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Evolution Petroleum Buys Midland Basin Royalties for $16M

Evolution Petroleum pays $16M for 3,420 net royalty acres in the core Midland Basin. CEO says base-case underwriting assumes 125 wells per year vs 241-well recent average, leaving room for upside.

Commodities11d ago

Amlan to Sponsor Technical Symposium at 2026 Arkansas Nutrition Conference

Oil-Dri unit Amlan sponsors poultry nutrition symposium Aug. 25 in Little Rock; CEO Jaffee to open. Event covers gut health, mycotoxins, global protein markets.

Crypto11d ago

SEC proposes Regulation Crypto Assets, allowing $5M offerings without registration

The SEC's Regulation Crypto Assets proposal creates exemptions for token offerings up to $75M and a safe harbor for decentralized projects, with a 60-day comment period now open.

Crypto11d ago

Mastercard, Visa, Circle Form Agentic AI Payments Standards Group

Mastercard, Visa, Circle, Fiserv and others form the Agentic Payments Alliance to set shared standards for AI agents making payments, before siloed approaches lock in.

Crypto11d ago

Fugitive in $165M Crypto Ponzi Scheme Deported to US

Edward Zimbardi was deported from Fiji to face 25 federal charges for a $165M crypto Ponzi scheme promising 25% monthly returns. The case highlights DOJ pursuit of crypto fraud fugitives; Zimbardi appeared in federal court Monday.

Forex11d ago

Natural Gas Rally Hits Production Wall as Freeport Stays Offline

Nymex natural gas rallied 3.1% on hotter weather forecasts, but 111.6 Bcf/day production and a storage surplus cap the upside. Thursday’s EIA report decides whether the heat is real.

Crypto11d ago

SEC Proposal Exempts $5M Crypto Offerings for 4 Years

SEC unveils 400-page crypto exemption rule: $5M offerings get 4-year registration relief, $75M get 12 months. Chairman Atkins says it answers the blockchain capital-raising question.

Crypto11d ago

SEC Proposes Crypto Rules as Clarity Act Vote Slips

The SEC's Regulation Crypto Assets carves out two exemptions for token issuers, with a conditional safe harbor, as the Clarity Act vote slips to September.

Stocks11d ago

Forrester hires ex-UK UN adviser Kasia Jakimowicz for AI governance

Kasia Jakimowicz, former senior policy adviser on AI at the UK Mission to the UN, joined Forrester as a senior analyst covering AI governance and trustworthy AI.

Stocks11d ago

AI Watermark Removers Emerge as Anthropic Rolls Out Labeling

Anthropic's imperceptible AI watermark has spurred a wave of removal tools, raising trust and legal questions for the industry.

Stocks11d ago

Self-driving pioneer Sebastian Thrun launches new robotics venture

Sebastian Thrun, who led Google's self-driving car project and co-founded Google Brain, revealed the stealth startup Dulo at a San Francisco robotics conference.

Forex11d ago

CAD Bounces on Tariff Reprieve as US Housing Starts Slump

The loonie bounced late in the session after a Politico report said Trump may grant Canada a tariff reprieve, reversing earlier losses triggered by weak housing starts and a firm deadline.