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Bitcoin drops as Trump declares Iran ceasefire ‘over’ amid renewed Strait of Hormuz attacks

Bitcoin drops as Trump declares Iran ceasefire ‘ov...

6 days ago 23

Valorant Champions Tour China Stage 2 kicks off in Changsha with $250K prize pool as esports eyes mainstream sponsorship dollars

Valorant Champions Tour China Stage 2 kicks off in...

6 days ago 65

ARK Invest sells $8M of AMD stock in single day

ARK Invest sells $8M of AMD stock in single day

6 days ago 24

China’s largest DRAM maker CXMT opens investor subscriptions for $4.3B IPO next week

China’s largest DRAM maker CXMT opens investor sub...

6 days ago 46

South Korea sells $1.7B in currency stabilization bonds at record-low spreads

South Korea sells $1.7B in currency stabilization ...

6 days ago 25

Aptos hits quarterly high with 16M transactions in a day

Aptos hits quarterly high with 16M transactions in...

6 days ago 31

China’s consumer inflation slows more than expected amid easing commodity costs

China’s consumer inflation slows more than expecte...

6 days ago 22

Kraken leads with $400M in spot liquidity across MiCA exchanges

Kraken leads with $400M in spot liquidity across M...

6 days ago 31

Bank of Korea signals rate hikes as inflation overshoots, and Korea’s massive crypto market should pay attention

Bank of Korea signals rate hikes as inflation over...

6 days ago 41

World Cup drama sends crypto prediction markets and fan tokens into overdrive

World Cup drama sends crypto prediction markets an...

6 days ago 32

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says Trump Accounts are growing faster than many successful tech companies

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says Trump Accounts are g...

6 days ago 35

US military strikes railway bridges in northern Iran, rattling crypto markets already on edge

US military strikes railway bridges in northern Ir...

6 days ago 45

US Financial Conditions Index climbs to highest level since February, signaling risk-on environment

US Financial Conditions Index climbs to highest le...

6 days ago 26

Bank of Japan may accelerate rate hikes to combat inflation, and Bitcoin holders should pay attention

Bank of Japan may accelerate rate hikes to combat ...

6 days ago 28

Bahrain shoots down Iranian missiles and drones as crypto takes an $80B hit

Bahrain shoots down Iranian missiles and drones as...

6 days ago 22

Mexico’s World Cup run is turning its players into transfer market gold

Mexico’s World Cup run is turning its players into...

6 days ago 20

US strikes on Iranian military base near Bushehr raise fresh geopolitical risk for crypto markets

US strikes on Iranian military base near Bushehr r...

6 days ago 33

23.2 million viewers watch England vs Mexico World Cup match as streaming dominates sports broadcasting

23.2 million viewers watch England vs Mexico World...

6 days ago 47

Treasury Undersecretary for Domestic Finance McKernan departs after less than a year

Treasury Undersecretary for Domestic Finance McKer...

6 days ago 25

Kuwait intercepts missile and drone attacks as Bitcoin dips to $99.5K before rebounding

Kuwait intercepts missile and drone attacks as Bit...

6 days ago 37

IRGC-linked channel claims large-scale missile strikes on US Gulf bases as crypto markets brace for impact

IRGC-linked channel claims large-scale missile str...

6 days ago 58

South Korea gets the IMF’s biggest growth upgrade among major economies

South Korea gets the IMF’s biggest growth upgrade ...

6 days ago 80

Argentina sets record for penalties awarded across 2022 and 2026 World Cup matches

Argentina sets record for penalties awarded across...

6 days ago 43

US strikes on Iranian infrastructure raise geopolitical risk questions for crypto markets

US strikes on Iranian infrastructure raise geopoli...

6 days ago 41

Esports betting and crypto gaming tokens face a pivotal moment as MSI 2026 narrows to Western showdown

Esports betting and crypto gaming tokens face a pi...

