The impact of El Nino weather conditions could further hurt domestic production, expected to fall by 3.4% to a new low in the 2026-27 crop year ended September. Cotton imports hit a record high in 2025-26 to an estimated 7.1 million bales of 170 kilograms compared to last year's imports of 5.74 million bales. Prices have also risen more than 7% in the past month.

BitMNR resumed share buybacks after a 10-week pause, spending $45.9 million on 2.04 million shares. The company also added 10,452 ETH, bringing its total holdings to 6.05 million ETH, valued at $14 billion.

Keystone will destroy 18,835 hardware wallets after attackers stole the key that verifies device authenticity. The breach began October 20 via a flaw in a third party monitoring tool on its website, exposing 25,964 customer records and 12,873 abandoned checkout records. Recovery phrases and private keys were not compromised. Shipments are suspended and production shifts to a new authentication key.

Third-quarter results showed margin expansion, with higher loan yields adding a tailwind.

The company said cybersecurity and security risks could delay the release of advanced models, with the impact potentially outweighing the benefits.

Bitcoin has entered an accumulation phase and could retake $125,000, per Galaxy Digital. The 50-week moving average near $76,540 held for five weekly closes as of October 18. The current 53% drawdown is the shallowest versus prior 93%, 85% and 84% cycles. Spot Bitcoin ETFs added 87,000 BTC since June while hedge funds cut 68,000 BTC. A weekly close below the 50-week average invalidates the thesis.

Electrum 4.8.3, released Oct 24, patches a critical flaw in prior versions. Malicious servers could redirect payments by substituting a zero-fee transaction with the attacker's address. If users raised the fee, they broadcast a valid payment to the attacker. The patch verifies signatures for wallet inputs before recording unconfirmed transactions. Users should update or manually check addresses.

The Canadian dollar steadied against its US counterpart on Monday after seven straight days of gains, but the move was limited ahead of interest rate decisions this week by the Federal Reserve and the...

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