October 19, 2026

2027 Social Security COLA: Why Rising CPI and PPI Matter for Your Retirement Social Security benefits are increasing 3.6% in 2027. But with consumer inflation at 3.7% and wholesale inflation at 6.3%, retirees face an…

Iran War Polymarket odds say Washington ends the blockade eventually, just not soon. Traders price a 61% chance that the U.S. officially announces an end to its naval blockade on Iranian ships by March 31, 2027, while U.S. Central Command…

The biggest Ethereum news of the day comes from Wall Street, not from a developer call. JPMorgan is taking JPM Coin (JPMD), its tokenized dollar deposit, from Base to Ethereum mainnet. Kinexys, the bank’s blockchain unit, said in a…

BTC USD reached $83,009 during the session before handing most of the move back, and now trades at $82,202, up 0.38% over 24 hours with market cap at $1.65 trillion. The backdrop had turned friendlier on three fronts at once. Brent eased…