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According to Bloomberg, informed sources revealed that financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Santander Bank, and Deutsche Bank have committed approximately $270 million in funding for a joint stablecoin project.

According to a report by Investing.com, Citigroup has downgraded its rating on U.S. stocks, global tech stocks, and European tech stocks from "overweight" to "neutral," citing that investor positions may further decline, while upgrading European stocks (excluding the UK) to "overweight."Citigroup stated that market sentiment around AI has significantly weakened, partly due to the midterm election results raising questions about the long-term trajectory of AI spending; the Nasdaq position may shift from neutral to net short, needing to drop about 5% before it truly turns negative.Citigroup remains optimistic about AI in the medium term but will wait for positions to clear and AI sentiment to stabilize before restoring the overweight rating.

Meta Platforms issued dollar bonds for the first time in six months, planning to issue at least $20 billion in debt in the U.S. and European markets. This bond issuance is divided into five parts, with maturities ranging from 5 years to 30 years, and the preliminary pricing guidance for the longest maturity bonds is about 2.5 percentage points higher than U.S. Treasury yields. Citigroup and Morgan Stanley are responsible for underwriting.

Matthew Sigel, the Head of Digital Asset Research at VanEck, stated that Citigroup Wealth released a report titled "Expanding the Investable Universe: A Guide to Crypto ETFs," recommending spot BTC and ETH ETFs to suitable clients as a way to allocate digital assets through regulated brokerage accounts beyond stocks and bonds. Additionally, on August 18, Citigroup announced that its new Custody+ platform will begin holding Bitcoin for institutional clients this year.Sigel noted that this will make Citigroup the 6th bank among the 29 global systemically important banks to have launched or announced institutional Bitcoin custody, following BNY, Standard Chartered, Société Générale, State Street, and Deutsche Bank. BNY, Standard Chartered, and SG-Forge have been licensed and are serving institutions, while Deutsche Bank stated it will launch within weeks, and JPMorgan has indicated it will not provide custody at this time. Sigel mentioned that last week's Binance hacking incident may be one reason for Citigroup not announcing the timeline, as he heard the service was originally set to launch last week.

Bitcoin News posted on X platform that Coinbase Institutional Co-CEO Brett Tejpaul stated that large banks in the United States are increasingly relying on Coinbase to provide digital asset service infrastructure.PNC private banking clients can directly buy, sell, and hold Bitcoin through its platform; JPMorgan is integrating Chase accounts, debit cards, and rewards with Coinbase, but will not offer Bitcoin trading within the banking app; Citibank is collaborating with Coinbase to provide stablecoin payment services for businesses.

According to Token Terminal data, the market capitalization of Securitize's tokenized stock SECZ has fallen from a high of $430.4 million on September 28 to $208.6 million, shrinking by more than half in less than a month. During the same period, the market capitalization of the token tracking Circle's stock increased by about 20%, reaching $383.6 million, reclaiming the top position in the $3.3 billion tokenized stock market.The decline of the SECZ token coincided with the sell-off of its underlying stock on the New York Stock Exchange. On October 8, after Securitize launched its stock trading platform on Solana, the stock price briefly rose, but the gains were subsequently erased; Citigroup downgraded SECZ's rating from "Buy" to "Neutral" on October 13, citing concerns over revenue from the tokenized business. Last Friday, SECZ stock closed down 2.1% at $7.80 per share, corresponding to a market capitalization of $1.27 billion.Securitize is a platform that helps asset management institutions, including BlackRock, issue securities on the blockchain. The company went public on the New York Stock Exchange on July 2 and tokenized its common stock, becoming the largest tokenized stock at that time. Although Circle's related tokens have a leading total market capitalization, spread across multiple issuers, SECZ remains the single largest tokenized stock; among them, the CRCLb issued by Binance on the BNB Chain leads with a scale of $154.1 million.

The China Securities Regulatory Commission approved the establishment of Citigroup Securities (China) Co., Ltd. The company is registered in Shanghai, with a registered capital of 1.2 billion RMB. Its business scope includes securities brokerage, securities investment consulting, securities underwriting and sponsorship, and securities proprietary trading. The shareholder Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. holds a 100% investment ratio.

Citigroup raised the target price for SpaceX (SPCX.O) from $200 to $240.

According to The Block, Citigroup Research stated in its latest report that Aave is a decentralized collateral liquidity ecosystem, representing one of the more significant real-world cases in tokenized financial infrastructure.Citigroup indicated that collateral liquidity could ultimately become one of the most important use cases for tokenization.

Citibank stated in its official insights report "Digital Frontier: Collateral in a Tokenized World" that as financial markets accelerate towards continuous, around-the-clock operations, collateral management is undergoing a structural evolution. Institutional-level tokenization is moving beyond isolated proof of concepts to establish scalable operational tracks on global banking, custody, and market infrastructure, making collateral a continuous liquidity and optimization engine.Citibank mentioned that combining tokenized assets with regulated on-chain settlement currencies can achieve instant atomic cash-to-cash transactions, eliminating multi-day gap risks and expanding the range of eligible collateral to include tools like tokenized money market funds. Global asset managers and asset owners will unify traditional and digital collateral into a single, continuously optimized inventory over many years of hybrid operating models, covering counterparties, custodians, and settlement venues.

