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Semiconductor companies now make up a record 18.8% of the S&P 500’s total market value, highlighting how much influence the sector has gained in the U.S. stock market. Data shared...

Senator Bernie Sanders has proposed a plan that would give Americans a direct ownership stake in major artificial intelligence companies through a federally managed sovereign wealth fund. The independent lawmaker...

As of July 2027, the European Union is ready to introduce comprehensive anti-money laundering (AML) legislation that will dramatically change the landscape of cryptocurrency. The new Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR)...

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT says a frozen Bitcoin stash is linked to a wider network of social engineering scams targeting U.S. victims, including elderly individuals. The case involves 5.73 BTC, worth...

Hyperliquid (HYPE) has proven to be one of the best-performing cryptocurrencies in 2026 despite the overwhelming bearish pressure in the broader crypto market. The cryptocurrency has recorded approximately 186% profit...

South Korea is considering expanding fintech firms’ role in cross-border crypto transfers as it drafts an enforcement decree under the revised Foreign Exchange Transactions Act. The government is reviewing registration...

The Irish Government has released the 2026 National Risk Assessment (NRA), alongside an action plan to strengthen responses to Money Laundering (ML), Terrorist Financing (TF), and Proliferation Financing (PF). The...

Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former chief executive of Celsius Network, has been barred from trading in U.S. commodities, futures, and derivatives markets after the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission...

Iran Exempts Passage Through the Strait of Hormuz for 60 Days During Negotiations. As part of an agreement reached recently, the Iranian authorities have declared that they will provide free...

Investor margin debt in U.S. financial markets surged to a new record in May, reflecting increased use of leverage as stock prices continued to approach historic highs. According to the...

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has lowered its year-end gold price target by $500 an ounce, bringing the new forecast to $4,900 for December. Analysts Lina Thomas and Daan Struyven attributed...

Political commentator Amjad Taha castigated President Donald Trump’s Iran deal. “He says the deal could undermine trust between the U.S. and its closest Middle Eastern allies. In a series of...

South Korean memory chip maker SK Hynix has pulled off something only one other domestic company has ever managed. Its market capitalisation broke past 2,000 trillion won, equal to roughly...

Major financial institutions are tightening their approach to artificial intelligence as regulatory uncertainty and national security concerns reshape how banks deploy advanced AI tools. JPMorgan Chase recently blocked employees in...

Israel’s national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has sparked controversy by calling for a beefed up military operation in Lebanon after four Israeli soldiers were killed in clashes in southern Lebanon....

HIVE Digital Technologies shares rose sharply after the former Bitcoin-focused miner announced a three-year artificial intelligence cloud contract worth approximately $220 million. The agreement expands the company’s high-performance computing business...

Texas regulators have approved a new process aimed at managing the flood of power requests from data centers and other large electricity users. The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT)...

Illinois has approved a new tax on digital asset transactions, creating fresh costs for cryptocurrency users and businesses operating in the state. Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the measure into the...

The leading derivatives exchange, CME Group, is preparing to sue the CFTC over the regulatory approval of Bitcoin perpetual futures contracts. With the planned litigation, CME aims to challenge the...

Intel’s stock rose 11% on Thursday following a bullish statement by US President Donald Trump. In his latest post on Truth Social, Trump said the leading semiconductor company has agreed...

Investors may need to rethink how they interpret Federal Reserve policy, according to market commentator James E. Thorne, who argues that many traders are relying on assumptions shaped during Jerome...

President Donald Trump touted the U.S. economy and financial markets on Thursday, pointing to lower oil prices and recent stock market gains as signs that his administration’s policies are working....

Intel shares surged in premarket trading after President Donald Trump announced that Apple had agreed to work with the chipmaker on designing and manufacturing semiconductors in the United States. The...

U.S. stocks opened broadly higher on Thursday as semiconductor and artificial intelligence-linked companies led the advance. The Nasdaq posted the strongest gain, supported by renewed demand for chipmakers tied to...

Solana (SOL) has become the first major public, permissionless blockchain to host live, machine-readable Moody’s credit ratings on-chain. Moody’s Ratings deployed its Token Integration Engine (TIE) to the Solana mainnet...