Day · Oct 21, 2026

Wednesday, Oct 21

Wednesday October 21

Morning Digest

OCC issues first final rule under the GENIUS Act crypto The U.S. bank regulator issued the first federal final rule for stablecoin issuers, effective Jan 18.
UK inflation rises to 3.5% in September markets ONS data show CPI rose 3.5% in the 12 months to September, up from 3.1% in August, with motor fuels the biggest upward driver.
Musk says SpaceX and Tesla are weighing a merger markets On SpaceX's Q3 earnings call, Musk said independent committees at both firms are assessing a tie-up but have not agreed terms.
Zcash developers pick NU7 activation block crypto Developers settled on block 3,543,405, expected around Nov 5, for the NU7 upgrade that cuts block times to 25 seconds from 75.

PHP patches 2 critical remote-code flaws ai-tech Fixed builds are 8.2.35, 8.3.36, 8.4.27 and 8.5.12.
Meta Q3 revenue rises 26% to $64.6B; non-voting stock planned markets The board approved a listed Class C share with no votes, effective January 2027, for capital raising, pay and deals.
Tesla Q3 net income falls 43% to $787M markets Revenue held near $28.0B versus a year earlier while operating expenses rose 39% to $4.8B, so the profit drop came from costs rather than sales.
Solana activates Alpenglow consensus upgrade crypto The Votor phase replaced the TowerBFT voting system at epoch 1064 and targets finality of about 150 milliseconds.