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Russia's $46B Crypto Market Puts Bitcoin, USDT and Ruble Liquidity in Focus
Russia's new crypto rules start Sept. 1 as Sberbank forecasts $46B in first-year regulated trading and prepares crypto-backed loans.
Cronos reverses Tectonic exploit—but $6.29M had already left the network
Cronos restored its blockchain to before the Tectonic exploit, although 2,592 ETH reportedly remained outside the network.
Dogecoin Price Tests Key Support as DOGE ETF Inflows Rise
Dogecoin price fell 2.48% on August 31, trading near $0.082 as rising selling pressure weighed on the popular meme coin. Retail traders appear to be locking in profits following recent gains, while DOGE is now testing an important technical support level.
Meta's stock looks too cheap, analysts say. Why it's now set up for a Google-style rally.
Alphabet's stock took off last year after the company got a legal settlement out of the way, and now Meta's stock is looking at a similar setup.
GOOG 
Can Rising Operating Income Support PPL's Long-Term Earnings Growth?
PPL's rising operating income, data center demand, rate recovery and $23B investment outlook support 6-8% annual EPS growth through 2029.
PPL 
Can Boot Barn's Work Business Extend Its Five-Quarter Growth Streak?
BOOT's work business is accelerating as merchandising, marketing and brand investments drive five straight quarters of growth.
BOOT 
Nomura Value Fund Q2 2026 Portfolio Activity
After outperforming its benchmark in 1Q2026, the Nomura Value Fund Institutional Class shares lost considerable ground to the Russell 1000® Value Index in 2Q2026. Positive stock selection results in the communication services and materials sectors were leading contributors for the quarter. During the quarter, we made two full-position sales while initiating six new positions in the Strategy.
NMR 
Balancer V1 Pool Hit For $234K In Rounding‑Error Exploit
An attacker drained approximately $234,000 from a legacy Balancer V1 liquidity pool on August 31, 2026. The vulnerability allowed the minting of 4,408.8 BPT tokens by depositing just a single satoshi after compressing WBTC reserves. The attack utilized nested flash loans from platforms such as Aave, Spark, Morpho, and Uniswap V3.
Hackers claim millions of patient records stolen during data breach at healthcare giant McKesson
A prolific hacking group has taken credit for last week's cyberattack against U.S. pharmaceutical distribution giant McKesson, leading to the latest spill of highly sensitive health data by an American healthcare company in recent months.
MCK 
Deere and AGCO Rally 4% as Baird Upgrades Both on North America Row Crop Demand
Farm equipment stocks caught a bid Monday afternoon after Baird upgraded both Deere (NYSE:DE | DE Price Prediction) and AGCO (NYSE:AGCO) on North America row crop demand. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) is down 0.5% to $765.
AGCO 
Oil Stocks Don't Need to Double for This ETF to Explode. Here's How 2X Energy Leverage Works
Energy stocks have already had a strong 2026, but investors looking at the Direxion Daily Energy Bull 2X Shares (NYSEARCA:ERX) do not necessarily need Exxon Mobil, Chevron, or the broader energy sector to double from here for the ETF to
ERX 
PPL vs. FE: Which Utility Stock Offers Stronger Long-Term Growth?
FirstEnergy edges PPL on ROE, capital spending, valuation and one-year share performance, despite carrying a higher debt-to-capital ratio.
PPL 
Bitmine Rises 4% as ETH Holdings Near 5% of Supply, Circle Internet Group Surges 8%, Coinbase Climbs 5%
Crypto-linked equities are climbing midday Monday even as Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) trade lower over the past 24 hours.
ETH 
Ormat Technologies: Raised Guidance And A Stronger Storage Business Support A Buy
Ormat is a Buy with a $122 target, supported by raised 2026 guidance and a stable contracted electricity base. Q2 revenue rose 10.6% and adjusted EBITDA 6.9%, while full-year guidance increased to $1.15-$1.20B in revenue and $630-$650M in adjusted EBITDA. Storage revenue nearly tripled to $42.8M, though margins should normalize in H2.
ORA 
Bitmine Buys 53,501 ETH, Nears 5% Ethereum Supply Goal
Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) accelerated its Ethereum accumulation for a second consecutive week, purchasing another 53,501 ETH as Chairman Tom Lee expects strong crypto market performance to attract greater institutional demand. The latest Ethereum purchase was valued at approximately $131.3 million based on an ETH price of around $2,455 on Monday.
