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Ethena Pay Launches on Avalanche With USDe Yield and Crypto Cashback
Ethena Pay has launched an Avalanche-only beta using USDe for transfers and card payments, with tier-capped daily rewards and AVAX cashback.
$70M Bitcoin Movie Portrays Craig Wright as Satoshi
A $70 million feature film titled Bitcoin, starring Gal Gadot, Casey Affleck, Pete Davidson, and Isla Fisher and directed by Doug Liman, has entered post-production. Bitcoin Movie Enters Post-Production New reports suggest that the bitcoin movie featuring several A-list Hollywood actors is in post-production, typically the fifth stage of the seven-step filmmaking process.
Vertiv Holdings: The Market Is Making The Same Mistake Twice, Still A Buy
Vertiv Holdings delivered 60% YoY adjusted EPS growth in Q2 2026, raised full-year guidance, and saw deferred revenue double, yet shares sold off on a revenue timing miss. VRT's operational momentum is underpinned by technical integration with NVIDIA, expanding thermal and power solutions, and strong customer prepayments signaling robust demand. Management projects 40% YoY Q3 revenue growth, with VRT trading at 38.16x 2026 EPS and 28.13x 2027 EPS, while compounding earnings at a 60% rate.
VRT Prediction: Coinbase Stock Will Hit The $250 Milestone on This Date
Coinbase commands its highest-ever share of global crypto trading volume yet trades 51% below its 52-week peak, and the timeline for reclaiming $250 depends on a specific chain of events that most Wall Street analysts are quietly ignoring.
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Five Below Q2: Continued Outperformance As Comparable Sales Growth Shines
Five Below, Inc. just released its Q2 earnings, and the results were impressive. The discount retailer reported comparable sales growth well above consensus estimates, while also putting out expectation-beating forward guidance. The share gains post-release add to YTD share appreciation of about 30%.
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Want to Know if AMD is Gaining on Nvidia? Look Here.
AMD just posted its best data center growth in years while Nvidia guided margins lower, and one number buried in both earnings calls reveals whether the AI chip race is actually tightening or if the gap is as wide as
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Ceres Power: The Royalty Engine Behind AI's Power Bottleneck
Ceres Power (CPWHF) is positioned to capitalize on the data center grid bottleneck with its on-site solid oxide fuel cell technology. CPWHF's licensing model enables asset-light growth, with partners funding manufacturing and providing recurring royalty streams as commercialization scales. The Endura platform claims >65% net electrical efficiency and up to one-third lower system costs, pending validation at commercial scale.
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Hyperliquid Strategies Lifts Equity Facility to Support HYPE Digital Asset Treasury Strategy
Hyperliquid Strategies Inc. (NASDAQ: PURR), the digital asset treasury company trading under the ticker PURR, has enlarged the committed equity purchase arrangement it maintains with Chardan Capital Markets.
Ethereum (ETH) Is Standing Its Ground: The Chart Is Starting to Point Toward $3K
Ethereum (ETH) is currently holding at $2.4K. The selling pressure is accelerating to the downside.
Snowflake's Hidden Warning In Q2 (Rating Downgrade)
Snowflake (SNOW) delivered a record Q2 FY27, with a much better-than-expected 36% revenue growth leading to a +20% pre-market share surge. Management raised FY27 product revenue guidance to $6.07B, citing a "meaningful step-up" in AI-driven demand ahead of prior expectations of $5.8B. Despite strong top-line acceleration, SNOW warned of gross margin compression due to expanding AI workloads, lowering FY27 margin guidance to 74%, another 100bp downgrade from prior estimates.
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AMD is Quietly Eating Intel's Lunch
AMD and Intel both posted blockbuster data center quarters, but one company is bleeding billions from its own factories while the other signs gigawatt GPU deals with Anthropic and Microsoft.
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It's official: Nvidia is buying Hugging Face for $13 billion
Nvidia has confirmed that it's buying Hugging Face for almost $13 billion. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang wrote in a Thursday blog post that Nvidia had agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12,930,300,000, confirming Business Insider's previous report that the two were in talks for a deal.
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BRP Inc. (DOO) Reports Q2 Loss, Beats Revenue Estimates
BRP Inc. (DOO) came out with a quarterly loss of $0.13 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.46. This compares to earnings of $0.67 per share a year ago.
