China’s fastest-growing AI startup has quietly assembled a semiconductor engineering team and begun talks with design and manufacturing partners to develop a proprietary chip optimised for inference workloads.
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Circle wins federal bank charter, embedding USDC in the US banking system
The OCC on July 10 granted Circle Internet Group approval for a national trust bank charter — the first awarded to a stablecoin issuer — sending Circle shares up 13% and placing USDC reserves under direct federal oversight.
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Warsh heads to Congress as June CPI data lands minutes before his testimony begins
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh delivers his first semiannual monetary policy address to Congress on July 14–15, with June inflation data scheduled for release just 90 minutes before the House hearing opens.
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Coalition of the Willing gathers in Paris as Ukraine support bloc grows to 37 nations
Macron hosted Zelensky and more than 25 heads of state at the Hôtel des Invalides on July 13, where the coalition expanded to 37 nations and pledged renewed focus on Ukrainian air defence and security guarantees.
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Fire kills 27 at Bangkok pub as electrical fault suspected
A fire engulfed the Na Ladprao pub in northern Bangkok early Sunday, killing 27 people and injuring 63 more in one of Thailand’s deadliest entertainment venue fires in recent memory.
Posted inTech
OpenAI, xAI and Anthropic launch frontier models on the same day in an AI industry first
July 10 marked the first time OpenAI, xAI and Anthropic released frontier AI models simultaneously, flooding the market with GPT-5.6 Sol, Grok 4.5 and Claude Cowork in a single 24-hour period.
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SK Hynix soars 13% in record $26.5 billion Nasdaq debut, biggest foreign IPO on Wall Street
SK Hynix’s ADRs rose 13% on their first trading day July 10, raising $26.5 billion in the largest-ever foreign listing on Wall Street and cementing the AI memory boom as an investor priority.
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Japan factory prices hit three-year high at 7.1%, sharpening BOJ rate debate
Japan’s producer price index rose 7.1% year-on-year in June 2026, the fastest pace since March 2023, driven by energy and input costs that reinforce the case for further Bank of Japan rate hikes.
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China’s rare earth crackdown locks in a sixfold price surge and tightens global supply
China’s July 2026 enforcement push on strategic mineral export controls has sent neodymium prices sixfold higher and left European firms with below-25% licensing approval rates.
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Le Pen cleared to run for French presidency after appeals court trims her ban
An appeals court upheld Marine Le Pen’s embezzlement conviction on July 7 but cut her electoral ban enough to clear her path to the 2027 French presidential race.