Tennessee county passes another ban on crypto operations
A group of 12 county commissioners voted unanimously to ban mining facilities and data centers in unincorporated areas as it deals with a lawsuit by a digital asset company.
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Binance launches regulated gold, silver options through ADGM exchange
New commodity options let traders gain exposure to gold and silver prices through Binance’s Abu Dhabi-regulated exchange.
HYPE Price Slides as Whale Selling Grows, But Grayscale Sees Long-Term Value
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Robinhood slides 4% despite earnings beat as crypto revenue cools
Robinhood (HOOD) topped Wall Street's second-quarter expectations, but shares fell about 4% in after-hours trading, adding to their 3.1% decline during Wednesday's session.
MoonPay's PayBox Puts a Crypto Wallet Inside Claude and ChatGPT—And Lets It Pay for Things
MoonPay launched PayBox today—a payment vault that plugs into Claude and ChatGPT and lets AI agents, software programs that complete tasks autonomously on your behalf, to actually spend money for you.
Will Q3 Finally Change NEAR Price Trend?
NEAR price still remains below $2 despite major protocol developments during Q2.
Fed holds rates steady, extending pause as markets await Kevin Warsh's policy roadmap
The Federal Reserve left its benchmark fed funds rate range unchanged at 3.50%-3.75% on Wednesday, extending its pause for a sixth consecutive meeting as policymakers continue to grapple with stubborn inflation.
US prosecutors propose changes to CLARITY as voting window narrows: Report
A White House crypto adviser said that the proposed changes to the CLARITY Act were “not even close” to the administration’s position, signaling another fight over the bill.
Pi Network Mainnet Upgrade Deadline: Why Missing August 11 Cuts You Off the Network
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Las Vegas is in a tourism slump. Hotel occupancy and air travel are down, and many local hospitality employees are experiencing layoffs or cuts in their hours. What's driving this downturn, and can Sin City bounce back?
Is AI facing a big financial reckoning?
Sharp falls in the value of chip makers have stoked investor concerns that the euphoria around AI related companies is fading.
AI Book Burning? Companies Are Destroying Millions of Books to Feed Chatbots
Like a scene out of the classic dystopian novel “Fahrenheit 451,” some AI companies aren't just reading books—they're destroying them.
INJ Price Stays Quiet as Injective Pushes Major Interoperability Upgrade
Injective activated IIP-677 after receiving 72% approval from governance voters.
Tether USAT Launches on Celo Going Beyond Ethereum for First Time
Tether launches GENIUS Act-compliant USAT on Celo, marking its first expansion beyond Ethereum.
Bitcoin price wedged into ‘most divided’ FOMC as Iran war spikes oil prices 8%
Bitcoin traders weathered an oil-price surge and ongoing Asia chip-stock sell-off into the Federal Reserve interest-rate decision.
As crypto perpetual futures boom, Ethereum’s role is shifting
For years, Ethereum has been synonymous with decentralized finance. It pioneered onchain financial tools like lending protocols and tokenized assets, which today underpin much of the crypto economy. But one of crypto's …
Grayscale CEO Files to Sell XRP ETF Shares as GXRP Shrinks
Crypto asset manager Grayscale CEO Peter Mintzberg files to sell 2,611 shares of GXRP ETF.
OpenAI's Rogue AI Hacked Four More Platforms Besides Hugging Face
One week after OpenAI confirmed its AI models hacked Hugging Face to cheat on a security benchmark, the company quietly updated its incident post with something it hadn't said before: Hugging Face wasn't the only platfo…
Ethereum Foundation names pcaversaccio to board amid leadership changes
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has appointed longtime ecosystem contributor pcaversaccio (known as "pc") to its board, expanding the group's leadership as it continues to refine the governance of the organization behind t…
Cost to insure AI debt reaches record high amid Asian semiconductor tumble
Korean equities saw the second day of a historic sell-off on Wednesday with market-wide circuit breakers again halting trading. Combined with Tuesday’s drop, the KOSPI has now shed nearly 17%, wiping out $620 billion in…
Nasdaq 100 Falls as China Chip Concerns Weigh on AI Stocks
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The inside story of how a hike in Hong Kong changed crypto trading forever
It was sometime in 2015, on a hiking trail in Hong Kong, that the perpetual swap — also called a perpetual future or a “perp” for short — was born. Ben Delo, the mathematician and co-founder of BitMEX, was walking with …
MoonPay vault enables ChatGPT and Claude users to authorize crypto transactions
MoonPay’s PayBox vault lets ChatGPT and Claude users authorize crypto purchases, token swaps and crosschain transactions while retaining custody of their assets.
What is Zcash (ZEC)? The Privacy Coin Using Zero-Knowledge Proofs
For many years, Bitcoin was used to buy drugs online because it was believed to be anonymous. Turns out, it’s surprisingly easy to track Bitcoin transactions. Zcash, on the other hand, is a cryptocurrency that promised …