Weekly Roundup: Trading, Investing & Online Business – October 18, 2025

Here is your weekly roundup of top news across trading, investing, and online business. Stay ahead of the markets with these key updates from the past week.

Crypto Trading 🚀

1. Why crypto briefly but dramatically crashed when Trump renewed his trade war – CNN
2. Ethereum’s Price Falls Below $4,000 Again, But A Reversal Awaits – Yahoo Finance
3. Bitcoin is Sinking Back Toward $100,000. Where Does it Go From Here? – Investopedia
4. Bitcoin climbs after President Trump says trade relations with China will be fine: CNBC Crypto World – CNBC
5. ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ strikes deal with Trump administration to resolve US tax charges – Reuters
6. Feds Seize Record-Breaking $15 Billion in Bitcoin From Alleged Scam Empire – WIRED
7. Bitcoin, Ethereum Prices Tumble. Cryptos Plunge Toward 3-Month Lows. – Barron’s
8. $15 billion seized by US originates from Iran/China bitcoin miner “theft” – Elliptic
9. As bitcoin slides, watch this signal to see how low it could go – MarketWatch
10. Bitcoin Price Slides To $104,000 As Market Fear Hits ‘Extreme’ Levels – Bitcoin Magazine
11. Feds seize record $15B in Bitcoin from ‘pig butchering’ scheme | CNN Business – CNN
12. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP Drop. Why ‘Uptober’ Isn’t Going to Plan for Crypto. – Barron’s
13. Watch These Bitcoin Price Levels as Cryptocurrency Rebounds From Sell-Off – Investopedia
14. Ethereum Whales are Furiously Buying ETH: Is it Time to Buy the Ether Dip? – Yahoo Finance
15. Bitcoin just lost more than stocks did in the 1929 market crash. It won’t be the last time. – MarketWatch
16. DOJ seizes $15 billion in bitcoin from massive ‘pig butchering’ scam based in Cambodia – CNBC
17. Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP Drop. Why Cryptos Are Selling Off Again. – Barron’s
18. 9 Biggest Bitcoin Crashes in History – Yahoo Finance
19. Peter Schiff Takes A Victory Lap: For Bitcoin, ‘The Party Is Over’ – Yahoo Finance
20. Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP Jump After Crypto Crash. What’s Fueling the Rebound. – Barron’s
21. Tempo blockchain raises $500M in Series A round: report
22. Capitol Gains: The US seized $15B in bitcoin. What comes next?
23. Running a blockchain foundation is actually really tough
24. Ethereum core dev Dankrad Feist joins Stripe-backed stablecoin project
25. Daylight Energy secures $75M to expand decentralized solar network
26. Farcaster hits 100K+ funded wallets as it builds out its app store
27. Ripple acquires GTreasury in $1B deal to expand into corporate finance
28. HIP-3 brings equity perps to crypto
29. a16z invests $50M in Solana staking protocol Jito
30. Figment acquires staking analytics firm Rated

Forex Trading 📊

1. Exchange Rates: What They Are, How They Work, and Why They Fluctuate – Investopedia
2. US bank worries hit markets; Aussie back at lows – Convera
3. China Ramps Up Yuan Defense Via Fixing Amid Trade Tensions – Bloomberg.com
4. South Korea in talks with US on various ways to set up FX swap, minister says – Reuters
5. US dollar still dominates forex markets – Inquirer.net
6. What Countries Dropped the US Dollar? Full List & Reasons – EBC Financial Group
7. Impact of Sino-US Tariff Tensions on Currency Markets: The US Dollar Re-Emerges as a Safe Haven – 富途牛牛
8. Chinese Yuan rises in global currency markets as US dollar weakens | Vantage on Firstpost – Firstpost
9. The US Dollar Sinks Ahead Of Fed Speeches And Key Data – Finimize
10. AUD/USD, USD/JPY: Mild Rebound for Australian Dollar and Yen Faces Resistance – FOREX.com
11. What is Fueling the US Dollar Rally – stl.news
12. Dollar Gains as US-China Trade Tensions Ease – Mitrade
13. Megan Greene from the BoE remarked on inflation, global rates, and currency market risks during meetings – VT Markets
14. Dollar set for weekly slide as trade, shutdown concerns weigh – The Jakarta Post
15. AI investment boom reaches Europe’s currency market, and the two biggest winners are … – The Times of India
16. AFRICA-FX- Nigeria’s naira seen weakening further, Ghana’s cedi to extend rally – TradingView
17. AI boom rippling across to Britain’s pound, Swedish crown – Reuters
18. Why Is Vietnamese Currency So Weak? Key Factors Explained – EBC Financial Group
19. Dollar Falters As Trade Tensions And Fed Moves Shake Markets – Finimize
20. Naira Falls in Absence of FX Sales to Boost Dollar Supply – MarketForces Africa
21. EUR/USD slips as Trump softens China tariff stance, US Dollar recovers
22. Dow Jones Industrial Average takes one last bullish swing for the week
23. Canadian Dollar rebounds as Greenback recedes
24. Gold crashes 2% from record high as Trump tempers threats on China
25. AUD/USD remains steady after Trump tones down China rhetoric, DXY recovers slightly
26. USD/JPY strengthens as Trump’s softer stance on China boosts US Dollar demand
27. BoE’s Greene: We should not cut rates every quarter, but rate-cutting cycle not over
28. EUR/GBP steady as French political calm supports Euro, UK fiscal issues weigh
29. Fed’s Musalem: Important for Fed to be cautious right now
30. Gold softens after record rally but remains on track for ninth weekly gain

