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Audited and hacked: crypto platforms lost over $3.63 billion despite security checks

The security audit has become the digital asset sector's primary credential of institutional trust. Against that backdrop, CoinGecko reports that more than 60% of cryptocurrency platforms that lost money to cyberattacks had…

By Selene Vasquez · 2 min read

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Novartis heads for worst day on record after three drug trial setbacks

Clinical trial outcomes are the sharpest single-session repricing events in large-cap pharma. On Tuesday, three of them moved against Novartis at once, sending shares nearly 10% lower and putting the stock on course for its worst…

By Vincent Lorne · 2 min

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Earnings

Air freight disruption and tariff filings drive Expeditors to a 51% earnings gain in Q2

The air freight cycle received a rare double impulse in the second quarter of 2026, with Middle East disruptions constraining belly capacity on major cargo routes at precisely the moment AI hyperscalers

By Gordon Ashwell · 2 min

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Macro

Australian dollar climbs to 13-year high against New Zealand dollar

Among the currency pairs that frame commodity-linked capital flows across the South Pacific, the trans-Tasman cross has moved to a level not seen in thirteen years. The Australian dollar has reached a 13-year high against the New…

By Gordon Ashwell · 2 min

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German exports drop 0.8% in July, reversing June's gain

The European trade data for July brought a clear reversal. German seasonally adjusted exports fell 0.8% month-over-month, missing the consensus estimate of 0.3% growth and erasing the 0.9% gain recorded the prior month. A reading…

September 8, 2026 · 2 min

Crypto加密

Liquid white hats return $270 million in Bitcoin as network readies restart

Federated custody security is the live question across Bitcoin's network layer. A group identified as white hats has returned $270 million in Bitcoin to Liquid's federation wallet following a security incident

September 8, 2026 · 2 min

Crypto加密

Chainlink breaks from Bitcoin's compression zone, LINK hits eight-month high on institutional deal flow

Crypto's late-summer momentum has stalled at the macro threshold. Bitcoin ($BTC) opened the week below $80,000, down roughly 1% in 24 hours, having been rejected twice from the $82,000 level over the past two weeks and sitting…

September 8, 2026 · 2 min

Crypto加密

Hyperliquid Strategies shares surge 94% in August as U.S. regulatory clarity drives crypto treasury premium

September 8, 2026 · 2 min

Macro

Japan's 10-year government bond yield eases to 2.905%

September 8, 2026 · 2 min

Deals

Midwest affordability has outlasted a century of U.S. home price cycles

September 7, 2026 · 2 min

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