Base quietly launched tokenized stock trading hitting $262M in volume while skirting traditional securities rules. Nvidia threw a lifeline to struggling crypto miner CoreWeave as shares tanked. Charles Schwab now lets customers buy Bitcoin spot in their brokerage accounts beating traditional stock access.

October 17, 2026 — 495 words / ~3.3 min

Stories covered:

  1. Base Just Became a $262M Shadow Stock Market Without Permission
  2. Nvidia Publicly Backs CoreWeave as Stock Craters 20 Percent
  3. Charles Schwab Just Made Buying Bitcoin Easier Than Buying Stocks