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Circle is preparing to launch Arc, a USDC-native Layer 1 blockchain, on Sept. 16, 2026, positioning the network as infrastructure designed specifically for institutional payments, settlements, and tokenized financial assets. The launch is scheduled one day after a U.S. Senate cloture vote on the

A crypto trader lost $907K through impulsive FOMO trades, according to CryptoTwitter commentator @lookonchain. The trader spent $916.5K to purchase 7.28 million MEME tokens at $0.126, then sold the position for $353K, resulting in a $563K loss on that trade alone. The losses stemmed from emotional d

The $SLINK token crashed over 80% following the deletion of a tweet that had linked to its contract address. A post by @shivon that included the $SLINK contract address drew interaction from Elon Musk, pushing the token's market capitalization to $80 million. The crash occurred after the tweet was d

Florida Athletics announced a multiyear sponsorship with Ripple on Sept. 4 that will place the XRP cryptocurrency logo on Florida Field beginning with the 2026 football season. The agreement will reportedly generate $5 million annually, according to an Associated Press report citing a person

S&P Dow Jones Indices announced on Friday that Bloom Energy (BE), Everpure (P), and Illumina (ILMN) will join the S&P 500 index before the open on Monday, September 21, as part of the quarterly rebalance. The reshuffle is designed to keep each index closer to its market-cap range. Index funds that t

Economic influencer and author Pyeongon presented dividend stock investment strategies for successful retirement at the MoneyToday 'Single FIRE Money Show' held at COEX in Seoul's Gangnam district on the 4th. The speaker, who retired as a FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) practitioner

DCR surged 12.45% to $18.43 within 30 minutes, marking a significant uptick in momentum for the cryptocurrency. The rapid increase occurred against a backdrop of mixed signals in the broader cryptocurrency market. In the past 24 hours, DCR saw a 29.70% increase with a trading range from $14.32 to $1

Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) published a chart on Sept. 1 showing that bitcoin would need to fall 83% from current levels to $13,136 before the company's STRC preferred security reaches what it calls a 1x BTC Rating. The company released the analysis to illustrate how far bitcoin could decline befor

Global billionaire wealth reached a record $15.1 trillion in 2025, according to Altrata's 2026 Billionaire Census report published local time May 4. The 8.2% increase in billionaire count to 3,795 individuals marked the fastest growth rate in five years. AI-focused companies saw their market

Lee Ho-young, equity manager at Midas Asset Management's stock operations division, recommended three sectors for investors during a recent interview: energy and power infrastructure, semiconductor materials and components, and export-oriented consumer goods. Lee, a veteran of long-short equity

Korean stocks face a critical week from September 7-11 as the KOSPI navigates heightened volatility following US-Iran military tensions and monetary policy uncertainty, with market focus shifting to upcoming US August Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI) releases. The volatility

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are conducting combined buyback programs totaling 55 trillion won, absorbing foreign and institutional sell-offs as US semiconductor stocks experience heightened volatility. SK Hynix announced on the 19th of last month a 40 trillion won program to purchase 24.07

Robinhood's blockchain network introduced stock-linked memecoins as a new investment trend, according to NH Investment & Securities. The mechanism automatically routes memecoin purchases through corresponding stock token transactions. NH Investment & Securities reported that wallet counts holding st

Robinhood Chain experienced a suspected outage where no new blocks were produced for over six minutes. According to crypto commentator @WuBlockchain, block production resumed intermittently as of 21:08 UTC+8. The incident raises questions about network reliability as Robinhood Chain seeks to

The Fundstrat Granny Shots US Large Cap ETF (GRNY), managed by Tom Lee, has made MicroStrategy (MSTR) its largest portfolio holding as of September 3, surpassing Robinhood in the fund's composition. The position shift occurred over a two-week period during which MSTR transitioned from the ETF's

Coinbase launched liquidity provider rewards for its tokenized stocks as of September 5, 2026, according to CryptoTwitter commentator @AerodromeFi. The initiative aims to enhance user engagement and attract more traders to the platform. The move aligns with ongoing trends in decentralized finance an

Enterprises with over $1 billion in revenue are scaling AI agents at an accelerating rate, with 40% now deploying these technologies compared to 27% last year, according to a recent McKinsey report. NEAR Protocol highlighted this trend, emphasizing that the expanding agent economy is driving user de

AerodromeFi reported over $200 million in trading volume over a two-week period. The platform announced the milestone via social media, positioning itself as a potential market maker within the Base ecosystem. The trading surge represents a development in the platform's liquidity provision

Aerodrome launched tokenized stocks on Coinbase with day-one liquidity now live on the platform. The decentralized trading solutions provider announced the initiative as part of the growing trend toward digitizing traditional assets. The move aims to enhance trading options for both retail and

NVIDIA announced on May 3 (US Eastern Time) the acquisition of Hugging Face, the world's largest open-source AI platform, for $12.93 billion (approximately 17.5 trillion won). Hours later, OpenAI released GPT-6 'Astra', its latest flagship model trained on over 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs. The