Brent Climbs to $110 as Attacks Threaten Global Oil Flows
Brent settled at $109.86 a barrel, while U.S. crude ended at $101.41. At least nine ships have been attacked near Hormuz since Sunday.
Day: October 17, 2026
Tokenized-Equity Value Reaches $3.8 Billion as DEX Volume Falls
Tokenized-equity market value for the week of Oct. 5 was 5.8 times its level for the week of Jan. 5. Weekly spot DEX trading remained about 65% below its Aug. 31 high.
Claude Traces Five NIST Curve Seeds to a Timestamped 1990s Generator
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) prime-curve seeds matched `lrand48` output, while several base-point origins and the B-163 seed remain unresolved.
WaFd Projects 29% 2027 EPS Accretion From Proposed EverBank Merger
The companies also project about a 15% return on tangible common equity for the combined bank. They target an early 2027 close, subject to approvals and other conditions.
‘Wow, it’s a real discovery’: Claude cracks a 25-year NSA number mystery
Numbers the spy agency handed over in the 1990s, long suspected of hiding a backdoor, turn out to have come from a basic computer program. Bitcoin was never on that list, and its quantum problem hasn’t gone anywhere.
Pharaoh Exchange Accounts for 74.9% of Avalanche DEX Volume
Two linked wallet clusters generated 65% of Avalanche DEX dollars from Sept. 27 through Oct. 4.
iSoftBet Review: History, Hits, and Signature Slots
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J.P. Morgan Cuts Eastman Chemical to Neutral, Lowers Target to $66
The bank cited less favorable commodity spreads as propane prices rose while propylene and ethylene prices fell. Eastman shares declined 2.6% on Oct. 16.
NASA Sent Thousands of Jellyfish to Space in 1991. The Babies Born Up There Couldn’t Handle Earth
NASA’s STS-40 Spacelab Life Sciences mission launched aboard Space Shuttle Columbia on June 5, 1991 carrying 2,478 immature moon jellyfish polyps, and by the time it landed nine days later the population had multiplied to nearly 60,000. Led by Eastern Virginia Medical School researcher Dorothy B. Spangenberg, the experiment found that jellyfish developed entirely in […]
Apple’s $1,999 Foldable Shows Jan. 25 Delivery Estimates After Preorders
The estimate covered every iPhone Duo configuration by 8:30 a.m. ET, while Apple has not disclosed preorder volume or initial supply.
