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Armstrong says his posts aren't endorsements. Traders ignore him anyway.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong told his followers on X that his posts do not serve as an endorsement of any kind. Regardless, traders ignored his “warnings” with many pushing back. On July 20, Armstrong responded to the buzz around his social media activity, particularly his profile picture, and reiterated the disclaimer on his X bio....
Mon, Jul 20
Microsoft to deploy AMD's new Helios AI system in its data centers, lifting AMD's stock over 3%
AMD’s stock increased by almost 5% on Monday following the chip company’s announcement that it and Microsoft were strengthening their business partnership, with Microsoft agreeing to integrate AMD’s new rack-scale AI technology into its data centers. Investors now have more motivation to support AMD as a legitimate rival since the move is perceived as a...
Mon, Jul 20
Kalshi traders give only a 25% chance Coinbase's Q2 volume tops $170 billion
With the cryptocurrency exchange scheduled to report data on July 30, traders on prediction market platforms are wagering that Coinbase’s trading volume in the second quarter fell significantly below projections. Part of the reason the bets are getting attention is that the platforms that handle them have expanded significantly in the last 12 months. In...
Mon, Jul 20
China now has more than 400 complete humanoid robot models
The Chinese robotics market had a blast in the first half of the year, with sales topping the rest of the world. Data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Monday says Chinese quadruped robots accounted for nearly 70% of global sales in H1 2026. China has also now built 400 humanoid...
Mon, Jul 20
IQM and Deutsche Bahn tested quantum scheduling on 190 rail trips across five German cities
A real German rail timetable has now been processed with a quantum system, giving the industry a test using railway data rather than a classroom example. IQM Quantum Computers (Nasdaq: IQMX) cooperated with Deutsche Bahn in running 190 train paths in five cities. This scheduling problem offered 98,500 combinations, making the task impossible to check...
Mon, Jul 20
KuCoin price prediction 2026–2032: Is KCS a good investment?
Key takeaways KuCoin Token (KCS) is the native utility token of the KuCoin ecosystem, and our KuCoin price prediction points to a maximum of $18.00 in 2026, with longer-term projections reaching an average of $74.20 and a high of $96.80 by 2032. Introduced in 2017, KCS gives holders discounts on trading fees, daily rewards from...
Mon, Jul 20
Google's Frozen v2 chip reports set off stock rally
Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) shares climbed roughly 3% after news emerged that Google is developing a new server chip, internally called Frozen v2, which is designed to run its Gemini AI models more efficiently. Class C shares closed at $346.12 on Friday, which put the intraday move at roughly $11 per share. According to reports, the...
Mon, Jul 20
Trump admin weighs bans on Chinese open-source AI models in AI supremacy battle
The Trump administration is considering placing restrictions that could stop US companies from running cutting-edge Chinese open-source AI models, a step that would hand OpenAI and Anthropic a stronger hold over the domestic market, Axios reported Monday. The trigger is said to be the arrival of Kimi K3 from the Chinese lab Moonshot AI. The...
Mon, Jul 20
Vietnam sets $1,900 fine for trading crypto on unlicensed platforms
Vietnam will fine individual investors as much as 50 million dong (about $1,900) for buying or selling crypto through platforms the Ministry of Finance has not licensed. The rules are set to take effect on September 1 and are an attempt by the government to bring the millions of Vietnamese citizens who currently trade on...
Mon, Jul 20
Hut 8 sees shares rise after signing $9.8 billion data center lease in Texas
Hut 8 signed another 15-year lease worth $9.8 billion on Monday to fill the remaining capacity at its 1-gigawatt Beacon Point data center campus in Texas, with the company’s shares rising by about 5% in premarket trading as a result. The lease is expected to cover 352 megawatts of capacity. The megawatt has become a...
Mon, Jul 20
Ethereum’s validator exit queue has fallen to zero again this year
Ethereum’s validator exit queue has fallen to zero again this year, signaling that no existing stakers are unwilling to leave the network. The exit queue has been empty for three days now, between July 18 and 20th, according to on-chain data from ValidatorQueue. The data indicates there is currently no rush among Ethereum stakers to...
Mon, Jul 20
OKX names ex-New York governor Cuomo to its board of directors
Andrew M. Cuomo, the former governor of New York, has joined OKX’s board of directors, formalizing an advisory relationship that started in 2023. Founder and CEO, Star Xu, backed up the exchange’s announcement on X on July 20. Xu wrote, “Governor Cuomo has been a thoughtful voice for OKX for years, and his move to...
Mon, Jul 20
Jeff Bezos joins $450M funding round for AI startup CuspAI
Jeff Bezos has joined investors backing UK startup CuspAI in a funding round of about $450 million. Existing investor Temasek also participated, highlighting growing confidence that artificial intelligence can speed up one of the slowest and most expensive parts of technology development: discovering new materials for advanced semiconductors. This investment is an indicator of the...
Mon, Jul 20
Zilliqa says exchange partner's cold wallet hit in ZIL theft
Zilliqa announced today, Monday, July 20, that an unspecified amount of ZIL tokens was stolen from the cold wallet of one of its exchange partners. Zilliqa wrote on its official X account that it had “been made aware of a security incident involving one of our exchange partners, in which ZIL was stolen from a...
Mon, Jul 20
Bank of Korea to expand second phase of CBDC pilot program to nine banks
The Bank of Korea plans to launch the second phase of its CBDC pilot, Project Hangang, in September. Primarily, the initiative relies on a blockchain-based wholesale CBDC issued by the central bank to back the settlement of commercial bank deposit tokens, used in everyday payments. The second phase expands the pilot from seven to nine...
Mon, Jul 20
Bitcoin bulls push back on Social Capital's CEO 'two problems' for crypto
At the start of the week, Chamath Palihapitiya, the Social Capital CEO, stated that Bitcoin faced two major problems. One of the problems highlighted was where speculators are putting their money, and the other was where miners are pointing their power. However, Palihapitiya’s claims have seen considerable pushback from Bitcoin bulls within hours after his...
Mon, Jul 20
Tax officials urge law change to seize self-custodied crypto in Korea
Four researchers, led by a National Tax Service investigator, are pushing for South Korea to rewrite its Criminal Procedure Act so prosecutors can actually take control of cryptocurrency that suspects hold in private wallets. The current law that South Korean tax officials are seeking to change leaves a gap big enough for a suspect to...
Mon, Jul 20
AI boom could make ASML Europe’s first trillion-dollar company
The biggest ASML story is no longer just its earnings—it is the growing belief that the company could become Europe’s first trillion-dollar company. It is expected to be driven by its dominant position in the AI semiconductor supply chain. ASML has increased its forecast revenue for 2026 to a range of between €43 billion and €45...
Mon, Jul 20
Taiwan charges former TSMC employee over chip technology theft allegations
Taiwanese prosecutors charged a former TSMC worker on Monday over an alleged theft of closely guarded chip information. The case covers technology that Taipei lists among its national core assets. Investigators say the former employee planned to use the stolen material in China. Prosecutors say the data involved methods protected under Taiwan’s national security rules....
Mon, Jul 20
Alternative stablecoins reach $4.81B on Solana as liquidity grows diverse
The Solana selection of alternative stablecoins grew in the past quarter. The network now carries $4.81B in liquidity, in addition to its USDT and USDC supply.
Mon, Jul 20
