Weekly Roundup: Trading, Investing & Online Business – October 25, 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. JPMorgan to Allow Bitcoin and Ether as Collateral in Crypto Push – Bloomberg.com
2. Trump family’s $314M bitcoin mining deal underscores new market reality – Axios
3. Analysts Set $200,000 Bitcoin Price Target – Is It Realistic By Christmas? – Yahoo Finance
4. Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana Fall Further. Why the Crypto Rebound Fizzled Out. – Barron’s
5. Watch These Bitcoin Price Levels as Cryptocurrency Is Back Above $110,000 – Investopedia
6. Record $15 billion Bitcoin cyber scam seizure: Bay Area investigator visited suspect’s company in Cambodia – ABC7 San Francisco
7. Why The Bitcoin Price May Be Decoupling From Its Four-Year Cycle – Bitcoin Magazine
8. BlackRock brings bitcoin to UK retail investors on exchange – ETF Express
9. Bitcoin jumps, retakes $111,000, leading crypto stocks higher as markets stabilize after October sell-off – Yahoo Finance
10. BlackRock Is Pulling Bitcoin Whales Into Wall Street’s Orbit – Bloomberg.com
11. Critical Ethereum Investors Begin Selling As Price Struggles Under $4,000 – Yahoo Finance
12. Has Bitcoin Bottomed? Here’s What the Experts Say – Yahoo Finance
13. Nearly $6 Billion in Bitcoin and Ethereum Options Expire Ahead of September CPI – Yahoo Finance
14. Gold sinks, bitcoin plunges as debasement trade stumbles – Yahoo Finance
15. 3 Reasons Ethereum Price Stalls Below $4,000 — And Why The Real Test Lies Higher – Yahoo Finance
16. Satoshi-Era Bitcoin Whale Awakens After 14 Years: Will It Move BTC Price? – Yahoo Finance
17. Ethereum Price Struggles to Reclaim $4,000 Amid Long-Term Holder Pressure – Yahoo Finance
18. Ethereum Price Prediction: Is ETH’s Technical Breakout Real or Another Bull Trap Above $3,800? – Yahoo Finance
19. ‘Pet Rock’ No More: JPMorgan To Accept Bitcoin, Ethereum As Collateral – Yahoo Finance
20. ‘Trump Insider’ Trader Expands Bitcoin Short by $22M — See What the Open Position Looks Like Today – Yahoo Finance
21. Crypto – Bloomberg.com
22. 2025 is the Year ‘Crypto Went Mainstream’: a16z
23. Pumpfun Acquires Memecoin Trading Terminal Padre
24. Stable Controversially Pre-Fills $825 Million Vault
25. XRP Surges as Ripple Completes Hidden Road Acquisition
26. Crypto Markets See Moderate Gains as US Inflation Hits 3%
27. Bitcoin Critic Peter Schiff Reveals Plans for Tokenized Gold App, Debit Card
28. Can Decentralized Networks Make the Internet More Resilient?
29. Solana DEX Meteora Launches Native MET Token
30. Aster Rallies on ‘Rocket Launch’ Incentives Campaign

Forex Trading 📊

1. How Non-Farm Payroll Release Affects Forex Markets – Investopedia
2. Debasing the ‘debasement’ trade – Reuters
3. Dollar forecast: Forex Friday | October 24, 2025 – FOREX.com
4. Dollar Picks Up As Politics Stir Currency Markets – Finimize
5. India Pushes to Expand Rupee Settlement With Key Trade Partners – Bloomberg.com
6. Dollar dominance under threat, Real Plan creator says – Valor International
7. Borderless.xyz Launches the First Industry-Wide Stablecoin FX Benchmark – markets.businessinsider.com
8. International Monetary Fund | Purpose, Established, Headquarters, & Development – Britannica
9. AFRICA-FX-Ghana’s currency could slip, Uganda’s and Zambia’s may rise – TradingView
10. Why Did the Canadian Dollar Drop? An Expert Analysis – vocal.media
11. Argentina’s central bank says it signed $20 billion currency swap deal with US – Reuters
12. Dollar Edges Up As Markets Wait For Central Bank Moves – Finimize
13. Ethiopia in Talks With China to Convert Dollar Loans Into Yuan – Bloomberg.com
14. Sterling slips as UK inflation holds steady, dollar lower versus yen – Reuters
15. Currency Markets Pause As Central Banks And Politics Collide – Finimize
16. Trump sets head-scratching FX intervention precedence in Argentina – Reuters
17. US Dollar Gains As Markets Wait For Key Inflation Data – Finimize
18. African Currencies Take Divergent Paths As Dollar Dynamics Shift – Finimize
19. Currency Markets Tread Water Ahead Of Key Data Releases – Finimize
20. RBI Sells Billions To Keep The Rupee Near 88 Per Dollar – Finimize
21. 🇳🇬 Naira strengthens to N1,455/$ as foreign reserves hit $42.8 billion – Nairametrics
22. 🇳🇬 Who Lives Better: Income of N1.5M in Nigeria or $1K in the US? – Nairametrics
23. 🇳🇬 FATF removes Nigeria from grey list, boosting investor confidence – Nairametrics
24. 🇳🇬 President Tinubu sacks service chiefs, appoints new military leadership – Nairametrics
25. 🇳🇬 Breaking: FATF removes Nigeria from grey list, boosting investor confidence – Nairametrics
26. 🇳🇬 How to profit from govt. policies: CGT, FG borrowings, Naira gains – Nairametrics
27. 🇳🇬 Financial Services Archives – Nairametrics
28. 🇳🇬 Equities Archives – Nairametrics
29. 🇳🇬 Amazon Web Service outage disrupts major global platforms, Snapchat, Canva others affected – Nairametrics
30. 🇳🇬 Fintech startup Lidya shuts down after nine years – Nairametrics

