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Stock buybacks are now one of the biggest ways U.S. companies return cash to shareholders. S&P 500 companies spent a record $1.02 trillion on repurchases in the 12 months ending September 2025. That was up 11.1% from $918.4 billion a year earlier. Combined with dividends, companies returned a record $1.685 trillion to shareholders. The trend has carried into 2026. Nvidia approved a $150 billion buyback expansion in September 2026, and General Motors announced a new $20 billion program in October 2026. An authorization is not the same as actual spending. A company can approve $100 billion in future purchases, then…

TLDR Bybit secured a full Dubai VASP license covering spot cryptocurrency trading services. The exchange plans to expand into derivatives trading but must first obtain separate VARA approval. Bybit reported five additional licenses and regulatory approvals across international markets during 2026. Dubai continues licensing digital asset firms, with Kraken’s parent Payward receiving full regulatory approval. Bybit announced on October 22 that its Dubai unit, Bybit Fintech FZE, received a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license for spot trading. Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) has not approved the exchange for derivatives. Bybit Eyes Derivatives After Spot License The full approval…

TLDR: HSBC RedCoin stablecoin starts a phased rollout on October 23, bringing peer-to-peer transfers and merchant payments to PayMe’s 3.3 million users. PayMe users can activate wallets after updating the app, without opening another account or keeping a minimum balance; full access is expected before the weekend. HSBC plans to add RedCoin to its Hong Kong mobile banking app by year-end, enabling tokenized money market fund subscriptions starting at HK$100. Tokenized gold and third-party funds are planned for a later stage, after HSBC received its Hong Kong stablecoin issuer license in April 2026. HSBC RedCoin stablecoin is rolling out to…

Open source AI models are now part of everyday software work. Developers download them, build on them and run them on their own hardware. Several groups try to count that activity, and their numbers do not always match. This article puts the main figures side by side. It covers downloads, token use, regional shifts, costs, developer surveys and company funding. Each figure comes with its source, its date and what it counts. One point applies to all of them. A download is a file request, not a person. A token count measures work done, not copies made. Most open models…

Cronos says v1.8 delivers about 20% faster blocks and up to 66% higher throughput. Neither number appears in the official v1.8 blog post or release notes. Both come from a September social media post and were based on simulations.Today, the upgrade is scheduled to move those claims onto a live chain, and Cronos’s own explorer shows why only one of them can be checked. On upgrade day, about three out of four Cronos blocks contain no transactions. A throughput gain has nothing to show up in when the blocks are mostly empty.Cronos v1.8 Reaches Mainnet With Parallel Execution Built InThe…

Webull plans to put Kalshi’s regulated perpetual futures in front of eligible American brokerage customers in November. The contract never expires, but funding, margin and a separate clearinghouse still determine what a position costs and when it closes. Summary Webull announced an initial November rollout on October 20, 2026. The CFTC approved Kalshi’s BTCPERP contract on May 29. Kalshi says funding adjustments occur 3 times each day in its app. Webull expects wider access before the end of 2026. The initial lineup includes Bitcoin and selected crypto assets, subject to listing requirements. Webull has announced plans to offer Bitcoin and…

Chinese prosecutors have moved to confiscate more than 61,800 Bitcoin and other assets linked to a 40.38 billion yuan ($5.7 billion) investment fraud involving Qian Zhimin, who is currently serving a prison sentence in the UK. Summary Chinese prosecutors have moved to confiscate more than 61,800 Bitcoin linked to a $5.7 billion investment fraud involving over 102,000 investors. The assets are tied to Qian Zhimin, who fled China in 2017 and was later sentenced to 11 years and eight months in prison in the UK. A Chinese court has given victims and other interested parties six months to participate in…

Crypto platforms Celsius and Voyager Digital filed for bankruptcy in July 2022. Both froze customer accounts first, which left users unable to reach their assets. The filings raised a basic question. If an exchange fails, what happens to the crypto people had stored on it? This article uses the figures reported by CNBC in July 2022 to lay out the facts. It covers the debts involved, the protections that exist for bank and broker customers, and where crypto users stand when a platform fails. The short answer from legal experts is that recovery is slow and often partial. The sections…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure MicroStrategy jest największym korporacyjnym posiadaczem Bitcoina, który w portfelu ma ponad 640 tys. BTC. Teraz spółka otrzymała od Amerykańskiego Departamentu Skarbu dużą ulgę, dzięki czemu uniknie podatku o wartości ponad 2 mld USD. Nic dziwnego, że ulga podatkowa MicroStrategy miała wpływ na kurs akcji, który urósł o blisko 5%. MicroStrategy jest największym bezpośrednim beneficjentem nowych interpretacji, ale decyzja jest ważna dla całego rynku krypto. W dalszej perspektywie może zostać rozszerzona o spółki inwestujące w altcoiny, zwłaszcza że już teraz są firmy gromadzące aktywa w takich kryptowalutach. Dobrym przykładem…

Key TakeawaysMEXC began winding down accounts for users in Russia and Belarus on Oct. 20, citing compliance.The EU’s 20th sanctions package banned crypto deals with Russian and Belarusian providers from May 24, 2026.Russia’s central bank keeps peer-to-peer crypto trades legal only until July 1, 2027, narrowing exits further. Four Paragraphs but No Clear Reason The notice was posted late yesterday and states: [Affected users] will receive individual notifications outlining the applicable timelines and procedures for closing positions and withdrawing assets. It further adds that anyone who gets no message can keep trading as normal while naming no regulator, no deadline,…