🚨This week's key events are going to be BIG. It's FED week. The Fed HIKED last month, and on Wednesday it decides again, a day before headline PCE inflation is expected to come in at 3.6%, nearly DOUBLE its 2% target. Then Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon, worth over $10 TRILLION combined, all report earnings within 30 hours. Coinbase and Strategy report Thursday too, and about $11 BILLION in Bitcoin options expire Friday. Tuesday, Oct 27 - Consumer confidence, 10am ET - Israel's election - Robinhood $HOOD earnings Wednesday, Oct 28 - Fed rate decision, 2pm ET - Fed press conference, 2:30pm ET - Alphabet $GOOGL and Microsoft $MSFT earnings Thursday, Oct 29 - Q3 GDP and September PCE inflation, 8:30am ET - ECB rate decision - Amazon $AMZN, Coinbase $COIN and Strategy $MSTR earnings Friday, Oct 30 - Bank of Japan rate decision - About $11 BILLION in Bitcoin options expire on Deribit, 4am ET Markets price a 90% chance the Fed holds, per CME FedWatch. A hotter PCE print would raise December hike odds, and a cooler one would lower them.

JUST IN: Brent crude drops nearly -7% on reports Trump declined Netanyahu’s request for joint strikes in Iran before Israel’s election. Israel votes tomorrow, Oct 27, with Trump endorsing Netanyahu as a “Great Warrior Prime Minister.”

BREAKING: $1.8T Franklin Templeton is set to launch ETFs that turn earnings into Bitcoin. The funds will hold US stocks, but instead of paying dividends to investors, they will use that cash to buy BTC-linked products. This is the latest addition to a growing list of ways to get Bitcoin exposure WITHOUT buying BTC directly: 1. Spot Bitcoin ETFs - Funds like BlackRock's IBIT hold real Bitcoin and track its price. You buy them like any stock. 2. Bitcoin futures ETFs - These track Bitcoin through futures contracts and don't hold any actual Bitcoin. 3. Bitcoin treasury companies - Firms like Strategy (MSTR) hold Bitcoin on their balance sheets. Their shares often move with Bitcoin's price. 4. Bitcoin miners - Companies that mine Bitcoin. Their profits rise and fall with its price. 5. Bitcoin income ETFs - These hold Bitcoin exposure and sell options on it to pay investors monthly income. 6. Crypto company stocks - Exchanges like Coinbase earn more when crypto activity rises 7. And now, dividend-to-Bitcoin ETFs - You own US stocks, and your dividends slowly build Bitcoin exposure. With exposure, you benefit when Bitcoin's price goes up, without holding any actual coins. Wall Street is now making BTC easier to access than ever.

⚠️ PRIVACY CONCERN: A bug bounty hunter finds Samsung TVs contains an “always-on” mic function and an AI that tracks viewing habits and skipped ads. The independent researcher 'log4j' found a privacy horror where he gained administrator access to his 2025 Samsung TV and uncovered screenshot capture, audio classification, geolocation, network mapping and its access to a connected soundbar’s microphone. He also raised concerns about Samsung’s roughly 400 partners and say OpenAI subsequently banned their account for “Cyber Abuse.” The claims remain unverified, yet the evidence is quite substantial. Samsung says its viewing-recognition feature requires consent.

🚨HUGE: CZ confirms BNB Chain plans for a NEW parallel high-speed Layer 1. The EVM-compatible network will run alongside BNB Smart Chain, connected through a native bridge, using BNB for gas, staking and governance. CZ summed up the approach: “Multiple chains, one coins.” It targets 200-millisecond blocks and 20-millisecond pre-confirmations, aiming to support high-frequency trading and real-time payments. Planned features include native account abstraction and onchain privacy pools. An internal multi-validator devnet is already running, with public testnet targeted for late 2026 and mainnet for early 2027.

