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September 27, 2026
Boldly Financial
Analysis, Crypto

The $387.5 Million Lesson: Anatomy of the Bitget Hack

Bitget, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has raised its estimate of the assets stolen in its recent hack to $387.5 million, after discovering that Zcash and TRON...

September 27, 2026
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Analysis, Consumer & Retail

Starbucks Is Closing 250 Stores: Inside the $300 Million Turnaround Math

On September 24 and 25, Starbucks announced it will close roughly 250 underperforming stores across the United States and Canada in the coming days, about 1% of its North...

September 27, 2026
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Analysis, Tech & AI

The $11.6 Billion Handshake: How Anthropic and Akamai Redrew the AI Infrastructure Map

On September 24, the AI boom signed a lease instead of buying a building. Anthropic, one of the leading artificial intelligence labs, committed $11.6 billion to Akamai Technologies over...

September 27, 2026
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Analysis, Stock Market

The Week Wall Street Exhaled: Records Near, Yields at 2007 Highs, and One Big Week Ahead

Friday, September 25, was the kind of day that lets a tired investor sit down and breathe again. The S&P 500 climbed 39.28 points (0.5%) to close at 7,743.41,...

September 26, 2026
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Economy, News

Your Five-Day Market Calendar: Inflation, Jobs, Nike, and Micron

Monday morning arrives with the market’s engines still warm from Friday’s relief rally, and the week ahead wastes no time getting serious. This is one of those stretches where...

September 26, 2026
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Federal Reserve & Rates, Guides

The Fed Is Hiking Again. Here Is What It Means for Your Wallet, in Plain English

On September 16, the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, to a target range of 3.75 to 4 percent. It was...

September 26, 2026
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Analysis, Energy & Commodities

Gold’s Wildest Year Ever: From $5,500 to $4,000 and Back Again

There is an old Wall Street saying that gold is the fear trade, the asset people run to when nothing else makes sense. This year, gold has been something...

September 26, 2026
Boldly Financial
Economy, News

Markets Took the Weekend Off, But the Dealmakers Didn’t

The ticker screens went dark Friday evening and the trading desks emptied out, but Saturday still had news worth your coffee time. Wall Street may be closed until Sunday...

September 26, 2026
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Analysis, Business & Industry

The Phone Company That Refused to Die

There is a particular kind of business obituary that gets written too early. BlackBerry’s was drafted years ago, back when the iPhone turned its keyboard phones into museum pieces....

September 26, 2026
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Bonds & Treasury, Guides

How a Number on a Bond Trader’s Screen Became Your Mortgage Rate

Here is a question that confuses almost everyone: the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark rate last week, so mortgage rates went up. Simple cause and effect, right? Not quite....