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PT Bank Central Asia Tbk resumed repurchases of BBCA shares from October 19 to 21, 2026. The transactions fall under a buyback program approved by shareholders on March 12, 2026, with a maximum program value of IDR5 trillion.The timing coincided with severe pressure on Indonesian equities. BBCA fell 6.86% to IDR4,820 on October 19, while the IDX Composite closed 3.64% lower at 4,996.61. Foreign investors recorded net selling of approximately IDR2.28 trillion in the regular market that day, accor

I. Macro and Market Sentiment· Market data: BTC $82,948.00（+1.58%）｜ETH $2,454.49（+2.51%）｜SOL $106.67（+1.91%）· Market sentiment: Funding rate +0.0053%｜Fear & Greed Index 63（Greed）· Rate outlook: All 100 economists surveyed expect a rate hike in December, while the wording of the October 28 meeting will shape pricing for funding costs. Further readingII. Trading Signals / Trending Topics· [Today's Focus] BTC｜Diverging Spot ETF Flows, With Inflows Into BTC and Outflows From ETH, Ind

The Indonesia Stock Exchange plans to remove all stocks classified under the High Shareholding Concentration framework from the IDX Composite calculation. IDX President Director Jeffrey Hendrik said that 80 HSC stocks represented approximately 18% of the index when the plan was announced on October 19, 2026.The change will narrow the group of stocks represented by the IDX Composite. HSC shares will continue to trade on the exchange, but their price movements will no longer affect the index once

The Monetary Authority of Singapore, or MAS, opened a consultation on October 16, 2026 to expand membership of the Financial Industry Disputes Resolution Centre, known as FIDReC. The proposal covers all Major Payment Institution and Standard Payment Institution licensees, together with MAS-regulated stablecoin issuers after the relevant regulatory framework takes effect. The consultation closes on November 30, 2026. Source: MAS’s official consultation page.The proposal addresses a problem that o

Trade Expo Indonesia, or TEI, closed with an announced transaction value of US$22.94 billion, equivalent to approximately Rp414 trillion. The figure from the October 14 to 18 event reached roughly 131% of the US$17.5 billion target, according to the closing report published by detikFinance on October 18.Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade described the result as potential transactions in its official release. The total therefore cannot be treated immediately as payments already received by exporters,

The distributed value of tokenized stocks reached US$3.50 billion as of October 16, 2026, an increase of 24.15% over 30 days. The number of holders also rose by 18.82% to 4.42 million, according to the RWA.xyz Tokenized Stocks dashboard.The increase in value was not matched across other activity indicators. Monthly transfer volume fell by 72.73% to US$10.26 billion, while monthly active addresses declined by 59.98% to 1,386,288. More value was recorded in distributed tokens, but transfers and ad

Solana Accelerate Shanghai, originally scheduled for October 16, 2026, was postponed on the day it was due to begin. Solana Foundation President Lily Liu said registrations had quadrupled overnight and exceeded the attendance cap filed with local authorities.Organizers initially notified registered guests that the event had been delayed because of logistical considerations at the venue. Liu later provided a more specific explanation, saying the registration surge had moved expected attendance be

Celestia reported that Fibre sustained throughput of 3.07 terabits per second in an end-to-end benchmark involving 120 validators. The test ran for a 143-second load window, while the best rolling 60-second and 30-second periods reached 3.69 Tbps and 4.27 Tbps, respectively.The result shows how much data Celestia’s data availability pipeline can process under a specific test configuration. It does not mean that Celestia Mainnet is already offering 3 Tbps of capacity to all users. Several benchma

The IMF is placing artificial intelligence among the growth and financial-stability issues discussed during its October 2026 Annual Meetings. Its official October 16 agenda covers productivity opportunities, market concentration, and cyber and financial risks. The discussion extends beyond whether AI adoption will increase.For investors, the central tension lies between economic benefits and the price already paid for exposure. A company can expand revenue through AI while its stock declines bec

USDT and USDC are both designed to maintain a value close to one U.S. dollar. Both can support trading, transfers, dollar-denominated balances, and blockchain-based financial applications. Their differences become clearer when we examine the amount outstanding, where the tokens move, and the infrastructure their issuers are building.USDT has the larger market capitalization, but size alone cannot explain its uses. USDC is also not accurately described as a stablecoin exclusively for payments or