Strategy has seen its dominance among corporate Bitcoin holders decline in October amid slower purchases and a growing number of companies adding crypto to their treasuries. The company still leads as the largest Bitcoin treasury holder with 640,808 BTC as of October 31st .
| London’s FTSE 100 logged a third consecutive record close, supported by gains in utilities and mining shares as investors welcomed signs of a potential end to the prolonged U.S. government shutdown. |
Risk-sensitive currencies including the Australian dollar rose, while safe havens like the Japanese yen dipped against the U.S. currency, as risk sentiment was boosted by signs the U.S. federal government is closer to reopening.
Coinbase Global said it will launch a new platform that will allow individual investors buy digital tokens before they are listed on the cryptocurrency exchange, sending its shares up 4%.
Oil prices settled higher as analysts focused on potential fuel supply disruptions from fresh U.S. sanctions and Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian refineries, although predictions of a crude supply surplus kept gains in check.
U.S. drugmaker Pfizer has clinched a $10 billion deal for obesity drug developer Metsera, capping a fierce biotech bidding war between the New York-based pharma giant and Danish rival Novo Nordisk.