Stocks Trading 📈

1. EasyJet shares jump, traders cite report of bid interest – Reuters
2. Stock market today: Dow drops 300 points, S&P 500, Nasdaq slide as regional bank woes hit markets – Yahoo Finance
3. Meta shares have been stuck. Here’s why one analyst just got more optimistic – CNBC
4. Midwestern University President Shares Vision for Student Success on WGN Radio – Midwestern University
5. Jefferies Shares Pare Losses After CEO Says First Brands Defrauded Bank – The Wall Street Journal
6. E-mini S&P 500 Futures Overview – CME Group
7. Washington psychologist shares how shutdown threatens mental health services, public safety – afscme
8. US shares risk ‘sharp correction’ but markets seem complacent, IMF warns | US economy – The Guardian
9. US Futures Trim Losses as Trump Eases Trade Fears: Markets Wrap – Bloomberg.com
10. Entergy Arkansas shares fall safety tips – Entergy
11. How nervous are investors about the stock market? – BBC
12. Volatility Shares Files for 5x Leveraged Bitcoin, Ether, and XRP ETFs – Yahoo Finance
13. Regional banks, Jefferies shares tank as concerns about sour loans grow on Wall Street – CNBC
14. Michelin shares fall as much as 11% after profit warning – Reuters
15. Stocks close higher as bank credit worries, China trade tensions ease – CNBC
16. Trade jitters drag European shares lower; France stays in focus – Reuters
17. S&P 500 closes higher after another volatile session, aided by strong bank earnings – CNBC
18. Stock market today: Dow jumps 600 points, S&P 500, Nasdaq soar as Wall Street rebounds from tariff-fueled rout – Yahoo Finance
19. Polaris shares surge on Indian Motorcycle unit spin-off, profit forecast – Reuters
20. Equities rebound after Trump cools China rhetoric but gold at record highs – Reuters
21. 🇳🇬 Marketers confirm 600m Dangote petrol lifting target – Punch Newspapers
22. 🇳🇬 Temitope Aina – Punch Newspapers
23. 🇳🇬 Market value surges to N93.8tn as NGX uptrend persists – Punch Newspapers
24. 🇳🇬 SEC adopts faster settlement cycle for market efficiency – Punch Newspapers
25. 🇳🇬 Bitget unveils universal exchange to bridge crypto, US stock trading – Punch Newspapers
26. 🇳🇬 Stock market records N20bn gain, reverses previous losses – Punch Newspapers
27. 🇳🇬 SEC, SMEDAN empower 40 million SMEs – Punch Newspapers
28. 🇳🇬 Zenith Bank pays N51.3bn dividend, pledges better performance – Punch Newspapers
29. 🇳🇬 Global markets rise on Fed rate cut hopes – Punch Newspapers
30. 🇳🇬 NGX opens week with N465bn gain on insurance, industrial rally – Punch Newspapers

