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Oct 07
FTX and Visa partner to permit crypto payments in 40 countries

The FTX token surged over 7% on the news that Sam Bankman-Fried’s company, FTX, would roll out a debit card in partnership with payments giant Visa. Source: Cointelegraph

Oct 07
NYC subways suspended after police say someone sprayed an unknown substance that caused vomiting and coughing: CBS

New York City subways have been suspended in much of Midtown and Lower Manhattan on Friday, after police said that someone had sprayed an unknown substance during a dispute that was causing passengers to become sick, CBS News reported. The incident took place shortly after 10 a.m. ET on a platform at the Union Square […]

Oct 07
Polestar says on track to meet full-year delivery target of 50,000 vehicles after strong Q3

Swedish electric vehicle maker Polestar Automotive Holding UK PLC PSNY, +0.35% said Friday it delivered about 9,215 vehicles in the third quarter, bumping its year-to-date deliveries to about 30,400. The company said it now expects to meet its full-year target of 50,000 deliveries. “We needed to catch up on production after Covid-19 related setbacks in […]

Oct 07
U.S. cannabis stocks continue rallying as investors ponder potential de-scheduling

U.S. cannabis stocks continued to move up in pre-market trades on Friday, as the AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF MSOS, +0.99% jumped another 9% following steep gains in the previous session on comments by President Joe Biden that the U.S. would consider de-scheduling cannabis from its current position as a Schedule 1 narcotic under federal […]

Oct 07
Ambac rallies after $1.84 bln RMBS settlement with Bank of America

Ambac Financial Group AMBC, +9.22% shares rallied 25% in premarket trades Friday after it agreed to settle lawsuits against Bank of America Corp. BAC, -1.88% related to residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) for a payment of $1.84 billion from the bank. Ambac said it would record a $390 million gain in its fourth-quarter results because […]

Oct 07
Bitcoin and gold face headwinds amid strengthening dollar

Bitcoin decoupled with the stock market and saw its correlation with gold rise to a level not seen since last year. Source: Cointelegraph