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A Bitcoin address holding 27.85 BTC moved its entire balance yesterday around 08:25 after remaining dormant since February 2, 2014. The transaction, recorded in block number 961,963, represents a wallet that has been inactive for approximately 12.5 years. The current value of the transferred Bitcoin

Gold futures touched the $4,500 mark on August 12 at 2:57 PM US Eastern Time, with December delivery contracts (GCZ6) trading at $4,474.30 per troy ounce on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's COMEX division, up $33.20 or 0.75% from the previous settlement of $4,441.10. The rally occurred after the US

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency denied Wise's U.S. national trust bank application on July 21, 2026, citing the company's failure to demonstrate an effective anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing compliance program. The rejection centered on unresolved weaknesses from a

Hawaii Governor Josh Green signed House Bill 1642 into law in July, enacting a total ban on cryptocurrency ATMs and kiosks that will take effect on Oct. 1. The legislation, passed by Hawaii's legislature in May, prohibits the ownership, operation, or management of digital financial asset

Hyperliquid-focused treasury company Hyperion DeFi reported record quarterly profits of $31 million for the second quarter, more than tripling the $8.8 million earned during the previous quarter. The gross value of the company's HYPE holdings increased to $133 million during the second quarter, up f

Korean retail investors shifted funds from domestic equity ETFs to US index ETFs in early August, marking the first monthly outflow from domestic equity ETFs in 2026. From August 3-6, the Korean ETF market recorded a total net outflow of 410 billion won, with 715 billion won exiting domestic asset E

Kim Yong-beom, South Korea's Policy Office Director, emphasized on the 12th that the government must connect its '3 Mega Projects' and '7 SEED' industries into a single industrial ecosystem to create a virtuous cycle where capital and technology from current industries flow to future sectors. The st

Young Korean investors in their 20s suffered significant losses on single-stock leveraged exchange-traded fund (ETF) investments during the recent stock market downturn, according to a News1 investigation published July 29. Among 746,450 investors who received single-stock leverage intensive

South Korea's Ministry of Economy and Finance is reconsidering tax reforms to Individual Savings Account (ISA) rules following intense investor backlash. The government announced a tax reform plan on the 3rd that would eliminate contribution limit rollovers, impose a 5-year contract period limit, an

Twitch announced today that users can opt out of Amazon's use of their channel content to train generative AI models, a change that comes more than two years after a company executive confirmed the practice. The streaming platform had automatically enrolled users in AI training, allowing Amazon to u

SK Hynix canceled planned purchases of certain credit bonds on May 10, one day before the bonds' scheduled issuance on May 11, according to bond market sources. The sudden withdrawal comes as the South Korean memory chipmaker prepares to announce additional shareholder return measures in Q3,

Gold-i expanded its connectivity to decentralized exchange Hyperliquid by integrating direct node connectivity into its MatrixNET liquidity bridge. The UK-based trading technology provider now connects directly to non-validating Hyperliquid nodes rather than relying solely on the exchange's

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Aug. 11 issued an emergency order directing prediction market Kalshi to continue operating its exchange. The order followed Kalshi's Aug. 1 warning that New York's requested restraining order could force a shutdown. The commission characterized New York's

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Investment Management issued a no-action letter to Franklin Templeton posted Wednesday, clearing the firm's traditional registered funds to invest in its blockchain-based OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund. The letter cites Section 17(f) and

Equinix endorsed Texas Governor Greg Abbott's proposed standards for responsible data center development, aligning with state policymakers as debate over AI-driven infrastructure shifts from attracting investment to managing impact on power grids, water resources and communities. The digital infrast

MemeToro proposes a fixed-rate funding model for memecoin launches that combines one published price per round with wallet limits and no insider tiers. This approach contrasts with bonding curves, which adjust prices continuously based on supply and demand, often favoring early or bot-assisted

Security researchers from MATS Research, the ELLIS Institute Tübingen, the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, and Snyk submitted a paper on August 10 exposing a critical encryption vulnerability affecting AI

Vietcombank, one of Vietnam's largest banks, is partnering with Virtusa to build VCB Corporate DigiBank, a cloud-native, AI-driven corporate banking platform designed to replace decades of legacy infrastructure. The multi-year programme will support account management, payments, lending, trade

Cerebras Systems raised its full-year guidance in its second earnings report following its IPO in May, but the stock plunged about 12% in extended trading Wednesday. The chipmaker now expects core revenue of between $880