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Dalba Global reached a 52-week high on the 29th as investors shifted funds from semiconductor stocks into defensive consumer sectors. The stock rose 7.23% to close at 265,000 won after touching 275,500 won intraday, while the broader KOSPI index fell over 5% below the 5,700 level. Samsung

Iran's Foreign Ministry on July 29 (local time) issued a statement condemning the United States and Saudi Arabia for strikes against Iranian proxy forces in Iraq, calling the actions a violation of Iraqi sovereignty. The condemnation followed joint US-Saudi airstrikes on July 28 targeting

Crypto analyst xrpl_Adam challenged the dominant Ripple bull case on July 29, arguing that XRP's rapid settlement speed undermines the thesis that payment volume alone could justify a $100 token price. In a thread on X, xrpl_Adam explained that because XRP settles

Meta Platforms and BlackRock announced Tuesday they will jointly build a 1-gigawatt artificial intelligence data center in El Paso, Texas, with completion targeted for 2028. The venture shifts Meta's infrastructure costs off its balance sheet onto private investors, with BlackRock-managed funds

Russia's FSB formally charged Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorist activities and placed him on an international wanted list, sending GRAM lower in early trading. The charges stem from Telegram's alleged failure to remove material used by Ukrainian special services and terrorist or extremist

MoonPay has launched PayBox, an AI payment vault that connects OpenAI's ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude to enable users to make payments directly from conversations. The system allows AI assistants to prepare transactions such as booking flights, making restaurant reservations, or shopping online,

Bernstein lowered its price target on Circle (CRCL) to $140 from $190 while maintaining an Outperform rating, with analyst Gautam Chhugani publishing a note on Wednesday that assessed the Open USD consortium as a lesser competitive threat than market sentiment suggests. Circle's USDC stablecoin

SpaceX revenue projections for 2026 and 2027 were published alongside analyst price targets ranging from $225 to $300. The projections estimate total revenue accelerating from $39 billion in 2026 to roughly $65 billion to $75 billion in 2027, driven by Starlink operations currently generating an est

Safe wallet protocol processed nearly 130 million transactions in Q2 2026 and ended the quarter with over 63 million Safe accounts created, marking a 20% year-over-year increase, according to its latest report. April was the busiest

OKX launched X-Perps Simple Mode for European investors, a streamlined interface enabling leveraged long and short trading up to 10x without using traditional professional terminals. The feature is now available on iOS and Android across Europe, accompanied by a Futures Grid Bot and PnL Analysis

1inch has moved its Aqua liquidity protocol from developer preview to full public release, covering 13 EVM-compatible networks simultaneously. The launch addresses one of DeFi's persistent structural problems: capital that sits idle across fragmented pools on separate chains, earning suboptimal

Meralco chairman Manny V. Pangilinan warned on Wednesday, July 29, that the Philippine power industry may not survive if President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s directive to remove system loss charges from electricity bills is fully implemented. Pangilinan stated the cost could reach tens of billions of

The Korean government announced additional regulatory measures for single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the 29th to address heightened volatility in Korean stocks. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Koo Yun-chul chaired an emergency market monitoring

Seagate Technology Holdings (STX) received multiple analyst upgrades Wednesday following a Q4 earnings beat, with Rosenblatt raising its price target to $1,400 from $1,300 and maintaining a Buy rating. The hard disk drive maker reported Q4 earnings per share of $5.71 on revenue of $3.63 billion,

SoFi Technologies reported second-quarter revenue of $1.21 billion, up 43% year over year and exceeding Wall Street estimates of $1.13 billion, while raising its full-year 2026 revenue guidance to $4.75 billion to $4.85 billion. The fintech company's Lending segment revenue surged 63% to $724.8

Emirates, the Dubai-based flagship carrier, launched Crypto.com Pay on its website and app on Tuesday, enabling eligible United Arab Emirates residents to book flights with cryptocurrencies. The integration reflects evolving preferences of digitally fluent customers who manage finances via mobile de

ARK Invest researcher Lorenzo Valente warned in a recent analysis that the cryptocurrency industry is entering its most severe consolidation phase to date, exceeding the depth of previous bear markets. The consolidation is driven by capital becoming far more selective, forcing teams and exchanges

Onchain Lens partnered with TxFlow_L1, a Layer 1 blockchain focused on financial execution, launching an early access trading campaign announced via tweet on July 28, 2026. The collaboration aims to increase awareness of TxFlow_L1's ecosystem while providing selected early participants access to a p