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Zcash private transactions set to drop wait times to under 200 milliseconds

Zcash private transactions set to drop wait times ...

3 weeks ago 39

Iran releases footage of missile, drone launches targeting US bases in Jordan

Iran releases footage of missile, drone launches t...

3 weeks ago 29

Trump praises Iran’s strikes on GCC states, complicates diplomacy

Trump praises Iran’s strikes on GCC states, compli...

3 weeks ago 40

France faces sovereign debt crisis as borrowing costs near 2008 highs

France faces sovereign debt crisis as borrowing co...

3 weeks ago 39

DeFi protocols increase dividend and buyback distributions as sector matures

DeFi protocols increase dividend and buyback distr...

3 weeks ago 48

SoftBank offers $5.5B in stock warrants to lock OpenAI into its data center empire

SoftBank offers $5.5B in stock warrants to lock Op...

3 weeks ago 105

Metaplanet deposits 2,400 Bitcoin worth $186M into Coinbase Prime

Metaplanet deposits 2,400 Bitcoin worth $186M into...

3 weeks ago 42

Trump proposes 50% tariff on Canadian car imports, targeting Ottawa

Trump proposes 50% tariff on Canadian car imports,...

3 weeks ago 54

Merz and Macron push Beijing on yuan appreciation to close EU’s €360B trade gap

Merz and Macron push Beijing on yuan appreciation ...

3 weeks ago 70

Sberbank projects Russia’s regulated crypto trading volume to hit $46B in first year

Sberbank projects Russia’s regulated crypto tradin...

3 weeks ago 44

Iran supertanker catches fire after hitting naval mines in Strait of Hormuz

Iran supertanker catches fire after hitting naval ...

3 weeks ago 34

UK households face £2,400 financial hit from Iran war by 2027

UK households face £2,400 financial hit from Iran ...

3 weeks ago 36

Iran’s army claims drone strike targeted UAE’s Al Minhad air base

Iran’s army claims drone strike targeted UAE’s Al ...

3 weeks ago 67

Oil prices rise amid US-Iran tensions, rate hike expectations

Oil prices rise amid US-Iran tensions, rate hike e...

3 weeks ago 36

OpenAI reportedly buys tens of thousands of Mac minis for AI training

OpenAI reportedly buys tens of thousands of Mac mi...

3 weeks ago 88

China to scrutinize military supply chains amid US rivalry

China to scrutinize military supply chains amid US...

3 weeks ago 42

Shenzhen Longsys Electronics seeks $801M in Hong Kong listing as AI-fueled memory boom drives 71,000% profit surge

Shenzhen Longsys Electronics seeks $801M in Hong K...

3 weeks ago 173

Bank of America reports $3.2B inflow into crypto funds, largest since October 2025

Bank of America reports $3.2B inflow into crypto f...

3 weeks ago 84

Yen breaches 160 against dollar, raising intervention concerns

Yen breaches 160 against dollar, raising intervent...

3 weeks ago 52

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urges G20 to address China’s $1.2 trillion trade surplus

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urges G20 to a...

3 weeks ago 75

US national debt hits 124% of GDP, four times higher than 1980s levels

US national debt hits 124% of GDP, four times high...

3 weeks ago 59

Jio Platforms receives regulatory approval for IPO backed by Meta and Google

Jio Platforms receives regulatory approval for IPO...

3 weeks ago 67

Donald Trump posts AI video depicting destruction of Iran’s Kharg Island oil hub

Donald Trump posts AI video depicting destruction ...

3 weeks ago 55

The U.S. is building barriers around drones and robots, but China has scale to get around them

The U.S. is building barriers around drones and ro...

3 weeks ago 47

Columbia County nears $40M annual deal with Google for data center

Columbia County nears $40M annual deal with Google...

3 weeks ago 52

Gold prices fall amid profit-taking, down 7% in 2026: WSJ

Gold prices fall amid profit-taking, down 7% in 20...

3 weeks ago 52

Baht, rupiah vulnerable as Fed rate hike expectations rise

Baht, rupiah vulnerable as Fed rate hike expectati...

3 weeks ago 47

Shein completes Hong Kong IPO at $26.5B valuation, down over 70% from its peak

Shein completes Hong Kong IPO at $26.5B valuation,...

3 weeks ago 89

Taliban reaches out to Trump administration for mineral deals

Taliban reaches out to Trump administration for mi...

3 weeks ago 73

US attack on Iranian island sends oil prices surging amid rising tensions

US attack on Iranian island sends oil prices surgi...

3 weeks ago 48

US Treasury Secretary Bessent says recent yen moves are contained, not disorderly

US Treasury Secretary Bessent says recent yen move...

3 weeks ago 55

China’s factory activity improves in August but stays stuck in contraction

China’s factory activity improves in August but st...

3 weeks ago 42

SK Hynix weighs Japan memory fab partnership to support AI boom

SK Hynix weighs Japan memory fab partnership to su...

3 weeks ago 82

Iran sinking US naval vessel could politically impact Trump, says Lt. Col. Aguilar

Iran sinking US naval vessel could politically imp...

3 weeks ago 38

CNBC Daily Open: War by other means escalates to armed conflict

CNBC Daily Open: War by other means escalates to a...

3 weeks ago 42

Over 242,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine war: Mediazona, BBC Russian Service

Over 242,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine wa...

3 weeks ago 44

Oil prices climb 1% after US strike on Iranian launchers in Persian Gulf

Oil prices climb 1% after US strike on Iranian lau...

3 weeks ago 47

Solana Mobile’s SKR token tops gainers among top 200 cryptocurrencies

Solana Mobile’s SKR token tops gainers among top 2...

3 weeks ago 45

US aid to Ukraine under scrutiny amid Zelenskyy corruption allegations

US aid to Ukraine under scrutiny amid Zelenskyy co...

3 weeks ago 51

US to intensify economic pressure on Iran amid ongoing tensions

US to intensify economic pressure on Iran amid ong...

3 weeks ago 42

BONER memecoin corners 81% of tokenized HIMS supply on Robinhood Chain, triggering onchain float squeeze

BONER memecoin corners 81% of tokenized HIMS suppl...

3 weeks ago 167

Gold steadies after Warsh comments spur Fed rate-hike bets

Gold steadies after Warsh comments spur Fed rate-h...

3 weeks ago 43

US Treasury launches weekly sanctions blitz on banks facilitating Iranian finance

US Treasury launches weekly sanctions blitz on ban...

3 weeks ago 56

Japan’s July retail sales rise 4% year-on-year while industrial output barely budges

Japan’s July retail sales rise 4% year-on-year whi...

3 weeks ago 55

Bessent pushes G20 to build a unified wall against China’s export machine

Bessent pushes G20 to build a unified wall against...

3 weeks ago 52

Taiwan’s financial regulator aims to reduce insurers’ US dollar dependence

Taiwan’s financial regulator aims to reduce insure...

3 weeks ago 53

Leopold Aschenbrenner bets billions on ex-Bitcoin miners’ energy assets for AI compute

Leopold Aschenbrenner bets billions on ex-Bitcoin ...

3 weeks ago 103

Notion plans 30% headcount increase to boost AI development

Notion plans 30% headcount increase to boost AI de...

3 weeks ago 99

Anthropic introduces local sandbox mode for Claude Code desktop

Anthropic introduces local sandbox mode for Claude...

3 weeks ago 202

Bessent praises Japan’s Abenomics legacy, meets BOJ Governor Ueda ahead of G20

Bessent praises Japan’s Abenomics legacy, meets BO...

3 weeks ago 62