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Strategy (MSTR) flags $8.32bn Q2 bitcoin loss after sale

Strategy Q2 bitcoin loss reached $8.32 billion after a 3,588 BTC sale funded preferred dividends and lifted cash reserves to $2.55 billion.

Close-up of server racks in a data center highlighting modern technology infrastructure.

Deals

Csquare IPO seeks $1.35bn as Brookfield tests AI demand

US dollar and Japanese yen banknotes illustrating the dollar-yen exchange rate

Markets

Yen undervalued by 20% puts Japan intervention back in play

Deals

Luxshare Hong Kong listing heads for top-end pricing

Economy

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Trump Accounts launch July 4, giving newborns $1,000

Trump Accounts reach hospitals as newborn rollout goes live

Trump Accounts will let parents enroll newborns through hospital Social Security forms, testing how broadly the $1,000 policy reaches families.

July 3, 2026

Crypto

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Regulation

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Markets

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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing listing ceremony in Hong Kong

Hong Kong's IPO revival meets its first supply test

Hong Kong IPO lock-ups are releasing a record wave of insider shares, giving investors an early test of whether 2026 listing momentum can hold.

July 6, 2026

Commodities

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Rosland Capital bankruptcy exposes stress in gold retail

July 5, 2026

Oil tanker crossing a narrow shipping strait as Gulf crude routes normalize.

OPEC+ raises August quotas as Hormuz flows recover, crude slips

July 5, 2026

Oil tankers and cargo vessels near crude infrastructure as Gulf shipping patterns normalize.

Brent oil forecast: Citi sees $60 as Hormuz risk fades

July 3, 2026

Canada's west coast oil pipeline push aims to send more Alberta crude to Asia.

Canada oil pipeline to Asia redraws crude export map

July 3, 2026

Saudi Aramco's Ras Tanura refinery and oil terminal on Saudi Arabia's Gulf coast

Saudi Aramco exports rebound as spot crude sales linger

July 3, 2026

Japan cuts gas 16% as Hormuz squeeze lifts coal use

July 3, 2026

Deals

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Banking

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Britain’s consumer-credit stress is becoming a bank-risk story

UK consumer loan defaults hit their highest level since 2009, giving British lenders an early warning on provisions, pricing and consumer strain.

July 2, 2026

Stocks

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Sungrow utility-scale solar inverter equipment

Sungrow plunges 20% on report of possible US ban

July 1, 2026

Samsung Electronics semiconductor manufacturing line

Samsung, SK Hynix shares fall on $1.3tn capex plan

June 29, 2026

Close-up of memory chips on a circuit board, illustrating the AI memory boom.

SK Hynix Nasdaq listing lifts shares 11% in AI memory race

June 25, 2026

Server racks and cabling inside a data centre used for AI workloads.

Micron stock rises on Anthropic AI memory supply deal

June 22, 2026

Apple CEO Tim Cook smiles as he holds up an orange iPhone 17 Pro during an event at the company's headquarters

Apple price rises 2026: chip costs force product hikes

June 18, 2026

Printed circuit boards and electronics components representing AI supply-chain exposure

Kingboard’s rally says mainland money is chasing AI proxies

June 18, 2026

Earnings

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Analysis

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Data center server infrastructure and power systems

AI data center trade hits power, politics and capex wall

AI data center spending is meeting a harsher market test as grid bottlenecks, turbine shortages and investor demands for returns reshape the trade.