According to Gate market data, U.S. stocks closed on Tuesday with the Dow Jones down 0.35%, the S&P 500 index down 0.02%, and the Nasdaq down 0.15%. SK Hynix and Micron Technology both fell over 3%, Meta Platforms rose over 2%, SpaceX fell 4%, Oracle rose 4%, and Citigroup fell over 5%.The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index closed up 0.14%, and Li Auto rose 3%.

Driven by fluctuations in gold and silver prices and active trading by investors, global banks are expected to achieve approximately $5 billion in precious metals trading revenue in 2026, setting a new historical high.JPMorgan earned about $700 million from precious metals trading in the first half of the year, while Deutsche Bank's related revenue exceeded $200 million this year. Citigroup has become the first bank in ten years to join the London gold market vault and clearing services.

According to Jinshi reports, Citigroup analysts stated in a research report that driven by strong demand for AI computing power, the potential growth space for AI intelligent entities, and the rise of co-packaged optical network cycles, TSMC's revenue growth rate is expected to remain above 40% before 2027.The analysts noted that considering the expected acceleration in growth for most AI chip customers, including Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom, TSMC's AI-related revenue growth rate next year may nearly double. Therefore, Citigroup expects the market to continue to raise its earnings expectations for TSMC. Citigroup also pointed out that supported by a strong revenue outlook, TSMC's capital expenditures may further rise to $81 billion in 2027 and $90 billion in 2028, maintaining a buy rating and raising the target price from NT$3,800 to NT$4,000.

According to a report by Reuters, Citigroup has raised its price forecasts for Bitcoin and Ethereum over the next 12 months, citing reasons such as increased activity in the cryptocurrency market, a supportive macroeconomic environment, and the resumption of ETF fund inflows.Citigroup has raised its 12-month target price for Bitcoin from $82,000 to $113,000, and its target price for Ethereum from $2,240 to $3,028.In a report released on Wednesday, Citigroup stated that it expects inflows into the cryptocurrency market to resume, but at a slower and more stable pace than before, as advisory firms and brokerages gradually increase their Bitcoin allocations, which is likely to sustain the inflows.Citigroup anticipates that there will be $5 billion in inflows into the cryptocurrency market over the next 12 months. The U.S. Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act last week. This bill aims to establish a regulatory framework for digital assets, and its blockage poses a certain setback for the entire cryptocurrency industry. Following the U.S. Treasury's recent repurchase of long-term government bonds, the dollar weakened, reigniting the upward momentum in the cryptocurrency market.

According to the Citi Research podcast, Citi's Global Macro Strategy Head Dirk Willer and the Head of Quantitative Global Macro and Asset Allocation Team Alex Saunders engaged in an in-depth discussion about recent market dynamics. The two strategists pointed out that most central banks currently maintain a hawkish stance, but the Bank of Japan unexpectedly released dovish signals, which have a key impact on the USDJPY trend.Meanwhile, Bitcoin has shown a significant rebound recently, which may indicate a new round of changes in digital asset investment strategies in 2026, as institutional investors' interest in the crypto market continues to rise.

Citigroup stated in its latest market strategy program that the failure of the U.S. Senate to advance the CLARITY Act for formal review did not interrupt Bitcoin's rebound. After the procedural vote on the bill was blocked, Bitcoin remained strong, indicating that funds have begun to reduce their reliance on a single legislative node and are instead focusing on whether regulatory rules can continue to move forward.Citigroup believes that the legislative blockage will limit the CFTC's ability to obtain a more comprehensive regulatory mandate for the crypto market in the short term, but the SEC can still advance some rule-making based on its existing authority. For the market, this means that the compliance process for the crypto industry still has room to continue, with the subsequent focus on the SEC's actual execution pace regarding trading, tokenized assets, and market access rules. Additionally, the macro environment remains a variable for Bitcoin's rebound.The baseline judgment of Citigroup's economic team is that this round of interest rate hikes may be close to "one and done"; however, the quantitative macro team warns that if AI investments continue to support growth, and employment and wage pressures persist, interest rates may face further upward revision risks. Citigroup views Bitcoin's position above the mid-term moving average as a signal of warming risk appetite and notes that its correlation with Nasdaq performance is worth continued tracking.

Citigroup analysts stated that Alibaba is expected to further benefit from the development of its artificial intelligence business. CEO Wu Yongming proposed a goal of achieving 20 gigawatts of AI infrastructure by fiscal year 2033, which could drive external cloud business revenue to $160 billion, higher than Citigroup's forecast of $100 billion for fiscal year 2031. Citigroup maintains a "Buy" rating with a target price of HKD 189.