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Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and major US Big Tech companies including Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and Apple are scheduled to release second-quarter earnings reports on July 29-30, alongside the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on the 30th. The earnings announcements come as the KOSPI

Michael Saylor, chairman of Strategy, the largest corporate bitcoin holder, stated that rejecting bitcoin's integration with banks, corporations, custodians, exchanges, equity and credit markets, governments and currencies denies its benefits to 99% of the world and dooms it to 1% of its

HashKey Holdings (03887), a licensed virtual asset trading platform operator, announced the completion of a strategic upgrade for its licensed platform HashKey Exchange. The company merged two previously independent applications — HashKey Exchange and HashKey Global — into a unified flagship app

Galaxy Research lowered its estimate of the Clarity Act becoming law in 2026 to 30%, down from 50% at the end of June, as Senate negotiators face time constraints before the August recess. Alex Thorn, Galaxy's head of research, said lawmakers have released updated legislative text but have not

South Korea's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Koo Yoon-cheol announced on the 27th that the government is considering differential tax treatment for residential and non-residential properties, stating that non-residential properties may not receive the same tax benefits as

Rocket Lab USA (RKLB) secured a $266 million contract from the United States Space Force on Monday for space-based missile defense missions. The multi-launch agreement includes 12 suborbital launches and six additional launches, with operations set to begin next year from the company's new

Tokenized stocks on Robinhood Chain jumped roughly fivefold in under two weeks to about $70 million. A dozen tokenized stocks are each clearing more than $500,000 in daily volume, with GameStop leading at $26.6 million daily, Nvidia at $14 million, and SpaceX at $6.4 million. The growth reflects a s

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced tax relief measures and electricity cost reductions during his fifth State of the Nation Address at the House of Representatives on July 27, 2026. The proposals include raising the annual personal income tax exemption threshold from P250,000 to P350,000 and p

Benzinga has launched an Events Calendar API designed to provide brokerages, fintech platforms, and institutional investors with structured access to upcoming corporate catalysts. The API delivers real-time information on investor conferences, analyst days, shareholder meetings, conference calls, an

Coinbase, which trades on Nasdaq under ticker COIN and is led by co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong, could see its stock price rise if the Clarity Act becomes law in the United States, according to analyst Crypto Rover. The analyst believes clearer cryptocurrency regulation could remove

SparkKitty malware has been distributed through Apple's App Store, Google Play, and third-party Android app stores, targeting cryptocurrency users by scanning photos for wallet recovery phrases, according to a Check Point report published Sunday. The malware uses optical character recognition

Storj Labs, Inc. filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on July 26 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, triggering a 19% decline in its STORJ token to approximately $0.06 over 24 hours. The decentralized storage provider stated the filing is

Binance conducts mandatory monthly phishing simulation attacks against its global workforce through an internal ethical hacking unit known as its red team. Chief Security Officer Jimmy Su stated that employees who fall for the simulated lures must undergo targeted remediation training, while

Coinbase Chief Executive Officer Brian Armstrong publicly rejected the notion that artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency are competing technology megatrends. Addressing ongoing debate across the technology sector regarding capital shifting from Web3 toward machine learning development, Armstron

Envestnet launched Wealth Trading, a portfolio trading platform unifying portfolio management, trade creation, order review, execution and post-trade oversight. The platform addresses demand from registered investment advisers, broker-dealers and enterprise wealth firms for institutional-grade tradi

BIT Brokerage has launched U.S. stock options trading, expanding beyond cryptocurrencies into traditional equity derivatives. The platform now offers long call and long put options on approximately 2,000 U.S.-listed companies with zero commissions and platform fees of $0.30 per contract. The launch

Polymarket prediction markets with roughly $50 million in live trading volume price Bitcoin reaching $100,000 by December 31, 2026 at just 10.0%, with Bitcoin at $65,209 on July 27, 2026. The year-end market assigns $150,000 a 3.1% probability and $250,000 a 1.7% probability, while a dip

Ethereum's validator exit queue has fallen to zero after swelling to roughly 2.6 million ETH last year, when validators faced withdrawal waits of about 45 days. The reversal reflects a shift in network participation: more than 2.5 million ETH now waits to enter staking, creating an activation

Michael Burry highlighted a shift in Wall Street sentiment toward Big Tech artificial intelligence spending, with investors favoring companies delivering stronger returns over those making larger capital commitments. The 'Big Short' investor posted on X last week, sharing Bloomberg charts showing