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, /PRNewswire/ -- Yatsen Group (NYSE: YSG), a world-class beauty innovation pioneer, recently announced a landmark collaboration to bring its flagship brand, Perfect Diary, to Sephora in China. This partnership integrates Yatsen's rigorous scientific infrastructure with the world's leading prestige beauty retailer, marking a significant milestone in Yatsen's continuing evolution into a global beauty technology powerhouse.

Perfect Diary officially lands at Sephora China The collaboration will see Perfect Diary's premium, science-backed portfolio of products making its milestone debut across Sephora's extensive retail network of around 300 outlets, including Tier 1 hubs such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. This expansion reflects a broader shift in the Chinese beauty market, where sophisticated consumers increasingly prioritize proven efficacy and technological excellence.

Since 2020, Yatsen has invested approximately $100 million (RMB 700 million) in R&D, establishing a robust global innovation ecosystem anchored by advanced research centers in China and Europe.

This commitment to scientific innovation by Yatsen Group is epitomized by the core product lineups driving Perfect Diary's entry into Sephora. As breakthrough products blending biotechnology with beauty, the Perfect Diary Biolip Essence Lipstick 3.0 and Biolip Essence Matte Lipstick 3.0 utilize exclusive patented technology to mimic the skin's biological composition.This creates a functional film on the skin's surface that enhances makeup longevity and reinforces the protective barrier, achieving a seamless fusion of high-performance color and clinical-proved anti-wrinkle skincare benefits.

Concurrently, the Perfect Diary Translucent Blurring Setting Powder features the exclusive Smartlock™ material technology developed jointly with the team at the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SICCAS), enabling targeted and precise oil absorption.

"We are honored to partner with Sephora, a global leader that shares our commitment to setting the highest standards for beauty retail," said David (Jinfeng) Huang, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Yatsen Group. "This collaboration validates our multi-year strategic pivot toward science-led premiumization. By pairing our deep R&D insights with Sephora's prestige omnichannel network, we are redefining the future of beauty for discerning consumers nationwide."

The partnership also serves as a critical foundation for Yatsen's accelerating internationalization strategy. Future initiatives include expanding Perfect Diary's footprint into Hong Kong SAR and other global markets, further showcasing China's emergence as a premier hub for global beauty innovation.

About Yatsen Group

Yatsen Holding Limited (NYSE: YSG) is a leading China-based beauty group with the vision of becoming a world-class pioneer in beauty innovation. Founded in 2016, the Company has launched and acquired numerous color cosmetics and skincare brands including Perfect Diary, Little Ondine, Pink Bear, Galénic, DR.WU (its mainland China business), and Eve Lom. Our brands are strategically positioned to capture a wide spectrum of consumer demographics and price points, ranging from the mass market to the prestige and clinical segments. Yatsen thrives on the synergy of brand equity, product strength and operational agility, anchored by a strong commitment to R&D and consumer insights.

Website: www.yatsenglobal.com 

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/yatsen 

About Sephora

Sephora is the world's leading global prestige beauty retail brand. With 55,000 passionate employees operating in 36 markets, Sephora connects customers and beauty brands within the world's most trusted and dynamic beauty community. We serve a highly engaged community of hundreds of millions of beauty followers across our global omnichannel network of more than 3,400 stores and iconic flagships, and our e-commerce and digital platforms, offering personalized and immersive seamless experiences across every touchpoint. With our curation of close to 500 brands and our own label, Sephora Collection, we offer the most unique and diverse range of prestige beauty products, tailored to our customers' needs from fragrance to make-up, haircare, skincare and beyond, as we constantly reimagine the world of prestige beauty.

Since our inception in 1969 in Limoges, France, and as part of the LVMH Group since 1997, we have been disrupting the prestige beauty retail industry. Today, we continue to break with convention to drive our mission: champion a world of inspiration and inclusion where everyone can celebrate their beauty.

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July 08, 2026 06:28 ET  | Source: Akamai Technologies, Inc.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Helping enterprises bridge the gap between AI innovation and security, Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) today announced its selection as a strategic partner for World Wide Technology (WWT)’s AI Readiness Model for Operational Resilience (ARMOR). This collaboration positions Akamai as a foundational security architecture for the “AI factories” being built by WWT and accelerated by NVIDIA.

As enterprises rush to adopt AI, they often face a “security tax,” where traditional security agents compete with AI workloads for critical compute resources. Through ARMOR, Akamai and WWT are solving this challenge by integrating Akamai’s software intelligence directly with NVIDIA BlueField data processing units (DPUs).

Bridging the gap between innovation and security

WWT’s ARMOR is the industry’s first holistic, vendor-agnostic AI security framework. While other architectures are often limited to specific cloud platforms, ARMOR provides a structured blueprint across six critical domains: governance, risk, and compliance (GRC); model security; secure AI operations; infrastructure security; data protection; and secure development lifecycle (SDLC).

“Before ARMOR, organizations were often forced to piece together fragmented security strategies,” said PJ Joseph, Executive Vice President, Global Sales and Services at Akamai. “By aligning our portfolio with this framework, we are providing a proactive methodology to isolate large-scale AI clusters and prevent the lateral movement of threats without sacrificing the performance that AI training and inference demand.”

Akamai’s role in the ARMOR framework centers on three strategic pillars:

Eliminating the “security tax”: Offloading Akamai Guardicore Segmentation to NVIDIA BlueField allows AI environments to run at peak efficiency. This creates an isolated enforcement layer that survives host OS compromises and accelerates ransomware containment by an average of 21.4% — reaching 32.6% for large enterprises.
Securing agentic AI and data lakes: Akamai API Security monitors the “connective tissue” of AI, preventing unauthorized access to the sensitive data lakes feeding large language models (LLMs).
End-to-end defense: Combined with Prolexic DDoS mitigation, Akamai provides a multilayered defense against volumetric attacks designed to overwhelm mission-critical AI architectures.
Strengthening the global AI ecosystem

WWT’s Advanced Technology Center (ATC) serves as a global proving ground for AI architectures. By embedding Akamai into the ARMOR reference model, WWT ensures that enterprises can move beyond baseline compliance to achieve true cyber resilience.

“No single vendor can secure the AI frontier alone,” said Chris Konrad, Global VP of Cybersecurity at WWT. “Through our close partnership with Akamai, we are turning the hype of secure enterprise AI into a tangible, scalable reality for customers.”

For a deeper technical breakdown of how organizations and channel partners can implement frameworks like ARMOR to secure enterprise AI, read the full blog post: Securing the AI Frontier: A Blueprint for Partners.

About Akamai

Akamai is the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online. Our market-leading security solutions, superior threat intelligence, and global operations team provide defense in depth to safeguard enterprise data and applications everywhere. Akamai’s full-stack cloud computing solutions deliver performance and affordability on the world’s most distributed platform. Global enterprises trust Akamai to provide the industry-leading reliability, scale, and expertise they need to grow their business with confidence. Learn more at akamai.com and akamai.com/blog, or follow Akamai Technologies on X and LinkedIn.

About World Wide Technology

World Wide Technology (WWT) is a global technology solutions provider helping organizations make a new world happen by turning ambition into real-world outcomes. Founded in 1990, WWT brings together strategy, deep technical expertise, and world-class technology partnerships to help public- and private-sector organizations design, build, and scale intelligent AI, digital, cybersecurity, cloud, and infrastructure solutions. Through its Advanced Technology Center (ATC), a collaborative ecosystem featuring state-of-the-art hardware and software, WWT enables clients and partners to conceptualize, test, and validate innovative technology and then deploy solutions at scale using its global integration and distribution capabilities. With more than 14,000 team members and over 60 locations worldwide, WWT’s culture — grounded in core values and leadership philosophies — has been recognized by Fortune and Great Place to Work® for its commitment to innovation, trust, and creating a great place to work for all. WWT provides products and services to large enterprise, global service provider, and public sector clients in up to 130 countries across six continents. Softchoice, a World Wide Technology company, supports commercial and SMB markets in the U.S. and Canada.

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Privacy-focused layer-1 blockchain Secret Network is proposing to move from its longtime home on Cosmos to Ethereum layer-2 Arbitrum, citing security risks from artificial intelligence, among other reasons. 

Secret Network has been running privacy-preserving smart contracts on Cosmos since 2020, as the ecosystem had strong momentum back then, but the “environment has changed,” the team said Tuesday.  

“The security risk is the part we take most seriously,” it said. “Old code is becoming dramatically easier to analyze … With AI, the cost of attacking stale code is falling across the board.” 

The recent Axelar-Secret IBC bridge exploit highlighted growing security risk from aging, under-maintained code — a risk the team argues AI-assisted exploitation is making worse. The release of advanced AI models such as Anthropic’s Claude Mythos 5 has dramatically increased the capabilities for discovering and potentially exploiting code vulnerabilities. 

