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• Polymarket briefly halts international trading after a third-party breach drains user accounts

  The prediction market says a compromised third-party provider was to blame and it will fully reimburse affected traders. Trading was back after nearly an hour.

  Crypto · Oct 30, 2026, 1:25 AM EDT · Jennifer Walsh

• DoorDash agrees to pay $65 a share for Instacart in a $17 billion deal

  The deal is at least 75% cash and values Instacart at about $17 billion. Closing isn't expected until the end of 2027 or the first half of 2028.

  Equities · Oct 30, 2026, 1:10 AM EDT · Marcus Rodriguez

• Amazon's cloud has its fastest growth in nearly five years, but the company still misses estimates

  AWS grew 39%, but Amazon fell short on earnings and revenue. Sandisk beat and announced an 8-for-1 split, and Starbucks' U.S. comparable sales topped estimates while its revenue missed.

  Equities · Oct 30, 2026, 12:50 AM EDT · Marcus Rodriguez

• Intel shares tumble after a weak forecast hit by the PC slowdown and an Israel fab blast

  Revenue rose 21% and data center sales jumped 78%, but Intel guided fourth-quarter revenue below estimates and its finance chief said a deadly fab explosion in Israel will cut about $300 million from fourth-quarter revenue.

  Equities · Oct 30, 2026, 12:40 AM EDT · Marcus Rodriguez

• NYSE owner ICE plans a US market for Hyperliquid-based perpetual futures

  ICE would run a new regulated retail market and clearing structure for Trade[XYZ]'s perps and make a strategic investment in the company. The market needs CFTC and other approvals, and no launch date has been set.

  Crypto · Oct 30, 2026, 12:20 AM EDT · Jennifer Walsh

• Lagarde will leave the ECB in February, nearly nine months early

  The ECB president said she wants the freedom to speak on matters beyond monetary policy. Her successor will be picked by EU leaders.

  Macro · Oct 30, 2026, 12:10 AM EDT · James Mitchell

• Upwind reportedly rejects Datadog's offer because it only matched what its VCs said it was worth

  Datadog reportedly offered no premium over the price Upwind's own venture backers had just set. So the backers invested at it instead.

  Exclusive · Oct 29, 2026, 11:35 PM EDT · Connor O'Brien

• Joshua Kushner's Thrive Holdings agrees to acquire ADT for $7.6 billion in cash

  ADT holders would get $10.00 a share in cash. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2027, and ADT can seek rival offers until Nov. 28.

  Equities · Oct 29, 2026, 11:17 PM EDT · Marcus Rodriguez

• GE Vernova's orders nearly double as it raises its 2026 outlook

  Orders rose 96% to $29.3 billion and the backlog reached $197 billion as the power-equipment maker beat estimates and lifted its forecasts for the year.

  Equities · Oct 29, 2026, 5:45 PM EDT · Marcus Rodriguez

• Warren presses Anthropic on the ‘existential’ AI risks in its own IPO filing

  The Senate Banking Committee's top Democrat sent Dario Amodei 10 multipart questions on safety and market risk, citing the risk factors in Anthropic's S-1.

  Politics · Oct 29, 2026, 5:35 PM EDT · James Mitchell

• Frontier's 71% fare jump shows what 'budget' means once Spirit is gone

  Frontier's fare revenue per passenger jumped from $39.74 to $67.82 and passengers still rose 18%. Fuel is a real excuse, but the quarter shows a budget airline finding pricing power.

  Opinion · Oct 28, 2026, 1:25 PM EDT · Connor O'Brien

• DTCC's tokenization service goes live with JPMorgan, Citi and Morgan Stanley signed up

  The Depository Trust Company launched a service that creates tokens representing securities it holds on the Canton Network and its private Besu chain, with 20 firms signed up and 34 securities eligible at launch.

  Crypto · Oct 28, 2026, 12:10 PM EDT · Jennifer Walsh

• Boston Scientific cuts its 2026 outlook and sees Q4 sales falling after its August cyberattack

  The medical device maker lowered its full-year profit and sales forecasts and now expects fourth-quarter revenue to shrink by about 1% to 3%.

  Equities · Oct 28, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT · Marcus Rodriguez

• GE Vernova agrees to buy grid equipment maker Trench Group for $9 billion

  GE Vernova is buying the high-voltage grid equipment supplier from Triton Partners, expecting to fund it equally with cash and debt, with closing expected in late 2027.

  Equities · Oct 28, 2026, 11:35 AM EDT · Marcus Rodriguez

• The most US-aligned countries cut Treasury buying by more than 60% through August, Bloomberg finds

  Bloomberg counts $174.3 billion of net Treasury buying by the most US-aligned countries from January to August, the least since 2021, with Asia leading the pullback as Japan's buying all but stopped and South Korea and Taiwan sold.

