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Squads this week announced an $18 million strategic round led by Solana Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Haun Ventures, L1D, Collab+Currency, Electric Capital, Placeholder, Jump Crypto, and Robot Ventures, bringing total funding to $42.9 million. This raise accelerates Altitude, a financial operating system built on stablecoin infrastructure. Stablecoins are changing the infrastructure of business finance. For the last decade, building financial products for businesses meant building on top of banks; bank partnerships were required to hold customer funds and access payment rails. Every new market meant a new bank and a new compliance cycle. Blockchains changed the underlying infrastructure. Stablecoins…

In April 2026, Kinross Gold Corporation reported first-quarter 2026 net income of US$843 million, more than double the prior year, with basic and diluted earnings per share from continuing operations rising to US$0.70, alongside a maintained quarterly dividend of US$0.04 per common share payable on June 4, 2026. Record free cash flow, higher realized gold prices, and ongoing progress at projects such as Great Bear and Lobo-Marte highlight Kinross Gold’s financial strength and project pipeline, while strong shareholder support for its board and executive pay underpins confidence in the company’s governance and long-term plan. Next, we’ll examine how Kinross Gold’s…

Ever since Hong Kong’s chief executive introduced a “Tourism Everywhere” campaign, which included public support for a local yacht economy, momentum towards the city’s nautical endeavours has quickly picked up headway, so to speak. Delivered in last October’s policy address, the seafaring initiatives aim to capture a share of an expanding global yacht market expected to be worth $45 billion by 2032, driven in part by strong demand emerging from the Asia-Pacific region. But the policy goes beyond economics and capital investments. The strategy represents a watershed moment for both SARs of Hong Kong and Macao, as well as a…

To secure your financial future, it is crucial to make sound investments for the long term. There are several ways in which investors can park their money. However, when it comes to investing for the long term, instruments like bonds are a suitable option. Let’s take a look at the best bond funds in India that investors can add to their portfolios for the long term. Bond Funds Bond mutual funds are debt funds that invest money in the bonds of high-quality companies. These funds purchase bonds of companies that are financially sound and are expected to be stable in…

[Disclaimer: This article is intended for US audiences] Digital assets are becoming increasingly sought after by investors. The official Trump coin is an example of a personality-branded meme token that has been attracting more attention. These coins show the power of branding and how it can gain traction in crypto markets. Rather than a focus on technical innovation, they prioritize marketing, recognition, and community-wide momentum. The Official Trump Coin Increases Attention on Viral Tokens Personality-branded meme coins are just one part of the broader category of speculative digital assets. Unlike infrastructure-based tokens, their initial growth is typically tied to virality.…

Burnt investors likely to pass when the next Bobby Jain comes alongJain’s strategic shift shows the huge costs of taking on the multi-strategy giantsDavid Wighton is a columnist for Financial NewsWhen I was covering Wall Street for the Financial Times 20 years ago, a junior member of the team was a young American called Steve Schurr who wrote about hedge funds. He was good and I thought he might go far in journalism. Source link

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Lockheed Martin Australia has welcomed the Australian Government’s decision to select the company’s capabilities for the Australian Army’s Project Land 8113 Phase 2. Lockheed Martin Australia will supply an additional tranche of High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers equipped with Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM), delivering an anti-access/area denial capability to the Australian Defence Force (ADF).  “Our HIMARS-PrSM offering is the right fit for the modern war fighter and meets the Army’s requirements for capability, performance, range and offers interoperability benefits of common training, common operations, and common software through Common Fire Control Systems,” Lockheed Martin Australia and New Zealand,…

1 of 3 | Illustration of cryptocurrency and cybersecurity, as North Korea denies allegations of involvement in global hacking incidents. /Getty Images May 3 (Asia Today) — North Korea denied allegations that it was behind recent international cryptocurrency hacking and cybercrime cases, calling the claims “false information” and warning that it would not tolerate them. A spokesperson for North Korea’s Foreign Ministry issued the statement Sunday in response to a question from the Korean Central News Agency. The ministry called the allegations “absurd slander” aimed at damaging North Korea’s image for political purposes. “The United States is trying…

When Jeff Bezos said that one breakthrough technology would shape Amazon’s destiny, even Wall Street’s biggest analysts were caught off guard. Fast forward a year and Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy described generative AI as a “once-in-a-lifetime” technology that is already being used across Amazon to reinvent customer experiences. At the 8th Future Investment Initiative conference, Elon Musk predicted that by 2040 there would be at least 10 billion humanoid robots, with each priced between $20,000 and $25,000. Do the math. According to Musk, this technology could be worth $250 trillion by 2040. Put another way, that’s roughly equal to:…