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Gen Z Increasingly Treats Sports Betting as an Investment Strategy
Sports betting volume has grown 40x since 2018 to $17B, with more than 25% of Gen Z now viewing betting and prediction markets as legitimate investments.
August 14, 2026
Gen Z Traders Lean Into ETFs, Skip Leverage, Binance Data Shows
Binance Research finds Gen Z traders shifting toward ETFs and away from leverage, trading less often than Millennials and Gen X despite record volume.
August 14, 2026
US Labor Market Weakens Further as Participation Hits Multi-Decade Low
US full-time employment fell for a fourth straight month in July while labor force participation dropped to 61.4%, its lowest level outside the pandemic since 1976.
August 14, 2026
Upbit Operator Dunamu's Q2 Operating Profit Falls 73% QoQ
Dunamu, which runs South Korea's largest crypto exchange Upbit, reported Q2 operating profit of KRW 23.5 billion, down 73.3% quarter over quarter.
August 14, 2026
SpaceX Closes $60B Cursor Deal, Largest Startup Buyout on Record
SpaceX has closed its all-stock, $60 billion acquisition of AI coding startup Cursor, folding the company into its SpaceXAI division to help train Grok.
August 14, 2026
Hedge Funds Buy $6.8B in US Equities in Largest Weekly Purchase Since 2008
Hedge funds bought $6.8 billion in US equities last week, the largest weekly purchase in 18 years, extending $4.8 billion in buying the week prior.
August 14, 2026
Norway's $2.3T Wealth Fund Posts Record $184B H1 Profit on Tech Gains
Norway's sovereign wealth fund posted a record 1.75 trillion kroner ($184.3B) first-half profit, driven by a 25.3% return in technology stocks and a 9.4% overall gain.
August 14, 2026
S&P 500 Companies Report $9.6B in Tariff Refunds, Apple Leads at $2.2B
More than 40 S&P 500 companies have reported $9.6 billion in tariff refunds, with Apple, Nike, FedEx, Amazon and GM among the largest recipients so far.
August 14, 2026
US Banks' Unrealized Losses Climb Back to $325 Billion, FDIC Says
FDIC-insured banks reported $325.1 billion in unrealized securities losses in Q1 2026, reversing four straight quarters of improvement as mortgage rates rose.
August 14, 2026
Oil Jumps as Houthis Strike Aramco's Jazan Refinery for Second Time in a Week
Yemen's Houthis launched a second drone strike in less than a week on Saudi Aramco's Jazan refinery, pushing oil prices higher and adding to supply disruption fears.
August 14, 2026
Bessent Says US to Impose Iran Sanctions 'Never Before Seen'
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US will apply economic measures on Iran unlike any seen before, paired with the ongoing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
August 14, 2026
Uranium Prices Climb to Multi-Month High as Nuclear Output Hits Record
Uranium prices have risen roughly 20% over the past year as global nuclear power generation reached a record in 2025, with China, India, South Korea and France all posting multi-year highs.
August 14, 2026