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The 21Shares Polkadot ETF realized $4.52 of loss for every $1 it paid out in staking rewards during Q2 2026, according to a quarterly report filed Friday. The fund, trading as TDOT, sold 98,505 DOT tokens to generate $107,510 in cash distributions to shareholders, locking in $485,553 of permanent lo

Binance provided Russian authorities with personal information and cryptocurrency transaction records of customer Yuri Belenkiy, a 49-year-old Russian IT specialist with Bulgarian residency, who was later charged with terrorism financing over donations linked to Ukraine, according to a report

Cardano (ADA) published its Dijkstra Era hard fork roadmap, outlining the Layer-1 blockchain network's next major technical transformation with code development targeted for completion by the end of Q4 2026. The roadmap details a two-phase upgrade process designed to enhance network performance,

Bitcoindeaths.com has documented 475 public declarations of Bitcoin's death since 2010, including 21 obituaries recorded in 2026. Critics ranging from economists to gold advocates have repeatedly predicted Bitcoin's collapse to zero, yet a hypothetical investment strategy of buying $100 of BTC

Morgan Stanley maintained an Overweight rating on Amazon (AMZN) stocks with a $335 price target, projecting Amazon Web Services (AWS) could become a $1 trillion annual revenue business within 8 to 10 years and drive AMZN stocks to $500 by year-end 2027. AWS Q2 revenue jumped 37% to $42.2 billion, ma

Ledger's chief executive published a public letter calling on the crypto industry to adopt a strict 'no compromise' standard for Bitcoin security design. In the post titled 'No Compromise,' the CEO argues that Bitcoin's founding promise—money nobody can freeze, seize, or block—only survives if

BiggerZ launched in 2025 as a cryptocurrency betting platform combining casino gaming, sports betting, and prediction markets under a single account and shared balance. The platform distinguishes itself by integrating three separate betting products that

Professor Son Seong-won of Loyola Marymount University discussed AI circular financing concerns in a video interview with Edaily on the 16th (local time), stating that diversification of funding becomes problematic when it creates demand rather than supporting it. The interview addressed NVIDIA's co

The US dollar declined in morning trading on August 17 as retail sales data missed forecasts and Federal Reserve rate hike expectations retreated. July retail sales fell 0.6% month-over-month, significantly below the +0.1% market forecast, weakening the case for further Fed tightening. The dollar in

NVIDIA agreed to provide up to $105 billion in guarantees to support OpenAI's lease payments for an Ohio data center, according to SEC filings disclosed on August 17 (local time). The guarantee covers OpenAI's lease of approximately 4.25 gigawatts (GW) of computing capacity at a facility being

Goldman Sachs agreed to acquire NEOS Investments, an asset manager specializing in options-based income ETFs, in a deal valued at up to $2.25 billion. NEOS manages BTCI, a bitcoin income ETF with approximately $1.1 billion in assets, which surpassed the $1 billion mark less than two years after

U.S. stocks edged lower Monday at about 9:35 a.m. ET, with the S&P 500 down 0.1%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing roughly 174 points or 0.3%, and the Nasdaq Composite nearly unchanged. The declines occurred as the equity market balanced strong earnings against inflation and geopolitical

Strategy (MSTR) rose 2.54% to about $95.40 on Monday as the company extended its Bitcoin buying pause to an eighth consecutive week. Strategy made no Bitcoin purchases or sales between August 10 and August 16, leaving its holdings unchanged at 840,447 BTC. Instead, the company raised $333.7

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei stated on August 17 (local time) that the 60-day discussion period between the United States and Iran is no longer meaningful as the ceasefire and negotiation deadline expires. Baghaei explained that negotiations never commenced because the US

Charles Schwab launched CME Single Stock Futures on thinkorswim, providing eligible clients nearly 24-hour weekday exposure to price movements of more than 50 U.S. stocks. The cash-settled contracts are offered through Charles Schwab Futures & Forex and trade on CME Group, with each contract

Markus Thielen, founder of research firm 10x Research, stated on the Trade Secrets program that Bitcoin reaching $1 million by 2030 is mathematically unrealistic. Thielen argued that the market capitalization required for Bitcoin to reach the $1 million level would be extremely high under current co

Nvidia announced Monday it will provide credit and compute for a new artificial intelligence data center for OpenAI in Ohio. The credit will support an initial 4.25 gigawatts of computing capacity with an option for an additional 3.75 gigawatts, with capacity expected to come online in phases in 202

Singapore Innovation Centre and Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry inaugurated the Agentic Decentralized Finance Forum on Aug. 6, 2026, during SMEICC 2026. The forum examined the convergence of AI agents, decentralized finance, tokenized real-world assets and digital financial

US stock indices opened mixed on the 17th at 9:49 AM local time, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 170.42 points (0.32%) to 53,561.99, the S&P 500 declining 10.33 points (0.13%) to 7,775.43, and the Nasdaq Composite rising 25.26 points (0.09%) to 26,754.42. The divergence reflected