Liquidity has thinnedThe Secret team described Arbitrum as having “deep liquidity, tooling, wallet and exchange support, and thousands of builders composing with one another,” and said “liquidity has thinned” on Cosmos while builders have “drifted to other ecosystems.”

“The tooling you’d want to count on is shakier than it used to be, and a number of projects that once anchored Cosmos have migrated,” it added. 

“Attacks that used to take deep manual effort are getting cheaper as models get better at reading contracts, tracing assumptions, and turning a forgotten edge case into a working exploit.”The proposal, which requires a governance vote, follows a bridge exploit in June that resulted in the loss of $4.7 million in bridged assets but did not affect Secret’s native token, SCRT.

For SCRT to endure, it needs a new stable home, and the Ethereum ecosystem is that home, the team said. 

The team is planning a one-time snapshot of SCRT balances on Sept. 1, which will be used to issue a new ERC-20 SCRT contract on Arbitrum.

Dwindling DeFi value locked The total value locked in the Cosmos ecosystem is around $2 billion, down 88% from its peak during the 2021 bull market. Comparatively, Arbitrum is the leading layer-2 network by total value secured, which is $17.4 billion, according to L2Beat. 

Secret Network has just $1.3 million in TVL on Cosmos, according to DefiLlama. 

SCRT holders did not react well to the news, with the token tanking 24% over the past 24 hours to 4.1 cents, down more than 99% from its 2021 peak, according to CoinGecko. 

Secret is not the only network to leave Cosmos. In February, privacy-focused blockchain NilChain, built with the Cosmos SDK, left the ecosystem in a move to Ethereum. 

The Sei Network completed a full Cosmos-to-EVM transition in June, closing down its native Cosmos transaction layer entirely and becoming Ethereum-based. 

Stablecoin blockchain Noble also announced it was moving from the Cosmos ecosystem to Ethereum in January. 

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Dogecoin does not always get taken seriously when the market is in meme mode, but infrastructure updates are where the joke stops and the network starts. Core 1.14.8 is one of those releases that matters because it focuses on security and stability, not sentiment.

That makes it relevant even for traders who never run a node. Healthy networks are built on boring work done properly.

For more details, visit the official GitHub platform.

TL;DR Dogecoin developers released Core 1.14.8 with critical security patches.The release addresses vulnerabilities referenced in the project notes, including remote code execution fixes.For node operators and the network, this is less hype story and more maintenance that genuinely matters. A Reminder That Maintenance Matters The GitHub notes make clear that the new version includes critical security patches. That alone should be enough to get the attention of node operators and anyone responsible for infrastructure around DOGE.

Crypto markets often reward spectacle, but security updates are the difference between a network that looks active and a network that can actually be trusted. For Dogecoin, that means the conversation should be about resilience rather than memes.

What It Means For The Ecosystem Releases like this also help reinforce that Dogecoin is still maintained code, not just a ticker powered by online culture. That distinction matters whenever the asset is discussed as if it exists only on social momentum.

The immediate market impact may be limited, but the underlying point is straightforward: networks that keep patching, updating, and hardening themselves give holders and service providers more confidence over time.

This report is based on the Dogecoin GitHub release notes.

This article was written by the News Desk and edited by Samuel Rae.

Tesla stock NASDAQ:TSLA remained under pressure as Wall Street debated whether a future tie-up with SpaceX could reshape the company’s valuation story.

TSLA closed around $402.90, down over 4% on Tuesday and was red in pre-market trading on Wednesday.

The downward push came despite recent delivery data improving sentiment around the electric-vehicle maker.

The new debate is bigger than cars.

After SpaceX’s record $75 billion IPO at a $1.77 trillion valuation, investors are asking whether Elon Musk’s companies could eventually be folded into one broader AI, robotics, energy, transport and space platform.

JPMorgan is not dismissing the Tesla-SpaceX merger idea, but the firm is also not treating the possibility as a simple reason to buy Tesla stock.

JPMorgan analyst Rajat Gupta said a combination would be “strategically coherent on paper.”

The logic is easy to understand as Tesla brings electric vehicles, batteries, autonomy software and robotics.

SpaceX brings launch systems, Starlink, satellite infrastructure, space-based AI ambitions and deep government-linked aerospace capabilities.

Together, they would look less like two separate Musk companies and more like a single industrial technology platform.

The problem comes at execution stage as Gupta flagged substantial regulatory and jurisdictional hurdles, with China standing out as a key complication.

Tesla has major manufacturing and sales exposure in China, while SpaceX operates in sensitive areas such as satellites, defence-linked infrastructure and space communications.

That mix could make approvals politically difficult.

That is why the JPMorgan note reads more like an “interesting thesis” than a clean buy signal.

Gupta kept a Hold rating on Tesla, while Wall Street’s broader view also remains cautious, with a Hold consensus and an average price target of $399.71, slightly below recent trading levels.

The JPMorgan call gives bulls a new story to trade, but it also gives sceptics a fresh reason to worry about governance, regulation and execution risk.

RBC Capital Markets is taking a more constructive view.

RBC analyst Tom Narayan raised his Tesla price target to $500, incorporating a 25%-30% premium to current trading levels based on a potential SpaceX acquisition scenario.

Narayan’s argument is that closer collaboration between the two companies could unlock value across compute hardware, energy storage, AI training and large-scale infrastructure.

That gives investors a clear bull-versus-cautious split. RBC sees a possible valuation unlock, while JPMorgan sees strategic coherence, but also major complexity.

The analyst's logic may support the long-term “Musk ecosystem” bull case, but it clearly does not settle the buy-now debate.

For TSLA to look more compelling in July, investors need confirmation from Q2 earnings that Tesla’s core business, energy segment and AI ambitions are strengthening, not just another speculative merger angle.

The British Pound (GBP) has resumed its broader uptrend against the Japanese Yen (JPY) on Wednesday, with price action drawing closer to the 217.00 level and the all-time high of 217.22, on the bulls’ focus. Some dovish comments by a Bank of Japan (BoJ) official have cast doubt about the BoJ’s monetary tightening plans and added pressure on an already weak Yen.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Japanese central bank’s committee member Toichiro Asada, the lone vote opposing June’s interest rate hike, affirmed that he needs to see evidence of demand-driven inflation to support further monetary tightening. 

Asada is the latest appointment to the bank's government board, and has been hand-picked by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who has repeatedly voiced her preference for low interest rates to promote economic growth. The BoJ official assured that he is “not always opposed” to rate hikes, but these comments are seen as a token of political pressure on the central bank that might curb plans to normalize monetary policy.

Technical Analysis: The Pound might reach fresh highs around 218.00

GBP/JPY trades at 216.89 with a bullish near-term bias as dips have been contained well above previous highs in the 216.00 area. The four-hour chart shows the Relative Strength Index (14) around 66.72, highlighting strong momentum, although the neutral Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) casts a shadow over the strength of the current rally.

Bulls are testing the 217.00 level, ahead of the mentioned high at 217.22. Above here, the pair would enter uncharted territory. A wider picture, however, suggests t that the pair might be in the fifth wave of an Elliot Wave bullish cycle, with the 127.2% retracement of last week's reversal in the 218.00 area, as a plausible target.

Supports are at Tuesday's low of 216.41 and the July 2 highs at the 216.00 area. Further down, the July 2 and 3 lows between 214.70 and 214.80 would come into focus.

(The technical analysis of this story was written with the help of an AI tool. Know more.)

Japanese Yen Price Today The table below shows the percentage change of Japanese Yen (JPY) against listed major currencies today. Japanese Yen was the strongest against the Australian Dollar.

USDEURGBPJPYCADAUDNZDCHFUSD0.00%0.06%0.18%-0.24%0.07%-0.49%-0.07%EUR-0.00%0.05%0.20%-0.25%0.07%-0.49%-0.07%GBP-0.06%-0.05%0.13%-0.30%0.00%-0.54%-0.15%JPY-0.18%-0.20%-0.13%-0.43%-0.10%-0.68%-0.27%CAD0.24%0.25%0.30%0.43%0.33%-0.25%0.16%AUD-0.07%-0.07%-0.01%0.10%-0.33%-0.56%-0.18%NZD0.49%0.49%0.54%0.68%0.25%0.56%0.39%CHF0.07%0.07%0.15%0.27%-0.16%0.18%-0.39% The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the Japanese Yen from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the US Dollar, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent JPY (base)/USD (quote).

The Pound to Dollar (GBP/USD) exchange rate retreated on Tuesday after touching a near three-week high overnight, as renewed geopolitical tensions boosted demand for the safe-haven US Dollar.

At the time of writing, GBP/USD was trading at $1.3371, down from an overnight high of $1.3398.