Boeing: Don't Let The Delivery Drop Fool You
Boeing saw stable net orders year-on-year in July, with 30 net orders valued at $3.3 billion, despite overall order inflow slowing. BA's July deliveries fell sequentially to 53 units but remained robust, up 10% year-over-year, reflecting stable operational output. Order mix improved, driving higher order value; book-to-bill ratios for the year remain strong at 1.3x (units) and 1.7x (value).
BA 
Protagonist Wins FDA Approval for MIMRYLO in Rare Blood Cancer Treatment
Protagonist Therapeutics NASDAQ: PTGX said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved rusfertide, to be marketed as MIMRYLO, for the treatment of erythrocytosis in adults with polycythemia vera, or PV.
PTGX 
Will Customer Growth Support Essential Utilities ' Long-Term Earnings?
WTRG's expanding customer base, acquisitions and infrastructure spending support its long-term earnings growth potential.
WTRG 
XRP falls to $1.35 – Why dip buyers must watch THIS price zone next
The XRP Sharpe Ratio has improved from -0.3 in July to 0.207 now, the highest since August 2025.
One Mag 7 Stock to Watch in the Second Half of 2026 For Solid Gains
Alphabet just delivered blowout cloud growth while its stock sits nearly flat for the year, leaving investors to wonder whether a historic capex bet will pay off or drag shares down further before they can ever reach $500.
GOOG 
FTC to File Lawsuit Alleging Amazon Deceived Advertisers
The commission, along with more than 20 states, will allege the e-commerce giant reaped billions by manipulating ad prices on its retail platform.
FTC 
USDC Treasury burns 107M USDC to manage token supply
Circle's strategic USDC burns highlight evolving capital flows and institutional engagement, signaling a maturing tokenized finance landscape. USDC Treasury burns 107M USDC to manage token supply.
Bitcoin needs ETF demand to hold as Fed rate hike risk grows: analysts
Bitcoin's ability to extend its August rally has come under a fresh test as analysts have pointed to sustained spot ETF demand as a key requirement for overcoming rising expectations of a September Federal Reserve rate hike.
LITE's AI Optics Push Boosts Growth Prospects Against MRVL & NVDA
Lumentum rides AI-driven optical demand as OCS, CPO and NPO expand its market amid rising competition from Marvell and NVIDIA.
LITE 
Rising Permian Volumes and Expansions Support EPD's Growth Outlook
Enterprise's planned processing and fractionation expansions in the Permian to support higher capacity, stable cash flows and long-term growth.
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Mortgage rates surge to the highest since June 2025 as new Middle East attacks push oil prices up
The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage is now 6.87%. That rate is 12 basis points higher than it was Thursday and is being fueled by rising oil prices.
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Nvidia: This Is A Golden Opportunity
Nvidia Corporation forecasts approximately 70% revenue growth in fiscal 2028, far exceeding prior Wall Street expectations and driven by robust AI infrastructure demand. Vera Rubin platform shipments have begun, with management expecting them to account for 20% of data center revenue in Q3 and significantly increase per-gigawatt revenue. Half of NVDA's data center business now comes from sovereign, neo-cloud, and enterprise customers, growing at roughly 100% annually, with innovative revenue-sharing models expanding the addressable market.
NVDA 
Securing AI: 5 Most-Upgraded Stocks From the Q2 Reporting Season
Anyone doubting the importance of cybersecurity to AI, or its strength as a business model, need only look at MarketBeat's Most Upgraded Stocks. The five most upgraded stocks from the Q2 reporting period were all cybersecurity names.
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Gold Forecast: Is the US Dollar Debasement Trade Dead?
FOMC Chairman Kevin Warsh got the memo for his Jackson Hole speech on Friday. With markets starting to fear that his aloofness and lack of communication was starting to degrade the central bank's credibility, the famously anti-forward guidance Warsh confessed that the central bank would have “work to do” if inflation didn't abate soon and that he “would be hard pressed to describe broad financial conditions as restrictive.
Hyperliquid in Talks With Kraken Parent to Bring Crypto Perps to US Traders
A deal would route the decentralized exchange's perpetual futures through Payward's US-regulated Bitnomial, marking Hyperliquid's first US foray—weeks after Trump said his administration was working to bring it onshore.
