Brent crude settled above $78 a barrel on Wednesday, up more than 5%, after the US launched a second day of strikes on Iran, the US Treasury revoked Tehran’s oil sanctions waiver, and Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz.
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Gemini launches commission-free stock trading in push toward financial super app
Crypto exchange Gemini expanded into US-listed equities on 7 July 2026, adding thousands of commission-free stocks and ETFs to a platform already spanning crypto spot, derivatives, and prediction markets.
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SpaceX enters the Nasdaq-100 today, triggering .3 billion in forced index buying
SpaceX joins the Nasdaq-100 on 7 July under a rule change that shortens the eligibility window to 15 trading days, creating an estimated 4.3 billion dollars of forced buying from ETFs tracking the index.
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Bending Spoons raises $1.68 billion and surges 40% in Nasdaq debut
The Italian company behind AOL, Vimeo and Evernote priced at $29 and closed its first trading day at $40.50, giving it a market cap of roughly $25 billion on July 1.
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COMEX copper hits record 652,000-tonne stockpile as US tariff ruling approaches
US copper inventories have surged eightfold to a record 652,200 tonnes as buyers front-run a Section 232 tariff decision that could impose a 30% levy on refined copper imports by 2028.
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US crypto market structure bill stalls in Senate as August recess threatens passage
The CLARITY Act’s odds of Senate passage have fallen to 48% after ethics and law-enforcement talks collapsed, with only 31 session days left before the August recess.
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Dow closes at record 52,900 as gold tops $4,182 on June payrolls miss
The Dow hit a record 52,900 on 2 July and gold surged to $4,182 as the June jobs miss slashed the odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike at its 29 July meeting.
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S&P 500 posts its best quarter since 2020 on the same day Bitcoin hits a yearly low
The S&P 500 gained 14.8% in Q2 2026, its strongest quarter since Q2 2020, as the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index soared 87.8% — while Bitcoin fell to $58,631, its lowest point of 2026.
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US chip stocks cap worst AI week yet as semiconductor index sheds 5.3%
The PHLX Semiconductor index fell 5.3% on June 29 as Micron shed 6.7% and AMD declined 2.1%, capping a week in which the Nasdaq lost 4.6% amid deepening doubt about near-term AI revenue.
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Baidu’s AI chip unit Kunlunxin targets $50 billion Hong Kong IPO
Baidu’s semiconductor spin-off Kunlunxin is targeting a $50 billion valuation in Hong Kong, asking prospective investors to also commit to buying its chips.