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Arthur Hayes Says Ignore Warsh and Watch EUR/JPY for Bitcoin's Next Move
Hayes sees French banks as a potential fault line, with BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole, and Societe Generale tied to US repo lending.
BlackRock Says $2.1 Trillion Gulf Spending Boom Could Reshape Global Capital Flows
BlackRock's top strategist says Gulf sovereign wealth funds are rerouting trillions away from global markets, and the ripple effects on Treasuries, equities, and AI infrastructure could be bigger than most investors expect.
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Bitcoin Recovers Toward $78K While ARB And PONS Extend Robinhood Chain Rally
Bitcoin recovered toward $78,000 after falling to $76,200, while a softer dollar and calmer broader markets helped stabilize sentiment after Wednesday's selloff. PONS surged 30.85% in 24 hours and ARB jumped 16.77% for a third session, extending the Robinhood Chain rally with record ARB open interest. U.S.
Grafton Group plc (GROUF) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Grafton Group plc (GROUF) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
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Is Coca-Cola Still an Elite Dividend Stock? Here's What the Numbers Say
Coca-Cola just extended a dividend streak that spans six decades, but a surging stock price and a tight payout ratio raise real questions about whether this legendary income name still delivers for buyers entering today.
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Crude Oil Forecast: Brent Eyes $100 as Supply Risks Rise
Crude oil continues to rally as Persian Gulf tensions keep supply concerns elevated. Brent is showing momentum toward a potential test of $100, while WTI's technical structure remains bullish.
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Nvidia to Buy Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion, CEO Jensen Huang Confirms
Hugging Face is a marketplace for open-weight and open-source artificial-intelligence models.
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NetApp Stock Is Buyable Here, Better In The $140s
NetApp, Inc. delivered a record fiscal first quarter, with revenues up 30% and EPS up 66%, beating all expectations. NTAP raised fiscal 2027 revenue guidance by $650 million, implying 17% growth, but expects slower growth in coming quarters. Profitability remains exceptional: gross margin near 71%, EBIT margin 24.5%, and return on equity over 100%, supporting an 18x earnings multiple.
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First American Financial: Bargain Dividend Stock With AI-Fueled Upside
First American Financial remains undervalued at a 10x forward P/E and offers a well-covered 3% dividend yield. FAF's commercial segment drove 15% YoY revenue growth, with record ARPO and expanding trust and 1031 exchange deposits. AI-driven platforms like Endpoint and Sequoia are delivering measurable productivity gains, supporting margin expansion and future competitive advantage.
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Nvidia Agrees to Buy Hugging Face for $13 Billion
The deal comes as Nvidia ramps up efforts to develop open-weight models and related services.
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Amazon's Zoox expands its robotaxi service to Las Vegas airport
Zoox isn't wasting any time now that it's allowed to operate and charge for rides in its custom-built robotaxi.
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Uber cuts 10% of jobs today, stock up: Why these layoffs are different from others
Uber announced on Wednesday it is cutting 10% of its workforce. That's 3,300 employees, the ride-hailing service told Fast Company.
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Shoe Station Group (SHOE) Stock Jumps 5.1%: Will It Continue to Soar?
Shoe Station Group (SHOE) was a big mover last session on higher-than-average trading volume. The latest trend in earnings estimate revisions might not help the stock continue moving higher in the near term.
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Sality Botnet Dismantled After Stealing Bitcoin and Ethereum for 8 Years
Sality botnet dismantled after eight years of crypto theft. CrowdStrike and DOJ isolated 15,000 infected machines used to steal Bitcoin and Ethereum.
USD/JPY forecast: Yen strength puts 155.00 in focus
The USD/JPY has dropped around 300 pips from its overnight highs in second day of sharp selling. Suspected BoJ intervention and, more likely, expectations of a hawkish BoJ hike have helped to lift the yen across the board.
SoFi and Kraken team up to blur the line between banking and crypto
The partnership signifies a pivotal shift towards integrating traditional banking with crypto, potentially reshaping financial ecosystems. SoFi and Kraken team up to blur the line between banking and crypto.
Micron: The AI Memory Shortage Has Spread Beyond HBM
Micron Technology (MU) is rated Buy, driven by persistent AI-induced memory shortages extending beyond HBM into DRAM and NAND. AI server demand from Dell and HPE, coupled with supply constraints, positions MU for sustained elevated earnings through at least FY2028. DRAM is the core earnings driver, with HBM growth tightening conventional DRAM supply and NAND providing a near-term tailwind.
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