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The Bank of Canada will announce its interest rate decision on September 2, 2026 at 9:45 a.m. ET, with the overnight rate currently held at 2.25% since October 2025. The rate remains unchanged following July's announcement, after dropping from 2.50% in October 2025. Jamie David, Vice President of

Polish Olympic Committee President Radosław Piesiewicz was detained Thursday as part of an investigation into digital asset platform Zondacrypto, according to the country's attorney general. Piesiewicz was accused of accepting bribes in exchange for sponsorship deals, with reports indicating Zondacr

Cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger disputed claims of a security breach after rival wallet maker OneKey reproduced a transaction-replacement vulnerability using an outdated version of Ledger's Ethereum app. On Thursday, OneKey founder and CEO Yishi Wang stated that the company's

Anthropic announced on Thursday a new interface called the Model Hardware Standard (MHS) designed to simplify how AI agents operate and communicate with machinery. The standard works with any device that has a programmable interface, including those used in scientific research and advanced

Oxialink has released a full line of crypto payment gateway plugins enabling merchants to accept USDT, Bitcoin, Ethereum, TON and ten additional digital assets across seven major e-commerce platforms without writing code. The plugins support WooCommerce, Magento 2, OpenCart, PrestaShop, WHMCS,

Ethena Foundation, which supports the synthetic dollar protocol behind USDe, announced four ecosystem changes aimed at addressing concerns over investor token unlocks and protocol value allocation. The updates include buying out certain early investors, ending monthly investor unlocks, assigning pro

Gold completed a three-river evening star candlestick pattern and traded $3 below its 200-day simple moving average, testing a key technical support level. The decline followed July's Personal Consumption Expenditures report, which showed the PCE price index rose 0.2% versus the 0.1% consensus

Salesforce and Anthropic announced Claudeforce, an expanded strategic partnership integrating Claude's AI reasoning capabilities with Salesforce's enterprise infrastructure. The partnership launches with Salesforce in Claude, a plugin featuring 37 prebuilt sales skills that enable sellers and

Bitcoin surged past $80,000 on Thursday, reaching an intraday high of $80,808 as the global crypto market capitalization climbed above $2.7 trillion. The rally triggered $409.07 million in liquidations, with short sellers bearing the brunt at $280.05 million in losses, according to Coinglass data. T

21Shares released an analysis of XRP's supply dynamics in the first half of 2026, revealing a 5.5% year-on-year increase in circulating supply. The crypto asset management company published the report as XRP surged back above $1.4 amid a recovery in Bitcoin and the overall cryptocurrency market.

An anonymous crypto trader opened $40 million in short positions on Bitcoin and Ethereum on Aug. 26 via the Hyperliquid decentralized exchange, betting against a market rally. The trader deposited 5 million USDC into a new wallet and initiated 20-times-leveraged short positions in 247.63 Bitcoin and

CrowdStrike stocks surged over 17% Thursday following fiscal 2027 second-quarter earnings released Wednesday evening, with CNBC's Jim Cramer reiterating his buy recommendation on the cybersecurity stock that has more than doubled over the past 12 months. The rally was driven by record $333 million i

Ripple's partnership with Finastra gained attention after crypto researcher SMQKE highlighted its potential to provide Ripple a pathway into a broader banking ecosystem through infrastructure financial institutions already use. Nacha announced that Finastra is now a Preferred Partner for ACH

SK Hynix is constructing its first US HBM (High Bandwidth Memory) packaging facility in West Lafayette, Indiana, with construction starting April 15 and current progress at approximately 5% overall and 15% for building construction as of local time on the 26th at 5:43 PM. The facility is being

Meta Platforms remained in the spotlight Thursday after its landmark teen-safety settlement drew positive responses from Wall Street analysts. The roughly $18 billion deal removes a major legal overhang at a far lower cost than investors had feared, according to analyst firms including Rosenblatt,

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission submitted a major crypto custody rule rewrite to the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on Wednesday, Law360 reported. The proposal, labeled economically significant, targets an October 2026 publication date and represents a sharp

HM Revenue and Customs released data on Thursday showing 240 individuals reported more than 1 million British pounds ($1.4 million) each in capital gains from digital assets during the 2024 to 2025 tax year. The disclosure came as part of the UK tax agency's transparency efforts regarding

TRON founder Justin Sun announced at the Bitcoin Asia 2026 conference in Hong Kong that the TRON network is planned to become resilient against quantum computing attacks by the end of the year. Sun stated this development addresses growing security concerns as quantum computing technology advances r

Nvidia stocks surged nearly 8% Thursday after CNBC's Jim Cramer explained why demand for the chipmaker's AI processors continues accelerating: customers are generating immediate returns. The commentary followed Nvidia's better-than-expected fiscal 2027 second-quarter results released Wednesday

Core Lightning developers warned Bitcoin Lightning Network node operators on Wednesday that several vulnerabilities identified in AI-generated security reports are real and require immediate action. The development team announced via X post that operators must install a forthcoming update promptly o