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Cardano activated its van Rossem hard fork on July 18, 2026, completing the network's first protocol upgrade whose final approval and execution were determined entirely through its decentralized onchain governance system. The upgrade took effect at 21:44:51 UTC at the boundary of epoch 644,

Germany's Federal Statistical Office announced on July 20 (local time) that the country's Producer Price Index (PPI) for June rose 1.8% year-over-year, a deceleration from May's 2.2% increase. The slowdown was driven primarily by intermediate goods price increases, which expanded to 5.1% year-over-y

Cryptocurrency payments company BitPay announced that its Dutch subsidiary, BitPay B.V., has received authorization as a Crypto-Asset Service Provider from the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets under the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation. The authorization enables BitPay t

Rapper Drake lost a $1.5 million USDT bet on Argentina after Spain defeated the South American team 1-0 in the World Cup final on July 19. The wager, placed through crypto casino Stake at +245 odds, would have returned approximately $5.175 million if Argentina had won. Spain's Ferran Torres scored t

Dell Technologies and Super Micro Computer gained 0.4% and 0.8%, respectively, in early premarket trading on Monday after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk denied a report that the rocket company had placed a $52 billion order with Foxconn for Nvidia-powered AI servers. Musk called the report 'fake news' in resp

The 2026 World Cup in the US, Canada, and Mexico ended with Spain lifting the trophy in the west—but the data trails left in Crypto prediction markets are still fermenting. The two major platforms Polymarket and Kalshi have combined for a total trading volume of $5.5 billion on World Cup final contracts; Polymarket’s World Cup champion contracts alone have累计成交 $4.28 billion. This makes the World Cup champion prediction the platform’s highest-volume single event contract in history, surpassing th

Franklin Templeton expanded its BENJI tokenized money market fund, valued at approximately $1.5 billion, to BNB Chain, marking another step in the asset manager's broader blockchain strategy. The move extends one of the world's largest tokenized investment products to an additional public blockchain

GCEX, an institutional digital asset and FX prime broker, has appointed Mohammed A. Mulla to the board of its Dubai entity, GC Exchange FZE. The appointment strengthens the company's leadership team as it expands its regulated digital asset business across the Middle East. Mulla, who spent 16

Hugging Face disclosed on July 16, 2026, that its production infrastructure had been breached by an autonomous AI agent system. The attack exploited two code-execution vulnerabilities in the platform's data-processing pipeline: a remote-code

Binance and Bybit recorded combined stablecoin outflows exceeding $2.3 billion over the past 30 days, according to data reported by Coinpedia. Binance accounted for approximately $1.55 billion of the outflows, while Bybit recorded roughly $786 million during the same period. The outflows reflect a b

Bitcoin whale wallets holding between 1,000 and 10,000 BTC accumulated approximately 66,700 BTC over the 60 days ending July 19, representing one of the strongest buying waves of the year. The accumulation occurred while Bitcoin price remained stable between $64,500 and $64,700 in mid-July,

Researchers proposed applying the yeolbun-yeolseung averaging method to South Korea's capital gains tax for real estate at a parliamentary forum on the 20th. Lee Sang-min, senior researcher at Narasalrim Research Institute, presented the proposal at the 'Direction and Tasks for Real Estate Tax

Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to President Trump requesting voluntary updated financial disclosures on cryptocurrency profits, following a report showing Trump earned approximately $1.4 billion in crypto-related income in 2025. The request aims to inform ongoing Senate debate on the

Circle President Heath Tarbert sold approximately $30.8 million worth of Circle Internet Group shares since the stablecoin issuer went public in June 2025, according to regulatory filings. The sales covered roughly 10 reported transactions involving CRCL, Circle's Class A common stock, with no

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission imposed a record A$830 million in court-ordered civil penalties during the 2025-26 financial year, according to figures released 20 July. The penalties resulted from enforcement actions against CFD brokers, banks, superannuation trustees and finan

AST SpaceMobile (ASTS) stock rose 2% in premarket trading on Monday as the company's $1 billion convertible note offering was set to settle. The notes carry a 1.625% rate and could generate up to about $1.13 billion in net proceeds. Satellite communications analyst Tim Farrar said the financing

Daishin Securities recorded approximately 180 billion won in IPO lead underwriting recognition during the first half of the year from two general corporate deals, and is pursuing a turnaround in the second half through the Sono International listing. The securities firm attributes the first-half und

Six former and current chief investment officers from major Korean pension funds and mutual aid associations competed for the National Pension Service (NPS) CIO position in an interview held on the afternoon of the 20th. The candidates include Lee Hoon, current Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) CIO