After the Senate failed to advance the CLARITY bill in September, a group of Republican senators proposed the ADAPT bill on October 22, aiming to establish tax arrangements for stablecoin payments that meet certain criteria, network fees of $10 and below, and rules regarding wash trading. The House tax bill has already been passed by its committee, but both still need to go through their respective legislative processes, and the progress of tax legislation does not mean that the market structure framework has been implemented.

HYXI indicates that on October 21st, the company held the 2026 European Partners Day at its headquarters in Hangzhou. Nearly 60 dealers, installers, industry experts, and media representatives from Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, France, and other regions attended the event. During the event, HYXI announced its product lineup for the European market, signed strategic agreements with Dutch installers Dijkman Zonne - energie, and was awarded the "2026 Top Photovoltaic Brand in the Netherlands" title by EUPD Research.

The University of Texas Athletic Department and McCombs School of Business announce the launch of Bevo Lab, in collaboration with Dell Technologies, Google Cloud, and SHI International, to create a platform focused on sports intelligence, data analysis, research, and talent development. This laboratory will focus on the integration of sports data, prediction AI models, and student practical training.

This week, the US dollar has been generally weak, with gold declining and crude oil strengthening. The US stock market has re-priced around the capital return rate of AI. News regarding companies such as Meta, SpaceX, Tesla, NVIDIA, and Anthropic has become focal points in the market. At the same time, political risks in France, the situation between Russia and Ukraine and in the Middle East, fluctuations in the South Korean stock market, and global cybersecurity vulnerabilities have also drawn attention.

This week, the Dow Jones index rose by 1.66% cumulatively, the S&P 500 index remainedほぼ unchanged, and the Nasdaq Composite Index fell slightly. Ecolab strengthened due to EPS exceeding expectations, AI driving productivity improvements, and upward revisions to annual profit margin guidance; Zscaler was boosted by increased demand for cybersecurity triggered by a vulnerability in PHP and support for NVIDIA OpenShell architecture news; Thomson Reuters rose due to the launch of a new generation of tax, auditing, and accounting AI solutions.