  Macro · Oct 28, 2026, 11:20 AM EDT · James Mitchell

• As its $1 deal ends, Anthropic gives government buyers 40% off Claude

  A new OneGov agreement with the GSA bills government buyers for the Claude tokens they use, at a 40% discount, and opens the deal to state and local governments.

  Startups · Oct 28, 2026, 11:10 AM EDT · Robert Harrison

• Nelson Peltz's Trian offers to buy Wendy's for $1.4 billion, the Journal reports

  The report comes after Reuters said in August that Trian, a longtime holder of about 16% of the burger chain, had no plans to bid at the time.

  Equities · Oct 28, 2026, 10:30 AM EDT · Marcus Rodriguez

• US military tells ships with no need to be near Hormuz to stay well clear

  A US Navy notice shared by maritime authorities on Oct. 28 says neutral ships may be questioned and searched under the blockade of Iran and should plan extra time, while traffic is already far below normal.

  Macro · Oct 28, 2026, 10:10 AM EDT · James Mitchell

• CFTC is reportedly probing Polymarket again over US users on its offshore platform

  The probe, part of a broader CFTC inquiry opened this year, is examining Polymarket's location controls and US advertising, according to people familiar with the matter. The CFTC and Polymarket declined to comment to Reuters.

  Crypto · Oct 27, 2026, 9:45 PM EDT · Jennifer Walsh

• Boeing slides almost 11% on earnings day while SoFi jumps 13%

  Boeing posted a core loss of 34 cents a share, SoFi grew members 35%, Robinhood missed profit estimates and JetBlue's shares jumped. Here's Tuesday's earnings roundup.

  Equities · Oct 27, 2026, 6:45 PM EDT · Marcus Rodriguez

• Disruptive's new $10 billion fund is built for about 10 very big bets

  The Dallas firm behind Groq and ElevenLabs says it will back approximately 10 growth and late-stage companies with up to $1 billion each, using money from investors it already knows.

  Startups · Oct 27, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT · Robert Harrison

• Whirlpool fixes falling demand with its favorite appliance: the price increase

  Whirlpool now expects a full-year 2026 GAAP loss of $4.95 a share, down from August's guidance of $2.25 to $2.75 a share in GAAP earnings. Its plan: a 7% price increase in North America and up to 10% in Latin America.

  Exclusive · Oct 27, 2026, 3:45 PM EDT · Connor O'Brien

• CFTC sues Utah, saying the state is trying to shut down prediction markets

  The agency says federal law preempts Utah's efforts against CFTC-registered exchanges. The court has yet to weigh in, and Utah won an earlier round against Kalshi.

  Politics · Oct 27, 2026, 2:20 PM EDT · James Mitchell

• Intel says it plans to expand Xeon computing on Oracle's cloud

  Intel announced the planned multiyear collaboration on X, the same day Oracle said it is expanding its Nvidia deal, adding Google and Cerebras offerings and planning to offer Intel-backed SambaNova chips.

  Equities · Oct 27, 2026, 1:55 PM EDT · Marcus Rodriguez

• GM's move to Nasdaq changes its address, not its business

  General Motors is expected to trade on Nasdaq from Nov. 17 and gains eligibility for the Nasdaq-100. Index access is real, but a listing venue doesn't make a carmaker a tech company.

  Opinion · Oct 27, 2026, 1:25 PM EDT · Connor O'Brien

• Consumer confidence jumps to 91.7, but the long-term trend is still down, Conference Board says

  The Conference Board's index rose 7.5 points to 91.7, well above the 81.0 economists expected, per investingLive. The figures are preliminary, and September was revised up.

  Macro · Oct 27, 2026, 11:50 AM EDT · James Mitchell

• AMD will put $1 billion into Meta's stock offering as its Helios racks go into testing at Meta

  AMD says its Helios systems are installed and being tested at Meta ahead of an expected broader rollout, and it will invest $1 billion in Meta's equity offering.

  Equities · Oct 27, 2026, 11:30 AM EDT · Marcus Rodriguez

• Robinhood taps Ripple for stablecoin settlement and its own treasury

  RLUSD is live now on Robinhood Chain and Bitstamp and is expected in the Robinhood app later this year, while Robinhood will integrate Ripple Treasury into its own treasury operations.

  Crypto · Oct 27, 2026, 10:45 AM EDT · Jennifer Walsh

• A $63 billion deal to lease Broadcom chips to Anthropic leans on Broadcom's backing

  Bank of America, Citi, Morgan Stanley and Blackstone will fund a vehicle that buys Broadcom AI chips and leases them to Anthropic. Broadcom backs the senior debt, with peak exposure it puts at $43 billion.

  Equities · Oct 27, 2026, 6:50 AM EDT · Robert Harrison

• Fire near Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura oil hub is reportedly contained after an attack in the region

  A blaze near Ras Tanura was contained hours after it broke out, Türkiye Today reported. Bloomberg said how much damage it did is still unclear.

  Macro · Oct 27, 2026, 6:40 AM EDT · James Mitchell