Business News
- Trump wants South Korea in on Alaska LNG. Here’s why Seoul is cautious
South Korea remains cautious on Alaska LNG amid concerns over its high costs and commercial risks.
- Big Pharma turns to China for new drugs as patent cliff drives multibillion-dollar deals
Western biopharma companies are increasingly turning to China to source innovation, as pharma's dreaded "patent cliff" draws closer.
- My mortgage is a problem for the Fed, and for America
Homeowners like me are staying put, the market is frozen and affordability is as ugly as it was in the housing bubble
- Burger King is betting on local franchisees to fuel its U.S. comeback
Burger King is refranchising hundreds of its company-owned restaurants as part of its turnaround, while prioritizing local operators.
- Google has been playing catch up with OpenAI and Anthropic. Does its new flagship model really compete at the frontier?
Google has been trailing OpenAI and Anthropic for much of 2026, analysts say Gemini 4 puts it back in the frontier AI conversation.
- Diesel falls sharply as EU considers releasing 50mn barrels under pressure from Trump
US president has threatened to ban US exports of the fuel if the continent does not unlock reserves
Cryptocurrency News
- Bitcoin treasuries may struggle to match Strategy, says Ammous
Strategy’s scale and cash reserves give it an edge over treasury rivals, according to Saifedean Ammous, author of “The Bitcoin Standard.”
- Bitcoin reaches for $87K as short liquidations top $120M
Bitcoin buyers broke through a wall of ask liquidity to reach new October BTC price highs near $87,800, with the area immediately above now a new resistance hurdle.
- Aave founder says V3 unaffected after third-party adapter exploit drains $305K
Aave founder Stani Kulechov said Aave v3 was unaffected after an attacker exploited a third-party adapter to drain about $305,000 from two Safe multisig wallets.
- Porsche’s ‘long haul’ Web3 project ends in less than four years
Porsche is winding down its Web3 project and Pioneers Circle community as trading activity in its 911 NFT collection falls sharply from early levels.
- Bitcoin ETFs kick off ‘Uptober’ with $103M inflow
Bitcoin ETFs returned to inflows with $103 million, while Ether funds recorded a third straight day of net outflows.
- Zano exploiter minted more than a quadrillion fUSD before blockchain rollback
The unauthorized coins were indistinguishable from legitimate ZANO, leaving the team unable to remove them without rolling back the blockchain.
- Core Lightning warns attackers are targeting unpatched nodes
Node operators running version 26.06.7 or earlier were told to upgrade immediately.
- Bitcoin fights for local uptrend as US bond yields drop from new 24-year highs
US bond yields fell sharply around Thursday’s Wall Street open as Bitcoin price action sought to preserve a local trend of higher lows.










