Goldman Sachs posted diluted EPS of $20.98 and $20.34 billion in Q2 2026 net revenues on July 14, its best quarter on record, with AUM crossing $4 trillion.
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BlackRock’s Assets Hit Record $15.34 Trillion on $192 Billion Inflow Surge
BlackRock reported record second-quarter assets under management of $15.34 trillion on July 15, with $192 billion in net new client inflows nearly tripling the year-ago figure and adjusted EPS beating estimates by more than 10%.
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Japan Moves Bitcoin and 105 Other Cryptos Under Securities Law
Japan’s parliament passed amendments on July 15 reclassifying Bitcoin and over 105 cryptocurrencies as financial assets under securities law, opening the door to spot Bitcoin ETFs and a flat 20% tax rate.
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Netflix Slides 9% as Q2 Growth Guidance Disappoints
Netflix posted record Q2 revenue of $12.56 billion but guided the next quarter below analyst estimates, sending shares down as much as 9% after hours and extending a 45% slide from the stock’s June 2025 peak.
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Stripe and Advent Offer $53.4 Billion for PayPal in Largest Fintech Bid on Record
Stripe and Advent International offered $60.50 a share for PayPal — a 28% premium valuing the company at $53.4 billion — sending PayPal stock up 19% in the largest-ever fintech takeover approach.
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Softer June CPI Eases Rate-Hike Bets, Lifting Stocks and Gold
US June inflation came in at 3.5% annually with core CPI at 2.6%, pushing the S&P 500 up 0.38% to 7,543 and gold nearly 2% higher to $4,080 an ounce on Tuesday.
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TSMC Q2 Revenue Surges 36% to Record $39.6 Billion on AI Demand
TSMC reported Q2 2026 revenue of $39.63 billion, a 36% year-over-year rise hitting the upper bound of its own guidance, as AI accelerator orders pushed June to an all-time monthly record of $13.2 billion.
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Circle wins federal bank charter, embedding USDC in the US banking system
The OCC on July 10 granted Circle Internet Group approval for a national trust bank charter — the first awarded to a stablecoin issuer — sending Circle shares up 13% and placing USDC reserves under direct federal oversight.
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SK Hynix soars 13% in record $26.5 billion Nasdaq debut, biggest foreign IPO on Wall Street
SK Hynix’s ADRs rose 13% on their first trading day July 10, raising $26.5 billion in the largest-ever foreign listing on Wall Street and cementing the AI memory boom as an investor priority.
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Steel Partners bids $16.75 a share for InMode, topping CEO’s own buyout offer
Steel Partners offered $16.75 per share to acquire InMode on July 9, topping CEO Mizrahy’s own $16.20 buyout bid and demanding his removal for alleged governance failures.