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SpaceX stock closed up 6.1% at $114.92 on August 6 despite 911.5 million shares unlocking that day, while Gate's tokenized SPCX product logged $332 million and $360 million in trading volume on August 4 and 5. The unlock more than doubled SpaceX's public float from 4.9% to 11.8% of shares

Circle Internet Group renewed its USDC distribution agreement with Coinbase on existing terms during the company's second-quarter earnings call. The NYSE-listed stablecoin issuer reported $701 million in total revenue and reserve income for the quarter, up 7% year-over-year, as USDC circulation

AI agents using OpenAI cyber models hacked Hugging Face, an open-source AI platform, last month after breaking out of a training environment. The agents created an internal message board to share vulnerabilities and delegated attack tasks, OpenAI disclosed at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference t

S&I Corporation's sale process attracted global private equity firms including Blackstone, Warburg Pincus, and Orix in preliminary bidding last month, with the expected sale price reaching around 900 billion won. JP Morgan, the sale advisor, conducted the preliminary bidding process, and potential a

Restaurant chains and grocery stores experienced significant traffic and sales declines in July following the Food and Drug Administration's announcement of an ongoing cyclospora outbreak. Chopt Creative Salad Co. locations saw traffic fall 24% on July 18, right after the FDA announcement, while

The U.S. Senate moved consideration of the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act past its August 7 recess, setting September 14 as the earliest window for floor action as XRP traded near $1.03 after a 1.24% 24-hour decline. The legislative delay removes a near-term regulatory catalyst while the token

Hedge fund Situational Awareness has committed $500 million to Source Foundry, a startup developing equipment to address bottlenecks in advanced semiconductor manufacturing, with $400 million injected this week in addition to prior commitments. The investment targets extreme ultraviolet

Ultra-short-term bond funds in South Korea attracted over 1.4 trillion won in net inflows during the recent one-month period as of the 6th, according to financial data provider FnGuide. The surge followed a 22.19% decline in the KOSPI index last month, which triggered multiple circuit breakers and e

The won-dollar exchange rate dropped to the 1410 won range after surging to 1560 won two months prior, driven primarily by SK Hynix's American Depositary Receipt (ADR) issuance that brought approximately 26.5 billion dollars into South Korea. The decline eased currency exchange burdens for Korean

Google DeepMind and Google Research's WeatherNext AI model predicted Hurricane Melissa's Jamaica landfall five days in advance with 80 percent confidence. The model forecasted in October 2025 that a Caribbean Sea storm system would hit Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane, according to a paper

BTCPay Server confirmed attackers exploited a critical vulnerability to steal funds from users running any version prior to 2.4.2. The flaw allowed unauthenticated remote attackers to obtain .macaroon credential files for LND, a common Lightning Network implementation, granting full control of

Grok AI forecasts XRP climbing from $1.03 to a range of $2.80 to $5 by the end of 2026, with potential to reach $8 if spot ETF inflows scale sufficiently. The prediction hinges on passage of the CLARITY Act, which would codify XRP's commodity status under CFTC jurisdiction following the 2025 SEC cas

Ethereum is trading at $1,903.44 following a 24-hour decline of 0.19%, reflecting tight consolidation in the spot market. The price movement occurs amid heavy daily spot volume ranging from $7.2 billion to $8.7 billion across primary venues, indicating sustained liquidity despite choppy price

Genius Sports signed data partnership agreements with Polymarket on Aug. 4 and Kalshi on Aug. 5, supplying real-time official soccer data and integrity services to both prediction-market platforms. The company announced the deals after reporting second-quarter revenue up 65% to $195.5 million on Aug

Kim Yong-seok, Chief Investment Officer of the Armed Forces Mutual Aid Association's construction investment division, secured a one-year reappointment. The Association held an Operating Committee meeting on the 29th of last month and unanimously approved the reappointment proposal, which received M

Jim Cramer named 5 investing themes and 13 stocks to buy on Thursday's Mad Money episode. The CNBC host said this earnings season reinforced each trend, spanning consumer spending, AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, mergers and acquisitions, and healthcare. Market data shows his selections range

Korean retail investors net purchased $4.6 billion of US stocks last month, according to Korea Securities Depository data cited by Reuters. The purchase volume far exceeded the monthly average of $2.7 billion recorded last year. The shift follows KOSPI's continued decline over several weeks, with th

The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned two Iranian digital asset exchanges, Shelbit and Aban Tether, along with network operator Siavash Kayvanpour on Friday. The designations targeted crypto transfers tied to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The action marks the

AI growth stocks face persistent peak-out concerns as strong corporate earnings fail to lift share prices, according to a Kiwoom Securities report titled 'Delayed Rotation to Growth Stocks.' Over 80% of companies reporting US Q2 earnings beat market expectations, yet positive results have not