Crypto

Bitcoin holds $80,000 as stablecoin payments spread

Over the past week, the global crypto market’s key theme was resilience. Bitcoin held $80,000 despite a CPI shock, while XRP defended $1.30 even as public interest faded. Investors are watching U.S. PMI data and the Oct. 27-28 FOMC, as well as Ripple’s Swell event. Stablecoins and tokenisation are spreading into mainstream payment rails. In South Korea, tax deferral bills and a forthcoming digital assets framework are emerging variables.

AI & Enterprise

GPT-5.6 SOL tops AI online mall test after a year, study finds

Some AI models increased initial assets more than 14-fold in a test that put them in charge of running a virtual online shopping mall for 365 days, while others went bankrupt after failing to manage cash flow, a study found. Researchers provided 18 models with 100,000 yuan each and had them handle tasks from pricing to returns and funding. OpenAI\'s GPT-5.6 SOL ranked first by final assets.