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Equity Trust Company launched an expanded Crypto IRA lineup featuring two distinct products: an AI-powered managed account and a self-directed trading account. The Ohio-based custodian's offering reflects intensifying competition in the Crypto IRA market following rapid growth of spot Bitcoin ETFs a

Monaco's government submitted Bill No. 1131 to its legislature on Aug. 6 to overhaul the Principality's legal framework for crypto-asset service providers. The bill seeks to replace the regime enacted in 2022 and align Monaco's regulations more closely with the European Union's Markets in

The U.S. consumer price index for July showed headline inflation ticked modestly higher while annual growth cooled slightly, prompting traders to reduce bets on a Federal Reserve rate hike in September. Cerebras Systems reported worse-than-expected second-quarter revenue despite raising full-year

Hyperion DeFi reported a profit of $31.0 million for the second quarter of 2026, nearly quadruple the $8.8 million recorded three months earlier. Treasury gains from the company's Hyperliquid (HYPE) holdings reached $54.8 million during the quarter, accounting for almost all of the profit figure.

Leehar Retail (stock code 00831), operator of the Saint Honore bakery chain, reported net profit attributable to shareholders of HK$17.538 million for the six months ending June, up 16.45% year-on-year. The company maintained its interim dividend at 1 HK cent per share, with basic earnings per share

Langham Hospitality Investments (01270) announced that as of the end of June this year, distributable income reached HK$56 million, doubling year-on-year, with no interim dividend declared. The company reported attributable profit of HK$143 million for stapled security unit holders, reversing a

Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich shut down speculation of a Bitcoin sell-off after the Japanese Bitcoin treasury company moved 5,014 BTC, roughly $322 million, between custodial addresses over a 24-hour window starting Wednesday. Gerovich confirmed the transfer was a routine custody operation, with

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is scheduled to vote on August 14, 2026, on whether to publish a proposal known as Regulation Crypto for public comment. The three-member commission will decide whether to approve publication of the proposal, which would create a bespoke offering regime

Twitch announced on Wednesday the addition of a control allowing users to opt out of having their channel content used to train generative AI models across Amazon, with the setting enabled by default. Chief product officer Mike Minton explained the opt-out approach by stating 'if it was opt-in,

Bitcoin is trading below $65,000 as technical analysts identify key liquidity zones that could determine the cryptocurrency's next directional move. Trader Kaz's liquidity heatmap shows concentrated orders below the current range, with $62,200 emerging as a critical downside level, while trader

Alphabet (GOOGL) captured 36% of votes in a Stocktwits poll of more than 3,300 respondents as of August 13 at 6:30 a.m. ET, making it the most favored hyperscaler stock for the next 12 months. The poll results reflect investor focus on AI infrastructure spending, as Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon,

Anthropic announced it will watermark all content processed by its AI models to comply with the European Union's AI Act, which requires AI system providers to watermark AI-generated or manipulated audio, image, text, and video outputs. The EU law applies to any AI model released after August 2 and p

Norway's Government Pension Fund Global disclosed a $1.2 billion stake in SpaceX, holding approximately 7.3 million Class A shares as of June 30, representing about 0.05% of the company. SPCX stock closed at $133.29 on August 11 after declining 3.93% during the session, then rose to $134.90 in pre-m

Andre Cronje, founder of DeFi platform Flying Tulip and creator of Fantom Network, stated during Thursday's Chain Reaction X Spaces show that most decentralized finance protocols are no longer truly decentralized. Cronje argued that true DeFi requires decentralization, immutability, and no

Lenovo reported that its core profit doubled in the first quarter of this fiscal year, with Chief Financial Officer Zheng Xiaoming attributing the performance to operating profit growth outpacing revenue growth. The results stem from the company's strategy of raising product prices and expanding its

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission warned that online brokers are exposing retail investors to complex and high-risk products without adequately explaining risks or ensuring suitability, following a surveillance of nine online brokers conducted between March and June 2026. ASIC

South Korea's Ministry of Land and Transport announced this week a new housing supply policy targeting Seoul and surrounding areas. The announcement follows last week's tax reform measures and includes supply expansion and loan support initiatives. The policy reveals limited new public housing

ZenaDrone, the U.S.-based subsidiary of ZenaTech, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZENA), has commenced flight testing of custom-designed printed circuit boards at its UAE manufacturing facility, integrating the proprietary boards into its ZenaDrone 1000 and IQ Nano drone platforms. The boards are designed and manufac

The Korean government announced reforms to Individual Savings Accounts (ISA) that limit general ISA benefits to a maximum 5-year contribution period while creating a new 'Productive ISA' with enhanced tax incentives for domestic stock investments. The reform aims to channel long-term investment

South Korean companies with credit ratings of A-grade and below face refinancing difficulties as the corporate bond market freezes following defaults by JR Global REIT in April and Junggang Group's corporate rehabilitation filing in June. SK D&D (credit rating BBB-) is conducting a 136.7 billion