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On the evening of October 29, the largest prediction platform Polymarket switched the exchange to cancel-only mode. Through a compromised third-party contractor, approximately $2.65 million drained from user accounts in a matter of minutes.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The OCC (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a division of the Treasury that oversees national banks) has issued a final rule under the GENIUS Act. It is the first of several federal regulators to bring its rules to completion.
Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack said the U.S. economy remains strong and inflation is high. In her view, the Fed needs to continue tightening monetary policy, although the pace of rate hikes may be adjusted.
In September, Canada lost 68.3 thousand jobs, while employment growth was expected at 7 thousand. Unemployment rose to 6.5%, and USD/CAD climbed to 1.4276 amid a sharp drop in Canadian bond yields.
On the evening of October 7, Ethereum dropped to $2,570, definitively breaking through the $2,700 zone. Over the day, $233.36 million in positions were liquidated on ETH, with about 95% of that amount coming from longs.
USD/CAD rose to 1.4293 on October 6, an 18-month high. The Canadian dollar is declining for the third session in a row amid weak oil, and the pair itself already looks technically overbought.
The USD/CHF pair rose to 0.8367 on the morning of October 1, a 16-month high, and has been rising for the seventh consecutive trading session. Pressure on the franc was intensified by weak investor expectations for the Swiss economy and the SNB's dovish stance.
