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Stanford University and Singapore Management University researchers found systematic settlement manipulation in Polymarket's 5-minute bitcoin betting contracts, with 821 traders extracting $8.2 million from February through April 2026. The study documented a roughly 50% jump in net order flow on

Enso released research identifying malicious liquidity pools called 'toxic pools.' These pools display accurate trading estimates during simulations but produce different results after on-chain execution. Toxic pools exploit the gap between simulated and actual blockchain execution, altering

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) issued operational guidance dated July 15 to banks and licensed Bureau De Change (BDC) operators, implementing a centralized electronic portal to track every retail foreign exchange transaction. The FX BDC Purchase Tracker (FXBT) will record all foreign currency

Cryptocurrency markets experienced broad declines in the second quarter of 2026, with spot trading volume across the top 10 centralized exchanges falling 27.9% to $1.95 trillion from $2.7 trillion in Q1, according to CoinGecko's Crypto Industry Report published Thursday. Perpetual futures volume dec

Korean Stocks experienced significant volatility as the KOSPI index fell 463.81 points, or 6.37%, to close at 6,820.60, while the KOSDAQ dropped 37.59 points, or 4.53%, to 791.84. The decline was driven by weakness in semiconductor stocks, including a sharp drop in SK Hynix American Depositary

Luk Fook Holdings (HKEx: 00590) reported that for the first quarter ending March 31, overall retail value rose 32% year-on-year and retail revenue increased 43% year-on-year, with gold and platinum products' share of retail value climbing 6 percentage points to 82% due to a significant surge in

Nvidia-backed cloud startup Fireworks announced Thursday it raised $1.5 billion at a $17.5 billion valuation after exceeding $1 billion in annualized revenue. The financing comes as companies increasingly seek cheaper alternatives to expensive proprietary AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic. Firewor

Galaxy Digital launched Galaxy Curator, an institutional vault curation business on Morpho's lending infrastructure, available through Fireblocks Earn. The product targets institutional crypto holders seeking yield on idle stablecoin balances without building internal DeFi operations infrastructure.

Dogecoin is testing a long-term rising trendline that has supported its structure since 2017, with the current price action centered around the $0.061 support level. The technical setup presents a potential path toward $1.42 if the trendline holds and price recovers above $0.08, while a breakdown

Dune, an onchain analytics platform commissioned by 1inch, found that about 85% of concentrated liquidity across decentralized exchanges is not performing its intended function, according to research covering the period from Jan. 6 to June 30. The study rebuilt every liquidity position in roughly th

Stablecoin issuer Tether invested $20 million in Argentine neobank Ualá as part of a $197 million funding round that valued the fintech at $3.2 billion on a post-money basis. The funding round was initially led by Allianz X in March 2026, with participation from new and existing investors

MoonPay has acquired Glide, a startup enabling applications to accept crypto deposits from any token, wallet, exchange or card, in an all-equity transaction. Glide co-founder and CEO Tushar Soni told The Block that discussions began late last year and the transaction has now closed, though he

Christopher Hodge, Head Economist for the U.S. at Natixis, forecasts the Federal Reserve will hold interest rates throughout 2026 as inflation remains the central bank's primary focus under Chair Kevin Warsh. In an interview with Kitco News, Hodge stated the Fed faces uncertainty distinguishing

Wedbush on Thursday named Alphabet, Uber, Reddit, and Xometry its top internet stock picks across different market-cap categories, with analyst Ygal Arounian calling artificial intelligence the 'single most impactful swing factor' shaping the sector's outlook. The firm assigned Outperform ratings wi

Gold continues to consolidate above $4,000 an ounce despite renewed Middle East tensions pushing Brent crude prices back above $80 a barrel, according to Ole Hansen, Head of Commodity Strategy at Saxo Bank. Peace talks between the U.S. and Iran broke down, leading to resumed reciprocal military

Truth Social, the social media platform owned by Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), will launch its Truth API on Aug. 1 to license real-time platform data to Wall Street firms, TMTG Chief Business Officer John McGurn tells Axios. The API provides access to posts from the platform's top 10

The global tokenized stocks market capitalization reached a record $2.3 billion on Wednesday, driven by increasing investor demand for blockchain-based equity products. The milestone reflects growing adoption as crypto platforms integrate traditional investment products onto blockchain

Darwinex has integrated its brokerage accounts with TradingView, allowing traders to place forex, index and commodity CFD orders directly from TradingView charts while using the resulting activity to build a verified performance record that can compete for Darwinex seed allocations and third-party i

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported yesterday that wholesale prices unexpectedly decreased last month, providing signs that inflation could be returning to normal ranges. Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh told the Senate banking committee that the data is moving in the right direction, though he

President Lee Jae-myung on July 15 urged faster legislative action on inheritance and gift tax reform targeting companies with price-to-book ratios (PBR) below 0.8x, according to Herald Economy. As of July 15, 1,291 out of 2,718 listed companies on KOSPI and KOSDAQ—representing 47.5% of all Korean s