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Hackers are using BNB Chain smart contracts to distribute malware through compromised websites and fake CAPTCHA prompts, according to a report by Microsoft Threat Intelligence. In a post on X on Thursday, Microsoft said the campaign uses EtherHiding, a technique that stores malicious instructions in

Airbnb shares surged 15% Friday after the company delivered one of its strongest growth quarters in years and CEO Brian Chesky announced the company will spend 'a lot more' on AI tokens this year than originally forecast. Chesky credited artificial intelligence as the 'number one explanation' for

An early Bitcoin investor who accumulated BTC when the cryptocurrency traded between $10 and $15 has executed their first transaction after approximately 10 months of inactivity. According to on-chain analytics platform Onchain Lens, the whale transferred 50 BTC, valued at approximately $3.22

OpenAI's first consumer device will be a screenless smart speaker shaped like a doughnut and roughly the size of a hockey puck, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The battery-powered product is priced in the $300 to $400 range and slated for availability in 2027. OpenAI is positioning the device as a c

Grayscale's Ethereum Staking Mini ETF signed a new trust agreement on August 6 that makes staking the default for nearly all of its 839,556 ETH holdings, aiming to deploy the fund's 161,000 idle ETH. The rewrite enables monthly cash distributions of staking rewards to shareholders and was filed

Russ Savage, the billionaire founder of Rockstar Energy, has acquired more than 12 million shares of Celsius Holdings and is calling for the removal of the company's CEO following an earnings miss this week. Savage now controls roughly 4.7% of Celsius, a stake worth approximately $300 million at

SpaceX stock surged 10.54% to $127.03 as of 11:33 AM local time on August 7, the second consecutive day of sharp gains. Argus Research upgraded SpaceX to 'buy' from 'hold' with a $160 price target on August 7, driving the rally. The surge occurred despite 911.5 million shares exiting lockup on Augus

Bitcoin whales purchased approximately $1.2 billion worth of BTC since July 29th, according to latest on-chain data. Large investors holding between 10 and 10,000 BTC accumulated over 20,000 BTC during this period, while the Bitcoin price fluctuated around $65,000. The recovery in whale demand

Blockaid CEO Ido Ben-Natan described last week's Coldcard exploit as exposing crypto's reliance on private keys as a single point of failure during an interview with The Starting Block on Friday. The exploit involved a flaw in how affected Coldcard Bitcoin hardware wallet devices generated wallet

A Bitcoin wallet holding 49.97 BTC moved its entire balance on August 6, 2026 at 20:14 UTC in block 961331, marking the first transaction since the funds were received on July 16, 2011. The wallet, beginning with address "1EBz," had remained dormant for over 14 years while Bitcoin's price climbed

Korea Zinc filed a criminal complaint on May 5 against Youngpoong and MBK Partners for alleged unauthorized use of the 'Project Crucible' name related to a US integrated smelter project. The complaint alleges Youngpoong-MBK registered the 'Crucible TN' domain on June 27 and hosted a Nashville

Livestreamed shopping startup Whatnot closed its latest funding round on Friday at a $20 billion valuation, nearly doubling its valuation from less than a year ago. The $545 million Series G round was led by Iconiq, Lightspeed and Avra. The rapid valuation growth reflects the expanding live

Lee Hun-ki and approximately ten ruling Democratic Party lawmakers proposed an amendment to South Korea's Inheritance and Gift Tax Act, dubbed the 'Stock Price Suppression Prevention Act.' The proposal targets corporate succession tax planning practices that use unlisted company valuation methods to

Major crypto companies including Kraken, Coinbase and Circle are building infrastructure for AI agents as the industry seeks users beyond traders. This summer, Kraken said it's rebuilding its app to give users access to AI agents capable of monitoring markets and executing trades, while Coinbase

A wallet believed to be linked to Amber Group withdrew approximately $9.97 million worth of five altcoins from Binance approximately six hours ago, according to on-chain data shared by AmberCN. The withdrawal included Ethereum (ENA), AAVE, ETH, BNB, and Chainlink (LINK). Large-scale withdrawals from

Carbon launched 250+ TradFi markets on August 7th, 2026, spanning equities, indices, forex, and commodities, bringing total tradeable instruments to over 950 in one account alongside 530+ crypto perpetuals and 150 24/7 real-world assets. Each position is hedged 1:1 at regulated TradFi venues,

On August 7, data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics completely overturned market expectations. July nonfarm payrolls fell by 23k, sharply deviating from the market expectation of an increase of 80k and coming in below the lower bound of every economist’s forecast range—the weakest performance since 2026. Meanwhile, May and June nonfarm payrolls were revised down by a combined 103k jobs: May was revised from +129k to +63k, and June from +57k to +20k. The deterioration in employment

Cloudflare Inc. (NET) shares were on track to hit a fresh all-time high in Friday's pre-market trade after the internet infrastructure provider delivered a beat-and-raise second quarter (Q2). The company reported earnings per share (EPS) of $0.29 on revenue of $696 million, beating Wall Street