Real Estate 🏠

1. Two New Openings Bring More Affordable Housing to Mt. Etna Campus – San Diego County News Center
2. U.S. Federal Housing Requests Input on New Strategic Plan – FHFA (.gov)
3. Is it worth buying an investment property right now? – Yahoo Finance
4. Mortgage interest rates just dropped again. Here’s what homebuyers should (and shouldn’t) do next. – CBS News
5. Why Mortgage Rates Might Not Keep Going Down – Morningstar
6. 30-year mortgage rates decline – How long should buyers wait? | Today’s mortgage and refinance rates, October 16, 2025 – Bankrate
7. Current mortgage rates report for Oct. 16, 2025: Rates drop even lower – Fortune
8. Newsom signed nearly 800 laws — including big ones on housing and insulin – CalMatters
9. 2026 Housing Market Outlook – Keeping Current Matters
10. Mortgage rates fall for second straight week as shutdown, economic uncertainty weigh – Fox Business
11. Senate passes major housing bill – Multifamily Dive
12. Massive property tax hikes hurt Chicago’s low-income families – Illinois Policy
13. When will mortgage rates go down? Rates decreased this week — but just barely. – Yahoo Finance
14. What homebuyers can expect now that mortgage rates are falling, according to experts – CBS News
15. Could mortgage interest rates fall before the Fed’s October meeting? Here’s what to consider. – CBS News
16. Projected mortgage interest rates for the next 5 years – Yahoo Finance
17. The government shutdown is wreaking havoc on a popular 0% down mortgage – Yahoo Finance
18. Mortgage and refinance interest rates today, October 17, 2025: Annual rates are down – Yahoo Finance
19. Mortgage and refinance interest rates today, October 16, 2025: Rates continue to inch down – Yahoo Finance
20. Mortgage Rates Hold After Drop | Today, October 16, 2025 – The Mortgage Reports
21. Rents Ease as Gen Z Hopes To Own a Home—and the Best Time To Buy Lingers
22. Christina Haack Tells Fans To ‘Eliminate All Toxic People’ and ‘Hire the Best Attorneys’ Following Bitter Divorce From Josh Hall
23. Top 10 States With the Lowest Property Taxes
24. Shutdown Puts Home-Care Program at 320 Hospitals at Risk—Jeopardizing Aging in Place for Thousands
25. EXCLUSIVE: Trevon Diggs Listed Texas Mansion for $4 Million Just Months Before Suffering a Concussion at His Home
26. Nicki Minaj Is at Risk of Losing Her $20 Million Hidden Hills Home Over $500K Security Guard Lawsuit
27. Florida Lawmakers Weigh $1,000 Property Tax Rebates as Home Values Soar 51% in 6 Years
28. Buyers Are Taking ‘Try Before You Buy’ Literally—but Agents Warn Home Sleepovers Are a Nightmare for Sellers
29. Megamansions in Florida’s Most Elite Enclaves Are Listed for Up to 5 Times Their Original Price
30. Mark Wahlberg Buys $37 Million ‘Billionaires Row’ Mansion in Florida—Months After Selling $63.1 Million Beverly Hills Estate to Paris Hilton

