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, /PRNewswire/ -- First Financial Bancorp. (Nasdaq: FFBC) announced today that it expects to release second quarter 2026 financial results after the market close on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. A conference call and webcast to discuss these results will be held on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time.

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About First Financial Bancorp.
First Financial Bancorp. is a Cincinnati, Ohio based bank holding company. As of March 31, 2026, the Company had $22.8 billion in assets, $13.5 billion in loans, $17.9 billion in deposits and $2.9 billion in shareholders' equity. The Company's subsidiary, First Financial Bank, founded in 1863, provides banking and financial services products through its six lines of business: Commercial, Retail Banking, Investment Commercial Real Estate, Mortgage Banking, Commercial Finance and Wealth Management. These business units provide traditional banking services to business and retail clients. Wealth Management provides wealth planning, portfolio management, trust and estate, brokerage and retirement plan services and had approximately $4.1 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2026. The Company operated 153 full service banking centers as of March 31, 2026, located in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois, while the Commercial Finance business lends into targeted industry verticals on a nationwide basis. In 2025, First Financial Bank received its second consecutive Outstanding rating from the Federal Reserve for its performance under the Community Reinvestment Act and was recognized as a Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award winner, one of only 70 Gallup clients worldwide to receive this designation. Additional information about the Company, including its products, services and banking locations, is available at www.bankatfirst.com.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $SLM #cashflowintelligence--Nova Credit, a leading credit infrastructure and analytics company, today announced that Sallie Mae® (Nasdaq: SLM), the leader in private student lending, has selected the Nova Credit's Income Navigator to support income verification as part of its private student loan underwriting process. Income Navigator enables lenders to quickly and accurately verify consumer income, providing a more complete picture of an applicant's financial profile. Sallie Mae will leverage t.

Ameren Corporation is rated a buy, driven by robust large-load demand and a strong rate-base growth outlook. AEE's Missouri segment benefits from data center, manufacturing, and electrification trends, supporting incremental investment and earnings growth. Management targets ~11% rate-base CAGR to 2030, supporting EPS growth near the upper end of the 6–8% range.

, /PRNewswire/ -- Talos Energy Inc. ("Talos") (NYSE: TALO) today announced that Talos Production Inc. (the "Company"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Talos, has commenced an offering (the "Offering") of $800 million in aggregate principal amount of Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2034 (the "New Notes"). The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering to (i) fund a portion of the cash consideration for the Company's recently announced pending Gulf of America acquisition (the "Acquisition"), (ii) fund the redemption (the "Redemption") of all of the outstanding 9.000% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2029 issued by the Company (the "2029 Notes"), and (iii) pay related fees and expenses.

If the Acquisition is not consummated on or before December 31, 2026, if the Company notifies the trustee of the New Notes that it will not pursue the consummation of the Acquisition, or if the third-party preferential right to purchase certain assets subject to the Acquisition is exercised, then an aggregate of $175 million principal amount of the New Notes will be subject to a "special mandatory redemption" at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the New Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date.

It is expected that the New Notes will be guaranteed on a senior basis by Talos and certain of the Company's existing and future subsidiaries and will initially be secured on a second-priority basis by substantially the same collateral as the Company's existing first-priority obligations under its senior reserves-based revolving credit facility.

The New Notes are being offered in the United States only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and to persons outside the United States only in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The New Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security, nor shall there be any sale of the New Notes or any other security of the Company, in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. This press release does not constitute a notice of redemption under the optional redemption provisions of the indenture governing the 2029 Notes.

ABOUT TALOS ENERGY

Talos Energy (NYSE: TALO) is a technically driven, innovative, independent energy company focused on safely maximizing long-term value through its Exploration & Production business in the United States Gulf of America and offshore Mexico. We leverage decades of technical and offshore operational expertise to acquire, explore, and produce assets in key geological trends while maintaining a focus on safe and efficient operations, environmental responsibility, and community impact.

INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT

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We caution you that these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. These risks include, but are not limited to, our ability to consummate the Acquisition on the terms currently contemplated, risks and uncertainties related to economic, market or business conditions, satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to the Offering, and the other risks discussed in "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), our Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-Q filed with the SEC and our other filings with the SEC, all of which can be accessed at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Should one or more of the risks or uncertainties described herein occur, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results and plans could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements, expressed or implied, included in this communication are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. This cautionary statement should also be considered in connection with any subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements that we or persons acting on our behalf may issue. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, we disclaim any duty to update any forward-looking statements, all of which are expressly qualified by the statements in this section, to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this communication.

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July 01, 2026 09:00 ET  | Source: NBT Bancorp Inc.

NORWICH, N.Y., July 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NBT Bancorp Inc. (“NBT” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: NBTB) will release details of its financial results for the second quarter 2026 on Monday, July 27, 2026, following the market close. The Company will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern) Tuesday, July 28, 2026, to review these results.

The audio webcast link, along with the corresponding presentation slides, will be available on the Company’s Event Calendar page at www.nbtbancorp.com/bn/presentations-events.html#events prior to the beginning of the conference call. The call will also be archived on the Company’s website for twelve months and can be accessed at any time and at no cost during this period.

Corporate Overview

NBT Bancorp Inc. is a financial holding company headquartered in Norwich, NY, with total assets of $16.20 billion at March 31, 2026. The Company primarily operates through NBT Bank, N.A., a full-service community bank, and through two financial services companies. NBT Bank, N.A. has 173 banking locations in New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine and Connecticut. EPIC Retirement Plan Services, based in Rochester, NY, is a national benefits administration firm. NBT Insurance Agency, LLC, based in Norwich, NY, is a full-service regional insurance agency. More information about NBT and its divisions is available online at: www.nbtbancorp.com, www.nbtbank.com, www.epicrps.com and www.nbtbank.com/Insurance.

Contact:Scott A. Kingsley, President and CEO Annette L. Burns, Executive Vice President and CFO NBT Bancorp Inc. 52 South Broad Street Norwich, NY 13815 607-337-6589 This press release was published by a CLEAR® Verified individual.

Key Takeaways AAVE is currently priced in the $85–$95 range with a total market capitalization hovering around $1.3B–$1.5B Conservative projections estimate AAVE between $350–$600 by 2031 under normal DeFi expansion conditions Optimistic forecasts place AAVE at $1,000–$1,800 should institutional adoption of DeFi infrastructure materialize Pessimistic scenarios project AAVE trading between $80–$150 if market momentum stalls or rivals gain ground Weighted probability analysis calculates a five-year price objective of roughly $620 by 2031 Aave stands as a cornerstone protocol in decentralized finance, facilitating peer-to-peer lending and borrowing of cryptocurrency assets without traditional intermediaries. The platform has accumulated substantial economic throughput since its 2020 debut, generating revenue through interest spreads and protocol fees.

Aave Price At present, AAVE fluctuates within the $85 to $95 corridor. The token commands a valuation between $1.3 billion and $1.5 billion across exchanges. With a hard cap of merely 16 million tokens, AAVE maintains one of the tightest supply constraints among leading cryptocurrency assets.

According to weighted probability modeling, AAVE could reach approximately $620 within the next five years.

✍️ TL;DR: AAVE (On Ethereum) ends June with its highest network growth day since 2021
📊 Metrics used: Network Growth
🔗 Link to chart: https://t.co/PYPTArPYdg

📈 Aave (on Ethereum) has just seen 1,806 new wallets created in 24 hours, marking its strongest network growth day… pic.twitter.com/FbwYRgFdg0

— Santiment Intelligence (@SantimentData) July 1, 2026

A significant catalyst supporting this trajectory is GHO, Aave’s native overcollateralized stablecoin. GHO has demonstrated consistent expansion alongside the protocol’s broader infrastructure. Sustained adoption of GHO may amplify demand mechanics throughout the entire Aave platform.

Conservative Scenario: $350 to $600 The baseline projection presumes continued integration of decentralized finance within traditional financial markets. This pathway envisions expanding crypto-collateralized lending, proliferation of tokenized traditional assets, and incremental institutional migration toward blockchain-based financial instruments.

Aave, given its market leadership and battle-tested infrastructure, would naturally capture meaningful market share in this environment. A valuation range of $350 to $600 corresponds to a market capitalization spanning $5.5 billion to $9.5 billion.

This represents substantial appreciation from current valuations while maintaining realistic growth assumptions.

