Bitcoin pulled back from Sunday highs as renewed military conflict between Iran and Israel sent Asian stocks, including South Korea’s Kospi index, sharply lower. The leading cryptocurrency by market value traded at around $62,900 at 4:00 UTC, having hit a high of $63,776 late Sunday, according to data source CoinDesk. WTI crude oil futures jumped
The IoTeX (IOTX) blockchain network has experienced a significant disruption, with its mainnet halting block production for over 21 hours. Data from the official block explorer, IoTeXScan, confirms that the last block processed was number #48,934,718. Since then, no new blocks have been generated, and all transaction processing has effectively stopped. The IoTeX Foundation has
June 8, 2026 03:31:30 UTC Asian Tech Stocks Extend Decline as AI Trade Faces Fresh Pressure Asian technology stocks continued to fall, with SoftBank dropping more than 7% as investors pulled back from AI-related names. Major semiconductor and technology companies, including Samsung, SK Hynix, TSMC, and Hon Hai, also came under heavy selling pressure. The