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Bernstein raised its price target on Robinhood to $160 from $130 on Monday while maintaining its Outperform rating, citing the broker's positioning to benefit from a generational shift in retail trading. The new target rests on a thesis that broker-dealers, incumbent exchanges, prediction

Hut 8 secured a second $9.8 billion lease at its Beacon Point campus on Monday, fully commercializing the 1-gigawatt Texas data center site. The existing tenant doubled its contracted capacity to 704 megawatts of IT load, bringing combined base-term lease commitments above $19 billion. The

The U.S. military completed its ninth straight night of attacks on Iran as it fights for control over the Strait of Hormuz, with the U.S. death toll rising to 17 after three service members were killed over the weekend. The wave of attacks raises concern the war could be entering a new phase,

The U.S. national debt reached an all-time high of $39.5 trillion according to the latest Treasury tracking, adding roughly $400 billion in about three months after crossing $39 trillion for the first time in April. The surge reflects rising interest costs as older low-rate Treasury bonds mature

Fireblocks has integrated Circle's Gateway and Circle Payments Network into its institutional digital asset platform, enabling trading firms, payment providers and banks to access unified USDC treasury management and cross-border payment infrastructure under a single operational framework. The integ

South Korean retail investors holding Samsung and SK Hynix leveraged ETFs are facing heavy losses following a sharp reversal in technology stocks. The single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds were introduced on May 27, after which Korean individual investors purchased a net 14 trillion won,

Bitcoin could face a deeper correction toward $25,000-$35,000 before beginning another multi-year expansion, according to an Elliott Wave analysis from More Crypto Online. The technical roadmap projects a major cycle top in late 2029, followed by a bear market through 2030 and a final advance toward

Vietnam issued Decree No. 284/2026/NĐ-CP on July 16, imposing administrative penalties for use of unlicensed cryptocurrency platforms. The decree establishes fines up to 50 million Vietnamese dong ($1,900) for investors trading through unlicensed platforms and up to 200 million dong ($7,700) for

Strategy sold approximately $263.5 million worth of MSTR shares between July 13 and July 19, according to an 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. The bitcoin treasury company sold 2,732,318 MSTR shares during the period but did not buy or sell any bitcoin. Proceeds

Freedom Capital upgraded Nebius (NBIS) to 'Buy' from 'Hold' and raised its price target to $200 from $159, citing the stock's over 40% decline from its recent peak as creating a more attractive entry point. NBIS shares were up 4.1% in pre-market trading on Monday. The upgrade follows the AI cloud

This feature brings individualized financial information straight to the wallets that users keep for themselves within the app. This is an artificial intelligence-powered financial information layer that is integrated directly into the self-custodial wallet experience. The further development

LayerZero, Kaito, and Humanity are set to release tokens worth over $704.5 million during the fourth week of July 2026, with LayerZero and Kaito unlocking on July 20 and Humanity following on July 25. The releases represent scheduled tokenomics events, with LayerZero unlocking 25.71 million ZRO toke

Hyperliquid is introducing permissionless prediction markets through an enhancement to its HIP-4 upgrade, allowing anyone to deploy markets on the platform. The exchange announced the rollout will begin on testnet before moving to mainnet, shifting from a validator-controlled model where fewer

Individual investors in South Korea net purchased 161.1 billion won of TIGER US S&P500 ETF from the 10th to the 16th, ranking first among all ETFs in individual net purchases according to ETF CHECK. The shift occurred as the KOSPI fell 19.53% during the period up to the 16th this month, with

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin released a working demo of an anonymous message board on Aztec Sunday. He shared the project on Farcaster, describing it as a "vibe-coded" toy version of the "anon billboard with moderation" concept he outlined in a 2022 blog post. The demo implements fully

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued its 7th Targeted Update on Implementation of the FATF Standards on Virtual Assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers, warning that incomplete crypto regulations are enabling illicit finance. The report highlighted that criminals continue to exploit regu

South Korea's National Pension Service Real Estate Investment Office forced through a 252 billion won ($189 million) investment in 'The Exchange Seoul' development project in 2024 despite internal opposition and risk warnings, according to internal investment review documents obtained by Edaily. The

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy, published a 110-point essay over the weekend opposing Bitcoin's proposed BIP-110 soft fork, with a tweet timestamped July 18, 2026. The essay, titled '110 Reasons BIP 110 Is a Bad Idea,' argues that the proposal would set a dangerous precedent by

American voters expressed skepticism toward U.S. government ownership in private companies, with 49% saying such stakes are inappropriate, according to CNBC's All-America Economic Survey conducted July 8-12 and released Friday. The Trump administration has negotiated 30 deals worth nearly $27

Bank of America analysts stated that "a generational transfer in free cash flow is taking place" in a research report published earlier this month. The analysis focuses on hyperscalers who have been writing checks to cover an AI building boom,