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In brief Nano Banana 2 Lite (gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image) generates images in four seconds at roughly $0.034 per image. This means it produces results at about half the cost of Nano Banana 2 at the same resolution and 2.7× faster. In head-to-head testing, the Lite model matched or beat Nano Banana 2 on many fields, but when details are important, the more expensive version may be the better option. Google last week launched Nano Banana 2 Lite—officially gemini-3.1-flash-lite-image—as the entry point in its image generation stack, sitting below Nano Banana 2 and well below Nano Banana Pro. It delivers text-to-image outputs in…

The muted response is the pattern now. When Iran first closed the Strait of Hormuz in early March, Brent crude jumped past $100 a barrel for the first time in four years and later peaked near $120, and bitcoin sold off sharply on each escalation.Part of that is timing. Oil, equities and bonds are closed for the weekend, so bitcoin is the only large market open to price the strikes in real time, and it is treating them as close to a non-event. The fuller cross-asset reaction, in crude especially, might not show until Monday. Roughly a fifth of the…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Bitcoin Bulls Eye $59,000 as Relief Rally Runs Into A Real Resistance Test is the kind of crypto story that looks simple at headline level but becomes more useful once you place it inside the wider market backdrop. Bitcoin’s rebound is encouraging, but the next few levels matter more than the first green candle. The reason it deserves attention today is not that one announcement or filing magically changes the whole market. It is that the update adds another data point to a sector still trying to…

In brief Robinhood Chain is an Ethereum layer-2 blockchain built using Arbitrum technology. The network handles tokenized real-world assets, including stocks and ETFs. It works with DeFi applications, including decentralized exchanges and lending protocols. Robinhood Chain is a blockchain network developed by Robinhood, the financial services company behind the stock and crypto trading platform.Launched in mainnet on July 1, 2026, Robinhood Chain—a network built with Ethereum technology—brings together tokenized assets, decentralized finance (DeFi), and smart contracts that can power crypto applications.“Decentralized finance unlocks possibilities beyond what traditional finance can offer, but historically, it has required technical expertise to navigate,” Johann…

ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands, July 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AFX, a high-performance sovereign L1 purpose-built for decentralized derivatives, today announced a landmark operational milestone: surpassing $1.1 billion in cumulative trading volume during its initial period of operation. This rapid ascent is supported by over 8.6 million total trades, positioning AFX as one of the fastest-growing decentralized derivatives platforms in the 2026 Web3 landscape. The most distinctive feature of AFX’s growth is its superior capital efficiency. While many decentralized protocols rely on massive Total Value Locked (TVL) to attract volume, AFX has achieved its $1.1 billion milestone with a lean TVL…

New York, USA, July 10th, 2026, Chainwire TrueDAO announced today the completion of a $10 million strategic funding round. The round was led by Brevan Howard Digital, with participation from Zee Prime Capital and Jump Capital. The proceeds will primarily fund core AI protocol development, AI-driven risk control, security audits, global compliance efforts, and the expansion of ecosystem partnerships. The journey to this milestone began a year ago when the TrueDAO team set out to build a decentralized financial infrastructure driven by smart contracts, on-chain reserves, dynamic adjustment mechanisms, and community governance. The initiative aimed to address challenges in the…

Victoria, Seychelles, July 10th, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, announced the launch of its VVIP Futures Loss Coverage Program 2.0 from July 10 to July 30, 2026 (UTC), an upgraded initiative offering enhanced trading protection and a 1,000,000 USDT prize pool for futures users to share. The Loss Coverage Program 2.0 introduces three key enhancements. Losses Covered Instantly gives eligible VVIP users same-day compensation on qualifying losing trades, with coverage chances and limits tiered according to VVIP level. Elite VVIP users with a credit score of 800 or above enjoy real-time compensation upon triggering loss…

Eightco treasury composition as of July 8, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $18M Beast Industries equity, 16,278 ETH, 283 million WLD holdings, and $149M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $397 million Worldcoin token (WLD) now listed on Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD), expanding access to millions OpenAI recently announced that it submitted a confidential S-1, setting itself up for an initial public offering Eightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies including OpenAI and Beast Industries EASTON, Pa., July 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) (“Eightco” or the “Company”) today provided an update on its…

New York, USA, July 9th, 2026, Chainwire New VIP Trading Badges give high-volume traders access to CEX-style fee discounts, card rewards and expanded spending power—without surrendering custody of their assets Tria, the leading self-custodial neofinance platform, today became the first platform to bring VIP trading to self-custody, giving high-volume traders access to institutional-style trading rewards without giving up ownership of their digital assets. For years, active traders have faced a tradeoff. The deepest fee discounts and richest rewards were available only on centralized exchanges, where users had to relinquish custody of their assets. Self-custody offered control, but not comparable VIP…

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 9th, 2026, Chainwire  Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, reported that Bybit’s Private Wealth Management (PWM) BTC fund products have recorded a comprehensive annualized return of approximately 4.9% over the past 60 days, with select individual funds delivering 30-day annualized percentage rates exceeding 40%. Through its BTC-invested, BTC-settled fund structure, Bybit PWM’s BTC strategies offers a more advanced allocation solution to users holding larger BTC positions. Launched in September 2025, Bybit PWM manages over $239 million in assets across over 160 portfolios. In June 2026, Bybit introduced PWM 2.0, expanding direct dashboard…