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Pump.fun's mobile app crossed $50 million in daily trading volume, scaling from $250,000 at launch. Daily transactions increased from 2,500 to 905,000 over the same period. The milestone reflects the platform's expansion from a Solana-based memecoin launchpad that debuted in April 2024 to a

Vietnam launched a five-year pilot program for tokenized assets through Government Resolution No. 05/2025/NQ-CP, signed on September 9, 2025, establishing a regulated framework that runs through 2030. The initiative aligns with the country's goal for the digital economy to comprise at least 30% of G

Real Trump Coins denied launching the Trump Digital GOLD token on Saturday after the token briefly appeared across its online presence before collapsing. The company blamed the promotion on 'third-party bad actors' and stated it has not authorized and will not launch, promote, or authorize any

Chainlink added nine integrations on August 30 spanning five of its services and five blockchain networks. Eight platforms participated in the integration batch, with Coinbase and Robinhood Crypto among the named participants. The integrations mark another week of infrastructure expansion for the or

A Fortune report states the global economy has avoided significant disruption six months into the ongoing conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran. The finding comes despite continuous military and economic maneuvers, including blockades and strikes. The report suggests this economic

The US Treasury doubled its bond buyback program to $4 billion on August 19, prompting gold traders to increase bullish options positions as the metal surged over 7% in five days to near $4,700 per ounce. The expanded buyback program aims to smooth market functioning and manage long-term yields by p

Apple named John Ternus as its next CEO on April 20, with the 25-year company veteran set to officially take charge on September 1. He succeeds Tim Cook, who will transition to the role of executive chairman of the board after a 15-year tenure that added approximately $3.6 trillion to Apple's

Major US retailers including Walmart, Home Depot, Lowe's, and Target received tariff refunds during the second quarter following a February Supreme Court ruling that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act did not authorize President Donald Trump to impose the tariffs. The refunds created co

Bitcoin reached $78,960 on Sunday, gaining 1.5% as buyers challenged the $79,000 resistance zone at 10:10 a.m. Eastern time. The price rise followed a recent pullback, with seven-day statistics showing BTC up 1.8% and a 23.5% climb since July 30 against the U.S. dollar. Coinglass data

Cursor CEO Michael Truell stated on August 29 that OpenAI's models account for roughly 5% of the platform's total user traffic, one day after OpenAI announced it was terminating their model-supply contract on August 28. OpenAI cited compliance concerns related to SpaceX following SpaceX's $60B all-s

Strategy Inc. Executive Chairman Michael Saylor posted a cryptic message on Aug. 30 suggesting the company may resume bitcoin purchases after a two-week pause. Saylor shared a chart on X showing Strategy holding 840,447 BTC valued at $65.72 billion, accompanied by the two-word caption 'We're

Meta is testing robots to handle tasks such as plugging in cables, resetting servers, and power cycling inside its data centers, according to several current and former workers familiar with the projects. The effort aims to operate Meta's rapidly expanding data center footprint with fewer humans, ke

Bitcoin's recent breakout held through Thursday's close, supported by U.S. equities that remained flat to slightly positive, driven almost entirely by Nvidia's nearly 9% Thursday surge. Following bitcoin's major move last week, Tether minted three billion USDT last Friday alone, signaling

The Swedish Tax Agency issued proposed value-added tax decisions against subsidiaries of Northern Data AG and secured appellate court rulings against two Swedish units of HIVE Digital (NASDAQ: HIVE), asserting that their computing activities constituted cryptocurrency mining outside the VAT system r

Pablo Hernández de Cos, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), stated at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's Jackson Hole annual retreat that stablecoins "do not yet uphold the foundational properties of money." De Cos flagged four specific failures in stablecoins

The crypto industry experienced multiple significant developments this week, with U.S. equities remaining flat to slightly positive through Thursday's close, driven almost entirely by Nvidia's nearly 9% Thursday surge that offset Monday's semiconductor selloff. Tether minted three billion USDT

JaredfromSubway.eth, Ethereum's most prolific sandwich-attack bot, extracted over 117,000 ETH (~$295M) from trades since March 2023, only to lose $7.5M in June 2026 when an attacker deployed 66 fake token contracts mimicking WETH, USDC, and USDT. The bot's automated logic granted spending

Meta agreed this week to pay almost $17 billion in a landmark settlement with a coalition of state attorneys general that sued the company for misrepresenting the extent of child mental health damage caused by Facebook and Instagram. Mike Moore, the former Mississippi attorney general who led the 19

European Central Bank Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel stated that central bank money must move onchain, announcing two projects to integrate ECB reserves with distributed ledger technology. Project Pontes will launch in September 2026 to synchronize the ECB's TARGET Services payment

Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) Executive Chairman Michael Saylor posted a cryptic message on Aug. 30 showing the company's bitcoin holdings chart, renewing speculation about a potential bitcoin purchase. The post followed two consecutive weeks without a bitcoin transaction, during which Strategy