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Wyvern is the first pre-Series A company admitted to NASA's Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition program, supplying hyperspectral imagery for research and disaster response.
California Resources Corp presented at JP Morgan, updating investors on Carbon TerraVault permitting and oil hedging. The two-sided thesis turns on carbon storage milestones and oil prices.
Galaxy Digital backs Digital Prime Technologies, developer of Tokenet, an institutional lending platform that adapts traditional securities lending workflows to digital assets.
Galaxy Digital's strategic investment in Digital Prime's Tokenet platform signals a push to apply traditional securities lending practices to digital assets, aiming to attract institutional capital.
Catholic-backed Alliance to End Human Trafficking warns Section 604 creates loopholes for illicit finance. Polymarket odds fall to 42% as Senate faces tight timeline before August recess.
Former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo, now co-chair of an OKX-ICE venture, says the CLARITY Act is urgent for tokenized equities and consumer savings. ICE Alpha Score 36.
Iron Mountain (IRM) and Equinix (EQIX) lead large-cap REIT momentum with six-month returns of 63% and 47% respectively. EQIX scores 54 on AlphaScala's model.
Micron options are pricing a roughly 13% post-earnings swing, with straddles implying a $920-$1,200 range as shares fall ahead of the report.
March and April payrolls saw a combined 93k upward revision, breaking a pattern of downward adjustments. That strengthens the case for higher rates longer and pressures Bitcoin.
SM Energy's new CEO brings Pioneer discipline and field-engineer pragmatism to a four-basin portfolio. Alpha Score 48. What it means for E&P investors.
Four Senate Democrats want CFIUS to review a $500M UAE-linked investment in World Liberty Financial, citing conflict of interest and national security risks.
VICI Properties earns a Mixed Alpha Score of 54. The REIT sector trades at low 2026 valuations. The risk event is a market that hasn't picked a direction yet.
MIND Technology CEO Rob Capps told the iAccess Alpha conference the company sees a lucrative opportunity in maritime security, beyond its traditional seismic exploration markets.
Fake GTA 6 early access sites demand $250 in crypto for nonexistent VIP access. Crypto's irreversibility makes refunds impossible. Malwarebytes warns: no early access program exists.
Portugal beat Uzbekistan 2-1 at the World Cup. Ronaldo scored. Crypto assets tied to his name saw no price movement. The lack of reaction shows fading sports-crypto hype.
Payward, parent of Kraken, secures a BVI VASP license as the jurisdiction courts crypto firms with lower setup costs and a 2023 VASP Act. BVI Finance says demand is rising.
FinCEN proposes amending October 2025 rule to cover H-Pay, a successor to Huione Pay. Americans lost at least $10bn to SE Asia crypto scams in 2024.
HYPE fell 11% from its ATH as the DEX sector cooled. Yet a whale loaded $93M in longs and a Hayes-linked wallet re-entered. The $55 neckline decides the trend.
Amazon's Prime Day tests Alexa for Shopping at scale. Bank of America expects $21.6B in sales. If the AI performs, Amazon can sell the infrastructure to third-party retailers via AWS.
Ladun Investment secured two infrastructure contracts with the Royal Commission for Riyadh City worth SAR 2.39 billion, expanding its project backlog in the capital's expansion.
Allium closed a $40 million Series B led by Amplify Partners, with participation from firms Kleiner Perkins and Theory Ventures. The startup processes and standardizes onchain data from more than 150
EU Parliament committee votes 43-14 to advance Digital Euro rules. Offline wallets, zero-knowledge privacy, and a 2029 target for circulation. Full floor vote set for July.
Commerce Minister Majid Al-Qasabi says new ownership rules for non-Saudis will ease relocation for professionals and support companies as part of Vision 2030 economic reforms.
Meta is building a prediction market app called Arena, the NYT reports. DraftKings and Flutter shares fell on disruption fears. Meta's Alpha Score is 58.
XRP and LINK stayed flat despite MiCA approval and a major bank-backed blockchain project. Gold at $4,128. Kiyosaki said he will wait for a technical reversal before adding exposure.
Offshore service names and Latin American producers lead the pack. The divergence from Chevron and ExxonMobil signals a rotation toward longer-cycle projects.
Fidelity High Income Fund returned 0.31% in Q1 2026, outperforming its ICE BofA benchmark by 86 bps. AlphaScala analyzes the performance and ICE's score.
Despite $173M in new funding, critics say Canada's Women Entrepreneurship Strategy ignores AI's role in capital allocation. The gender gap remains stagnant at 18%.
City Cement says revised fuel prices will increase production costs by 2.32%. The impact hits margins directly, but the bigger question is whether the company can pass through costs.
Saudi Cabinet reviewed development achievements in Jeddah. The session, chaired by King Salman, covered progress on Vision 2030 initiatives. Investors await potential policy signals.