Latest — Exchange Rates:
Pound to Dollar (GBP/USD): 1.335798 (+0.10%)
Euro to Dollar (EUR/USD): 1.142074 (+0.18%)
Dollar to Yen (USD/JPY): 162.26312 (-0.05%)

DAILY RECAP:

The US Dollar (USD) attracted renewed support on Tuesday, helping it reclaim some of Monday evening’s losses, as fresh tensions in the Middle East weighed on the market mood.

Sentiment deteriorated following attacks in the Strait of Hormuz overnight, with two commercial shipping vessels reportedly struck by projectiles.

The US has said that Iran is responsible for the attacks, with Washington expected to target Iranian sites in retaliation.

The latest escalation in geopolitical tensions sparked a cautious shift across markets, boosting demand for the US Dollar.

Meanwhile, the Pound (GBP) remained supported on Tuesday, with Sterling avoiding heavier losses despite an absence of notable UK economic releases.

GBP has strengthened in recent sessions as domestic political uncertainty continues to fade. Following Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s resignation, several would-be leadership rivals have thrown their support behind frontrunner Andy Burnham.

Investors have welcomed the prospect of a smoother transition, with months of speculation over Starmer’s future and the threat of a disruptive leadership battle now appearing to have passed. Burnham is widely expected to take over as Prime Minister without a contest, while maintaining the government’s existing fiscal framework.

This helped the Pound limit its losses against the US Dollar, even as a risk-off mood weighed on sentiment.

Near-Term GBP/USD Forecast: Fed Minutes to Influence the US Dollar? Looking forward, Wednesday evening brings the publication of the minutes from the Federal Reserve’s June interest rate decision, which could influence the US Dollar. If the minutes reveal an appetite for interest rate increases among Fed policymakers, the ‘Greenback’ could climb.

Elsewhere, market risk appetite could impact the GBP/USD pairing. If tensions escalate in the Middle East, a souring mood could support the safe-haven US Dollar and pressure the increasingly risk-sensitive Pound.

Sterling may remain somewhat supported by the continued unwinding of the political risk premium that had been priced into the Pound. However, with the Labour leadership nominations opening on Thursday, GBP could find itself subdued.

Home BancShares, Inc. (NYSE:HOMB) will release its second quarter earnings report after the closing bell on Wednesday, July 15.

Analysts expect the Conway, Arkansas-based company to report quarterly earnings of 61 cents per share, up from 58 cents per share in the year-ago period. The consensus estimate for Home BancShares’ quarterly revenue is $289.22 million. It reported $273.56 million last year, according to Benzinga Pro.

On April 22, Home BancShares declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 21 cents per share.

Home BancShares shares fell 0.3% to close at $28.66 on Tuesday.

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Apple has begun testing DRAM chips from China's state-backed ChangXin Memory Technologies for devices sold within China and is lobbying the U.S government to permit broader use of CXMT's products, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The company's decision comes as its involvement with Chinese suppliers becomes a sensitive geopolitical issue amid growing U.S. efforts to contain China's tech ambitions. 

CXMT is poised to become central to Beijing's efforts to build a self-sufficient AI supply chain and is expected to become one of the most profitable technology companies to list in Shanghai, the FT said. It reportedly plans to raise at least 29.5 billion yuan ($4.3 billion) in an upcoming IPO.

In 2022, Apple faced significant pushback from U.S. policymakers including then-Senator Marco Rubio, who is now Secretary of State, after exploring the use of Chinese memory suppliers, the FT reported. At least 15 state-owned shareholders collectively hold 36% of CXMT, the report said, adding that many of its private funds also have backing from state-owned limited partners.

CXMT is currently the world's fourth-largest producer of DRAM, a memory chip used in a wide variety of products ranging from smartphones to servers, the report said. Its market share is expected to rise to 15% by 2028 from roughly 11% last year, as new production lines come online in the Chinese cities of Hefei, Shanghai and Beijing, the report showed, citing data from SemiAnalysis.

Its main global peers in DRAM include Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron Technology.

While CXMT's capacity is expanding, it is unlikely to immediately flood the market with cheap chips, as its output is largely pre-committed, Ray Wang, a memory analyst at SemiAnalysis, told the FT.

Nevertheless, the industry fears a long-term repeat of patterns seen in sectors like solar panels and electric vehicles, where state-backed capacity expansion ultimately led to falling global prices and squeezed foreign rivals, the report said.

Reuters previously reported that the U.S. has held off on adding CXMT, AI startup DeepSeek, and over 100 other companies to its trade blacklist, despite them being flagged as national security risks, as the Trump administration seeks to avoid escalating tensions with Beijing.

Apple and CXMT did not immediately respond to CNBC's requests for comment.

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SummaryRubrik is upgraded to a buy, reflecting expanding market opportunity, robust profitability, and differentiated agentic AI cybersecurity solutions.Q1 revenues grew 39% YoY, with normalized growth at 43%, strong gross margin expansion to 83%, and NRR at 120%.FY2027 guidance shows decelerating top-line growth but improving profitability, with ARR contribution margin projected to rise from 12% to 14%.Valuation at 11x forward P/S is now reasonable, supporting long-term upside as RBRK integrates with leading AI platforms. J Studios/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Introduction A little less than a year ago, I initiated coverage on Rubrik, Inc. (RBRK) with a hold rating. While it was clear that the company offered truly innovative cybersecurity solutions, I viewed the valuation as too steep. Hence, my cautiousness. After that

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The speed at which Mantle is onboarding tokenized private company equities has turned from trickle to signal. The network just landed Bending Spoons (BSPx) as its third such listing in under 30 days, according to the original report. That cadence is rare for a sector still defined more by experimentation than by sustained volume. Mantle is now explicitly positioning itself as a distribution layer between traditional finance and on-chain markets, and the BSPx listing underlines the operational capacity backing that claim.

Tokenized equities remain a small fraction of the broader real‑world asset (RWA) market. Yet the RWA space itself crossed $20 billion in on‑chain value earlier this year, a milestone that recent analysis tracked alongside major institutional moves. Bending Spoons, the Italian mobile app developer behind products like Evernote and Remini, is privately held—there is no public stock. Bringing its tokenized shares on-chain lets accredited investors access exposure without the friction of traditional private markets. For Mantle, repeatedly drawing such assets suggests its infrastructure is being treated as ready for production, not just pilot phases.

Why the Listing Pace Matters Three tokenized equity launches inside a single month on one Layer 2 is atypical. Most networks handling RWAs lean heavily on tokenized government securities or stablecoin collateral. Illiquid private company shares carry different risks: settlement complexity, issuer‑side compliance demands, and thin secondary liquidity. Mantle’s quick succession of BSPx after earlier issuances signals that the technical and legal rails are holding.

Not every blockchain can reliably support tokenized equity without external trust assumptions. Mantle’s design—built as an Ethereum rollup with a native focus on institutional‑grade bridging—has been refined over quarters. The network’s modular data availability layer and its native token economics aim to keep gas costs predictable, which matters when issuers want to avoid fee spikes during distribution events. Three listings with real companies indicate that the sales pitch is landing with corporates that can choose any chain.

The Private‑Market Liquidity Gap Private company shares have long been stuck in an illiquidity trap. Employees hold options, early investors sit on paper gains, and secondary transactions are manual, slow, and opaque. Tokenization doesn’t solve legal transfer restrictions overnight, but it does make compliant fractional sales technically feasible. That’s why Mantle’s cadence—moving from concept to live listings—is being watched by market operators who see a pipeline forming.

At the same time, on‑chain orderbooks for tokenized equities are immature. The spreads on BSPx are unlikely to resemble anything seen on Nasdaq. Early adopters are effectively betting that infrastructure precedes liquidity, not the reverse. For Mantle, the play is to aggregate enough high‑quality private names that market makers and custody providers eventually consider integrating with its native asset vaults. That is a long game, but the velocity of new listings shortens the feedback loop.

Regulatory Shadows and How Mantle Fits Any securities‑adjacent token launch in 2026 operates under a regulatory framework that is still hardening. Weeks of intense lobbying in Washington recently culminated in a battle over a landmark crypto bill, as reported just days ago. The outcome will likely shape what can be tokenized without triggering legacy securities laws. Mantle’s focus on equities places it directly in the crosshairs of these debates.

The network’s disclosure has not detailed how it structured the BSPx offering under applicable exemptions, which will matter to institutional compliance desks. European private companies like Bending Spoons may lean on EU prospectus exemptions, but the token marketing likely touches investors across jurisdictions. That jurisdictional patchwork remains the largest unhedged risk for the space. Mantle’s consistent listing pace will force these questions to be answered sooner rather than later.

