Australian Dollar slips as US Dollar steadies post CPI
AUD/USD is trading near the 0.7070 zone, holding onto a minority of Wednesday's gains after the pair touched a session high near 0.7090.
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Wintermute plans $1 billion AI push beyond crypto: Bloomberg
Crypto market maker Wintermute plans to invest about $1 billion in high-frequency trading and artificial intelligence data-center infrastructure over five years as it expands into stocks, commodities and foreign exchang…
FlightAware drops Kalshi lawsuit one day after filing
Following the initial lawsuit, at least one of Kalshi’s event contracts was changed to list “Primary Source Agency” as the entity behind verifying flight cancellation data.
Why Bitcoin Barely Moved Even as US Inflation Cools to 3.4%
U.S. inflation in July slowed as expected, and markets—including Bitcoin—took it in stride.
Replenishing the Arsenal: How U.S. Missile Shortages Are Driving Defense ETFs
The U.S. military has depleted much of its stockpile of long-range missiles during its five-month conflict with Iran, raising concerns about readiness for future conflicts, according to CNBC analysis. The rapid consumpt…
Bank of England tests stablecoin, digital pound interoperability in cross-border payments
The Digital Pound Lab is testing a cross-border trade finance flow combining stablecoin payments with simulated digital pound settlement.
Goldman Sachs leaps into bitcoin income ETFs with $2.25 billion NEOS buyout
Goldman Sachs is acquiring NEOS Investments, the firm behind BTCI, a $1.1 billion bitcoin synthetic exchange-traded fund (ETF) that yields roughly 27%, according to a senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg.
Bitwise cuts 14% of staff while still expecting growth
Crypto companies from including Coinbase, BitGo, Robinhood, Polygon and Pump.fun have announced workforce reductions this year, citing a variety of reasons, including shifting to AI and market forces.
Bitcoin eyes $63K as US CPI relief sends September Fed rate pause odds to 60%
Bitcoin price action did not reflect relief in US CPI inflation numbers matching expectations amid a warning over $63,000 failing as support.
Zoomsday: AI Used to Build Critical Zoom Exploit in One Day
AI is making it faster and easier to find serious security flaws. Now, a researcher says he used publicly available models to find vulnerabilities in the video chat platform Zoom and build a working attack in less than …
AKT Price Faces Key Test as Akash Homenode Enters Beta
AKT is consolidating around $0.522 after recovering from its March 2026 low near $0.291.
Long TIPS Yield 3%. Time to Buy?
In late 2008, TIPS yields rose past 3.0%, a juicy rate that lasted barely a month. By 2010, yields had fallen below 2.0%; by 2011, below 1.0%; and just before inflation exploded and the Fed tightened in 2021, the 5-year…
Goldman Plays Options Offense: Acquiring NEOS to Build Active ETF Powerhouse
Goldman Sachs Asset Management is continuing its aggressive expansion into active, high-yielding options strategies with a definitive agreement to acquire NEOS Investments. Similar to Innovator Capital Management, anoth…
A Routing Bug Took Solana 86% of the Way to Losing Finality
Solana came within 4.51 percentage points of losing the ability to finalize transactions on Wednesday morning, after a single misconfigured route at one hosting provider knocked 28.83% of staked SOL offline. The chain s…
XRP Price Could Rally 100% If CLARITY Act Passes by October, Analyst Says
XRP just gave traders a scare and a signal in the same breath. The token briefly dipped below a dollar this week before snapping back almost immediately, a move one analyst says could mark a short-term bottom right as t…
U.S. CPI Comes In at 3.4%, Matching Forecast
U.S. inflation eased in July, with consumer prices rising 3.4% year over year, matching the 3.4% forecast and slowing from 3.5% previously. Consumer prices rose 0.1% month over month, also in line with expectations. Cor…
Slovenia joins EU’s MiCA stablecoin register with first issuer
Slovenia entered the EU’s MiCA stablecoin register through electronic money institution Dinaro, as the update also added two new CASPs.
A Fundamental Firm Foundation
With nearly 90% of S&P 500 Index companies having reported their second-quarter earnings, the bottom line has surprised by over 29% thus far compared to analyst estimates (see the chart).
XRP Bridge Drained After Software Treats Fake Deposits as Real
An attacker drained nearly 200,000 XRP, worth around $202,000, from an XRP Ledger bridge on August 9 by exploiting a flaw in its deposit-detection software, the project said.
HashKey begins beta distribution of Hong Kong-regulated HKDAP stablecoin
HashKey has become an authorized distributor for Anchorpoint’s HKDAP, expanding institutional access as Hong Kong’s regulated stablecoin market takes shape.
CRV Price Breakout Could Be Bigger Than the 34% Rally: Here’s What Comes Next
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Crypto-Backed Loans, Explained: How to Unlock Cash Without Selling Your Bitcoin
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Q2 2026 Robotics Earnings Show Physical AI Demand Broadening
I’ve often looked at the robotics movement as a “now-and-later” play, meaning that it’s part of the global industrial complex today, defensive against AI disruption (net winner), and increasingly, not just a cyclical, b…
Kalshi launches sports and crypto perps data feed on DoubleZero
Kalshi launched access to its sports and crypto perpetual data feed through DoubleZero’s dedicated fiber network to bolster institutional data access.