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US trade deficit widens as imports jump before tariff deadline
ShareCast
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The goods trade balance was -$103.6bn last month, some 22.1% bigger than the previous month's $84.9bn, the Commerce Department reported. This was much wider than the consensus estimate for a trade deficit of $87.4bn. Exports fell $0.1bn (0.1%)...
Ethiopian Birr Crisis Black Market Nears 180 per Dollar
Zehabesha
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August 29, 2025
Ethiopian birr black market rates worry many people. Why is the Ethiopian Birr losing value? Why is the black market dollar price so much higher than the official exchange rate? After a sharp devaluation and tight foreign currency supply, families...
Trust as a Global Currency: Why Reputation Layers May Define the Future of Fintech Partnerships
GlobalFinTechSeries
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August 29, 2025
Imagine two FinTech companies based in different countries. They want to work together on a new project. The partnership looks promising and could be very successful. At the last minute, the deal stops. The reason is simple. One company was not...
BEML shares rises amid PSU commences Assembly of Indigenously Built LAMV, KGF Facility
PSU Connect Media
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August 29, 2025
Shares of Defence PSU, BEML Ltd., have risen over 16.10 basis points as the company has declared that it has commenced the assembly of its Light Armoured Multipurpose Vehicle (LAMV) at the Kolar Gold Fields facility. The occasion has been graced...
Cash dairy prices mixed in light pre-holiday trading
Brownfield Ag News
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August 29, 2025
Market News Cash dairy prices mixed in light pre-holiday trading Cash dairy prices were mixed Friday with no activity on the cheese market at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was up $0.0150 at $0.57. Two sales were recorded at $0.5675 and...
ED Issues India’s First INTERPOL Purple Notice To Uncover Trade-Based Money Laundering Network
News24
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August 29, 2025
Enforcement Directorate of India (ED) has issued its first ever Purple Notice via INTERPOL concerning complex trade-based money laundering (TBML) that involved criminal networks. The Purple notice published on August 21, 2025, represents an...
Top 3 Real World Asset (RWA) Altcoins to Watch in September
BeInCrypto
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August 29, 2025
The real-world asset (RWA) sector has cooled, with RWA tokens down 3.7% over the past month, underperforming narratives like liquid staking and GameFi. Still, the long-term growth story remains intact. Yet, despite the correction, a handful of RWA...
Eric Trump: Bitcoin Enables Finance With ‘No Disparity’ Between Classes
Decrypt
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August 29, 2025
In brief Eric Trump told the Bitcoin Asia conference that Bitcoin marks the first time finance has “no disparity” between socioeconomic classes. Trump also spoke of sovereign wealth funds, Fortune 500 companies, and nation states driving adoption....
XRP Potentially ‘Very Negative,’ Peter Brandt Says Amid Crypto Market Crash
Coingape
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August 29, 2025
Veteran trader Peter Brandt has indicated that XRP’s current outlook is bearish and that the altcoin could witness new lows before any potential reversal to the upside. This comes as the broader crypto market faces a significant correction, with...
Why Are Crocs Shares Gaining Today?
Benzinga
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Shares of Crocs, Inc. CROX reached $89.61 on Friday after the footwear maker unveiled a finance leadership change and reiterated its near-term outlook. Patraic Reagan will become executive vice president and chief financial officer on Sept. 22,...
Crypto Hacks Are Rising: Here’s How To Safeguard Your Digital Assets
Forbes
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Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market cap. Getty Images Violent kidnappings, hacks and data breaches have dominated crypto headlines in recent months. In March, a North Korean hacking group known as Lazarus Group swiped $1.5 billion worth...
Aave Unveils Horizon: Permissioned RWA Market for Institutions
BeInCrypto
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August 28, 2025
DeFi leader Aave has officially launched Horizon Market. The new platform allows institutional investors to borrow stablecoins using tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) as collateral. The move will unlock significant institutional capital for DeFi....
Stocks decline with tech shares; dollar weakens as US inflation data in line
Channel News Asia
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August 29, 2025
NEW YORK :Major stock indexes fell on Friday, with technology shares including Dell Technologies leading declines, while the dollar weakened against the euro after U.S. inflation data kept alive expectations of a September interest rate cut. Dell...
How Cowboys should use picks from Parsons trade
CBS Sports - Florida
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The Dallas Cowboys acquired additional first-round picks in the 2026 and 2027 NFL drafts from the Green Bay Packers in exchange for star pass rusher Micah Parsons in a monumental trade on Thursday. Those draft assets appear to be a golden...
What the Options Market Tells Us About Mastercard
Benzinga
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Deep-pocketed investors have adopted a bearish approach towards Mastercard MA, and it's something market players shouldn't ignore. Our tracking of public options records at Benzinga unveiled this significant move today. The identity of these...
Ethereum hits new all-time high as crypto bull market continues
Money Sense
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August 29, 2025
2025 has been the year of “hard assets,” including gold and bitcoin (BTC), the latter often dubbed “digital gold.” As monetary policy eased, investors rotated into these inflation-hedging assets. But that’s not the whole story. If you were...
Corporate bond market is taking off and needs support
The Hindu Business Line
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August 29, 2025
Corporate bond issuances have been steadily increasing since FY22 Even as bank credit has been declining to multi-year lows, there is a silver lining of sorts — namely, an increase in borrowing by corporates from the market. While overall bank...
Unpacking the Latest Options Trading Trends in Astera Labs
Benzinga
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Whales with a lot of money to spend have taken a noticeably bullish stance on Astera Labs. Looking at options history for Astera Labs ALAB we detected 81 trades. If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 43% of the...
Tether’s market share dips below 60% for first time since 2023
CryptoSlate
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August 29, 2025
Tether’s share of the stablecoin market has dropped below 60% for the first time in more than two years, signaling a shift in an industry that continues to expand at unprecedented rates. Data from DeFiLlama shows the issuer’s market dominance fell...
What's Driving the Market Sentiment Around BioMarin Pharmaceutical?
myMotherLode - California
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BioMarin Pharmaceutical's BMRN short percent of float has fallen 3.68% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 4.96 million shares sold short, which is 2.62% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on...