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Khamenei’s burial at Imam Reza shrine caps months of geopolitical uncertainty that moved crypto markets

Khamenei’s burial at Imam Reza shrine caps months ...

5 days ago 14

FIFA’s World Cup 2026 gets a VAR upgrade and a crypto makeover with Kraken, Avalanche, and Algorand

FIFA’s World Cup 2026 gets a VAR upgrade and a cry...

5 days ago 16

Bitcoin miners face investor scrutiny over AI pivot and insider sales

Bitcoin miners face investor scrutiny over AI pivo...

5 days ago 12

Interpol links $123M crypto wallet to romance scam ring after global crackdown

Interpol links $123M crypto wallet to romance scam...

5 days ago 11

OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol ranks second in Intelligence Index, leads Coding Agent Index

OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol ranks second in Intelligence ...

5 days ago 22

Meta releases Muse Spark 1.1, claiming it surpasses OpenAI and Google models

Meta releases Muse Spark 1.1, claiming it surpasse...

5 days ago 43

OpenAI sets GPT-5.6 pricing at $5 input, $30 output per 1M tokens with three-tier model family

OpenAI sets GPT-5.6 pricing at $5 input, $30 outpu...

5 days ago 104

FC Barcelona targets Julián Álvarez and João Cancelo ahead of July 27 trip to England

FC Barcelona targets Julián Álvarez and João Cance...

5 days ago 21

Cashu app enables offline bitcoin transactions via NFC technology

Cashu app enables offline bitcoin transactions via...

5 days ago 17

Centrifuge enables deSPXA holders to borrow against S&P 500 exposure on Morpho

Centrifuge enables deSPXA holders to borrow agains...

5 days ago 28

Anduril lands first NATO contract for Lattice air command platform, adding to a $61B defense tech empire

Anduril lands first NATO contract for Lattice air ...

5 days ago 42

Arsenal’s first Premier League title in 22 years puts fan tokens back in the spotlight

Arsenal’s first Premier League title in 22 years p...

5 days ago 14

Bitwise drops Polkadot and Avalanche from flagship crypto ETF, raising questions about Hyperliquid’s staying power

Bitwise drops Polkadot and Avalanche from flagship...

5 days ago 17

Polymarket sees $4.49M in bets on France vs. Morocco World Cup clash as prediction markets ride tournament wave

Polymarket sees $4.49M in bets on France vs. Moroc...

5 days ago 24

Pavel Durov questioned for fourth time as French criminal probe enters second year

Pavel Durov questioned for fourth time as French c...

5 days ago 33

AMD teams up with 5C to build gigascale AI campuses, and the stock is already responding

AMD teams up with 5C to build gigascale AI campuse...

5 days ago 34

Hanwha Life Esports’ Kanavi expresses confidence in team bounce back ahead of MSI 2026

Hanwha Life Esports’ Kanavi expresses confidence i...

5 days ago 35

Borussia Dortmund rejects Barcelona’s €20M bid for Karim Adeyemi, and here’s the crypto angle you didn’t see coming

Borussia Dortmund rejects Barcelona’s €20M bid for...

5 days ago 26

Putin rejects peace talks and signals escalation as crypto markets brace for volatility

Putin rejects peace talks and signals escalation a...

5 days ago 13

Jose Mourinho schedules talks with wantaway Real Madrid star Dani Ceballos

Jose Mourinho schedules talks with wantaway Real M...

5 days ago 20

QuickSwap upgrades perpetuals platform, deprecates V1 Perps by July 14, 2026

QuickSwap upgrades perpetuals platform, deprecates...

5 days ago 7

Poland’s central bank buys 82 tons of gold this year as it races toward 700-ton target

Poland’s central bank buys 82 tons of gold this ye...

5 days ago 28

Brentford’s crypto sponsor BingX watches from the sidelines as club signs Callum Wilson without a token in sight

Brentford’s crypto sponsor BingX watches from the ...

5 days ago 20

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire says generative AI is creating an ‘explosion in smart contracts’

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire says generative AI is cr...

