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South African sourcing specialist Kwality Holdings partnered with global manufacturer Waste2Wear to introduce blockchain-verified recycled products to the South African market, with a planned launch in mid-2026. The partnership aims to provide buyers with independently verifiable evidence of recycle

Singapore Police Force and Cyber Security Agency of Singapore reported Friday that scammers posing as cryptocurrency company recruiters on LinkedIn have stolen $11.8 million (S$15.1 million) by using fake job offers to compromise victims' employers. The agencies issued a joint advisory detailing

Nu Holdings (NU) stock rallied over 13% in morning trade Friday, on track for its biggest single-day gain since August 2022 and its highest level in more than five months. The surge followed the Brazilian digital banking company's report of quarterly net income exceeding $1 billion for the first

Bitcoin ETFs recorded $131.13 million in outflows on Thursday, led by ARK 21Shares' ARKB with $58.82 million and Fidelity's FBTC with $55.12 million. Ether ETFs gained $6.72 million and XRP ETFs added $2.25 million during the same session, reflecting selective demand outside bitcoin. The selling

Bank of America raised its 2030 server CPU market forecast to more than $210 billion this week and kept AMD as its top pick. AMD closed at $483.01 yesterday, roughly double its April price. The options market disagrees, with traders now holding more bearish contracts on AMD stock than bullish

Gate recorded a 308% month-on-month increase in TradFi equity perpetual futures trading volume in July 2026, reaching approximately $15 billion and achieving the highest growth rate among tracked exchanges according to CryptoQuant's Wall Street, Always On report. The surge concentrated in AI

Morgan Stanley increased its holdings in BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF by 23% to around 16.5 million shares from 13.4 million in the second quarter, according to its 13F filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday. The investment banking giant added more than 3 million

Michael Saylor, chairman of Strategy, outlined a digital financial framework that positions Bitcoin as a reserve asset and USDT as a transaction layer. The framework separates digital assets according to their intended functions, with Bitcoin operating primarily as a long-term store of value while U

Crypto.com expanded its surveillance partnership with Solidus Labs to monitor prediction markets and tokenized securities, extending a relationship that previously covered digital asset trading operations. The HALO platform combines orders, trades, user behavior, blockchain activity, social media

ARK Invest purchased 106,941 Cerebras Systems shares worth $28.02 million on August 13, according to the firm's daily trade disclosures. The purchase came after Cerebras stock dropped 12% following its earnings report, with shares falling nearly 3% at market open on Friday. ARK split the Cerebras ac

UBS strategists forecast gold prices will rise toward $5,000 per ounce in the first half of 2027, driven by lower real interest rates, a weaker U.S. dollar, and strong central bank demand. Gold recently broke above the $4,250 resistance level for the first time in two months, supported by reported

President Donald Trump announced import tariffs on foreign-made drone components on Friday, triggering rallies in US drone stocks. The White House stated the tariffs aim to expand US drone production rapidly to ensure national and economic security, citing cybersecurity concerns from outsourcing

Kim Sang-yul, head of Mirae Asset Global Investments' Global ETF division, assessed the semiconductor industry outlook in an interview with 한국경제TV, recommending portfolio diversification beyond memory chips. Kim interpreted the July semiconductor stock correction as a natural pullback following

Copper Markets (US) Inc. became an SEC-registered broker-dealer and FINRA member, the company announced August 12. The US entity will offer institutional clients custody, staking, financing and over-the-counter services, along with access to Copper's ClearLoop collateral network. The registration

Housing investors reported their lowest confidence levels in at least three years at the end of June, according to the RCN Capital/CJ Patrick Company Investor Sentiment Index (ISI). The quarterly survey of more than 300 investors in the fix-and-flip and rental businesses showed sentiment fell for th

Paxos, the issuer of the gold-backed cryptocurrency PAX Gold (PAXG), introduced a redesigned allocation system on Aug. 13 that connects each token with specific physical gold bars in real time. The upgrade was designed to improve transparency, processing efficiency, regulatory readiness and

US stocks opened mixed on August 14 (local time) at 9:40 AM as investors digested weaker-than-expected July retail sales data and escalating tensions between the United States and Iran. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.12% to 53,775.84, while the S&P 500 rose 0.04% to 7,802.26 and the

The US Dollar Index (DXY) declined 0.308% to 99.652 as of 7:30 AM ET on the 14th in New York forex markets, pressured by easing inflation indicators that reduced expectations for Federal Reserve policy rate hikes. The CME FedWatch tool showed a 69.4% probability of rates remaining on hold through

Binance will stop processing transactions involving crypto exchange HTX and 10 other listed crypto platforms and service providers from Aug. 23. The cryptocurrency exchange cited recent regulatory developments for the decision in a Friday announcement. From Aug. 23, Binance will stop processing tran

President Cyril Ramaphosa called on Southern African Development Community (SADC) Member States to use the region's abundant mineral, agricultural, energy and human resources to drive its own industrial revolution and reduce dependence on external markets. Addressing a Public Lecture at the