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A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted between Aug. 14-17 found that 63% of 1,166 Americans surveyed said it was not appropriate for US President Donald Trump and his family to earn money from cryptocurrency investments while in office. The poll revealed sharp partisan divides, with 92% of Democrats

The U.S. Treasury announced Wednesday it is increasing, by at least double, the size of liquidity support buyback operations for securities dated from the 10-year to the 30-year sector. Gold jumped 4%, adding $185.50 to $4,518.90 on the Kitco spot

Optimism governance approved a proposal to repurpose 546.9 million OP tokens previously reserved for user airdrops to support ecosystem growth and institutional adoption. The decision redirects tokens toward partnerships with chains, protocols, and institutions, as well as incentives to increase

The Crypto Fear and Greed Index calculated by CoinMarketCap rose to 55 today, marking a 14-point increase from the previous day. The rise reflects a recovery in investor sentiment within cryptocurrency markets, though the index remains in neutral territory. The index serves as a measurement tool

Goldman Sachs forecast the global space economy will reach $1.8 trillion by 2035 in its August 2026 report. Elon Musk, founder and CEO of SpaceX, responded to the projection on X, stating 'It will be much bigger.' The forecast reflects advances in reusable rockets, smaller satellites, and cheaper ma

A crypto trader identified onchain as pension-usdt.eth lost nearly $24 million when an ether short position was liquidated in 12 seconds on Thursday between 04:51:03 and 04:51:15. The liquidation occurred as ether rose approximately $43 during a sharp market rally, forcing the closure of nearly 50,0

Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, is considering a new investment in prediction market platform Polymarket at a valuation above $20 billion. ICE CEO Jeff Sprecher told Bloomberg Television that the company would review the funding round if its

Nvidia received maintained Outperform ratings from RBC Capital and Oppenheimer on Thursday morning ahead of the chipmaker's Q2 earnings report next week, with analysts highlighting new growth drivers including the Blackwell Ultra platform and a projected $20 billion CPU business opportunity

BitGo Holdings announced on 19 August that its local subsidiary, BitGo Korea, received Virtual Asset Service Provider registration from the Korea Financial Intelligence Unit. The registration was granted on 18 August and covers virtual asset custody and transfer services for institutional and

XRP broke out of a two-week trading range as large holders added 190 million XRP in a single day, according to on-chain data highlighted by crypto analyst MRCAULIMANN. The token is trading at $1.23, up 22.4% over the past seven days, per CoinCodex data cited by market analyst Xaif

Socket Threat Research team identified 40 malicious Mozilla Firefox extensions designed to steal cryptocurrency wallet information while impersonating legitimate Web3 products including OKX, Rabby Wallet and TronLink. The extensions were part of a wider collection of 77 browser add-ons with

California Attorney General Rob Bonta told CNBC's David Faber on Thursday that settling the lawsuit to block Paramount Skydance's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery would require 'robust structural remedies'. Bonta, representing a coalition of 12 state attorneys general who filed the antitrust la

US stocks declined on May 20 (local time) as Treasury bond yields rebounded despite the US Treasury Department's expanded buyback program announced the previous day. At 10:12 AM on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones fell 413.74

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced it will delist three altcoin trading pairs from its spot market on September 3, 2026, at 06:00. The affected tokens are ICON (ICX), Secret (SCRT), and Storj (STORJ). The decision follows recent asset reviews conducted by the exchange. Binance stated the deli

The S&P 500 has gained 141.0% since the end of 2019, according to data from the Kobeissi Letter. The index is experiencing a sustained bull run that positions it among the best-performing decades in US equity market history. The Kobeissi Letter reports that if the current pace continues, the S&P 500

Marblex, the blockchain-focused subsidiary of South Korean gaming company Netmarble, has launched Pixel Tamers globally, a Web3-enabled mobile game developed by Returnpixel. The launch expands Marblex's blockchain gaming portfolio with a pixel art-based idle role-playing game that combines monster c

RBC Capital downgraded Merck (MRK) stocks to 'Sector Perform' from 'Outperform' while raising the price target to $150 from $142, despite positive Phase 3 melanoma trial data from Merck and Moderna (MRNA). Analyst Trung Huynh called the stock's $150 valuation 'unprecedented' for a company facing

Rep. Byron Donalds won Florida's Republican gubernatorial primary on Tuesday, the same day beverage companies Liquid Death and Garage Beer released a satirical advertising campaign about AI data center water consumption. Donalds, President Donald Trump's pick to succeed Gov. Ron DeSantis, made data

Ben McKenzie's anti-crypto documentary Everyone Is Lying to You for Money will begin streaming globally on 22 August through Eventive, an independent film platform, after major streaming services declined to license it, Variety reported. McKenzie believes the documentary's timing made it

SK Hynix ADR shares extended gains for a second consecutive trading day, rising 5.10% to $164.13 as of 9:49 AM local time on the 20th in New York trading. The rally follows the company's announcement of a large-scale share buyback program totaling approximately 1 trillion won for 650,000 shares