West African crude traded at its largest discount in over a decade. A shipment of Angolan Hungo was priced $19.60 per barrel below Dated Brent. Freight rates rose sharply and demand weakened as oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz recovered.
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Discount: Angolan Hungo cargo priced $19.60 per barrel under Dated Brent.
Record: Largest West African crude markdown in Platts data since 2011.
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Nebius 8x B300 node $4/GPU‑hour and AMD MI355X $3 nodes
Nebius offers an 8‑GPU B300 node for $4 per GPU‑hour to .edu, .gov or .mil email holders. Nebius on‑demand pricing is $9.50 per GPU‑hour. AMD MI355X nodes cost $3 per GPU‑hour and have a wait time under a minute. The service is accessed by asking Marshall, their AI agent.
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8x B300 node price: $4 per GPU‑hour for .edu/.gov/.mil email users.
AMD MI355X node price: $3 per GPU‑hour with sub‑minute wait time.
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FCC to vote on auctioning 25 MHz prime spectrum for satellite D2D
The FCC will vote on a proposal to auction 25 MHz of prime spectrum for direct‑to‑device satellite services. It will also vote on Oct 29 to accept public comment on making an additional 482 MHz available for supplemental space coverage and to modernize D2D rules. The agency announced a separate proposal to remove the restriction on drone use in the 800 MHz cellular band.
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FCC vote: auction 25 MHz of prime spectrum for satellite direct‑to‑device services.
FCC vote on Oct 29: public comment on adding 482 MHz for supplemental space coverage and updating D2D rules.
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THEROS launches 4X daily play‑to‑earn game
THEROS introduced a daily play‑to‑earn game named 4X. Players answer trading questions and receive token rewards. The game is positioned as financial education.
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Game: 4X, daily play‑to‑earn format
Reward: token payouts for answering trading
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- Original post
- help.x.com - Linked in the post
Kalshi proposes decade‑long oil futures contract to CFTC
Kalshi Inc. filed a proposal with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for an oil‑linked futures contract that expires every ten years. The contract is tied to the West Texas Intermediate benchmark and follows a perpetual‑style design. The CFTC has 45 days to approve or disallow the product.
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Proposal: decade‑long expiration oil futures contract
Review period: CFTC has 45 days to decide