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The Federal Trade Commission has completed settlements with all three founders of Celsius Network, requiring Alexander Mashinsky, Shlomi Daniel Leon and Hanoch Goldstein to pay a combined $16.5 million. The settlements resolve allegations that they deceived customers about the safety, liquidity and

ARK Invest sold Robinhood (HOOD) stock again on Wednesday, with ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) unloading 85,969 shares and ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW) selling 11,356 shares, according to ARK's daily trade disclosures on July 22. The sales continued a month-long pattern of trimming HOOD

Zelle operator Early Warning Services must face a $1 billion fraud lawsuit after Manhattan judge Phaedra Perry-Bond rejected the company's dismissal bid. New York Attorney General Letitia James alleges that inadequate safeguards on the payment network allowed fraudsters to steal more than $1 billion

The FIX Trading Community submitted recommendations to the European Securities and Markets Authority calling for changes to European post-trade reporting rules, warning that duplicate and technical reports prevent accurate

AprilBio completed a 346.8 billion won third-party allocation capital increase to TKG Huchem and IMM-affiliated investment entities, with TKG Huchem securing management control through board seat majority despite IMM's special purpose company becoming the largest shareholder by equity. The

Ripple secured a place on CNBC and Statista's World's Top Fintech Companies 2026 list for the fourth consecutive year. The blockchain payments company attributed the repeated recognition to long-term execution and trusted partnerships built over years rather than short-lived market cycles.

Lee Yoon-soo, President of Korea Securities Depository (KSD), clarified on May 22 that SK Hynix's American Depositary Receipt (ADR) conversion limit is 2.5%, not 25% as widely misunderstood. The confusion stems from an SEC fee calculation estimate that some mistook for the actual conversion cap. Lee

The National Futures Association permanently barred Hardee Brothers LLC and its principal, Sidney Curtis Hardee, after alleging the New York commodity pool operator misled regulators about accepting outside investors, misappropriated nearly $110,000 of customer funds, and used pool assets for

On July 22, 2026, U.S. Senate Republicans formally released the latest revised version of the CLARITY Act (the Digital Assets Market Structure Act). This 616-page draft, for the first time at the federal legislative level, explicitly bans the President, Vice President, members of Congress, federal judges, and other senior public officials—and their spouses—from issuing or sponsoring digital assets for profit during their terms in office. This is the first time in U.S. legislative history that cl

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase plans to expand its Singapore office headcount from 150 to about 200 staff members by the end of 2026, according to a report by the Business Times. The expansion focuses on hiring engineers, customer service staff, relationship management personnel, and

Alphabet reported Q2 revenue of $119.8 billion on local time May 22, a 24% increase from the prior year, and raised its fiscal year 2026 capital expenditure guidance to $195-205 billion to support AI infrastructure expansion. The announcement triggered a 4.40% surge in the KOSPI index on May 23,

Stock markets are rising despite global uncertainties, driven by significant sector rotations and fundamental economic shifts. This year, software, auto, consumer goods, and apparel stocks have fallen, while energy and hardware sectors have gained as investors adjust to new market dynamics. The shif

Capital One customers expecting payments from the $425 million 360 Savings Account settlement face an extended wait after a class member filed an appeal in June. The appeal has substantially delayed the distribution of payments originally scheduled to begin around July 21, 2026, according to the

OpenAI launched OpenAI Presence, an enterprise platform designed to deploy AI agents for mission-critical operational tasks. The platform enables organizations to build intelligent systems that answer customer questions, resolve technical issues, interact with proprietary software, execute

Blockchain analytics platform Santiment identified Hedera as the leading blockchain network for real-world asset development based on recent GitHub developer activity. Chainlink and Avalanche ranked second and third respectively in the assessment. The ranking reflects growing development momentum across RWA-focused blockchain projects as the industry seeks to bridge decentralized technologies with traditional financial systems. Developer activity serves as an important indicator of ecosystem hea

Sota Watanabe, CEO of Startale Group and board member of the Japan Blockchain Association (JBA), urged Japan to cut the 55% tax rate on DeFi yields to prevent local liquidity from moving offshore. In a recent discussion, Watanabe warned that capital flight remains an active risk if regulators fail t

Benjamin Paul Wiener, 43, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was indicted on 29 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with an alleged $20 million cryptocurrency investment fraud. Wiener appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy on

ServiceNow stock rose nearly 7% in early premarket trading on Thursday after the software company reported second-quarter sales and profit higher than Wall Street's expectations and raised its forecast for annual subscription revenue. The results eased concerns of a 'SaaSpocalypse' after software st

Samsung Biologics posted record Q2 results with revenue of 1.3209 trillion won and operating profit of 586.4 billion won, the company announced on the 23rd. Revenue increased 30.2% and operating profit rose 22.9% compared to the same period last year. The performance was driven by full operation of