What The Market Is Discounting Tokenized equity is not an asset class yet—it is a product category in alpha. The market is not pricing in sudden volume or deep liquidity for BSPx. What it may be discounting, however, is how quickly a Layer 2 network can become the default conduit for private company tokens if existing financial intermediaries continue to move slowly. Institutional interest is real: recent moves such as a Nasdaq firm deepening its staking footprint on Sui show that traditional players are testing blockchain rails in earnest.

Mantle’s ability to land three name‑brand issuances in rapid succession suggests it understands that speed of execution, rather than permissionless maximalism, is what attracts equity issuers. The test for BSPx will be whether secondary market data—however modest—starts to flow on-chain, and whether that attracts a fourth issuer even faster. For now, the network is stacking proof points that a tokenized private capital market can run on its infrastructure, one listing at a time.

Each new tokenized equity on Mantle adds a data point for an industry that remains reliant on narratives. The underlying message is that private company shares are not a one‑off gimmick on the network—they are becoming the baseline, not the exception.

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Every major AI added memory in the first half of 2026. OpenAI's Dreaming. Claude Chat Memory. Gemini Personal Intelligence. Grok Skills. Microsoft's M365 Copilot Memory rollout. Five launches, five more walled gardens.

Each one is a retention feature. Your context lives on their servers, serves their product, and stops at their wall. If you move to a different AI tomorrow, or use two at once, you start from zero.

Until now. Vana was built to give you an exit from walled gardens so that your data belongs to you. Today, the Vana App Upgrade is live in Beta. And the memory layer inside it is now something you own.

What is the Vana App upgrade? The Vana App upgrade gives you a personal data server, on your device, that you control.

Connect your data sources once. Your Spotify listening history, your Oura sleep and recovery data, your calendar, your conversations across platforms. That data lives locally, not on any platform's servers. It's yours.

From there, you decide what it serves and to whom. Grant a permission, revoke it anytime. No platform intermediary, no asking anyone for access to your own context. Your data becomes self-sovereign.

You can permission your data to any app built on Vana's Data Portability API, or port your memory using MCP.

Portable Memory MCP Vana has acquired the team behind Memory Protocol to lead these important upgrades. Jack Spallone has joined the Vana team and brought his deep know-how and expertise on portable memory into the Vana stack.

The Vana App upgrade ships an MCP endpoint for your personal server. That means Claude can read from it. ChatGPT can read from it. Any MCP-compliant tool can read from it. Your memory and context are now portable, from one source you own, across every AI or app you use.

This is what we mean by open data infrastructure for human-grounded AI. Portability as a protocol.

For builders Vana's Data Portability API now makes it possible to ship apps that read from a user's Vana personal server with their permission.

Your users bring their own context to your app. You don't need to build memory infrastructure from scratch. You don't need to ask a third-party platform for access to user data. You can ask the user directly.

Start building, or add personal data portability to your app today. The docs are at docs.vana.org. We will be holding Builder Workshops and Office Hours in Vana's Discord throughout the week, so be sure to tune in.

How to try it Try the Beta version of the Vana App Upgrade at app.vana.org.

Those who try it out and offer feedback will be given priority slots for the Full Release.

Interested in building on it? Visit docs.vana.org. For workshops and questions, join our Discord.

Michael Saylor spotlighted Strategy’s BTC Breakeven ARR on Tuesday, July 7. He argued Bitcoin (BTC) only needs 3.3% yearly growth to fund the firm’s preferred dividends from capital gains indefinitely.

The metric divides annual preferred dividend obligations, now roughly $1.76 billion by company figures, by the value of the corporate Bitcoin reserve. Saylor called it one of the most misunderstood numbers attached to Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy).

What BTC Breakeven ARR Means for MicroStrategyStrategy reports holding 843,775 BTC, worth roughly $53.8 billion with Bitcoin trading near $63,603, and the stack keeps growing. The company disclosed 818,334 BTC in its May earnings release, meaning it added over 25,000 coins through a drawdown.

Saylor, the company’s founder and executive chairman, made the case in a Tuesday post on X (Twitter).

“One of the most misunderstood $MSTR metrics is BTC Breakeven ARR. If BTC appreciates faster than 3.3% over time, BTC capital gains can fund $STRC dividends indefinitely.”

A companion chart from Strategy illustrates the trade-off. At zero Bitcoin growth, the reserve plus a $2.55 billion cash buffer covers about 31 years of payments, per the company’s dashboard. The buffer alone funds roughly 17 months.

BTC capital gains fund STRC credit dividends. Source: MicroStrategyThe pitch leans on a real track record. MicroStrategy has paid 23 consecutive preferred distributions totaling over $693 million since early 2025, per its Q1 release.

Critics Question the Bitcoin Dividend MathThe model assumes obligations stop compounding, and so far, they have not. Preferred dividends hit $229.5 million in the first quarter of 2026, up from $10.6 million a year earlier. Preferred equity outstanding has swelled past $13.5 billion.

Skeptics also doubt the funding side. JPMorgan recently warned that Strategy’s Bitcoin sales policy could add up to $1.25 billion in sell pressure. On-chain data already pointed to a new Bitcoin sale of 491 BTC on July 1, which was later confirmed to be 7x bigger.

Meanwhile, STRC paid an 11.5% annualized rate in May yet trades below its $100 par target. Preferred holders still price in risk despite the low breakeven hurdle.

STRC Price. Source: StrategyWhether 3.3% proves a low bar depends on Bitcoin reclaiming its long-term trend, with the price down nearly 49% from its October peak.

However, coming payments may reveal how much of the burden falls on BTC sales rather than capital gains.

Prediction market platform Polymarket has announced support for instant, self-custodial deposits via the Bitcoin Lightning Network, with the new feature backed by the Spark Protocol. Compared to prior on-chain deposit methods that required waiting for 3 to 6 block confirmations and took 10 to 60 minutes, the new solution delivers near-instant settlement while lowering deposit barriers and transaction costs. According to details, Spark can conduct checks for double-spend risks, transaction fees, and Replace-by-Fee (RBF) at the time of transaction broadcast, enabling "zero-confirmation" posting. It also supports on-chain, Lightning Network, and stablecoin payment rails, removing the need for the platform to operate its own Lightning Network nodes. Polymarket noted that this step will further boost Bitcoin users' capital efficiency and strengthen its competitiveness against rival Kalshi.

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Billionaire Grantham is bearish on SpaceX: 90% probability of eventual collapse, casts doubt on the AI and Mars narratives.

Billionaire investor Jeremy Grantham, long renowned for warning of asset bubbles, has publicly cast doubt on SpaceX’s current roughly $2 trillion valuation, claiming the company’s AI business, Mars program, and long-term growth thesis all carry major flaws. He stated his "90% bet" is that SpaceX will eventually face a historic collapse. Grantham called it "incredible" that SpaceX attributed around 90% of its addressable market to AI in its IPO prospectus, adding that its AI products lack competitiveness compared to those of OpenAI and Anthropic. Still, mainstream Wall Street institutions remain broadly optimistic about SpaceX. With the company officially added to the NASDAQ-100 Index, it is expected to draw more passive capital inflows. Several investment banks including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley have issued positive ratings, noting that Starship, Starlink, and its AI business will serve as core drivers of future growth.

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Tether burned 2.5 billion USDT on Ethereum in a single day, marking the largest single-day burn since February.

CryptoQuant cited on-chain data, reporting that on July 7, Tether Treasury burned $2.5 billion worth of USDT on the Ethereum network. This marks the largest single burn on the network since February this year, exceeding the $2 billion burn on May 8, and second only to the all-time high of $3.5 billion recorded on February 10. Meanwhile, the USDT balance flowing into and out of Binance via the Tron network dropped to roughly $806 million, its lowest level since December 29, 2025 (when it hit $391 million), falling below the $1 billion threshold and signaling a significant contraction in USDT liquidity on Binance’s Tron channel. The large-scale burn by Tether Treasury primarily reflects redemption, fund management, or cross-chain rebalancing operations rather than a direct market signal. However, the synchronized contraction of Ethereum’s USDT supply and Binance’s Tron liquidity is worth ongoing monitoring, as market participants will watch whether the liquidity of dual-chain stablecoins continues this concurrent tightening trend.

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CASHCAT's market cap briefly topped $98 million, surging over 11-fold in 24 hours.

According to GMGN market data, the market capitalization of CASHCAT, a meme coin on Robinhood’s chain, has continued its rally, briefly crossing $98 million before pulling back to $92.47 million, surging over 11 times in 24 hours. CASHCAT was originally the mascot of Robinhood’s U.S. stock app before being rebranded as Robinhood. On July 1 this year, Robinhood launched its own Layer 2 (L2) public chain, Robinhood Chain, focusing on on-chain finance and real-world assets (RWA). Vlad Tenev, co-founder and CEO of Robinhood, posted on X today that while the company is building Robinhood Chain into the best public chain for real-world assets (RWA), it is also “very suitable for trading meme coins.” BlockBeats reminds users that most meme coins have no intrinsic value and are highly volatile, so trading them requires caution.

