Venom Foundation, the platform backing the Venom blockchain, has reportedly expressed support for a single blockchain TPS standard model. In this respect, the Venom Foundation has urged the blockchain market to adopt an inclusive and verifiable model for transaction-per-second (TPS) standards. In the official press release, the platform pushed L2 and L1 networks, auditors, institutional
US stock futures pointed to a tech-led start on Monday as investors returned from a third straight week of S&P 500 gains with another record in sight. Nasdaq 100 futures rose about 170 points or 0.6%, S&P 500 futures added 0.1% and Dow futures slipped around 0.1% in early trading. The immediate backdrop looks supportive:
Defence budgets across the euro area are climbing fast, and the European Central Bank is now putting numbers behind what that shift could mean for growth, prices, debt and financial markets in the years ahead. In a speech delivered in Dublin on 17 August 2026, ECB Executive Board member Philip R. Lane laid out a
OpenAI has quietly pulled apart one of its most important internal safeguards, disbanding the team responsible for spotting the most dangerous risks its artificial intelligence models could pose. According to the Financial Times, the OpenAI team disbanded at the end of July 2026 was the company’s preparedness group, the unit tasked with flagging whether its
Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5 has climbed to the top of the AI intelligence rankings, and the company behind it is now commanding roughly 65 percent of all AI spending, according to industry tracking cited in recent reporting. The milestone lands just months after Anthropic closed a $65 billion Series H funding round that pushed its
Bitcoin is hovering near $63,000 as traders focus on whether $BTC can reclaim the crucial $63,400 resistance area or first sweep lower support before attempting another move toward $65,000. While Michaël van de Poppe sees potential for a rebound after a liquidity sweep, Matthew Dixon’s Elliott Wave analysis suggests a recovery could still precede one
Is “liquidity” the catalyst the market has been waiting for this cycle? Technically speaking, this looks to be a crucial week for Bitcoin. $BTC broke back above its 6-day downtrend with force last week, and the new week has begun with a further 1.7% increase. This has many analysts beginning to believe $BTC could finally
Bitcoin ($BTC) began the week cautiously after falling by more than 3% during the previous week. Bitcoin is attempting to stabilize above the important $62,300 support level, while Ethereum continues to consolidate. XRP, meanwhile, trades near the psychologically significant $1.00 mark as weakening momentum raises the possibility of further losses. Bitcoin stabilizes above the $62,300
Leopold Aschenbrenner’s Situational Awareness AI hedge fund lost around 67% of its value in July. This was the result of margin calls leading the fund to sell its public portfolio. The collapse of such a fund poses a question for equity investors in regard to the second half of 2026. Despite accurately predicting the demand