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Check out some of the companies making the biggest moves midday: BJ’s Wholesale — Shares gained 4% after the wholesale retailer posted better-than-expected results for the second quarter. BJ’s earned $1.36 per share, excluding certain items, on revenue of $6.09 billion. Analysts polled by FactSet expected a profit of $1.17 per share on revenue of $5.97 billion. The company also increased its earnings per share guidance for the fiscal year to $4.60 and $4.80 from $4.40 to $4.60. Ross Stores — Shares were up over 4% after the retail company posted second-quarter results that exceeded analyst expectations. Ross Stores also issued…

MarketsPublishedAug 21, 2026Bitcoin’s rally above $79,000 lifted miners and treasury companies, with Canaan, Strive and Metaplanet posting double-digit gains as crypto stocks surged. Shares of Bitcoin miners and digital asset treasury companies surged toward the end of the week, tracking a broader rally across crypto markets after the US Treasury announced it would double certain long-dated bond buybacks — a move aimed at supporting liquidity in the Treasury market that also helped bolster risk appetite.Bitcoin (BTC) miner Canaan led crypto-related stocks on Friday, rising more than 25%. MARA Holdings edged higher after gaining nearly 16% during Thursday’s session.Strive, which holds…

Bitcoin and the broader digital asset market got a taste of “not-QE” this week — and liked it.The price of Bitcoin (BTC) jumped more than 23% toward $79,000 and Ether’s price crossed $2,400 after the US Treasury moved to double certain long-dated bond buybacks, adding fuel to an increasingly important question for digital asset markets. If Washington keeps finding new ways to support liquidity without technically embarking on quantitative easing, could Bitcoin and other risk assets become some of the biggest beneficiaries?That question is already shaping business decisions across crypto. Standard Chartered sees Bitcoin heading toward $100,000, Metaplanet is taking…

Andreessen Horowitz has two partners sitting on the boards of companies that now compete with each other: Ben Horowitz at Databricks and Martin Casado at Fivetran. Nothing too scandalous on the surface, except the Department of Justice has reportedly been investigating the arrangement for almost a year, dusting off a 112-year-old antitrust law that’s rarely used against VCs.  Board conflicts aren’t exactly new, and these companies weren’t necessarily direct competitors when a16z first invested in them. But as portfolio companies expand into each other’s markets, the DOJ’s scrutiny raises a much bigger question for venture firms: How do you manage board seats when the boundaries between your portfolio companies keep moving?  On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha,…

Starcloud, a startup developing satellites that can perform AI inference in orbit, told TechCrunch that it has added a $250 million extension to its March $170 million Series A funding round. The extension values the company at $2.3 billion. The additional capital will allow the company to open a larger manufacturing facility and advance its largest orbital data center spacecraft, Starcloud-3, which is intended to fly on SpaceX’s forthcoming Starship rocket. CEO Philip Johnston is also amassing capital to ensure that he can launch his satellites as the market for rocket transportation tightens up. “We can see what’s coming —…

The next entry in the A Court of Thorns and Roses franchise will focus on 41 characters, although it is uncertain how many of these folks are distinct. Sarah J. Maas has officially revealed that the next two A Court of Thorns and Roses books are A Court of Splintered Harmony and A Court of Forgotten Melody, and fans will also have a quick pit stop ahead of their releases on October 27 and January 12, respectively. Indeed, while these new ACOTAR books herald the new Valkyrie Cycle, another release gives fans a little more of the drama they love…

BALTIMORE — Gerrit Cole jumped up a spot in the Yankees’ record books on Thursday night, as the right-hander surpassed Rogers Clemens on the franchise’s all-time strikeout list. With eight punchies in the Yankees’ series-sweeping, 6-1 win over the Orioles, Cole has now totaled 1,015 over six seasons in pinstripes. That puts him in sole possession of 12th place on the club’s K counter after Clemens recorded 1,014 strikeouts over six seasons with the Yankees. Next up is Al Downing, who had 1,028 strikeouts over nine seasons in the Bronx. “That’s the GOAT,” Cole said of passing Clemens. “That’s a…

Coinkite released a new security upgrade to strengthen seed phrase generation by requiring user-supplied entropy mixed with improved device randomness.Coinkite announced firmware 5.6.1 for Coldcard Mk4 and Mk5 devices and 1.5.1Q for the Coldcard Q in a Thursday blog post.The release requires newly generated seeds to include user-supplied entropy through at least 65 keypresses with unpredictable timing, 50 rolls of a six-sided die or 128 coin flips. That input is combined with randomness from multiple device sources, including its secure elements and hardware random-number generator (RNG).The combined randomness is used to create the wallet’s seed phrase and is intended to…

Bitcoin (BTC) hit $77,000 on Friday as business intelligence company Strategy’s corporate treasury returned to profit.Key points:Bitcoin reaches its highest level since May 26 as it revisits $77,000.Price returns above the cost basis for Strategy’s BTC corporate treasury at $75,385.Around 11% of the BTC supply constitutes a new band of support below $68,000.Strategy out of the red with Bitcoin at highest since MayData from TradingView showed new local highs above $77,400 prior to the week’s final Wall Street open.BTC/USD one-day chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingViewNow up around 20% in 48 hours, BTC/USD saw little by way of consolidation as it reclaimed a…

Australia has approved a broad set of gambling reforms that will change how wagering companies reach customers and how authorities respond to gambling-related risks. The Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026 passed Parliament alongside two cost-recovery measures covering the new regulatory arrangements.The Albanese Government said the reforms will strengthen protections against online gambling harm, particularly for children and young people. The package also gives regulators and payment providers greater scope to address illegal gambling activity.Sporting Promotions Face Tighter ControlsSport will become subject to several of the new advertising restrictions. Wagering advertisements will be prohibited during live sporting coverage on broadcast…