Iran names Khamenei’s son as next supreme leader

Mojtaba Khamenei was named as Iran’s new supreme leader just over a week after his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in US-Israeli strikes, CNBC reported on Sunday. The 56-year-old Mojtaba Kh...

WTI jumps above $100.50 as Middle East war disrupts fuel supplies

West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US crude oil benchmark, is trading around $103.85 during the early Asian trading hours on Monday. The WTI price jumps to the highest since July 2022 as the escalatin...

China condemns US and Israel’s war in Iran, but says Jinping will still meet Trump

China said Sunday that it still wants a leaders’ meeting with the United States even as it openly condemned the war in Iran and pushed again for a ceasefire. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told repo...

“The richer we get, the more haters we get,” says Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan

Polymarket founder and CEO Shayne Coplan said the company’s rise is bringing a new kind of problem. Speaking at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference 2026, Shayne said the prediction market busine...

Why is Saudi Aramco’s stock surging today?

Saudi Aramco stock is rallying on Sunday as the US and Israel’s war in Iran entered its second week, with the state-backed oil giant recording its biggest intraday surge since April 2023. Investors in...

How Stripe and Circle Are Quietly Dismantling the Credit Card Economy

Fintech Two of fintech’s heaviest hitters are making a coordinated bet that the next wave of commerce won’t be driven by consumers clicking “buy” – it’ll be driven ...

House Republicans insist on a permanent CBDC ban, threaten Housing Bill

A group of US lawmakers has joined hands to push for a permanent ban on the development of a US Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). The coalition expressed concerns that the CBDC deployment will exp...

The US Chose Stablecoins Over a Digital Dollar: Here’s Why

Regulations The push to permanently block a US Central Bank Digital Currency has moved well beyond political debate. Key Takeaways President Trump signed an executive order in January 2025 banning fed...

This new S&P 500 entrant is up 50% in 2026; Time to buy? 

Vertiv Holdings (NYSE: VRT), a provider of critical digital infrastructure for data centers, has surged this year amid booming demand for AI-related power and cooling solutions.  Indeed, the stock’s m...

Bears Are Exhausted, Bulls Aren’t Ready, and the Market Is Stuck in Between

Bitcoin Analysis A cluster of on-chain and macro indicators is raising eyebrows across crypto markets this week, with analysts pointing to data that historically preceded major Bitcoin recoveries. The...

First-ever XRP spot ETF crashes 45%

The world’s first XRP spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) has declined by approximately 45% since its launch, as the asset continues to struggle with significant volatility. The fund, trading under the ti...

OpenAI robotics boss resigns, warns of AI surveillance under defense contract

Caitlin Kalinowski, OpenAI’s now former robotics boss, has resigned from her role after working for the company for a little over a year. Kalinowski cited concerns that the U.S. military could use the...

Stablecoin News: South Korea Stablecoin Investment Rules May Exclude USDT And USDC

Key Insights: The latest stablecoin news showed that South Korean regulators plan to exclude USDT and USDC from corporate crypto investment guidelines. Decision is tied to foreign exchange laws that d...

China says ‘thorough preparations’ needed ahead of Trump-Xi meeting

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends a press conference on China’s foreign policy and external relations on the sidelines of the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (...

Zcash is Predicted to Reach $215.89 By Mar 12, 2026

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XRP ETF Outflows Hit $16.6M as XRP Price Holds $1.36

Key Insights: The XRP ETF outflows were at their highest since the end of January at $16.62M on March 6. XRP price traded near $1.36 within a descending channel while derivatives activity declines. XR...

Palantir and the Pentagon renew their disgustingly twisted relationship that endangers humanity

Palantir and the Pentagon are tightening themselves in each other’s arms, and the market wasted no time pricing that in. After the U.S. attack on Iran, Palantir stock climbed 15% in a week that was ro...

Kurv XRP Enhanced Income ETF Moves Closer to Launch After SEC Filing

Key Insights: Kurv XRP Enhanced Income ETF filing sets March 11, 2026, as the effective launch date. Kurv XRP ETF uses derivatives to convert XRP volatility into structured monthly income payouts. The...

Iran’s internet shutdown stretches past seven days as US-Israel war drags on

Iran stayed under a near-total internet blackout on Saturday as the war with the United States and Israel dragged into its second week. Internet monitor NetBlocks said the shutdown had now lasted a fu...

Alibaba reports rogue AI agent as fears of technical malfunctions grow

Alibaba gave AI fearmongers fresh ammunition when it revealed that an AI agent developed to assist with coding tasks was reported to have been caught going beyond the original intent of its deployment...

BitGo’s CEO Says Traditional Banks Can’t Win the Custody War

Fintech Two months after its NYSE debut, BitGo CEO Mike Belshe is making the case that the crypto custody market has a structural problem — and that his company is the only kind of firm built to solve...

Citi Banker Allegedly Powers $1,300,000 Scheme To Drain Customer Accounts, Books One-Way Ticket out of the Country

Citi Banker Allegedly Powers $1,300,000 Scheme To Drain Customer Accounts, Books One-Way Ticket out of the Country – The Daily Hodl &#...

Stablecoins to stay banned despite South Korea lifting corporate digital asset embargo    

Even though South Korea is ending a nine-year ban on its listed companies that prevented them from investing in digital assets, stablecoins like USDC and USDT are expected to be excluded under the new...

Why did HIMS stock rally 40% within hours?

Hims & Hers (NYSE: HIMS) Health stock experienced a dramatic surge in after-hours trading on Friday, transforming what had been a subdued regular session into one of the most explosive moves of th...

Palantir hits 15% weekly gain as Iran conflict intensifies despite Putin’s call for ceasefire

Wall Street was put on notice last week when Palantir Technologies’ stock increased 15% as the rest of the market declined. The U.S. military’s battle with Iran has attracted investors to defense-rela...

Top Meme Coins Recap: Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, and PEPE Struggle to Find Bullish Footing

Key Insights: Major meme coins failed to rally alongside major cryptocurrencies despite a market-wide relief bounce. Technical charts show DOGE and SHIB facing strong resistance, while PEPE broke belo...

Florida Senate Passes First State-Level Stablecoin Regulation

Regulations The Florida Senate unanimously approved legislation establishing what lawmakers describe as the first comprehensive state-level regulatory framework for stablecoin issuers in the United St...

Corporate resistance intensifies as Nintendo takes legal aim at Trump tariffs

Corporate resistance is on the rise as Nintendo joins over 1,000 other companies in suing the U.S. government for refunds and accruing interest over the imposition of “illegal” Trump tariffs. Trade la...

Professor who accurately called Iran strikes makes bold AI sector prediction

Chinese-Canadian educator and geopolitical analyst Professor Jiang Xueqin has issued a prediction that escalating tensions in the Middle East could trigger a collapse in the artificial intelligence se...

Polkadot ETF Debuts on Nasdaq with 11M Seed Capital

Key Insights: The Polkadot ETF, TDOT, was issued on Nasdaq by 21Shares with 11M in seed capital. The ETF holds real DOT tokens, allowing investors exposure without managing crypto wallets. DOT price t...

Inside the booming business of wellness clubs and third spaces

A few years ago, Grace Guo began to crave places in New York City where hanging out with friends didn’t have to involve alcohol. Newly sober and surrounded by friends who also chose not to drink...

FDA vaccine head will step down in April after string of controversial decisions

The logo for the Food and Drug Administration is seen ahead of a news conference at the Health and Human Services Headquarters in Washington, April 22, 2025. Nathan Posner | Anadolu | Getty Images A k...