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According to Gate's market data, Samsung Electronics fell 6% in pre-market trading on the Korean stock exchange, while SK Hynix dropped 7%. Overnight, U.S. stocks in the semiconductor sector generally declined.

On October 15, Standard Chartered Bank released a report stating that it has postponed its forecast for the stablecoin market to reach a size of $2 trillion from 2028 to 2030. Geoffrey Kendrick, the bank's global head of digital asset research, maintained the $2 trillion estimate but believes that the market will require an additional two years to achieve this milestone.

On October 15, Apple Inc. closed for the first time with a market value of $5 trillion, reflecting market optimism for its new product line, particularly the foldable iPhone. On that day, Apple's stock price rose by 0.5%, closing at $342.96, just surpassing the $5 trillion mark. This marks the first time Apple has achieved a closing market value of $5 trillion, having briefly crossed this threshold in July before retreating. Since the low point in August, Apple's stock price has risen by over 13%.

In a news update from Dongcha Beating AI, xAI has announced the release of its speech-to-speech model, Grok Voice 3.0, which has achieved a top score of 86.9 in the Speech-to-Speech Index of the Artificial Analysis independent test. This score surpasses Grok Voice 2.0's 81.3, GPT-Live-1's 83.2, and Gemini 3.8 Live's 82.6. The model boasts an end-to-end latency of under one second.

On October 15, the Financial Times reported that the United States is considering unfreezing some Russian assets in order to restart peace negotiations for Ukraine.

On October 15, Jason Schenker, president of Prestige Economics, stated that the FOMC may consider a larger rate hike of 50 basis points in December. Schenker, who accurately predicted the Fed's most recent rate increase, now believes that after the September hike, the Fed may 'let the policy effects breathe a bit' before considering a more significant increase in December.

On October 15, the Federal Reserve's latest Beige Book indicated that the U.S. economy continues to grow overall, but most industries are experiencing sluggish growth. Among the 12 Federal Reserve districts, two reported moderate economic growth, three reported slight growth, four reported minimal growth, and three were essentially flat.

On October 15, a recent Fox News poll revealed that as Election Day approaches, voters hold negative views on the economic situation and the president's performance, placing the ruling party at a disadvantage. Sixty percent of voters indicated that the cost of living is their primary economic concern, far surpassing issues such as government spending (15%), employment and income inequality (7% each), tariffs (6%), and taxes (5%).

On October 15, Morgan Stanley CEO Ted Pick stated on Wednesday that he expects the development of artificial intelligence to face bottlenecks and phases of overbuilding, but investment will continue on a large scale in the coming years. Pick also mentioned that the bank's role is to regulate the pace of AI capital expenditures—slowing down when the market advances too quickly and accelerating investments when necessary.

On October 15, stablecoin payment blockchain Tempo announced on October 14 that the payroll platform Deel has become the first client to use its Zones privacy system in a production environment, making contractor balances and payment histories no longer publicly visible.