India’s Nifty index rose for a second straight session on Tuesday, adding 220 points to close at 22,776.10, as investors stayed optimistic ahead of the Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy decision scheduled for Wednesday. In the U.S., the Dow Jones ended up 250 points and the S&P 500 crossed 7,800 for the first time. Brent crude moved back above $101, and Nifty futures pointed to a lower open.

FNB, one of South Africa’s largest banks, said it has added cryptocurrency purchases to its sharetrading platform through a partnership with crypto exchange VALR. Customers can now trade $BTC, $ETH, $XRP, $SOL and $USDT, with a minimum investment of R10. The move marks a further integration of digital-asset services by a mainstream South African bank, offering retail clients a compliant on-ramp.

Firmus has priced its IPO at $11 per share, valuing the data centre company at $43.7 billion. Maas Group has been steadily increasing its holding in Firmus and now owns 3.2% of the company. At that valuation, Maas Group’s stake implies $4 per share, versus $1.42 previously reflected in its valuation. Macquarie lifted its target price for Maas Group to $8.15 from $6.75 and noted the company has completed the divestment of its construction materials business for $1.61 billion.

Circle said its USDC Bridge now supports the Solana network. The update allows users to move the USDC stablecoin directly between Solana and 18 other blockchain ecosystems. Circle said the goal is to streamline multi-chain USDC liquidity operations and improve stablecoin access and efficiency on Solana.

Zscaler reported 25% year-on-year revenue growth, beating guidance and nearing GAAP profitability. Management said it is targeting $10 billion in ARR by FY31, implying a mid-teens CAGR and 27%–30% non-GAAP operating margins. The stock trades at 42x earnings and 8.5x sales, leaving less room for valuation upside but still pointing to potential double-digit returns.

Ether.fi said it has partnered with MoonPay to support its self-custodial neobank. Onchain tracking data show its crypto debit card has processed $918.1 million in spending across 11.6 million transactions since launching in April 2025, according to Paymentscan. Monthly card volume hit $123.7 million in September, more than five times its level a year earlier. The card volume grew month over month in 13 of the past 15 months even as bitcoin fell roughly 27% over that period.

Long-term 2026 bonds issued by five major AI spenders—Oracle, Alphabet, Meta, Amazon and SpaceX—carry coupons above 6%, ranging from 6.25% to 6.85%. Over the same period, the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose 49 basis points in a month to 5.28%. The five companies’ uncommenced data-center lease commitments climbed to about $1.12 trillion from roughly $662 billion in late 2025. Oracle’s debt and leases equal 71.6% of its capital, compared with 15.9% at Alphabet, underscoring wide differences in balance-sheet leverage.

On October 4, Stellar (XLM) recorded $36.4 million in net daily inflows into RWAs, representing 62% of the $96.5 million increase across 10 chains. That figure was well ahead of BNB Chain’s $23.2 million. The inflow amounts to roughly one third of the 24-hour growth, underscoring Stellar’s ability to attract tokenized real-world asset liquidity. Analysts say its protocol architecture, shaped by strong regulatory compliance, is particularly suited to corporate clients, helping concentrate RWA liquidity on the chain.