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The cryptocurrency market rallied sharply on Wednesday following the release of June CPI data, which showed a 0.4% month-over-month decline — the largest monthly drop since April 2020. Bitcoin climbed from around $62,000 to $64,900, and Ethereum surged 7% to $1,884 within minutes of the

US stock indices declined at the opening on July 16 (local time) as semiconductor stocks extended losses. As of 9:59 AM, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.05% to 52,634.90, the S&P 500 dropped 0.38% to 7,543.67, and the Nasdaq Composite declined 0.93% to 26,024.97. The declines followed semico

Lloyds Banking Group, asset manager Aberdeen, and digital asset exchange Archax completed the United Kingdom's first foreign exchange transactions using tokenized real-world assets as collateral. The pilot was conducted on the Hedera blockchain within a regulated digital asset framework, marking a s

Serve Robotics (SERV) stocks hit a fresh 52-week low of $5.44 on July 16, 2026, trading at $5.48 intraday against a Wall Street consensus that rates the stock Strong Buy across 8 analysts with an average price target of $18.45—237% above the current price—and a target range of $13 to $26, leaving a

Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Thursday that the Trump administration's overhaul of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has cost Americans up to $26.5 billion. The Massachusetts Democrat released a report attributing most costs to moves by acting CFPB director Russell Vought to roll back rules

NuScale Power's SMR stock closed at $8.36 on July 15, 2026, down 85% from its $57.42 52-week high, with Wall Street analyst targets now spanning $7 to $25 — the widest bull/bear spread in the nuclear sector. The company holds the only small modular reactor design approved by the US Nuclear

Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron announced layoffs on Thursday as the firm moves to complete its acquisition of Coinme, transitioning from a blockchain foundation into a blockchain-enabled payments company. The layoffs are part of finalizing the Coinme acquisition, which will integrate that team into Po

Ripple confirms its payment system supports SWIFT messaging interoperability according to official documentation cited by crypto researcher SMQKE. The capability enables banks and payment providers to integrate blockchain technology while maintaining existing workflows and systems. SWIFT operates

Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers blocked Chinese investors from exercising control over Northern Minerals, a rare earth mining company, through orders issued in April and May. The government required shareholders to divest their stakes after discovering Chinese-linked ownership structures, but

BitMine Immersion Technologies Chairman Tom Lee on Thursday stated that Ethereum could be the solution to the 'uncanny valley of wealth' in his message to shareholders. Lee compared Ethereum's current stage to Amazon before AWS transformed the company's growth trajectory and Nvidia before AI

Google Gemini AI predicts XRP could move to $1.50 to $1.80 within 60 days if the cryptocurrency closes decisively above $1.18. The AI model identifies a supply squeeze as the trigger mechanism, supported by spot ETF inflows absorbing available float and ongoing regulatory clarity in the US. XRP clos

In the early hours of July 16, 2026, Beijing time, the second semifinal of the 2026 US-Canada-Mexico World Cup wrapped up at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. After conceding first, defending champions Argentina leveled the match with a world-class strike by Enzo Fernández in the 85th minute, and then Lautaro Martínez scored a decisive header in stoppage time in the 92nd minute to overturn England 2-1 and advance to the final for two consecutive World Cups. Argentina will face Spain, who defeate

Blockchain.com integrated oracle feeds from Polymarket into its platform, according to a company announcement posted on July 14, 2026. The integration expands user access to blockchain-based prediction market data, including election-related prediction pools, through decentralized infrastructure. Th

Brokerage infrastructure provider Alpaca announced Thursday it raised $135 million in a funding round led by Peak XV, alongside up to $300 million in debt financing from Kraken parent Payward and BMO. The funds will accelerate Alpaca's agent-first brokerage and API-first prime brokerage infrastructu

Warren Buffett believes Alphabet shares could outperform 90% to 95% of the stocks commonly recommended by Wall Street analysts, the Berkshire Hathaway chairman said during an appearance on CNBC's "Squawk Box." Following the interview, Alphabet (GOOGL) shares rose 3.65% to $370.82, increasing the

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