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Apple shares test $170 support after two-day drift. Options trader calls it a 'coiled spring'. Holiday sales data and Dec. 20 expiration are the next catalysts.
The EU's new A-to-G energy label for data centers, effective by August 2027, will apply to proof-of-work mining and proof-of-stake validator clusters above 500 kW.
deVere Group CEO Nigel Green warns Britain's pension triple lock is unsustainable. OBR data: £15.5B more by 2030, spending to 9% of GDP by 2070s.
60% of German online sellers are dissatisfied in 2025, down from 48% satisfaction. Revenue declines and bureaucracy weigh. Most sellers expect a difficult 2026.
Vanguard hired its first head of digital assets to build a crypto roadmap for wealth clients. The $12 trillion manager still has no spot Bitcoin ETF plans.
Thomas Paine gave the American colonies the arguments for independence, yet he remains largely forgotten. A look at the man behind "Common Sense" and his legacy.
Cybercrime accounted for 25% of tracked crisis news in 2025, up from 13% in 2024. Sexual harassment claims rose sevenfold. The report flags smoldering crises as predictable and preventable.
Technip Energies posted Q1 revenue of €1.8B, down from €2.1B, while Middle East backlog grew to 40% of total. The stock trades at 10x earnings with €1.4B net cash.
Vanguard posted a job for a head of digital assets, covering tokenization, stablecoins and custody. The $10T firm has resisted crypto for years.
One week into MiCA full enforcement, 21 stablecoin issuers and 270+ crypto service providers hold EU authorizations. The count establishes a baseline as regulators process remaining applications.
KuCoin branding will appear on UAE Team Emirates–XRG at the 2026 Tour de France. The exchange becomes the team's exclusive crypto partner.
Arcus, a dYdX Labs-incubated DEX, began zero-fee stock token trading on Robinhood's L2 chain. DYDX dropped as much as 23% on the news. An Arcus token airdrop for the dYdX community is planned.
NBFC loan books expanded 14% in May, led by 70% gold-loan growth and 42% consumer durables, RBI data shows the diverging trends in secured versus unsecured lending.
EDX Markets lands $76M from SBI Holdings for institutional crypto rails; tokenized equity volumes hit record $3.86B while stablecoin cap drops to $312B.
A flash loan exploit drained $6 million from the Lazy Summer Protocol. The attacker deposited $64.8M and redeemed $70.9M in a single transaction.
Universal Music Group's bull case has strengthened since the analyst first presented it two years ago. Streaming growth and pricing leverage support the thesis, while regulatory risks remain.
First Quantum cut net debt/EBITDA from 3.4x to 1.5x after settling a $400M claim and prepaying $1.2B. Shares up 30% YTD as the market prices in the fix before Cobre Panamá returns.
Sweetgreen stock has rallied on turnaround hopes after years of negative comps. The risk is that the recovery is already priced in, with the next earnings report as the test.
India's NCB proposes a virtual working group for real-time intelligence sharing across 11 BRICS nations. The move targets synthetic drugs and precursor diversion — raising compliance stakes for pharma and logistics.
Supply dislocations are unwinding and Chinese demand is weak, pointing to more downside for ethylene and polypropylene prices before new capacity adds to the glut.
Hical Technologies broke ground on a 160,000 sq ft aerospace facility in Hosur, adding precision machining capacity for global OEM programs. The plant targets NADCAP certification.
WTI crude filled the Iran gap at $70 as Brent bounced from the same level. Options open interest creates a floor and ceiling, pinning both benchmarks in a range.
Galaxy Digital delivered the first 133 MW of IT load at Helios to CoreWeave under a 15-year lease. The 526 MW buildout tests whether cheap Permian Basin power can support dense AI compute clusters.
Natural gas stalled near the 200-day EMA as a summer heat wave failed to break the $3.50 ceiling. Oversupply keeps the range intact, pointing to a sell-the-rally trade.
Yanbu Cement corrected its audit committee disclosure, fixing a member's name and title from CEO to CFO of Alat. All other details unchanged. The correction follows the July 7 announcement and was filed with the Saudi exchange.
The U.S. trade deficit widened to $77.6 billion in May, the largest monthly gap this year, driven by a $11.3B drop in goods exports. The swing will drag on Q2 GDP and may push Treasuries lower.
France's €3.5 trillion debt at 115.6% of GDP is accelerating toward 120%. Crypto faces two contradictory forces: flight to alternatives versus macro risk-off contagion.
The Trump Account offers a $1,000 seed for children born after Jan. 1, 2026. Here's how to enroll and invest it for long-term growth before the June enrollment deadline.
KuCoin will debut branding on UAE Team Emirates XRG vehicles at the 2026 Tour de France, the latest sports sponsorship by a crypto exchange.
Payward says Mazars' 2023 exit blocked state licenses for the TradeStation Crypto acquisition, with $12.5 million of the $22 million award tied to that deal.