- Vitalik Buterin backs Signal’s move to drop the phone-number requirement
- The Dow Jones closed up 0.28%, the Nasdaq rose 1.3%, and the S&P 500 gained 0.62%. Among the most actively traded stocks, SpaceX surged 15.83%, Micron Technology fell 0.44%, Nvidia rose 2.27%, and SanDisk dropped 3.68%.
- Spot platinum has just broken through the $1,740.00/oz level, now quoted at $1,739.92/oz, up 1.00% on the day; Nymex platinum futures main contract is now quoted at $1,752.9/oz, up 0.86% on the day.
- More than 100 amendments filed targeting stablecoins, ethics and DeFi ahead of Senate Banking Committee Clarity Act vote
- Ethereum closes gap with Solana as DEX volumes converge near $45 billion
- Anchorage and Mexican billionaire's Grupo Salinas ink cross-border payments partnership
- Solana treasury firm Upexi posts $109 million quarterly net loss amid crypto markdowns
- Fidelity International's first tokenized fund receives top-tier AAA-mf rating from Moody's
- Tether, TRON and TRM Labs-backed T3 Financial Crime Unit tops $450 million in frozen illicit crypto assets
- Jupiter taps Bitwise to curate institutional-grade Solana-based USDe lending market
- Has Cardano (ADA) Hit Bottom? Analysis Firm Reports – Here’s the Latest Situation
- VO ETF Climbs 0.7%
- BND ETF Gains 0.2%
- GLD ETF Climbs 2.3%
- IJH ETF Climbs 1.4%, Outperforms Underlying Index
- VIG ETF Climbs 0.4%
- IWM ETF Rises 1.1%
- IWF ETF Climbs 0.9%
- VEA ETF Rises 1.1%, Outperforms Underlying Index
- VGT ETF Rises 1.5%
- TC Energy Corp. Stock Falls Friday, Underperforms Market
- Waste Connections Inc. Stock Falls Friday, Underperforms Market
- George Weston Ltd. Stock Falls Friday, Underperforms Market
- Thomson Reuters Corp. Stock Rises Friday, Outperforms Market
- Tourmaline Oil Corp. Stock Falls Friday, Underperforms Market
- BNDX ETF Climbs 0.1%
- IEFA ETF Rises 1.1%
- IVV ETF Climbs 0.6%
- Targa Resources Corp. Stock Sheds 4.2%, Underperforms Peers
- ITOT ETF Gains 0.7%
- IEMG ETF Gains 0.8%
- IJR ETF Gains 0.8%
- CDW Corp. Stock Sheds 4.3%, Underperforms Peers
- Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. Stock Rises 4.4%, Outperforms Peers
- Texas Pacific Land Corp. Stock Slips 4.2%, Underperforms Peers
- Qualcomm Inc. Stock Rises 4.7%, Outperforms Peers
- Royal Bank Of Canada Stock Falls Friday, Underperforms Market
- Restaurant Brands International Inc. Stock Rises Friday, Outperforms Market
- Ulta Beauty Inc. Stock Climbs 4.9%, Outperforms Peers
- Teck Resources Ltd. Cl B Stock Falls Friday, Underperforms Market
- ResMed Inc. Stock Falls 5.1%, Underperforms Market
- Toronto-Dominion Bank Stock Falls Friday, Underperforms Market
- Albemarle Corp. Stock Rallies 4.5%, Outperforms Peers
- Humana Inc. Stock Rises 4.8%, Outperforms Peers
- Microchip Technology Inc. Stock Rallies 13.9%, Outperforms Peers
- Intact Financial Corp. Stock Falls Friday, Underperforms Market
- Dollarama Inc. Stock Falls Friday, Underperforms Market
- Axon Enterprise Inc. Stock Rises 9.3%, Outperforms Peers
- Banzai International Inc. Stock Sheds 7.9%, Underperforms Market
- Hydro One Ltd. Stock Rises Friday, Still Underperforms Market
- First Quantum Minerals Ltd. Stock Rises Friday, Outperforms Market
- Airbnb Inc. Cl A Stock Rallies 17.4%, Outperforms Market
- Gildan Activewear Inc. Stock Falls Friday, Underperforms Market
- Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce Stock Falls Friday, Underperforms Market
- Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. Stock Rises Friday, Outperforms Market
- BCE Inc. Stock Falls Friday, Underperforms Market
- Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. Cl A Stock Falls Friday, Underperforms Market
- Canadian Stocks Rise 0.7%
- Cameco Corp. Stock Rises Friday, Outperforms Market
- Cenovus Energy Inc. Stock Falls Friday, Underperforms Market
- Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. Stock Falls Friday, Underperforms Market
- Bank Of Nova Scotia Stock Rises Friday, Still Underperforms Market
- Dow Jones CLOSING Averages
- Aramark: Size of Bd. Increased to 12 Directors >ARMK
- Aramark: Antony Spring Elected to Bd. >ARMK
- Singapore: GDP revision and forecast upgrade – DBS
- Uber announced that its term loan credit agreement will reduce the size of the revolving credit commitment by 4 billion euros.