Pessimistic Scenario: $80 to $150 The bearish outlook contemplates decelerating DeFi momentum. Emerging competitive protocols, smart contract exploits, restrictive regulatory frameworks, or diminished borrowing appetite could collectively constrain expansion.

Elevated interest rate environments particularly dampen speculative leverage, reducing total value locked across DeFi lending platforms. Should these headwinds materialize and persist, AAVE may consolidate between $80 and $150 throughout the forecast period.

Optimistic Scenario: $1,000 to $1,800 The bullish projection envisions AAVE climbing to $1,000–$1,800. This outcome requires institutional finance embracing permissioned DeFi frameworks, widespread tokenization of equity and debt securities, and blockchain lending achieving mainstream scale.

Such a scenario would establish Aave’s market capitalization between $16 billion and $29 billion — substantial yet still considerably beneath Bitcoin or Ethereum’s current valuations.

AAVE’s constrained token economics mean protocol growth should theoretically manifest more directly in token appreciation relative to cryptocurrencies with inflationary or larger token supplies.

The protocol maintains cross-chain deployment across numerous blockchain networks and demonstrates ongoing ecosystem development.

The probability-weighted $620 target by 2031 assumes moderate DeFi sector expansion, with Aave preserving its competitive positioning among premier lending protocols throughout the coming years.

The cryptocurrency market has dropped by more than $2.3 trillion between October 2025 and July 1, but amid this decline, four revenue-backed crypto coins: Hyperliquid (HYPE), PumpFun (PUMP), Pancake Swap (CAKE), and Aave (AAVE), whose underlying blockchains generate revenues, are standing out.

Analyst Ted Pillows notes that the revenue earned by these blockchains is used to buy back their native crypto coins. These token buybacks then reduce the supply and boost the sentiment even when the broader market is bearish.

Per the analyst, traders should stop chasing narratives that most likely never play out in bear markets and instead focus on these revenue-backed crypto coins that return value to holders.

Hyperliquid Tops $14M in Weekly Revenues as Institutional Demand Soars Data from TokenTerminal shows that Hyperliquid generated $14.13 million in revenue for the week between June 22 and June 28.

These $14 million in revenue comes from the $2.06 billion in DEX volumes that Hyperliquid recorded during the same week per DeFiLlama data.

HYPE Revenues Hyperliquid uses 93% to 99% of these revenues to buy back HYPE tokens, which then reduces the supply, eases the selling pressure, and creates room for the price to gain.

SoSoValue data shows that institutions are betting on revenue-backed dynamics of this crypto coin after spot HYPE ETFs recorded $111.3 billion in inflows in the week of June 22 to June 26.

In comparison, Bitcoin ETFs had $1.79 billion in outflows during the week, while Ethereum ETFs had $273 million in outflows.

The sentiment around the HYPE token also remains bullish because the price is up by 2.89% between June 24 and July 1, while BTC and ETH have dropped by 6% and 5%, respectively, within the same period.

HYPE Crypto Coin Technical Outlook as Bear Flag Forms HYPE price gained from $60 on June 28 to $67 on June 29 before dropping to $64 today, July 1. This price movement has created a bear flag pattern with a height of 12%.

The price of this revenue-backed crypto coin could rise by 12% if it overcomes the barrier of this bear flag pattern at $64. Closing above this barrier of $64 for three straight days might push the price to $71.

The RSI reading of $48 suggests that the short-term momentum is still favoring bears. If bears tighten their grip and HYPE drops below the support of $64, it might retest the June 25 low of $58.

HYPE Price Chart However, Hyperliquid’s rising revenues support a bullish long-term HYPE price forecast, especially if institutions continue betting on the token through ETFs.

PumpFun Generates $3.89M In Revenues Despite Waning Meme Coin Activity PumpFun is also another revenue-backed crypto coin whose revenues reached $3.89 million between June 22 and June 29, per TokenTerminal data.

PUMP Revenues This meme coin on Launchpad continues to record revenues even when the meme coin market cap has dropped by $115 million.

Analyst Ted Pillows notes that PumFun had $459 million in revenues between July 2025 and July 2026, making it the second-biggest blockchain by revenues after Hyperliquid.

Just like HYPE, PUMP price has set itself apart from other crypto coins, and it has increased by 1.4% between June 22 and June 29.

That increase shows that the mechanism where Pumpfun uses 50% of the revenue that it generates to buy back PUMP tokens is easing selling pressure and increasing demand, which in turn supports gains in price.

PUMP Price Tests 20-day EMA Resistance as Bearish Pressure Wanes The price of the PUMP token is testing the barrier at the 20-day EMA of $0.00144. Making three daily closes above $0.00144 might push the price to the 50-day EMA of $0.00156.

A move above the 100-day EMA level of $0.00174 could support a bullish long-term PUMP price forecast, and the revenue-backed crypto coin could then target the May 10 high of $0.0022.

PUMP Price Chart The AO bars that are green despite being on the negative side also suggest that bears are losing their grip on the market, and PUMP price could close above the 20-day EMA level of $0.00144.

PancakeSwap Revenues Jump to $2.69B TokenTerminal also shows that the PancakeSwap DEX platform generated $2.69 billion between June 22 and June 29, and most of this came from DEX trading activity.

CAKE Revenues Data from DeFiLlama shows that the DEX volumes for this revenue-backed crypto coin reached $4.66 billion in the week of June 22, higher than the $4.51 billion seen in the week of June 15.

Pancake Swap uses part of the revenues that it generates from trading activity to buy back CAKE tokens before sending them to a burn address and removing them entirely from the supply.

This burn mechanism has reduced the number of CAKE tokens that are in circulation from 326 million to 307 million, and this casts a bullish outlook on the PancakeSwap long-term price forecast if demand rises.

CAKE Price Outlook as AO Bars Flash a Bearish Divergence on the Crypto Coin The AO bars on CAKE’s daily chart that are green despite being negative have created a bullish divergence.

This is because the bars are suggesting bearish pressure is waning even as the price drops.

CAKE/USDT Price Chart The price of CAKE has moved to the support of $1.26, and if it moves below it, bears might pull the price down to the June 1 low of $1.127.

But if bears weaken their grip on CAKE as the AO bars hint, the price might rise to $1.63.

Aave Revenues Jump As Demand for the Crypto Coin Soars Aave is one of the top revenue-backed crypto coins that traders are watching, especially now that rumors are swirling around Kraken purchasing a 15% stake in Aave.

AAVE Revenues While the founder of Aave, Stani Kulechov, denied the claims about Kraken’s investment in the company, the revenues rose to $1.98 million per TokenTerminal data, suggesting that the news increased interest in the platform.

Data from DeFiLlama also shows that the fees paid on Aave in the week between June 22 and June 29 reached $7.48 million.

The price of this revenue-backed crypto coin has also increased by 15% from $70 on June 24 to $86 today, July 1.

AAVE Technical Outlook as Bears Test Support AAVE has dropped to test the support level of 85. This drop comes as the volume bars that are red show that selling pressure is more than buying pressure,

A move below this support of $85 might push AAVE price to the June 23 low of 70.

AAVE Price Chart The RSI reading of 57 suggests that bulls are in control, and AAVE price might rise to $95. But this RSI line is also dropping, suggesting that buying pressure is waning.

Standard Chartered has initiated coverage of Morpho (MORPHO) with a $60 price target for the end of 2030. The call implies close to 30x upside and extends the bank’s widening bet on decentralized finance (DeFi).

The forecast would see Morpho outperform both Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) through 2030. It adds the token to a lineup that already includes Aave (AAVE).

MORPHO Price Performance. Source: BeInCryptoStandard Chartered’s Path to $60 MORPHO PriceMorpho trades near $2.05, up by over 10% on the day the report landed, according to BeInCrypto data. The token ranks 57th by market value.

Analyst Geoff Kendrick, who leads digital assets research at Standard Chartered, mapped a yearly path to the target. He sees MORPHO at $3.50 in 2026, $11 in 2027, $22 in 2028, $40 in 2029, and $60 in 2030.

The report framed the move as a 33x gain from a lower price when it published this month. From MORPHO’s current level, the target implies closer to 30x.

Standard Chartered initiates Morpho coverage with a $60 price target by the end of 2030.The projection follows a run of long-dated forecasts, including the bank’s move to cut its Ethereum target last month. Standard Chartered issued a comparable 50x Aave price forecast weeks earlier.

Why Standard Chartered Backs MorphoMorpho is the second-largest DeFi lending protocol behind Aave. Together the two control 57% of deposits and 63% of active loans across lending protocols.

