DeepSeek's AI Toolmaker Crashes 9% After $6B Hong Kong IPO
The company selling picks and shovels to both sides of the AI arms race just learned that neutrality doesn't guarantee investor enthusiasm.
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Gumi Holds $200M in Crypto, Now Launches Bitcoin Fund With Japan's Largest Bank
A mobile game company that already holds more crypto than most hedge funds just doubled down with a Bitcoin fund alongside Japan's largest financial institution. Gumi, a Japanese mobile game developer, partnered with SBI Holdings to launch an $18.3M fund targeting Bitcoin and altcoins
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Luno Cuts 20% of Staff as Crypto Exchange Death Spiral Accelerates
The crypto exchange business model is dying in public, one headcount reduction at a time. Luno cut 20% of its global workforce as part of a restructuring under CEO James Lanigan, joining at least 11 other crypto firms that announced layoffs in July 2026 alone
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Stonepeak CEO: AI Infrastructure Spending Shows Zero Signs of Slowing
While crypto investors obsess over the next ETF approval, real money is building the rails for an agent economy that won't ask permission. Stonepeak's CEO reports AI infrastructure financing showing no signs of slowdown, even as crypto capital sits on the sidelines waiting for regulatory clarity
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AAA Creates First Crypto Court as Blockchain Disputes Hit Critical Mass
The Wild West just got a courthouse, and that changes everything for the trillion-dollar question of who owns what onchain. The American Arbitration Association launched a Web3 Panel staffed by specialists in blockchain, smart contracts, digital assets, and autonomous transactions
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Strategy Just Put Its Own Stock on Solana for 24/7 Trading
The company that turned corporate treasuries into Bitcoin vaults just turned its own stock into a Solana token — because why stop trading when New York closes? Strategy tokenized its stock as $MSTR on Solana via the Sunrise gateway, enabling 24/7 trading outside traditional market hours
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Fed Dissenters Push Hardest for Rate Hikes Since Trump's First Campaign
The last time Fed dissenters pushed this hard for tighter money, Trump was still a candidate and Bitcoin was under $1,000.
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Robinhood Hits $1.31B While Its Core Trading Business Quietly Dies
Robinhood just proved you can have your best quarter ever while the thing that made you cool quietly fades into the background. Robinhood hit a record $1.31 billion in revenue in Q2, but crypto transaction revenue dropped 38%
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Microsoft Spends $41B on AI While Competitors Panic About Profitability
The world's largest landlord just became a cloud hyperscaler, and the math says the agent economy has more runway than anyone thought.
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Robinhood Crypto Revenue Crashes 38% Yet Wall Street Calls It a Win
Robinhood's crypto revenue fell by a third, its stock dropped 4%, and yet Wall Street is calling it a win. Robinhood reported $100 million in Q2 crypto trading revenue, a 38% year-over-year decline that still beat analyst estimates of $86.6 million
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Binance.US Asks CFTC for Polymarket's Playbook After Watching It Print Millions
Binance.US is asking the one regulator it hasn't already fought for permission to enter a market Polymarket already proved works. Binance.US will apply next month for a CFTC Designated Contract Market license, CEO Stephen Gregory announced at RareEvo in Las Vegas
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Aviva Puts $335M Pension Fund on XRP While Banks Still Call It a Scam
A UK pension giant just put real money on a blockchain that most of finance still calls "that Ripple thing."
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Trump Tells Nvidia CEO: Your Chips Matter More Than AI Models
The White House just telegraphed which layer of the AI stack matters most — and it's not the models. Trump hosted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in the Oval Office, praising the company's chips as strategic assets in the US-China tech rivalry
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Fed's Most Divided Vote Since 2023 Sends Bitcoin Past $95K
The Fed just gave us the most divided rate decision of the Warsh era, and the market's reaction tells you everything about where smart money thinks this is headed.
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Altman Backs Cruz's Toothless AI Bill Days After Scorching California's
Sam Altman's pivot from California-style AI regulation to backing Ted Cruz's minimalist framework isn't about safety—it's about keeping Washington's new equity stake happy.
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Japan's First Bitcoin-Backed Bonds Launch With 4% Yield
Japan just turned Bitcoin into a bond market, and the implications stretch far beyond Tokyo. Metaplanet launched its first Bitbonds tranche in Japan, offering 4% yields on Bitcoin-backed securities with future tranches targeting 4-6% returns
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ChatGPT Can Now Spend Your Crypto Without Asking First
Your AI assistant just got a wallet, and you're about to find out if you trust it more than you trust yourself. MoonPay launched PayBox, a vault system that lets ChatGPT and Claude users authorize crypto purchases, token swaps, and cross-chain transactions while retaining custody of their assets
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Morgan Stanley Just Gave 15,000 Advisors the Green Light to Sell Crypto
The same firm that spent years calling crypto a speculative fad just gave 15,000 financial advisors permission to sell it to your parents.
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Robinhood Chain Hits $200M in AI Agent Trading in 30 Days
Robinhood Chain just proved you can scale an AI agent economy faster than most crypto projects can ship a testnet. Virtuals Protocol hit $200M in AI agent marketplace activity on Robinhood Chain in under 30 days, while daily active users dropped 7% but deposits kept climbing
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SEC Preps Crackdown While Senate Stalls on Crypto Bill
While the Senate stalls, the SEC is sharpening its pen and China is moving trillions through digital rails the U.S. doesn't even have yet. The Crypto Clarity Act passed the House a year ago, cleared Senate Banking in May, and is still waiting for a floor vote that won't happen before August recess
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