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A state-backed Chinese firm began manufacturing domestically developed immersion deep ultraviolet lithography machines on July 27. The machines are critical tools used to etch patterns onto silicon wafers that become chips powering devices from smartphones to Bitcoin mining rigs. The development

Hyperscale Data, the AI data center company trading on NYSE American under ticker GPUS, purchased an additional 18.59 Bitcoin, bringing its total holdings to 1,106.04 BTC valued at approximately $70 million. The acquisition continues the company's rapid accumulation strategy that combines

Goldman Sachs projected AI infrastructure spending will reach $7.5 trillion over the next five years. The investment bank forecasts this spending will be directed into chips, data centers, and power infrastructure. Goldman Sachs stated the scale of spending will require innovative financing

International gold prices fell more than 1% during afternoon trading on May 28 (US Eastern Time), with August delivery gold futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's COMEX division dropping $47.40 (1.16%) to $4,029.60 per troy ounce as of 2:37 PM. The decline occurred despite falling oil prices a

Meredith Whitney, founder and chief executive of Meredith Whitney Advisory Group, warned that the US economy could face a reckoning in the fourth quarter as temporary support from the World Cup and remaining government spending begins to fade. Whitney said weekly credit card balances are growing

Lux Claridge, a physics teacher at Emporia High School in Kansas, was arrested and removed from a city commission meeting after clapping in support of speakers opposing a proposed AI data center. The Emporia city commission had warned attendees that clapping and other demonstrations would be

Bitcoin has traded below its late 2025 record highs throughout much of 2026, prompting market analysts to examine technical indicators for signs of a potential market bottom. Recent market action has shifted focus from sharp downside moves to whether the cryptocurrency is entering a stabilization

Crypto projects lost more than $1 billion to hacks during the first half of 2026, with verified exploit incidents reaching a record high, according to a report published Tuesday by blockchain security firm Blockaid. The report identified H1 2026 as the most-hacked half-year on record by incident

Evernorth argues that XRP could serve as a settlement rail for modern finance, enabling institutions to move value across borders faster and more efficiently. The company describes XRP's real purpose as providing infrastructure for real-time finance, allowing liquidity to move seamlessly between

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi stated on May 28 (local time) that the United States requested dialogue with Iran and sent a message via Oman pledging no military action against the country. Gharibabadi, who leads Iran's negotiating team with the US, told semi-official Tasnim

Michael Saylor posted a nine-post thread to X on Tuesday declaring Bitcoin's consensus rules a "constitution" and framing any faction that rewrites them as committing economic theft. The Strategy executive chairman extended his argument beyond BIP-110—a proposal to restrict non-financial data from B

U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez issued a 44-page order blocking Minnesota from enforcing Minnesota Statutes Section 609.7615 against entities registered with the CFTC as designated contract markets, preventing the statute from taking effect Aug. 1. The injunction arrived the day before the Ju

The US Treasury completed a $44 billion 7-year note auction on the 28th (local time), with the final yield set at 4.473%, the highest level since December 2024 and 21.3 basis points above last month's 4.260%. The auction drew steady demand with a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.49 times, matching the six-au

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 331 points, or 0.63%, to 52,546 at 9:35 a.m. ET on Tuesday, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.18% to 24,932 at 9:44 a.m. ET and the S&P 500 opened 0.24% lower at 7,395.55. Heavy losses in semiconductor stocks pressured the Nasdaq as investors questioned

Morgan Stanley projects that tech hyperscalers Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL, GOOG), and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) will achieve long-term returns of 25% to 50% on their combined $1.4 trillion AI infrastructure investments, according to a research report led by analyst Brian Nowak. On

Microsoft, Meta, Apple, and Amazon report earnings this week, with investors prioritizing evidence that record AI spending is generating revenue over traditional profit metrics. Alphabet established the benchmark on July 22 when its shares fell roughly 4% after hours despite beating nearly every

South Korea's National Pension Service and other pension funds net purchased 105 billion won in Korean stocks during July as the KOSPI index crashed more than 2,400 points. On July 28, pension funds bought 113.5 billion won worth of stocks as the KOSPI plunged over 10 percent. NPS Chairman Kim

Grayscale analyzed the Hyperliquid (HYPE) spot ETF and found it outperformed Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), and XRP spot ETFs in cumulative fund inflows by market capitalization since its launch. The crypto asset management company stated the HYPE ETF attracted the fastest

tastytrade launched Prediction Markets, offering retail customers CFTC-regulated event contracts through the same brokerage platform used for stocks, options, and futures. The launch makes tastytrade the first brokerage to use Apex Fintech Solutions' turnkey futures commission merchant

Amkor Technology (AMKR) shares fell more than 24% on Tuesday, breaking below the 200-day moving average for the first time since August 2025. The drop followed the company's third-quarter revenue forecast of $1.95 billion to $2.05 billion on Monday, below the consensus estimate of $2.12 billion.