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Polymarket-based DeFi startup Gondor unveiled v1, the first margin account for Polymarket, announced via X on Monday. The product enables users to cross-margin their Polymarket positions to borrow against their entire portfolio and use the credit to buy more shares. This advancement addresses

Chinese prosecutors published arguments on the Supreme People's Procuratorate website calling for more proactive cryptocurrency money laundering investigations, stating that digital asset technology has moved faster than the country's current legal and investigative framework. The prosecutors

Apple filed a lawsuit Friday against OpenAI, seeking injunctions after a former employee allegedly exploited an authentication bug to steal confidential information. Chang Liu, who left Apple for OpenAI in January 2026, discovered the bug on February 9 that allowed him to access Apple's shared

Bitcoin dropped to $62,037 on Monday as weekend military clashes between U.S. and Iranian forces raised concerns about a potential energy crisis. The cryptocurrency fell from a 24-hour peak of $64,385 late Sunday to $62,037 by 10:15 a.m. EST Monday, according to market data. The decline followed U.S

Bolivia is assessing the potential inclusion of Tether's USDT stablecoin into its national payments system, according to a Friday briefing from Economy Minister José Gabriel Espinoza Yáñez reported by La Razón. The minister emphasized careful evaluation due to Bolivia's placement on the Financial

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller stated on May 13 (local time) that the Federal Open Market Committee should consider tightening monetary policy in the near term if core inflation data released this week shows another high reading. Waller made the remarks during a speech at the New York

Polymarket and Kalshi processed $5,811,899,591 in combined trading volume across 52 primary and secondary 2026 FIFA World Cup prediction markets, according to data logged July 13, 2026, at 12 p.m. Eastern time. The volume surge reflects crypto traders seeking alternative high-yield environments

Strategy authorized the sale of up to $1.25 billion worth of Bitcoin through its new Digital Credit Capital Framework unveiled June 29. The framework allows the company to monetize part of its Bitcoin holdings to strengthen liquidity, support preferred stock obligations, and improve credit quality w

Forbes included XRP in its top 10 cryptocurrencies to invest in, ranking it fourth after Bitcoin, Ethereum, and BNB, according to the publication's latest updates. The reversal comes after Forbes labeled XRP and 19 other altcoins as "zombies" in a report published last year. Forbes compiled the

Alphabet-led Google is reportedly expanding sales of its custom tensor processing units (TPUs) to independent cloud providers, according to The Information. The move comes as Wall Street analysts trimmed price targets on Alphabet and Meta Platforms stocks ahead of second-quarter earnings. UBS

The U.K. government has published a roadmap for tokenizing wholesale financial markets, projecting the initiative could add up to £33 billion in annual economic output and £14 billion in annual tax revenue by 2035. The first report from the government's Wholesale Digital Markets Champion,

Jupiter, a Solana-based decentralized exchange, launched a digital platform on Monday where collectors can buy authenticated, graded Pokémon and One Piece cards that are fully onchain and tradable. The platform, called Jupiter Gacha, allows users to purchase random packs containing real cards that a

Walt Disney Co. (DIS) stock rose nearly 2% early on Monday after Wells Fargo recommended the entertainment company consider exiting the streaming business and refocusing on content production rather than distribution. The investment firm maintained its Overweight rating on Disney but cut its price t

Changpeng Zhao, Binance co-founder and former CEO, recently transferred memecoins from his personal BNB Chain address to a burn address. The transactions prompted speculation across the crypto community about their meaning. Zhao later clarified the transfers were a practical measure to remove spam t

US Treasury bond prices declined slightly on the morning of May 13 as the 10-year Treasury yield rose to 4.579%, reflecting renewed inflation concerns triggered by surging oil prices amid escalating US-Iran military tensions. The yield increase occurred as President Donald Trump stated the US

President Donald Trump and White House officials pushed the Senate on Monday to pass the Clarity Act, sweeping cryptocurrency legislation, following the unexpected death of Sen. Lindsey Graham over the weekend. Congress returned to Washington after a Fourth of July recess with weeks remaining to

CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer held its Morning Meeting on Monday as stocks traded lower amid renewed US-Iran airstrikes and a busy earnings week. Apple rose 1.1% Monday after Citi raised its price target to $365 from $315, while semiconductor stocks declined with Intel and Micron each

US stocks opened mixed on July 13 (local time) as the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.18% to 52,733.86, while the S&P 500 fell 0.20% to 7,560.45 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.71% to 26,094.43 at 9:37 AM on the New York Stock Exchange. The mixed performance followed renewed military

Mohammed Mulla has left Finalto after more than 16 years with the institutional liquidity and trading technology provider, the company confirmed. Mulla joined in December 2009 and most recently served as Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa and Asia. He described his departure as the