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Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra said Tuesday that customers who drove hard bargains on pricing in recent years contributed to the current memory chip shortage affecting smartphones, computers and consumer electronics. Speaking on CNBC's Mad Money, Mehrotra explained that aggressive price negotiations

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Tuesday outlined a framework for Wall Street's current approach to the artificial intelligence trade, stating that the market now rewards tech companies with products in high demand while punishing their customers. The shift follows the Magnificent Seven collectively shedding ro

Upbit announced trading support for Gensyn, a decentralized AI GPU compute project, adding GEN pairs against Korean won, Bitcoin, and USDT. The listing provides the token access to South Korea's active retail crypto market, one of the world's most liquid trading environments. The move aligns with su

President Donald Trump earned more from cryptocurrency ventures than from real estate during 2025, according to a financial disclosure filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics on June 29, 2026. The report covers his first year back in the White House and shows $635 million in royalties from

Ripple is securing additional licenses in Singapore and Europe to expand utility-driven institutional products, according to a report from Tokenpost citing Ripple's official newsroom. The licensing push is aimed at positioning the company for regulated cross-border use cases in markets where institu

Ethereum Name Service co-founder Nick Johnson blocked the renewal of the ENS DAO Security Council with approximately 80% of votes cast in an executable onchain vote that closes July 5 at 8:59 PM. Johnson voted against the measure despite an earlier Snapshot vote passing, citing concerns that

Chainlink wallet address count reached 892,800 non-empty addresses, driven by CCIP integration expansion and approaching the 900,000 milestone. The growth is attributed to the Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol integration expansion across the network. This wallet growth metric provides insight i

Nike (NKE) reported fourth-quarter earnings of $0.72 per share on Tuesday, exceeding analyst estimates of $0.13 per share, but shares fell 2% in after-hours trading as a 12% decline in China sales overshadowed the earnings beat. The company's China revenue dropped to $1.3 billion from $1.5 billion i

Goldman Sachs has disclosed exposure to XRP through regulated trust-style investment vehicles, according to SEC filings available via the bank's EDGAR page. The filings show the Wall Street firm held positions in XRP trust products, including Grayscale-style vehicles, before

Ethereum futures positioning remained largely unchanged despite recent volatility and declining prices across key trading sessions. Market participants showed limited conviction as open interest stayed stable throughout June’s trading range. Long-term valuation metrics indicate

U.S. stock indexes posted strong gains in the second quarter, with the Russell 2000 small-cap index climbing 21% to mark its best first half since 1991 according to Bespoke Investment Group. The rally was driven by robust corporate earnings throughout the first half and declining oil prices after

Xbox, the gaming unit of Microsoft Corp, has ended its deal to fund and publish IO Interactive's upcoming game Project Fantasy, as the company re-evaluates its investment decisions. Xbox said it is 'taking a fresh look at where we invest so we're focusing on our highest priorities,' according to a s

Micron, Intel and Advanced Micro Devices gained about $2 trillion in combined market cap in the second quarter as investors widened their artificial intelligence portfolios. Micron rose over 240% during the quarter, Intel jumped 216%, and AMD's stock price nearly tripled. The rally occurred as inves

Bitcoin fell toward $58,000 on June 30, pushing its year-to-date losses to 34% and marking a double-digit decline for June. The cryptocurrency tumbled from over $60,000 on Monday evening to just over $58,200 before a relief rally, then plunged to $58,017 in a subsequent sell-off wave that erased Mon

Bank of America agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that its Merrill Lynch brokerage failed to properly file all required suspicious activity reports between April 2020 and September 2024. The settlement centers on gaps in Merrill's anti-money

Nasdaq selected Pyth Network (PYTH) to distribute its market data, making Pyth the first on-chain network to distribute Nasdaq's market information. The collaboration will bring Nasdaq's TotalView depth ledger and order imbalance data to the onchain ecosystem, institutional users, and modern data di

Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike recorded their best quarter on record between April and June, with stock rallies of 113% and 95% respectively. The surge was driven by heightened demand for cybersecurity defenses as new artificial intelligence tools, particularly Mythos-class models capable of

Anthropic announced an internal drug discovery program at an event in San Francisco on Tuesday, with the AI company's life sciences head Eric Kauderer-Abrams stating the initiative will focus on treatments for neglected diseases. The program is designed to develop artificial intelligence tools for d

Global asset manager Fidelity and Franklin Templeton executives published contrasting analyses on Bitcoin's market outlook amid ongoing price declines. Fidelity, which manages over $5 trillion in assets and issues a spot Bitcoin ETF, stated in its latest analysis that no one can be certain when or i

The Cardano Foundation issued a warning to Stake Pool Operators (SPOs) regarding passive governance participation through automated abstention. The Foundation stated that SPOs defaulting to 'auto-abstaining' creates an accountability gap that weakens Voltaire era governance. The warning addresses a