Good Morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets: Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves and analysis. For a detailed overview of U.S. markets, see CoinDesk’s Crypto Daybook Americas. China’s growing focus on stablecoins is less about embracing crypto and … Read more
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Maybe those little AI sparkles are bursting out of a trifold phone? Maybe? Apple isn’t the only tech company to send out launch event invitations this week. If you’re keeping score at home, September is actually next week somehow, and Samsung is sneaking a virtual Unpacked in on September 4th before Apple hosts its annual … Read more
Research tracking 25,000 people reveals that repeated exposure to extreme heat accelerates biological aging, with manual workers facing triple the impact.
The company has posted $46.7 billion in revenue for the quarter, despite restrictive export controls from the US-China trade war.
Circle is embedding USDC into global payment networks as part of a broader push spanning Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
Football.fun, a new soccer game and trading platform on Ethereum layer-2 Base, is creating a stir—and serious returns for early users.
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Google Cloud’s Web3 head used a LinkedIn post to brand the company’s upcoming Universal Ledger as a neutral blockchain for financial institutions.
Cronos is surging in price, hitting a three-year high after President Trump’s media company said it would build a CRO treasury.
Numeraire jumps 90% after Numerai links JPMorgan to $500 million hedge fund capacity investment.
Stanford’s AI Index 2025 reports that the performance gap between open and closed models narrowed to single-digit percentage points on multiple benchmarks in one year. Open models are now “good enough” for many production tasks – and orders of magnitude cheaper than closed ones. At the same time, open AI models are increasingly becoming geopolitical … Read more
Nvidia’s revenue hit $46.7 billion in the second quarter, a 56% increase compared to the same period last year.
On Wednesday, 4Chan and Kiwi Farms, two of the most controversial social media sites on the internet, filed a federal lawsuit against the British government, arguing that the requirements of the UK’s Online Safety Act infringe on their Constitutional rights as American corporations. In a filing submitted to the U.S. District Court in the District … Read more
A plan to halve Tron’s energy costs is winning strong support ahead of Friday’s deadline, with backers betting lower fees will expand adoption.
Google says Pixel Care+ provides a “higher level of coverage, service and peace of mind for Google hardware owners.”
BNB Chain reportedly offers between 1.5% and 3% yield for staking its native token BNB, which may sweeten the pot for investors.
The company offers an AI voice assistant that helps 911 centers offload non-emergency call volume.
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The sanctions implicate entities first targeted by the Biden administration for their role in stealing crypto from American companies via elaborate scams.
Nvidia (NVDA) reported stronger-than-expected earnings for the second quarter on Wednesday, posting revenue of $46.7 billion, a 56% increase from a year earlier. The results underscore the chipmaker’s role at the center of the AI boom, as demand for its high-powered processors showed little sign of slowing. Shares of the company fell 1.7% in after-hours … Read more
VersaBank, a Canadian digital bank with a focus on business clients, has started testing a tokenized deposit that the bank says provide a safer and more compliant alternative to stablecoins. The pilot, run through the bank’s U.S. subsidiary VersaBank USA, will trial a U.S. dollar version of the bank’s blockchain-based Digital Deposit Receipts (DDRs) tech. … Read more
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