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October 11, 2025, 12:00 PM

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Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk:
Crypto markets crashed after Trump threatened an extra 100% tariff on China, triggering $19.1B+ in liquidations, 10x+ the liquidations during the FTX crash  —  Trump's 100% tariff warning on China ignited a global sell-off that wiped out $16 billion in leveraged crypto longs and pushed Ethena's USDe to a rare sub-$1 print.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
President Trump says that the US will impose an extra 100% tariff on imports from China and “Export Controls on any and all critical software” from November 1  —  - CNBC Councils  — CNBC on Peacock  — Join the CNBC Panel  — Supply Chain Values  — Ad Choices
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google adds a Chrome feature that automatically disables browser notifications from websites users haven't interacted with recently, on Android and desktop  —  Google's Chrome web browser is about to become much less noisy.  —  On Friday, the technology giant announced a new feature …
Edward Ludlow / Bloomberg:
Analysis: in 2025, tech companies have raised about $157B in the US bond markets, up 70% from last year, as debt seeps into every corner of the AI economy  —  Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter about the business of tech from Bloomberg's journalists around the world.
Jeanny Yu / Bloomberg:
An index of Chinese chip stocks is outperforming global peers, surging 50% since the end of June, amid rising investor caution about soaring valuations  —  China's chip stocks have staged a world-beating rally in the past few months on the nation's self-sufficiency push …
Billy Perrigo / Time:
A look at Figure AI's new robot, Figure 03, which the company claims will be its first mass-producible humanoid capable of domestic chores and industrial labor  —  A dozen or so young men and women, eyes obscured by VR headsets, shuffle around a faux kitchen inside a tech company's Silicon Valley headquarters.
Reuters:
Ten major banks including Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, and UBS announce an early-stage project to explore issuing stablecoins pegged to G7 currencies  —  - Group includes US, UK, Swiss, Japanese, Canadian lenders  — Banks seeking to find their way as stablecoin demand grows
Heather Knight / New York Times:
Marc Benioff says President Trump is “doing a great job” and believes National Guard troops should be deployed to San Francisco to help reduce crime in the city  —  Mr. Benioff, the Salesforce C.E.O. and owner of Time magazine, once supported Hillary Clinton and a business tax for homeless services.

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