Top DeFi Lending Protocols. Source: DefiLlama “Morpho is part on-chain bank, part infrastructure for on-chain banks and asset managers.”

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The bank splits Morpho into two parts:

Morpho Markets works like Aave Morpho Vaults act as infrastructure for on-chain asset managers, or curators. Standard Chartered calls the vaults business the differentiator that can pull large traditional finance (TradFi) funds on-chain.

The bank expects DeFi assets to grow 37 times by 2030, and wants Morpho to scale with that flow.

Morpho holds about $9.8 billion in deposits today. Custody platforms including Fireblocks, Anchorage, and Taurus have wired its vaults into their systems.

Morpho TVL. Source: DefiLlamaMorpho’s balance sheet supports the case. Its developer, Morpho Labs, recently closed a $175 million funding round that valued the protocol at $2 billion.

Still, the target hinges on Morpho building deep TradFi relationships, and Standard Chartered warns that growth could arrive in lumps.

That uncertainty sits at the center of every long-term Morpho forecast. The next few quarters should test how fast institutional money moves.

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Aave just recorded its most aggressive single day of network growth in nearly five years—1,806 new wallets created on Ethereum in 24 hours, a level not seen since October 2021. The data, highlighted in the on-chain update from Santiment, arrives as AAVE’s price surged 23% over the past week, placing the DeFi lender back in the spotlight just as July trading begins.

Network growth is a narrow metric, but it matters. Each new wallet represents a potential depositor, borrower, or liquidity provider. When that many new addresses appear on Ethereum—a chain that continues to lead in weekly developer activity—it suggests interest is expanding beyond existing users. For a protocol like Aave that earns revenue from loan origination, higher wallet counts can, over time, feed into higher total value locked and fee generation.

Network Expansion Meets Protocol Upgrades The timing of the wallet spike is not random. Aave has been rolling out V4 on Ethereum, with new risk parameters and efficiency improvements designed to attract larger borrowing demand. At the same time, governance discussions around market caps and revenue recapture via the Smart Value Recapture mechanism are giving the token an income narrative that it lacked in earlier cycles. Standard Chartered’s recent long-term price outlook for AAVE added a bullish institutional overlay, though the bank’s note is one data point, not a guarantee.

All of this has pulled AAVE from a slow year to a +23% weekly gain that pushed it to the #46 spot by market cap. The wallet count suggests the price move is not being driven solely by existing holders rotating positions. New entities are stepping in, at least at the address level. Whether those wallets become active borrowers or merely speculative wallets that remain empty will determine how durable the move is.

Why Wallet Growth Alone Won’t Settle the Debate On-chain adoption metrics come with a built-in lag. A wallet creation is not a deposit. It is not a loan taken. It is not a vote in governance. The critical question for July and the second half of 2026 is whether this influx of addresses converts into on-chain activity: deposits into Aave pools, stablecoin borrowing, and protocol fee accumulation. Without that next step, network growth becomes a front-end signal that never fully translates.

Traders will watch Aave’s total value locked, daily active borrowers, and revenue figures over the coming weeks. If those indicators follow the wallet trend higher, the price base that has formed could become more than a short-term bounce. If they lag, the recent surge may stall. For now, the on-chain data offers a clear lead: the biggest cluster of new attention Aave has seen since the 2021 DeFi expansion. What the protocol does with that attention is the real story.

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Quantum computing is the ultimate long-duration bet. The physics works, commercial revenue is thin, and every pure-play player is burning cash toward a payoff years away. For a cautious investor, the question is who can actually pay for the trip. Cash on the balance sheet, quarterly operating burn, revenue traction, and access to further capital determine whether shareholders own a piece of the future or a diluted stub of it.

We ranked four pure-play quantum names on that scoreboard, counting down from the most fragile to the best funded.

4. D-Wave Quantum D-Wave Quantum (NYSE:QBTS) has the shortest runway and the most acceleration in its burn. Q1 revenue landed at $2.86 million, down 81% year over year against a difficult prior-year comparison, while operating cash flow was negative $44.96 million and adjusted EBITDA loss widened to negative $32.8 million from negative $6.1 million a quarter earlier. Total cash of $588.4 million is respectable, but at this burn rate the runway shortens quickly. The bright spot: Q1 bookings of $33.4 million, roughly 2,000% higher year over year, and a $20 million Florida Atlantic University system deal plus a $10 million Fortune 100 QCaaS agreement. CEO Alan Baratz is spending to acquire optionality in the gate-model approach through the Quantum Circuits acquisition.

3. Quantum Computing Quantum Computing (NASDAQ:QUBT) holds a fortress-level cash position by category standards: roughly $1.40 billion in total cash and investments following a $750 million private placement. Q1 revenue was $3.69 million, up from a trivial base, and the Q1 operating cash burn was only $9.42 million. On paper, that math offers years of runway. The catch is that cost of revenue of $4.41 million exceeded sales, producing a gross loss of $721,000, and most Q1 revenue came from the recently acquired Luminar Semiconductor and NuCrypt subsidiaries. CEO Yuping Huang is building a photonics platform anchored by Fab 1 in Tempe, Arizona. The cash is substantial, but the organic business is still forming.

2. Rigetti Computing Rigetti Computing (NASDAQ:RGTI) wins on discipline. Q1 revenue nearly tripled to $4.4 million, and operating cash burn was just $16.22 million. Management describes a “Fortress balance sheet of $569 million in cash and investments with no debt.” That is the lowest burn-to-liquidity ratio in the peer set. CEO Subodh Kulkarni pushed the 108-qubit Cepheus-1-108Q system into general availability and is guiding to a 1,000-plus qubit machine by end of 2027, backed by a $100 million UK investment over three to four years. Rigetti can plausibly reach its next milestones without a dilutive capital raise.

1. IonQ IonQ (NYSE:IONQ | IONQ Price Prediction) tops the scoreboard because it combines the deepest war chest with the strongest revenue trajectory. CFO Inder Singh told investors that “Cash, cash equivalents and investments as of March 31, 2026 were $3.1 billion.” Q1 revenue jumped to $64.67 million, up 755% year over year and 30% above the midpoint of guidance. Remaining performance obligations reached $470 million, up 554% year over year. Management raised full-year revenue guidance to $260 million–$270 million against an adjusted EBITDA loss of $310 million–$330 million. Q1 operating cash burn was heavy at negative $151.02 million, and FY2025 financing inflows totaled $3.36 billion. With revenue doubling organically and the pending SkyWater Technology acquisition adding U.S. manufacturing capacity, CEO Niccolo de Masi has more room to fund the roadmap than any peer.

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Insider behavior deserves a caveat. During June, de Masi disposed of 16,120 shares at $56.2052 alongside selling by the CFO and other executives; there were zero open-market purchases across the four-month window. Retail sentiment on Reddit also shifted, most recently registering bullish at a score of 76 on June 30, with the shares closing at $53.26, down 26.1% over the past month.

The Scoreboard Verdict Revenue is thin across the entire pure-play quantum group, and every name here funds itself with investor capital. Ranked on runway and revenue traction, IonQ is the only company with both a multi-billion-dollar cash cushion and revenue growing fast enough to matter, which is why it wins the scoreboard even after a brutal month for the stock.

Rigetti earns its rank by spending carefully. D-Wave and Quantum Computing occupy opposite extremes: one burning through a smaller cash pile too quickly, the other sitting on a large pile it has not yet learned to convert into revenue.

The practical takeaway is simple. The path forward is expensive, and only one of these four companies is currently funding it through operating momentum rather than pure dilution.

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EVERETT, Wash.,--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fortive Corporation (“Fortive”) (NYSE: FTV) today announced that it will webcast its earnings conference call for the second quarter 2026 on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, beginning at 12:00 p.m. ET and lasting approximately one hour.

The call and an accompanying presentation will be webcast on the "Investors" section of Fortive’s website, www.fortive.com, under "News & Events".

You can access the conference call by dialing 877-407-3110 within the U.S. or +1 215-268-9915 outside the U.S. a few minutes before 12:00 p.m. ET and notifying the operator that you are dialing in for Fortive’s earnings conference call.

A digital recording of the conference call will be available after the conclusion of the call. You can access the replay on the “Investors” section of Fortive’s website under “News & Events”.

Fortive’s earnings press release, presentation, and other related materials will be posted to the "Investors" section of Fortive’s website under "Financial Info”.

