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nLIGHT Inc. (LASR) stocks are headed for their best week in nearly a year after Craig-Hallum raised the company's price target to $100 from $80 following nLIGHT's announcement of a Joint Laser Weapon System (JLWS) contract with a maximum potential value of $627 million. The price target upgrade

Solana traders face declining confidence as SOL's trading volume dropped to approximately $2.27 billion, marking its lowest level in 2026, while the negative sentiment score surged to 14.05. This represents the largest wave of negativity surrounding the token since November 2025. The frustration

Uniswap has proposed reducing V4 liquidity provider fee incentives by up to 33%, marking a strategic shift toward execution efficiency over traditional reward structures. The decentralized exchange protocol aims to offset lower LP returns through increased trading volume driven by tighter spreads an

XRP has shown market weakness lately, with activity slowing across multiple metrics. Open Interest across all exchanges fell to around $773.5 million, down from levels above $1 billion in May, while market cap declined to approximately $10.89 billion. The decline reflects reduced trader

According to CoinGecko, approximately 909 decentralized exchanges operate in the crypto space in July 2026, generating roughly $5.47 billion in total trading volume. These platforms use smart contracts to enable cryptocurrency trading without intermediaries, offering enhanced privacy and user

Meta released Muse Spark 1.1 on July 10, 2026, the latest AI model from its Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL) division, marking the company's effort to establish itself as a competitive force in the frontier AI market. The release aims to position Meta against rivals through advanced agentic and

SK Hynix's US ADR listing and investment announcements from Meta and Micron drove semiconductor stocks higher on July 10, easing recent peak concerns in the sector. Samsung Electronics closed up 2.52% while SK Hynix fell 0.27% on the Korea Exchange, after both stocks surged nearly 7% intraday

Nigeria ranked 38th globally in the latest Global Index on Responsible AI (GIRAI), rising from 80th in 2024 and becoming Africa's highest-ranked country with a score of 45.93. The ranking reflects deliberate policy efforts including the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy (NAIS), the 3

Korean retail investors faced forced liquidation of 142.2 billion won in stocks on July 9, as securities firms sold off shares due to unpaid margin debt. The surge in forced sales — five times the July 8 level of 28.8 billion won — stemmed from extreme volatility in the Korean stock market, where th

Meralco customers in the Philippines will pay P0.3428 more per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for electricity in July, with the overall residential rate rising from P14.4833 per kWh in June to P14.8261 per kWh. The increase is driven by higher fuel costs, the scheduled shutdown of the Malampaya natural gas

H (Humanity), a digital asset, will be delisted from three major Korean cryptocurrency exchanges — Bithumb, Coinone, and Gopax — following a wallet hacking incident that caused user losses. On the 10th, the three exchanges announced that trading support for H will terminate on August 10 at 3pm,

South Korea's Financial Services Commission ordered securities firms on July 10 to submit voluntary investor protection plans by July 13, according to the Korea Financial Investment Association. The directive follows concerns that

Circle, the USDC stablecoin issuer, faces a misdemeanor criminal complaint filed by Wisconsin prosecutor Thomas Binger over alleged non-compliance with a December warrant to seize 381,000 USDC stolen in a romance-investment scam. The warrant directed Circle to invalidate frozen tokens in a suspect's

New Hampshire’s Executive Council has voted 3 to 2 against a proposal to authorize a first of its kind $100 million Bitcoin backed municipal bond, halting an initiative that supporters believed could have positioned the state at the forefront of digital asset financing. The decision followed

Morgan Stanley released a report indicating that Hong Kong stocks have regained momentum, driven by short covering and southbound capital inflows. The investment bank expects market conditions to improve further in August, supporting a stronger recovery. Morgan Stanley noted that current extreme und

Pulsar Money has announced it will launch exclusively on Arc, Circle's stablecoin-native Layer 1 blockchain. The company will become one of the first consumer-focused financial applications to operate on the network. Pulsar aims to simplify the use of stablecoins by offering a mobile experience

Robinhood Chain, an Arbitrum-based Ethereum layer-2 blockchain, launched on July 1 and attracted more than $70 million worth of Ether bridged to the network in its first week, according to Token Terminal. The platform expanded its tokenized stock offering to customers in more than 120 countries and

KB Securities analyst Im Jae-kyun predicts the Bank of Korea will raise its base rate by 25 basis points unanimously at the July Monetary Policy Committee meeting. The analyst stated this decision comes as the hawkish stance shows signs of easing, with inflation and exchange rate concerns somewhat a

Milo McBride, a researcher at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, warned on 10日 that South Korean battery companies risk losing their global number-two position during a seminar titled 'Energy Security Risk and Battery Supply Chain Strengthening Strategy' held at the National Assembly