2026

On October 28, the payment network Visa released its performance for fiscal year 2026 and the fourth fiscal quarter. The fiscal year 2026 spans from October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026, and the fourth fiscal quarter spans from July 1, 2026, to September 30, 2026.In fiscal year 2026, Visa's total operating revenue was $45.903 billion, a year-on-year increase of 15%; operating profit was $28.11 billion, a year-on-year increase of 17.15%; the operating profit margin was 61.24%, an increase of 1.25 percentage points year-on-year. The net profit attributable to the parent company was $23.504 billion, a year-on-year increase of 17%; operating cash flow was $23.728 billion. Basic earnings per share were $12.34, diluted earnings per share were $12.32, a year-on-year increase of 21%; the debt-to-equity ratio was 61.73%.In the fourth fiscal quarter, Visa's total operating revenue was $12.139 billion, a year-on-year increase of 13% and a quarter-on-quarter increase of 4.35%; operating profit was $7.262 billion, a year-on-year increase of 18.12%; the operating profit margin was 59.83%, an increase of 2.5 percentage points year-on-year. The net profit attributable to the parent company was $6.002 billion, a year-on-year increase of 18% and a quarter-on-quarter increase of 6.65%; both basic and diluted earnings per share were $3.19, a year-on-year increase of 22%; the debt-to-equity ratio was 61.73%.

Alphabet's revenue for the third quarter of 2026 was $127.58 billion, compared to $102.346 billion in the same period last year, with market expectations of $128.175 billion.

The World Bank predicts that due to the impact of the Middle East war, global energy prices will rise by 32% in 2026, reaching the highest level in four years.

According to Chao Xiang Research, Bernstein's report on October 26, 2026, lowered COIN's revenue forecast for 2026 by 32%. HOOD's third-quarter revenue is expected to be $1.5 billion, a quarter-over-quarter increase of 13%; CRCL's third-quarter revenue is expected to be $770 million, a quarter-over-quarter increase of 10%; FIGR's third-quarter loan volume reached $5.1 billion, a quarter-over-quarter increase of 20%.Bernstein pointed out that the native cryptocurrency spot trading volume is weak, and the valuations of the four digital asset platforms have shifted towards new products such as prediction markets, perpetual futures, tokenization, and lending platforms. All four maintain an outperform rating, with target prices of $160 for HOOD, $250 for COIN, $145 for CRCL, and $70 for FIGR. The report also predicts that the revenue share of new products for HOOD will increase from 3% in 2025 to 25% in 2028, while COIN will rise from 2% to 19%, and the speed of new product realization will determine valuation differentiation.

On October 28, stablecoin payment infrastructure service provider WasabiCard announced that it will participate in the Dubai FinTech Summit 2026 from November 2 to 3, showcasing its compliant white-label card issuance solutions and global remittance services.According to the introduction, WasabiCard supports enterprises in customizing the issuance of virtual and physical cards, and facilitates cross-border payments in over 30 fiat currencies supported by stablecoin funds, with some channels enabling real-time or T+0 settlement. Currently, the platform has issued over 700,000 cards and has a cumulative transaction volume exceeding 1 billion USD.During the summit, WasabiCard will engage in communication and collaboration with financial institutions, fintech platforms, and corporate clients at the MultiBank Group Arena exhibition area, booth J2.

According to The Block, the stock price of Nasdaq-listed company Datavault AI plummeted nearly 50% after the company stated that it has been unable to withdraw its stored BTC from the Biconomy cryptocurrency exchange since June 2026.The Bitcoin comes from a stock transaction with Scilex Holding in September 2025, where Scilex agreed to pay $150 million in BTC to purchase Datavault stock and warrants. The BTC was credited to Datavault's Biconomy wallet through an off-chain transfer.

Pop Mart announced that the overall revenue for the third quarter of 2026 (unaudited) decreased by 45%-50% compared to the third quarter of 2025.Among them, revenue in China decreased by 25%-30% year-on-year, revenue in the Asia-Pacific region decreased by 65%-70% year-on-year, revenue in the Americas decreased by 70%-75% year-on-year, and revenue in Europe and other regions decreased by 50%-55% year-on-year. Revenue from offline channels in China decreased by 5%-10% year-on-year, while revenue from online channels decreased by 45%-50% year-on-year.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring on-chain data, there is a prediction of significant capital movement in the market Polymarket. A large whale invested $75,270.94 in the event "2026 Golden Globe Award Winner" for "Harry Kane." Based on the current transaction price, the latest corresponding winning probability for this target is 73.99%.

