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National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) has appointed Vikas Goel as its managing director and chief executive officer, effective August 1, 2026, as the exchange prepares to expand beyond commodities into the equity and equity derivatives segment.Goel succeeds Dr. Arun Raste, whose tenure as MD & CEO concluded on June 6, 2026, and was subsequently extended until July 31 to ensure a smooth leadership transition.Extensive financial markets experienceGoel brings more than three decades of experience across treasury, global markets, fixed income and financial market operations. Before joining NCDEX, he served as Managing Director and CEO of PNB Gilts Limited between…

WisdomTree has received SEC approval for a first-of-its-kind tokenized money market fund, called WTGXX. This is the first time a registered mutual fund will trade and settle 24/7. Will Peck, head of digital assets at WisdomTree, walked TheStreet Roundtable through what changed. Watch the full interview on Roundtable! Peck believes tokenization is the next structural shift in asset management. He pointed out that stablecoins have proven that people want dollars that never sleep, and WTGXX attaches a government backed yield product onto that expectation. Related: Anchorage’s Nathan McCauley say GENIUS moved two of the top three stablecoins onshore What the…

Trump said the Strait of Hormuz might be reopened soon. Bitcoin’s price is on the move today, prompted by the latest developments on the US-Iran war front, but this time in the opposite direction. After it slipped to another multi-week low yesterday evening, the cryptocurrency has rebounded by approximately $1,500 and now sits at around $63,500. The reason for this is the major de-escalation announced by the POTUS hours ago. US President Trump announced on his social media platform, Truth Social, that although his country’s military remains “locked and loaded” to continue attacking Iran, they were asked by the…

2026-08-01T06:38:10+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Basrah BasraH Heavy and Medium crude posted steep weekly losses even as global oil prices rose at the close of the week, following a stretch of volatility across markets in recent days. BasraH Heavy fell $1.89 a barrel, or 3.25%, in the final trading session to settle at $56.21, marking a weekly loss of $9.61, or 14.60%, from its level at the start of the week. BasraH Medium also slipped $1.89 a barrel, or 3.13%, to close at $58.51, posting a weekly loss of $9.61, or 14.11%, compared with the…

XRP (CRYPTO: XRP), the native token of the XRP Ledger, has declined more than 60% over the past 12 months. It lost its luster as fears of interest rate hikes, regulatory headwinds, and competition from stablecoins drove investors toward more conservative investments. Does that pullback make XRP one of the best cryptocurrencies to buy right now? Or will it sink even lower as it fails to resolve its most pressing issues? Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again. In 2009, a “Double Down” signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. For the first time in years, that same…

TradingKey – On July 31 Eastern Time, Micron ( MU) fell more than 5% in intraday trading today after surging 18% yesterday, trading at $530 as of press time.It is reported that Michael Burry, the real-life figure behind the movie “The Big Short”, stated on Substack that he has increased his short position in Micron at around $880.Burry pointed out concerns over artificial intelligence valuations, noting that the price of Nvidia’s five-year credit default swaps is rising “parabolically” due to “circular spending on an unprecedented scale.” He had previously stated that Nvidia’s future revenue is heavily reliant on off-balance-sheet financing…

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Latin America and the Caribbean – Food Security Outlook: Conflict, weather shocks, and macroeconomic volatility sustain acute food insecurity, June 2026 – January 2027 – Haiti | ReliefWeb Skip to main content Haiti + 4 more Format Analysis Source Posted 31 Jul 2026 Originally published 30 Jul 2026 Origin View original Attachments Key Messages Across the region, acute food insecurity is driven by a combination of shocks, including recent earthquakes and macroeconomic pressures in Venezuela, persistent conflict in Haiti and localized areas of Colombia, and widespread weather shocks. El Niño conditions are bringing below-average rainfall and above-average temperatures throughout the…

The cold wallet that many crypto holders treated as the ultimate vault has just cracked open a debate the market wasn’t ready for. A Coldcard firmware exploit—targeting a device explicitly marketed as air-gapped and self-custodial—has sent Bitcoin’s social commentary into a historic tailspin. According to the Santiment update, Bitcoin’s positive-to-negative commentary ratio across X, Reddit, Telegram, and other platforms has fallen to the lowest mark since the firm’s modern tracking began. With only 0.58 bullish remarks for every 1.00 bearish remark, fear is now louder than greed by a margin not seen during the FTX unwind, Mt. Gox, or even…

Indian actively-managed equity funds continue to find consistent benchmark outperformance difficult, particularly in large- and mid-cap categories. Yet, compared with active funds in most major markets, their record remains relatively favourable.A bl.portfolio analysis of ACEMF data shows that 71 per cent of large-cap funds and 76 per cent of mid-cap funds underperformed their benchmarks over the five years ended July 2026. The rate was lower at 59 per cent for flexi-cap funds. Small-cap funds fared best, with 43 per cent trailing their benchmarks.The numbers point to a mixed record. Most active funds still lag their indices, but outcomes vary across categories and…