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Bitcoin rose above $77,500 Monday after a 20% weekly gain. The Treasury's expanded buyback cap initially weakened the dollar, boosting demand for scarce assets. Long-term holders sold 15,800 BTC, signaling profit-taking.
Treasury Secretary Bessent doubled liquidity-support buybacks to $4B, sending the 30-year yield down 10bp. Gold cleared $4,500 and bitcoin surged 20% to $79,000. Nvidia earnings and Jackson Hole are next tests.
Slide Insurance operates in Florida's volatile property market. Reinsurance costs are rising, and hurricane season is approaching. The July 1 renewal date is the next catalyst.
USA Rare Earth cleared a key merger condition with $1.55B in government-backed funding, but shares fell 5% as profit-taking hit critical minerals. The August 28 vote is next.
China stockpiled 1.4B barrels of oil and record uranium in 2025 as governments prepare for supply disruptions, Schiff Sovereign report says, boosting mining and energy stocks.
FOMO co-founder Prashan Dharmasena rejected allegations that an iOS update drained wallets, calling the claims paid disinformation. The dispute hinges on whether the 662 SOL transfer was authorized by the wallet holder.
Two crypto trade groups sue Illinois to block its 0.2% digital asset tax, arguing it violates federal law and could fragment the national market.
Polish prosecutors say Zondacrypto CEO Przemysław Kral is cooperating to exchange testimony on political funding ties for leniency. Missing 4,500 Bitcoin complicates recovery.
The Multicultural Business Coalition filed suit Monday, arguing the mayor's five planned stores with 30% discounts will undercut small grocers who can't match city-subsidized prices.
The Pentagon's new blast exposure tracking system has assessed less than 2% of high-risk troops, the GAO reports, citing insufficient staff and equipment.
LinkedIn's feedback button for AI slop has cut views on flagged posts by 40%. Over 1 million users have clicked the button since July 30 launch.
Binance gave INR 3.3 crore via its blockchain charity arm to Goonj's Rahat initiative. The funds target food and medical supplies for communities hit by annual monsoon flooding. The exchange's charity has moved over $43.5 million globally since 2018.
Binance added trading for over 7,000 US stocks and ETFs with stablecoin settlement. NYSE and Nasdaq plan 24/5 sessions by 2026, SEC filings show.
Krystal's Game Day Tailgate Bundles start at $9.99, the chain brings back a softer-breading Chik, and adds pumpkin spice items through Nov. 1.
Brazil's harvest is 7% behind last year's pace, and ICE arabica stocks sit at a record low 229,214 bags. The bullish flag targets $4, but a record 71.9-million-bag crop looms.
SEC's Regulation Crypto Assets offers exemptions up to $5M and $75M plus a safe harbor. CFOs get a defined risk to price, but adoption depends on whether digital assets beat deposits and Treasurys on yield and efficiency.
Walmart ends years of QR-code resistance, installing NFC tap-to-pay at all U.S. stores by year end. The rollout supports Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay while keeping its own Walmart Pay app.
Cramer cut Broadcom and flagged GE Vernova for a trim as the AI data-center trade turns political. Micron fell 5.5% on Apple supply speculation. Salesforce and CrowdStrike report Wednesday.
Two crypto advocacy groups sued Illinois on Friday over its planned 0.2% tax on digital asset transactions, arguing it violates the U.S. Constitution and due process.
Bitcoin surged to $79K after Treasury doubled buyback size to $4B. Traders see a liquidity boost as the cash pile shrinks. Fear & Greed flipped to Greed.
Solstice Gold jumped 38% after consolidating 57 sq km of the Strathy Gold Project. The Leckie Gold Zone has 23,000 m of historical drilling; 62% of holes hit 3 g/t gold.
TotalEnergies CEO says shipping crude through the Strait of Hormuz costs $20 million per cargo, a freight premium that producers are absorbing through wider discounts on Middle Eastern crude.
Oxford Economics sees US equipment spending up 40% vs Europe's 12% by end of 2025, with Big Tech pouring over $725 billion into AI this year alone.
Indian gaming startups raised $42.5 million so far in 2026, down from $133 million in 2025. Investors now demand capital efficiency and recurring revenue, executives said.
Letters in The Hindu Businessline flag tribunal reforms, healthcare cost pressures, and FDA enforcement. These regulatory shifts could affect corporate compliance costs and political stability, with implications for Apple's India exposure.
Ford said Reagan would be "throwing up" over Trump's tariffs, warned of cutting power to 1.5M US homes and blocking critical minerals as Canada-US trade war escalates.
Gemini and Apex signed a letter of intent to let brokerage clients offer crypto event contracts via Gemini Titan, which handled 225M contracts by Q2 2026. Final terms in weeks.
80% of the week falls outside U.S. equity hours, yet July saw just 10.8% of volume there. Binance data shows perpetuals linked to TradFi assets now dominate its highest-volume contracts.
Nvidia is weighing a multibillion-dollar investment in AI search startup Perplexity at a $30 billion valuation, more than double its previous mark. The deal would deepen ties between the chipmaker and a company whose CEO calls his go-to chatbot.
Fragrance sales rose 6% at prestige retailers and 15% at mass. Skin care led prestige growth. Ulta gained market share as Target ended its shop-in-shop partnership.