JUST released an open letter to JST holders and launched the JST 2026 Q3 and October key progress report. The letter pointed out that a total of 1,881,973,007 JST has been repurchased and destroyed over five rounds, accounting for 19.01% of the initial maximum supply, with approximately 118.15 million USD invested in repurchase and destruction. JUST DAO upgraded the JST repurchase and destruction mechanism in October, which will shift to being based on sustainable ecological income, and plans to invest approximately 20.34 million USD of excess funds into repurchase in four phases starting from Q4 2026, while retaining at least 50 million USD as a treasury safety reserve.The report also showed that JustLend's quarter-end TVL remained above 7 billion USD, with approximately 21.24 million transactions in GasFree Q3. As the repurchase funds shift from historical income reserves to sustainable ecological income, the deflationary path of JST and ecological growth are gradually forming a closer linkage.

Meta Platforms expects capital expenditures to be between $135 billion and $145 billion in 2026, with the lower end of the range raised by $5 billion.

According to DefiLlama data, as of October 21, 2026, the DeFi sector has recorded 43 price manipulation attacks, surpassing the previous annual record of 27 in 2022.The total related losses amount to approximately $199 million, lower than the loss scale of some years, with the Tectonic case alone accounting for about $124.5 million. Among the remaining 42 cases, 32 had individual losses of less than $1 million.

According to Catcher Predict's monitoring of on-chain data, there is a prediction of significant capital movement in the Polymarket market. A large whale invested $64,000 in the event "Power Balance: 2026 Midterm Elections" for the outcome "Republican Victory." Based on the current transaction price, the latest corresponding winning probability for this target is 8%.

Analyst Darkfost pointed out in a post that this week, the spot Bitcoin ETF recorded a net inflow of 5,183 BTC. Although the inflow scale is still moderate, it is still positive.This change has brought the cumulative net flow of the ETF back into positive territory for 2026, after being in a state of net outflow for most of the year. Since January, the cumulative net inflow has reached 10,784 BTC.

Analyst Darkfost stated that the largest Bitcoin UTXO spending activity since 2026 has occurred on-chain, with a single UTXO valued at over 1 million dollars accumulating a total spending amount of over 21 billion dollars, involving more than 230,000 BTC. The related operations are likely from the same entity.Most of these UTXOs had been dormant for 1 to 6 months, and about 4.6 billion dollars came from long-term holders (LTH) who had held for 1 to 3 years. Darkfost pointed out that these Bitcoins may primarily be transferred between different addresses, and there are currently no obvious signs of flowing to exchanges, so it cannot be concluded that there is a large-scale sell-off. If the destruction of the related UTXOs corresponds to realized profits or losses, the on-chain realized profit and loss indicators may show significant changes.

CoinGecko's report on the cryptocurrency industry for the third quarter of 2026 shows that the total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies increased by 39.6% quarter-on-quarter, rising by $840.1 billion to approximately $3 trillion, ending three consecutive quarters of decline and marking the largest quarterly increase since the fourth quarter of 2024. However, the total market capitalization is still down 4% year-to-date.In terms of mainstream assets, Ethereum (ETH) rose 71% in the quarter to $2,684, outperforming Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies, with net inflows into spot ETH ETFs reaching $3.1 billion for the quarter. Hyperliquid (HYPE) surged to an all-time high of $98, driven by favorable regulatory news in the U.S., with a quarterly increase of 40.5%. Meanwhile, trading activity failed to keep pace with the price rebound. The average daily trading volume in the cryptocurrency market decreased by 8.6% quarter-on-quarter to $73.3 billion, while the spot trading volume of the top ten centralized exchanges fell by 14.2% to $1.65 trillion. Binance's spot market share rose to 42.7%, up from 38.7% in the second quarter; the total open interest in perpetual contracts on centralized exchanges grew by 40.6% quarter-on-quarter, surpassing $100 billion at the end of the quarter for the first time since the third quarter of 2025.

According to Rootdata, on October 21, 2026 (Eastern Time), the total net inflow of Ethereum spot ETFs for the day was $14.9 million.The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest net inflow for the day was Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF ETH, with a net inflow of $28.1 million.Following that was Fidelity ETF FETH, with a net inflow of $13 million.