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Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche faced Senate Judiciary Committee scrutiny Wednesday over the Justice Department's crypto enforcement actions as lawmakers examined his nomination to lead the agency. Senator Dick Durbin criticized Blanche for dismantling the DoJ's crypto enforcement unit in

Base blockchain creator Jesse Pollak announced Wednesday he will no longer lead the Base app team, with Jordan Fish (known as Cobie) taking over the role. Pollak admitted in a confessional X post that Base's earlier bets on social and creator features largely missed the mark, with experiments

Circle's USDC Treasury minted $500 million in USDC on the Solana blockchain on July 14, 2026, executing the issuance in two $250 million tranches within roughly two hours. SOL climbed toward $78 on July 15 as the fresh stablecoin liquidity coincided with softer U.S. inflation data and a broader

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh testified on May 15 before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, emphasizing that the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) operates by consensus and the chair cannot unilaterally direct policy decisions. Warsh stated that inflation will not

Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem stated on the 15th that the Canadian economy is resuming growth as consumer resilience returns, while inflation shows signs of gradual easing. Speaking at a press conference after the regular monetary policy meeting, Macklem noted that economic growth, which

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh testified before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on the 15th (local time), stating he wants a 'leaner, meaner' balance sheet for the central bank. Warsh made the remarks in response to a senator's question about the smallest feasible size fo

Anthropic is scheduling investor meetings ahead of a potential initial public offering later this year, according to a person with knowledge of the plans. Bankers leading the offering are arranging meetings between prospective investors and executives of the artificial intelligence firm behind the

Apple is exploring acquisitions of AI chip startups to address performance issues with its in-house server chips, according to a report by The Information. The iPhone maker's current AI servers use internally designed M2 Ultra chips for some workloads, but those processors have struggled with

Shares of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SPCX) have retreated nearly 40% from the record high of $225.64 reached on June 16, but UBS believes the recent pullback presents a buying opportunity ahead of the company's 13th Starship launch on Thursday, July 16. The brokerage maintained a 'Buy' ra

BlackRock's digital asset business reported $48.8 billion in products at the end of the second quarter, down from $79.6 billion a year earlier, marking a decline of nearly 39% despite $15.1 billion in net inflows over the past 12 months. The contraction resulted from $45.8 billion in market

Kevin Warsh, Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, testified on July 15 (local time) before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, stating that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI) are 'imperfect measures' of underlying inflation. Warsh made these remarks

The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned multiple cryptocurrency wallets tied to Iran's Central Bank and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Tuesday, with stablecoin issuer Tether freezing over $131 million across four addresses on the Tron blockchain. The sanctions

Glacis Labs, the startup behind crypto clearing platform ZeroDelta, raised $6.8 million in a seed funding round that closed in March after fundraising began late last year. Lightspeed Faction led the round, with participation from Franklin Templeton, Coinbase

Inkitt, the AI entertainment company backed by Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, and NEA, launched Inkitt Ironblood, the world's first AI-native streaming platform built exclusively for action, sci-fi, and superhero content. The platform debuts with three fully AI-generated movies based on

Bitcoin has gained nearly 2,500 percent since Binance launched in July 2017, when it was trading around $2,500. Nine years later, global crypto ownership has crossed 741 million people, with Binance serving over 300 million registered users. The growth reflects sustained accumulation through

Morgan Stanley warned that Lucid Group Inc. (LCID) may need to raise $2.5 billion in fresh capital, a move the firm believes could increase dilution risk for existing shareholders. The firm maintains an 'Underweight' rating and a $5 price target on Lucid, implying a 5% potential downside from

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan released the firm's Q3 2026 Crypto Market Review report covering Q2 2026 performance, during which the Bitwise 10 Large Cap Crypto Index fell 15.4 percent and spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded their worst quarter on record with $4.9 billion in outflows. Bitcoin fell below $60,000 in

Decentralized exchange Hyperliquid listed a pre-IPO perpetual futures contract tied to ChangXin Memory Technologies, China's largest DRAM producer. The contract traded near $8 on July 15, implying a valuation of roughly $535 billion—approximately 526% above CXMT's official IPO pricing of RMB 8.66 pe