Top 10 Market Stories You Need to Know Today
Need to catch up on today’s biggest market stories?
Here are the top 10:
1. Oil jumped more than $2 as the U.S.-Iran ceasefire expired and Tehran signaled a shift toward a “fully offensive” military posture. Brent traded near $91.
2. Trump-backed World Liberty Financial partnered with WorldClaw, an AI platform where nearly half of the available models come from Chinese companies flagged over U.S. national security concerns.
3. Anthropic’s annualized revenue run rate surpassed $65 billion by the end of July, more than 7x higher than a year ago, ahead of its planned IPO.
4. President Trump said he likes the idea of declaring the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory, arguing that America has total control over the chokepoint.
5. Nasdaq plans to introduce overnight trading from 9 PM to 4 AM ET starting in December, pushing U.S. equities closer to 24-hour markets.
6. The OCC conditionally approved Trump-linked World Liberty Financial for a national trust bank charter that would allow it to issue USD1 and custody digital assets.
7. Jane Street added roughly $630 million in Bitcoin ETF exposure during Q2, bringing its holdings to about $1.06 billion after cutting the position sharply in the prior quarter.
8. The CFTC is preparing to seek public comment on AI compute futures as CME and ICE explore derivatives tied directly to computing capacity.
9. The Treasury proposed new rules implementing the GENIUS Act stablecoin framework, opening a 60-day public comment period.
10. Strategy raised $333.7 million through stock sales last week but purchased no additional Bitcoin.
Oil, AI, crypto regulation, 24-hour markets and institutional Bitcoin exposure are all moving at once.
There is a lot happening underneath the indexes today.