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Crypto for Advisors: Only 1 in 5 Americans say the financial system is secure
Mortgage Rates Today, Thursday, October 29: A Little Higher
TL;DR: Average mortgage interest rates are slightly higher today.
Bank of England opens consultation on tokenized collateral for clearing
Central counterparties would need to show tokenized collateral meets liquidity and risk tests under proposed Bank of England guidance.
Why Switzerland’s first genuine spot bitcoin ETF could soon attract overseas banks and brokers
SIX Swiss Exchange confirms international access, while FINMA explains why it approved the fund and whether ether and solana ETFs could follow.
Chainlink adds weekend pricing for tokenized assets, with Aave as launch partner
The service uses perpetual futures quotes to update reference prices when traditional markets close.
How £100 vanishes in minutes: inside the ‘slot farms’ targeted in the budget
John Healey has hit adult gaming centres with 25% tax. Undercover footage shows how they lure customersThe last of five £20 notes disappears into the slot machine as The Verve’s B…
‘You can’t trust the Reese’s logo’: The grandson of Reese’s inventor says Hershey’s 2027 recipe fix is ‘a stall’—and he’s igniting a family feud
Hershey says it will bring back the classic recipe in 2027. Brad Reese calls that a stall, but his cousins say he speaks for no one.
Mistral says its new model, Large 4, achieves ‘frontier’ performance among open models for agentic coding and cyber defense
The French startup says its new trillion-parameter model is the best open model built in the West, and is pitching it to businesses worried about losing access to closed AI.
Canton Foundation grants RedStone 15.8M Canton Coin for pricing standard
RedStone’s planned pricing tool will let institutions on Canton use shared market prices without exposing deal terms to data providers.
New quantum model slashes hardware needed to break bitcoin keys by 17 times
Alice & Bob's new model reduces the hardware required for a potential attack, bringing it closer to reality and increasing pressure to adopt quantum-resistant security sooner.
Healey’s budget paves way for ‘brutal’ spending review next year, warns IFS
Thinktank says chancellor has given himself a mountain to climb after ducking big decisions in low-key speechJohn Healey has paved the way for a “brutal” spending review next year…
DoorDash to buy Instacart for $17bn in major grocery delivery consolidation
Acquisition will supercharge DoorDash’s grocery delivery, ‘one of the hardest things to get right online’, CEO saysDoorDash is gobbling up Instacart in a $17bn acquisition that wi…
Island Energy: No plans to remove gas standing charge
The provider said any change would need support from the community, the regulator and government.
Walmart, Eli Lilly join growing pushback against OKX–ICE tokenized stock plans
Five more companies have objected, bringing the total to 38 as a rival Canton venue prepares to launch with an issuer-sponsored stock under the SEC's innovation exemption.
Private, fast USDT is coming to Bitcoin. Can it compete with Ethereum and Tron?
USDT is coming home to Bitcoin, offering privacy and Lightning-fast payments. But can Bitcoin’s revamped version of Tether compete with stablecoins on ETH and TRON?
Brazil’s Halloween eve crypto deadline brings more tricks than treats
Brazil’s crypto exchanges face an application deadline on Friday, with costly requirements and unanswered regulatory questions complicating compliance.
Minimum wage rise 'a massive blow' says farmer
Tristan Bennett voices his disappointment in the Budget, describing it as "a lot of tinkering".
Minimum wage increase accepted by minister
A recommendation to increase the minimum wage by 2.8% is agreed by Senator Elaine Millar.
China is now supporting more people over 65 than children under 15
The country’s population fell for a fourth consecutive year in 2025, dropping by 3.4 million people to 1.405 billion.
'Painful' years ahead, think tanks warn, as living standards set to fall
Budget forecasts show growth in living standards grinding almost to a halt.
US economy grows faster than expected in report out just ahead of elections
Growth is in sharp contrast to households’ assessment, reflected in Trump’s record-low approval ratingsThe US economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter as resilient…
Polygon Extends Its Stablecoin Payments Infrastructure to Solana
The expansion gives Solana businesses one integration to connect bank funding, embedded wallets, cross-chain transfers and global payouts, with cross-border firm Kira among the fi…
Current price of oil as of October 29, 2026
When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why.
Coconut Grove is Miami’s billionaire enclave, drawing Larry Page and Ken Griffin. Now luxury hotelier Raffles is building 35 homes there from $4.5M
In an exclusive announcement to Fortune, Raffles unveiled its first standalone residential building—35 waterfront homes in Miami’s most sought-after neighborhood for the ultraweal…