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President Trump stated he knows what Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh wants to do and expressed support for interest rate cuts. The comment came after the Fed held rates steady at 3.5-3.75% during Warsh's first policy meeting on June 17, 2026. Inflation is currently running above 4%. Trump has

Nvidia invested $5 billion in equity in Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI), the AI research lab founded by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever. The investment grants SSI access to Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin GPU platform. SSI operates with a small team split between Palo Alto and

The tokenized assets market reached $7.5 billion in July 2026, according to data reported by CryptoRank. A year ago, the market stood at roughly $2 billion to $2.7 billion. The tripling in market capitalization was driven primarily by tokenized gold, which crossed the $6 billion threshold in

Iran and Oman are in active negotiations to restart commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that carries roughly 20 million barrels of oil per day — about a fifth of the world's daily petroleum consumption. The talks focus on establishing traffic management protocols an

Multicoin Capital and the Hyperliquid Policy Center filed a joint comment letter to the CFTC on July 27, advocating for the agency to serve as the sole federal regulator of prediction markets under the Commodity Exchange Act. The filing supports the CFTC's proposed Regulation 40.11 framework

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich declared that Israel will assert full sovereignty over the West Bank, a region internationally recognized as such and referred to by Israel as Judea and Samaria. The statement represents a shift from Israel's current de facto control toward formal

The Environmental Protection Agency issued a memo on July 16 clarifying that islanded power generation facilities—self-contained plants serving a single private consumer without connecting to the public utility grid—are exempt from the Acid Rain Program under the Clean Air Act. EPA Assistant

New York Attorney General Letitia James testified to a Senate investigations panel on Monday opposing the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, which Coinbase wants passed as early as August 3. The bill would transfer most crypto rulemaking to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and

Charles Hoskinson, founder of Cardano, warned that Bitcoin faces a critical test from quantum computing technology and could lose its position as the world's largest cryptocurrency if the network fails to implement necessary updates. Speaking on The Starting Block program, Hoskinson identified Bitco

Tesla is rolling out xAI's Grok AI assistant integration into its vehicles via the 2026.26 over-the-air software update. The integration enables drivers to use voice commands to control Spotify playback, phone calls, climate settings, and the glovebox. The update represents Tesla's push to

Cybersecurity firm Check Point detailed how the SparkKitty malware campaign targeted cryptocurrency users by scanning photos stored on infected Android and iPhone devices for wallet recovery phrases. First discovered by Kaspersky in June 2025, the malware spread through Apple's App Store, Google

The US Treasury conducted auctions for 2-year and 5-year bonds on May 27 (local time), with results showing divergent demand patterns. The 2-year auction of $69 billion saw strong demand with a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.66x and a yield of 4.315%, while the 5-year auction of $70 billion experienced

Fanatics agreed Monday to acquire Water Street Labs, a CFTC-registered designated contract market, and CX Clearinghouse, a registered derivatives clearing organization, from Nasdaq-listed BGC Group. The acquisition enables Fanatics to list and settle event contracts directly on Fanatics Markets,

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva held a joint press conference at the Brazilian presidential residence on May 27 (local time), where they emphasized their shared experiences as former factory workers who suffered workplace injuries in their

Bitcoin surged above $65,000 after US-Iran military tensions eased for a second day, ahead of the Fed's Wednesday interest rate decision. Ethereum rose over 4% in the last 24 hours to above $1,960, while Solana and XRP gained 1-2%, as oil prices fell approximately 5%. CryptoQuant analyst Axel

South Korea's National Tax Service has enforced mandatory reporting of overseas cryptocurrency holdings exceeding 500 million won since 2023, applying the same threshold used for foreign bank and stock accounts under the Overseas Financial Account Reporting System. Starting '내년' (next year), the

The Japanese yen fell to a 40-year low on the 27th, with the yen/dollar rate approaching 163.69 yen, as yen-related exchange-traded funds (ETFs) posted negative returns. The weakness stems from Japan's low growth (the International Monetary Fund forecasts 0.6% for this year) and prolonged low

Crypto analyst Ali Charts called Dogecoin 'screaming bullish' on Monday, citing TD Sequential buy signals appearing simultaneously on the monthly, weekly, three-day, and daily charts. The TD Sequential is a technical indicator that counts price bars to estimate when a trend is exhausted and may