June 28, 2026

Strategy (MSTR) flags $8.32bn Q2 bitcoin loss after sale

Csquare IPO seeks $1.35bn as Brookfield tests AI demand

Yen undervalued by 20% puts Japan intervention back in play

Luxshare Hong Kong listing heads for top-end pricing

Economy

Trump Accounts reach hospitals as newborn rollout goes live

Judges block Trump limits on public-service loan forgiveness

China factory PMI rises to 50.3 as export demand leads

Fed independence: Supreme Court keeps Lisa Cook

PBOC overnight reverse repo omits rate, clouds policy signal

Spanish inflation June 2026 holds at 3.6%, testing ECB

Crypto

Strategy (MSTR) flags $8.32bn Q2 bitcoin loss after sale

Lean Ethereum roadmap: Buterin maps 3-4 year rebuild

Circle shares fall as OUSD tests USDC moat; Ark buys dip

Circle (CRCL) ARC token sale raises $20.25M at $3bn valuation

Trump crypto earnings disclosure reveals at least $1.4bn

Ionic Digital Nasdaq filing follows $400m private raise

Regulation

Evergreen Marine insider trading probe hits office search

Alibaba wins temporary reprieve from Pentagon lobbying ban

Trump allies widen fight over Federal Reserve independence

Anthropic tightens China access to Claude after workarounds

SpaceX stock buys by US lawmakers surface after IPO

SEC probes $100 million options windfall tied to Futu, Tiger

Anthropic export controls lifted on Fable 5, Mythos 5

Taiwan passes crypto law, forcing platforms into licensing

Markets

Hong Kong's IPO revival meets its first supply test

Yen undervalued by 20% puts Japan intervention back in play

Nvidia AI server delay to 2028 hits Asian supplier stocks

A small won gain opens a bigger test for Seoul's FX reform

Beijing’s quiet pushback against China’s bond rally

South Korea stocks tumble 6% as AI jitters hit chipmakers

Commodities

Rosland Capital bankruptcy exposes stress in gold retail

OPEC+ raises August quotas as Hormuz flows recover, crude slips

Brent oil forecast: Citi sees $60 as Hormuz risk fades

Canada oil pipeline to Asia redraws crude export map

Saudi Aramco exports rebound as spot crude sales linger

Japan cuts gas 16% as Hormuz squeeze lifts coal use

Deals

SK Hynix's Nasdaq debut tests the next leg of the AI trade

Csquare IPO seeks $1.35bn as Brookfield tests AI demand

Unimicron GDS sale seeks $1.4bn after 700% stock rally

Luxshare Hong Kong listing heads for top-end pricing

ITV Sky deal: Sky to buy ITV unit for £1.6bn

EasyJet takeover: board backs Castlelake £5.2bn bid

SK Hynix weighs 0.5% fee payout in planned US ADR sale

Renk nears David Brown Defence deal, deepens naval push

Banking

Britain’s consumer-credit stress is becoming a bank-risk story

Plaid IPO talks test fintech listing window after reset

Stablecoin law could drain community bank deposits

Indonesia banks repatriate $640M as Prabowo risk rises

Applied Digital (APLD) expands revolver, $2B preferred capacity

JPMorgan (JPM) succession narrows after Lake exit, $30m awards

Stocks

Sungrow plunges 20% on report of possible US ban

Samsung, SK Hynix shares fall on $1.3tn capex plan

SK Hynix Nasdaq listing lifts shares 11% in AI memory race

Micron stock rises on Anthropic AI memory supply deal

Apple price rises 2026: chip costs force product hikes

Kingboard’s rally says mainland money is chasing AI proxies

Earnings

Micron’s $22bn commitments show AI memory is still tight

Cerebras’ revenue surge cannot hide AI-chip margin math

CarMax beat on sales, but margin pressure still sank the stock

GameStop (GME) Q1 profit jumps on $2B buyback plan

India earnings rebound becomes a commodity-cost stress test

Pick n Pay break-even target moves to 2029 as costs bite

SharkNinja lifts 2026 outlook after Q1 earnings beat

Nvidia earnings: Q1 revenue $81.6bn, Q2 guide $91bn

Analysis

AI data center trade hits power, politics and capex wall

Why the BIS sees the AI capex boom as a debt-market risk

Micron’s $22bn commitments show AI memory is still tight

SpaceX’s triple-C ESG score lands after the IPO rush

Trump’s Anthropic reversal trims one IPO discount, not policy risk