while Ethereum funds lost $220.6 million
From October 19 to 23, spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US (exchange-traded funds through which Bitcoin is bought like an ordinary stock) attracted $304.73 million, although $635.49 million was withdrawn from them on Wednesday alone. Ethereum funds closed the week with an outflow of $220.6 million.

$404M in long positions liquidated on the crypto market in four hours: BTC dropped below $80,000
On Saturday, Bitcoin fell below $80,000 for the first time since October 15 and in four hours wiped out $404.15M in long positions (bets on price increases) — that's 93% of the total $436.44M in liquidations. Over 24 hours, the market forcibly closed $815.26M across 201,012 traders.

For the first time since July, the gold price has fallen below $4000: down $116 in a single session
Gold fell below the round mark of $4000 per ounce for the first time since July, dropping to $3,986.85. The decline followed the collapse of US technology stocks: investors sold the metal to cover margin calls on other positions.

Worst session since June: Nasdaq Composite lost 694 points, chipmaker index -6.72%
On Thursday, October 22, the Nasdaq Composite closed at 26,008.86 - down 694 points, or 2.6%. The main blow fell on chipmakers: the Philadelphia Semiconductor sector index plunged 6.72%.

Bitcoin fell below $81,000 amid Brent at $116
On Friday, October 23, at the start of the US session, BTC plunged to $80,988 - the low of the day. At the same time, Brent crude jumped about 3% to $116 per barrel, for the first time since March 19, and US stocks closed the week in the red.

USD/CAD broke below 1.4000: seven consecutive declines, dollar index near 101.70 ahead of the Fed meeting
On Friday, the USD/CAD pair fell below the psychological level of 1.4000 and traded around 1.3975 - a one-month low. This is the seventh consecutive losing session for the US dollar against the Canadian dollar, and the second week of decline in a row.

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%.