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Iran announces its initial response to the US: Strikes 85 key US military facilities

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran issued a statement accusing the U.S. of repeating its treacherous habitual practices, claiming U.S. forces launched airstrikes on multiple coastal bases and civilian facilities in Hormozgan Province and the Mahshahr coastal region in the early hours of today, blatantly violating the ceasefire agreement and trampling on the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding. In an initial response to the aggression, the IRGC Navy and Aerospace Force conducted a joint missile and drone operation, destroying 85 key U.S. military facilities located at Salman Port, the U.S. 5th Fleet base in Bahrain, and Kuwait’s Ali Al Salem Air Base. An enemy MQ-9 drone that attempted to interfere in the operation was also shot down. Separately, U.S. President Donald Trump posted a video titled "U.S. Strikes Iran" on social media, which showed ground targets being hit, with flames and smoke rising against the night sky. Trump provided no text commentary for the video, but later reposted it with a netizen’s post attached. The post read: "Breaking News: Massive Strikes on Iran." Earlier U.S. sources reported that Trump, who was attending the NATO summit in Turkey, had approved the plan to strike Iran and issued the strike order.

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US CFTC sues crypto commodity pool operator Trevor Vernon, alleging $14.8 million in investment fraud.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) sued Trevor Vernon and his company Argent Capital Management, accusing them of operating a commodity pool involving stock index futures, options, and crypto assets from March 2022 to February 2026. They raised approximately $14.8 million from at least 60 investors while falsely advertising investment performance, allegedly committing investment fraud. The CFTC stated that the related trades caused investors to lose over $8.6 million. Vernon not only concealed the losses but is also suspected of misappropriating around $3 million to pay returns to investors, with the operation being "similar to a Ponzi scheme", and embezzled $136,000 for private air travel. The regulator also noted that the trades involved commodities such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, and requested the court to order them to cease relevant trading and registration activities, as well as recover illegal proceeds, impose civil penalties, and compensate investors.

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Despite the plunge in chip stocks, global institutions are snapping up SK Hynix ahead of its blockbuster Nasdaq listing.

SK Hynix’s roughly $28 billion American Depositary Receipt (ADR) offering was oversubscribed several times ahead of pricing, with around 1,000 institutional investors taking part in roadshows, drawing strong subscriptions from global long-term funds and tech investors. If completed smoothly, the offering will rank among the largest U.S. listings by a foreign company, with the chipmaker set to debut on the Nasdaq Global Select Market this Friday. Despite recent sharp volatility in the global semiconductor sector, SK Hynix’s stock has declined around 17% this month, yet institutional subscription enthusiasm has not been materially impacted. Market observers note that U.S. investors have relatively limited investment access to the South Korean memory chip leader, and the scarcity premium plus long-term growth prospects tied to AI remain key supports for the offering. Jung In-yoon, CEO of Fibonacci Asset Management Global, said market volatility “may affect short-term investor sentiment or execution timelines, but I would be surprised if it materially disrupts the transaction itself. Unless market conditions deteriorate significantly from here, the pricing impact should be manageable.”

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Clearstream, the major European post-trade services provider and subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group, is doubling down on its digital asset strategy by expanding its institutional cryptocurrency custody offering.

Clearstream, the major European post-trade services provider and subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group, has expanded its cryptocurrency custody footprint. 

The firm has announced the addition of a roster of new cryptocurrencies, including the Ripple-linked XRP, Stellar (XLM), Cardano (ADA), Solana (SOL), Litecoin (LTC), and Avalanche (AVAX). These new digital assets join Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH). 

According to the firm, this expansion caters to the growing demand for MiCA-compliant (Markets in Crypto-Assets) digital assets within institutional finance.

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Initial entry into crypto Clearstream is one of the world's largest settlement and custody firms. It provides infrastructure securities across 60 different markets.

In early 2025, the Deutsche Börse Group announced that Clearstream would begin offering crypto custody and settlement services to its institutional clients.

The launch, which officially went live in April 2025, was made possible via an internal partnership. Clearstream used Crypto Finance (another entity within the Deutsche Börse Group that had recently secured a highly coveted MiCAR license) as its sub-custodian. 

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This structure made it possible for Clearstream to rely on Crypto Finance's expertise while maintaining strict regulatory compliance across Europe.

As mentioned above, the original offering was strictly limited to the two largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization: Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Clients of Clearstream’s International Central Securities Depository (ICSD) were able to use their existing accounts in Clearstream Banking S.A. (Luxembourg) to access cryptocurrency custody and settlement.

The most recent additions show that the firm is doubling down on crypto. 

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Strike’s new volatility-proof Bitcoin loans shift price risk from borrowers onto the lender’s capital providers. Tether supplies the $2.1 billion credit facility behind the program and co-designed the loan structure itself. A proposed merger would fold Strike, Twenty One Capital, and miner Elektron Energy into one Tether-linked platform. The combined stack covers every core banking function except the safety net regulated banks carry. The headline this week belongs to Strike. On July 7 the company launched Bitcoin-backed loans with no margin calls and no price liquidations, promising that collateral stays untouched no matter how far Bitcoin falls, as long as borrowers keep paying. Most coverage stopped there. The more consequential story sits one layer down, with the entity actually carrying the risk. A loan that never liquidates on price means somebody holds undercollateralized debt through every drawdown, and that somebody, directly and indirectly, is Tether. The merger proposal from April read as corporate maneuvering at the time. Yesterday’s launch is what it looks like in production: a stablecoin issuer assembling deposits, credit, energy, mining, and capital markets into a working bank for the Bitcoin economy. No banking license. No central bank behind it. No deposit insurance in front of it.

The loan Strike sells, the risk Tether keeps Strike’s volatility-proof structure only works with deep pockets behind it. A borrower posts $100,000 in BTC at the product’s 45% loan-to-value cap and takes $45,000 in cash. If Bitcoin then falls 60% and stays there, the collateral covers about $40,000 against a $45,000 debt. A conventional crypto lender would have sold at 85% LTV. This one waits, holding the shortfall until repayment or maturity.

That patience is a balance-sheet luxury, and the balance sheet providing it is not Strike’s. Jack Mallers announced a $2.1 billion credit facility that he said gives the company capacity to meet demand at any order size, and Tether co-developed the volatility-proof loan structure itself. Even Strike’s proof-of-reserves system, which lets borrowers verify their collateral at a segregated on-chain address, was built with Tether’s help. Strike originates and services. Tether underwrites the tail risk. Traditional finance has a name for this division of labor: the originator model, the same architecture mortgage banks run with their warehouse lenders.

Six of seven banking functions, already in place Take the classic functions of a commercial bank and check them against what Tether now touches. The gaps are few.

Banking function Tether’s version Scale Deposits USDT in circulation Largest stablecoin by supply Lending Own CeFi loan book + Strike credit facility $2.1B facility; top-3 CeFi lender Payments & custody Strike (proposed merger) 95+ countries Reserves / treasury Twenty One Capital BTC treasury Top-tier corporate BTC holder Physical infrastructure Elektron Energy mining (proposed merger) ~50 EH/s, ~5% of network hashrate Capital markets Planned securitization arm Loan-book and mining revenue debt Lender of last resort None – Tether Investments published a proposal to merge Twenty One Capital with Strike and Elektron Energy, a mining operator managing roughly 50 EH/s, about 5% of Bitcoin’s network hashrate, into a single listed platform integrating treasury holdings, mining, financial services, lending, and capital markets. Mallers endorsed it from the stage at Bitcoin 2026. “Simply put, I think it’s a great idea,” he said, adding that his founding goal was always a Bitcoin company rather than a payments app.

Terms and timelines remain undisclosed, but the machinery is moving: in June, Tether designated an additional independent director to XXI’s board to restore the audit committee to SEC and NYSE independence standards, the kind of housekeeping that precedes a transaction, not one that follows a dead deal.

Mallers described an operation built around loan-book securitization, mining revenue securitization, Bitcoin-backed debt, and structured products. Packaging loans into securities and selling them onward is how banks recycle capital and lend beyond their own balance sheets. Nobody in crypto has run that machine at size. A merged Tether-Strike entity would be the first with both the origination volume and the distribution to try.

Three lenders now hold 89% of a market that used to have ten The crypto credit market recovered from 2022 with far fewer players. According to Galaxy Research data, the three largest centralized lenders, Tether among them alongside Galaxy and Ledn, hold combined loan books of $9.9 billion, close to 89% of the CeFi lending market. Tether sits at the top of that group with its own book, and now also funds the most aggressive product structure in the industry through Strike.

