President Trump signed an executive order waiving parts of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, suspending new duties on Russian goods and tariffs on major Russian energy buyers just before the law's deadline. This move preserves existing sanctions but eases restrictions critical to Russia's war funding, drawing praise from Russian officials and criticism from U.S. Democrats. The waiver follows a recent temporary easing of sanctions on Russian diesel exports and comes amid concerns over high fuel prices before U.S. midterm elections. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy warned this could lead to further sanctions relief, highlighting ongoing tensions around U.S.-Russia relations and support for Ukraine.
Regarding President Trump's waiver of new Russia sanctions and tariffs, here is Pluang's market snapshot as of Oct 17, 2026 17:41 WIB: Among 79 priced Energy-sector US stocks, 59 rose and 20 fell today. Notable movers include Centrus Energy Corp (LEU) at USD 114.94 with a 9.50% decline, Antero Resources Corporation (AR) at USD 38.65 gaining 6.06%, and SM Energy Company (SM) at USD 39.50 up 5.28%.
TSMC reports that demand for AI chips remains significantly higher than its production capacity. This supply-demand gap highlights the strong growth potential in the AI semiconductor market. As a result, investors see Nvidia, a leading AI chipmaker, ...
Aptos (APT) saw its price increase to $0.89 against USDT on October 16 following the announcement that Block-STM v2 became the default on the Aptos mainnet. This update, which allows transactions to run in parallel and improves validation, was integr...
On October 16, US spot Bitcoin ETFs experienced $82.39 million in outflows, led by BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust with $71.78 million withdrawn. Ethereum ETFs also saw $69.68 million in outflows, marking the third consecutive day of withdrawals. T...
Hedera saw a 168.37% increase in transactions per second and a 12.3% rise in total value locked to $33.2 million over 30 days, signaling strong network activity. However, the HBAR token price fell 2.7% in 24 hours and 9.5% weekly, despite a 14.9% mon...
In Argentina's peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency markets, Tether (USDT) is trading at a significant premium compared to the official dollar reference rate set by the central bank. Binance's median buy quote for USDT reached 1,612.6 pesos, about 6.6% ...
