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Blockchain.com is seeking CFTC designation and registration to offer U.S. event contracts and cryptocurrency derivatives. Blockchain.com, a digital asset platform, wants to get in on the prediction market boom in the U.S. The company has filed for two licenses with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to feature event contracts as well as cryptocurrency derivatives to retail and institutional customers in the U.S., Blockchain.com told CNBC. Blockchain.com is asking the CFTC.

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Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman said tokenization could free up tens of billions of dollars in trapped capital. Tokenization could free up tens of billions of dollars in capital tied up in assets used as collateral across the global financial system, Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman said. Tokenizing assets such as Treasurys, equities and money market funds, along with the flow of money, could make collateral more liquid, Friedman told CNBC's Joanna.

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Gas prices are expected to remain above $4 per gallon on Nov. 3, according to traders on prediction market platform Kalshi. Affordability is seen as one of voters' top issues heading into the 2026 midterm elections. And gas prices — one of the items where consumers are getting squeezed the most — are expected to remain elevated through Election Day. Speculators on prediction market platform Kalshi give an 87% chance.

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A recovery in China's largest cities real estate markets could come as soon as next year, the S&P ratings agency said. BEIJING — An end is in sight for China's yearslong property market slump, S&P Global Ratings analysts said in a report distributed Thursday. Residential real estate prices may hit a bottom in the third quarter of 2028, the report said. It added that prices in China's largest cities, such.

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Chinese tech company Huawei wants to rebuild its consumer business after U.S. sanctions halved segment revenue. BEIJING — Faced with a slowdown in the smartphone and car markets, Huawei's consumer business is choosing to focus on phones with homegrown chips. The Chinese tech giant worked overtime to release its first smartphone — the Mate 90 series — using its own "LogicFolding" chip on Oct. 1, the country's "National Day" and.

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The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released minutes from its Sept. 15-16 policy meeting. Federal Reserve officials expect they will raise interest rates again before the end of the year to head off inflation that has run above target for more than five years, according to meeting minutes released Wednesday.But the meeting summary provided no indication of when specifically policymakers expected to raise benchmark rates – only that persistently higher prices.