🇺🇸 The U.S. Department of Energy will provide up to $5 billion in conditional loans to Constellation Energy to upgrade nuclear plants, adding enough generation capacity to power more than 930,000 homes.

Honda warns Trump’s proposed 50% tariffs on Canadian cars and parts would be “catastrophic” for the auto industry. The duties are slated to double on Jan. 1 unless the U.S. and Canada reach a trade deal.

Kalshi traders now assign Democrats a 90.9% chance of winning the U.S. House in the Nov. 3 midterm elections, versus 9.1% for Republicans.

🇺🇸 The U.S. Federal Election Commission temporarily shut down its online services amid hacking attempts, disrupting its electronic filing system one week before the Nov. 3 midterm election.

BIG: @eToro founder @yoniassia predicts most US stocks will trade 24/7 within 3 to 6 months, calling the shift a major step that mirrors crypto.

🇺🇸 Affordability is emerging as a key concern ahead of the Nov. 3 U.S. midterms, with high housing costs and worries over gas and grocery prices weighing on voters.

INTEL: Treasury Secretary Bessent says crypto could be America’s next tool to sustain US dollar dominance. At Ripple’s conference, Bessent urged SEC and CFTC action to fill the gap left by the Clarity Act’s failure and help curb crypto debanking.

INTEL: Robinhood’s crypto revenue fell 55% year‑over‑year but still topped Wall Street forecasts. Crypto trading volume declined 38% versus a year ago, while the company’s broader blockchain business showed growing traction.

Robinhood reported record Q3 revenue of $1.4B, up 12% year-over-year, with $16B in net deposits and a record 5.2M Gold subscribers.

CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju warns that if $BTC falls below $80K, cascading long liquidations could push the price down to $73K.

Tether’s uptake in the Global South reflects demand for a dollar issuer outside local jurisdictional control, where rules can be corrupt, says @ZKZeroKnowledge founder @austincampbell.

A new DeFi Education Fund and Ipsos poll finds 72% of Americans say it's important for candidates to support US-built fintech, while only 13% say the same for crypto, blockchain and DeFi.

Traders now price a 90.6% probability that the Fed will keep interest rates at 3.75%–4.00% at tomorrow’s meeting, according to CME FedWatch.

LATEST: The CFTC is again investigating whether Polymarket allowed US users to access its offshore platform, potentially violating a 2022 settlement.

🇺🇸 Since the Federal Reserve was established in 1913, the U.S. dollar has lost roughly 97% of its purchasing power—$1 then is worth about $0.03 today, per River.

UPDATE: Grayscale’s AI Compute ETF $GCPU provides exposure to AI infrastructure equities, with top holdings led by CoreWeave, Nebius and DigitalOcean.

LATEST: US households now hold a record 48.2% of their financial assets in stocks, surpassing the share held during the dot‑com bubble.

🇺🇸 The CFTC sues Utah — its 10th state — in a legal fight over who has regulatory authority for prediction markets.

INSIGHT: A CryptoQuant analyst says Bitcoin may be gearing up for its next rally, citing historical patterns in coins held for more than 18 months.

Oracle is integrating ChatGPT and Codex into its applications and adding Google TPUs, OpenAI’s Jalapeño chip and Cerebras hardware to its cloud infrastructure.