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The S&P 500 fell 0.79% to 7,515.34 Monday after President Trump reinstated a naval blockade of Iranian ports, triggering a broad selloff across stocks, bonds, crypto, and metals. Tuesday's June CPI report reversed

Benchmark Equity Research raised its price target for Hut 8 Corp. (HUT) to $165 from $85, citing the commercialization of the company's Beacon Point AI data center campus and $16.8 billion in contracted value across two AI infrastructure leases. Hut 8 shares were trading around $97 on Tuesday,

The US dollar fell sharply on this day morning as June inflation data came in significantly below market expectations, triggering a decline in Treasury yields. At 8:47 a.m. Eastern Time, the dollar index (DXY) stood at 100.617, down 0.662 points (0.654%) from the previous close of 101.279,

New York became the first state to impose a data center construction moratorium after Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul announced a one-year pause on Tuesday. The state-wide ban applies to facilities using 50 megawatts or more and will remain until New York establishes consistent standards for

An attacker exploited an exposed recovery phrase tied to a Robinhood co-founder's self-custody wallet to pump a memecoin called '$1' from a $500,000 market cap to $14 million in approximately two hours on July 13, according to Michael, Chief Business Officer of TokenPocket wallet. The mnemonic phras

Primary dealers have taken a net short position of approximately $4 billion in corporate bonds this year, the first time since 1998 that dealers have sold more credit exposure than they hold. Analytics service Bull Theory reported the shift represents a significant departure from the roughly $16 bil

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller warned on July 13 that the Federal Open Market Committee may need to tighten monetary policy in the near term if the June Consumer Price Index, scheduled for release on July 15, shows another hot reading on core

Kraken launched a Mastercard debit card in the UK and Europe, allowing users to spend directly from cryptocurrency and cash balances at merchants where Mastercard is accepted. The product extends Kraken beyond trading and custody into daily payments, enabling customers to pay from more than 600

Velocity, a stablecoin treasury and settlement platform founded in 2025, raised $38 million in a Series A funding round led by Dragonfly and FirstMark, according to an announcement on Tuesday. The round included participation from Activant Capital, Capital One

Tether led a $7 million Series A investment in Pact Labs, according to a statement from Tuesday, with the goal of driving adoption of USAT, its stablecoin designed specifically for the U.S. market. Blockchange Ventures and Lasagna also participated in the funding round. The investment focuses on

Sean Farrell, Head of Digital Asset Strategy at research firm Fundstrat, stated that a Bitcoin price drop to the $48,000-$50,000 range would create a significant buying opportunity for long-term investors. Farrell argued the current risk-reward ratio of crypto assets has become more attractive

Emirates NBD launched real-time blockchain-based U.S. dollar payments through Partior, becoming the first MENAT bank to deploy this technology. The rollout follows the successful completion of a live U.S. dollar transaction in which J.P. Morgan served as both the settlement and beneficiary bank. The

Tech investor Chamath Palihapitiya warned on Tuesday that artificial intelligence usage could negatively impact some companies' earnings, stating that C-suite executives will have to contend with spending they "didn't know existed inside of their organization." Palihapitiya, founder of investment fi

Curve DAO's CRV token rallied more than 10% on July 14 after breaking above a six-month descending trendline, marking one of its strongest single-day moves in 2026. The breakout was accompanied by a sharp spike in derivatives activity, with trading volume surging over 102% to approximately $86

KuCoin Web3 Wallet announced support for Robinhood Chain, a blockchain network focused on tokenized real-world assets and onchain finance. The integration enables users to manage compatible digital assets and interact with applications built on Robinhood Chain through the wallet's self-custodial

Nous Research, the open-source AI lab behind the Hermes agent, is finalizing a funding round of at least $75 million led by Robot Ventures at a $1.5 billion valuation, TechCrunch reported Monday citing unnamed inside sources. The raise drew strong investor interest, with USV participating

Former Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander Hossein Kanani Moghaddam stated that Tehran could assassinate US President Donald Trump inside the White House, according to statements made to Iranian news outlet Fararu. Moghaddam, a former senior commander in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, s

US small business confidence improved in June, with the optimism index rising to 97.4 — a 2.1-point increase from the previous month. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) released the data July 14 local time, showing the rebound from a 19-month low and movement toward the 52-year a

Nu Mexico, the Mexican subsidiary of Brazil-based Nubank's parent company Nu, has received authorization from Mexico's National Banking and Securities Commission to operate as a bank. The authorization transitions Nu Mexico from its previous status as a Sociedad Financiera Popular (SOFIPO), a

US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $424.66 million in net outflows on July 14, marking the largest single-day withdrawal in July so far, according to SoSoValue data. The sell-off reversed last week's $197.4 million in net inflows, which had briefly ended an eight-week streak of weekly withdrawals. The la