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Popular U.S. growth and tech names drop between 4% and 10% in a broad risk-off move across equities.
The Czech National Bank launches a $1 million blockchain-asset pilot to test Bitcoin, stablecoins and tokenised deposits, preparing for future tokenisation of assets.
xStocks hits $10 billion in volume in four months, highlighting rapid adoption of tokenized stock tokens.
Michael Burry de-registers Scion Asset Management, returns investor capital, and exits hedge fund management as his market views diverge from prevailing valuations.
OpenAI launches GPT-5.1 with stronger reasoning, new model variants, and more human-like interaction.
The U.S. government reopens after the shutdown, allowing crypto regulation and ETF reviews to resume.
Nasdaq certifies the first U.S. spot XRP ETF from Canary Capital—XRPC will begin trading tomorrow.
AI trading bots are growing in popularity across crypto, yet experts warn they’re not automatic profit generators and still need human judgment.
Leap Therapeutics shares jump 170% after rebranding to Cypherpunk and investing $50M in Zcash, marking a major shift toward digital asset strategy.
Musk says a Neuralink-enabled ‘mind fingerprint’ could let people inhabit Optimus robots within 20 years.