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UK Receives Over 10,000 Complaints About Cryptocurrency Bank Transfer Restrictions in 90 Days, HSBC-Linked Banks Top the List
Odaily reports: According to a report by cryptocurrency advocacy group Stand With Crypto (SWC), between May and August of this year, UK consumers submitted 10,092 complaints through its online tool regarding banks restricting cryptocurrency purchases, involving 9,800 users and covering all 650 parliamentary constituencies in the UK. Among them, Lloyds Banking Group (including Halifax and Bank of Scotland) received 2,297 complaints, accounting for approximately 23% of the total; Barclays and NatWest Group received 1,569 and 1,278 complaints respectively.The report notes that although the UK government is committed to establishing a comprehensive crypto asset regulatory framework to attract relevant businesses, bank transfer restrictions may still hinder consumers from using compliant trading platforms. Citing research from the UK Crypto Asset Business Council, SWC stated that over the past 12 months, approximately 40% of transfers to cryptocurrency exchanges registered with the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) were blocked or delayed. (CoinDesk)
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Kalshi plans to launch US CPI futures in December, targeting major Wall Street banks and hedge funds
Odaily reports: Prediction market platform Kalshi plans to launch exchange-traded futures contracts tracking the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) and core CPI in December. It is pitching the products to major banks and hedge funds and has hired former Barclays trader Michael Ashton, known as "Mr. Inflation," to design the contracts and expand institutional clients. If launched, this would become a unique futures product directly tracking CPI, helping institutional investors hedge against inflation and Federal Reserve interest rate change risks, and further positioning Kalshi to enter the traditional derivatives market dominated by CME Group (CME) and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). Kalshi has confirmed it is developing CPI futures but did not disclose specific launch details. (Bloomberg)
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Barclays Plans to Cut 5,000 Jobs, Doubling Down on AI Applications
Barclays CEO Venkat Krishnamurthy said on a conference call that the company would deploy AI at scale, stating that "AI is not the cake, but the icing on the cake." Barclays had previously announced a cost-cutting plan in February, but some investors reacted negatively to the cost base revealed in its half-year report. On the peer front, HSBC is considering cutting up to 20,000 jobs over the coming years, while Standard Chartered has targeted a reduction of more than 15% in support department roles by 2030.
CryptoQuant CEO: MSCI exclusion risk is already priced into the stock, and multiple institutions remain bullish on MSTR.
CryptoQuant Founder and CEO Ki Young Ju posted on X that analysts are not overly concerned about MSCI's decision, and overall market sentiment toward MSTR remains bullish. Target prices from Citibank, Barclays, and B. Riley are $240, $175, and $195 respectively, all recently raised with none lowered. He believes the impact of the MSCI exclusion is primarily limited to index-related fund flows, which have already been reflected in the stock price. What warrants attention now is Strategy's mNAV (the ratio of market capitalization to the value of its held Bitcoin) hovering around 1.0x, its perpetual preferred stock STRC trading at par, and the company's $3.75 billion in reserve funds, which are sufficient to cover dividend payments.
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Barclays: S&P 500 Earnings Expected to Grow 26.5%, Earnings Beats Are the Key to Stock Price
According to Chaoxiang Research, a Barclays report dated October 12, 2026, indicates that third-quarter earnings per share (EPS) for the S&P 500 are expected to grow 26.5% year over year, with a forward P/E ratio of approximately 19x, down from 20.3x last quarter. 53% of index constituents remain below their 200-day moving averages, and the top 10 stocks account for 25% of the index weight and 74% of earnings revisions. Barclays concludes that in a higher-yield environment, market returns are closely tied to earnings delivery. Companies beating earnings estimates capture greater upside, while those missing face harsher penalties. The period following midterm elections historically favors technology and quality stocks. Barclays maintains its S&P 500 price target at $7,950.
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Target price raised to $175, Barclays reiterates Buy rating on Strategy
According to Odaily, Bitcoin Treasuries posted on X that Barclays, with a scale of $2.3 trillion, has reiterated its Buy rating on Bitcoin treasury company Strategy (MSTR) and raised its target price to $175. Barclays categorizes Strategy alongside fintech giants such as Visa and Mastercard.
