What Is Happening Across Global & Trading Markets

Your day-ahead look for Nov. 2, 2026

The airline says fuel prices may rise by €2bn in 2028 unless there is an end to the US-Israel war with Iran.

Elliptic tracked thousands of transfers, failed swaps and repeated transactions that suggest the hackers relied on scripts rather than AI agents.

Stores in Sweden say temperatures for its freezers were raised to 50 C (122F).

Bitcoin fell 0.4% to around $77,900 since midnight UTC as Binance customers pulled a net $3.64 billion after withdrawals reopened and ETFs lost $643 million.

Bitcoin lost 7.3% in October 2026 after another decline the previous year, despite the month’s historically strong returns, as analysts reassess seasonal signals.

Russia and Ukraine both report cyberattacks on their alerting systems, as strikes continue across the countries.

OpenAI signed four Abu Dhabi agreements spanning energy, government and investment as Sam Altman met the emirate’s crown prince.

Oil fell Monday, amid news that both the U.S. and Iran are pursuing diplomacy amid ongoing Mideast tensions

Democratic gains in Congress could bring tougher oversight of major companies and shift billions of dollars in federal spending and regulatory policy.

Trezor cited July’s Coldcard attacks, in which strong passphrases helped protect some users whose wallet recovery information was compromised.

The HKMA plans to bring regulated stablecoins into tokenized government debt trials, while HSBC says its RedCoin stablecoin has reached 50,000 users.

Bitcoin price action held its 100-day moving average into the monthly close as crypto markets braced for US midterm election and tech earnings volatility.

The company is starting with $366,000 worth of copper stored in Germany, hoping to build a market for investors to own and trade physical metal onchain.

Ryanair's CEO Michael O'Leary told CNBC that European airlines may have "significantly higher airfares" of up to 20% next year as fuel costs rise.

Apollo has launched a 10 billion euro European private credit platform backed by major global investors.

Your look at what’s coming in the week starting Nov. 2.

OKX led cryptocurrency exchanges with $445 million in daily inflows, while Binance processed about $7 billion in net outflows.

The outflows followed a 45-hour withdrawal freeze after a $6.3 billion theft, with rival exchanges attracting deposits as customers regained access to their funds.

China's Communist Party has named virtual currency and blockchain in a new anti-corruption call.

The $6.3 billion Binance breach has revived a debate over whether crypto exchanges are less secure than banks or simply harder to protect once hackers get inside.

US spot Bitcoin ETFs ended October with $515 million in net withdrawals, while Ether funds posted a record $1.61 billion in monthly outflows.

The exchange froze transactions following the incident which has been linked to a North Korean group.

BTCPay Server urged operators to shut down their servers after receiving reports of unauthorized attackers draining funds from hot wallets.