⚠️ ALERT: BloomTrading Bot users report nearly $1 MILLION in wallet drains, with 9,408 SOL traced to a suspected attacker wallet. Reports identify roughly 49 victims, with the largest individual loss reaching 1,636 SOL, worth about $166,000. Total losses could be higher as more affected wallets emerge. Victims report losses from wallets whose private keys were imported into the trading bot, while USDC reportedly remained untouched in several cases. BloomTrading’s team is reportedly investigating and has paused some services. Users are being urged to move remaining assets to fresh wallets, disconnecting alone won’t protect funds if a private key has been compromised.

🇧🇷 BREAKING: Brazil’s markets CRASH -20% as socialist candidate Lula Da Silva defeats Flavio Bolsonaro to secure a historic fourth Presidential term. The iShares MSCI Brazil ETF plunged nearly 20% in overnight trading, as investors reacted to Lula da Silva’s shock runoff victory over Flávio Bolsonaro. Lula secured roughly 51.8% of the vote in an unprecedented comeback after finishing second in the first round. Markets had been pricing in a potential shift toward tighter fiscal policy under Bolsonaro. The selloff reflects fears over Brazil’s fiscal outlook, government spending and debt, with investors now watching Lula’s economic policy signals closely.

⚡️UPDATE: Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX confirms a $16 MILLION theft just days after its CEO dismissed breach reports as a "false alarm." The exchange says user deposits accumulated in vulnerable wallets retired after its $44 MILLION hack in July 2025 when an automated fund-transfer system failed. The admission brings losses from the two incidents to nearly $60 MILLION. CoinDCX says it will cover the latest loss and that user funds remain safe. Onchain investigator ZachXBT, who challenged the initial denials, has urged customers to withdraw their assets.

🚨BREAKING: The U.S. orders non-emergency government employees and their families to LEAVE Saudi Arabia amid escalating missile and drone attacks by Iranian-backed Houthis. In an October 25 security alert, the U.S. Embassy warns that attacks on civilian airports and critical infrastructure have caused casualties and major travel disruptions, with hostilities potentially escalating RAPIDLY. Where Things Stand: - Riyadh Airport partially reopened on October 25 with limited flights. - Jeddah and Dammam airports remain operational, with delays and cancellations. - U.S. government personnel must obtain special authorization to use ANY airport in Saudi Arabia. The U.S. urges citizens to exercise EXTREME CAUTION when using Saudi airports as the regional conflict intensifies.

🚨Iran's oil reserves in Asia have RUN DRY. Trump says the U.S. oil firms are making a FORTUNE as Iran's Asian oil stockpiles PLUMMET with $25 BILLION in revenue blocked. According to Kpler, per WSJ, Iran's offshore crude stockpiles in Asia have been "completely exhausted" following months of U.S. naval blockade. Here's where things stand: - Iran holds the world's THIRD-LARGEST proven oil reserves at roughly 208.6 BILLION barrels. - Its overseas floating stockpiles plunged from 135 MILLION barrels at the start of the war to effectively ZERO by mid-October. - Oil sales account for 30% to 40% of Iran's government revenue, making the blockade a major financial blow. - Iran's crude production has fallen roughly 40%, from 3.26 MILLION barrels per day in 2025 to 1.96 MILLION in September 2026. Kpler warns Iran's oil and condensate export revenue could fall to ZERO by mid-December if the blockade continues. Meanwhile, Brent crude remains above $110 per barrel, benefiting some U.S. oil producers while raising fuel costs for American consumers. Iran remains one of the world's most oil-rich nations, but its access to global markets is shrinking as Washington increases economic pressure on Tehran.

⚡️UPDATE: President Donald Trump says the U.S. will NOT attack Iran today, October 25. “There will not be a strike today,” Trump told reporters outside the White House. Tensions remain HIGH ahead of Israel's October 27 election, with Iranian officials reportedly telling the New York Times that Tehran is preparing attacks on U.S. diplomats and personnel. Meanwhile, Brent crude remains BELOW $110 per barrel as fears of further conflict and oil supply disruptions continue. Trump has not ruled out future strikes.

