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Capital B's shares saw trading volume more than double within two hours of its debut on Cboe Europe on August 5, signaling strong demand from European investors for easier access to the French Bitcoin treasury company. The Cboe Europe listing quickly outpaced trading on the firm's original

Cloudflare open sourced a new version of Cloudflare OS, a platform that provides every employee with an AI agent, a workspace, and tools to build small applications. The company initially deployed the first version internally in May, giving thousands of employees access to draft documents, build

KOSDAQ exchange-traded funds posted double-digit weekly returns as the KOSDAQ index rose 13.28% over the past week ending on the 5th, according to Korea Exchange data. Active ETFs outperformed passive index-tracking funds, with MIDAS KOSDAQ Active recording a 28.24% weekly return based on dividend r

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the 5th (local time) publicly criticized Wall Street Journal Federal Reserve reporters on X (formerly Twitter). Bessent accused journalists like WSJ's Nick Timiraos of being 'stenographers pretending to be journalists' who report Fed 'backroom gossip.' He

Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded net inflows of $381 million to $403 million in July after eight weeks of outflows. BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust fund accounted for $292 million of these inflows, as Bitcoin traded near $64,000. The reversal indicates a resurgence in institutional demand. Total inflows

Salesforce promoted Miguel Milano to chief operating officer under CEO Marc Benioff, the company announced Wednesday. Milano rejoined Salesforce as chief revenue officer in 2023 after previously working for the company in Europe from 2011 to 2020 and spending three years at Celonis. The promotion re

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission released joint guidance on March 17, 2026, classifying 16 crypto tokens as digital commodities under a new five-category framework. The guidance marked the first time both agencies publicly agreed on which crypto as

A federal appeals court overturned an order blocking Perplexity's AI shopping tools on Amazon on Tuesday, delivering an early victory for the startup in a case examining how autonomous AI agents interact with online platforms. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Amazon is unlikely to

The Capital Market Research Institute released a report on the 5th attributing this year's surge in KOSPI volatility to semiconductor mega-cap concentration and supply-demand conflicts among investor types. The report found that daily KOSPI volatility in the first half reached 3.6%, more than

Three Citadel funds posted gains in July after the firm purchased a discounted portfolio of artificial intelligence stocks from Situational Awareness, the collapsed hedge fund run by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner. Ken Griffin's flagship Wellington fund rose 5.9% for the month,

Axelar operates a decentralized overlay network built on Cosmos technology that connects more than 80 independent blockchains, including Ethereum, Solana, Sui, and Aptos, through a unified gateway architecture. The protocol addresses the infrastructure requirement for moving assets between blockchai

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (KTOS) shares jumped to a two-month high on Wednesday after Piper Sandler upgraded the stock from Neutral to Overweight with a $75 price target, implying approximately 45% upside from Tuesday's closing price of $51.87. The upgrade followed Kratos raising

Citibank classifies cryptocurrency purchases made with its credit cards as cash advances rather than standard purchases on most exchanges. The bank, which manages $31 trillion in assets under custody and administration globally, applies a 5% fee or $10 minimum per transaction, whichever is

Strategy held 842,138 BTC as of 2 August 2026 at an average cost of $75,419, according to its 8-K filing on 3 August. With Bitcoin trading at $64,111 on 5 August 2026, the company's position sits roughly $9.5 billion underwater. Analysis of real order-book depth against the company's holdings

Large cryptocurrency holders are increasing their bitcoin, ether, and XRP positions as prices remain under pressure, according to CryptoQuant. The blockchain analytics firm said the accumulation activity signals the bear market is likely in its final stage, though a confirmed bottom has not been rea

Central banks purchased a net 288.9 tonnes of gold in the second quarter of 2026, a 62% increase from the 177.9 tonnes bought in Q2 2025, according to the World Gold Council's Gold Demand Trends Q2 2026 report published on 30 July. The purchases occurred as gold posted a 14.1% quarterly decline, the

Uber Technologies stock fell as much as 6–7% on Wednesday despite reporting second-quarter gross bookings of $58 billion, up 24% year-over-year and above the high end of company guidance. The decline followed Uber's third-quarter forecast of $0.84–$0.88 adjusted earnings per share, below Wall

Bitcoin held above $64,000 on Wednesday, posting a 1.1% gain amid volatile intra-day trading, while Polymarket lowered the CLARITY Act's 2026 passage odds to 15%. The price stability came as Senate delays pushed legislative discussions on the crypto market structure bill to September. Political