U.S. regulators and market infrastructure providers are accelerating efforts to integrate crypto with traditional finance. The SEC has approved onchain trading of tokenized U.S. stocks and the first 3x leveraged Bitcoin and Ethereum ETPs, while the CFTC has sent new crypto market rules to the White House. The NYSE has struck a deal to bring tokenized stocks to 44 million crypto accounts, and BlackRock, DTCC, Visa and Mastercard have joined Circle’s Arc blockchain as validator nodes. The Treasury is reportedly pushing to expand U.S. dollar stablecoins globally, and DTCC plans to launch a tokenization service in October with over $114 TRILLION in assets, while U.S. stocks are set to move to 23-hour trading starting December 6.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded net inflows of $241 million last week, extending a run of three consecutive weeks of net additions and lifting all-time cumulative net inflows to $57.8 billion. Net inflows on Oct 2 totaled $189 million, led primarily by BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust. Over the same period, spot Ether ETFs posted net outflows of $138 million, bringing year-to-date net inflows down to $1.5 billion. The flow data points to a stronger short-term preference for BTC than for ETH.

The first U.S. spot NEAR exchange-traded product, the Bitwise NEAR ETF (NRR), has begun trading. Day-one figures show $36 million in assets under management, $35.5 million in net inflows and $15.1 million in volume. The fund is custodied by Coinbase Custody Trust Company and charges a 0.75% annual management fee. After an upbeat debut, profit-taking pushed NEAR back to around $4.65.

Samsung Electronics is expected to post a record third-quarter operating profit of 108.1 trillion won, propelled by a sharp rise in demand for memory semiconductors. Revenue for the same period is projected at about 201.7 trillion won, up 134.4% year on year. The Device Solutions division is forecast to deliver an operating margin of 72% to 75%, underscoring the profitability of the chip business.

Strategy recently purchased another 334 bitcoin for $28.7 million, bringing its total holdings to a record 848,000 BTC. The company has been buying bitcoin for more than six years and has spent nearly $64 billion to build the position, at an average cost of $75,441 per coin. Based on a price of around $86,000, the company is sitting on an unrealized gain of nearly $9 billion. It also reported a $21 billion gain on digital assets in Q3 2026 and repurchased $176 million worth of preferred stock.

SeaStar Medical Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: ICU) entered definitive agreements on October 2, 2026 for the immediate cash exercise of about 854,002 previously issued warrants from June 2025, July 2025 and August 2025. The exercise price was reduced from $6.38 to $7.62 per share to $3.866 per share. The company expects aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $3.3 million, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses.

Amazon’s AWS revenue rose 36.7% year over year, supported by a $496 billion backlog that offers strong visibility into future cloud and AI demand. Advertising revenue increased 26% to $19.8 billion, while North America retail margins climbed to 7.9%. The company plans roughly $220 billion of capital spending in 2026, which could pressure cash flow in the near term even as profit expansion absorbs the valuation impact.

Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser warned that global oil inventories are at extremely low levels, saying Western countries’ emergency reserve releases amount to the “last major tool in the box.” The comments came after G7 nations said they would release 100 million barrels of crude oil and fuel to ease pressure on diesel prices. Even so, diesel prices have remained elevated, while oil has held near $102 per barrel.