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Apple stock posted its first record close in over a month during Thursday's session, marking a 16.5% year-to-date gain in 2026 — the best performance among the Magnificent Seven tech giants. Wall Street is rewarding Apple for its low-cost approach to the artificial intelligence race, while other

FTSE Russell research identifies artificial intelligence infrastructure and the global energy transition as creating larger commodity investment opportunities than gold, according to Indrani De, Head of Global Investment Research at the firm. While gold continues serving as a portfolio anchor amid g

Congress returns to Washington next week after its Fourth of July break to advance cryptocurrency legislation before the midterm election calendar begins. The Senate is preparing to move forward on the Clarity Act, with legislative counsel currently combining versions passed by the Senate Banking Co

Bitwise made changes to its Bitwise 10 Crypto Index ETF (BITW), the world's largest crypto index fund, by adding Hyperliquid (HYPE) and Stellar (XLM) while removing Polkadot (DOT) and Avalanche (AVAX). The rebalancing reflects a shift in institutional investors' preferences for digital assets,

Greg Brockman, president and co-founder of OpenAI, officially assumed responsibility for the company's most important and profitable projects on Thursday after Fidji Simo stepped down from her role as product and business chief due to chronic illness. Simo, diagnosed with Postural Orthostatic

SK Hynix tokenized shares became available to Telegram users on Friday via xStocks following the South Korean chipmaker's $26.5 billion U.S. listing, according to Wallet in Telegram. The company raised $26.5 billion through an American Depositary Receipts (ADR) sale that was seven times

Erik Norland of CME Group wrote that monetary and fiscal policies will determine whether metals have bottomed and yields have peaked. Norland, Managing Director and Chief Economist at CME Group, noted in a recent analysis that investors attempting to discern whether gold and silver prices have set t

Crypto product manager positions in 2026 require a strategic blend of blockchain architecture, regulatory compliance, and data analysis skills, with median salaries reaching nearly $200,000 according to recent Web3.career data. Employers including Bitpanda, Crypto.com, and Circle now mandate complia

Polymarket submitted an application for a futures commission merchant license on July 3 through Coming Home GBA LLC, according to Bloomberg. The license would enable the prediction market operator to offer margin

Bitcoin and Ether ETFs recorded net outflows on Thursday, ending recent inflow streaks. Bitcoin ETFs lost $95.30 million led by exits from Fidelity's FBTC and Ark & 21Shares' ARKB, while Ether ETFs shed $52.08 million after

Circle, the issuer of USDC stablecoin, received final approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a federal deposit bank called Circle National Trust. This development follows conditional approval the company received approximately seven months ago and

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) shares gained attention on Friday after Argus analyst Joseph Bonner updated his outlook on the software giant, maintaining a 'Buy' rating while reducing the price target to $510 from $620, according to TheFly. The revised target implies a nearly 32% upside potential from

HSBC Global Investment Research projects U.S. corporate earnings per share (EPS) growth in the second quarter will mark the strongest trajectory since the post-pandemic boom. The investment firm attributes this momentum to concentrated strength within mega-cap companies rather than broad market

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma joined a Federal Reserve task force examining artificial intelligence's impact on jobs and productivity on Thursday, days after announcing Xbox will cut 3,200 roles through FY27. Sharma will serve on the Fed's Productivity and Jobs task force studying economic impacts of

Goldman Sachs has reportedly banned its employees from trading certain prediction market contracts, according to a CNBC report on July 10. The investment bank prohibited staff from trading contracts related to elections, financial markets, macroeconomic data, and geopolitics, as well as events

New Hampshire officials rejected a proposal to issue up to $100 million in taxable conduit revenue bonds backed by bitcoin on Wednesday, with the Executive Council voting 3-2 against the plan. The rejection came despite the transaction being structured to avoid direct taxpayer exposure, as council m

Euro Pacific Asset Management chief economist Peter Schiff claimed bitcoin's correlation with gold was never real, as BTC trades above $64,000. Schiff cited 2026 year-to-date performance showing gold up 9%, silver up 11%, the Nasdaq up 13%, and the Russell 2,000 up 14%, while bitcoin is down 11%.

Empery Digital sold 1,400 bitcoins for approximately $87.1 million over the past two months at an average price of $62,200 since May 7, according to a Friday filing. The Nasdaq-listed company will use the proceeds to finance its AI infrastructure expansion, repay $10 million in

Ark Invest purchased approximately $13.7 million in Circle Internet Group shares on Thursday, increasing exposure to the USDC stablecoin issuer after its stock declined more than 20% over the past month. The investment firm bought 217,896 Circle shares across three exchange-traded funds—ARKK,