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Trustee Carl Hamm warns 6,300 Knaken customers won't be made whole after a €2.2M crypto sale; the estate's recovery rate depends on finding more assets.

Permira is frontrunner to acquire $150-200M stake in Cloudnine Hospitals from True North, edging out TPG. Deal downsized after West Asia acquisition dropped.

Invesco reopens existing SIPs in three international funds from Aug 18, but new registrations stay closed. The move follows an industry-wide freeze on overseas fund investments.

DefiLlama said it delayed its app launch after Apple ignored months of trademark complaints against fake versions. The team had to prove a scam app could drain funds before Apple acted.

Booking's fintech chief Daniel Marovitz on why AI adoption is faster than any prior tech cycle, and why the platform that finishes the trip owns the journey.

Maharashtra warns Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn, Tiger Shroff over surrogate Vimal ads. State FDA says ads promote banned pan masala. Actors have 15 days to respond.

BlackRock's IBIT drove $55.5M of $56.2M in Bitcoin ETF outflows on Aug 14. Three-day total hits $248M. Ether and Solana ETFs saw zero flows.

Stablecoin card spending reached $18B by late 2025, a 15-fold jump from 2023, as 42% of holders want to make major purchases. Most would use linked debit cards or banking apps.

Aditya Halwasiya bought 45 lakh shares of Baazar Style Retail for ₹163 crore in a block deal, sending the stock to a 5% upper circuit at ₹384.

Marks & Spencer revives St Michael label with a 26-piece luxury streetwear capsule from Aries, priced £10 to £120, to court younger shoppers and resale interest.

Strait of Hormuz shipping plunged to five vessels Saturday, down from 31 a week earlier, as the U.S.-Iran ceasefire expires Monday with no negotiations underway.

Chainalysis sues ICE over a $94.6M sole-source contract awarded to rival TRM Labs. The dispute could reshape how federal agencies award blockchain analytics contracts.