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LIVE: US dollar crashes after Trump admin sidestepped it in surprise yen intervention for Japan
The U.S. dollar slid from above 163 yen to around 156 after Washington and Tokyo confirmed joint intervention. Japan is trying to curb the yen’s inflationary weakness, while the U.S. also sees economic and trade benefits. Tokyo plans to use the Fed’s FIMA repo facility, avoiding Treasury sales that could disrupt U.S. funding markets. The...
Mon, Aug 3
Ripple invests undisclosed sums in two British firms, ZILO and Licuido
Ripple has tapped two UK-based companies to expand its capital markets infrastructure. The company announced Monday that it made strategic investments in ZILO and Licuido. The financial terms were not disclosed. However, Ripple said the investment builds on already-existing partnerships with the companies. Ripple invests in ZILO and Licuido ZILO provides transfer agency and fund...
Mon, Aug 3
Best AI Receptionists & AI Answering Services for Small Businesses in 2026
AI receptionists are a growing industry - in this guide, we will compare the fair pricing of each one, based on real per-minute or subscription rates.
Mon, Aug 3
Another 486 wallets suffer losses in fourth wave of Coldcard wallet drain
Coldcard holders have been attacked in a fourth wave of sweeping idle cold storage BTC addresses. Around 1,500 wallets have been swept so far, and more vulnerable wallets can be discovered.
Mon, Aug 3
22 liquidations later, James Wynn is still betting against the SP500
James Wynn has now been liquidated 22 times while shorting Hyperliquid’s SP500 perpetual futures contract, according to on-chain tracker Onchain Lens on August 3. His latest liquidation came roughly 40 minutes before the update. As per S&P Dow Jones Indices, SP500 perpetual is “the first and only officially licensed perpetual derivative contract based on The...
Mon, Aug 3
DEX-to-CEX Spot Volume Ratio Hits Record 24.16% in July
Decentralized exchanges have been chipping away at the volume from centralized platforms for a while now and ever since April of last year, this ratio has consistently been in the double digits territory. Last month, onchain trading took its largest bite out of CEX volume. According to the Block’s DEX to CEX spot trade volume,...
Mon, Aug 3
Alibaba takes on OpenAI and Anthropic with its biggest AI model yet
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. debuted Qwen3.8-Max, its latest AI model, ahead of next week’s planned open-weight release to the public. The new model features 2.4 trillion parameters and outperforms Moonshot’s newly launched Kimi K3 on multiple benchmarks. It also marks the company’s return to its open-source roots after several of its top-tier AI models were...
Mon, Aug 3
Dormant whale moves $1 billion in Bitcoin as market sits 50% below peak
A lone Bitcoin transaction has ended a prolonged period of silence lasting seven months. According to blockchain tracker Lookonchain, a wallet containing 16,400 BTC, equivalent to $1.04 billion, made the transfer of its whole balance on August 3. This transfer coincides with the price of Bitcoin being approximately $62,800, which is almost 50 percent lower...
Mon, Aug 3
Berkshire Hathaway shares reached an eight-month high this week
Berkshire Hathaway’s stock (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) is rallying today because the company still trails the wider market, trades below last year’s richer valuation, holds almost $400 billion in cash, and may have bought back billions of dollars of its own shares. Barron’s reported that the rally carried the conglomerate to an eight-month high this week....
Sat, Aug 1
Strive's Joe Burnett proposes custody solution after after 'worst week in Bitcoin history'
The Vice President of Bitcoin Strategy at Strive, Joe Burnett, described the past week as “possibly one of the worst weeks in the history of Bitcoin.” The statement suggested that large holders ought to trust institutional custodians more than hardware wallets. Why did Strive’s VP of strategy call out the worst week in Bitcoin’s history? ...
Sat, Aug 1
South Korea's smaller crypto exchanges chase finance deals as volume halves
After first-half trading turnover fell 54.6% from a year earlier, South Korea’s five won-based crypto exchanges are rebuilding their businesses around bank and brokerage partnerships, institutional services and regulatory cleanup. Due to trading volume being down by 55%, exchanges are changing their business models to survive. What is happening to South Korea’s crypto market? The...
Sat, Aug 1
China moves to fast-track AI law as US regulation stays split
China’s National Development and Reform Commission has said it will speed up work on creating a dedicated AI law. Meanwhile, in the United States, the existing laws and proposals regarding AI are scattered across competing state bills and stalled federal drafts. What is China doing about AI regulation? Jiang Yi, the spokesperson and head of...
Fri, Jul 31
Hochul and James ask a court to shut Kalshi out of New York
New York sued Kalshi on July 31, seeking to shut the prediction market down, claw back its state gains, and impose triple damages on those profits.
Fri, Jul 31
AFX Trade promises to unveil 'goodwill plan' on August 3 after $24M exploit
AFX Trade has informed its community on Friday, July 31, that it will be publishing a “goodwill plan” for users on Monday, August 3. It may come as a step in the direction of making affected users whole; however, the update stopped short of providing information on what users should be expecting. The message called...
Fri, Jul 31
Gemini agent digs a 13-year-old sandbox escape out of Chrome's code
Google says AI tools helped fix 1,072 Chrome security bugs across two June releases and surfaced a sandbox flaw hidden in the code for 13 years.
Fri, Jul 31
Crypto activity recovered in July, new liquidity still limited
Crypto activity accelerated in July, though without a corresponding rise in liquidity.
Fri, Jul 31
Reddit triples profit to $253M but flags volatile search referrals
Reddit posted $253 million in Q2 net income on $805 million revenue, but warned that search referral traffic turned volatile late in the quarter.
Fri, Jul 31
BoJ signals higher rates despite holding at 1%
The BoJ held its benchmark rate at 1% on July 31, an outcome every economist surveyed had expected after June's hike to a 31-year high.
Fri, Jul 31
South Korea bets $14B on AI as trillion-dollar race accelerates
According to the finance ministry of South Korea, it will set up a sovereign wealth fund worth more than 20 trillion won ($14 billion) on Friday to invest in strategic and advanced industries. It gives South Korea some new financial leverage at a time when various investments in AI infrastructure are on the verge of...
Fri, Jul 31
OpenAI slashes Luna 80% as Chinese open-weight models take token share
OpenAI cut GPT-5.6 Luna's price by 80% and Terra's by 20% on July 30, as cheap Chinese open-weight models keep taking token share from US labs.
Fri, Jul 31
