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SK Hynix is preparing a major US listing that could raise about $28 billion
South Korean semiconductor company SK Hynix (KRX: 000660) will list itself on Nasdaq via an offering which may hit almost $28 billion, making SK Hynix close to one of the largest-ever initial public offerings in the market. SK Hynix plans to sell 177.9 million American depositary receipts, while investor subscriptions for the IPO have already...
Thu, Jul 9
Grok 4.5 undercuts Claude Opus on price but trails it at the top
SpaceXAI recently released a new version of its AI chatbot called Grok 4.5. This is a coding-focused model that Elon Musk pitched as an “Opus-class” rival to Anthropic’s Claude at a fraction of the cost. Considering the rising cost of AI usage, engineering teams are now prioritizing price per completed task over peak intelligence. Does...
Thu, Jul 9
Meta enters AI for developers race with new Muse Spark model
Meta released Muse Spark 1.1 on Thursday and made it open to US developers through a new Meta Model API, creating direct competition with OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. The model is available immediately in Thinking mode inside the Meta AI app and on the Meta AI website. Developers who want to plug it into their...
Thu, Jul 9
Micron plans $250B+ in U.S. chip investment through 2035, creating 90,000+ jobs
Chipmakers are racing to meet soaring demand driven by the AI boom, reshaping manufacturing, prices, and investment plans. Micron Technology said it will invest more than $250 billion in its US operations by 2035 to expand memory chip production. The investment, up from the $200 billion announced last year, reflects strong AI demand and President...
Thu, Jul 9
China's daily AI token use jumped 1,000x in two years
China’s use of artificial intelligence has surged faster than expected, with daily AI token usage rising more than 1,000-fold in just over two years. The growth is also expanding into Western markets. According to China’s National Bureau of Statistics, daily AI token usage increased from 100 billion at the start of 2024 to 100 trillion...
Thu, Jul 9
UC San Diego humanoid robots perform live surgery in world first
Two humanoid robots controlled from afar performed two surgeries at the University of California, San Diego.
Thu, Jul 9
Eco Powers Programmable Cross-Chain Stablecoin Liquidity with TRON Integration
San Francisco, California, July 9, 2026 — Eco, a leading provider of programmable cross-chain stablecoin liquidity, today integrates the TRON network. Through this integration, TRON becomes part of Eco’s unified stablecoin network, allowing users to deposit stablecoins directly into TRON applications in seconds. As one of the world’s leading blockchains for stablecoin payments, TRON processed...
Thu, Jul 9
EU Parliament fails to block Chat Control, extending message scanning to 2028
The European Parliament has failed to stop platforms from scanning private messages for child abuse material until 2028 after a motion to reject the rules fell short of the 361 votes required. The EU’s Chat Control message-scanning regime will continue despite the fact that most lawmakers who cast a ballot want the rules gone. No...
Thu, Jul 9
Meta eyes September AI chip production date in broader AI push
Meta appears set to start the assembly line for its own in-house chip production by September of this year. News of the AI chip code-named Iris first broke after Reuters reported having reviewed an internal company memo on Thursday. The same report claimed that it only took six weeks to declare the design bug-free as...
Thu, Jul 9
INTERPOL disrupts $293M fraud ring in Operation First Light 2026 campaign
INTERPOL revealed in a statement that was shared on Thursday, July 9, that a four-month operation spanning 97 countries and territories arrested 5,811 people and froze $293 million in illicit money. This sweep also reached some crypto holders as the investigators traced romance-scam profits laundered through cross-chain token swaps. The operation, called First Light 2026,...
Thu, Jul 9
Swift says blockchain ledger is live as 17 banks line up to pilot tokenized deposits
Swift announced in a July 9 statement that its blockchain-based ledger is open for business, with 17 lenders already lined up to start using it to send cross-border payments across six continents using tokenized deposits. Swift is big news from a network that already processes the equivalent of global GDP every 2 to 3 days...
Thu, Jul 9
KPMG survey finds 29% of executives can't track their own AI costs
KPMG’s Global AI Pulse for the second quarter of 2026 found that nearly a third of corporate leaders cannot understand or control what their AI systems cost to run. Companies that laid off employees and restructured their budget in favor of what they expected to be cheaper AI technology are now being charged by the...
Thu, Jul 9
TAC blames a liquidation cascade for its crash. On-chain analysts aren't buying it
TAC Protocol’s attempt to explain away a trading session where its TAC token lost around 90% of its value has stirred skepticism from holders after the project’s July 8 statement on X ruled out any exploit and also denied any foul play in the form of insider selling too, pinning the collapse on forced selling...
Thu, Jul 9
Asia’s prediction-market bans are handing crypto betting volume to the West
Asia’s ongoing repression of cryptocurrency prediction markets is channeling investment, liquidity, and innovation to Western nations that opted for regulation. In a report dated July 8, the Web3 research firm Tiger Research suggested that the characterization of prediction markets as unlawful gambling is hindering Asian countries from enjoying a thriving blockchain market. Instead of stopping...
Thu, Jul 9
Token listings slow to multi-year lows as liquidity continues to flow out of exchanges
Token exchange listings fell to a two-year low in June, reflecting the loss of appetite for risk. Most listings in Q2 were in the red, as projects faced bear market headwinds.
Thu, Jul 9
CryptoRank Research: How the CEX Listings Landscape Shifted in 2026
Centralized exchanges are moving away from speculative narratives and toward tokens with demonstrated utility. An analysis of over 10,000 listings across the 10 major exchanges, Binance, Bybit, OKX, Bitget, Gate, MEXC, KuCoin, HTX, Kraken, and Crypto.com, shows blockchain infrastructure, DeFi, and tokenized real-world assets displacing meme and GameFi tokens at the top of exchange listing...
Thu, Jul 9
Crypto ATM industry loses bid to block Tennessee ban
A federal court has denied a request to suspend Tennessee’s new ban on crypto ATMs, which is an early legal blow to the kiosk sector at a time when state governments are moving from imposing restrictions on the devices to outright bans. Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced the ruling on July 7, stating that...
Thu, Jul 9
Robinhood Chain DEX Volume Hits $563.9 Million, Up 10x in a Day
Robinhood Chain was pitched as the network for RWAs and the place to trade tokenized stocks. On July 8, it did something else entirely. According to data from Dune, the chain drew in $563.9 million in volume on Uniswap, making it the biggest volume day by far since its mainnet launch on July 1. Source:...
Thu, Jul 9
Sony wins conditional US approval to issue a dollar stablecoin by 2027
Sony Bank has successfully completed its inaugural federal assessment and acquired the necessary permission to manufacture a dollar stablecoin. The approval of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has implications that extend beyond Tokyo. The fact that Sony has entered the digital currency space means that it is no longer just cryptocurrency...
Thu, Jul 9
Mirae Asset wins Korea’s approval to buy Korbit in a TradFi-crypto first
On July 9, the Fair Trade Commission of South Korea (KFTC) approved Mirae Asset Consulting’s acquisition of 92.06% of the cryptocurrency exchange Korbit. This is the first time that a subsidiary of a significant Korean financial institution has been permitted to buy a licensed digital asset exchange. For the rest of the world, which is...
Thu, Jul 9
