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Aptos launched an optional Encrypted Mempool on mainnet to shield users from MEV attacks like frontrunning, though it requires double the base gas price and adds 20ms latency per block.
Meta launches Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, its first frontier models from Superintelligence Labs, competing with OpenAI and Anthropic despite mixed independent benchmark results.
The S&P 500 marked its fourth bull market anniversary with a 120% gain led by AI stocks, but analysts warn deteriorating breadth and high valuations make a fifth year challenging.
Crypto Fear and Greed Index drops to neutral 56 as Bitcoin falls 6% amid rising Treasury yields and oil prices, with ETF outflows signaling cooled investor appetite.
Lenders scrutinize AI data center deals, causing Bitcoin miners like IREN to face varied interest rates between 6% and 9%, while others accept equity warrants to secure lease backstops.
Kalshi traders predict inflation peaked for 2026 at 4.2%, expecting September CPI to rise to 3.6% but assigning less than one-in-three odds to new annual highs.
XRP Ledger patched a decade-old payment engine bug that could have enabled counterfeit token creation, bypassing standard governance procedures to deploy the fix rapidly.
ARK Invest retains its five-year Bitcoin thesis despite flat annual performance, citing early-stage adoption and shifting dynamics from stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets.
Strategy purchased 250 Bitcoin for $21.5 million, marking a second straight week of reduced acquisitions as its total holdings reached 848,250 BTC.
Bitcoin rose 1.38% to $82,837 on Friday after a weekly dip, but traders price in a 67% chance of falling below $80,000 amid significant ETF outflows.
Hardware wallet maker Ledger is investigating cryptocurrency losses tied to devices sold by authorized reseller CryptoBilis in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
Bitcoin hovers near $83K amid mixed signals: fading Fed hike odds clash with stubbornly high Treasury yields, leaving traders awaiting U.S. inflation data for directional clarity.