The pre-collapse era looked different. Celsius, BlockFi, Voyager, and Genesis competed for the same borrowers, and when they fell, the survivors absorbed the clients and the market kept functioning. The 2026 market has no such redundancy. One dominant creditor now stands behind deposits (USDT), wholesale credit (the Strike facility), and soon, if the merger completes, a meaningful slice of the mining hardware securing the network itself. Bank supervisors have a term for an institution whose failure would cascade through every layer of its system. Crypto has quietly grown one without anyone signing off on the designation.

To be fair to the other side of the ledger: Tether reports billions in annual profit from reserve yields, which gives it more loss-absorbing capacity than any pre-2022 crypto lender ever had. The company can genuinely afford to sit on underwater loans through a bear market. That is exactly what makes the no-liquidation promise credible today. It is also what makes the arrangement fragile in the one scenario that counts. A shock hitting Tether itself, whether from reserves, regulation, or redemption pressure, would now propagate simultaneously into stablecoin markets, the CeFi loan book, Strike’s borrowers, and a mining fleet. Banks carry deposit insurance and central bank liquidity lines for precisely this correlation problem. This structure carries neither.

Ledn and Unchained now need a $2 billion backstop of their own For borrowers, none of this is visible. Loans get approved, Bitcoin stays put, and the plumbing behind the $2.1 billion never surfaces in the app. The market feels it differently. Competing lenders like Ledn and Unchained still run LTV-triggered liquidation models, and matching Strike’s no-liquidation terms would require a capital partner willing to eat drawdowns measured in years, not hours. Few candidates exist. The likely outcome is consolidation around whoever has the largest balance sheet, which is the opposite of what a market still scarred by 2022 says it wants.

Bitcoin’s spot price mechanics change too. Forced liquidations have amplified every major sell-off since 2018 by dumping collateral onto exchanges at the worst possible moment. Loans that never sell on price remove one of those feedback loops. The selling pressure does not vanish; it converts into credit exposure sitting on Tether-linked balance sheets, waiting.

The open question lands on regulators’ desks, not traders’ screens. U.S. stablecoin legislation focused on reserve quality and redemption rights, not on what an issuer’s investment arm does with its profits. Lending billions against volatile collateral through affiliated platforms sits outside that perimeter entirely, and European supervisors under MiCA face the same gap. The proposed merger, which would put Elektron founder Raphael Zagury in the president’s seat of a listed entity combining all these pieces, will eventually force a decision: at what point does the Bitcoin economy’s largest private creditor become subject to something resembling bank supervision, and who moves first, Washington or Brussels?

Mid-cap stocks MYR Group (MYRG 5.06%) and VSE Corporation (VSEC 7.12%) operate in completely different industrial sectors, with MYR Group focusing on electrical contracting and VSE on aviation aftermarket services.

However, they are fundamentally cut from the same cloth, as they rely heavily on recurring, non-discretionary service revenue. Utilities must maintain the grid, and that's where MYR comes in. Planes must be serviced to remain airworthy, which is how VSE generates income.

As of July 6, VSE's shares are up more than 38% this year, and MYR's shares are up more than 102%. Here are three reasons why I still like each of these pick-and-shovel stocks.

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MYR Group benefits from the data center supercycle The company is well-positioned for the massive multi-year build-out of data centers, renewable energy integration, and electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. Because its commercial and industrial (C&I) segment specializes in complex electrical contracting, it is seeing intense demand from tech companies expanding their artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. Additionally, utility companies face a multi-decade grid modernization cycle to handle higher power loads and connect new clean energy sources, giving MYR Group a structural tailwind that isn't reliant on normal economic cycles.

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Double-digit revenue and earnings growth MYR Group's execution is translating into rapid earnings growth. In the first quarter, revenue was reported as $1 billion, up 20% year over year, led by strong growth from its transmission and distribution segment. Earnings per share (EPS) jumped 106% over the same period last year to $2.99. Consolidated gross margins expanded to 13.4% (up from 11.6% the prior year), fueled by excellent productivity, favorable project closeouts, and shifting to higher-margin project mixes.

Record backlog for MYR and expansion MYR Group provides incredible long-term revenue visibility. It ended Q1 with a record backlog of $2.84 billion (up nearly 8% year over year). To capitalize on this pipeline, the company is aggressively expanding via acquisition. In May, MYR entered a definitive agreement to acquire Valley Electric and Comet Electric for $328 million. This strategic move heavily scales its C&I presence in the Western United States, giving it immediate local market share to capture sweeping infrastructure projects across the coast.

VSE's acquisitions should drive growth In May, VSE closed a $2 billion acquisition of Precision Aviation Group. This deal is a game changer that dramatically expands VSE's global footprint, scaling its maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) capabilities to 61 locations across eight countries. The business is expected to be immediately accretive to VSE's adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) margin.

In April, VSE bought NorthStar Technologies, a provider of MRO and third-party logistics services supporting the engine aftermarket. NorthStar specializes in teardown, kitting, and other labor- and technically intensive services across multiple engine platforms. The acquisition enhances VSE's position within original equipment manufacturer (OEM) aftermarket supply chains.

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VSE is seeing strong earnings growth Thanks to massive demand in commercial engine aftermarket sales and exclusive long-term OEM distribution agreements, VSE is seeing strong revenue and earnings growth.

In Q1, it reported revenue of $324.6 million, up 26.8% year over year, and earnings per share (EPS) of $1.04, up 55.2% over the same period a year ago. The company's recent acquisitions led VSE to boost its yearly forecast. It now expects full-year revenue to grow from 57% to 61%, compared to earlier guidance of 19% to 23%. It also increased its estimated adjusted EBITDA to 18.1% to 18.5%, up from earlier estimates of 16.8% to 17.3%.

A highly resilient business mix insulated from macro risks VSE operates in a strategic sweet spot within the aviation aftermarket. Roughly 48% of its exposure is in business jets and general aviation, with about a 50% focus specifically on engine components. This mix makes VSE highly resilient to macroeconomic headwinds, such as fluctuating commercial airline demand, fuel price spikes, or geopolitical conflicts.

John Cuomo, VSE's president and CEO, said that as it integrates Precision Aviation Group and realizes cost synergies, the company is targeting long-term adjusted EBITDA margins of more than 20%. This means that the company is becoming substantially more profitable as it scales.

The rewards outweigh their risks MYR's biggest concern is its exposure to fixed-price contracts, particularly in its C&I business. However, despite the fixed-price nature of its backlog, consolidated gross margins recently expanded to a record 13.4% as the company shifts away from low-margin clean energy projects toward high-margin data center and grid modernization infrastructure.

VSE's big concern is that it took on substantial debt to purchase Precision Aviation Group. If integrating that business hits operational bottlenecks, cost overruns, or corporate friction, it could delay the synergy timeline and pinch near-term cash flows. However, Precision Aviation brings highly predictable, immediately cash-accretive cash flows, which should enable VSE to quickly pay down its debt.

Uniswap Labs has called on UNI token holders to approve the next phase of its “UNIfication” burn initiative by voting on incorporating protocol fees across a segment of Uniswap v4 liquidity pools. The voting process began on July 7 and is set to run until July 12. Currently active on 11 blockchains, the program seeks to broaden its scope with these planned updates.

Voting process and program expansionThe process begins with a five-day Snapshot vote, after which an on-chain binding vote is expected to occur during the week of July 13. The proposal seeks to integrate the existing fee and burn mechanism with v4 pools on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Celo, OP Mainnet, Soneium, X Layer, Worldchain, Zora, BNB Chain, and Polygon.

Mini glossary: A Snapshot is an off-chain voting system used by decentralized communities. Although results are not written directly to the blockchain, they serve as an important reference for subsequent binding governance votes.

Uniswap is recognized as one of the world’s largest decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, providing critical infrastructure for decentralized exchanges. If the proposal passes, UNI tokens equivalent in value to the protocol fee collected from transactions will be burned. These tokens will be moved to an irretrievable address on the Ethereum network, permanently removing them from circulation.

Uniswap Labs launched Snapshot voting on July 7 to include v4 pools in the current fee and burn program, with an on-chain vote expected during the week of July 13.

What sets v4 apart?Unlike the more fixed fee structures of Uniswap v2 and v3 pools, fees in v4 pools can vary from block to block due to its unique “hook” system. This added complexity means v4 integration requires a more advanced architecture. The proposal outlines a dual-contract system to address this challenge.

The first contract establishes the pool’s applicable fee rate, while a secondary contract ensures the enforcement of these policies and transfers the collected fees to the designated address. This modular approach allows governance to adapt policies in the future simply by updating the policy contract, without having to overhaul the entire system.

Three types of v4 pools are covered in the proposal: pools without hooks, pools created through auctions, and pools that leverage aggregator hooks to import external liquidity. For the Base network, the fee is set at 3 basis points, while it’s planned at 10 basis points on other networks. Aggregator hook pools may set fees above the standard cap.

