Isaac Francis

Snap-on (NYSE:SNA) announced a slight earnings beat for the fourth quarter on Thursday, as gains in its financial services division and international markets helped the toolmaker offset a dip in domestic sales.

The Cigna Group (NYSE:CI) shares climbed on Thursday after the healthcare giant posted 2025 results that surpassed internal targets, fueled by explosive growth in its Evernorth health services division and a strategic pivot toward high-margin specialty pharmacy.

London-based Shell (NYSE:SHELL) reported fourth-quarter 2025 adjusted earnings of $3.3 billion, or $1.14 per share, falling short of the $1.21 consensus estimate amid lower commodity prices and weaker marketing margins.

Crypto wallet provider Payy has launched a new privacy-enabled Ethereum layer 2 that makes all ERC-20 transfers private by default without requiring new wallets or tokens.

Crypto companies are proposing concessions on stablecoin rules in an effort to break a stalemate in the US Senate over the long-delayed crypto market structure bill.

Franklin Templeton is positioning digital wallets as the core infrastructure for tokenised finance, arguing they will eventually hold the totality of an individual’s financial life.

Crypto markets remain under pressure after a sharp selloff, but analysts say the more significant signal is growing fragmentation in liquidity and performance rather than outright capitulation.

A Bitcoin-native protocol enabling USDT transactions has joined CTDG Dev Hub, a developer-focused technical hub run by Cointelegraph to support experimental protocol design and infrastructure research.

Ethereum lost about $100 billion in market value over the past week as its price fell nearly 27% to around $2,107, the lowest level since May 2025.

VAALCO Energy (NYSE:EGY) announced an agreement to divest its Canadian assets on Thursday, a strategic pivot that allows the Houston-based independent to concentrate capital on its high-margin drilling campaigns across Gabon and Egypt.