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U.S. imposes new 25% tariffs on Brazil
The United States will place a 25% tariff on thousands of Brazilian imports starting July 22, and Brazil has promised to retaliate if this happens. This escalates a dispute in which Washington singled out Brazil’s Pix payment network as an unfair trade practice. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced the new tariffs imposed late on...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Jul 17
Wall Street can now pay to get Trump’s Truth posts about markets before everyone else
Wall Street gods will now be able to pay for faster access to Trump’s Truth Social posts. You know, the ones he use to manipulate oil, stock, and crypto markets all at once. Trump Media & Technology Group (NASDAQ: DJT) said Thursday that it plans to launch Truth API, a paid data feed that sends...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Jul 17
Strategy strengthens balance sheet; aggressive Bitcoin buying gives way to capital discipline
Strategy's Bitcoin (BTC) buying halt represents a shift away from relying solely on capital issuance toward a more active approach to liquidity management, according to a CryptoQuant report on Thursday.
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Fri, Jul 17
Quantum computing is creating a boom in one of the world’s most rarest metals
Quantum computing is starting to pull rubidium out of obscurity. The metal is produced in tiny amounts, yet new hardware plans could make it far more valuable to technology companies, governments, and defense contractors. Supply remains narrow because rubidium is rarely mined alone and usually comes from mineral processing streams. Market Research Future estimates global...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Jul 17
Netflix says GenAI touched 300 titles as investors focus on margins
In its quarterly report issued on Thursday, Netflix managed to beat analysts’ forecasts on earnings per share but missed expectations for revenue, causing its share price to fall by 6% after hours, despite having risen by 30% over the past 12 months. Nestled within the shareholder letter was the announcement that would determine how the...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Jul 17
Stellar adds Moneygram as Tier1 validator, furthers blockchain payments
The Stellar Development Foundation announced on Thursday that MoneyGram, Figure Markets, and blockchain security firm Range will run Tier 1 validators on the Stellar network, upgrading these companies from users to operators of the chain. The Stellar network has major interests in easing cross-border payments, and the addition of a global money-transfer firm to the...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Jul 17
Aster Price Prediction 2026–2032: Can ASTER reach its all-time high again?
Key Takeaways: ASTER is the governance and utility token of the Aster ecosystem. It serves as a tool for stake governance and rewards for users who participate on the platform. After its latest tokenomics upgrade, Aster is placing 99% of platform fees into its token buyback program while permanently burning an equivalent amount of ASTER,...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Jul 17
Nadella criticizes Anthropic’s Fable limits as Microsoft pushes AI control
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told a Wednesday meeting of engineers working on the company’s Copilot AI software that Anthropic’s limits on requests submitted to its high-end Fable model “don’t make sense,” per remarks provided to CNBC. Nadella zeroed in on the model’s rejection pattern. “If you use Fable, when it refuses for any random thing,...Cryptopolitan
Fri, Jul 17
Filing by Chinese luggage maker pegs DeepSeek's value near $52 billion
Anhui Korun, a Chinese travel luggage manufacturer, disclosed a public price for DeepSeek for the first time in a regulatory filing. The total comes to ~$51.82 billion. The Hangzhou AI startup has never stated how much outside investors will pay for a piece of it. Anhui Korun disclosed on July 16 that a fund it...Cryptopolitan
Thu, Jul 16
Citadel Securities commits $400M to Crypto.com at $10B valuation
Citadel Securities has invested $400 million in the crypto exchange platform, Crypto.com. This is the first time the crypto exchange has raised outside money in a decade. This deal places the crypto platform at a $20 billion valuation. The deal was announced on Thursday, July 16, 2026, and it represents a strategic investment by one...Cryptopolitan
Thu, Jul 16
Ethereum Price Forecast: Why ETH is outperforming Bitcoin, XRP, SOL, HYPE
Ethereum (ETH) has outperformed the top 10 cryptocurrencies since the crypto market began a recovery last week. On a weekly timeframe, the top altcoin is seeing an 8% gain, compared to 2.4%, 1.4%, 1.6%, -1.8% and -3.5% for Bitcoin (BTC), BNB, XRP, Solana (SOL) and Hyperliquid (HYPE).
Polygon Labs announces layoffs as Coinme acquisition enters final stages
Polygon Labs has cut jobs as it moves to complete its acquisition of crypto payments firm Coinme, its CEO, Marc Boiron, stated on X on Thursday, July 16. Boiron wrote that the company is “in the final stages of completing the Coinme acquisition,” which folds Coinme’s team into Polygon Labs, and cast the acquisition as...Cryptopolitan
Thu, Jul 16
Japan's 27,500-chip Nvidia deal challenges China's grip on robotics
Japan has bought its way into the advanced models and chip industry after a year of the United States dominating the space, with China pouring subsidies into the machines that use them. Japan is directly challenging China’s lead in robotics, using the same Nvidia hardware that Chinese robot makers themselves depend on. Why is Japan...Cryptopolitan
Thu, Jul 16
TSMC posted a 77.4% year-on-year profit jump in Q2
Taiwan’s largest chipmaker, TSMC, reported another blockbuster quarter on Thursday as strong demand for AI chips continued to drive growth. The company said its net profit jumped 77.4% from a year earlier and rose 23.4% from the previous quarter, marking its fifth consecutive record quarter. Revenue increased 36% year over year to NT$1.27 trillion (about...Cryptopolitan
Thu, Jul 16
CNN investigation finds Trump promoted over 20 companies days after buying their stock.
President Donald Trump promoted over 20 companies on Truth Social merely days after buying their stock. This was found in a CNN investigation published on Thursday. In some cases, the President flagged government moves that could benefit companies he invested in. Caey Tolan and Isabelle Chapman were the brains behind the investigation. And the reporting...Cryptopolitan
Thu, Jul 16
Micron signs deal with Qualcomm and other tech partners over AI-powered automobile chip components
Micron Technology locked in long-term supply deals with Qualcomm and six other automotive suppliers on Thursday, moving to secure memory and storage capacity for an automobile industry that is starting to consume chips at a scale rivaling data centers. The company said the Strategic Customer Agreements cover seven Tier 1 suppliers, which include Qualcomm, Visteon,...Cryptopolitan
Thu, Jul 16
Ondo Finance partners with SBI Holdings to tokenize Japanese equities
Ondo Finance has partnered with Japan’s SBI Group to bring Japanese equities onto the blockchain and settle trades using SBI’s yen-backed stablecoin, in a deal aimed at giving SBI’s customers a way to buy Japanese stocks via the blockchain. The partnership pairs a US-based tokenization firm with one of Japan’s largest financial firms, moving a...Cryptopolitan
Thu, Jul 16
ONDO Price Forecast: ONDO’s rally nears $0.40 as network partners with Japan’s SBI Group
Ondo Finance (ONDO) edges higher toward the nearest resistance at $0.40 at the time of writing on Thursday. The rally follows the network’s strategic partnership with Japan’s SBI Group, shrugging off a broader cool-down in the cryptocurrency market.Fxstreet
Thu, Jul 16
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