Agriculture 🌱

1. Sustainable Agriculture: A Global Conservation Frontier – World Wildlife Fund
2. Managing Risk and Unlocking Opportunity in the Food, Agribusiness and Beverage Industry – aon.com
3. Changes for Agriculture in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act – American Enterprise Institute
4. USDA slaps down Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller over New World screwworm – The Texas Tribune
5. Checking In With Chancellor May: Cultivating the Future of Agriculture in California and Across the World – UC Davis
6. Agriculture professor bridges disciplines through OSU Museum of Art experience – Oklahoma State University
7. How a U.S. Government Shutdown Affects Agriculture and Farmers – sentientmedia.org
8. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Launches Center for Agriculture and the Economy – Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
9. North Macedonia – Farming, Livestock, Crops – Britannica
10. Weekly Agriculture – Politico
11. We need more young farmers. Here’s how skills and regenerative agriculture can help feed the future – The World Economic Forum
12. Stefanik Reintroduces Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security Act – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (.gov)
13. University of Delaware’s Cooperative Extension’s new online Fact Sheet assists agriculture, aquaculture communities – State of Delaware News (.gov)
14. Nature-Based Solutions: Agriculture’s Best Defense Against Water Stress – The Nature Conservancy
15. Agriculture Safeguards and Security Act Reintroduced in Congress – Hoosier Ag Today
16. Using cover crops in the home garden – Michigan State University
17. AgriPolk: Polk State launches new pathway to careers in agriculture – Polk State College
18. AgriConnect generates more – World Bank
19. Fighting soil erosion with sustainable solutions – World Wildlife Fund
20. Center for Agriculture and the Economy – Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
21. 🇳🇬 EU grants Nigeria N320.5bn credit to boost agriculture – The Guardian Nigeria News
22. 🇳🇬 ‘Why Nigeria is yet to benefit from agro-industrial potential’ – The Guardian Nigeria News
23. 🇳🇬 BATN Foundation Celebrates UN World Food Day at 2025 Eko World Food Day Fair – The Guardian Nigeria News
24. 🇳🇬 Foundation, Benue train farmers, agric officers – The Guardian Nigeria News
25. 🇳🇬 Ogun Assembly passes bill to regulate scavengers, waste dealers – The Guardian Nigeria News
26. 🇳🇬 EU body, AU urged to back large-scale coconut plantations for Africa’s food security – The Guardian Nigeria News
27. 🇳🇬 PMI rises to 54.0 in September, signals stronger growth across key sectors – The Guardian Nigeria News
28. 🇳🇬 EU, Nigeria strengthen partnership with N320.5b agriculture credit support – The Guardian Nigeria News
29. 🇳🇬 Reps plan revival of farm settlements as food imports hit $10bn yearly – The Guardian Nigeria News
30. 🇳🇬 Award-winning Nigerian agronomist, Diebiru-Ojo, dreams of a cassava ‘revolution’ – The Guardian Nigeria News

Online Business & AI 💻

1. LinkedIn’s list of top 50 U.S. startups includes three emerging companies from Seattle area – GeekWire
2. The Fashion AI Startups to Watch – The Business of Fashion
3. Fintech Upgrade raises $165 million, targets IPO in 12 to 18 months – Reuters
4. AFL-CIO Launches ‘Workers First Initiative on AI’ to Put American Workers at the Future of Artificial Intelligence – AFL-CIO
5. Ohio University Chillicothe to host free artificial intelligence workshops – Ohio University
6. Fintech startup Upgrade valued at $7.3 billion in new funding round – CNBC
7. Embracing AI: Understanding and utilizing artificial intelligence in nature – University of Nevada, Reno
8. Amazon faces a ‘fundamental’ shift in how AI startups spend on the cloud, internal documents show – Business Insider
9. Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum: Is A Giant Crash Brewing For AI Stocks? – Investor’s Business Daily
10. China’s AI Dragons Must Survive ‘Involution’ to Conquer the World – Bloomberg.com
11. City government’s use of artificial intelligence scrutinized at hearing – Metro Philadelphia
12. Why AI startups are taking data into their own hands – TechCrunch
13. SPC Launches FinTech Specialist Program to Meet Growing Industry Demand – St. Petersburg College
14. A look inside Elevance Health’s artificial intelligence strategy – Fierce Healthcare
15. Big Law cashes in on artificial intelligence M&A – White & Case LLP
16. In the News: Manjeet Rege on Artificial Intelligence Helping Job Seekers – Newsroom | University of St. Thomas
17. Can Artificial Intelligence Fix Small-Town Traffic? A Bay Area Town Thinks So – Governing
18. More than 50 startups join our first Google for Startups Gemini Founders Forum – The Keyword
19. Artificial Intelligence: Principles to Protect Workers – AFL-CIO
20. Jensen Huang name-checks 6 AI companies — and says 100% of Nvidia engineers use one of them – Business Insider
21. 1min.AI for just $79.99 – Mashable
22. Mashable – Mashable
23. NYT Mini crossword answers, hints for October 15, 2025 – Mashable
24. Samsung to launch Project Moohan at October Galaxy event – Mashable
25. SpaceX scores a Starship success on 11th test. Here’s what that means. – Mashable
26. A giant black hole is lost in space. Here’s how it’s shocking astronomers. – Mashable
27. DJI fights U.S. government classification as ‘Chinese military company,’ appeals ruling – Mashable
28. Get productivity powerhouse Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for life for under $40 – Mashable
29. SKIMS advertises pubic hair underwear on Instagram while adult creators get banned – Mashable
30. Amazon is giving away free Jackery portable solar generators — here’s how to qualify for the deal – Mashable

That’s a wrap for this week’s news! Which story caught your eye? Share your thoughts in the comments! 👇