
US Stocks Open Lower as Chip and China Tech Names Weigh on Indices
US stocks opened modestly lower on September 23, with the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all slipping. Semiconductor and China tech names led the decline, with SK Hynix, ASML, and...

US stocks opened modestly lower on September 23, with the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all slipping. Semiconductor and China tech names led the decline, with SK Hynix, ASML, and...

US stocks opened lower while the dollar extended gains for a fourth session as markets awaited clarity on US-Iran talks. Gold slipped below $4,300, Brent rebounded 1%, and bitcoin rose...

Zoomex has elevated Real-World Assets from a peripheral listing category to a core pillar of its product roadmap, betting that tokenized treasuries and credit will drive the next liquidity cycle...

An updated crowdsourced dataset from the BitcoinPoliticians project shows only about 5% of US Congress members have disclosed crypto-related holdings. The finding highlights a persistent knowledge and exposure gap in...

Visa and Morning Consult report that US consumer willingness to use stablecoins could rise from 36% to 56% with bank-level protections like fraud insurance. The findings highlight trust as the...

The Bank of Russia wants unlicensed crypto exchange operators gone by July 1, 2027, following a legalization law that recognizes digital assets as property and puts oversight under the central...

MoonPay acquires North Capital, a Utah broker-dealer with US securities licenses, to bolster its tokenization push. The deal, pending regulatory approval, signals crypto firms' growing appetite for regulated financial infrastructure.

Diogo Almeida, ChatGPT co-inventor, unveils Jev—a non-generative AI model that outputs only structured decisions at 40-200x the speed of frontier models. TypeSafe AI's $40M bet challenges the slow-reasoning paradigm, but...

Blockchain.com and NYSE Group have signed an MOU to explore 24/7 trading of tokenized US stocks and ETFs via a digital alternative trading system, subject to regulatory approval. The deal...

With the CLARITY Act dead in the Senate, U.S. crypto rulemaking has shifted to the SEC and CFTC. Kraken parent Payward's plan to deploy a permissioned HIP-3 market on HyperCore...

The New York Stock Exchange has partnered with Blockchain.com to potentially bring tokenized U.S. stocks to roughly 44 million crypto accounts. The deal marks a major step in TradFi-DeFi convergence,...

The UN hosted its first dedicated blockchain panel during Digital Cooperation Day 2026, focusing on financial inclusion and sovereign digital infrastructure for developing nations. Pakistan, Circle, and Paystand executives joined...

Founders Fund partners Sean Liu, John Luttig and Joey Krug visited Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen last month to meet Chinese tech companies, signaling selective US venture interest in China's AI...

a16z and the DeFi Education Fund have proposed a safe harbor that would exempt qualifying DEX protocols and applications from SEC exchange registration. The framework sets four objective criteria—non-custodial, automated,...

MoonPay has agreed to acquire private-market investment platform North Capital in an all-stock deal worth over $60 million, pending regulatory approval. The acquisition gives MoonPay broker-dealer, ATS and transfer-agent capabilities,...

Blockchain.com and NYSE Group have signed an MOU to explore tokenized U.S. stock and ETF trading via NYSE's digital ATS, targeting 24/7 global access for over 44 million users. The...

Binance Wallet now lets users pay TRON network fees directly in USDT, eliminating the need to hold TRX for gas when sending USDT or other TRC-20 tokens. The update lowers...

X has added a trade button to Cashtags, routing US users to Coinbase, Kraken, Gemini, Interactive Brokers and Moomoo. X stays a discovery layer, not an exchange — but it...

A 24-karat gold Gholdengo figure is priced near $9,800, about five times the value of the gold it contains. The gap highlights how collectible premiums — not intrinsic metal value...

SharpLink CEO Joseph Chalom argues that stablecoins, tokenized RWAs, DeFi, and AI agents are converging into a new financial stack, with his team modeling that AI agents could contest a...
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