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20 Oct 2026ArticlePostquant launches quantum VM running on 3 hardware typesThe Quip Virtual Machine quotes a maximum cost before every run, while Quantinuum's Standard plan on Azure Quantum costs $125,000 a month.—Global20 Oct 2026ArticleGrvt burns 1.1M tokens as RWA perps open interest tops $18BThe token issuer's first buyback comes with four product launches through November, including a yield product targeting up to 11% against a 4.50% 1-year Treasury yield.—Global20 Oct 2026ArticleBrent settles at $109.55 as WTI gains 10.6% in a week on Hormuz riskKpler put Gulf crude flows at about 8.5 million barrels a day over seven days, while Washington waived some sanctions on Russian energy exports.David MillerGlobal20 Oct 2026ArticleNasdaq falls 3.0% in a week as chip selloff hits CoreWeave and MicronTSMC guided fourth-quarter revenue to $52.3 billion to $54.3 billion on Oct. 15, while Strategy lost more than 9% on Oct. 16 over MSCI index rules.Daniel BrooksNorth America19 Oct 2026ArticleEuro gains 0.42% to 1.1253 on the dollar; sterling gains 0.45% on the euroECB reference rates show the euro, sterling and the yen firmer against the dollar from Oct. 9 to Oct. 16; Reuters had the dollar index heading for a 0.45% fall.Daniel BrooksGlobal19 Oct 2026ArticleUS inflation hits 3.7% as gasoline jumps 34.2%; IMF sees 2026 growth at 3.1%US consumer prices rose 3.7% in the year to September, retail sales gained 0.8% in the month and China's factory-gate prices climbed 5.0%, according to official data.Daniel BrooksGlobal18 Oct 2026ArticleBitcoin slips 1.3% to $81,960 as spot ETFs lose $228.4 million in a weekStrategy bought 250 bitcoin, and MSCI will publish on Nov. 11 its list of companies at risk of index removal after adopting new rules.Mary LaneGlobal18 Oct 2026ArticleBrent settles at $109.86, highest since May, as Gulf attacks lift oilWTI rose 10.4% to $101.41 in the week of Oct. 12-16, while the IEA and OPEC now differ by 2.8 million barrels a day on 2026 demand.David MillerGlobal16 Oct 2026ArticleKraken USDC vault gets Firelight cover with 30-day termsFirelight's cover is live on a USDC vault inside Kraken DeFi Earn, which holds more than $800 million in deposits, and the release gives no cover amount.—Global15 Oct 2026ArticleBinance bStocks top $1 billion in assets four months after launchRWA.xyz ranks the product first among tokenized-stock platforms, ahead of Ondo's $873.5 million, in a market it values at $3.27 billion.—Global