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Robert Kiyosaki carries $1.2 billion in real estate debt and calls it a tax strategy

Levered real estate is rate-sensitive by construction. That capital reality frames the $1.2 billion debt position personal finance author Robert Kiyosaki described on The Iced Coffee Hour podcast, a figure his former wife and…

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DEALSRobert Kiyosaki carries $1.2 billion in real estate debt and calls it a tax strategyAugust 31, 2026/$BTCBitcoin's regulatory floor is already set, BlackRock says, as CLARITY Act debate centers on the broader crypto complexAugust 31, 2026/MACROYen swings as conflicting U.S. official remarks muddy the policy signalAugust 31, 2026/SPROSpero Therapeutics files $100 million at-the-market shelf with Jefferies, closes Cantor agreement unusedAugust 31, 2026/$XRPRipple launches equity swap desk with XRP on the margin, not in the tradeAugust 31, 2026/AENTAlliance Entertainment nullifies July charter amendment after procedural breachAugust 30, 2026/DEALSAon nears $17 billion USI acquisition from KKRAugust 30, 2026/RENX$6.7 million second tranche closes at RenX Enterprises, amendment resets registration timelineAugust 30, 2026/DEALSRobert Kiyosaki carries $1.2 billion in real estate debt and calls it a tax strategyAugust 31, 2026/$BTCBitcoin's regulatory floor is already set, BlackRock says, as CLARITY Act debate centers on the broader crypto complexAugust 31, 2026/MACROYen swings as conflicting U.S. official remarks muddy the policy signalAugust 31, 2026/SPROSpero Therapeutics files $100 million at-the-market shelf with Jefferies, closes Cantor agreement unusedAugust 31, 2026/$XRPRipple launches equity swap desk with XRP on the margin, not in the tradeAugust 31, 2026/AENTAlliance Entertainment nullifies July charter amendment after procedural breachAugust 30, 2026/DEALSAon nears $17 billion USI acquisition from KKRAugust 30, 2026/RENX$6.7 million second tranche closes at RenX Enterprises, amendment resets registration timelineAugust 30, 2026/
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Bitcoin's regulatory floor is already set, BlackRock says, as CLARITY Act debate centers on the broader crypto complex

Against the backdrop of a legislative calendar that is reshaping digital asset capital flows, the CLARITY Act is drawing a sharper line between Bitcoin and the rest of the crypto complex. Robert Mitchnick, BlackRock's head of…

By Selene Vasquez · 2 min

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Yen swings as conflicting U.S. official remarks muddy the policy signal

Mixed signals from Washington rarely stay quiet in the currency market. The Japanese yen is experiencing volatility, responding to conflicting remarks from top U.S. officials that have left traders without a consi

By Gordon Ashwell · 2 min

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Spero Therapeutics files $100 million at-the-market shelf with Jefferies, closes Cantor agreement unused

Small-cap biotech equity issuance has run tactical rather than wholesale against the backdrop of a cost-of-capital environment

By Harlan Prescott · 2 min

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Ripple launches equity swap desk with XRP on the margin, not in the trade

The swap market's appetite for synthetic equity exposure has found a new counterparty. Ripple Prime opened a Delta One desk on August 27, giving hedge funds, asset managers, market makers, and ETF issuers total return swap access…

August 31, 2026 · 2 min

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Alliance Entertainment nullifies July charter amendment after procedural breach

Delaware governance filings rarely flag internal process failures this plainly. Alliance Entertainment Holding Corporation (Nasdaq: AENT) submitted a Certificate of Correction to the Delaware Secretary of State on August 26,…

August 30, 2026 · 2 min

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Aon nears $17 billion USI acquisition from KKR

Insurance brokerage has been consolidating toward scale for years, and the reported deal now in progress would land at the larger end of that cycle. Aon is nearing a roughly $17 billion acquisition of USI from private equity firm…

August 30, 2026 · 2 min

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$6.7 million second tranche closes at RenX Enterprises, amendment resets registration timeline

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Strategy's $2.8 Billion Bitcoin Gain Revives Accumulation Speculation

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