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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.

Blockchain security company AmericanFortress published a technical paper on the Cryptography ePrint Archive proposing a cryptographic scheme to protect existing cryptocurrency wallets from quantum attacks without requiring users to move funds, rotate keys, or change wallet

Emirates activated Crypto.com Pay for eligible UAE dirham flight bookings in 2026, following a partnership announced in July 2025. The payment service allows customers with Crypto.com accounts to complete transactions through the airline's website and mobile app, processed via Crypto.com's Dubai ent

Robinhood Chain launchpads generated $1.23 billion in trading volume over one week, narrowly surpassing PumpSwap's roughly $1.22 billion over the same period, according to data from analyst Adam_Tehc. The slim margin marks a notable milestone for the relatively new network, signaling rapid user

Jim Ferraioli, Head of Crypto Research at Charles Schwab, determined Bitcoin's fair value to be approximately $95,000 based on mining production economics. Ferraioli stated to Coindesk that this assessment derives from the cost structure of Bitcoin mining operations, where efficient miners produce o

Over 60 cryptocurrency projects shut down or filed for bankruptcy from January to July 2026, marking a wave of closures across exchanges, blockchains, DeFi protocols, wallets, and gaming platforms. The shutdowns followed bitcoin's retreat from its October 2025 all-time high, which triggered

AI investor and former HyperWrite CEO Matt Shumer posted a video of a fully playable first-person shooter game built entirely by Claude Opus 5 two days after the model shipped, using a three-paragraph prompt published on GitHub. The game, which Shumer said 'one-shotted' without external assets,

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is renewing efforts to eliminate a tax break for cryptocurrency investors by extending wash sale rules to digital assets. The proposal targets a gap in the tax code that allows crypto investors to sell assets at a loss and immediately repurchase them while

Zcash activated its Ironwood upgrade on Tuesday at block height 3,428,143, introducing a new shielded pool for the privacy blockchain. The upgrade follows concerns about the soundness of Zcash's earlier Orchard pool, which will now be restricted to support only withdrawals. Orchard was previously Zc

Spot gold and silver prices rose in late-afternoon U.S. trading Monday, with gold near $4,075.60 an ounce (up 0.59%) and silver at $58.290 (up 0.45%). Lower oil prices eased the inflation impulse from the U.S.-Iran conflict. Positioning remained cautious ahead of this week's Federal Reserve

The Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) reported on local time July 28 that no newly identified attacks on vessels within the Strait of Hormuz occurred in the past 48 hours. The multinational maritime surveillance organization, led by US Central Command, stated that traffic volume and

Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang on Tuesday met with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, according to an Axios report. The meeting occurred while the Trump administration investigates potential violations involving Nvidia's AI chip exports to China. The Commerce Department is examining allegations

Korean retail investors accelerated their exit from domestic stock markets on Jan 28 as KOSPI breached the 6,000 level and KOSDAQ fell below 700 intraday, triggering massive losses. The sell-off followed a year of unprecedented volatility, with 42 sidecar triggers and 22 circuit breakers activated i