5 days ago 33

Cole Campbell joins Elversberg from Borussia Dortmund in move that highlights crypto-sport sponsorship boom

Cole Campbell joins Elversberg from Borussia Dortm...

5 days ago 20

Venezuela’s interim government ends PDVSA’s control over oil sector

Venezuela’s interim government ends PDVSA’s contro...

5 days ago 21

Suspicious trading before 41% of UK takeovers sets new record, raising questions about market integrity

Suspicious trading before 41% of UK takeovers sets...

5 days ago 12

Coinbase’s prediction markets back after brief out...

5 days ago 19

OpenAI introduces new AI agent for complex business tasks, and crypto’s smart contract world is paying attention

OpenAI introduces new AI agent for complex busines...

5 days ago 27

CFTC chair calls CME’s self-certified 24/7 crude oil futures trading ‘wholly inappropriate’

CFTC chair calls CME’s self-certified 24/7 crude o...

5 days ago 10

Summer.fi hacker launders $1M through Tornado Cash after $6M exploit

Summer.fi hacker launders $1M through Tornado Cash...

5 days ago 15

Serhou Guirassy transfer saga highlights growing tension between football clubs and blockchain-powered player markets

Serhou Guirassy transfer saga highlights growing t...

5 days ago 15

Reserve launches five AI supply-chain DTFs for global users

Reserve launches five AI supply-chain DTFs for glo...

5 days ago 14

Grok’s 1M+ context window push signals intensifyin...

5 days ago 29

Ethena captures over 70% of asset allocation in Robinhood Crypto Earn

Ethena captures over 70% of asset allocation in Ro...

5 days ago 28

England’s World Cup drama highlights FIFA’s disciplinary controversy as Quansah receives two-match ban

England’s World Cup drama highlights FIFA’s discip...

5 days ago 35

Borussia Dortmund pursues Said El Mala amid €50M valuation standoff with Köln

Borussia Dortmund pursues Said El Mala amid €50M v...

5 days ago 20

European Parliament approves digital euro negotiations after right-wing bloc fails to block vote

European Parliament approves digital euro negotiat...

5 days ago 24

Manchester United and Arsenal chase Botafogo midfielder Danilo Santos as asking price may drop

Manchester United and Arsenal chase Botafogo midfi...

5 days ago 29

US direct lending hits near three-year low as private credit firms stockpile cash

US direct lending hits near three-year low as priv...

5 days ago 12

Artificial Analysis launches EnterpriseOps-Gym-AA to benchmark AI agents in real enterprise systems

Artificial Analysis launches EnterpriseOps-Gym-AA ...

5 days ago 75

AMD’s $300B ambition pressures rivals in chip sector as AI pivot reshapes crypto GPU landscape

AMD’s $300B ambition pressures rivals in chip sect...

5 days ago 36

National Bank of Poland buys billions in gold as prices dip

National Bank of Poland buys billions in gold as p...

5 days ago 14

Gentle Mates defeat NRG 13-10 at EWC 2026 as crypto sponsorships reshape esports economics

Gentle Mates defeat NRG 13-10 at EWC 2026 as crypt...

5 days ago 21

Ben Bernanke joins Anthropic’s long-term benefit trust

Ben Bernanke joins Anthropic’s long-term benefit t...

5 days ago 20

Microsoft’s AI growth strains climate goals as emissions rise 23% from baseline

Microsoft’s AI growth strains climate goals as emi...

5 days ago 18

MiniMax seeks to raise $2B through share and bond sales as AI funding race heats up

MiniMax seeks to raise $2B through share and bond ...

5 days ago 28

Binance Pay goes live at 5,000 POS terminals in Kazakhstan through Alatau City Bank partnership

Binance Pay goes live at 5,000 POS terminals in Ka...

5 days ago 15

Trump’s Iran deal faces strain over poorly worded paragraph that could reshape oil markets

Trump’s Iran deal faces strain over poorly worded ...

5 days ago 12

Micron Technology’s stock surges on multibillion-dollar US manufacturing push

Micron Technology’s stock surges on multibillion-d...

5 days ago 20