Key Takeaways CME Group has introduced rolling futures indices spanning six major asset classes: agriculture, crypto, energy, FX, Treasury, and metals. These indices serve as transparent and replicable benchmarks for their respective markets. CME Group launched rolling futures indices today, providing benchmarks across agriculture, crypto, energy, foreign exchange, Treasury, and metals markets. The new indices
StarkWare, a company specializing in zero-knowledge (ZK) technology, a way of verifying information without revealing the specific contents of that information, said it created a ZK verification of the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain that can run on mobile devices. The proof contains all the Bitcoin block headers from the genesis block until the present, but not
Fresh off a partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce, Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov said the decentralized oracle network is collaborating with other Trump administration agencies to bring even more federal government functions on-chain. The entrepreneur said a timeline for rolling out these partnerships has not yet solidified—but that he is hopeful “things can move
The real-world asset (RWA) tokenization sector has witnessed a remarkable development as the top players have joined forces to roll out the ERC-7943 Standard. The groundbreaking ERC-7943 standard is a modular and open Ethereum standard to bring flexibility, collaboration, and transparency to the rapidly growing RWA sector. The platforms taking part in this initiative include
AGI Open Network, a decentralized AI infrastructure provider, has partnered with DeepSafe, a blockchain entity using inclusive PoW+PoS consensus. The partnership is aimed at developing trustless AI agent validation while also fortifying Web3-based decentralized infrastructure. As the platform disclosed in its official X announcement, the collaboration is a notable move in improving the interoperability and
U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday as investors reacted to new producer price index inflation data, and Oracle’s stock soared on a strong revenue forecast. Summary S&P 500 jumped 0.5% as stocks amid the latest PPI report. Oracle shares jumped 40% and were on pace for biggest gains single-day gains since 1992. The S&P 500 index
Persistent inflation and limited access to hard currencies are the unlikely accelerants behind the boom. For many, crypto is not an investment choice but a necessary tool for preserving savings and accessing global markets. Summary Sub-Saharan Africa’s crypto economy surged 52% to $205 billion in annual flows, Chainalysis reports, making it the world’s third-fastest-growing region.
Oracle Corp. stock rocketed as much as 40% in intraday trading—a rally so dramatic, it appears to have set a record for any company valued north of $500 billion. The trigger? A bold AI strategy finally paying off. At the heart of today’s fireworks is Oracle’s up-close-and-personal pivot into artificial intelligence infrastructure. The company revealed
Coinbase and Block are the first crypto-native companies that were added to the S&P 500 stock market index. There was much talk that Michael Saylor’s Strategy will be the next one soon. Market analyst Jeff Walton said it’s a 91% chance that Strategy will succeed. However, the committee rejected the company. At the same time,
The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, which manages about C$112 billion for nearly 460,000 healthcare workers, has just taken a US$31 million position in MicroStrategy shares. In dollar terms, this isn’t massive for a pension of that size, but the signal is hard to miss. It is one of the first large Canadian