The 60-day ceasefire between the United States and Iran is officially over, at least according to President Donald Trump. His declaration, made around July 8, marked a hard pivot from a mediated pause that had briefly calmed one of the most volatile geopolitical flashpoints of 2026 back into active military… Listen ⇢

Kansas City didn’t just want to host the World Cup. It wanted FIFA to believe that soccer in the American heartland is a way of life, not a novelty. So when the FIFA delegation arrived to evaluate the city’s bid, local organizers choreographed every detail, from traffic-free routes to stationing… Listen ⇢

Analysts now estimate that chips account for roughly 25% of total AI infrastructure spending. The other 75% goes toward power management, cooling systems, and the actual buildout of data centers. Two companies sitting squarely in that 75% zone, Vertiv Holdings and Bloom Energy, just posted quarterly results that explain why… Listen ⇢

Someone filed a lawsuit in New York trying to claim ownership of 39,069 dormant Bitcoin addresses. The Bitcoin Policy Institute would very much like them to not succeed. BPI, a non-partisan think tank focused on Bitcoin policy, has filed a motion to intervene in a New York County Supreme Court… Listen ⇢

The Ethereum Foundation’s Protocol Security team disclosed a vulnerability on July 9 that could have allowed any random, unauthenticated peer on the network to crash an Ethereum validator node. One message. That’s all it would have taken. The bug, tracked as CVE-2026-34219, was found in the Rust implementation of libp2p’s… Listen ⇢

Qatari officials sat down with Iranian and Omani counterparts in Muscat on July 11 to discuss reopening the central passage through the Strait of Hormuz. The talks are focused on crafting a joint statement that would restore free shipping transit through the waterway responsible for roughly 20% of global seaborne… Listen ⇢

Sector breadth has finally widened. That helps investors breathe a little easier after months of narrow mega cap leadership. Still, the question hanging over this tape is simple: if Tech and Consumer Discretionary are going to lead the next leg, do they have the earnings to back it up? June… Listen ⇢

In a move that could reshape the future of enterprise technology, Kyndryl and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are doubling down on their collaboration to enhance agentic AI deployment. This expansion aims to modernize critical workloads on AWS while fostering AI adoption at scale. Details of the partnership The strategic collaboration,… Listen ⇢

Norway just did something it has never done in the history of its football program: reach the World Cup semifinals. And while the sporting world processes the shock, crypto prediction markets are having a field day. The Nordic squad defeated Brazil 2-1 in the round of 16 on July 5,… Listen ⇢