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According to a recent study by Daron Acemoglu, David Autor, Keelan Beirne, and Andrew Scott, historical evidence suggests that aging populations and population decline actually increase per-capita economic output rather than constraining overall GDP growth. The research found that workers and enterprises shift toward utilizing technology to compensate for labor shortages, thereby raising productivity per worker.

According to The Sunday Times on July 5, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage received staff, private security, and access to a five-storey central London property from George Cottrell, a convicted fraudster involved in the offshore crypto gambling site Tether.bet, without publicly disclosing these benefits. Farage registered only one benefit upon entering Parliament in July 2024: travel, security, and accommodation worth less than £9,300 for a Belgium event. Farage stated he "followed the rules" over

According to Hubei Emergency Management Department, strong convective weather struck multiple areas in eastern Hubei on the evening of July 6. Between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m., thunderstorms and high winds affected Huangshi, Huanggang, Ezhou, and Xianning, with 53 townships experiencing wind speeds of 8 to 13 levels; 2 townships reached level 13, and tornadoes were reported in some areas. As of 11 p.m. on July 6, the weather event has killed 8 people and left 1 missing. Rescue operations are underway

According to French media, France has withdrawn all its diplomats from Burkina Faso, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on July 6. The ministry also stated that Burkinabe diplomatic personnel must leave France by the evening of July 6. Burkina Faso announced on June 26 that it was severing diplomatic relations with France, citing failure to uphold mutual respect for sovereignty and non-interference in internal affairs.

According to Certik and Bitcoin.com, on July 6, 2026, Summer Finance's Lazy Summer Protocol suffered a $6 million loss from a $65.4 million flash loan attack. The attacker exploited a vulnerability in the Fleet Commander contract's asset accounting logic to artificially distort token value calculations. After depositing approximately $64.8 million into the manipulated system, the actor redeemed $70.9 million in assets and converted the $6 million profit into DAI stablecoins before moving funds t

According to DA Davidson analyst Gil Luria in a CNBC interview on Monday, Microsoft's Xbox business has become "almost irrelevant" as the company redirects all investment toward AI and data center expansion. Luria stated that Microsoft realized bigger markups from AI infrastructure than from gaming. "Every investment dollar now is going to AI, to building data centers," he said. Microsoft announced layoffs affecting 4,800 employees, or 2.1% of its global workforce, with Xbox division accounting

According to Newsis, BNK Busan Bank and the K-STAR consortium have completed a proof of concept for a blockchain-powered digital won on the Kaia blockchain mainnet, achieving a 100% transaction success rate and sub-one-second settlement processing. The consortium comprised BNK Busan Bank, AhnLab Blockchain Company, OpenAsset, Kaia, and Lambda256. The pilot covered the full payment cycle from currency issuance and wallet loading to customer payments and merchant settlements, with the system enabl

California Governor Gavin Newsom warned today that anyone assisting former President Trump to interfere in California's election or vote counting will face criminal prosecution.

According to the TSA, U.S. authorities have seized over 600 drones near FIFA World Cup venues since June 12. The operations were conducted by multiple U.S. agencies in coordination with TSA oversight.

According to Nansen analysis, as of end of June 2026, 988,905 wallets that purchased the Official Trump (TRUMP) meme coin recorded losses, representing roughly two out of every three buyers. Their combined losses totaled $3.81 billion. The finding was first published by the New York Times. At the time of writing, TRUMP traded at $1.76, down nearly 97% from its peak price of $75.35. The analysis was enabled by blockchain's transparent nature, allowing Nansen to trace individual wallet transaction

According to the UN Development Programme, on July 6, the organization moved its Stellar blockchain payment initiative beyond the pilot stage following successful trials across five countries. The pilots demonstrated reduced costs, improved system resilience, and will now inform broader deployment across UN humanitarian and development programs.

On Monday (July 6), the Federal Reserve's overnight reverse repurchase (RRP) agreement usage reached $2.719 billion with 13 counterparties, up from $2.175 billion in the previous trading day.

According to the ISM, the U.S. services sector purchasing managers' index reached 54.0 in June, matching market expectations but marking a 0.5-point decline from May's 54.5. The reading indicates continued expansion, with the services sector maintaining growth for 24 consecutive months. Meanwhile, the S&P Global services PMI came in at 51.2 for June, slightly below the consensus forecast of 51.4. The U.S. economy expanded at an annualized rate of only 1.2% during the second quarter, suggesting m

Stainless steel futures jumped 2.34% in overnight trading on July 6. Other base metals showed mixed performance: international copper edged up 0.04%, Shanghai copper rose 0.01%, aluminum increased 0.28%, zinc climbed 0.84%, nickel gained 0.41%, and tin added 0.35%. Lead slipped 0.06%, while alumina fell 0.15% and aluminum alloy rose 0.24%.

According to the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a review released on Monday found that over one-quarter of British consumers trust ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini for financial advice. However, FCA Executive Director Sheldon Mills emphasized that most consumers are unaware these AI tools are not covered by the protections that apply to regulated financial services. The review also flagged potential systemic risks from enterprise over-reliance on a small number of technology providers.

According to a post on Ethereum Research this past weekend, Vitalik Buterin outlined a technical proposal to radically shrink Ethereum's consensus layer using zero-knowledge proofs, part of a broader "Lean Ethereum" initiative aimed at making the network more efficient and secure. The "Extremely Lean Chain" proposal centers on redesigning the Beacon Chain through two phases. Phase 1 removes most validator data from the chain and replaces per-epoch balance updates with daily ZK-STARK proofs submi

On July 6, LME metals posted mixed results. Copper rose 37 USD to 13,404 USD/ton, while tin surged 436 USD to 53,064 USD/ton. Aluminum gained 25 USD to 3,116 USD/ton, and zinc added 50 USD to 3,591 USD/ton. Lead fell 12 USD to 1,880 USD/ton, nickel declined 2 USD to 16,422 USD/ton, and cobalt closed flat at 56,290 USD/ton.

According to Jerusalem Post, on Monday, President Trump stated that U.S.-Iran negotiations are nearing agreement, but if they fail, the United States will "get the job done." Trump claimed the U.S. has the capability to destroy all of Iran's power grids, power plants, and bridges within less than an afternoon, but prefers to resolve the issue through negotiations to avoid affecting Iran's 91 million population. Trump reiterated that Iran must never possess nuclear weapons and the U.S. will obtai

According to security researcher Thereallo, Anthropic used hidden tracking code in Claude Code to secretly monitor Chinese users last week, before removing it after exposure. The code employed "prompt steganography" to flag users' timezone, proxy settings, and potential connections to Chinese AI labs suspected of distillation attacks, without detection. Anthropric engineer Thariq Shihipar confirmed the tracker was added in March as an "experiment" to prevent account abuse from unauthorized resel

According to the Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff, early on July 6, Ukrainian forces struck two Russian oil refineries—the Yaroslavl refinery in Yaroslavl Oblast and the Novatesk-Ust-Luga refinery in Leningrad Oblast—triggering explosions at both facilities. The Ukrainian unmanned systems commander Robert Blavudin reported on the same day that Ukrainian drone forces hit 47 military targets in Russian rear areas, including two Russian shadow fleet tankers transporting fuel to Crimea in the Se