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Mount Hope Mining and Meeka Metals led HotCopper trends Monday after capital raises and gold acquisitions. The ASX 200 slipped 0.31%.
Chainalysis alleges DHS and ICE bypassed competitive bidding rules to award a blockchain analytics contract to TRM Labs. The disputed deal covers forensic tools used to trace crypto transactions tied to criminal investigations.
July activity data due at 3pm Beijing Monday; weak credit numbers raise odds of PBOC easing; yuan strength, commodity risk in play.
Austria's FMA fined Bitpanda €70,000 for MiCA whitepaper breaches, the first binding penalty under the EU regime. The enforcement phase has begun.
Replacing a non-binding arrangement, the new deal reserves up to $3.4M in cash, shares, and exploration spending for Sinclair at Sala – freeing the company to pour proceeds into its 915,000-ounce Mt Henry gold project in WA.
RBI told rating agencies to stop naming it as bank deposit regulator, creating a conflict with SEBI disclosure rules. Deposit ratings could be at risk for institutional investors.
American Rare Earths signs MoU with Novex to convert Halleck Creek oxides into magnet metals, advancing US domestic supply chain with a 12-month timeline for commercial terms.
Pensioner bodies BPS and AIDEF push the 8th Pay Commission to include pension revision in its Terms of Reference, seeking parity and removal of 'unfunded cost' language.
E2E's fleet ran at 35-40% capacity against an 80% target. L&T moved AI compute in-house via Vyoma, and the former partner is now a tenant.
A podcast on Money & Investing explains Cash Flow on Demand, an options-selling strategy that delivers weekly or monthly income from share portfolios. Learn how premiums work and why risk management is central.
Lalithaa Jewellery Mart's ₹1,700-crore IPO opens at ₹190-201. Anchor investors include Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. Proceeds fund 10 new stores.
Caoxian county's hanfu industry has topped 10 billion yuan in sales, part of Shandong's broader push to commercialize intangible heritage through digital tech and tourism.
Modi's seven policy priorities — from manufacturing to defence — now sit atop the government's spending hierarchy, signalling where the next two decades of capital will go.
ONGC's OFAC licence removes years of sanctions risk on Venezuelan projects, letting it sign new deals and potentially take over PDVSA-operated fields.
July PPI miss and a 0.6% retail sales drop pulled September rate hike odds to 32%. Yen recouped some losses on BOJ hike chatter.
Consumer focused financial technology company Chime Financial (NASDAQ: CHYM) is evaluating the addition of stablecoin-related tools to its mobile banking platform.
Strike Energy (ASX: STX) lifted Walyering 2P gas reserves to 16.4 petajoules after the Walyering West discovery. FEED underway, FID targeted for Q4 2026.
Mizuho slashed BitGo's price target to $11 from $14 but kept an Outperform. The CLARITY Act delay, usually a negative, could widen BitGo's regulatory lead over rivals, analysts said.
A long-running academic debate about falling US crime rates is about to get a live experiment. The only catch is that it will take two decades to run.
ECB survey of 8,205 eurozone companies: only 1% of physical stores accept crypto, while mobile payments hit 68% and cash remains at 92%.
Nifty 50 fell for fourth straight session, closing at 24,366. Five top firms lost ₹1 lakh crore in market cap. LEAP India, WeWork saw block deals. Manufacturing export disruption hit earnings.
Endeavour Silver's Terronera mine in Mexico suspended Aug 12 after an illegal blockade over road, water, and financial demands. Talks continue, but disruption could hit silver output.
Berkshire Hathaway bought $7 billion of Alphabet shares. Anthropic's revenue surged 14-fold ahead of a potential IPO. China retail data due, Strait of Hormuz tensions rise.
Yen rose 0.2% to 159.055 per dollar as traders repriced Fed rate hike odds to a 66.9% chance of a hold, ignoring Japan's weaker-than-expected GDP. BOJ still on track for September hike.
Macro Metals agrees to sell KCM Mining to RSIN Nigeria for US$5.6 million; net proceeds of US$5.1m to fund WA projects and mining services without dilution.
Unvault estimates $750B in gold metal value sits in U.S. household jewelry, with owners undervaluing pieces by a factor of three, according to a new report.
On-chain data shows LEO up 8% after a bounce off $7.50-$8.50 support, with spot CVD still pointing to sellers ahead of the $9.55 resistance level.
Euro Manganese signed a non-binding offtake term sheet with 6K Energy for high-purity manganese from its Czech project, targeting North American battery supply chains. Demo plant volumes expected in 2028.
Iran's 134% food inflation in July pushed dairy consumption to 40kg per capita from 130kg in 2010. Beef and lamb prices rose 149%. Coffee costs doubled. A post-war economic reckoning awaits.
Singapore NODX rose 24.2% in July, extending above-20% growth to four months. AI-linked electronics demand drove the gain, officials said, after the government sharply raised its 2026 trade forecast last week.