
Bybit wins Dubai VARA licence for spot crypto trading
Bybit's Dubai unit secured a VARA licence for spot exchange services on October 22, adding a sixth regulatory approval to its 2026 tally — derivatives are not covered.
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Bybit's Dubai unit secured a VARA licence for spot exchange services on October 22, adding a sixth regulatory approval to its 2026 tally — derivatives are not covered.

The benchmark 10-year yield dropped by over 19 basis points for its largest single-day fall since March 2023, closing in at 4.9591% on October 23 as the AI tech rout pushed investors toward government bonds and long-dated funds gained nearly 2%.

Payward received conditional approval from Kazakhstan's AFSA to run a digital-asset trading and custody business inside the AIFC zone.

Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon report this week while the Fed decides on October 28. With hyperscaler capex near $800 billion and S&P 500 profits up over 32%, the AI rally faces its toughest test of the year.

Weekly outlook: gold, Bitcoin and EUR/USD key levels, marked charts and themes for the week ahead.

The Dow Jones lost 652 points on Friday as the tech-led selloff spread into defensive stocks, while the S&P 500 slipped 0.52% and the Nasdaq held steadier as chip stocks bounced.

The euro closed Friday around 1.1190, roughly 93 pips above its 200-week moving average at 1.1105. France's bond selloff and a week packed with central-bank decisions leave the pair with little room for error.

NVDA at 212.10 — daily, 4H, 1H and 15M key levels, marked charts, fundamentals and scenarios.

Robinhood says price contracts on bitcoin, gold and oil are its quickest-growing prediction-market products — and September's biggest event contract followed the Fed's rate decision, not sports.

US500 at 7,635.30 — daily, 4H, 1H and 15M key levels, marked charts, fundamentals and scenarios.

The Central Bank of Ireland fined Coinbase Ireland €3.25 million for safeguarding and outsourcing breaches — the second Irish penalty on the exchange in under a year.

Price charts show where coins sit; volume shows where money actually changed hands. Ranked by 24-hour trading volume, October 23's five most-traded coins turned over more than $100 billion — two of them dollar-pegged stablecoins, and every one of them moving on a verifiable 2026 catalyst.