- Dover Corp. Raises Dividend by 1%
- Spot gold has just broken through the $4,340.00/oz mark, now quoted at $4,339.99/oz, up 2.35% on the day; the main COMEX gold futures contract is now quoted at $4,399.60/oz, up 2.33% on the day.
- Thune Weighs Cloture on CLARITY Act Before August Recess, Setting Stage for September Vote
- Haverty Furniture: Board Approves New Authorization Under Stock-Repurchase Program for Up to $15M of Common Stock and Class A Common Stock >HVT
- Paramount (PSKY.US) announces an extension of the expiration date for the previously announced exchange offer and tender offer.
- NI Holdings 2Q Gross Premiums Written $107.2M >NODK
- NI Holdings 2Q Net Premiums Earned $65M >NODK
- NI Holdings 2Q EPS 1c >NODK
- According to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), AT&T (T.US) has submitted the final terms for the issuance of 1.2 billion euros in floating rate global notes, which will mature in 2028.
- Star Holdings 2Q Rev $19.4M >STHO
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- Star Holdings 2Q EPS $3.43 >STHO
- GBP/JPY Price Forecast: Rebound holds above 200-day SMA
- Black Swan Capitalist: XRP Is Trading As If CLARITY Act Delay Is Fully Priced
- US Treasury’s OFAC sanctions 2 Iran-linked crypto exchanges
- Dow Jones PRELIMINARY CLOSING Averages
- Hawaiian Electric 2Q EPS 71c >HE
- Waste Connections Renews Normal Course Issuer Bid For Share Repurchases >WCN
- Cardano’s price up 18% in a week as Dijkstra era planning spurs upside
- Bitcoin breaks out of bullish pattern, whales accumulate as price approaches $70,000
- ATyr Pharma: CFO Jill Broadfoot to Step Down Sept. 30
- ATyr Pharma 2Q Loss/Shr 11c >ATYR
- El Salvador buys 1 bitcoin daily to advance cryptocurrency strategy
- Treasury Yields Fall After July Job Losses -- Market Talk
- US Treasury yields drop on soft NFP, Hormuz hopes ease Fed risks
- Leveraged funds have pushed net long positions in the Mexican peso to their highest level since December 2023. The increase in the size of such positions often reflects a strong bullish expectation from leveraged capital for the continued appreciation of the Mexican peso in the near future.
- The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) disclosed that, in the week ending August 4, net speculative short positions in the Japanese yen reached 45,473 contracts. During the same period, net short positions in the euro were 58,091 contracts, in the British pound were 57,814 contracts, and in the Swiss franc were 32,822 contracts. These position data reflect the short-term betting tendencies of speculative funds on the movements of related currencies in the foreign exchange futures
- The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission stated that, after the implementation of relevant intervention measures, the size of yen short positions held by hedge funds has halved.
Supplementary background: Yen short bets typically refer to investors anticipating a depreciation of the yen, leading to short positions in the futures market. A sharp reduction in such positions often reflects a significant shift in market expectations for the yen's short-term outlook.
- Philippines: BSP policy outlook shifts – Standard Chartered
- 30-Year Treasury Yield Falls to 5.210% This Week -- Data Talk