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A selloff in Bahrain's bonds is pushing its borrowing costs to levels last seen during the nation's 2018 crisis. The heavily indebted Gulf state is grappling with the fallout from the Iran war just as surging US Treasury yields drive up its debt-servicing costs. Zeina Rizk, Co-Head of Fixed Income at Amwal Capital Partners spoke to Bloomberg's Abeer Abu Omar on Horizons Middle East & Africa on the bond performances in the GCC. Corrects misquote in headline.

A selloff in Bahrain's bonds is pushing its borrowing costs to levels last seen during the nation's 2018 crisis. The heavily indebted Gulf state is grappling with the fallout from the Iran war just as surging US Treasury yields drive up its debt-servicing costs. Zeina Rizk, Co-Head of Fixed Income at Amwal Capital Partners spoke to Bloomberg's Abeer Abu Omar on Horizons Middle East & Africa on the bond performances in the GCC.

Samsung Electronics America will integrate USD Coin (USDC), a dollar-pegged stablecoin, into Samsung Wallet for eligible US Galaxy users.

US President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Thursday that the US would not be attacking Iran before November's midterm elections. His decision comes despite Iran escalating attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran-backed militants in Yemen attacking energy facilities in Saudi Arabia and Trump's decision to move US bombers from a base in the UK because of possible Iran-linked threats. Bloomberg's Stuart Livingstone-Wallace reports.

Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission has issued 11 notifications governing crypto ETFs, effective 16 October 2026.

US Senator Richard Blumenthal has demanded answers from Cantor Fitzgerald about its Tether relationship, seeking records on compliance and financial ties.

Standard Chartered PLC (LSE:STAN; HKEX:2888) plans to offer digital asset custody in Singapore for institutional and eligible corporate clients.

Securitize Inc (NYSE:SECZ) has launched Securitize Stocks on Solana, offering eligible investors tokenised exposure to 12 US-listed companies through tokens backed by underlying shares.

Macau's casinos have been facing a deepening slowdown, with gaming revenue falling for a fourth straight month in September, as China tightens scrutiny of capital outflows. But Las Vegas Sands CEO, Patrick Dumont, told Bloomberg's Stephen Engle that he remains bullish on the region, amid the trade truce between China and the US.

Orca (ORCA) and Loopscale have merged under Formation, combining trading, credit and vault infrastructure for digital assets and frontier industries.

Seema Shah, Chief Global Strategist at Principal Global Investors, discusses the AI capex cycle and the impact on investor sentiment. She speaks with Avril Hong on the sidelines of the Milken Institute Asia Summit in Singapore.

Wallets linked to the US government transferred 12,267 Bitcoin (BTC), worth about $1.01 billion, from a wallet associated with funds seized after the 2016 Bitfinex hack, according to blockchain intelligence firm Arkham.