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Revolut valued at $115 billion, ranks among Europe's most valuable startups
According to Reuters, Revolut has become Europe's most valuable startup, with a current private market valuation of $115 billion, surpassing UK-based Barclays and France's Société Générale. In 2025, it recorded a pre-tax profit of £1.7 billion (around $2.2 billion), reflecting rapid year-on-year growth. The company currently serves 80 million customers and is actively expanding into markets such as Mexico and Australia while continuously securing new licenses. However, Revolut continues to face several challenges: revenue per customer remains well below that of traditional banks, and its lending portfolio is comparatively small (with a loan-to-deposit ratio of just 6%, far below HSBC's 55%); it faces stiff competition in the United States; moreover, it was previously penalized by Lithuanian authorities for anti-money laundering violations and recently suffered a customer data breach. Analysts emphasize that boosting primary account usage and scaling its lending business will be the central focus for Revolut's next phase.
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World First: Seven UK Banks Complete Cross-Bank Tokenized GBP Deposit Transactions
Barclays, HSBC UK, Lloyds, Monzo, Nationwide, NatWest, and Santander, through the UK tokenized deposit initiative, have completed the world's first cross-bank tokenized GBP deposit customer transactions.Among them, Lloyds, NatWest, and Barclays completed two mortgage transfers, with funds automatically released upon completion after being locked; three banks, including HSBC, completed peer-to-peer payments simulating online shopping. The platform was built by Quant, with EY responsible for project management and Linklaters drafting the rules. The project plans to establish a company and formulate a rulebook, and aims to issue 3 digital bonds tradeable with tokenized deposits in Q1 2027.
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UK Banks Complete World’s First Tokenized Deposit Interbank Transactions
According to Reuters, Lloyds Bank, NatWest, and Barclays have completed two remortgage transactions, while three other banks including HSBC tested peer-to-peer payments, marking the official launch of the world's first interbank transactions using tokenized deposits.
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Barclays hires Morgan Stanley executive to head Asian private banking business
According to Bloomberg, sources familiar with the matter revealed that Barclays has appointed Wee Yee Yeong, head of wealth management at Morgan Stanley Singapore, as head of wealth management for Singapore and Asia. As Barclays restarts its Singapore booking center operations, Wee is expected to assume the position in December, succeeding Evonne Tan, who left in April to become chief executive officer of Schroders Asia Wealth Management.
Barclays: Tesla Deliveries at 475,000, FSD and Exports Are Core Drivers
Barclays identifies FSD adoption and Shanghai exports as the two core factors supporting the delivery beat, noting that automotive business growth has reached a positive inflection point. The bank maintains a Neutral rating on Tesla with a $370 price target versus a current price of $366.20. Investors should monitor whether management continues to see strong demand in Q3 and track the progress of the EU FSD approval vote.
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Tether CEO Counters JPMorgan with "Selling Ice in the Arctic" Metaphor: A $183 Billion USDT Market Cap Is the Best Response
According to BeInCrypto, JPMorgan Co-President Doug Petno stated at the Barclays Global Financial Services Conference that institutional interest in blockchain and stablecoins remains in its early stages, constrained by interoperability gaps, regulations, and KYC rules, with no genuine institutional demand beyond crypto trading currently. In swift response, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino remarked that "there is no need to import ice to the Arctic," mocking JPMorgan’s assessment as out of touch with reality—Tether's USDT market cap has already neared $183 billion, while the total market capitalization of all stablecoins sits at approximately $311 billion. Notably, JPMorgan itself operates the blockchain payments division Kinexys, and its research team forecasts the stablecoin market to reach between $500 billion and $750 billion, falling well short of the $2 trillion upper limit projected by some firms.
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19 of 22 Wall Street institutions expect the Fed to raise rates in September, with most anticipating a 50 basis point hike
Odaily reports: 19 of 22 major Wall Street institutions expect the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in September, with most anticipating a 50 basis point hike.Specifically, Goldman Sachs expects a 25 basis point hike; Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, and RBC expect a 75 basis point hike; JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Citi, HSBC, UBS, and most other institutions expect a 50 basis point hike. Additionally, Jefferies expects the next rate adjustment to be a 25 basis point cut in December, while Oxford Economics expects a rate cut only in 2027. (Cointelegraph)
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UK NCA freezes $13.6 million in Premier League funds amid investigation into Sorare crypto fantasy game
According to Decrypt, the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) froze approximately $13.6 million (around £10.02 million) in Barclays' account for the Premier League under the Proceeds of Crime Act. This amount represents the initial sponsorship payment made by crypto fantasy football card game Sorare to the Premier League, stemming from a four-year sponsorship agreement worth roughly $163 million (£120 million) signed by both parties in January 2023. The NCA stated that the freeze was implemented to prevent the transfer of funds while investigating its link to "potential third-party criminal activity," with the Premier League itself facing no allegations of misconduct. Concurrently, Sorare is confronting a separate prosecution from the UK Gambling Commission, which alleges it provided gambling services without a valid operating license. The trial has been postponed until June 2027. Sorare denies that its product falls under gambling regulations, firmly asserting that gameplay is centered on skill rather than chance.
