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Samsung Electronics (SSNLF) may have discovered a huge new growth market for its priciest smartphones, and it’s not just in the biggest cities of India.The company said its Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Galaxy Z Fold8, and Galaxy Z Flip8 received more than 271,000 pre-orders in India within 72 hours of their launch on July 22.Last year, Samsung took 15 days to hit a similar preorder total for the Galaxy Z Fold7 and Flip7. So the new lineup reached the milestone five times as fast, although the company did not disclose the sales mix between the three devices.The more telling figure…

BitGo has expanded its institutional custody platform to support YLDS, the SEC-registered yield-bearing digital security issued by Figure Certificate Company, giving institutional investors access to regulated custody for one of the first blockchain-native fixed-income products registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The digital asset infrastructure provider said YLDS can now be held through BitGo Bank & Trust, its federally chartered digital asset trust bank regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The launch combines SEC-registered digital securities with qualified custody infrastructure designed for institutional investors, highlighting the growing convergence of traditional securities regulation and blockchain-based…

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission have moved against Netrios LP Ltd. and Red Acre Ltd. in parallel settlements that put the infrastructure behind offshore CFD brokers under direct U.S. regulatory scrutiny. In a CFTC order dated June 26, 2026, Netrios was ordered to pay a $1.75 million civil monetary penalty and Red Acre was ordered to pay $750,000 for facilitating illegal off-exchange leveraged or margined retail commodity transactions involving U.S. customers who were not eligible contract participants. The SEC imposed the same penalty amounts in a separate administrative order dated June 29, 2026, bringing…

Markets await Middle East peace progress, monitor central bank policy shifts, and analyze the yen’s persistent weakness against the dollar. US-Iran Truce and Strait of Hormuz Stability Financial markets are navigating a period of cautious optimism as the United States and Iran move toward a temporary truce following recent military exchanges near the vital Strait of Hormuz. While this diplomatic breakthrough—facilitated by Qatar and Pakistan—has prompted investors to begin unwinding the geopolitical risk premium that previously inflated crude prices, the environment remains exceptionally fragile. Because the current framework is merely an initial step toward a broader deal within a 60-day…

Rocket Lab’s stock price has remained under intense pressure this week, falling to a key technical support level. After surging to a record high of $151 ahead of the SpaceX IPO, the stock has tumbled about 61% to around $58.60 as investors continue to take profits and reassess growth expectations. With the company set to report earnings on August 10, the big question is whether this sharp sell-off presents an attractive buying opportunity or signals that further downside remains. Rocket Lab stock has plunged amid profit-takingRKLB stock has had a major turnaround in the past few days. A company that was recently…

Wells Fargo has increased its price target on Advanced Micro Devices to $615 from $505 while maintaining its Overweight rating, reflecting growing confidence in the company’s long-term server CPU business and continued demand driven by artificial intelligence (AI).AMD shares rose 2% on Tuesday’s trading after closing the previous session 3.4% higher at $539.49.Wells Fargo raises revenue and earnings forecastsWells Fargo increased its revenue estimates for AMD’s server CPU business over the next three years.The brokerage now projects server CPU revenue of $16.0 billion in 2026, rising to $20.5 billion in 2027 and $25.0 billion in 2028.The firm left its data…

Shopify stock has rebounded in the past few weeks, moving from the year-to-date low of $94.47 to the current $121.63. This rebound may continue, helped by its modest revenue growth and encouraging technicals.Shopify stock jumps after crucial settlementShopify, the operator of the biggest e-commerce software, soared after reaching a settlement with Shopline, a company owned by Joyy, a publicly-traded company. The two companies asked a judge to bar Shopline from distributing its software. In a statement, Shopify said that Shopline had copied its Dawn theme, rebranded it, and sold it against it. Its chief counsel said:”We took them to court and…

Top software stocks have slumped this year amid the lingering concerns that artificial intelligence tools by companies like OpenAI and Anthropic will hurt their revenue growth in the long term. ServiceNow (NOW) stock is down by 35% this year, while Salesforce (CRM), Workday (WDAY), and Adobe (ADBE) have fallen by over 40%.NOW, CRM, WDAY, and ADBE have gone through a valuation resetThe ongoing software slump has made these companies affordable to most people. A good example of this is by comparing their current valuations with that of the S&P 500 Index and their historical levels.The S&P 500 Index has a…

The textbook rule says gold (XAU/USD) rises when real yields fall — and over the past two years that rule has been wrong. Gold ran to a record near $5,595/oz in January 2026 even as US real yields stayed high and the dollar strengthened, because the marginal buyer stopped being the Western macro fund and became the central bank. That is why any honest gold (XAU) price prediction for 2026, 2028 and 2030 cannot lean on the old Fed-and-real-yields playbook. The decisive variable now is whether the central-bank and de-dollarisation bid that decoupled gold from real rates keeps buying —…

Bitcoin is on track to post its third consecutive quarterly loss, having shed 11.96% across Q2 2026, with persistent selling pressure threatening to deepen the decline. The slide began in Q4 2025, when Bitcoin peaked near $126,000 in October. That high coincided with the October 10 liquidation event, which drained more than $19 billion from the market, while the escalating U.S.–China tariff war piled further pressure on an already deteriorating outlook. On a capital basis, the market has bled roughly $1.32 trillion in value since the losses began in Q4 2025—a figure that now exceeds Bitcoin’s own market capitalization of…