More than 100 DriveWealth partners, including fintechs and digital wallets, could gain greater flexibility to fund investments outside bank transfer windows. A new Ripple partnership targets capital tied up by cross-border delays as trading extends beyond regular market hours.
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Analyst Sees Bitcoin Beyond $175K as Market Structure Shifts
October 15, 2026
Institutional ownership and changes in crypto financing may reduce bitcoin’s vulnerability to severe downturns, Siebert Financial analyst Brian Vieten argues. He sees expanding stablecoin payments as a catalyst for the cryptocurrency’s next advance.
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The 1st SpaceX Starship to survive a launch to space just came home to its launch site
October 15, 2026
Nearly three months after surviving its launch to space and a tumultuous trial at sea, the first Starship spacecraft to survive its ocean splashdown has returned to Starbase.
SpaceX shared new photos and video of Ship 40, the Starship upper stage that launched on the…
Four years ago, NASA punched an asteroid. Europe's Hera probe arrives this month to inspect the wreckage
October 15, 2026
NASA’s DART mission made a cosmic mess four years ago — and now a new spacecraft is ready to scout out exactly what the first-of-its-kind collision accomplished.
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft slammed into a small space rock called Dimorphos on Sept. 26, 2022, in humanity’s first test of planetary defense. That’s the field dedicated to protecting Earth…
Scientists discover that some of the universe's biggest explosions may have never happened at all
October 15, 2026
Now you see them, now you don’t. Scientists have discovered that some of the universe’s most powerful explosions, hypernovas, may not happen at all.
These explosions, known as hypernovas, were first proposed to explain unusual stars in the halo of our galaxy…
Zenzap raises $44M for its AI chat app that aims to replace WhatsApp in the workplace
October 15, 2026
Many businesses around the world use consumer-facing chat apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, or iMessage to talk and coordinate with staff, and exchange documents or data.
Guy Weiss is building Zenzap, a private messenger with AI that wants to help companies communicate…
Floqer is an autonomous customer knowledge platform that provides business-to-business sales and marketing teams with an AI-powered database designed to continuously collect, organize, and update the information used to understand their customers.
Floqer is pitching Wednesday on the Startup Battlefield stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. The startup told TechCrunch ahead of the presentation that it…
As manufacturers across industries strive to reduce their reliance on Chinese suppliers, Indian startup Scimplify has raised $25 million to expand its AI-powered approach to producing specialty chemicals and critical materials, with semiconductors, defense, and energy…
Wild photos and videos of a “space jellyfish” behind a rocket are quickly going viral. NASA explains the magic behind the jaw-dropping sight
October 15, 2026
A series of videos is quickly picking up viral fame on social media after an October 13 SpaceX launch left an unusual “space jellyfish” behind in the sky. Now, NASA is explaining the science behind the viral artwork in the sky that delighted skywatchers even hundreds of…
Tesla pauses Model 3 orders in Canada amid China EV quota
October 15, 2026
Tesla has stopped taking orders for the Model 3 Premium in Canada, the Shanghai-built trim that brought the electric sedan down to $39,490 CAD. The automaker says it has used up its import quota for Chinese-made EVs and doesn’t expect to reopen orders until March 2027.
But the Canadian government’s own tracker tells a different story: 33,069 of the 49,000 permits for China-made EVs in the…
