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A White House meeting this week brought law enforcement groups into the CLARITY Act discussion. Supporters need seven Democratic votes to pass the Senate before the August recess.
Justin Heiter was named salesperson of the year at 32, then quit to pursue FIRE in Buenos Aires. His 50% savings rate funded his early retirement.
Arcadia Biosciences (RKDA) raised $4M at $1.03 per share, issuing 3.9M shares and options that could add 7.8M more. H.C. Wainwright placed the deal.
Saudi digital bank D360, backed by PIF, is raising SAR 1.5 billion. Shareholder approval came Thursday; valuation at $1.2 billion pre-raise. Local and global investors have shown interest.
Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic are slashing consumer AI subscription prices. Enterprise AI bills are surging 320% as agentic tools multiply compute costs. Meta enters the paid tier market.
NowVertical named co-founder Andre Garber interim CEO after Sandeep Mendiratta's departure. The board is searching for a permanent leader with global services and M&A experience.
South Korea's crypto trading volumes fell to 98.1 trillion won in Q1 2026 as investors rotated into stocks. Regulators are debating DABA Phase 2 rules on ownership caps and stablecoin issuance.
Fortune ranked over 3,000 crypto companies in its first Crypto 100. BlackRock leads ETFs, Hyperliquid tops DeFi, Franklin Templeton takes TradFi. MARA's AlphaScore is 33.
US crude exports hit 11.5 million barrels a day in H1 2025, topping Saudi Arabia and Russia. The shale-driven shift rewrites global trade flows and pricing dynamics.
SpaceX goes public tomorrow at $135/share with a 30% retail allocation. Kraken's tokenized SPCXx tokens let investors in 110+ countries participate on-chain. Settlement performance will determine the next chapter for tokenized equity.
The $4.7B Gordie Howe bridge opening is delayed after Trump objected. Carney calls it 'time well spent' but Dilkens says Canada shouldn't 'act subserviently'.
PrimeEnergy Resources re-elected its board and authorized up to 300,000 shares in buybacks. The oil producer operates in Texas and Oklahoma.
Gen Zs are swapping luxury hauls for dividend stocks and CPF top-ups, driven by inflation and job insecurity. The 'quiet saving' trend has concrete investing rules and traps to watch.
The proposed DOJ-led task force would coordinate crypto theft investigations across the FBI, DHS, and Treasury. Americans lost $11.3 billion to crypto fraud in 2025 alone, per the FBI.
Mainland China and Hong Kong investors are blocked from SpaceX's $75B IPO due to export controls. Their crypto workarounds: perpetual futures, tokenized shares, and proxy stocks.
BASF's Zhanjiang Verbund site in southern China adds structural cost pressure on European and US chemical producers. The integrated complex targets domestic demand for plastics and agricultural chemicals.
The FDIC's stablecoin rule comment period closed Tuesday, with Consensys, bank trade groups and community lenders filing opposing views on yield and deposit insurance.
Crane Zeng data shows US users bet $34B on offshore betting sites despite geo-fencing. Regulated platforms gained share as total volumes hit $159B. The CFTC faces a widening enforcement gap.
A March speeding stop led authorities to Trenton Johnston, accused of running a $13M crypto fraud and spending on jets and a Lamborghini. The case exposes gaps in crypto fraud detection that regulators are now examining.
Coinbase users can authorize an AI agent to trade crypto, stocks, and funds on their behalf. The company says it plans to add prediction markets and commodities to the agent's reach next.
India's notification bars institutional buyers from petrol and diesel at retail outlets and limits diesel to 200 litres per day. The 90-day rule targets supply discipline among bulk users.
Iran denies a final nuclear deal with the US, while Trump claims a 'great settlement' is near. The Strait of Hormuz reopening hangs in the balance, keeping crude oil risk premium elevated.
Heritage Insurance and Caledonia Mining both posted net margins above 30% in Q1. One faces weather risk, the other gold price dependency. The small-cap rally has been concentrated in tech and energy.
A Seeking Alpha analyst initiated coverage on Monte Rosa Therapeutics with a Buy, citing the molecular glue degrader platform's potential. The analyst plans to take a long position within 72 hours.
SpaceX's $75B IPO makes Elon Musk the first trillionaire, but investors face governance and valuation concentration risks from his outsized influence.
CME Group plans 24/7 trading for smaller WTI crude and gold futures, pending CFTC approval. The move targets retail and algo traders seeking continuous access.
New Zealand's manufacturing PMI dipped to 49.9 in May, with micro-firms struggling while large firms held up. BNZ expects a flat winter before a later recovery, limiting the immediate RBNZ policy read-through.
Amazon's new AI image generator lets shoppers describe products visually, bypassing text search. The move tightens Amazon's grip on discovery and pressures retailers that rely on keyword-based search.
Proposed legislation would force Apple to allow third-party app stores. Services revenue faces a 15% cut if the bill passes, a policy analyst said. Markup is June 12.
Adobe beat Q2 consensus but shares sold off. The move widens a valuation discount that already existed. Here's the breakdown of the yield case and the growth risk.