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Grayscale filed amendments to convert staking rewards from its Ethereum (ETHE) and Solana (GSOL) trusts into quarterly cash distributions starting around Aug. 7, according to onchain analyst Wu Blockchain. The proposed amendments would require the trusts to distribute net staking rewards

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) completed its enforcement action against Celsius co-founders on July 21: a judge ordered former Chief Technology Officer Hanoch Goldstein to pay $2.014 million; former Chief Strategy Officer Shlomi Daniel Leon to pay $4.1 million; together, the two totaled more than $6 million. The FTC also imposed industry bans prohibiting marketing or sales. Fines and Industry Bans Ordered for Leon and Goldstein According to an FTC statement and a court order, the enforc

Micron, SanDisk, and Western Digital stocks gained between 2% and 2.7% on Monday, ending a three-day decline as memory chip equities rebounded despite ongoing volatility in Korean markets and the broader semiconductor sector. The rally followed weeks of profit-taking that pushed the Roundhill

White House Chief Crypto Advisor Patrick Witt announced on X on July 21 that he has postponed his mandatory military training with the Georgia Army National Guard for the second time (originally scheduled to depart on July 27), so he can stay at the White House to help advance the legislative process for the CLARITY Act in the Senate. Witt’s Second Statement on Postponing Military Training According to Patrick Witt’s statement on X and a report by Crypto In America, Witt’s military training post

Google is developing a custom AI chip codenamed 'Frozen v2' optimized for its Gemini model, targeting 2028 server deployment with expected 6-10x power efficiency improvements per token processed. Intel announced additional layoffs in its data center division affecting over 5,000 employees in

Rocket Lab (RKLB) stock fell approximately 2.7% on Monday, reaching its lowest level in nearly three months, despite winning a U.S. Space Force contract under the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 program. The U.S. Space Force announced on Friday night that it awarded contracts to

Nvidia Corp. disclosed a 9.3% passive stake in Nebius Group N.V. through a 13G filing on Monday, sending NBIS stock up 4.6% overnight late Monday. The stake comprises 22.25 million Class A ordinary shares, including 1.19 million shares held directly and 21.07 million shares held via pre-funded

Paramount Skydance Corp. (PSKY), Oracle Corp. (ORCL), and Tilray Brands (TLRY) each touched new 52-week lows on Monday as US stocks faced sector-specific pressures. Paramount stock fell to $8.56 after a federal judge blocked its $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, Oracle dropped to $120

U.S. federal judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin officially approved Anthropic’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement agreement on July 20, closing the copyright lawsuit brought by authors over Anthropic’s alleged use of pirated books to train the Claude model; this is currently the largest known generative AI copyright settlement by amount. Timeline of the Anthropic $1.5 billion copyright settlement lawsuit The key timeline for this case is as follows: 2023: Some authors filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Dist

New Era Energy & Digital Inc. (NUAI) stocks surged more than 26% on Monday after the AI infrastructure and energy company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing that Conversant Opportunity Master Fund LP, Conversant GP Holdings LLC, Conversant Capital LLC, and Michael

Qatar, Egypt, and Pakistan proposed a 10-day ceasefire to the United States and Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Axios reported on the 21st (local time) citing multiple sources. The proposal calls for halting hostilities between the two sides, reopening all Hormuz Strait shipping routes, and pro

Archer Aviation's (ACHR) stock is on track for its best week of the year as retail traders pile into the electric air taxi maker following the debut of its Thunder platform. The company's CEO Adam Goldstein said Thunder's

Bloomberg reported on the 20th (local time) that the KOSPI index's volatility reached 60% in 2026, exceeding Bitcoin's 50% volatility. The high volatility triggered seven circuit breakers at the Korea Exchange this year. Bloomberg identified three primary factors driving this volatility: the

Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas warned on X that Bitcoin ETFs may be following the historical path of Gold ETFs. Bitcoin and gold are both value-storage vehicles that do not generate cash flow, unlike stocks with earnings support and bonds with interest payments. Fidelity’s IBIT currently has assets under management (AUM) of about $60 billion, down sharply from the $100 billion peak it briefly touched last year. Balchunas’s Historical Comparison of GLD and IBIT (Source: Bloomberg) Ac

Artificial intelligence company Moonshot AI has officially filed a listing application, aiming to complete the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) stock listing procedures in as little as 6 months. The core financial metric driving this decision is annual recurring revenue (ARR): Moonshot AI’s ARR for June has surpassed $300 million. Alongside IPO preparations, Moonshot AI also released Kimi K3, the company’s strongest model to date, surpassing many competitors. Moonshot AI’s HK stock listing plan:

Morgan Stanley has emerged as a leading beneficiary of the AI bond issuance surge, earning $2.3 billion in underwriting fees during the first half of this year, up from $1.4 billion six months prior, according to Yahoo Finance on local time. The bank's success stems from its early positioning in

YouTube officially rolled out three additional rules on July 16, applying to all members of its YouTube Partner Program (YPP). For three categories of AI “fake-original” content that are deemed non-original, profit eligibility will be revoked across the board. If the proportion of the above content types in a channel is too high, the entire channel’s profit eligibility will be canceled—not only for a single video. YouTube Three New Bans: Complete Definitions and Scope According to the YPP supple

JP Morgan maintained its Overweight rating on Korean refining stocks on the 21st and changed its top pick from S-Oil to SK Innovation, citing record-high refining margins driven by renewed conflict in the Strait of Hormuz. The