About Fortive

Fortive innovates essential technologies to keep our world safe and productive. Fortive’s strategic segments - Intelligent Operating Solutions and Advanced Healthcare Solutions - include iconic inventor brands with leading positions in their markets. The company’s businesses design, develop, manufacture, and market products, software, and services, building on leading brand names, innovative technologies, and strong market positions. Fortive is headquartered in Everett, Washington and employs a team of more than 10,000 research and development, manufacturing, sales, distribution, service, and administrative team members in approximately 50 countries around the world. With a culture rooted in continuous improvement, the core of our company’s operating model is the Fortive Business System. For more information please visit: www.fortive.com.

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Do you need reliable passive investment income? Dividend stocks are arguably your best bet. Although you can do pretty well with bonds, too, most high-quality, higher-yield dividend stocks regularly raise their payouts. Bonds don't.

And if you're looking for a great one to own right now, consider buying a piece of oil and gas pipeline operator Energy Transfer (ET +0.47%) while its forward-looking dividend yield is right at 7%. A $42,500 purchase of 2,239 shares will generate $3,000 in annual -- and growing -- dividend income.

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An ideal business model for generating dividends It may be in the energy business. Unlike more familiar energy names like Chevron and ExxonMobil, though, its bottom line isn't tethered to the ever-changing price of oil.

Rather, with access to a network of 140,000 miles' worth of pipelines spanning much of the United States, Energy Transfer's business is simply getting natural gas and crude oil from point A to point B, regardless of the price of what's being pushed through those pipes. The company is only concerned with oil consumption rates, since it effectively operates a tollbooth that generates recurring revenue. This, of course, is an ideal business model for supporting dividends.

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To this end, recent data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration indicate that consumption of gas and oil hasn't slowed down at all this year despite higher prices for both. This persistent consumption is also the chief reason the company's now been able to raise its per-share payment for five consecutive years ... every year since the wind-down of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Maybe not for everyone There is one key consideration. That is, Energy Transfer is technically organized as a master limited partnership (MLP), which has specific tax-filing requirements. Partnerships are not terribly complicated. But if you're doing your own taxes and aren't familiar with tax forms unique to these entities, this ticker may be more trouble than it's worth.

Or maybe it's worth learning how to handle their tax filing requirements.

James Brumley has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Chevron. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

CINCINNATI, July 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Chemed Corporation (NYSE: CHE) today announced that it will release financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026, on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, following the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

Chemed will host a conference call and webcast at 10 a.m., ET, on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, to discuss the company's quarterly results and to provide an update on its business.

Participants may access a live webcast of the conference call through the investor relations section of Chemed’s website, Investor Relations Home | Chemed Corporation or the hosting website https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/u8u2qjst.

Participants may also register via teleconference at https://register-conf.media-server.com/register/BI55b09312fbd04f76b526dfcc5f7e174e.

Once registration is completed, participants will be provided with a dial-in number containing a personalized conference code to access the call. All participants are instructed to dial-in 15 minutes prior to the start time.

A taped replay of the conference call will be available beginning approximately two hours after the call's conclusion. You may access the replay via webcast through the investor relations section of Chemed’s website.

Listed on the New York Stock Exchange and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Chemed Corporation (www.chemed.com) operates two wholly owned subsidiaries: VITAS Healthcare and Roto-Rooter. VITAS is the nation's largest provider of end-of-life hospice care and Roto-Rooter is the nation’s leading provider of plumbing and drain cleaning services.

Statements in this press release or in other Chemed communications may relate to future events or Chemed's future performance. Such statements are forward-looking statements and are based on present information Chemed has related to its existing business circumstances. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements are subject to inherent risk and that actual results may differ materially from such forward-looking statements. Further, investors are cautioned that Chemed does not assume any obligation to update forward-looking statements based on unanticipated events or changed expectations.

CONTACT: Michael D. Witzeman (513) 762-6714  

, /PRNewswire/ -- Leading global private markets investment management firm Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE) today announced it has closed on $3.8 billion in total commitments for its Direct Equity strategy in and alongside the Hamilton Lane Equity Opportunities Fund VI ("EO VI" or "the Fund"), reflecting strong investor interest for Hamilton Lane's track record of investment performance and differentiated investment approach. The prior vintage fund, Hamilton Lane Equity Opportunities Fund V, closed at $2.1 billion.

EO VI seeks to provide investors with diversified exposure to middle-market buyout opportunities through Hamilton Lane's global Direct Equity platform. A wide range of global investors participated in the fundraise, including public pensions, sovereign wealth funds, Taft-Hartley pension plans, endowments, foundations, family offices and other financial institutions.

Ken Binick, Head of Direct Equity Investments at Hamilton Lane, commented: "We are thrilled to announce the final close of EO VI, our largest direct equity fund to date. Our differentiated approach within the middle market and our ability to deliver scaled strategic capital alongside our deep network of leading GPs resonated strongly with our investors. We continue to be encouraged by the early momentum across the portfolio, the various pathways for value creation across these companies, and our active pipeline of opportunities."

Megan Milne, Managing Director, Direct Equity Investments at Hamilton Lane, added: "The successful close of EO VI underscores the strength of our Direct Equity platform and reflects what our global investor base is looking for – access to a differentiated middle market opportunity set. We are grateful for the trust our existing and new investors have placed in us and are focused on making high-quality investments across an all-weather portfolio."

With more than $22.2 billion in AUM*, the firm's broader Direct Equity platform has been active for more than 30 years and is supported by a 43-person dedicated team. It includes commingled co-investment funds, evergreen vehicles and discretionary separate accounts. In just the last two years, Hamilton Lane's Direct Equity platform generated over $6 billion in distributions, and since inception the platform has made 787 discretionary direct equity investments.*

*As of March 31, 2026

About Hamilton Lane

Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE) is one of the largest private markets investment firms globally, providing innovative solutions to institutional and private wealth investors around the world. Dedicated exclusively to private markets investing for more than 30 years, the firm currently employs approximately 785 professionals operating in offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Hamilton Lane has $1 trillion in assets under management and supervision, composed of $141.8 billion in discretionary assets and $905.3 billion in non-discretionary assets, as of March 31, 2026. Hamilton Lane specializes in building flexible investment programs that provide clients access to the full spectrum of private markets strategies, sectors and geographies. For more information, please visit our website or follow Hamilton Lane on LinkedIn.

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Narrative intelligence assessed as an emerging market with the potential to disrupt how organizations identify inauthentic activity and respond to coordinated digital manipulation

New York, NY, July 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cyabra, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYAB) ("Cyabra" or the "Company"), a company whose artificial intelligence (“AI”)-powered platform helps governments and enterprises detect coordinated manipulation and protect digital trust, today announces its inclusion as a Market Shaper in the June 2026 Gartner® Emerging Market Quadrant for Narrative Intelligence — Startup Vendors. Cyabra believes the inaugural report marks an important milestone in the rise of narrative intelligence as a defined market category and reinforces the Company’s role as an early mover in defining the category. Interested parties may access a complimentary copy of the report here.

The rapid growth of AI-generated content, coordinated inauthentic activity, and sophisticated digital manipulation has transformed the online information environment. Organizations increasingly require advanced intelligence capabilities to determine whether digital activity is authentic, identify the sources driving narratives, and understand how information spreads. Gartner® has formally defined and assessed this market for the first time, naming Cyabra a Market Shaper in its inaugural Emerging Market Quadrant for Narrative Intelligence — Startup Vendors.

“Being recognized as a Market Shaper in the inaugural Gartner® Emerging Market Quadrant for Narrative Intelligence — Startup Vendors marks an important milestone for Cyabra and for a category we have spent years helping to define”, said Cyabra Co-Founder and CEO Dan Brahmy. “Organizations need to know not only what is being said online, but also who is driving it, how it is being amplified, and whether the signals they are seeing are authentic or manufactured. Narrative intelligence builds on the social listening tools teams already rely on, adding a deeper understanding of authenticity, influence, and coordinated behavior. It represents the next evolution of digital intelligence, helping organizations identify the signals they can actually trust. Cyabra was created to track and account for this shift, helping governments and enterprises distinguish organic discourse from coordinated manipulation and facilitating appropriate, evidence-based responses.”

