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Robinhood's token-less L2 runs on memecoins, not stock tokens. OAK Research found 99% of volume is memecoin activity as CASHCAT surged 5,500%. Tokenized RWAs sit at $12.81M. The gas subsidy ends in September.
Lawrence Guerguis sold his car for $16,000 to buy his first rental in Illinois. By 24, he owns 30 homes and manages them remotely from California.
Belrise Industries expects mid-teens revenue growth for FY27 after a ₹1,700-crore QIP. Q1 manufacturing revenue rose 20% to ₹2,198 crore.
Mahindra eyes South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand with lifestyle pickups after five years of exiting loss-making foreign units. Pricing to start under ₹19.75 lakh.
Turtlemint jumped 23% on Q1 hopes, while Veefin fell 14% after revenue slipped. The broader market ended lower as crude oil weighed. 30 of 61 new-age tech stocks rose.
Sir Ratan Tata Trust restricted from meetings by Charity Commissioner. Without its nominee, Tata Sons AGM on Aug 18 may lack quorum, delaying dividend and reappointment of chairman Chandrasekaran.
A breach of France's tax database affecting 678,000 people coincides with a surge in physical crypto attacks. The combination exposes a weakness cold storage cannot fix.
Christopher Harborne and George Cottrell allegedly donated millions; Reform UK accepts Bitcoin and Ethereum. The investigation could reshape rules on crypto political funding.
A Coldcard hack moved 210K bitcoin from long-term wallets, the most since Dec 2024. Meanwhile, Clarity Act stalled, Strategy sold, and institutional crypto faced selective adoption.
DARPA's SHINE program targets neuroplasticity in specific brain circuits, not the whole brain. NYT scores 39 on AlphaScala. The agency has not set a timeline.
Amazon reinstated an arbitration clause blocking class-action lawsuits. The move comes five years after the company dropped a similar provision amid Alexa privacy litigation.
Mahindra & Mahindra will launch the Scorpio Lifestyler pickup by April 2027, priced below ₹19.79 lakh. The global lifestyle pickup targets customers wanting off-road capability with everyday usability.
TSLA bounced 4% this week but remains 24% lower YTD. Record Q2 deliveries masked a 57% operating income drop as capex surged 142% and Musk's pay package drove costs higher.
SCHY, the international twin of SCHD, just paid its largest quarterly distribution. IDV and VYMI offer different tradeoffs for income investors seeking international yield.
Apple's AI launch hits delays in China and Europe as local partnerships stall and EU rules bite. The stock's Alpha Score of 55 signals moderate risk.
Coinbase, Block, BitGo and ARK Invest are among 40+ crypto firms urging OpenAI, Anthropic and Google to give security researchers controlled access to frontier AI models for vulnerability hunting.
Maharashtra FDA suspended 14 licences after raids on Bollywood Cafe, Zepto, Blinkit and Instamart facilities over hygiene violations. Domino's outlets also hit.
Crypto's derivatives markets forcibly closed over $19 billion in positions on Oct. 10, 2025. 2026 has already delivered three billion-dollar sequels. Open interest has rebuilt after each flush, meaning the fuel for the next cascade is already in place.
AppLovin’s revenue beat, but deceleration in AXON’s upgrade cycle and a nascent e-commerce push leave the stock valued at a discount. The next catalyst is Q3 earnings in November.
Galaxy Research slashed its probability estimate from 50% to 10% in two months, citing a packed Senate calendar and unresolved disputes over stablecoin yield rules.
Apple's AI strategy at WWDC could spark a new iPhone upgrade cycle and lift services revenue by $6 billion annually, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs analysts estimate.
Farage's return revived an ethics inquiry into undeclared interests, including about £5 million in crypto-linked donations. His register is due within a month.
Dollar pinned near range floor after July payrolls miss, soft inflation, and weaker retail sales. Fed funds futures price just 8 bp of tightening for September. Euro, yuan, yen, sterling, loonie, Aussie, and peso data calendars ahead.
Roughly 23 million Americans with employer-sponsored insurance say they are stuck in jobs they want to leave over health coverage fears. The share hit 24% in 2025, up from 16% in 2021.
Rick Rosenfield reflects on California Pizza Kitchen's journey from a single Beverly Hills store to bankruptcy and a new era under Consortium Brand Partners.
Deputy foreign minister says strait will remain Iranian. UKMTO reports vessel hit by projectile. No ceasefire talks underway. Energy prices elevated as U.S. blockade continues.
DeepSeek and Kimi 3 fuel claims of Chinese AI leadership, but patent data shows innovation breadth without depth — only two of 22 manufacturing sectors closed the gap with global leaders.
Airlines appear to compete while operating within a state-controlled system that restricts entry and sets minimums that become service maximums, weakening market discipline.
Business Insider traced a Tekever AR3 from a Welsh factory to Dnipro's front line. The combat feedback reshaping its design is testing NATO's procurement cycle.
Authorized stablecoin distributors handle KYC, pool fiat, and batch redemptions. MiCAR assigns them potential redemption duties. Here's how the plumbing works.