Crypto Pulse

Overview As of roughly 07:00 UTC on October 13, with the chain at block 971,119, moving bitcoin on-chain costs almost nothing. The recommended fee endpoint at mempool.space puts the next-block tier at 6 sat/vB, the half-hour tier at 5, the hour tier at 4, the economy tier at 2 and the floor at 1. A standard single-input, two-output native SegWit payment occupies about 140.75 vB, so the fastest tier works out to roughly 844 satoshis, or under $0.70 with BTC near $83,368. The number that misleads

TSMC (TSM) reports third-quarter 2026 results on Thursday, October 15, with its earnings conference starting at 14:00 Taiwan time (02:00 ET).Unlike most companies, TSMC has already told the market its revenue: monthly sales put Q3 at a record NT$1.494 trillion, above the top of its own guidance.That shifts the focus of the call to three questions: whether margins held up through the 2nm ramp, how strong fourth-quarter guidance will be, and whether capital spending keeps rising. When does TSMC re

Lumentum (LITE) fell 9.78% to $995.41 on October 12, 2026, in a sector-wide selloff across AI optical networking stocks, with no company-specific bad news behind the move.Ciena (CIEN), one of Lumentum's long-standing customers, dropped 9.95% to $405.01 in the same session.The pressure carried past the close: MEXC's LITE perpetual futures, which trade around the clock, were still about 1.25% below the Nasdaq close during Asian hours on October 13.Why did Lumentum stock fall on October 12?The sell

VZ crashes 10.14% to $41.65 after SpaceX's $8B spectrum deal puts Starlink Mobile in direct competition with carriers Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) suffered its worst single-day decline in more than two decades, closing at $41.65, down $4.70, or 10.14%, on volume of 88.6 million shares, roughly 286% above its three-month average. The move was triggered by SpaceX's agreement to acquire Grain Management's nationwide 800 MHz low-band spectrum in a deal worth approximately $8 billion, positionin

IntroductionAmerican Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT), one of the world's largest cell tower REITs, just delivered its best single session in years. After grinding lower for most of September on rising bond yields, AMT stock ripped higher over six straight sessions, capped by a single-day gain of 9.3% that carried shares from a 52-week low near $160 to a close of $182.24 on Friday, October 9, 2026.That kind of move in a normally slow-moving REIT is unusual, and it raises the obvious question: is th

IntroductionSpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX) closed at $162.57, up $2.00 or 1.25% on the day, extending a recovery that has carried the stock up 6.97% over the past month. That bounce is notable given the backdrop: SpaceX is still working through a staggered insider share unlock schedule that has released hundreds of millions of shares since its June 2026 IPO, and another tranche of roughly 328 million shares is concentrated around September 24. For a stock built almost entirely on scarcity and momentum si

Key TakeawaysOKXICE, a 50/50 joint venture formed in June 2026 between OKX and Intercontinental Exchange, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, filed a public notice with the SEC to operate a tokenized securities venue trading 63 tickers of US National Market System stocks around the clock. The filing relies on the SEC's Innovation Exemption, Exchange Act Release No. 34-106402, issued September 17, 2026 and published at 91 Fed. Reg. 60168 on September 22, which grants five years of condition

Key TakeawaysThe Cardano Foundation announced that CIP-0113, its programmable token standard, is live on Cardano mainnet, letting issuers of stablecoins, tokenised funds, bonds and other regulated assets embed KYC and AML checks, sanctions screening, transfer restrictions and freeze-and-seize powers into native assets that the ledger enforces on every transfer, mint and burn, with no hard fork required. Because Cardano's extended UTXO model allows several assets to sit in one output, a freeze on

Key TakeawaysStarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson said at Token2049 that Starknet is seriously considering a transition from an Ethereum Layer 2 to an independent Layer 1, framing the case around post-quantum agility and stating that the network has everything a future-proof chain needs except L1 status. His central argument is a timeline gap: Starknet estimates it could reach full quantum resistance by 2027 if it controls its own upgrade schedule, against the Ethereum Foundation's target of end-2029. T

On October 7, 2026, Samsung Electronics America officially announced plans to integrate the USDC stablecoin into Samsung Wallet, allowing eligible Galaxy users in the United States to make cross-border transfers through the Solana and Sui blockchains without installing additional cryptocurrency applications.The feature is expected to launch during the last week of October 2026, with approximately 82 million compatible Galaxy devices in the U.S. Users will be able to send USDC directly to compati