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September ICE NY cocoa (CCU26) today is down -22 (-0.37%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU26) is down -40 (-0.93%).Cocoa prices fell from 2.5-week highs today and turned lower on technical selling.  Cocoa prices have surged more than +15% over the past three trading sessions, lifting prices into heavily overbought territory and sparking long liquidation from funds.  Don’t Miss a Day: From crude oil to coffee, sign up free for Barchart’s best-in-class commodity analysis.   Cocoa prices initially rallied to 2.5-week highs today on positive carryover from last Friday, amid concerns over cocoa production in Ghana, the world’s second-largest…

The licence will support regulated e-money and payment services on the Bybit.eu platform, alongside the crypto-asset services. VIENNA, Aug. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit.eu today announced that Bybit Payments GmbH has been granted an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) licence by Austria’s Financial Market Authority (FMA). Bybit Payments GmbH will provide regulated e-money and payment services through the Bybit.eu platform. Crypto-asset services on the same platform are provided separately by Bybit EU GmbH, an Austrian crypto-asset service provider authorised under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) since May 2025. To comply with regulatory requirements, the two Austrian entities have distinct regulatory…

Willemstad, Curaçao, August 4th, 2026, PlayNewswire 1win, a crypto entertainment platform, has launched a new Web3 authentication system that allows users to register, sign in, and deposit funds using a crypto wallet. The new verification mechanism eliminates the need for email registration, passwords, or manually copying wallet addresses.  The feature is now available to all 1win users and supports Trust Wallet, MetaMask, and other wallets via WalletConnect. EVM-compatible networks are supported across all options, while TRON connections are available through Trust Wallet and WalletConnect-enabled TRON options. 1win is among the first crypto entertainment platforms to introduce seamless wallet onboarding for…

Corn prices are down 3 to 4 cents on Monday morning. Futures posted losses of 1 ½ to 5 cents on the Friday session, as September and December both closed the week with a 23 ½ cent loss. Spillover weakness from wheat, rains, and month end pressure is a factor. December was still up 28 cents on the week. Open interest was down 3,693 contracts on Friday, suggesting some long were exiting. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 6 cents at $4.10.CFTC data released on Friday afternoon showed managed money adding 75,490 contracts to their net long in…

Bitmine owns 4.8% of the total ETH coin supply of 120.7 million Bitmine is 96% of the way to the ‘Alchemy of 5%’ in just 13 months In July, ETH outperformed Nasdaq 100 by 2,500 basis points, the largest since July 2025, reflective of the strengthening fundamentals of crypto Bitmine repurchased 4.5 million common stock in the past week, authorized under the previously announced $4 billion share repurchase program Bitmine was added to the Russell 1000 Large-cap index on June 26, 2026 Bitmine’s Series A Preferred Stock is trading on the NYSE under the symbol BMNP Bitmine has 4,917,189 staked…

Live cattle futures were mixed, with contracts up 52 cents to 20 cents lower. August was up $4.67 this week. USDA picked up cash trade at $232-233, with some up to $235. Feeder cattle futures extended the bounce out of the Monday collapse, with contracts 87 cents to $1.55 higher. August was managed to pull out a $2.70 gain on the week. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back down $1.86 on July 30 to $345.83. The Friday Commitment of Traders report showed managed money cutting back another 8,840 contracts from their net long in live cattle futures and options to…

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) has agreed to acquire electronic fixed income trading platform MarketAxess Holdings Inc. in an all-cash transaction at an equity value of approximately $6 billion and an enterprise value of $5.7 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, ICE will pay $167 per share in cash, representing a 33% premium over MarketAxess’s closing price on July 29, 2026. MarketAxess connects roughly 2,100 institutional investors and broker-dealers globally, facilitating electronic trading across corporate bonds, municipal debt, emerging market paper, Eurobonds, and U.S. Treasuries. The acquisition combines MarketAxess’s institutional network with ICE’s existing retail protocols, clearing infrastructure, and market…

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Friday closed up +0.70%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up +0.53%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed up +0.60%.  September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) rose +0.69%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26) rose +0.59%.Stock indices settled higher on Friday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 posting 1-week highs.  Amazon.com surged more than 15% to lead megacap technology stocks higher, which bolstered market sentiment.  Amazon’s cloud unit recorded the fastest quarterly revenue growth in 5 years in Q2, reassuring investors that its projected increase in capital spending will generate sufficient returns and…

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…