SUMMARY OF FED DECISION (10/28/2026):
1. Fed leaves interest rates unchanged after September hike
2. Rate pause was a 10-2 decision with Cook and Hammack dissenting in favor of a rate hike
3. Fed says economic activity is "expanding at a strong pace"
4. Fed says inflation "remains elevated" and seeks more information
5. Fed notes that "geopolitical developments" are contributing to uncertainty
6. The Fed reasserts that "The Committee will deliver price stability"
"Higher for longer" continues at the Fed.
🏛️ BREAKING: @Hashgraph, the development team behind @Hedera, has joined @The_DTCC Digital Assets Solutions Industry Working Group alongside 150+ industry participants.
Hashgraph will contribute expertise in institutional tokenization, private networks, and cross-ledger interoperability.
🚨BREAKING:
🇪🇸 At least 39 people have been killed after two high-speed trains collided in central Spain, with numerous others reportedly injured.
The crash occurred shortly after 9 a.m. local time between Los Yébenes and Urda, in the province of Toledo.
A Spanish rail operator described the incident as a rear-end collision involving two trains on the Madrid-Andalusia high-speed railway.
Two carriages reportedly derailed and rolled down an embankment, while emergency medical teams rushed to the scene to assist passengers.
One of the trains was traveling from Madrid to Seville.
Rail services on the affected line have been suspended as emergency crews respond to the disaster.
The cause of the collision has not yet been established, and authorities have not confirmed the full number of injured passengers.
Source: Sky News / Writer: Mhedi
BREAKING: President Trump says that Venezuela could become the 51st state of the United States of America.
Trump also declares US intervention in Venezuela as the "greatest oil victory in history."
Hawaii was the last state added to the US in August 1959.
BREAKING: Hackers target the US Federal Election Commission, knocking its electronic filing system offline just 1 week before the midterm elections. — Reuters
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Washington Post and Israel Hayom report Trump surrogates and administration figures privately discussed a Netanyahu-Eisenkot unity government (possibly with rotation or Netanyahu as initial PM) to form a stable coalition after the vote, even if Likud falls short of a majority. Netanyahu has floated this to US officials.
🚨🗞️NEW: CFTC Turns to AI Trading as SEC Faces Pressure to Fill Clarity Act Gaps
@Ripple & @coinbase are among the crypto firms pressing for clarity on token trading, investment contracts and more. Plus, AI takes center stage at the @CFTC this week.
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"Anybody reporting Voter Fraud in the past Elections, or the upcoming 2026 Midterm Election, will be paid $1,000,000 upon the arrest and conviction of those that created the Fraud!" - President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸
🇰🇪 An 18-storey building under construction collapsed in Nairobi, Kenya
Numerous people, including construction workers and nearby pedestrians, are trapped under the rubble.
BREAKING: Brent crude oil prices surge above $115/barrel for the first time since May 4th.
Brent is now less than 4% away from its Iran War high recorded on March 9th.
U.S. Bank Just Moved Real Dollars Across Borders on Stellar
U.S. Bank successfully executed a live cross-border treasury transfer over @StellarOrg using its native dollar-denominated asset, USBDC.
The institutional deployment routes liquidity between the depository institution’s corporate entities in North America and Europe.
The fifth-largest commercial lender in the United States achieved immediate transatlantic settlement finality while bypassing legacy SWIFT correspondent banking rails.