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International oil prices surged on the 6th (US Eastern Time) as Iran maintained plans to impose tolls on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz and advanced legislative measures to ban US and Israeli ships from the waterway. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for September delivery

Hedge funds face renewed yen carry trade unwinding concerns as the yen strengthened last week, with the dollar-yen exchange rate falling from over 163 yen to the 157 yen range following US-Japan coordination. The concern stems from accumulated short positions: as of last month 28th, global hedge fun

SpaceX saw 910.15 million shares become tradeable on local time 6th as the lock-up period expired for employees and early investors, yet the stock rose 9% to close at $114.92 despite market expectations of a decline, according to CNN and CNBC. The unlock followed the company's June 12 IPO that

Tether is deploying its Hadron tokenization platform in Saudi Arabia through partnerships with First Advanced Data for Artificial Intelligence and fintech company BKN301 to issue and manage institutional-grade real estate assets on blockchain networks. The collaboration positions Tether to access a

The Trade Desk Inc. (TTD) reported second-quarter results after Thursday's closing bell that missed analyst expectations on both revenue and earnings, while issuing weaker-than-expected third-quarter guidance. The disappointing results sent TTD Stocks down more than 26% in after-hours trading after

US Treasury prices declined on August 6, with short-term securities underperforming, as the yield curve flattened in a bear flattening pattern. The Financial Times reported an anonymous source familiar with Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's thinking stated he would be prepared to raise rates in September if i

Circle's Senior Director of EU Strategy & Policy, Patrick Hansen, warned that the EU's Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) framework has left European users either unprotected or cut off from major global stablecoins. While MiCA has licensed 35 e-money tokens from 21 issuers, the framework's strict

Google Gemini AI predicts Bitcoin will reach between $120,000 and $150,000 by the end of 2026, driven by six converging market forces. The AI model identifies accelerating global M2 money supply growth, central bank rate cut cycles, post-halving supply constraints, expanding institutional ETF

The won-dollar exchange rate fell to a 10-month low on the 6th as export companies continued dollar selling and Middle East tensions partially eased. The rate opened at 1423.0 won at 6 AM and dropped to 1414.5 won around 11:07 AM, marking the lowest intraday level since October 2 last year at 1399.5

The Securities and Exchange Commission purchased access to a worldwide airline ticketing database containing over one billion records, according to SEC documents obtained by 404 Media through a Freedom of Information Act request. The data came from Airlines Reporting Corporation, a clearinghouse co-

KB Securities issued an analysis on the 6th stating that the leverage position liquidation and supply shock that caused a sharp decline in the semiconductor sector in July have largely concluded. Research head Kim

Bitcoin miners MARA Holdings and CleanSpark reported revenue declines Thursday, with MARA posting second-quarter 2026 revenue of $174.9 million, down 27% from $238.5 million a year earlier, and CleanSpark reporting third fiscal quarter ended June 30 revenue of $138.0 million, a 30.5% decline from $1

Two political action committees affiliated with crypto industry-backed Fairshake disclosed spending more than $1.5 million on media supporting House and Senate candidates in Florida, Alaska, and Wyoming, according to Federal Election Commission filings as of Thursday. The expenditures followed a

Breez, a Bitcoin software provider, released a new app called Glow designed to function as both a Lightning wallet for everyday users and an open-source development toolkit for builders. The app aims to simplify Lightning transactions while providing developers with a ready-made blueprint for

Breez announced Glow, an open source Bitcoin-to-stablecoins progressive web app developed in partnership with Bitcoin Spark. The app enables users to send stablecoins from their Bitcoin balance while providing developers with an SDK that handles asset exchange in the background through Spark

Korean brokerages and global investment banks issued diverging KOSPI forecasts following the index's 43.9% decline from its June 19 peak of 9384.59 to 5262.77 on the 29th of last month, closing at 6296.38 on the 6th with a 4.58% drop. Domestic securities firms lowered 12-month targets

Global gold exchange-traded funds saw holdings increase by 23.5 tonnes valued at $2.965 billion in July, reversing two months of outflows, according to the World Gold Council's monthly ETF report released Thursday. European-listed ETFs drove the inflows as investors took tactical advantage of

Park Un-seo, a civil servant working in Yeongju City, Gyeongbuk Province, accumulated 1 billion won in net assets over 10 years since entering civil service in 2014. The 30-something government employee achieved this milestone through a combination of low-cost regional living and systematic index