Network or pool typePlanned feeBase3 basis pointsOther networks10 basis pointsAggregator hook poolsAbove standard capImplications for liquidity providersWith protocol fees in place, a share of user transaction fees would be allocated to Uniswap itself, effectively reducing the returns for liquidity providers. This potential shift has ignited debate over balancing the interests of UNI holders and liquidity providers, who supply capital to the pools.

Guillaume Lambert, head of Panoptic, argued that a tax-like protocol fee structure in v4 could drive away liquidity providers, potentially harming the platform by repeating similar reductions seen in v2 and v3.

Burn metrics and recent ecosystem growthLast month, Uniswap posted a new daily record by burning 186,000 UNI tokens in a single day, surpassing the previous high of 134,000. As of July 7, UNI trades at $3.23 with a market capitalization of around $2 billion, far below its peak of $44.97 reached in May 2021.

Despite this price gap, Uniswap’s ecosystem continues to expand. At the start of July, the protocol debuted on Robinhood Chain, activating v2, v3, v4, and UniswapX products from day one. In less than a week, Uniswap processed over $250 million in trading volume on the new network.

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.

The New Zealand dollar received the boost that normally accompanies a rate hike, but the rally quickly lost momentum. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand delivered a widely anticipated 25 basis point increase in the Official Cash Rate to 2.50%, yet investors stopped short of pricing a more aggressive tightening cycle. Instead, the market came away with the impression that while another hike is still likely, policymakers have set a considerably higher hurdle before taking the next step.

At first glance, the statement appeared hawkish. The Committee said “some further reduction in monetary stimulus is likely to be required” and that “further OCR increases appear likely at upcoming meetings.” But those remarks were balanced by equally strong caveats. The RBNZ repeatedly emphasized that medium-term inflation remains uncertain and that future decisions will depend on incoming data, firms’ price-setting behaviour and the strength of the recovery, adding that the timing of future hikes is “highly uncertain.”

That balance was reflected in the Record of Meeting. While all six members agreed to raise the OCR, they were not fully aligned on the inflation outlook. Prasanna Gai and Hayley Gourley believed risks remained tilted to the upside. However, Governor Anna Breman, Chief Economist Paul Conway, Assistant Governor (Money) Karen Silk and external member Carl Hansen judged the risks to be broadly balanced instead.

Those differences matter because the balanced camp included the Governor and two of the Bank’s most senior policy officials. Breman argued that weak demand could continue limiting businesses’ ability to pass higher costs on to consumers. Conway questioned how quickly the recovery would spread beyond stronger parts of the economy even while acknowledging firms might eventually rebuild margins. Silk pointed to two-way risks, noting that a weaker exchange rate could add to imported inflation, but slower immigration could simultaneously restrain growth, housing and inflationary pressure. Together, their comments suggest the Committee is looking for clearer evidence that inflation is becoming genuinely persistent before tightening again.

That explains the Kiwi’s muted reaction. The RBNZ reinforced its inflation-fighting credentials with another rate hike, but it deliberately avoided creating expectations of an automatic follow-up move. Investors appear to have concluded that policymakers are comfortable pausing at 2.50% until the data justify another increase, rather than feeling compelled to keep tightening simply because the cycle has begun.

The charts tell a similar story. NZD/USD recovered after the decision but remained comfortably below last week’s high at 0.5726, suggesting buyers have yet to seize full control. The rebound from 0.5625 may still extend in the near term, but it continues to resemble a corrective recovery within a broader downtrend.

Even if another leg higher develops, upside should be capped by the 0.5768 resistance cluster, including the 38.2% retracement of 0.5993 to 0.5625 at 0.5766. Once the corrective rebound is complete, a break below 0.5625 remains the preferred scenario. A subsequent move through 0.5580 would shift focus back to the 2025 low at 0.5484.

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Netflix (NFLX +0.31%) reports second-quarter results on July 16, and it does so from an unusual spot: the business keeps growing, yet the stock has been sliding for a year. Shares trade around $76 as of this writing, down about 42% from the high of $130.23 they set last summer -- even as revenue, profits, and the company's nascent advertising arm all keep climbing. With the report just over a week away, is this a good time to buy the stock?

Let me walk through what the quarter needs to show, and whether the discounted price is worth the risk of another slide.

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A business that keeps growing Netflix's problem, if you can call it that, isn't the business. In the first quarter of 2026, revenue rose 16% year over year to $12.25 billion, helped by membership growth, a price increase, and a fast-growing advertising business. Its operating margin, meanwhile, widened to 32.3% from 31.7% in the same quarter a year ago. The company has stopped disclosing subscriber counts every quarter, but it topped 325 million paid memberships and is now entertaining an audience approaching 1 billion people.

The streaming service's advertising arm is the piece to watch. Netflix expects ad revenue to roughly double this year to around $3 billion, it now works with more than 4,000 advertisers, up about 70% from a year ago, and the ad-supported plan has become the most popular choice for new sign-ups in the countries where it is offered. For a company that long leaned almost entirely on subscription fees, that second engine matters, because it lets Netflix lift revenue per member without relying solely on price increases. For all of 2026, management is guiding for revenue between $50.7 billion and $51.7 billion -- a 12% to 14% increase -- with an operating margin near 31.5%.

If results are this solid, why has the stock lost 42%? Two reasons. First, Netflix came into 2025 with expectations set impossibly high, and once its guidance stopped clearing an ever-rising bar, that premium began to unwind. Second, the company spent months tangled in a takeover fight. Netflix had agreed to acquire the Warner Bros. studios and HBO Max from Warner Bros. Discovery in a deal with an equity value around $72 billion, which drew a rival bid and a stretch of uncertainty -- before Netflix ultimately walked away and turned to share buybacks instead.

With that distraction behind it, the story is simpler now: a steadily growing business trading well off its highs.

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Buy before the report? Valuation is where the decision gets interesting. After the slide, Netflix trades at about 25 times earnings and around 23 times the earnings expected over the coming year. For a company still growing revenue in the mid-teens, expanding margins, and doubling its advertising business, that is a far more reasonable price than the stock commanded at its peak.

It is worth appreciating how far the stock has already de-rated. A year ago, Netflix carried one of the richest multiples in big-cap tech. Today it trades at a fraction of its former multiple, even though it is still growing faster than most of its large-cap peers. The company is also throwing off record free cash flow and using part of it to buy back stock, which quietly lifts per-share earnings. None of that guarantees the shares have bottomed, but it does mean today's buyers are paying a far more grounded price than they were 12 months ago.

Of course, there are risks. Streaming is fiercely competitive, and Netflix has to keep spending heavily on content to hold its lead against deep-pocketed rivals. In addition, there are risks associated with buying before July 16. Buying right before an earnings report is a bet on the outcome of a single day. If subscriber trends or another key metric, like revenue growth, disappoints, shares could take a hit -- reasonable valuation or not.

So, is Netflix a buy before the report? For long-term investors, I think the stock is finally priced attractively enough to start a position -- but not to try to make a quick buck from a potential bounce when the earnings report is released. Shares could just as easily fall. If you like Netflix for its long-term potential, though, this looks like a reasonable entry point.

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SummaryCompaniesParamount expected to close deal on or before July 16Oregon wants records of Paramount lobbying effortCalifornia, New York also probing dealJuly 7 (Reuters) - The Oregon attorney general will ask a court to order ‌Paramount (PSKY.O), opens new tab to comply with investigative demands related to its $110 billion bid to acquire Warner Bros (WBD.O), opens new tab, according to documents reviewed by Reuters.

Paramount intends to close the deal on or immediately after July 16, the state said in documents to be filed ​in court. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield will seek an expedited hearing on the matter, ​or an order that would prevent the deal from closing until a hearing ⁠can be held, according to the documents.

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"The information the Oregon Department of Justice is seeking has nothing ​to do with whether this transaction complies with Oregon’s antitrust laws and is not a legitimate basis ​to delay a plainly lawful, pro-competitive transaction," a Paramount spokesperson said on Tuesday.

The company has provided the state with documents relevant to the merger, the spokesperson added.

The company has said the deal would create a stronger streaming competitor to Netflix (NFLX.O), opens new tab ​and Disney (DIS.N), opens new tab, and benefit creatives and consumers.

California, New York and other U.S. states are preparing to sue to ​block the deal, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters last month. The states have authority to enforce laws ‌against mergers ⁠that they believe would unlawfully decrease competition.

Opponents of the deal, including some actors, writers and media workers, have worried that it would hurt jobs.

Oregon is seeking documents regarding "Project Warrior," which was Paramount's internal code name for efforts to obtain regulatory clearance. The state is also asking for records related to the company's efforts ​to lobby the Trump ​administration for support of ⁠the merger.

