Crypto stocks kept ripping on last Thursday's SEC ruling, which lets tokenized US stocks trade 24/7. $Strategy(MSTR.US), $Coinbase(COIN.US) and $Circle(CRCL.US) all rocketed Friday. Meanwhile the Bank of Japan hiked to a 31-year high. Here's what moved markets 👇

💬 The SEC's new rule lets tokenized stocks trade 24/7. Is this the biggest shake-up to how markets work in decades?

📊 Quick Recap — What Moved & Why

🇺🇸 US — SEC's Tokenization Rule Ignites Crypto Stock Rally

🔑 Key Event: The SEC approved an "Innovation Exemption" last Thursday, letting tokenized US stocks trade 24/7 under a 5-year framework. Crypto names extended the rally into Friday: $Strategy(MSTR.US) +16.39%, $Coinbase(COIN.US) +11.66%, $Circle(CRCL.US) +7.86%; leveraged ETFs tracking them jumped over +30% and +23%.

@FaithAnchor : The CLARITY Act is a reminder that regulation can change the story overnight. That's the risk investors have to accept.

👀 Other to Watch

• $AMD(AMD.US), $Taiwan Semiconductor(TSM.US) and Intel are all raising chip prices ~10% into 2026.
• $Sandisk(SNDK.US) rallied on a new $14B buyback, not earnings.
• $Coherent Corp.(COHR.US) and $Credo Tech(CRDO.US) both unveiled new AI optical products this week.

🇸🇬 Singapore — STI Edges Higher, Banks Mixed

🔑 Key Event: $FTSE Straits Times Index(STI.SG) closed Friday at 5,656.11, then edged up +0.23% to around 5,669 this morning.

@TheInvestingIguana : Everyone read this week's Fed hike as good news for UOB — the structural case holds up, but the yield gap to my hurdle actually widened this week, not narrowed.

👀 Other to Watch

• $DBS(D05.SG) +0.49%, $OCBC Bank(O39.SG) +0.54%, $UOB(U11.SG) +1.22%.

🇭🇰 HK/China — HSI Extends Friday's Rally

🔑 Key Event: $Hang Seng Index(00HSI.HK) rose +0.65% to around 24,910 this morning. $XIAOMI-W(01810.HK) led tech +2.27%, with $BABA-W(09988.HK) and $TENCENT(00700.HK) up +2.10%.

👀 Other to Watch

• Alibaba's Cloud Summit + AGM, and Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit, all kick off tomorrow.

🌍 Other to Watch

• Bank of Japan hiked to 1.25% Friday — a 31-year high. Ueda won't "preset a pace"; Japan warned of more yen intervention.
• Saudi Aramco is cutting European refiners' October crude to zero after a pipeline attack; Brent briefly topped $108.
• China's He Lifeng met Treasury Sec. Bessent in New York Sunday, ahead of an expected Trump-Xi summit.

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