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Novo Nordisk's US-traded shares dropped more than 5% on Tuesday after the Danish drugmaker released updated 2026 guidance that appeared to disappoint investors. The company now expects adjusted sales to be down 6% to flat at constant exchange rates, compared to a previous forecast of down 4% to 12%,

A major options investor sold Bitcoin call options worth $173 million, positioning that BTC will not exceed $70,000 by expiry on September 25, according to data from ai_9684xtpa. The investor stands to earn approximately $3.03 million in premiums if Bitcoin remains below the strike price. Options ma

Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor posted a message on X on Aug. 4 stating that Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 110 (BIP-110) has 38 signaling blocks, representing 2.70% support, as of block 961,022. The proposal requires a 55% miner threshold to lock in, which Saylor called impossible to

Robinhood and Coinbase reported diverging second quarter 2026 results as crypto trading volumes declined across both platforms. Robinhood's crypto transaction revenue fell to $100 million, down 37.5% year-over-year, while the company posted record total transaction revenue of $776 million through

Jeff Bezos filed a Form 144 notice to sell 15 million Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) shares valued at approximately $4.07 billion, priced at Friday's closing price of $271.58 per share. Amazon fell more than 2% on Tuesday after closing at a record $284.02 on Monday and surpassing $3 trillion in market value

The S&P 500 reached a new intraday record on Tuesday, climbing above 7,700 for the first time as investors returned to risk assets. The benchmark index hit 7,716.62 during the session, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained more than 900 points and the Nasdaq advanced approximately 2%. The ra

Market analyst EGRAG CRYPTO has proposed that the XRP Ledger (XRPL) could become part of Japan's strategy to improve liquidity and strengthen the yen's efficiency without triggering a disruptive global asset sell-off. The proposal addresses Japan's inefficient liquidity management, which EGRAG

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has fined UBS Financial Services $125 million for willful Bank Secrecy Act violations. The penalty represents the largest civil sanction ever assessed against a broker-dealer for anti-money laundering rule

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics released the June Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey on August 4 local time, showing job openings at 7.359 million on a seasonally adjusted basis, nearly unchanged from the prior month. The figure came in slightly below the market expectation of 7.4 million

The US Department of Commerce reported on local time August 4 that the June trade deficit reached $73.3 billion. The figure exceeded the market forecast of $73 billion compiled by Yonhap Infomax, while the prior month's deficit was revised to $77.6 billion. The deficit occurred as both exports and i

MARA Holdings opened its Slipstream service to the public on August 3, 2026, removing the client code requirement that previously restricted access. The move came as bitcoin holders raced to move funds from Coldcard hardware wallets compromised by a firmware flaw dating to March 2021 that enabled ha

Ben Reitzes, Head of Technology Research at Melius Research, described the recent semiconductor stock selloff as the 'exclamation point' of the latest AI pullback and identified it as a compelling buying opportunity. The correction was fueled by concerns that open-source AI models could compress

Dinari announced Tuesday it has become the first company to allow eligible U.S. investors to trade over 700 tokenized stocks using USDC through self-custody wallets. The move follows a partnership with Circle that enables U.S. individuals and businesses to buy and sell every stock in the S&P 500

BitGo announced on Tuesday it is switching Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) — an asset with a $7.4 billion market cap — to Chainlink's CCIP cross-chain standard. The move follows the $292 million KelpDAO bridge exploit that occurred earlier this year and joins a broader industry shift away from LayerZero. The

Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake and five co-authors, led by researcher pintail, submitted draft proposal EIP-8361 to reduce ETH staking rewards by implementing a burn mechanism that would halt rewards once 50% of all ETH is staked. The proposal would lower annual staking rewards from the

SpaceX will release its first quarterly earnings report as a public company after the market closes on August 4, with the stock trading at $117 at press time, up 2.75% from the intra-day low but down approximately 15% from its $135 IPO price and more than 50% from its post-listing peak. The report f

Gold traded near $4,060 an ounce on Aug. 4 as geopolitical risk supported demand while expectations for higher U.S. interest rates limited the rebound. Spot gold rose 0.2% to $4,062.41 an ounce by 5:04 a.m. GMT, and U.S. gold futures gained 0.7% to $4,117.50, with traders balancing uncertainty

Silver traded close to $59 an ounce on Tuesday, Aug. 4, as geopolitical uncertainty and renewed precious-metal demand offset concerns about higher U.S. interest rates. Spot silver rose 1.2% to $58.88 by 6:50 a.m. GMT, outperforming gold's smaller gain. Markets were pricing a 65% probability of a