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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

Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) filed a Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Aug. 17 stating that it made no bitcoin purchases or sales between Aug. 10 and Aug. 16, leaving holdings at 840,447 BTC. The company sold 3,458,866 MSTR shares through its at-the-market program, p

Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) increased its Ethereum holdings to 5,815,164 ETH on Monday, representing 4.8% of the cryptocurrency's circulating supply. The addition of 9,926 ETH over the prior week brings the company's treasury to approximately $11 billion, positioning Bitmine as the

Ethereum has locked approximately 34.4% of its total supply through staking, with more than 42 million Ether deposited into the network's consensus system, yet the asset continues trading near $1,893 according to CoinDesk market data. The reduction in liquid supply has failed to lift the price

HSC Conference held its latest edition in Ho Chi Minh City on August 15, featuring a panel discussion titled 'Who Gets the Next Billion: Infrastructure, AI, and RWA.' The session, moderated by Dominic Cox of 1inch, brought together Kate Wang of Singapore-based blockchain fund Oniiri Capital, Alice T

Swan Bitcoin CEO Cory Klippsten forecasted that Bitcoin could reach a local bottom in October before recovering toward $130,000 by the 2028 halving. Klippsten's outlook is based partly on Bitcoin's historical cycle structure, noting that BTC peaked above $126,000 in early October 2025 and that

MSCI is considering new eligibility rules that could remove Strategy and Metaplanet from its Global Investable Market Indexes. The proposal targets companies whose balance sheets increasingly resemble investment vehicles rather than traditional operating businesses. MSCI is collecting feedback

The Netherlands' National Cyber Security Center warned this week of active exploitation of a macOS Screen Sharing vulnerability. Attackers gained root access to systems with port 5900 exposed to the internet and installed Monero mining programs. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-65400 and rated 7.1

Solana emerged as the fastest-growing blockchain platform for new tokenized U.S. Treasury bill issuance over the past 30 days, recording approximately $378.2 million compared to Ethereum's $272.2 million. The expansion reflects increasing interest in bringing traditional financial assets onto

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals (EYPT) shares crashed nearly 70% in pre-market trading on Monday after its wet age-related macular degeneration treatment Duravyu failed to meet the primary endpoint of a Phase 3 trial. The Phase 3 Lugano trial compared Duravyu with Aflibercept, the standard treatment for we

Binance provided Russian law enforcement with transaction details linked to cryptocurrency donations to Ukrainian fundraising campaigns, according to law enforcement documents. The disclosure concerns Yuri Belenkiy, a 49-year-old Russian passport holder with a Bulgarian residency permit who was deta

President Trump is expected to attend a White House meeting on Wednesday with CEOs from crypto, prediction markets, and AI sectors. The gathering precedes the inaugural meeting of the CFTC's Innovation Advisory Committee on Thursday. Committee members include chief executives of Coinbase, Ripple,