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Bitcoin consolidation below $123,000 reflects caution rather than market weakness
Bitcoin’s (BTC) stalling between its recent all-time high and range lows is a sign of investors digesting the movement rather than market weakness. According to the August 18 Bitfinex Alpha report, BTC surged to a record $123,640 before retreating...

OpenServ CEO Says Social Analytics Will Stand Beside Price And Volume As Core Market Data For Traders
Tim Hafner, CEO and co-founder of OpenServ, believes social analytics are on track to become as central to trading as traditional price and volume data, underscoring a structural shift in how markets are interpreted. "Yes. Market structure is...

When SAFEs Get Complicated: Hidden Pitfalls in Early-Stage Financing
Last month, a startup’s Series A nearly fell apart when investors and founders realized their different calculation methods produced a $750,000 variance. The culprit was not deception or bad faith, but rather a complex interaction between...

IVIX raises $60 million Series B to combat financial crime with AI
IVIX, a platform that helps governments worldwide combat large-scale financial crime, has raised $60 million in a Series B funding round. The investment brings the company’s total funding since its founding to $85 million. The round was led by...

GLBA Set for Overhaul? 10 Questions That May Decide the Next Generation of Financial Privacy Law
Congress is asking the financial industry – and anyone else with a stake in consumer data – to weigh in on the future of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA). On July 31, the US House Financial Services Committee leaders issued a request for public...

XRP, BTC, And ETH Holders Achieve Asset Appreciation Through Find Mining - Find Mining Launches Secure Cloud Mining -
(MENAFN- Evertise Digital) In the rapidly changing cryptocurrency market, simply holding onto your coins often fails to protect against volatility and opportunity costs. More and more investors are seeking ways to lower the barrier to entry while...

Gross banks’ assets hit Dhs4,878.3b at end of May 2025: Central Bank
Gross banks’ assets, including bankers’ acceptances, increased by 2.7% from Dhs4,749.8 billion at the end of April 2025 to Dhs4,878.3 billion at the end of May 2025. The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) announced the increase in money supply...

Equities market begins week on positive side as ASI surges to N91.561trn
BY EMMANUEL OLUKOTUN Nigeria’s stock market opened the new trading week on a slightly positive note with +0.07 per cent increase. After last week’s profit taking activities, the market’s slightly positive close on Monday August 18 came in line...
Next Bitcoin buy signal could come from bond market stress: Analyst
Key takeaways: Bond market stress has historically aligned with Bitcoin cycle bottoms and could signal new buy opportunities. US debt surpassing $37 trillion and elevated 10-year yields point to macroeconomic pressures that may favor Bitcoin in...

The Business of AI Translation Tools in Cross-Border Trade
Monday, August 18th 2025 - 00:37 UTC Photo: Unsplash In the last few years, AI translation tools have moved from experimental curiosities to core infrastructure for companies that trade across borders. For markets that span Spanish and Portuguese...

Talking Trade with Laura Baughman, Trade Partnership Worldwide
The latest episode of “Talking Trade” features Laura Baughman, senior fellow with Trade Partnership Worldwide, on evolving U.S. trade policy. Baughman, who has worked with a variety of American businesses spanning multiple sectors, says tariffs...

Patriots open to trades involving high draft picks, Eliot Wolf says
Eliot Wolf isn't imposing any limitations when it comes to improving the Patriots' roster. When asked Monday if New England would be willing to swing a big trade at this point in the summer -- with the team's preseason finale on Thursday and...
Sammons Financial Group Employees Direct $175,000 to Iowa Charities
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 18, 2025-- Sammons ® Financial Group, Inc. announced the results of its 2025 Community Outreach Program. Sammons Financial Group employees selected 25 organizations to receive a total of $175,000 in...

31 Active Buyers Identified in Venture Secondaries Market
Venture Capital Journal has compiled a comprehensive list of 31 active buyers currently operating in the venture secondaries market. The publication has released a detailed guide providing specific information on each of these market participants....

Treatment.com AI to Rebrand as Rocket Doctor AI, Aligning Business with Evolving Product Portfolio and Market Strategy
New name to take effect and begin trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the new ticker AIDR effective August 21, 2025 Rebrand unites the company’s proprietary Global Library of Medicine (GLM) with Rocket Doctor Inc’s leading digital...
Ashanti Region: MFWA educates media on illicit financial flows guide to improve reporting
By Florence Afriyie Mensah Kumasi, Aug 18, GNA – The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has organized a-day’s sensitization workshop for journalists in Ashanti Region on the Guide for Journalists on Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs), Progressive...

TeraWulf Shares Surge 10% as Google Boosts Stake to 14% in AI Race
In a move that underscores the intensifying race for artificial intelligence infrastructure, shares of TeraWulf Inc. surged more than 10% on Monday, propelled by Alphabet Inc.’s Google unit increasing its stake in the data center operator. This...

‘The right place to build something that lasts’: Darrell Camilletti, founder of Mountain West Insurance & Financial Services, celebrates 50 years of protecting people
For Darrell Camilletti, a chance conversation years ago at a kitchen table on his family ranch outside Hayden led to him sitting at the helm of a company with a national footprint. The story of that company, Mountain West Insurance & Financial...

FDA Approves New Fibromyalgia Drug, But Tonix Shares Slide
Tonix Pharmaceuticals reported late Friday that the Food and Drug Administration had approved its Tonmya treatment for fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia, a condition affecting 10 million adults in the U.S., mainly women, causes chronic pain and fatigue....

Advisers urge rate cut as spring market nears
White stressed that mortgage solutions need to be tailored to customer needs. “There is no ‘one size fits all’ when it comes to the best mortgage product,” he said. “Finance and mortgage advisers will base their advice on the specific needs of...