The Aptos Foundation said building infrastructure that enables sub-second finality without the need for human intervention is a key to supporting the next wave of AI agent adoption.

Labour has lost around 200 seats and control of eight councils

Intense communications to gradually reopen the Strait of Hormuz Reaching understandings regarding easing the siege in exchange for the gradual opening of the Strait of Hormuz The coming hours will witness a breakthrough for the situation of the ships stuck in the strait Intense diplomatic communications are currently underway as regional and international mediators…

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Samourai Wallet co-founders Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill were sentenced to five and four years in prison, respectively, for their involvement in the crypto protocol.

Donald Trump’s sons’ company, American Bitcoin, missed analyst revenue estimates and posted narrower losses as it ramped up its mining capacity.

Construction PMI 42.1 Prior 48.0 That's a rough one as the German construction sector slides deeper into contraction territory amid the fallout from the Middle East conflict. Surging energy prices is translating to higher price pressures and that in turn is weighing on overall activity on the month. The steep fall in total activity at…

Services PMI 47.9 vs 52.0 expected Prior 53.3 Ouch. That's a rough hit as Spain's services sector sees a marked drop in both new business and confidence. The negative impact ties to the Middle East conflict, as costs continue to rise sharply on the month and weighing on demand conditions. HCOB notes that "sales volumes…

Anchorage’s new product enables AI agents to have compliant access to capital across traditional finance and crypto payment rails.

Prior 48.8 Composite PMI vs 47.6 prelim Prior 48.8 More to come.. This article was written by Justin Low at investinglive.com.