Paramount CEO David Ellison's father, billionaire Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, has cultivated ties with President Donald Trump, and the company has hired former Trump officials.

The ​state wants the documents in order to evaluate the U.S. Department of ​Justice's clearance of the ⁠deal, according to the documents.

While Oregon ordinarily "would afford significant weight" to the DOJ's determination, the state cited a Wall Street Journal report that officials overrode career staff attorneys at the DOJ who were leaning towards a ⁠recommendation to ​challenge the deal.

The DOJ issued a lengthy statement last month ​saying it believed the deal would "increase competition across the media and entertainment ecosystem, with benefits for American consumers and workers."

Reporting by ​Jody Godoy in New York and Dawn Chmielewski in Los Angeles; Editing by Tom Hogue and Sonali Paul

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Jody Godoy reports on tech policy and antitrust enforcement, including how regulators are responding to the rise of AI. Reach her at [email protected]

Progressive (PGR - Free Report) closed the most recent trading day at $234.40, moving +1.18% from the previous trading session. The stock's performance was ahead of the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.45%. Elsewhere, the Dow lost 0.25%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 1.16%.

The insurer's stock has climbed by 15.69% in the past month, exceeding the Finance sector's gain of 5.72% and the S&P 500's gain of 2.14%.

Investors will be eagerly watching for the performance of Progressive in its upcoming earnings disclosure. On that day, Progressive is projected to report earnings of $4.56 per share, which would represent a year-over-year decline of 6.56%. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $23.12 billion, up 6.95% from the year-ago period.

For the entire fiscal year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $17.26 per share and a revenue of $92.89 billion, representing changes of -5.42% and +6.84%, respectively, from the prior year.

Investors should also pay attention to any latest changes in analyst estimates for Progressive. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. As a result, upbeat changes in estimates indicate analysts' favorable outlook on the business health and profitability.

Our research demonstrates that these adjustments in estimates directly associate with imminent stock price performance. To exploit this, we've formed the Zacks Rank, a quantitative model that includes these estimate changes and presents a viable rating system.

The Zacks Rank system, running from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), holds an admirable track record of superior performance, independently audited, with #1 stocks contributing an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 4.55% higher. Progressive currently has a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).

Valuation is also important, so investors should note that Progressive has a Forward P/E ratio of 13.42 right now. For comparison, its industry has an average Forward P/E of 12.05, which means Progressive is trading at a premium to the group.

One should further note that PGR currently holds a PEG ratio of 4.39. The PEG ratio bears resemblance to the frequently used P/E ratio, but this parameter also includes the company's expected earnings growth trajectory. PGR's industry had an average PEG ratio of 2.52 as of yesterday's close.

The Insurance - Property and Casualty industry is part of the Finance sector. At present, this industry carries a Zacks Industry Rank of 108, placing it within the top 44% of over 250 industries.

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Duolingo, Inc. (DUOL - Free Report) closed the most recent trading day at $131.95, moving +1.72% from the previous trading session. This move outpaced the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.45%. On the other hand, the Dow registered a loss of 0.25%, and the technology-centric Nasdaq decreased by 1.16%.

The stock of company has risen by 9.97% in the past month, leading the Business Services sector's gain of 4.05% and the S&P 500's gain of 2.14%.

The investment community will be paying close attention to the earnings performance of Duolingo, Inc. in its upcoming release. The company is forecasted to report an EPS of $0.58, showcasing a 36.26% downward movement from the corresponding quarter of the prior year. Meanwhile, our latest consensus estimate is calling for revenue of $296.19 million, up 17.42% from the prior-year quarter.

Looking at the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates suggest analysts are expecting earnings of $2.76 per share and revenue of $1.21 billion. These totals would mark changes of -67.79% and +16.36%, respectively, from last year.

Investors should also take note of any recent adjustments to analyst estimates for Duolingo, Inc. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the business and profitability.

Our research demonstrates that these adjustments in estimates directly associate with imminent stock price performance. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.

The Zacks Rank system, spanning from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), boasts an impressive track record of outperformance, audited externally, with #1 ranked stocks yielding an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, there's been no change in the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate. Duolingo, Inc. is holding a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold) right now.

Looking at its valuation, Duolingo, Inc. is holding a Forward P/E ratio of 46.97. This represents a premium compared to its industry average Forward P/E of 17.75.

We can additionally observe that DUOL currently boasts a PEG ratio of 1.01. The PEG ratio is similar to the widely-used P/E ratio, but this metric also takes the company's expected earnings growth rate into account. The Technology Services was holding an average PEG ratio of 1.53 at yesterday's closing price.

The Technology Services industry is part of the Business Services sector. With its current Zacks Industry Rank of 110, this industry ranks in the top 45% of all industries, numbering over 250.

The Zacks Industry Rank is ordered from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

Make sure to utilize Zacks.com to follow all of these stock-moving metrics, and more, in the coming trading sessions.

Moving stablecoins has always come with a hidden tax. You want to send $50 in USDC, and the network wants a cut in its native token, which you may or may not own. Sui just made that problem disappear, at least for stablecoin transfers.

On May 20, 2026, Sui Network activated a protocol-level feature that sets the gas cost for stablecoin peer-to-peer transfers to exactly zero. Not subsidized by a third party. Not abstracted away by a dApp. Zero, baked directly into the infrastructure.

The transfer cost is the same whether you’re moving $1 or $1,000,000.

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How it actually works The technical engine behind this is a new system called Address Balances. Rather than requiring users to hold SUI tokens to pay fees, the protocol absorbs the cost of stablecoin transfers at the network layer itself.

Sui’s fix is architectural, not cosmetic. That’s the distinction that separates it from gas abstraction solutions built at the wallet or application layer, which still rely on someone, usually a relayer or the app developer, paying the fee in the background.

Supported stablecoins at launch include USDC, USDsui, suiUSDe, USDY, FDUSD, AUSD, and USDB. Infrastructure provider Fireblocks is among the backers supporting the rollout.

The numbers are hard to ignore Within roughly five days of the feature going live, the network processed nearly $65 billion in stablecoin transfers. Sui’s cumulative stablecoin volume since early 2024 has already surpassed $2.27 trillion.

The SUI token responded accordingly, gaining approximately 5% following the announcement.

The risk worth watching is whether zero-cost transfers at the protocol level creates long-run sustainability questions for network economics. Gas fees, even small ones, have traditionally served as a spam deterrent and a revenue mechanism for validators. How Sui has structured the economics behind this feature, specifically who absorbs the cost and what prevents abuse at scale, will be worth watching as volume grows.

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Silicon Motion (SIMO - Free Report) ended the recent trading session at $294.90, demonstrating a -7.51% change from the preceding day's closing price. This change lagged the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.45%. Meanwhile, the Dow lost 0.25%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, lost 1.16%.

Shares of the chip company witnessed a gain of 21.14% over the previous month, beating the performance of the Computer and Technology sector with its gain of 0.38%, and the S&P 500's gain of 2.14%.

Market participants will be closely following the financial results of Silicon Motion in its upcoming release. The company's earnings per share (EPS) are projected to be $2.09, reflecting a 202.9% increase from the same quarter last year. Meanwhile, our latest consensus estimate is calling for revenue of $401.53 million, up 102.1% from the prior-year quarter.

For the annual period, the Zacks Consensus Estimates anticipate earnings of $8.87 per share and a revenue of $1.57 billion, signifying shifts of +149.86% and +77.66%, respectively, from the last year.

Investors should also take note of any recent adjustments to analyst estimates for Silicon Motion. Recent revisions tend to reflect the latest near-term business trends. Consequently, upward revisions in estimates express analysts' positivity towards the business operations and its ability to generate profits.

Empirical research indicates that these revisions in estimates have a direct correlation with impending stock price performance. To take advantage of this, we've established the Zacks Rank, an exclusive model that considers these estimated changes and delivers an operational rating system.

The Zacks Rank system, which ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has an impressive outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks generating an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection has moved 3.66% higher. As of now, Silicon Motion holds a Zacks Rank of #1 (Strong Buy).

Looking at its valuation, Silicon Motion is holding a Forward P/E ratio of 35.96. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 27.52, so one might conclude that Silicon Motion is trading at a premium comparatively.

We can also see that SIMO currently has a PEG ratio of 0.67. This popular metric is similar to the widely-known P/E ratio, with the difference being that the PEG ratio also takes into account the company's expected earnings growth rate. The Computer - Integrated Systems was holding an average PEG ratio of 1.03 at yesterday's closing price.

The Computer - Integrated Systems industry is part of the Computer and Technology sector. This industry, currently bearing a Zacks Industry Rank of 5, finds itself in the top 3% echelons of all 250+ industries.

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