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Upstox ranks 5th in active clients, wins GIFT City nod for international stock trading. IPO of $350-400M may include fresh shares and OFS.

Below-normal rain from August 20 to September 2 threatens India's kharif crop and food inflation, with the southward belt shift offering only partial relief for Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

63% of Americans say the Trump family shouldn't profit from crypto while he's president, a Reuters/Ipsos poll finds. The survey followed a disclosure of $1.4 billion in crypto-related income.

Unitree's Wang defines the ChatGPT moment as a robot completing about 80% of tasks in unfamiliar homes; he sees it in 2-3 years, or as many as 10.

Total liquidations exceeded $3 billion in 18 hours. Shorts accounted for 92% of the volume. Treasury buyback expansion and a White House summit triggered the fastest concentrated squeeze of 2026.

Treasury yields pushed back up to 4.704% after the debt buyback plan. The real test is whether this signaling effort can work without a change in the structural drivers.

The US DoE awarded $500M to seven critical mineral projects. Lilac Solutions got $100M to scale its DLE technology in Utah, with direct implications for Lake Resources' Kachi project in Argentina.

ERCOT proposes requiring Bitcoin mines and data centers to bid into real-time power markets, replacing voluntary curtailment with automatic price-based penalties.

The Cato Institute's Adam Michel put a $200 trillion price tag on democratic socialism. The real problem: the policies would destroy the tax base needed to pay for them.

CZ says countries can sell tokenized shares to global investors. Under OECD rules, small stakes may count as portfolio flows rather than FDI.

Telix revenue up 22%, Zip guides to $340M cash EBTDA. HotCopper buzz also centers on Liontown, American Tungsten funding, and BrainChip's IBM bundle.

Vance says Iran felt more pressure than the U.S. in recent weeks. Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains a fraction of pre-war levels.