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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

Subversive files ‘Elon-free’ S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 ETFs, launching September 2026

Subversive files ‘Elon-free’ S&P 500 and Nasdaq-10...

6 days ago 52

Block, Inc. settles states’ probe over Cash App fraud protections for $45M

Block, Inc. settles states’ probe over Cash App fr...

6 days ago 39

Positron in talks to raise $750M as AI chip startups challenge Nvidia’s dominance

Positron in talks to raise $750M as AI chip startu...

6 days ago 54

The 2026 World Cup is becoming crypto’s biggest marketing moment

The 2026 World Cup is becoming crypto’s biggest ma...

6 days ago 40

SK Hynix’s US listing oversubscribed by over 700% ahead of pricing

SK Hynix’s US listing oversubscribed by over 700% ...

6 days ago 80

BofA calls Nvidia stock a compelling buying opport...

6 days ago 48

Manchester United’s €45M Éderson transfer hinges on second medical this week

Manchester United’s €45M Éderson transfer hinges o...

6 days ago 39

Fraudulent emails impersonate River Financial, urge recipients to update agreements

Fraudulent emails impersonate River Financial, urg...

6 days ago 37

Circle emphasizes USDC redemption as a fundamental right at BIS AGM

Circle emphasizes USDC redemption as a fundamental...

6 days ago 16

Moonwell proposes to sunset deployment on Moonbeam Network by July 31

Moonwell proposes to sunset deployment on Moonbeam...

6 days ago 11

Apple signs $30B deal with Broadcom to source chips through 2031

Apple signs $30B deal with Broadcom to source chip...

6 days ago 12

Sam Altman’s CNBC interview arrives as OpenAI eyes public markets and WLD traders watch closely

Sam Altman’s CNBC interview arrives as OpenAI eyes...

6 days ago 39

IRGC claims US attack targeted Iranshahr as 2026 Iran conflict escalates

IRGC claims US attack targeted Iranshahr as 2026 I...

6 days ago 30

Tokenized stock transfers surge 105% in a month to $8B

Tokenized stock transfers surge 105% in a month to...

6 days ago 25

Bitcoin miner bets against AI’s giant data centers in infrastructure strategy

Bitcoin miner bets against AI’s giant data centers...

6 days ago 33

SharpLink generates 449 ETH from staking rewards this week, total holdings near 900K ETH

SharpLink generates 449 ETH from staking rewards t...

6 days ago 19

Circle reports USDC surpasses $90T in total transaction volume

Circle reports USDC surpasses $90T in total transa...

6 days ago 26

IMF says US AI investment boom is cushioning the global economy from Iran conflict fallout

IMF says US AI investment boom is cushioning the g...

6 days ago 20

Spain’s dominance over France from EURO 2024 to World Cup has sports betting markets buzzing

Spain’s dominance over France from EURO 2024 to Wo...

6 days ago 25

Trump licenses Ukraine to manufacture Patriot missiles amid intensified Russian attacks

Trump licenses Ukraine to manufacture Patriot miss...

6 days ago 26

Keir Starmer plans bank holiday if England wins World Cup, and prediction markets are already cashing in

Keir Starmer plans bank holiday if England wins Wo...

6 days ago 38

OpenAI sets livestream for ChatGPT Work update as enterprise AI race heats up

OpenAI sets livestream for ChatGPT Work update as ...

6 days ago 38

Optimism signs MOU with Toss to explore onchain payments for 30 million users in South Korea

Optimism signs MOU with Toss to explore onchain pa...

6 days ago 34

Swedish Bitcoin miner called 11,245 times in one year for grid stabilization services

Swedish Bitcoin miner called 11,245 times in one y...

6 days ago 21

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev shares guide to bridge assets from Solana to Robinhood Chain

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev shares guide to bridge as...

6 days ago 22

Binance Wallet adds Plume’s yield vault for Invesco, Bitwise funds

Binance Wallet adds Plume’s yield vault for Invesc...

6 days ago 14

World Cup quarter-final spotlight lands on crypto-linked clubs as Haaland faces England

World Cup quarter-final spotlight lands on crypto-...

6 days ago 20

FIFA World Cup 2026 brings crypto to Vancouver as Kraken scores historic partnership

FIFA World Cup 2026 brings crypto to Vancouver as ...

6 days ago 16

Zapper to shut down after 7 years of operation

Zapper to shut down after 7 years of operation

6 days ago 20

Federal Reserve minutes reveal support for rate increases, Bitcoin drops 2.7%

Federal Reserve minutes reveal support for rate in...

6 days ago 42

Japan’s yen nears 40-year low as households and crypto markets brace for fallout

Japan’s yen nears 40-year low as households and cr...

6 days ago 43

Injective becomes first MEV-resistant L1 live on mainnet

Injective becomes first MEV-resistant L1 live on m...

6 days ago 34

Robinhood Chain DEX volume exceeds $500M in 24 hours, just one week after launch

Robinhood Chain DEX volume exceeds $500M in 24 hou...

6 days ago 13

Google’s deepfake detector identifies AI-generated image of Mitch McConnell

Google’s deepfake detector identifies AI-generated...

6 days ago 23

Real Madrid locks down Tchouameni until 2031, and yes, there’s a memecoin angle

Real Madrid locks down Tchouameni until 2031, and ...

6 days ago 11