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Interactive Brokers launched Ethereum staking for eligible clients on October 13, 2026. Its official announcement identifies zerohash as the service provider, with rewards added to the staked cryptocurrency balance. Clients access the service through the broker’s portal, but rewards still originate from network activity.The launch brings a function associated with crypto services into a multi-asset brokerage environment. ETH holders do not need to operate their own validator to use the service.

Samsung Electronics confirmed record Q3 2026 results on October 29: revenue of ₩195.3 trillion and operating profit of ₩107.4 trillion, the first time a technology company has earned more than ₩100 trillion in a single quarter.Its chip division, Device Solutions, produced ₩106.5 trillion of that profit, while the phone, TV and appliance businesses swung to a combined ₩0.8 trillion loss.Samsung also declared a ₩30 trillion Q3 dividend and said its 2027 HBM supply is already sold out.Shares still

The Federal Reserve kept its target range at 3.75% to 4.00% on October 28, 2026, pausing six weeks after its September hike.Two officials, Governor Lisa Cook and Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack, dissented in favor of another quarter-point increase.Markets now see a December hike as likely: CME FedWatch priced an 85.0% chance after the close, up from 78.3% a day earlier, Reuters reported.The S&P 500 rose 0.28% and the Nasdaq Composite 0.27%, and on MEXC the bigger moves in QQQ and SPY contra

Alphabet reported Q3 2026 revenue of $127.58 billion on October 28, up 25% from a year earlier, as Google Cloud revenue more than doubled to $30.71 billion.Diluted EPS fell to $2.12 from $2.87, and free cash flow turned negative at $9.07 billion after capital expenditures more than doubled to $51.36 billion.Shares fell about 10% in extended trading, Reuters reported, as investors weighed slower search growth against the cost of the AI buildout.On MEXC, the GOOGLUSDT perpetual contract dropped 8.

Microsoft reported fiscal Q1 2027 revenue of $92.28 billion on October 28, up 19% from a year earlier and ahead of the $90.69 billion LSEG estimate.Azure revenue rose 48% to $33.17 billion, the first time Microsoft has disclosed the figure in dollars, and the company guided to 49% to 50% Azure growth next quarter.Shares rose about 4% in extended trading, CNBC reported, as capex came in below expectations and free cash flow beat.On MEXC, the MSFTUSDT perpetual contract rose 2.7% in the first hour

Overview The Bureau of Economic Analysis publishes the September personal income and outlays report, which contains the PCE price index, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern on October 29, corresponding to 20:30 Singapore time the same day. The advance estimate of third-quarter gross domestic product releases at the same moment. Neither had been published as of this article's verification point. This release carries an unusual sequencing problem. The Federal Open Market Committee published its decision at 2:00

Overview The Census Bureau reported on October 27 that September new orders for durable goods rose 1.8% to $345.4 billion, the sixth increase in seven months, against a market expectation of 0.6%. That headline is almost entirely an aircraft story. Transportation equipment orders rose 4.6%, an increase of $5.2 billion, while the total increase derived from the published figures comes to roughly $6.1 billion. Transportation equipment alone accounted for roughly 85% of the total gain. Excluding tr

Overview The Conference Board reported on October 27 that its October Consumer Confidence Index rose to 91.7 (1985=100), up 7.5 points from a revised September reading of 84.2. Economists had expected the index to fall to somewhere between 80.4 and 81.0, putting the actual result roughly 11 points above forecast. Within the same report, however, every forward-looking measure of purchase intention declined. On a six-month moving average basis, plans to buy autos and homes both slipped, planne

Key TakeawaysEthereum's Glamsterdam upgrade was set to go live on the Hoodi testnet on October 26, 2026, at 17:42:48 UTC, but developers postponed it on October 22.The delay came after security firm ChainSecurity warned that EIP-8037, a gas repricing change, could let attackers grief some existing smart contracts. It found 13 potentially affected contracts on mainnet.No new Hoodi date has been set, and the planned increase in Hoodi's gas limit to 200 million was also removed.Early December mainn

Key TakeawaysAbout $178.7 million in tokens are scheduled to unlock from October 26 to November 1, 2026, according to DefiLlama, including $72.9 million in one-time cliff unlocks. That is lighter than last week.Falcon Finance (FF) leads the cliff unlocks with about 211 million tokens worth roughly $20.7 million on October 29, equal to about 6.6% of its circulating supply.GateToken (GT) releases about $65.4 million worth of tokens on October 26, but that is only about 0.5% of its total supply.Col