Cyabra’s AI-powered digital trust platform analyzes actors, behaviors, and content across digital platforms to reveal coordinated influence activity, assess authenticity, map emerging narratives, and enable evidence-based mitigation. The Company supports public-sector, national security, enterprise, communications, and risk teams operating in environments where manipulated narratives can impact reputations, markets, public trust, commercial relationships, and stakeholder safety. Cyabra believes narrative intelligence is emerging as a cross-functional capability that can help bridge communications, cybersecurity, corporate risk, legal, investor relations, public affairs, and government response. From protecting brands and executives to identifying information operations and market-sensitive manipulation, the ability to understand narrative authenticity and coordinated amplification is critical to how organizations interpret and respond to the digital information environment.

“The rise of narrative intelligence is now a strategic conversation for public-sector leaders countering information operations, enterprise teams protecting brands and customers, investors assessing a newly forming market, and media organizations working to understand how AI-driven manipulation is changing the information environment,” said David Low, Cyabra’s Chief Marketing Officer. “We view this Gartner recognition as the start of a broader market education moment, not a one-day announcement. We will continue to lean into educating the market on why evidence of authenticity and coordination are fundamental decision-making signals in the digital domain.”

As the digital threat landscape continues to evolve, Cyabra believes demand for proactive narrative defense and authenticity verification will continue to grow across high-profile individuals, brands, enterprises, and other trust- and reputation-sensitive sectors. Cyabra continues to advance AI-driven capabilities designed to help organizations distinguish authentic engagement from manipulation and make decisions based on reliable digital intelligence.

Source: Gartner, Emerging Market Quadrant for Narrative Intelligence - Startup Vendors, By Alfredo Ramirez IV, Apeksha Kaushik, Akif Khan, Amber Boyes, David Senf, 26 June 2026. Gartner is a trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s business and technology insights organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Cyabra

Cyabra is an AI-powered narrative intelligence company that helps national security and defense organizations, government agencies, brands, communications agencies, and global enterprises restore trust and authenticity online by analyzing manipulated content, coordinated behaviors, and inauthentic actors. The platform helps teams understand who is operating, how activity is amplified, and where coordinated activity is shaping perception, translating evidence into clear mitigation steps. By reducing ambiguity and misdirected response, Cyabra enables proportionate, evidence-led action when clarity matters most.

For more information, visit www.cyabra.com.

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Investors: [email protected]

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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical statements of fact and statements regarding Cyabra's intent, belief, or expectations, including, but not limited to, statements regarding Cyabra's future results of operations and financial position, planned products and services, business strategy and plans, market size and growth opportunities, competitive position and market trends. Some of these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking words, including "may," "should," "expect," "intend," "will," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "predict," "plan," "targets," "projects," "could," "would," "continue," "forecast" or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar expressions. For example, the Company is using forward-looking statements in this press release when it discusses its growth trajectory to establish Cyabra as the industry-defining authority in digital trust and authenticity, the benefits of the Company’s products and technology, the belief that the Company is uniquely positioned to lead the market’s technological changes, the belief that narrative intelligence is emerging as a cross-functional capability that can help bridge communications, cybersecurity, corporate risk, legal, investor relations, public affairs, and government response. These statements relate to future events and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include those set forth in Cyabra's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Cyabra undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Key Takeaways Micron's AI-driven memory demand fueled a historic rally and helped lift three chipmakers by $2T in value. MU posted revenues up more than fourfold, 84.9% gross margins, and record adjusted earnings growth.ETFs like FTXL provide diversified exposure to major semiconductor firms benefiting from memory demand. Micron Technology (MU - Free Report) delivered a historic rally in the second quarter of 2026, with its shares surging over 240% and adding approximately $920 billion to its market capitalization. As the broader semiconductor industry is experiencing an absolute renaissance, ignited by the global artificial intelligence (AI) boom, other chip giants, particularly Advanced Micro Devices (AMD - Free Report) and Intel (INTC - Free Report) , also contributed significantly to the industry’s rally. 

Micron’s extraordinary performance was complemented by Intel's 216% jump, which added $480 billion to its market cap, while AMD’s shares climbed 186% to add $615 billion in market value. Together, this rally contributed to a combined $2 trillion increase in market value for these three chipmakers alone (as cited in CNBC). 

While such gains might tempt investors to add individual names like Micron or AMD to their portfolios, those concerned about chasing stocks at all-time highs may find a more balanced approach through semiconductor exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that hold these chip giants in their top positions, allowing them to benefit from the broader industry rally. 

But before adding one or all of these ETFs to their portfolio, prudent investors may want to investigate the factors that drove this unprecedented growth, particularly Micron’s, and understand why semiconductor ETFs offer a compelling strategy to capture the industry's potential.

Catalysts Behind Micron’s Historic Q2 SurgeMicron's exceptional performance was driven by skyrocketing memory prices fueled by insatiable chip demand coming from accelerating AI infrastructure build-out worldwide. This helped this chipmaker top a $1 trillion market value for the first time in late May 2026, as its shares popped 19% in a single trading session.

MU’s memory rally is further highlighted by its latest reported quarterly results, where its revenues more than quadrupled year over year. This upside in its top line was primarily driven by robust AI-led memory demand, with its data center revenues exceeding $25 billion, reflecting an annualized run rate of more than $100 billion.

Its gross margins jumped dramatically from 39% to an eye-popping 84.9%, thanks to higher pricing. Consequently, the memory chipmaker delivered record adjusted earnings growth of over 1,200% on a year-over-year basis.

No doubt, such strong quarterly results caused MU's stock price to jump 15% in after-hours trading following the earnings announcement. 

Investor confidence in MU’s long-term viability was further cemented by its latest partnership with AI leader Anthropic to supply next-generation infrastructure. With memory chip supply expected to remain tight past 2027, this deal locks in years of predictable, high-margin revenues for Micron and adds impetus to its share price appreciation.

A Booming Semiconductor Market & the Case for ETFsThe AI boom has transformed the semiconductor landscape, with investors widening their focus beyond chip giants like NVIDIA (NVDA - Free Report) to include the entire ecosystem of "AI enablers". As a result, companies that design the processors, interconnects, and interfaces needed to support and leverage high-speed memory technologies such as High Bandwidth Memory (“HBM”) are also experiencing strong share price appreciation, boosting the entire semiconductor industry. 

For instance, Marvell Technology (MRVL - Free Report) , which specializes in custom silicon and complex network data infrastructure, climbed approximately 201% in the second quarter.

The semiconductor industry is projected to maintain a massive multi-year growth trajectory, supported by constrained supply lines and unrelenting hyperscaler data center spending. 

Timing entries into individual chip stocks can be challenging for investors, while also exposing them to the risks associated with concentrated single-stock investments. Specialized semiconductor ETFs can offer diversified exposure to the entire semiconductor value chain, enabling investors to capture upside from multiple segments, including memory makers like Micron, CPU manufacturers such as Intel and AMD, and networking specialists like Marvell.

ETFs to BuyConsidering the aforementioned discussion, one may consider adding the following semiconductor ETFs to their portfolios:

Strive U.S. Semiconductor ETF (SHOC - Free Report)

This fund, with net assets worth $269 million, offers exposure to U.S.-listed semiconductor stocks. NVDA holds the first position in this fund, with 17.26% weightage, while MU holds the second spot with 13.81% weightage. AMD holds the sixth position in this fund, with 5% weightage, while INTC holds the ninth spot with 4.53% weightage. MRVL holds the 10th position with 4.13% weightage. 

SHOC has rallied 77.7% year to date. The fund charges 40 basis points (bps) as fees.

Global X AI Semiconductor & Quantum ETF (CHPX - Free Report)

This fund, with net assets worth $256.2 million, offers exposure to 38 companies that are positioned to benefit from the growth and advancement of the artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor and quantum computing ecosystems. MU holds the first position in this fund, with 13.65% weightage, while AMD holds the sixth spot with 4.97% weightage. MRVL holds the seventh position in this fund, with 4.88% weightage, while INTC holds the ninth spot with 4.66% weightage. 

CHPX has surged 95% year to date. The fund charges 50 bps as fees.

First Trust NASDAQ Semiconductor ETF (FTXL - Free Report)

This fund, with net assets worth $2.75 billion, offers exposure to 34 U.S. semiconductor companies. INTC holds the first position in this fund, with 13.02% weightage, while MU holds the second spot with 12.52% weightage. MRVL holds the third position in this fund, with 7.67% weightage, while AMD holds the fourth spot with 6.08% weightage. 

