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Robinhood Chain's total value locked rose 32% week over week to $473 million while daily transactions averaged 11.6 million last week, approximately 30% above the previous week's daily average. The surge in capital and activity occurred despite daily active accounts increasing only 3.3% from the pre

Major Korean corporations including SK, Hanwha, and POSCO signed Price Return Swap (PRS) contracts totaling 6.3505 trillion won from the start of the year through August 7, according to the Financial Supervisory Service on August 12. The surge in PRS usage creates hidden loss exposure for

Gold rose to $4,414.63 an ounce, up about 1.1%, on Wednesday morning, hours before the July inflation report. The climb had a single driver: the market was steadily pricing out the chance of a Federal Reserve rate hike in September, and gold, which pays no yield, gains most when the case for

Stocks rose modestly on Wednesday following the release of July consumer price index data showing subdued inflation. Both headline and core CPI rates met expectations, with gains easing from June levels. The benign inflation print shifted market expectations for the Federal Reserve's September

CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju warned investors that the recent Bitcoin market surge is not driven by strong spot demand. Open positions are increasing while on-chain spot demand remains in net selling territory, indicating prices are rising due to futures market inflows without corresponding spot mark

Cathie Wood, CEO of ARK Invest, publicly backed an open letter calling on the world's leading AI labs to give qualified open-source Bitcoin defenders trusted access to frontier AI models. The letter, published by the Bitcoin Policy Institute alongside a broad coalition from across the digital

The Intercept and the Freedom of the Press Foundation filed a federal lawsuit against President Donald Trump on Wednesday in the Southern District of New York. The case challenges Trump Media & Technology Group's Truth API product, which launched on August 1 and sells early access to the president's

Federal Reserve rate expectations remain divided across trading venues following July inflation data release. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.1% in July and 3.4% year-over-year, matching economist forecasts, yet CME FedWatch assigns 44% probability to a September 16 rate hike while prediction

Mohammad Reza Naqdi, senior advisor to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), characterized the recent military leadership overhaul as a shift to an 'offensive military doctrine' in an interview with state broadcaster IRIB on the 11th of this month. The assessment follows Supreme Leader Mo

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix led Korean stocks higher on the 12th, with Samsung Electronics surging 6.68% to close at 255,500 won and SK Hynix rising 5.54% to 1,504,000 won, driving the KOSPI index up 3.68% to 6579.04. The rally was triggered by strong performance from US AI infrastructure

Giacomo Zucco, director of Plan B Network, said on The Block's podcast that the failed BIP-110 Bitcoin fork demonstrated how difficult it would be to recreate Bitcoin from scratch today. BIP-110, championed by longtime Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr, split from the main Bitcoin network over the

Variable insurance policyholders in South Korea experienced significant asset losses as net assets held by domestic life insurers fell from over 150 trillion won in June to 128 trillion won as of the 11th, a decline of more than 20 trillion won over two months. The asset reduction coincided with the

Alameda Research, the cryptocurrency division of bankrupt exchange FTX, moved a substantial Solana (SOL) position after nearly five years. According to on-chain data platform Onchain Lens, Alameda unstaked 201,740 SOL and

A couple in France's Somme department has been repeatedly targeted by home invaders seeking roughly €1 million in cryptocurrency after purchasing a house previously occupied by crypto millionaires whose tax details and address were leaked on the dark web, according to local reporting. The victims en

A blockchain bridge connecting the XRP Ledger to the tx blockchain was exploited on August 9, resulting in the theft of nearly 200,000 XRP worth approximately $200,000 from the bridge's reserve wallet. The attacker exploited a software vulnerability in the bridge's deposit verification process,

Wendy's stock jumped as much as 15% in morning trading on Wednesday after the Financial Times reported that Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management is preparing a takeover bid for the burger chain. The stock surge followed a report citing sources familiar with the matter, with trading temporarily

CME Group will introduce continuous trading for its 100-Ounce Silver futures contract from September 11, pending regulatory review, following stronger-than-expected demand for its 24/7 gold futures launched July 24. The exchange reported more than 53,000 contracts traded during weekend sessions

Spot trading volumes across 14 major cryptocurrency exchanges reached $429 billion in July 2026, marking a 21.7% decline from June's $547.9 billion, according to a report. The decline affected all 14 exchanges examined, indicating weakened trading activity during the summer months. This

Nebius (NBIS) announced during its second quarter earnings call that switching to Bloom Energy (BE) fuel cells for its 300-megawatt AI data center in Vineland, New Jersey, significantly enhances the project from a community perspective. Tom Blackwell, Chief Communications Officer at Nebius, stated t

Congress passed competing stopgap funding bills on July 21 and August 8, moving the government-funding deadline beyond the midterms and reducing the immediate risk of an October shutdown. The House approved