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Ethereum price fell 5% from $1,973 to $1,873 on July 28 after another rejection below $2,000 triggered forced selling and pushed $ETH into a key technical support zone. Ethereum price dropped below $1,900 after buyers failed to break the $1,975–$2,000 resistance zone. Leveraged positions accelerated the decline as $ETH moved through several long-liquidation clusters. $ETH is testing the lower boundary of a rising wedge near $1,870 on the 4-hour chart. The next large concentration of downside liquidity sits around $1,840–$1,850. Ethereum price falls below $1,900 after $2,000 rejection According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum ($ETH) price traded near $1,875 at…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s net worth has increased by 183% since the beginning of his second term, with the vast majority of gains attributed to business ventures launched after he returned to office, according to data shared by Wall Street financier Steve Rattner on X. Wealth Breakdown: New Ventures Dominate Gains Rattner’s chart indicates that roughly 74% of Trump’s second-term wealth increase comes from newly established enterprises, including the cryptocurrencies $WLFI and $TRUMP, Trump Media & Technology Group (parent of Truth Social), and various licensing deals. The remaining 26% stems from appreciation of preexisting assets such as real estate holdings…
Geoffrey Hinton: AI may already be conscious, superintelligence is expected in two decades, and rapid advancements are reshaping mathematics
Key Takeaways AI intelligence is not limited to biological entities; non-biological beings may also possess consciousness. Humanity often overestimates its uniqueness compared to other forms of intelligence. AI advancements have outpaced expectations, exemplified by a chatbot solving a mathematical conjecture. Superintelligence is anticipated to emerge within the next two decades. AI can independently generate and prove mathematical concepts without external data. Current AI is nearing AGI but still exhibits uneven capabilities across different tasks. The rapid progress in AI is fueled by substantial funding, improved engineering, and a growing talent pool. Chatbots demonstrate a level of understanding that challenges their…
Robinhood’s event-contract revenue increased more than tenfold year on year to $156 million in the second quarter of 2026, making the product its fastest-growing disclosed transaction category. Event contracts generated more revenue than equities and cryptocurrencies during the quarter, although options remained the largest disclosed trading category. Activity also reached a quarterly record, with 13.6 billion event contracts traded through Robinhood’s Prediction Markets Hub, more than ten times the prior-year level. Total net revenue rose 32% year on year to $1.31 billion for the three months ended 30 June. Transaction-based revenue increased 44% to $776 million, with Robinhood identifying event…
Buying the Dip, Every Day El Salvador has once again added to its Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, summing up its strategy in four words, i.e. “Buying the dip, every day.” The latest buy continues a routine that has become a defining feature of President Nayib Bukele’s economic policy. Image source: X The country’s reserve now stands at 7,687 $BTC, valued at more than $510 million, according to recent counts. Bitcoin.com News reported that El Salvador has been treating market weakness as an invitation to add to the national stack, scooping up coins even as bitcoin slid close to $66,000. Between January…
Where the startup differs is that it plans to advise institutions on privacy architecture, build custom infrastructure where needed, and publish open-source research on institutional blockchain adoption. It says it’s not looking to compete with existing privacy projects, but intends to work alongside them, recommending and integrating technologies based on customers’ needs. “We don’t have one specific product, we have several, and we’ll work with the existing privacy ecosystem rather than rebuild the entire privacy stack,” Jalil said. EthSystems started as one of several organizations to emerge from the Ethereum Foundation amid a broader restructuring aimed at distributing responsibilities previously…
USCR crypto, the memecoin tracking portfolio of the official U.S. crypto reserve updates, is showing signs of a recovery attempt after dropping to a two-month low. In May, the memecoin exploded by over 65% from $0.0022 to $0.0036. But it crashed hard in June and extended the losses to 37%. The pullback has eased near the May low of $0.0022. As of writing, the memecoin was green and seemed poised to climb above key short-term moving averages. If bulls succeed in mounting above the moving averages, further upside momentum could be possible with an immediate target at the 50% Fibonacci…
Mahe, Seychelles, June 3rd, 2026, Chainwire Whale.io is excited to announce the official the launch of Whale Printer, an on-platform staking system for the native $WHALE token. The feature enables eligible token holders to lock $WHALE for fixed periods in exchange for predetermined token rewards. The staking system is structured around three lock-up periods, each associated with a fixed multiplier and corresponding annual percentage yield (APY): $WHALE Staking Yields Whale Printer offers three straightforward lock periods with impressive returns: 90 days (1.2x multiplier) — 107.8% APY 180 days (1.5x multiplier) — 129% APY 365 days (3x multiplier) — 200% APY…
Look at where perps have already spread. Equities, including foreign names that are hard to access, the most recent example being SK Hynix, the world’s second-largest memory-chip maker and a company that sits at the center of the AI boom as a key supplier to giants like Nvidia. Commodities: gold, silver, and oil perps were the fastest-growing derivatives segment of early 2026. The power of 24/7 price discovery had never been clearer than on Saturday, February 28, 2026, the first day of “Operation Epic Fury,” when the price of oil spiked over the weekend during the first U.S. and Israeli…
Bitcoin Holds Ground Amid Volatile Intraday Trading On Friday, June 19, bitcoin oscillated between $62,300 and $63,300 but ultimately closed up 1% on a day the U.S.–Iran peace memorandum faced its first stern test. The cryptocurrency’s daily chart showed bitcoin forming a zigzag pattern over much of the 24 hours. That pattern broke just before 9 a.m. EST, when the price plunged toward the $62,300 threshold for the third time. Bitcoin subsequently rallied to an intraday high of $63,300 before paring some gains. At the time of writing, the top cryptocurrency was trading just above $63,000, representing a marginal gain…