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UK's National Crime Agency Freezes Over $13.6 Million in Sorare Sponsorship Funds from Premier League Accounts
Odaily News The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) has frozen over $13.6 million in funds held in Barclays bank accounts belonging to The Football Association Premier League Limited, the operating entity of the Premier League. The agency obtained a court order from Westminster Magistrates' Court in January 2025, freezing the funds under the Proceeds of Crime Act.The funds represent the first installment of a four-year sponsorship agreement with Sorare, announced in January 2023, which allowed Sorare to issue digital player cards for the 20 Premier League clubs. Sorare's partnership with the Premier League has concluded as of the 2025-26 season.Sorare also faces prosecution by the UK Gambling Commission, accused of offering gambling facilities without an operating license. The company has entered three not-guilty pleas, with the trial scheduled for June 2027. Sorare maintains that its game rewards skill rather than chance and denies that it constitutes a gambling product under UK law. (Decrypt)
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Barclays: Hot Chips 2026 Signals Shift in AI Race From Peak Compute Power to Energy Efficiency Optimization
According to Chaoxiang research, a Barclays report released on August 31 notes that the core theme of the Hot Chips 2026 conference has shifted from "who has the strongest compute" to "who can deliver the most output with the least power," making token/watt the most critical metric for measuring AI hardware success. Constrained by data center power supply, hardware vendors and hyperscalers alike are pushing system performance to its limits within fixed power budgets. Inference workload partitioning has emerged as a key architectural divergence: NVIDIA and Cerebras employ a partitioned approach that decouples prefill and decode stages, delivering roughly an order-of-magnitude improvement in the token/kW metric, whereas OpenAI's Jalapeno integrates prefill, speculative generation, and decoding entirely on a single chip. Barclays anticipates that both approaches will coexist long-term, with the partitioned strategy likely capturing a larger share over time.
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Barclays: AI Lab Gross Margin Gap Exceeds 50 Percentage Points; The Secret Lies Entirely in API Revenue Mix
Barclays expects inference profits to gradually surpass training costs, boosting AI labs' own profit margins. However, AWS, Azure, and GCP will still account for the bulk of AI labs' compute expenditure over the next two years. Starting in 2028, the deployment of self-built infrastructure by AI labs will gradually shift this dynamic. Barclays holds that when benchmarking AI labs, investors should look beyond top-line revenue figures and drill down into underlying variables such as product mix, the share of API and subscription revenue, and revenue recognition methodologies.
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Ondo Finance Appoints Former Global Financial Markets Association Executive Allison Parent as Chief Policy Officer
According to Crowdfund Insider, Ondo Finance has appointed Allison Parent as Chief Policy Officer to engage with policymakers and regulators and advance regulatory and industry standards for tokenized assets. Parent previously served as an Executive Director at the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA) for nearly 10 years. Her career also includes roles as Head of Global Policy and Strategy at Barclays, Senior Policy Advisor and Market Legal Counsel at the Bank of England, and General Counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget, where she contributed to landmark post-financial crisis legislation such as the Dodd-Frank Act.
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Barclays: U.S. Voter Backlash Could Intensify Regulatory Pressure on AI Infrastructure, Posing Political Risks for AI Trades
Bloomberg reported that Barclays' equity strategy team stated that the ongoing expansion of AI infrastructure is sparking a bipartisan voter backlash in the U.S., and markets may be underestimating related political risks ahead of this November's midterm elections. Strategists Jenny Yang and Alex Altmann noted that voter concerns over AI build-outs could trigger stricter regulatory scrutiny, with policy pressure expected to focus primarily on the regulation of data center construction and operations. This could introduce uncertainty into the heavily favored AI investment theme.
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Bank of America Continues to Expand Its Technology Banking Team
: According to an internal memo, Bank of America has hired two managing directors to further expand its technology business. Asad Mahmood, formerly a managing director at Barclays, will join in the fall, focusing on the semiconductor and quantum computing sectors, and will be based in Palo Alto, California. Gregory Reider will join Bank of America's Brazil technology investment banking team this week, responsible for technology and fintech business in Latin America. The memo shows that Reider was previously a co-founder and managing partner of Volpe Capital, a venture capital firm focused on Latin America. A Bank of America spokesperson confirmed the contents of the memo. (Bloomberg)
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