6 days ago 40

World Cup 2026 referee controversy fuels crypto prediction market activity as France faces Morocco

World Cup 2026 referee controversy fuels crypto pr...

6 days ago 30

FIFA World Cup 2026 shatters digital records as crypto sponsors ride the wave

FIFA World Cup 2026 shatters digital records as cr...

6 days ago 33

Nvidia’s PE ratio drops to 31, its lowest level in 7 years, even as stock price sits near all-time highs

Nvidia’s PE ratio drops to 31, its lowest level in...

6 days ago 76

What Christian Pulisic’s World Cup frustration reveals about sports prediction markets

What Christian Pulisic’s World Cup frustration rev...

6 days ago 39

Blue Origin seeks $130 billion valuation, more than double Rocket Lab’s market cap

Blue Origin seeks $130 billion valuation, more tha...

6 days ago 32

Zhipu AI prices massive share placement at HK$1,588, testing investor appetite for Chinese AI stocks

Zhipu AI prices massive share placement at HK$1,58...

6 days ago 54

US strike on Iranian airport kills firefighter, raising fears of ceasefire collapse and crypto market volatility

US strike on Iranian airport kills firefighter, ra...

6 days ago 58

France and Argentina are on a World Cup final collision course, and crypto is along for the ride

France and Argentina are on a World Cup final coll...

6 days ago 35

Grok gets creative tools as Musk pushes xAI deeper into image and video generation

Grok gets creative tools as Musk pushes xAI deeper...

6 days ago 51

US government retaliates against Iran, vows 20-to-1 response ratio as crypto sanctions tighten

US government retaliates against Iran, vows 20-to-...

6 days ago 25

Luxshare raises $3.1B in Hong Kong’s biggest listing of 2026, signaling renewed appetite for Chinese tech supply chain plays

Luxshare raises $3.1B in Hong Kong’s biggest listi...

6 days ago 44

UniCredit moves closer to acquiring majority stake in Commerzbank

UniCredit moves closer to acquiring majority stake...

6 days ago 31

Mexico’s World Cup ninth-place finish drove $268M in Polymarket trading volume

Mexico’s World Cup ninth-place finish drove $268M ...

6 days ago 38

Spain agrees to higher payments after Trump threatens trade embargo at NATO summit

Spain agrees to higher payments after Trump threat...

6 days ago 17

Bain Capital sells entire Kioxia stake, capping one of private equity’s biggest tech wins

Bain Capital sells entire Kioxia stake, capping on...

6 days ago 32

OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 achieves inference breakthrough powered by Cerebras wafer-scale compute

OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 achieves inference breakthrough p...

6 days ago 57

Gold holds decline as US strikes on Iran drive energy prices higher, crypto markets feel the heat

Gold holds decline as US strikes on Iran drive ene...

6 days ago 39

World Cup visa logistics highlight US-Iran tensions as geopolitical friction reshapes global event planning

World Cup visa logistics highlight US-Iran tension...

6 days ago 41

Mexico taps Rafael Márquez as head coach, and the sports-crypto sponsorship pipeline is watching

Mexico taps Rafael Márquez as head coach, and the ...

6 days ago 36

Lovable in talks to double valuation to $13B with $300M round as AI dev tools boom continues

Lovable in talks to double valuation to $13B with ...

6 days ago 38

Meta plans $10B investment for first data center in Canada

Meta plans $10B investment for first data center i...

6 days ago 39

Retail investors drive leveraged ETFs to 70% of South Korea’s $4.3T market

Retail investors drive leveraged ETFs to 70% of So...

6 days ago 33

US states prepare to sue to block Paramount-Warner Bros deal despite DOJ clearance

US states prepare to sue to block Paramount-Warner...

6 days ago 31

Meta develops prototype smart glasses with continuous recording capabilities

Meta develops prototype smart glasses with continu...

6 days ago 24

Barcelona submits official bid for Karim Adeyemi, awaits BVB response

Barcelona submits official bid for Karim Adeyemi, ...

6 days ago 18