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Zhongji Innolight Hong Kong IPO tests demand as shares jump

Zhongji Innolight's Hong Kong IPO is turning into a live demand test after its shares rose 3.67% and the deal pointed to $8 billion.

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Crypto

Allbridge Core exploit: protocol paused after $1.65M theft

Bitcoin, cards and cash illustrating digital tokens intersecting with payment rails and traditional money.

Banking

Stablecoins vs banks: reserves, redemptions and risk

Samsung Biologics press release on PolyPeptide acquisition

Deals

Samsung Biologics to buy PolyPeptide for $1.8bn in cash

Economy

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Containers at Rio de Janeiro port in Brazil

Brazil tariffs 2026: U.S. 25% duty widens trade risk

Brazil tariffs return as the Trump administration sets a 25% duty on some goods, with carveouts that limit the first-round supply-chain shock.

July 16, 2026

Crypto

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Regulation

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Markets

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Historic Bank of Korea building in Seoul with vehicles on a busy city street.

South Korea won trading overhaul widens foreign access

South Korea won trading rules are loosening again, extending 24-hour access and offshore settlement as Seoul courts global investors.

July 19, 2026

Commodities

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Brent above $90 as U.S.-Iran strikes raise inflation risk

July 20, 2026

Oil prices jump as Iran strike revives Hormuz risk

July 18, 2026

BP, ConocoPhillips Iraq investment tests Iran's energy grip

July 17, 2026

India chemical stocks rise as Hormuz disruption boosts pricing

July 17, 2026

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BHP Port Hedland strike tests iron ore flows after record output

July 16, 2026

Oil prices rise after U.S. restores Iran port blockade

July 15, 2026

Deals

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Banking

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Stablecoins vs banks: reserves, redemptions and risk

Stablecoins vs banks hinges on reserves, redemption rights and backstops: issuers hold cash-like assets, but they do not make insured deposits.

July 20, 2026

Stocks

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Stock market display illustrating volatility in SpaceX shares after the IPO

SpaceX stock below IPO price tests post-listing valuation

July 18, 2026

SpaceX (SPCX) stock falls after Starship abort

July 17, 2026

TSMC adds $100bn to U.S. spending plan, lifts Arizona bet

July 16, 2026

Close-up of semiconductor manufacturing equipment components illustrating chipmaking capacity.

ASML sales forecast raised again as AI chip demand holds

July 15, 2026

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Brown-Forman CEO Lawson Whiting to retire; guidance intact

July 14, 2026

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Lucid (LCID) stock sinks 16% after bankruptcy report denial

July 14, 2026

Earnings

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Analysis

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Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 forces a rethink on AI valuations

Moonshot AI Kimi K3 jolted AI-linked shares by challenging the idea that only U.S. labs can command frontier-model pricing.

July 18, 2026

Zhongji Innolight Hong Kong IPO tests demand as shares jump

Allbridge Core exploit: protocol paused after $1.65M theft

Stablecoins vs banks: reserves, redemptions and risk

Samsung Biologics to buy PolyPeptide for $1.8bn in cash

Economy

Brazil tariffs 2026: U.S. 25% duty widens trade risk

Bank of Korea raises rates to 2.75% in first hike since 2023

China GDP slows to 4.3% as Beijing faces stimulus pressure

China GDP slows to 4.3% as Beijing faces stimulus pressure

Why a Senate process bill matters for Social Security now

India inflation hits 4.38% in June as oil, food costs rise

Crypto

Allbridge Core exploit: protocol paused after $1.65M theft

Crypto perpetual futures draw US retail into leverage

Exodus cuts 25% of staff to fund stablecoin payments push

Lawson JPYC pilot tests yen stablecoin checkout in Tokyo

Bitcoin, ether ETF inflows return with $282m weekly gain

Avalanche Treasury S-1 tests crypto treasury model

Regulation

Bank of England bars coal-linked bonds from key loans

C3.ai (AI) securities suit dismissed, easing one overhang

GENIUS Act stablecoin rules miss deadline, 2027 clock looms

UK jails gang behind £4m crypto police website scam

SEC vs CFTC crypto regulation: where oversight splits

Ex-Fed adviser gets 38 months in prison over China ties

Crypto laundering fentanyl case widens DOJ drug-finance push

US Treasury freezes Iran-linked crypto wallets worth $130M

Markets

South Korea won trading overhaul widens foreign access

A tougher Russia sanctions bill could test dollar trust

Truth Social API turns Trump posts into market data

Asia chip stocks fall as SoftBank slides 9.2% on AI sell-off

Stock buybacks 2026: the $1tn boom masks a narrow market

Turkey frontier-market warning puts index access at risk

Commodities

Brent above $90 as U.S.-Iran strikes raise inflation risk

Oil prices jump as Iran strike revives Hormuz risk

BP, ConocoPhillips Iraq investment tests Iran's energy grip

India chemical stocks rise as Hormuz disruption boosts pricing

BHP Port Hedland strike tests iron ore flows after record output

Oil prices rise after U.S. restores Iran port blockade

Deals

Zhongji Innolight Hong Kong IPO tests demand as shares jump

Samsung Biologics to buy PolyPeptide for $1.8bn in cash

Anthropic IPO tests AI demand as SpaceX frenzy fades

Seven & i shares jump 4% on reported Zabka stake talks

British Steel nationalization puts Scunthorpe on state books

PayPal (PYPL) jumps 15% on Stripe, Advent $53bn takeover bid

MGM Resorts deal talks center on Barry Diller's $48.30 offer

Holtec nuclear IPO filing rides data-center power boom

Banking

Stablecoins vs banks: reserves, redemptions and risk

Asia's AI trade is turning into a Wall Street bank revenue line

Bank of America names new crypto and AI leaders

BlackRock Q2 profit rises 20% as assets hit $15.3tn

UK buy now, pay later rules: what changes in 2026

Freedom Holding (FRHC) share sale raises $300m for expansion

Stocks

SpaceX stock below IPO price tests post-listing valuation

SpaceX (SPCX) stock falls after Starship abort

TSMC adds $100bn to U.S. spending plan, lifts Arizona bet

ASML sales forecast raised again as AI chip demand holds

Brown-Forman CEO Lawson Whiting to retire; guidance intact

Lucid (LCID) stock sinks 16% after bankruptcy report denial

Earnings

U.S. Bancorp's BTIG quarter shows how regionals are growing

Morgan Stanley Q2 earnings: equities revenue jumps 69%

JPMorgan (JPM) Q2 earnings beat as trading revenue surges

Bank of America Q2 earnings beat, but stock slips 1%

TSMC’s June revenue surge sets the tone for AI chip earnings

Delta’s beat shows airfare pricing is still cushioning the fuel shock

Gulf earnings will show the war’s winners and losers more clearly than oil prices alone

SpaceX's IPO gives Wall Street banks an earnings tailwind

Analysis

Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 forces a rethink on AI valuations

Weak yen, Warsh's Fed and earnings put markets on edge

Anthropic puts a $19 billion price on AI's power bottleneck

OpenAI and Anthropic still look hard to float

Anthropic’s next AI arms race looks like power, not models