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Apple becomes second $5tn company as investors flee AI stocks
Share price rally driven by strong product demand as well as decision to sit out AI spending race, amid wider tech sell-offApple has become only the second company to pass the $5t…
eBay agrees $56m settlement with bloggers over harassment case
Former eBay executives carried out "unprecedented" harassment over a critical newsletter.
'Anything remotely dovish' from Fed could be good for bitcoin, says analyst
Traders are divided on whether the Fed will hike rates, but analysts said crypto may be less exposed than AI-driven tech stocks.
Ondo drops tokenized asset blockchain plans for private, high-speed trading network
The new network powers Ondo's recently-launched perpetual futures platform and will eventually support trading across onchain financial assets.
South Korean stock market at three-month low as AI sell-off intensifies
Samsung and SK Hynix fall by more than 10% amid renewed fears over AI spending and Chinese competitionBusiness live – latest updatesThe sell-off in AI stocks has intensified, driv…
Wall Street veteran Don Wilson says regulators are getting perps all wrong
DRW CEO Don Wilson says perpetual futures aren't inherently risky crypto gambling tools, and it’s time traditional markets and regulators start embracing them.
Some parents on benefits to get up to £4,500 for child starting apprenticeship
Some parents on benefits are incentivised to discourage their kids from taking on apprenticeships.
BlackRock, Fidelity, other Wall Street giants back the Clarity Act
BlackRock, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, Goldman Sachs and SoFi have publicly endorsed the crypto market structure bill as the Senate's timeline tightens.
Ethereum startup EthSystems bets privacy is key to getting banks on public blockchains
EthSystems, which spun out of the Ethereum Foundation earlier this month, is focused on building privacy infrastructure for banks and other financial institutions.
Energy prices rise by 19% in a year -report
The Retail Prices Indices and Household Costs Indices inflation statistics have been published.
Russia outlines new digital depository rules ahead of fall crypto framework roll-out
The central bank's draft rules require digital asset platforms to hold up to $2.8 million in liquid capital as a sweeping regulatory framework looms.
Hyperliquid is taking crypto perps deep into DeFi’s ‘money LEGO’ land
Hyperliquid is capitalizing on the volume and depth of its order book by giving firms the option to compose with the platform’s shared liquidity, rather than fragmenting it.
Zcash seals $1.7 billion shielded pool as Ironwood upgrade activates
The upgrade retires Orchard, where a counterfeiting bug sat undetected for four years. Every coin inside now has to leave through a gate that caps withdrawals at verified deposits.
Morgan Stanley debuts ether, solana exchange-traded products after bitcoin fund success
The asset manager is offering low-cost ETH and SOL exchange-traded products after its bitcoin fund topped $381 million in assets.
The 10 most overcrowded commuter trains revealed
Overall, overcrowding in England and Wales fell slightly last year due to increased capacity, the government says.
GSK invests £400m to move research centre to Cambridge as Burnham praises ‘vote of confidence’ in UK - as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsBT’s Openreach could be forced to pull a discount scheme for new fibre broadband customers, after the industry regulator …
Horror maestro Mike Flanagan joins Henry Cavill on Warhammer adaptations
The director is due to work on scripts based on the popular tabletop hobby, Games Workshop says.
Core Scientific lands AMD AI deal as bitcoin mining operation winds down
The agreement accelerates Core Scientific’s pivot from bitcoin mining toward AI data centers, following the termination of its ASIC agreement with Block.
Binance makes fighting crypto crime more difficult, says new report
The New York Times says a quiet change to Binance's compliance rules is forcing international law enforcement to navigate slow-moving government treaties to get user data.
Apple kept fake bitcoin wallet on App Store after $875,000 theft report, lawsuit alleges
A lawsuit alleges Apple kept a fake bitcoin wallet app on its store after one user reported an $875,000 theft, leading to another user having roughly $840,000 stolen.
Bitcoin’s recent stability hasn't been enough to spark a broader altcoin rally
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Bitcoin drops as South Korean stocks tumble, Senate shelves crypto Clarity Act
BTC shed 2% as South Korea's Kospi plunged 11% and the U.S. Senate shelved the Clarity Act, leaving the market facing a pivotal Fed decision on Wednesday.
1inch opens Aqua liquidity protocol across 13 chains
Liquidity providers can keep assets in their own wallets, using one balance to back multiple positions without splitting capital across different pools.
Perpetuals tied to SK Hynix hit by flash crash to $900 on Hyperliquid
Perpetual futures on the South Korean chipmaker's American depositary receipts plunged 20% in one minute before quickly rebounding above $1,000.