Stocks Trading 📈

1. TI shares slide as bleak outlook signals prolonged chip market slump – Reuters
2. Why Beyond Meat shares have surged 1,000% in four days – BBC
3. Stock market today: Dow jumps 200 points to record high as Wall Street cheers start of earnings season – Yahoo Finance
4. Dow closes down 300 points on trade fears, latest earnings – CNBC
5. Buffett’s Simple Rules for Staying Calm and Profiting When Stocks Plunge – Investopedia
6. Scott Savage shares updates on ServiceFirst, listening tour – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
7. AHA shares concerns with FTC on employer noncompete agreements – American Hospital Association
8. Sustainability Department shares MCAP updates to performance measures and FY25 Department Annual Report – The City of Asheville (.gov)
9. Stock Market Performance Since Liberation Day – Apollo Academy
10. Beyond Meat short interest surges past 100% of public shares, Ortex data shows – Reuters
11. Citigroup says shares of this obesity drug biotech could nearly double – CNBC
12. Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq fall as Netflix sinks, Tesla earnings loom – Yahoo Finance
13. Tesla shares slide as margin pressures mount despite record sales – Reuters
14. Intel shares jump as investments, cost cuts catapult turnaround efforts – Reuters
15. Beyond Meat shares soar as retail traders spark ‘meme stock’ euphoria – Reuters
16. Apple nears $4 trillion valuation as shares surge on strong iPhone 17 demand – Reuters
17. LSEG shares soar on trade services stake sale, stock buyback – Reuters
18. BNP Paribas shares tumble after US jury’s Sudan verdict – Reuters
19. Playtech shares plunge as Evolution links rival to smear report – Reuters
20. LG Chem shares soar after Palliser urges new board directors, stock buybacks – Reuters
21. IBM says conventional AMD chips can run quantum computing error correction algorithm – Reuters
22. Wall Street notches record closing highs on cool inflation, solid earnings – Reuters
23. Stocks jump after US inflation data; US dollar nearly flat – Reuters
24. Investors use dotcom era playbook to dodge AI bubble risks – Reuters
25. BOJ sees signs of overheating in Japan’s stock market – Reuters
26. Netflix’s blockbuster run loses spark amid valuation jitters – Reuters
27. Wall Street ends mixed as earnings lift the Dow – Reuters
28. Wall St Week Ahead Megacap-led earnings deluge, Fed meeting headline busy US markets week – Reuters
29. Beyond Meat shares soar on planned Walmart distribution – Reuters

Real Estate 🏠

1. MBA Forecast: Total Single-Family Mortgage Originations to Increase 8 percent to $2.2 Trillion in 2026 – mba.org
2. Pennsylvania Housing Action Plan – PA Department of Community & Economic Development (.gov)
3. California expands CalAssist Mortgage Fund Disaster Relief: More California families to qualify for mortgage grants – California State Portal | CA.gov
4. Missouri House committee eyes plan to silo property classes for taxation – Missouri Independent
5. High housing costs are driving people out of Maryland, new state report finds – Maryland Matters
6. When will mortgage rates go down? Rates remain relatively flat. – Yahoo Finance
7. A new law makes it easier to build homes near buses. Guess what housing opponents are doing now – CalMatters
8. U.S. Federal Housing Announces Director Pulte Will Donate 100% of His Salary to Wounded Veterans – FHFA (.gov)
9. The Outlook for US Housing Supply and Affordability – Goldman Sachs
10. Current mortgage rates report for Oct. 24, 2025: Rates mostly holding steady – Fortune
11. Most potential homebuyers expect mortgage rates to drop. That’s why they’re waiting – CNBC
12. Mortgage rates fall to lowest level of 2025 – CNN
13. Ohio House approves bills limiting property tax increases to inflation – Ohio Capital Journal
14. ‘The risk levels are higher’: Miami is the number one housing market bubble in the world – again – WLRN
15. Mortgage rates are the lowest in a year. Should you refinance? – NBC News
16. DeSantis dismisses House proposals on property tax reduction in 2026 – Florida Phoenix
17. Current mortgage rates report for Oct. 22, 2025: Rates remain low – Fortune
18. Lower mortgage rates push home sales up in September, but prices still stubbornly high – CNBC
19. Mortgage and refinance interest rates today, October 22, 2025: Lower again. Could it be a trend? – Yahoo Finance
20. Current mortgage rates report for Oct. 23, 2025: Rates still relatively low – Fortune
21. Renters Are Conning Their Way Into Luxury Apartments – WSJ – The Wall Street Journal
22. Exclusive | One of Hawaii’s Most Expensive Homes for Sale Lists for $34 Million – WSJ – The Wall Street Journal
23. Exclusive | A $50 Million Beach Compound Sets a Price Record for San Diego County – WSJ – The Wall Street Journal
24. Exclusive | Duty Free Americas Chairman Asks $65 Million for Puerto Rico Mansion – WSJ – The Wall Street Journal
25. America’s Most Successful Restaurant Chain Feeds a Dumpling Frenzy – The Wall Street Journal
26. Car Theft, Private Security and the Fight to Gate Off Miami Beach’s Richest Road – The Wall Street Journal
27. Exclusive | Shutterstock Founder Sells Oceanfront Hamptons Home for $57 Million – The Wall Street Journal
28. Before ‘Nobody Wants This,’ Jackie Tohn Played Fran Drescher’s Mini-Me – The Wall Street Journal
29. Blackstone Looks to IPOs for Investment Exits – The Wall Street Journal
30. Dollar Strengthens Ahead of CPI – The Wall Street Journal