FTXL has jumped 120% year to date. The fund charges 60 bps as fees.

Christopher Alexander Delgado, president and CEO of Florida-based Goliath Ventures, has admitted guilt in a wide-ranging cryptocurrency fraud investigation. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced that 34-year-old Delgado has pleaded guilty to charges including wire fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, and money laundering.

The scope of the investigation widensAccording to prosecutors, Delgado and his associates operated Goliath Ventures—formerly known as Gen Z Venture Firm—between January 2023 and January 2026 as a scheme in which new investor funds were used to pay earlier investors. Authorities allege that investors were promised false monthly returns from cryptocurrency liquidity pools, when in fact these promises had no basis in reality.

U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe stated that Delgado misled investors to persuade them to deposit funds and then used the proceeds to finance a lavish lifestyle.

The indictment claims that the money raised was not meaningfully invested; instead, a portion of new deposits was redirected to prior participants, while the remainder funded luxury spending, extravagant events, vacations, and personal consumption.

Glossary: A liquidity pool in decentralized finance refers to a pool of assets contributed by users to facilitate trading, which can be tracked transparently on-chain under normal circumstances with verifiable usage data.

Seized assets span homes, cars and jewelryCourt documents show that Delgado used victim funds to purchase at least six residential properties, valued from $1.15 million up to $8.5 million. These spending sprees also included luxury automobiles, numerous designer watches, handbags, and bespoke jewelry.

ItemDescriptionInvestor paymentsAt least $400 millionAdmitted lossAt least $250 millionPropertiesAt least 6 units, priced $1.15–$8.5 millionDelgado has agreed to forfeit eight real estate properties, 11 vehicles, 30 luxury watches, more than 50 designer handbags and wallets, and at least 29 pieces of jewelry to authorities. Confiscated bank and cryptocurrency accounts are also included in the forfeiture.

During the civil forfeiture process, it was determined that investors had transferred at least $400 million to Goliath. Delgado acknowledged causing losses of no less than $250 million.

The case extends to JPMorgan ChaseThe investigation extends beyond the criminal trial. In March, a victim filed a federal lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase, accusing the bank of failing to halt Goliath Ventures’ account activities and neglecting customer due diligence protocols. JPMorgan Chase is recognized as the largest bank in the United States.

Investigators found that only a small fraction of investor funds—approximately $1.5 million—actually reached the decentralized exchange Uniswap. Uniswap is a major protocol that permits users to trade tokens without intermediaries.

Delgado’s sentencing is scheduled for October 8. He faces up to 20 years in prison for each count of wire fraud and up to 10 years for the money laundering charge. The case was jointly investigated by IRS Criminal Investigation and Homeland Security Investigations.

Disclaimer: The information contained in this article does not constitute investment advice. Investors should be aware that cryptocurrencies carry high volatility and therefore risk, and should conduct their own research.

You can now trade synthetic exposure to Revolut shares on a decentralized exchange.

PancakeSwap has listed $CREV, a BEP-20 token on BNB Chain that offers tokenized economic exposure to pre-IPO equity in the British fintech giant. The token, issued by Swiss-based Colb Finance, launched on May 28 with a net asset value of $2,139 per token and a total asset value of roughly $88 million across 41,185 tokens in circulation.

What $CREV actually is (and isn’t) $CREV does not give holders direct ownership of Revolut shares. Instead, it’s structured as a Swiss-regulated certificate that provides economic exposure to the underlying equity. You get the price upside (or downside) tied to Revolut’s valuation, but you’re not technically a shareholder with voting rights or a seat at the cap table.

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The minimum subscription is $25,000 in stablecoins, with a 2.5% subscription fee. There are no management or performance fees attached. It’s aimed at professional and qualified investors who want private market exposure without the traditional gatekeeping of venture capital or secondary share platforms.

Each token is backed 1:1 by the economic rights of the equity it represents, according to Colb Finance’s structure.

The bigger picture: private equity goes on-chain $CREV isn’t Colb Finance’s first rodeo on PancakeSwap. The firm previously launched $CSPX, a similar tokenized certificate offering pre-IPO exposure to SpaceX shares.

What this means for investors A $25,000 minimum and a 2.5% entry fee means this is not the kind of token most retail traders will stumble into. The qualified investor requirement adds another filter.

There are real risks to consider. The 1:1 backing claim relies entirely on Colb Finance’s custody and legal structure. If the issuer faces regulatory challenges, or if the underlying equity position is impaired, token holders bear that risk. There’s also the question of what happens to $CREV if Revolut actually does IPO. The conversion mechanism, whether tokens are redeemed for cash at IPO price or continue trading, is a detail that qualified investors should examine closely before committing capital.

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RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Driivz, a Vontier (NYSE: VNT) company and leading global software supplier to electric vehicle (EV) charging operators and service providers, today announced a strategic partnership with Iberdrola | bp pulse to manage and optimize its network of 2,500 fast and ultra-fast chargers.

The Driivz software platform will provide Iberdrola | bp pulse with an embedded layer of analytics across its network, delivering real-time visibility and actionable insight on availability, uptime, hardware performance and charging patterns. Driivz will support the charge point operator’s growth by driving innovation at scale.

“This migration is a strategic decision to build our operation on foundations that allow us to grow, innovate and deliver the reliability the Iberian market deserves,” said Federico Artes, Technology and Operations Director of Iberdrola | bp pulse for the Iberian Peninsula. “Driivz shares our conviction that data, automation and operational intelligence are the real engines of this industry. In a business where every charger is a revenue-generating asset, you can’t manage what you can’t measure. We anticipate this partnership will translate into a more reliable network for drivers, a more efficient operation for our team and a smarter grid asset for the energy ecosystem.”

Iberdrola | bp pulse is the leading charge point operator (CPO) across the Iberian Peninsula, serving thousands of B2C drivers, corporate fleets, and hospitality, retail and workplace customers. Driivz’s intelligent EV charging and energy management platform will increase commercial flexibility, reduce complexity, and increase data-driven operations across the company’s multi-vendor, multi-market network.

Iberdrola | bp pulse will utilize Driivz's API-first architecture and dynamic energy management solution, building the technical foundation for future innovations, including vehicle to grid and smart, coordinated charging.

“Iberdrola | bp pulse’s selection of Driivz reflects exactly where the EV charging industry is heading,” said Shiri Levi-Laor, CEO of Driivz. “Networks of this complexity – spanning multiple markets, vendors, and customer segments – require a platform built around data and operational intelligence. That’s what Driivz delivers.”

“Our proven scalability gives operators like Iberdrola | bp pulse the foundation to maximize uptime, simplify operations and grow to thousands of charge points without reinventing their technology stack. The frictionless charging experience that Driivz enables is no longer a differentiator – it’s what the market expects,” Levi-Laor added.

The partnership comes as the EV charging industry undergoes a fundamental shift in priorities. According to Driivz’s recently published 2026 State of EV Charging Network Operators Report, 59% of operators now cite charger reliability and stability as the industry’s top challenge, and 59% rank increased charger utilization as the leading profitability driver. The report also found that 67% of operators now consider AI “very important” or “critical” to company growth.

Data sits at the heart of these three priorities and underscores Iberdrola | bp pulse’s decision to partner with Driivz to create an intelligent EV charging platform backed by data-driven operations.

About Driivz:

Driivz, a Vontier (NYSE: VNT) company, is a leading global software supplier to EV charging operators and service providers, accelerating the plug-in EV industry’s dynamic and continuous transformation. The company’s intelligent, cloud-based platform spans EV charging operations, energy management, advanced billing capabilities, and driver self-service tools. Driivz’s team of EV experts serves customers in 36 countries, including global industry players such as EVgo, Shell, Circle K, Volvo Group, Recharge, St1, ESB, Mer, Francis Energy, Sheetz and eMobility Power. The Driivz platform currently manages over 3 million ports and hundreds of millions of events for millions of EV drivers in North America, Europe and APAC. For more information, please visit https://driivz.com/.

About Vontier:

Vontier (NYSE: VNT) is a global industrial technology company uniting productivity, automation and multi-energy technologies to meet the needs of a rapidly evolving, more connected mobility ecosystem. Leveraging leading market positions, decades of domain expertise and unparalleled portfolio breadth, Vontier enables the way the world moves – delivering smart, safe and sustainable solutions to our customers and the planet. Vontier has a culture of continuous improvement and innovation built upon the foundation of the Vontier Business System and embraced by colleagues worldwide. Additional information about Vontier is available on the Company’s website at www.vontier.com.

