Jon Cuthbert

Ripple highlighted expanding use cases for XRP (CRYPTO:XRP) ahead of its Swell 2026 conference, with CTO Emeritus David Schwartz pointing to adoption across payments, tokenisation, decentralised finance, interoperability and artificial intelligence.

XRP (CRYPTO:XRP) is attracting increased leveraged trading activity, with Binance's estimated leverage ratio rising to approximately 0.1899.

The competition regulator cleared the $11.6 billion acquisition of logistics firm Qube (ASX:QUB).

Tether USDT (CRYPTO:USDT) is facing reduced access on several major cryptocurrency exchanges in Europe as platforms adjust their services to comply with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation.

Hyperliquid (CRYPTO:HYPE) surpassed US$10 billion in perpetual futures open interest, highlighting growing demand for onchain trading of crypto assets, equities and commodities.

Redstone Resources (ASX:RDS) executed an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in Western Australian exploration projects.

West Texas Intermediate traded near $77 a barrel on Wednesday as markets reacted to a potential interim peace agreement between the United States and Iran that could allow Tehran to resume oil sales immediately.

ParaZero (NASDAQ:PRZO) announced it has received an additional purchase order for its DefendAir Net Pod system, marking the second such order from a business unit within a Tier-1 Israeli-based global defense company.

Deswell Industries (NASDAQ:DSWL) reported net sales of $28.1 million for the six months ended March 31, 2026, representing a 13.4% decrease compared to $32.4 million in the prior year.

Verastem Oncology (NASDAQ:VSTM) today announced positive updated safety and efficacy results from the RAMP 205 Phase 1b/2a Recommended Phase 2 Dose (RP2D) cohort of 29 patients evaluating its investigational combination regimen in first-line metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).