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Spain’s 1-0 extra-time win over Argentina in the FIFA World Cup final split prediction market traders into sharp winners and losers. One anonymous whale banked $1.35 million, while rapper Drake lost a $1.5 million crypto bet. The 2026 FIFA World Cup became a major driver for crypto prediction markets. Traders on

Kalshi gained three million users as bettors traded over $1.2 billion on its FIFA World Cup winner market.

Gold holds near $4,000 as Brent crude tops $90 and Fed officials push for a July rate hike amid renewed Iran conflict.

KOSPI dropped 4.52% intraday on July 20 as chip stock fears and US-Iran tension pushed the index into a technical bear market.

Allbridge Core paused its protocol after an attacker exploited its stablecoin liquidity pools, with blockchain tracker Onchain Lens estimating losses exceeding $1 million. The incident adds to a growing number of attacks targeting crypto protocols, with exploits resulting in $57.8 million in losses in July 2026. How

Moonshot AI paused new subscriptions to its Kimi K3 model on July 19, after demand pushed its GPUs close to full capacity within just 48 hours of launch. The move highlights the compute crunch even fast-rising AI startups face when a hit model arrives. Why Moonshot AI Paused Kimi K3 Subscriptions An open-weight model

Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max debuts with 2.4 trillion parameters, trailing only Anthropic's Fable 5 among frontier AI models.

Brent crude tops $90 as the Iran war chokes Hormuz flows, lifting Fed hike bets and pressuring Bitcoin.

Kraken's Fed master account is still not operational months after approval. CEO Brian Mathena explains the delay.

Strategy introduced its Digital Credit Capital Framework, boosting its U.S. dollar reserve target to roughly $3 billion.