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All eyes are on Anthropic now with their IPO heavily expected to hit the market in October. Anthropic appears to be moving closer to its initial public offering (IPO), which undoubtedly is one of the most closely watched technology listings of 2026. The emerging consensus is that Claude’s maker could reach the public markets this fall; however, there are still a few important caveats and clarifications. Prediction Markets Lean Toward October While in no way a certainty, prediction market traders are leaning heavily in the direction that the IPO will come in October. As you can see on the Polymarket…

World Liberty Financial, a crypto project tied to President Donald Trump’s family, has received conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish World Liberty Trust Company, N.A., a national trust bank designed to issue the USD1 stablecoin and provide digital asset custody services under federal supervision.The decision, issued by the OCC on August 14, brings World Liberty closer to its goal of turning USD1 into a federally regulated stablecoin infrastructure. However, this is not yet the final operating license: the company must still meet the OCC’s pre-opening requirements before the trust bank can…

Islam Makhachev headlines UFC 330 as a heavy favorite over Ian Machado Garry, while Dern-Robertson, Abdul-Malik, and Barboza-Ribovics help round out a stacked card.UFC 330 heads back to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the first time since 2019 at the Xfinity Mobile Arena on Saturday. In the main event, pound-for-pound king Islam Makhachev looks to defend his welterweight title for the first time against the rising star from Ireland, Ian Machado Garry.The main card gets underway at 9 p.m. ET on Paramount+, with early prelims kicking off the action at 5:30 p.m. ET.Kalshi, Polymarket and Gemini traders are lining up almost identically…

Sono Group’s transition to a Bitcoin-heavy treasury is laying bare the severe financial strain at the core of the restructured company.With its former solar energy subsidiary now spun out as a discontinued operation, the parent company generated zero revenue during the first half of 2026. Instead, Sono has tethered its survival entirely to digital assets.However, an Aug. 14 Form 10-Q filing reveals a stark liquidity mismatch: as of June 30, the company held just $166,000 in cash against $4.11 million in Bitcoin. Related ReadingBitcoin treasury trade faces a stress test as debt pressure triggers sellingCorporate and sovereign BTC holders are…

Volume, meanwhile, is dead simple as it measures the number of contracts that changed hands during a given period. Think of it as measuring how many times the front door of that exclusive club opened and closed over a given period, regardless of who stayed. It thus represents the degree of churn or liquidity available to manage positions.So, the latest case of volume falling far behind OI is like a large club with a tiny exit door. What happens if a large number of people try to rush out?Because overall investor positioning is massive, a sudden catalyst could trigger a…

In brief Gemini 3.7 Flash built a playable browser game from a single prompt in 2 minutes and 13 seconds, a task Gemini 3.6 Flash failed outright three weeks earlier. It failed our bridge logic puzzle with the same wrong answer as Claude Fable 5, and stopped short of actually calculating the math problem it correctly set up. The model runs at 75 cents per million input tokens through December 31, half of 3.6 Flash’s rate, before doubling to $1.50 on January 1. Google shipped Gemini 3.7 Flash on August 13, generally available in more than 160 countries on day…

Miami, Florida, USA, August 16th, 2026, PlayNewswire BiggerZ is strengthening its position as a fairness-first betting platform, bringing casino gaming, sports betting and prediction markets together under one account while making transparency, verifiability and clearly defined rules central to the player experience. As online betting platforms expand across crypto, casino gaming, sports and prediction markets, BiggerZ is taking a different approach to how these products are presented to players: fairness should be explained rather than simply claimed. The platform’s approach is built around four principles – transparency, clarity, verifiability and defined rules – applied at the moments where players would…

(NYSE: BMNR; BMNP) Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (“Bitmine” or the “Company”) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared seventeen cash dividends on the Company’s 9.50% Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol “BMNP” The dividends will be payable in cash in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations governing the Series A Preferred Stock. The record dates, payment dates, and per-share amounts for each dividend are set forth below:About Bitmine Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BMNR), and its subsidiaries (“Bitmine”…

Mutsamudu, Comoros, August 14th, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has released its August 2026 Proof of Reserves (PoR) report, audited by Hacken, showing that reserve ratios for all major assets remained above 100%, with the BTC reserve ratio reaching 288%. This report reflects MEXC’s robust financial position and its continued commitment to safeguarding user assets. Amid a broader wave of consolidation across the crypto exchange industry in 2026, MEXC continues to stand out by releasing monthly Proof of Reserves reports independently audited by Hacken, allowing users to verify at any time that their own assets…

WTI crude tops $82 a barrel, adding inflation pressure and weighing on risk assets as bond yields rise.