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The Cleveland Federal Reserve reported on August 12 that alternative inflation measures designed to capture underlying price trends accelerated in July, even as headline consumer price index data met market expectations. The Median CPI rose 0.3% month-over-month in July, up from 0.2% in June,

Apple Inc. (AAPL) is bringing in longtime American Airlines government affairs executive Nate Gatten to lead its global government affairs operation, with Gatten set to join as vice president on Aug. 31. The hire comes as the company navigates a more challenging policy environment under President

Blackrock's IBIT attracted $50.20 million on Tuesday, offsetting withdrawals from five rival Bitcoin ETFs. The inflow countered $45.31 million in combined outflows from Franklin Templeton's EZBC, ARK 21Shares' ARKB, VanEck's HODL, Fidelity's FBTC, and Hashdex's DEFI, leaving Bitcoin ETFs with a $4.8

Japan's economy is generating nominal growth for the first time in decades, according to JPMorgan Asset Management global strategist David Lebovitz, but the recovery is forcing the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to abandon the ultra-low interest rate policies that quietly funded global risk assets including

Coldcard hardware wallets manufactured by Canadian company Coinkite suffered a firmware exploit starting July 30 that drained approximately 2,100 BTC, with losses estimated near $130 million across multiple attack waves. The breach stemmed from a firmware bug introduced in March 2021 that routed

Bitwise cut 14% of its staff on Wednesday, reducing its workforce from about 180 to 155 people. A Bitwise spokesperson confirmed to Cointelegraph that the digital asset manager laid off about 25 people amid a

Polymarket appointed Travis VanderZanden as chief growth officer, CEO Shayne Coplan announced on Wednesday. VanderZanden, founder of electric scooter startup Bird and former executive at Uber and Lyft, brings experience from companies that pursued aggressive expansion strategies. The hire comes as P

Crypto users comparing yield options across custodial earn accounts, exchange staking, and DeFi lending protocols often encounter similar advertised rates that represent fundamentally different financial structures. The same percentage can originate from three distinct models that differ in

Korea Exchange designated 30 stocks as management stocks starting from the 13th under stricter delisting criteria. Twenty-one stocks traded below 1000 won for 30 consecutive days, while 12 fell below market cap thresholds of 30 billion won (KOSPI) and 20 billion won (KOSDAQ), with three stocks

Netlist (NLST) stock reached a fresh three-year high in midday trade on Wednesday after the memory technology company filed a patent infringement action at the U.S. International Trade Commission against Micron Technology (MU), Super Micro Computer (SMCI), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), and

Shares of SpaceX (SPCX) jumped over 8% on Wednesday, climbing past $140 for the first time in nearly a month. The rally extended the stock's August recovery to more than 30% following commentary from Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas, who reaffirmed an 'Overweight' rating and a $300 price target on

Ripple does not need to wait for the CLARITY Act to advance its institutional strategy, according to crypto researcher SMOKE. The OCC conditionally approved Ripple National Trust Bank's application in December 2025, providing an alternative regulatory pathway as the CLARITY Act faces another delay i

Tether's USDT supply fell by approximately $4 billion over 60 days, with $870 million of that decline occurring in the past 11 days, according to Cryptoquant data. The contraction comes as some investors redeem stablecoins for fiat following bitcoin's retreat from its 2025 peak, according to

Goldman Sachs agreed to acquire Neos Investments for up to $2.25 billion in cash and equity, a deal that brings three crypto options-income ETFs under Goldman Sachs Asset Management. The transaction, announced Wednesday, is subject to certain performance and service commitments and expected to

FlightAware voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit against Kalshi on Tuesday, one day after filing the case in federal court. The real-time flight tracking website had filed the lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, claiming that prediction markets platform Kalshi used i

The Bank of England's Digital Pound Lab is testing whether stablecoins and a potential digital British pound can operate within the same cross-border payment flow, according to a Wednesday announcement from NOBO Finance, Dun & Bradstreet and Polygon Labs. The experiment involves an exporter

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