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Emirates launched Crypto.com Pay for flight bookings on July 28, 2026, enabling eligible UAE residents to pay for flights using digital assets on emirates.com and the Emirates App. The payment option applies exclusively to fares priced in Emirati dirham (AED) and settles in dirhams or

Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) stocks fell 6.59% to approximately $840.88 in pre-market trading on Tuesday, following a 2.25% decline to $900.20 in the previous session. Investors reduced exposure to semiconductor companies amid concerns about whether massive AI infrastructure investments can g

Charles Hoskinson, founder of Cardano, addressed ADA token's prolonged underperformance during an X AMA on July 27, stating the project needs to change its approach and strategy. ADA is trading at $0.1566, down 1.57% in the last 24 hours, and sits roughly 95% below its September 2021 all-time high o

X Money launched nationwide for all Premium subscribers on July 27, exiting its Premium+-only beta phase that began in late June. The banking product, integrated into Elon Musk's X platform (formerly Twitter), now offers deposit accounts, peer-to-peer payments, and debit cards with up to $10

Alphabet announced second-quarter earnings on Wednesday and raised the top end of its 2026 capital expenditure forecast to $205 billion as the company rushes to open new data centers for artificial intelligence. Shares of Google's parent fell 7% on Thursday, with Amazon, Meta and Microsoft stocks al

Strategy paused Bitcoin purchases for a fifth consecutive week, its longest buying hiatus in two years, while raising $525 million in cash and executing its first preferred stock buyback. The company sold 5.4 million MSTR shares through its at-the-market program between July 20 and 26, bringing cash

1inch opened Aqua, its shared DeFi liquidity layer, to all users on Tuesday across 13 EVM chains, eight months after releasing it to developers only. The protocol went live on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, BNB Chain, and Robinhood Chain, among other networks. Aqua operates as a registry rather than a

Securitize Capital, the advisory subsidiary of tokenized asset platform Securitize, registered with the SEC as a full investment adviser, the company announced Monday. The registration graduates the firm from exempt reporting adviser status, which imposed constraints on the scope of assets and

Small businesses are suing the Trump administration over tariffs enacted under Section 301 of the Trade Act. The lawsuits target duties of 10 percent or 12.5 percent on goods from more than 60 countries that took effect after temporary Section 122 measures lapsed last week. Plaintiffs claim

Hyperliquid's SK Hynix perpetual contract, xyz:SKHYNIX, fell 17.9% on Tuesday after a bad price print appeared on NXT, a South Korean alternative stock venue, resulting in approximately $57.4 million in long position liquidations across 960 accounts. The drop was triggered when an abnormal

Crypto-related stocks outperformed the broader US stock market on Monday as investors shifted capital away from artificial intelligence infrastructure companies and into digital asset firms. The rotation occurred as Wall Street reassessed valuations in AI-linked infrastructure companies amid

Zcash mining company Fortitude brought a 12-megawatt facility online in Grand Island, Nebraska, announced Tuesday. The Digital Currency Group-owned company expanded its owned power portfolio to more than 60 megawatts across seven sites with the completion of its first greenfield data center. The fac

Amazon is reshaping its artificial intelligence strategy by scaling back development of several flagship Nova AI models, according to a Business Insider report published before the company's quarterly earnings on Thursday. The changes affect the high-end Premier and Omni models, as well as the

Boeing reported a larger-than-expected loss for the second quarter, with the aircraft manufacturer's long-delayed Air Force One program significantly impacting results. The company posted an adjusted loss of 76 cents per share, far exceeding Wall Street's expected loss of 30 cents per share, while r

Ethereum is trading at $1,880, down 3.3% after slipping from recent highs, as crypto treasury firm BitMine Immersion Technologies approaches a milestone in its accumulation strategy. BitMine's Ethereum holdings have reached 5.79 million ETH, nearing its stated goal of owning 5% of the circulating su

SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ:SNDK) shares remained under heavy pressure on Tuesday as investors continued reducing exposure to artificial intelligence-linked memory stocks. SNDK stock closed Monday at $1,278.23 after falling 11.02% during the regular trading session, then dropped another 7.14% to

Myanmar's military-backed parliament passed the Anti-Online Scam Bill on Tuesday, introducing the death penalty for individuals who use violence or unlawful detention to force others into running online scams. The legislation sets a maximum penalty of life imprisonment for operating scam centers or

Kim Dong-won, KB Securities Research Head, stated on May 28 that the recent semiconductor stock decline stems from investor sentiment issues rather than fundamental industry problems, maintaining his semiconductor bull market thesis. Kim, who originally forecasted KOSPI 7,500 when Samsung

In late July 2026, a coalition of American technology companies published an open letter warning that restricting open-weight AI models would stifle competition and drive innovation overseas. The petition arrived as Chinese laboratories unveiled Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter AI system from

Crude oil prices hovered near one-week lows Tuesday after a pause in U.S. attacks on Iran reduced fears of an immediate supply shock. Brent crude slipped to $87.86 per barrel, while West Texas Intermediate fell to $82.24 as of 6:10 a.m. GMT on July 28. Both benchmarks lost about 8% Monday after