Big Short's Michael Burry is preparing for the next bear market. He just found something that's only happened once before, at the peak of the dot-com bubble. Of 982 S&P 500 record closes since 1980, he says October 6, 2026 and March 2000 were the two narrowest. In March 2000, at the dot-com top, only 18% of S&P 500 stocks were within 10% of their 10-year highs. Back then, 71% of its stocks were already in bear markets, down more than 20%. Just 15 stocks closed at new highs that day. Over the next year, the stocks near their highs lost about a third of their value, while the beaten-down stocks went up. The S&P 500 went on to fall 49% by October 2002. Now, on October 6, 2026, only 19% of S&P 500 stocks were within 10% of their 10-year highs as the index hit a record. More than HALF (55%) were already in bear markets. And just 15 closed at new highs, the same as in 2000, per Benzinga. Reuters found the median S&P 500 stock was up barely 4% this year, even as the index rallied 14% to records. His base case is that the market fails in a way that lifts the beaten-down stocks, per Stocktwits. In his view, Big Tech, except Apple, is spending on AI as if its life depended on it. He's also hearing signs of strain in private equity and private credit, which help fund the AI buildout. If this is 2000 all over again, Burry sees today's beaten-down stocks as a possible haven, even if the bear market lasts years.

🚨SHOCKING: Bitcoin (-7.3%) and Gold (-7.5%) are the TWO WORST performing major asset classes so far in 2026. This is a HISTORIC FIRST, per Chief Market Strategist Charlie Billelo at Creative Planning. Yet, since 2011, $BTC has delivered the HIGHEST annualized return among tracked assets at 120.6%, while Gold has returned 6.3% annually. Gold also surged 63.7% in 2025, making its current decline a sharp reversal. Despite their strong long-term performance, both assets are now trailing stocks, bonds and even cash in 2026.

🔥Palantir CEO Alex Karp: “Once you tax me, everybody is going to be taxed.” Karp says a wealth tax on billionaires like him would eventually reach anyone with “a net worth of a million dollars.” The Palantir CEO warns it “extends the surveillance state,” because tracking everyone’s net worth would need a product that sees “all of their assets in real time.”

🇺🇸 JUST IN: Senator Lummis says Democrats voted against the CLARITY Act rules they wrote to protect retail investors. The Wyoming senator says Democrats asked to cut the bill’s annual Regulation Crypto fundraising cap from $75 million to $50 million and add a $200 million lifetime limit. “We agreed to both and included them in the Clarity Act.” The bill failed a key Senate procedural vote on September 15.

🚨JUST IN: Elon Musk says X is "adding long press on like to send someone $1 via X Money." Would you pay $1 for a post?

🇷🇺🇺🇸JUST IN: Russia says it’s ready to supply the US with ANY volume of diesel. Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told state TV that partners can take as much as they want from the diesel Russia exports. Three tankers of Russian diesel are already headed to North America, Novak said on Friday. The first is carrying about 40,000 tonnes to New York, per Reuters. Meanwhile, US diesel now averages $6.35 a gallon, up 74% from a year ago, per AAA.

🇸🇪 TOMORROW: Sweden’s government officially blocks ChatGPT and Claude on staff computers. In an email to SVT, the government confirmed the block takes effect October 26. Staff are being directed to Microsoft’s Copilot instead, an approved tool whose security the government tightened after a review. The government’s digitalisation director said using AI services without a contract could have consequences for information security. Some staff will still reach ChatGPT and Claude through a separate internal AI platform. Sweden’s Tax Agency has already brought in similar blocks. The government had already restricted China’s DeepSeek, per Sveriges Radio.

🇰🇷JUST IN: South Korea could DELAY its 22% crypto tax for the FOURTH time, likely to 2029. A bill from the ruling Democratic Party would push the start date back from January 2027. It says Korean exchange users would be hit hardest, since authorities can't see trades on foreign platforms until global crypto tax data sharing starts. Officially, the tax still starts in January 2027, and the presidential office said today a delay is under review but nothing has been decided. If it passes, a tax first due in 2022 will have been pushed back SEVEN years.