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eBay and several former executives agreed to pay nearly $56 million to settle a civil case with Massachusetts couple Ina and David Steiner, who were victims of a 2019 harassment and stalking campaign. The settlement resolves a 2021 lawsuit stemming from what attorneys described as a 'terror campaign

Real World Asset (RWA) tokens posted a median return of +10.7% in July 2026, marking the strongest performance among major crypto narratives according to CryptoRank data. Layer-2 networks and Decentralized Finance protocols also advanced with gains of 7.6% and 6.3% respectively, while Meme coins,

US President Donald Trump threatened on May 28 (local time) that he could destroy Iran's power plants and bridges if the country does not reach an agreement. In a Fox News interview, Trump warned that major bridges could disappear in under two hours and power plants could be removed within a day if

Raoul Pal, founder of Real Vision and former Goldman Sachs hedge fund manager, stated via a post on X that Bitcoin holds an 87% correlation to global liquidity, while the Nasdaq maintains a 97% correlation. Pal argued that these assets track the amount of money in the system rather than trading on e

Visa, which operates the world's largest payments network, plans to cut approximately 7% of its workforce as CEO Ryan McInerney moves to streamline the company and invest in growth areas, according to a memo confirmed by CNBC. The cuts will eliminate roughly 2,600 positions, primarily in

Morgan Stanley launched spot Ethereum and Solana exchange-traded funds on Tuesday, both charging a 0.14% sponsor fee that represents the lowest rate in the market. The Ethereum fund (MSSE) and Solana fund (MSOL) trade on the New York Stock Exchange, undercutting Grayscale's Mini Ethereum Trust at 0.

Flare released Smart Accounts version 1.3 on July 28, 2026, enabling XRP holders to mint FXRP and deposit assets into yield-generating vaults using a single signature from their existing XRPL wallet. The update eliminates the need for XRP holders to create additional wallets, bridge assets across ne

Veteran trader Dave Weisberger stated on Monday that buying Bitcoin today resembles buying Amazon before its historic rise, emphasizing that the critical factor is investor entry timing rather than the asset's ultimate success. Speaking on The Wolf Of All Streets podcast, Weisberger explained the

Berkshire Hathaway holds $397.4 billion in cash and Treasuries as of Q1 2026, Greg Abel's first quarter as CEO. The cash pile grew from $373 billion at the end of 2025 to $397.4 billion in March, large enough to acquire 476 companies in the S&P 500 outright according to data shared by Barchart. The

Flipster FZE, a global cryptocurrency trading platform, received a full operational Exchange licence from Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) under Licence No. VL/26/07/002. The approval upgrades Flipster's earlier in-principle status and authorizes the company to offer regulated

Teamshares (Nasdaq: TMS), a tech-enabled acquiror of small and medium-sized enterprises, began trading publicly on Nasdaq on June 23, 2026. The company went public to secure additional financing options for expanding its business acquisition model. Teamshares positions itself as the market-leading a

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, with the CME FedWatch tool pricing a hold at 68.5% as of July 28. The market focus has shifted to the September meeting, where the probability of higher rates sits at 77.4%, made up of a 56.3% chance of one

Fred Thiel, CEO of MARA Holdings, one of the world's largest Bitcoin mining companies, stated in a recent interview that powering AI data centers offers much higher profitability than Bitcoin mining. The rapid growth in the artificial intelligence sector is changing the business models of mining com

Core Scientific and AMD announced Tuesday a partnership under which AMD will secure over 500 megawatts of U.S. data-center capacity starting in 2027, with scaling potential to 2.5 gigawatts. The agreement supports AI workloads for cloud providers, enterprises and model builders through deployment of

Three cooling equipment suppliers are splitting institutional interest as Britain enters its fourth heatwave with temperatures forecast at 35 degrees Celsius and wildfires displace over 300,000 people across southern Europe. Carrier Global

Cryptocurrency long positions worth $447.04 million (approximately 656.9 billion KRW) were forcibly liquidated in the past 24 hours, marking the largest liquidation event since June 25, according to data from CoinGlass on the 28th (Korean time). Bitcoin dropped to an intraday low of $63,555 (approxi

t54 Labs, an AI agent infrastructure development company, launched the XRPL AI Hub on the 28th (Korean time), a unified platform connecting the AI ecosystem operating on Ripple's XRP Ledger (XRPL) blockchain network. The platform integrates AI agents, applications, payment services, and developer in

DeFiHackLabs, the winning team of SCAN 2024, warned participants against relying blindly on AI during a video interview with Digital Asset on July 3. The blockchain security community emphasized that AI-generated answers must always be verified. The warning comes as AI capabilities have advanced