About Iberdrola | bp pulse

Iberdrola | bp pulse is the 50:50 strategic alliance between Iberdrola and BP, formed to drive the future of mobility in Spain and Portugal. As a key player in the energy transition, our mission is to lead the rollout of the largest public high-power (fast and ultra-fast) charging network—one that is sustainable, robust, and accessible. We operate with a 100% customer-centric approach to deliver a reliable, simple, and innovative experience for both end-users and corporate clients. Our goal is to eliminate barriers to electric vehicle adoption and accelerate the transformation toward a zero-emission mobility model. https://iberdrola-bppulse.es/

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BUFFALO, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROCK), a leading manufacturer and provider of products and services for the residential, agtech and infrastructure markets, today announced that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bill Bosway and Chief Financial Officer Joe Lovechio are scheduled to present at the CJS Securities Annual New Ideas Conference on Thursday, July 9, 2026 at 9:20 a.m. ET and hold meetings with investors that day.

About Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a leading manufacturer and provider of products and services for the residential, agtech, and infrastructure markets. Gibraltar’s mission, to make life better for people and the planet, is fueled by advancing the disciplines of engineering, science, and technology. Gibraltar is innovating to reshape critical markets in comfortable living and productive growing throughout North America. For more please visit www.gibraltar1.com.

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New command center helps enterprises trust and scale AI with confidence, delivering real-time visibility and supporting continuous governance across every model, agent and application

, /PRNewswire/ -- Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) today announced Cognizant Neuro® AI Trust, a new platform designed to provide enterprises with continuous governance and real-time assurance across all AI systems. As AI environments grow more autonomous and complex, Neuro AI Trust empowers enterprises to monitor, manage and help control AI behavior and performance in real time, aiming to enable organizations to scale AI with confidence.

With enterprises deploying multiple AI models, multi-agent networks, and applications, managing visibility and risk is becoming more difficult as systems continuously evolve and interact with one another with increasing levels of human-defined autonomy. Governance approaches built for static systems cannot keep pace with the dynamic nature of AI. According to Gartner ® *, "organizations that deployed AI governance platforms are 3.4 times more likely to achieve effectiveness in AI governance than those that do not." Cognizant believes this reinforces the need for centralized platforms that enable continuous, real-time oversight across AI systems.

Neuro AI Trust addresses these challenges by introducing an interoperable control and intelligence layer for enterprise AI, purpose-built to give organizations a centralized way to oversee and manage increasingly complex AI environments across a wide range of models and agents. The control layer provides real-time observability across AI systems, using Guardian Agents to continuously monitor behavior, interactions and outcomes, aiming to deliver clear visibility into system health, performance, security and risk.

In parallel, the intelligence layer governs how these systems operate, evaluating interactions in real time and applying configured policies through centralized decisioning, guardrails and automated controls designed to align to business objectives and regulatory requirements. Insights and enforcement actions from both layers are brought together in a comprehensive dashboard, enabling organizations to identify issues early, take action with confidence and help reduce operational, regulatory, and reputational risk. Together, these capabilities aim to enable adaptive oversight as AI systems evolve and interact.

"As agentic AI moves into enterprise operations, the constraint is no longer capability but trust. Technology leaders expect governance, accountability and transparency to be addressed by AI platforms," said Jennifer Hamel, Research Vice President, Enterprise Data and AI Services at IDC. "Increasingly, organizations look to service providers for agentic AI platforms, such as Cognizant Neuro AI Trust, that combine technical integration, governed deployment and auditability as a strategic operating layer, not isolated tooling."

The Neuro AI Trust platform has already been deployed internally across Cognizant's agentified intranet, serving its 350,000 employees.

"Neuro® AI Trust was built to govern AI as it actually behaves: autonomously, continuously, and across systems that interact in ways no single policy check can anticipate. We know it is effective because we have applied it to our own AI systems," said Amir Banifatemi, Chief Responsible AI Officer at Cognizant.

Neuro AI Trust leverages specialized multi-agent networks embedded across both the intelligence and control layers to continuously evaluate AI systems, interactions and workflows in real time. These agents operate across distinct domains such as policy enforcement, risk management and governance, enabling system-wide visibility and coordinated control across complex AI environments.

Neuro AI Trust is designed to enable enterprises to:

Gain end-to-end observability into every AI system: A comprehensive trust score and full lifecycle observability give operators clear visibility into model behavior, agent interactions, and outcomes across the entire AI stack, including early detection of model drift and coordination risks that span multiple agents. Deploy Guardian Agents for system-wide oversight: A dedicated multi-agent system continuously monitors agent interactions across steps, tools and turns, catching coordination failures such as escalation loops, circular disputes, risky tool use and emergent patterns that single-message checks would never surface. Enforce policy across AI interactions: The platform evaluates all AI interactions at runtime, returning permissive, warning or blocking outcomes based on configurations aligned with frameworks including NIST AI RMF, EU AI Act, OECD Principles and ISO/IEC 42001, as well as any internal custom policies. Predict and surface risks before they escalate: Neuro AI Trust is designed to move governance upstream, using signals from AI traces to anticipate potential policy violations earlier in the workflow lifecycle.  Update governance rules without code changes: Policies, policy packs and risk thresholds are dynamically loaded at runtime, so compliance, legal and risk teams can update controls as requirements evolve, without waiting on a code release. Escalate to a human when necessary: Higher-risk or ambiguous decisions can be paused and routed to a human reviewer with the full context needed to approve, reject, or request more information before any action is taken. Build trust with audit-ready records: Audit-ready records and replay views allow operators and auditors to reconstruct captured AI interactions in detail, understanding what happened, why it happened, which policy applied, and how the governance layer responded at every step.  Neuro AI Trust integrates with Cognizant's broader AI portfolio, including offerings such as the Neuro® AI Multi-Agent Accelerator, as well as any other agentic application. Built on the Cognizant Trust™ framework, Neuro AI Trust helps AI systems operate in a transparent, fair, safe, accountable and reliable manner, advancing the responsible adoption of AI at scale. This reflects Cognizant's broader strategy as an AI Builder: helping enterprises maintain accountability for AI in production by providing centralized oversight, trust and governance.

For more information on Cognizant Neuro AI Trust, please visit this page. 

*Gartner Press Release, Global AI Regulations Fuel Billion-Dollar Market for AI Governance Platforms, February 17,2026

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About Cognizant

Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization's unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at www.cognizant.ai or @cognizant.

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July 01, 2026 09:00 ET  | Source: Carpenter Technology Corporation

PHILADELPHIA, July 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Carpenter Technology Corporation (NYSE: CRS) plans to host a conference call and webcast on Thursday, July 30, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. ET to discuss the results of operations for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026, ended June 30, 2026. The call and webcast will follow the release of fourth quarter fiscal 2026 financial results before the market opens on Thursday, July 30, 2026.

Conference Call and Webcast Details

What: Carpenter Technology Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2026 Conference Call

Date: Thursday, July 30, 2026

Time: 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time

Live Call: +1 (646) 307-1963

Live and Archived Webcast: ir.carpentertechnology.com

About Carpenter Technology

Carpenter Technology Corporation is a recognized leader in high-performance specialty alloy materials and process solutions for critical applications in the aerospace and defense, medical, transportation, energy, and industrial and consumer markets. Founded in 1889, Carpenter Technology has evolved to become a pioneer in premium specialty alloys including nickel, cobalt, and titanium and material process capabilities that solve our customers' current and future material challenges. More information about Carpenter Technology can be found at www.carpentertechnology.com.

Investor Inquiries:Media Inquiries:John HuyetteHeather Beardsley+1 610-208-2061+1 [email protected]@cartech.com

Key Takeaways NBIX, MYRG, XYZ, DK and DY screened well on relative price strength and estimate revisions.NBIX earnings estimates rose 18.8% in 60 days, while MYRG shares surged 176.9% in a year.DK shares jumped 133.8% in a year, while DY gained 107% and saw estimates rise 19.7%. The U.S. stock market enters the second half of 2026 on a solid footing, supported by resilient economic growth, healthy corporate earnings and easing geopolitical tensions. While the Federal Reserve has adopted a more hawkish stance and investors are weighing the possibility of another interest-rate hike, cooling oil prices and steady consumer spending remain reasons for optimism.

