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Strive's Stock Jumps 7% After Its Biggest Bitcoin Buy in Months — 1,110 BTC at $73,409
The Dallas asset manager's treasury now holds 21,356 coins. Notably, it paid up: this buy landed well above the low-$60,000s it averaged all summer.
Bitcoin Nears $80,000 After ETFs Post Their Best Week Since the Record Days of October
$1.9 billion of inflows in a week, a 25% price surge, and Balchunas' verdict: 'a commodity in a constant state of supply shock.'
'They Asked Too Much': the Loonie Slides as Canada and the US Head for a Trade War
Washington imposed 50% tariffs on $20bn of Canadian goods. Carney promises dollar-for-dollar retaliation from 8 September.
Treasury Could Tap Its $1tn General Account to Fund Bond Buybacks
Two senior officials say the TGA is available — considerable firepower for influencing long-term yields, and a change from what markets assumed.
The Free EU Database That Tells You If an Appliance Is Actually Green
More than half of green claims are vague, misleading or unfounded. Two million products are already registered with the real numbers.
Treasury Doubles Long-Dated Bond Buybacks — and Lights a Fire Under Every Hard Asset
The expansion of liquidity-support operations to at least $4 billion per operation pushed yields and the dollar lower. Gold, silver, and Bitcoin all noticed.
Disney+ and Netflix Are Buying Into Football Without Buying the Football
UK broadcasters pay £1.67bn a year for live Premier League rights. The streamers are buying the talk shows instead.
Britain's Zero-Hours Reform Lands in 2027, and the Detail Is Still Missing
1.23 million people work zero-hours as their main job. The reform will cost up to £2.9bn — and the rules remain unwritten.
Should Working From Home Be a Legal Right?
Victoria was weeks from enforcing one before business pressure delayed it. In Portugal, parents of young children already have it.
Gold Is Having Its Best Month Since January — and This Time the Flows Agree
Up around 10% in August with ETF inflows back after two months of outflows, the metal's rally has broadened from price action into allocation.
One Week of Soft Data Cut September Hike Odds From 50% to 31%
Jobs, CPI, and PPI all undershot in the same week — flipping the rate calculus and clearing the runway for gold's best month since January.
Now That Nostalgia Is Big Business, It May Be Disappearing
Companies got so good at selling the past that they made it permanently available — and in doing so weakened the feeling they were selling.