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XRP is trading around $1.09 with 24-hour volume near $1.03 billion and market capitalization around $68.1 billion, as Ripple continues engaging U.S. lawmakers on stablecoin legislation and the Clarity Act. The company has argued that clearer digital asset rules could strengthen blockchain-based

Hims & Hers Health stock (HIMS) trades near $37.36 as of July 1, 2026, after surging roughly 67% in the second quarter of 2026. The 13-analyst average price target sits at $28.35–$30.14, roughly 20% below the current market price. The bull case is Canaccord Genuity's $40 target, raised from $32 in J

Retail investors offloaded $370 billion in stocks over two weeks, up from $220 billion at the start of 2026, according to The Kobeissi Letter. Last week alone saw $125 million in outflows from SanDisk shares, the largest sale of any stock, while Apple and Tesla recorded $120 million and $105 million

Citadel Securities invested $400 million in Crypto.com at a $20 billion valuation, announced Thursday. The market maker founded by billionaire Ken Griffin acquired a stake in the Singapore-based exchange, which said the capital will fund expansion into tokenized securities and derivatives. This mark

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella criticized Anthropic's Fable 5 AI model as 'editorially controlled' during remarks to employees, according to a CNBC report. Microsoft stocks fell 1.3% in overnight trading following the comments, which questioned the AI model's stringent guardrails that route certain

Stripe and private-equity firm Advent International submitted a $60.50-per-share bid for PayPal on July 15, 2026 — a transaction valued at more than $53 billion with roughly $50 billion in committed bank financing, according to CNBC and Reuters. PayPal's board reportedly considers the offer

Alphabet shares fell 4% on Thursday following reports that Google delayed its Gemini 3.5 Pro artificial intelligence model. Bloomberg sources familiar with the matter stated the model is now months behind schedule due to coding performance falling short of internal expectations. The delay occurs

Solana is holding support near $74-$76 and breaking above a falling wedge pattern, maintaining a path toward $79-$81 according to technical analysts. The cryptocurrency successfully retested the former resistance zone, which is now acting as support. Analyst Killa projects a potential recovery towar

Bitcoin is testing the $62,800-$63,600 demand zone after a failed rally above $64,700, according to technical analysis from market observers. The rejection at recent highs has trapped buyers and raised questions about whether the cryptocurrency can defend this support level or face further

Hongkong Transport Holdings (stock code 00554), parent company of Citybus, announced that ongoing Middle East crisis has driven diesel prices to surge over 100% since late February, rising from approximately $90 per barrel to over $200 per barrel, directly impacting its non-wholly owned subsidiary C

By the end of July 2026, global capital markets will enter the year’s most substantial earnings window. Google (Alphabet) will release its second-quarter results on July 22; Microsoft will publish its Q4 results for fiscal year 2026 on July 29; and Amazon will deliver its Q2 results on July 30. Combined, the three companies have a market cap of more than $7 trillion, and their AI infrastructure spending commitments over the past 12 months are approaching that of a mid-sized country’s annual GDP.

Circle Internet Group stock fell approximately 5.47% to a trading range of $62.10 to $63.77 in its latest active session following Visa's announcement of an internal stablecoin platform that will support OUSD, a rival to Circle's USDC. The decline reflects investor concern over increased

France published its national resilience plan for rare earths and permanent magnets in May 2026, aiming to secure critical metal supply and reduce dependence on overseas supply chains. The plan addresses the geopolitical risk posed by the current concentration of approximately 85% of global rare ear

Tether released BrainWhisperer, an open-source brain-to-text engine that decodes neural signals into written language entirely on local devices. CEO Paolo Ardoino announced the system is now fully integrated into QVAC, the company's open-source on-device AI stack, and available to developers

Hong Kong stocks fell across major indices on Friday as AI and technology sectors experienced sharp declines. The Hang Seng Index dropped 1.78% to close at 24,562.24 points, while the Hang Seng Tech Index plunged 4.37% to 4,623.17 points and the H-shares Index declined 2.18%. The selloff was

Cardano is trading at $0.158, down 1.39% on July 17, while the Van Rossem hard fork is scheduled to activate on July 18 at 21:44:51 UTC at Slot 192,844,800. Derivatives traders pushed the long-to-short ratio to 0.58 and open interest climbed 4% to $421 million in the 48 hours before activation.

On July 17, 2026, the Digital Assets Subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services held an in-person hearing at Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, themed “Building the Financial Future: How the CLARITY Act Will Unleash Innovation.” Federal Hall is only a few steps from the New York Stock Exchange—rather than meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, the committee moved the hearing to Wall Street, and that choice alone is a kind of statement. This is not routine policy discuss

Elon Musk completed the acquisition of New APR Energy, a Florida-based energy company valued at over $1 billion, according to Federal Trade Commission records reported by Teslarati. The transaction addresses surging power requirements from projects like xAI's Colossus cluster. Behind-the-meter

South Korea's National Pension Service issued standby assignment orders on July 17 to the head of its Real Estate Investment Office and two senior Compliance Office officials. The personnel actions, approved by NPS Chairman Kim Sung-joo, were executed under Article 20, Clause 6 of NPS Personnel

The USD-KRW exchange rate traded at 1,478.50 won as of 3:30 PM on July 17, down 1.90 won from the previous Seoul session close of 1,480.40 won, tracking a slight strengthening in the Japanese yen. The decline occurred during thin Constitution Day holiday trading in South Korea. The yen's modest