UPDATED JULY 25, 2026 · 811 STORIES ON THE WIRE

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01CRYPTO

Bitcoin Policy Institute to embed staff inside State Department's digital freedom program

A Bitcoin advocacy group is set to place employees directly inside the US State Department, working alongside federal officials on a program the agency calls "digital freedom." The Bitcoin Policy Institute and three partner organizations wi

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02REGULATORY

Standard BioTools (LAB) Gets Nasdaq Warning Over Sub-$1 Share Price

Standard BioTools Inc. received a formal warning from Nasdaq on July 22, 2026, after its shares traded below $1.00 for 30 consecutive business days. The Boston-based company, which lists its common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market u

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03MARKETS

Saudi Arabia intercepts Houthi missiles and strikes back in Yemen as Red Sea conflict escalates

Red Sea shipping, the cargo traffic moving through a critical maritime chokepoint linking Europe to Asia, came under attack from Yemen-based fighters. Saudi Arabia intercepted two ballistic

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04MARKETS

AI distillation goes from research niche to regulatory flashpoint

Distillation, a process that takes the knowledge embedded in a large AI model and transfers it into a smaller, cheaper one, has moved out of research circles and into the center of a [live policy fight](/news/trump-tariffs-draw-a-lawsuit-wi

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05MARKETS

Developing nations build fuel reserves after Middle East conflict forced rationing

Several developing countries were forced to ration fuel during a Middle East conflict, rationing meaning the government limits how much energy consumers can buy when domestic supplies fall

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06MARKETS

Finland's small-town answer to renewable energy's hardest problem

A small Finnish town is operating the world's largest commercial sand battery, a storage system that converts surplus electricity into heat held inside ordinary sand, then releases it when the grid runs short. The technology targets intermi

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07MARKETS

AI brings in philosophers and theologians for moral guidance, but may be asking them the wrong things

Applied ethics, the discipline that translates philosophical principle into practical decisions, has become a consulting category inside the AI industry. Companies have begun recruiting theologians

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08MARKETS

Corpay ties 328,213 executive stock units to price targets between $425 and $475

Two executives received equity grants whose value depends entirely on where the stock price goes from here. That type of award is called a performance-based restricted stock unit, or PSU. It pays out only when specified price thresholds are

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09MARKETS

Allurion Technologies swaps 392,766 shares for pre-funded warrants as debt restructuring deal falls apart

A pre-funded warrant is a right to buy shares at a price so close to zero it is treated as already paid. On July 21, 2026, Allurion Technologies (ALUR) issued 392,766 of these instruments to a group of RTW-affiliated funds in direct exchang

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