Robinhood Markets, Inc.

MARA Holdings, Inc.

Circle Internet Group

Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency by capitalization, rose in <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BTC-USD/">value </a>by more than 2% on Monday and once again broke the $110,000 per coin mark, at one point reaching $111,000. Investor optimism was fueled by a <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/japan-banks-may-soon-hold-021428639.html">report</a> that Japan's top financial regulator is considering rule changes that would allow the country's banks to store bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, Yahoo Finance<a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-rises-25-retakes-111000-leading-crypto-stocks-higher-as-markets-stabilize-after-october-sell-off-162353733.html"> explains</a>. This indicates growing institutional acceptance of the sector, the portal believes.

The bitcoin price has once again crossed the $110,000 mark. That's still 12% below the peak

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Micron Technology, Inc.

PayPal Holdings, Inc.

Meta Platforms is preparing the largest private equity deal in history - nearly $30 billion to deploy a Hyperion data center in Louisiana. New York State approved the construction of a power line for Micron's $100 billion megafactory, which is expected to produce a quarter of all U.S. chips by 2030. These and other topics - in our review of key events by the morning of October 17.

The main thing for the morning: new megaprojects of Meta and Micron and a $300 trillion mistake

An unsecured cryptocurrency survived for 30 minutes

PayPal partner mistakenly issued $300 trillion worth of stablecoins. What's the risk to the industry?

Since the beginning of 2025, gold has risen in price by about 60%, while bitcoin has added about 20%

"Gold is the new bitcoin": Yardeni expects the precious metal to rise to $10,000 in four years

Strategy Inc

The new cryptocurrency purchase cost the largest bitcoin holder an average of $123.6k per coin

Strategy resumes bitcoin shopping at a record price. Where did the company get the money from?

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

LG Corp.

Silver broke through an all-time high of $53 an ounce amid liquidity shortages in London and investors fleeing to safe-haven assets. Samsung posted its biggest profit in three years thanks to hype around AI chips. LG Electronics India shares jumped 50% on the first day of trading after a record offering. These and other topics - in our review of key events by the morning of October 14.

Highlights for the morning: silver on the cusp, Samsung's record profits and LG's debut in India 

U.S. stock index futures recovered some of their losses after Donald Trump softened his rhetoric on China, writing that relations with Beijing "will be fine." His statements followed an escalation of the trade conflict on Friday, when a threat to impose a new duty of 100% on imports from China triggered the worst sell-off on US exchanges since April and a massive collapse in the cryptocurrency market. On Monday, Asian markets opened trading with a crash, but cryptocurrencies and oil are recovering. What is happening in the markets - in our review of key events by the morning of October 13.

Main points for the morning: collapse in Asia, rebound in the US, oil and cryptocurrencies recovering from the fall

US President Donald Trump's decision to impose additional duties on Chinese goods at a rate of 100% triggered a massive sell-off in the crypto market.


'Biggest liquidation': Trump has brought down the crypto market with new duties against China

Coinbase Global, Inc.

Bitcoin is not an asset class, says Hargreaves Lansdown

Cryptocurrencies have no place in a portfolio, says Britain's premier investment platform. Why?

S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices Group, which manages the S&amp;P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average benchmarks, has announced the launch of a new crypto index, the S&amp;P Digital Markets 50, Barron's<a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/new-crypto-index-digital-markets-50-92099f69?mod=RTA"> reports</a>. It will include 15 leading cryptocurrencies with a capitalization of $300 million or more, as well as 35 stocks - companies working in the field of crypto operations, blockchain technology and related areas, with a market value above $100 million. The full list of participants has not yet been disclosed.

S&amp;P is launching a new crypto index. It will include 35 companies and 15 currencies

At current gold prices, bitcoin should be worth $644k by 2028, according to VanEck

Bitcoin traders target $140k after record rally - Bloomberg

Gemini Space Station, Inc.

Since its IPO last month, the cryptocurrency company's securities have fallen in price by nearly 10%

Crypto Exchange