Market leadership has also started to broaden beyond the artificial intelligence-driven rally, with defensive sectors such as healthcare and consumer staples attracting fresh interest. This rotation reflects a healthier market rather than a weakening one, as investors look for companies with stable earnings and strong fundamentals. In this environment, focusing on stocks showing strong relative price strength can be an effective strategy, as they often continue to outperform even when market leadership shifts.

At this stage, investors would be wise to consider companies, such as Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX - Free Report) , MYR Group (MYRG - Free Report) , Block (XYZ - Free Report) , Delek US Holdings (DK - Free Report) and Dycom Industries (DY - Free Report) .

Relative Price Strength StrategyEarnings growth and valuation multiples are indeed important for investors to determine a stock's ability to offer considerable returns. However, these are also essential for determining whether a stock’s price performance is better than its peers or the industry average.

If a stock’s performance is lacking that of the broader groups, despite impressive earnings growth or valuation multiples, then something must be wrong.

It’s always advisable to stay away from these stocks and bet on those that are outperforming their respective industry or benchmark. This is because betting on a winner always proves to be lucrative.

Then again, it is imperative that you determine whether or not an investment has relevant upside potential when considering stocks with significant relative price strength. Stocks delivering better than the S&P 500 for 1 to 3 months, at least, and having solid fundamentals, indicate room for growth and the best way to go about this strategy.

Finally, it is crucial to find out whether analysts are optimistic about the upcoming earnings of these companies. In order to do this, we have added positive estimate revisions for the current quarter’s (Q1) earnings to our screen. When a stock undergoes an upward revision, it leads to additional price gains.

Screening ParametersRelative % Price change – 12 weeks greater than 0

Relative % Price change – 4 weeks greater than 0

Relative % Price change – 1 week greater than 0

(We have considered those stocks that have been outperforming the S&P 500 over the last 12 weeks, four weeks and one week.)

% Change (Q1) Est. over 4 Weeks greater than 0: Positive current-quarter estimate revisions over the last four weeks.

Zacks Rank equal to 1: Only Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks — that have returned more than 26% annually over the last 26 years and surpassed the S&P 500 in 23 of the last 26 years — can get through. You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

Current Price greater than or equal to $5 and Average 20-day Volume greater than or equal to 50,000: A minimum price of $5 is a good standard to screen low-priced stocks, while a high trading volume would imply adequate liquidity.

VGM Score less than or equal to B: Our research shows that stocks with a VGM Score of A or B, when combined with a Zacks Rank #1 or 2 (Buy), offer the best upside potential.

Here are five of the 10 stocks that made it through the screen:

Neurocrine Biosciences: Neurocrine Biosciences develops therapies for neurological, psychiatric, endocrine and immune disorders. Its marketed drugs, INGREZZA and CRENESSITY, drive growth, while a broad pipeline supports future treatment options.Over the past 60 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the company’s 2026 earnings has moved up 18.8%. NBIX has a VGM Score of A.

Neurocrine Biosciences beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings in three of the last four quarters and missed in the other. It has a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise of roughly 6.9%, on average. NBIX shares have gained 31.7% in a year.

MYR Group: MYR Group is a leading electrical construction company serving the United States and Canada. Through its Transmission & Distribution and Commercial & Industrial segments, it delivers power infrastructure, data center, transportation, healthcare and clean energy projects. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for MYR Group’s 2026 earnings indicates 51.8% growth. MYRG has a VGM Score of B.

The firm has a market capitalization of around $7.8 billion. Over the past 60 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for MYR Group’s 2026 earnings has gone up 15.2%. MYRG’s shares have surged 176.9% in a year.

Block: Block offers financial and marketing services through a commerce ecosystem that helps sellers start, run and grow their businesses. The company’s expected EPS growth rate for three to five years is currently 31.8%, which compares favorably with the industry's growth rate of 22.8%. XYZ has a VGM Score of A.

Over the past 60 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for Block’s 2026 earnings has moved up 13.8%. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2026 earnings of the company indicates 5% growth. XYZ shares have gained 11.3% in a year.

Delek US Holdings: Brentwood, TN-based Delek US Holdings is an independent refiner, transporter and marketer of petroleum products. DK’s expected EPS growth rate for three to five years is currently 29.4%, which compares favorably with the industry's growth rate of 25.5%. The company has a VGM Score of A.

DK has a trailing four-quarter earnings surprise of roughly 215.8%, on average. Over the past 60 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the downstream operator’s 2026 earnings has moved up from $3.66 per share to $5.27. Delek’s shares have gone up 133.8% in a year.

Dycom Industries: Dycom is a specialty contracting firm operating in the telecom industry. It provides diverse services such as engineering, construction, maintenance and installation services for the cable and telephone companies. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for fiscal 2027 earnings of Dycom indicates 28.8% growth. DY has a VGM Score of B.

Over the past 60 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for Dycom’s fiscal 2027 earnings has moved up 19.7%. The company has a market capitalization of $15.2 billion. DY shares have gone up 107% in a year.

Expanded Visibility Among Institutional Investors Expected to Reflect Growing Value for Customers and Shareholders

MORRISVILLE, NC / ACCESS Newswire / July 1, 2026 / 374Water Inc. (NASDAQ:SCWO) ("374Water" or the "Company"), a leading cleantech and environmental services company deploying supercritical water oxidation technology for the permanent destruction of organic waste through its proprietary AirSCWO™, today announced that it has been added to the Russell Microcap® Index following the annual Russell U.S. Indexes reconstitution, effective after the close of U.S. markets on June 26, 2026.

"We are excited to be included in the Russell Microcap Index," said Danny Bogar, Chief Executive Officer of 374Water. "We expect that the visibility this gives our Company will amplify the value we create for our customers. We have made material progress in executing our commercial strategy and growing 374Water's presence in the market, and creating value within the investment community and to our investor base. As we continue to deploy our AirSCWO technology, expand our Waste Destruction as a Service platform, and establish strategic partnerships, we remain focused on creating long-term shareholder value by addressing one of the world's most pressing environmental challenges.

While inclusion in the Russell Microcap Index enhances our visibility among institutional investors, our focus remains unchanged: execute commercial deployments, grow recurring Waste Destruction Services revenue, and build out our leading platform for PFAS destruction."

The Russell Microcap® Index measures the performance of the microcap segment of the U.S. equity market and is widely used by investment managers and institutional investors as a benchmark for investment strategies and index-based funds.

374Water's AirSCWO technology and established Waste Destruction Services platform provides a strong commercial base for value creation, both for a broad base of customers across sectors and a new and established investor base. The demand for permanent destruction of PFAS, biosolids, industrial waste, landfill leachate, firefighting foam, and other organic waste streams supports strong growth projections.

About 374Water

374Water Inc. (NASDAQ:SCWO) is a cleantech environmental services company providing innovative solutions addressing wastewater treatment and waste management issues within the industrial, municipal, and federal markets. 374Water's AirSCWO technology is designed to efficiently destroy and mineralize a broad spectrum of nonhazardous and hazardous organic wastes, producing safe dischargeable water streams, safe mineral effluent, safe vent gas, and recoverable heat energy. 374Water's AirSCWO technology has the potential to assist its customers to meet discharge requirements, reduce or eliminate disposal costs, remove bottlenecks, and reduce litigation and other risks. 374Water continues to be a leader in innovative waste treatment solutions, dedicated to creating a greener future and eradicating harmful pollutants. Learn more by visiting www.374water.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this communication are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Words such as "anticipate," "believe," "confidence," "could," "design," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "predict," "project," "potential," or other comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, 374Water's expectations regarding Phase 2 performance, the development of follow-on mobile deployments, the potential for multiple millions of dollars in revenue from Minnesota operations, and its estimate that a single mobile AirSCWO system has the potential to generate between $500,000 and $1.5 million in annual revenue depending on deployment cadence, waste stream composition, and contract structure. 374Water has based these forward-looking statements on its current expectations, assumptions, estimates, beliefs, and projections. While 374Water believes these expectations, assumptions, estimates, and projections are reasonable, such forward-looking statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which involve factors or circumstances that are beyond 374Water's control. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including those discussed under "Risk Factors" in 374Water's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, and in 374Water's subsequent filings and reports with the SEC. The forward-looking statements herein are made only as of the date they were first issued, and unless otherwise required by laws, 374Water disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Investor Relations Contact

Belton Copp
Vice President
Direct: 401-419-1545
[email protected]
www.374Water.com

SOURCE: 374Water Inc.