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Kevin Luebbers has been tapped as head of Distribution for The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. Luebbers will be responsible for leading the firm’s sales and distribution strategy for its individual markets division. Additionally, Luebbers will help integrate and scale Guardian’s distribution model to accelerate growth and will play a key role in expanding Guardian’s wealth management and retirement solutions business. He will be reporting to Mike Perry, Guardian’s head of Client Solutions and Wealth Management. Prior to joining Guardian, Luebbers most recently served as head of Sales at Jackson National Life.  Cory Boggs has been named managing director and wealth advisor of Cresset Asset Management’s Santa Barbara…

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Thursday closed up +1.66%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up +1.19%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up +3.36%.  September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) rose +1.65%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26) rose +3.28%.Stock indexes settled sharply higher on Thursday after strong growth at Microsoft reassured investors that massive spending on artificial intelligence is starting to pay off.  Microsoft surged more than +15% after reporting that Q4 Azure and other cloud services revenue ex-forex rose +43%, better than the consensus of +39.3% and the fastest quarterly growth in four years.  Microsoft’s positive…

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Mutsamudu, Comoros, July 30th, 2026, Chainwire MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, will list Grvt (GRVT) in the Innovation Zone, with the GRVT/USDT pair opening at 12:00 (UTC) and the GRVT/USDC pair opening at 12:20 (UTC) on July 30, 2026. To mark the listing, MEXC has launched the Grvt (GRVT) Airdrop+ event, offering a combined prize pool worth $60,000 in GRVT and 10,000 USDT. Grvt is a self-custodial on-chain wealth platform unifying Earn, Invest, Trade, and Pay within a single, user-controlled balance, built on a custom ZKsync Validium Layer 2 for CEX-grade performance. Since December 2024, Grvt has operated as…

Mutsamudu, Comoros, July 30th, 2026, Chainwire MEXC Ventures today announced its support for the expansion of Alpha Arena, a global esports-inspired live trading tournament, into the APAC region. As part of the partnership, MEXC Ventures will serve as the Main Sponsor of Alpha Arena S03, with TRIV serving as the Co-host. The APAC-focused trading competition will bring participants from online qualification to a live final in Bali, Indonesia, on August 20, 2026. Taking place during Coinfest week, the event will bring together traders, creators, and regional Web3 communities through a season of competition, learning, and community engagement. Updates will be shared…

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Wednesday closed down -1.52%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed down -2.19%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed down -2.06%.  September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) fell -1.59%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26) fell -2.23%.Stock indexes retreated on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 sliding to a 1-month low and the Nasdaq 100 sinking to a 3-month low.  Chipmakers and AI infrastructure stocks sold off on Wednesday, leading the overall market lower.  Also, heightened geopolitical risks are weighing on stocks as crude prices surged, and bond yields jumped when President Trump said the US…

The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3.50% to 3.75% on Wednesday, extending its policy pause for a fifth consecutive meeting while delivering a clear signal that the debate inside the central bank has become increasingly hawkish. Although the decision was widely anticipated, the meeting was marked by a rare three-way dissent from Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari and Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan, who each favored raising rates by 25 basis points. It was the first time since 2016 that three Federal Open Market Committee members dissented in the same direction…

New York City, United States, July 29th, 2026, Chainwire Self-custodial crypto platform rewards ambassadors and community members while expanding long-term earning opportunities Every crypto platform talks about community. Far fewer put meaningful value behind the word. Today, Tria, the leading self-custodial neofinance platform, announced it is distributing more than $600,000 to the ambassadors and community members who helped build its ecosystem, reinforcing the company’s belief that the value created by a platform should flow back to the people who create it. The distribution includes a $250,000 performance bonus pool for Tria’s Season One ambassadors and more than $350,000 in card-spend…

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 29th, 2026, Chainwire Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has launched the DCA Challenge, giving away up to 55,000 USDT in prizes to eligible Bybit Trading Bot users who auto-trade BTC, ETH and XAUT through its Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA) Bot feature. From now until August 17, 2026, the exclusive event offers for new and current users alike:  New DCA users stand to enjoy 20% cashback, capped at 50 USDT, based on their qualified cumulative BTC, ETH and XAUT DCA investment amount starting at $100. Cashback rewards are limited to the top 100…

Mutsamudu, Comoros, July 29th, 2026, Chainwire “In a rapidly maturing digital asset market, relying on fragmented risk data is a critical vulnerability. Building a resilient ecosystem demands institutional-grade intelligence.” MEXC, the world’s fastest-growing digital asset exchange and a pioneer of true zero-fee trading, has today announced a collaboration with LSEG Risk Intelligence.This partnership enables the integration of World-Check, equipping the platform with the same risk intelligence database used by financial institutions globally, setting a new benchmark for proactive security in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Deploying an Institutional Grade Risk Architecture As institutional and retail adoption of digital assets accelerates, uncompromising security…