Agriculture 🌱

1. 🇳🇬 Lagos abattoirs: 8 major slaughterhouses powering N328 billion beef market
2. 🇳🇬 Crippling over 35 million farmers and crushing 20 years of progress
3. 🇳🇬 Bank lending to agriculture rises to 5.33% in May 2025-NIRSAL
4. 🇳🇬 Livestock Policy: Nigeria unveils new framework to boost food security
5. 🇳🇬 FG revamps agricultural education to boost food security, jobs
6. 🇳🇬 NAICOM says over 1.47 million farmers covered under agricultural insurance
7. 🇳🇬 Niger State signs multi-billion dollar agricultural MoU with Republic of Benin
8. 🇳🇬 AfDB pledges funding for Nigeria’s SAPZ expansion to 24 states
9. 🇳🇬 Julius Berger exits agro-processing, leases cashew nut facilities to Eko Organic Food
10. 🇳🇬 Jigawa Govt approves N396 million for FG fertiliser scheme

Online Business & AI 💻

1. Artificial Intelligence Stocks: The 10 Best AI Companies | Investing – US News Money
2. The Forbes Fintech 50: Apply For Our 2026 List – Forbes
3. Augmented intelligence in medicine – American Medical Association
4. AI startups are leasing luxury apartments in San Francisco for staff and offering large rent stipends to attract talent – Fortune
5. Best AI Stocks for 2025: Artificial Intelligence Investing – The Motley Fool
6. Artificial Intelligence Needs Electricity, and Electricity Needs Freedom – Cato Institute
7. PayPal Raises Stake in eCommerce Firm Shopware to 41% – PYMNTS.com
8. Inside the AI startups reinventing consulting: ‘It’s not as good as McKinsey, but it’s instant’ – businessinsider.com
9. Ecommerce earnings recap: What you missed from Johnson & Johnson – Digital Commerce 360
10. PAHO publishes guide for designing Artificial Intelligence instructions in public health – Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
11. Innovating At The Intersection Of Artificial Intelligence And Humanity – School Of Computing – Montclair State University
12. How startups are modernizing procurement with AI – The Official Microsoft Blog
13. Wearables Startups Are Having A Moment – Crunchbase News
14. 8 European Defense Tech Startups to Watch – Bloomberg.com
15. Artificial Intelligence increases efficiency and quality of colonoscopy | VA Asheville health care | Veterans Affairs – VA.gov Home | Veterans Affairs
16. Discovery Days: Five FSU-affiliated startups with innovative, impactful ideas compete for $85,000 at third annual FSU Discovery Challenge – Florida State University
17. Fintech star gets 7 years for defrauding JPMorgan Chase out of $175M — why it took the bank 1 year to figure it out – Yahoo Finance
18. New Orleans startups bet on AI as Tulane expands its survey statewide in 2026 – Tulane University News
19. Plaid names Seun Sodipo CFO as it enters next phase of fintech growth – Fortune
20. Walmart’s deal with ChatGPT should worry every ecommerce small business: Your website is living on borrowed time in the age of AI – Fortune
21. There’s a new affordable way to get ChatGPT, Gemini, and more for life – Mashable
22. On a Saturn moon, chemicals can do things they can’t on Earth – Mashable
23. The corpse of a long-dead star surprises astronomers by eating a planet – Mashable
24. X will start selling inactive usernames to paid users – Mashable
25. GWM head says it still wants to enter the U.S. EV market. Eventually. – Mashable
26. Score the best deal for content creators — save over $200 on DJI vlogging camera and mic combo – Mashable
27. Samsung Galaxy XR headset debuts at half the price of Vision Pro – Mashable
28. OpenAI just launched its own AI browser. Here’s how to try ChatGPT Atlas. – Mashable SEA
29. Amazon launches new AWS incident reporting tool, and not a second too late – Mashable
30. The 10 best Jackery power station deals to keep your home or campsite juiced up – Mashable

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