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Prime Sale participants will see RE token balances in Binance Alpha accounts starting 20:00 UTC+8 June 18. Trading pair status unconfirmed.
ANSSI will stop certifying products without quantum-safe encryption from 2027. The rule aligns with U.S. NSA timelines and pressures crypto networks to plan upgrades now.
Brent crude fell below $79 after the US-Iran peace deal reopened the Strait of Hormuz. The Sensex and Nifty reversed early losses, with oil-sensitive stocks leading the recovery.
STLD expects Q2 profit well above Q1, driven by strong demand across steel markets. Shares fell after hours as a write-down offset optimism. Alpha Score 58.
Onity Group's Sidoti presentation slides offer updated small-cap messaging. The mortgage subservicer's conference pitch arrives with thin float and no price reaction yet.
Laird Superfood (LSF) presented at the Planet MicroCap Las Vegas 2026 conference on June 18, publishing a slide deck with its corporate update and strategy.
Stablecoin proponents talk as though the battle over payments is over. Netflix twice offered itself to Blockbuster for under $100 million. Blockbuster said no.
Indian shares ended flat Thursday after the Fed held rates steady but signaled a rate hike this year, trimming earlier gains. IT stocks led declines. Traders now focus on domestic inflation data due next week.
Check your EPF balance via the official website, SMS to 7738299899, or the Umang app. The new E-PRAAPTI portal helps recover old or lost accounts.
Goldman Sachs sees Strait of Hormuz oil flows recovering to only 13 million barrels a day from the pre-war 20 million, as Gulf states keep alternative export routes online permanently.
Apple assembled $14B in iPhones in India in FY2024. A $15B local component industry vs China's $300B creates cost and subsidy friction for the 25% shift goal.
Decathlon launches The Decathlon Seed, a global scheme giving eligible staff €2,000 each in free shares or asset incentives. Employee ownership gets a standardised push across markets.
Amazon's AI chief says useful quantum computers are 5-7 years away. The industry has missed every previous timeline. Amazon hedges with a multi-architecture approach.
Apple rallied 21% since October despite overvaluation concerns. With an Alpha Score of 52, the risk-reward looks mixed. Earnings and macro data will decide the next leg.
A new arXiv preprint proposes a modified recurrent neural network for forecasting power consumption, with implications for grid operators and energy traders.
A new arXiv paper proposes a gradient-based stochastic optimization method for utility-based shortfall risk, scaling to hundreds of assets with lower cost than CVaR solvers.
New Zealand Q1 GDP matched forecasts at 0.8% with manufacturing jumping 1.9%. The kiwi held near $0.6120. The RBNZ next meets July 9 with a mixed signal from the data.
Acrow's $70M placement funds two acquisitions and cuts debt. Existing shareholders face dilution; the deals must deliver EPS growth to offset it.
BHP shares are up 42.29% YTD. Valuation depends on iron ore, copper costs, free cash flow, and a looming Port Hedland strike. Alpha Score 73.
NSE files DRHP for ₹30,000-crore IPO, India's largest ever. LIC holds 10.72% stake and is not selling. Valuation implied at ₹5 lakh crore. Key risk: earnings momentum after FY26 profit fell 15%.
Brokerages Citi and Kotak initiated Vedanta Aluminium with Buy ratings, citing low-cost power and strong demand. Shares jumped 3% as analysts see up to 29% upside. The demerger uncertainty remains the key swing factor.
BitGo shares jumped 13% after the crypto custodian announced a $50 million buyback with no expiration date. The stock hit a three-month high on triple-average volume.
US-Iran MoU signed; oil edges lower. NZ GDP beats annual but misses quarterly. Nikkei tops 71,000 for first time. Gold recovers from Fed-driven drop. Yen steady as Kihara offers no new intervention signal.
Ocular Therapeutix published its analyst day slide deck, detailing Dextenza adoption and glaucoma program timelines. Cash runway extends into 2027.
Five PSU shareholders including LIC and SBI will sell 2.37 crore shares in the NSE IPO. The offer-for-sale gives the market a rare chance to buy into India's dominant exchange.
Zimbabwe's FIU mandates all crypto firms register under new AML rules. Registration does not authorize commercial operations or protect against losses.
New Zealand GDP rose 0.8% in Q1 2026, with December quarter growth revised up to 0.5%. Annual growth hit 1.5%, above the 1.2% forecast, as revisions strengthened the overall picture.
The Federal Reserve left rates unchanged at Kevin Warsh's first meeting as Chair, but the hawkish shift in language opens the door for hikes later this year, traders said.
The Fed's dot plot shifted 50bp higher for 2027 as Warsh announced five task forces. AlphaScala sees two hikes by March with risks of September start. EUR/USD broke 1.15.
Noam Shazeer, co-lead of Google's Gemini models, leaves for OpenAI less than two years after returning via a Character.AI deal. The move raises questions about Google's AI talent retention as OpenAI prepares for its IPO.